GET UP | Brian issues a warning shot to West after Mavs land Cooper Flagg at No. 1 in 2025 NBA Draft

GET UP | Brian issues a warning shot to West after Mavs land Cooper Flagg at No. 1 in 2025 NBA Draft

last night we are fired up to go shams can’t get phone service i don’t know what the hell is going on around here sh you got any message for our new friend here yeah free agency in the NBA starts June 30th and I wanted to officially welcome Shams to his first week of free agency at the worldwide leader and express my condolences you have no idea what you’re in for when you got calls from shows and radio coming in at all hours tonight i know you don’t sleep much as it is but that week as you know you will sleep less and I pity you
you know what couple lines are open we’re ready we’re ready for this
that’s exactly right and we are all loaded up today marke is ready to go today on the hoops dominique ready with some football today and we have a bunch of special guests coming this morning as well so let’s get rolling only one place to start because yesterday was flag day and we spell it with two G’s it was a coronation we knew was coming the Mavericks making Duke’s Cooper Flag the number one overall pick in the draft 6 weeks after winning the lottery flag will not turn 19 until December he joins a Dallas team that has aspirations of contending immediately in the West on the heels of an injury ravaged season that ended with elimination in the final playin game so Michael Wil just how good are these Mavericks but they got the assets the human resources to be really really good and if all those guys are healthy in the lineup and if Flag is just if Flag is the third best player on that team they can look at Oklahoma City and say “Let’s go drop the gloves now.” Okay so he’s talking big about this team so let us dive directly into that markeff when when Kyrie Irving comes back healthy and Cooper Flag gets himself situated in the middle of all of that you were on the Mavericks for the first half of last season is this a team that could make a deep NBA playoffs run next year i think so um obviously I I don’t want to put too much into Cooper because he doesn’t really have to even play extremely well for them to get there they have other pieces like PJ Washington like like like Marshall so I don’t think so but if he comes and be exceptional like he is for sure they have you have to wait and see what it looks like when Kyrie comes back because you don’t know if that’s going to be January February um that that’s the that’s the most important thing I would say about about this thing is just the the when does Kyrie come back is he is he extremely healthy and how do they look if they are healthy
absolutely i mean look the bottom line Shams look back in February when you stopped the world by by reporting that trade i mean I can’t I can’t remember a fan base a franchise that felt at a lower point than the Dallas Mavericks did in that moment and now here we are and Michael Wilbond one of the most credible people in the entire industry is talking title what have they built here and how did this happen
whatever you want to say about the Luca Dodgers trade Nico Harrison has built arguably the best front line in the NBA if you think about Anthony Davis now Cooper Flag Derrick Ladley the second they just extended Daniel Gaffa on a new three almost $60 million deal the biggest key though of this season is going to be Kyrie Irving the return to health that that he’s going to have if he if he was healthy right now we’d probably be talking about this team with the Thunder competing for a championship 1000% but that uncertainty on him and I’m told the Mavericks are not going to be rushing him back he personally is hopeful and targeting that January February period but that extension that he signed Greeney 3 years $119 what it does is give Dallas the ability to use their taxpayer mid-level exception of just over $5 million and they’re going to use that to go find a stop stop gap type of point guard a D’Angel Russell Chris Paul Malcolm Brogen those are the three names I’m told that are in play there potentially that they’re going to have interest in who’s that player going to be what’s the impact
so they’re not done talk to me about these Mavericks yeah I mean that’s the high priority because we don’t know when Kyrie Irving is going to be back and where are they in the standings when he does come back and and it’s similar where they made when Golden State made the Jimmy Butler trade we thought that Warriors team was floundering basically when Kyrie comes back it’s it’s a they’re making a trade without giving up anybody and that’s going to be the most important thing but the next week how they find a temporary replacement for Kyrie Irving is is the first order of business in Dallas so look that that is a trade that is going to be remembered and we are going to be tracking the progress of Lucas Lakers versus the Mavericks and so let’s take a look at that cindy A15 if you would please cuz ESPN bet is not buying into Dallas in the same way that Michael Wilbon is they currently have the Mavericks as the ninth best odds to win the Western Conference only one team in the last 40 years by the way played in the finals the year after selecting number one that was Cleveland in 2015 that shouldn’t even really count they they they drafted number one traded that to get Kevin Love they signed LeBron James they completely remade their team that’s not exactly what’s happening here so the question is as someone who was on both of these teams last year Markeff right now if I was telling you either the Mavericks or the Lakers next year are going to wind up winning the West which team would you tell me it’s going to be i I would say the Lakers greeny um you know obviously I finished with them but going into the playoffs we had a lot of momentum right and like I said before everybody was saying the Lakers was going to win the championship last year i mean let’s not let’s not act like we don’t we don’t remember that so I would say with the Lakers because obviously they start their whole team off with everybody kyrie’s not going to be healthy for majority of the season for for Dallas so I would say the Lakers they add a big man add another wing defender keep their core pieces together i think they’re in prime position to make a run what what move Shams is still sitting out there for the Lakers to make it’s clear their biggest need is that center Rob Pelinka has spoken about it at Nauseium that they need to find that will that be in the draft will that be in free agency a thousand% that’s the big question the other thing is the Dorian Finny Smith of it all he’s got a player option does he opt in does he find another suitor elsewhere in free agency so figuring out his free agency but then also the biggest thing there is the center and there’s names like Brook Lopez Clint Capella Al Horford out there in free agency will it be that route or will it be the trade route that’s what everyone in in LA everyone in the league is waiting on
bobby what’s the fit as far as you’re concerned
well it has to be center here and I think when you look at the the conversation between Dallas and and the Lakers right now you kind of like where Dallas is because the unknown of where the Lakers could be here they’ve got a ton of expiring contracts $60 million in expiring contract they’ve got one first round pick rob Pelinka showed his hand at the trade deadline he knew he showed what he was willing to trade and a pick swap of unprotected first mark Williams who was traded last night to Phoenix from Charlotte they have the assets to go out and try to get a center but it’s it’s the question is who’s that player going to be
by the way one more thing on the Mavericks quickly i’m not going to play the sound in the interest of time but Nico Harrison was asked about Jason Kid again and he sort of said “Are we still talking about this?” I’m asking you are we still talking about this jason
Kid is going nowhere perfect so we’re not still talking
i would say we would be I would say I would be highly concerned if I didn’t see Jason Kin sitting next to Nico Harrison last night when Cooper Flag was drafted and he was clapping his hand
he was Jason was doing interviews all day Cooper Flag and his
all is well okay good so now we’re feeling pretty good about things excellent so that’s where they all sit now let’s run the floor shams it was an exciting night last night we got round two coming today and then free agency we’re going to dive more deeply into these a little later but give me quick tree tops here are the Celtics done dealing we were watching Jaylen Brown all day yesterday
never say never most of their heavy lifting is done they got out of the second apron shed $180 million the calls the interest definitely is certainly still coming in for Jaylen Brown and Derek White there’s a couple other players Sam Hower Anthony Simons that at minimum if they do want to continue to shed even more out of the first apron uh out of the luxury tax they could there’s heavy interest in those two guys jaylen Brown Derek White but a very very high price threshold if anyone want
deeply into that as we continue and this Milwaukee Giannis’s future sort of hovers out there what should we be thinking
a lot of observing and he’s been there for 12 years so there’s going to be that equity given to the Bucks see what they do during the draft week free agency week how much can they improve this team in their moves he said it he wants to compete for a championship can the Bucks make those championship moves his future I’ve said it for the last few weeks it won’t be tied to the draft it won’t be tied to free agency if there is a resolution on Giannis and to Dubo it could be later in the summer
okay and then finally the Warriors and Jonathan Kaminga another team pardon me thinking deep playoff run thoughts out west what’s the latest with Kaminga
the Miami Heat are going to emerge as an expected suitor for Kaminga in restricted free agency and so we’ll see what else the market bears for him the Warriors are comfortable bringing him back as well they’re open-minded about signing trades we’ve seen him speak openly about the fact that he wants to be in a bigger role is that role out there for him somewhere else but the Heat who missed out on Kevin Durant look for them to be a potential suitor for Jonathan Kaminga
okay so that’s the latest around the league now let’s circle it all the way back to the draft bobby you were there last night covering it all let’s do some draft declarations from round one in your opinion who was the biggest winner last night
the Atlanta Hawks they were able to move from 20 uh from 13 to 23 they pick up Ace New here’s the big thing where Atlanta wins at they pick up a a first round pick that’s either going to be uh New New Orleans or Milwaukee in a loaded 2026 draft for me Atlanta was the big winner keep an eye on them in free agency
and that was a pick that you questioned last night
yan Hassoon from Portland here he was a player that was projected to go in the second round i think Jonathan Gavon had him in the 90s in January in in his top 100 a developmental player a big to go with Donovan Cllingan and DeAndre Aton you might see he was just sitting in the stands last night like that that that’s what happened he wasn’t at one of the tables cuz no one expected his name to get called last night meanwhile what was a pick you absolutely loved last night ace Bailey at number five certainly the the wing from Ruckers the talk was would a team pick him if [Music] [Music] forchech [Music] i’ll tell you Second week this is I don’t Are you ready what I’m not moving my [Music] I’m okay guess that’s

GET UP | Brian issues a warning shot to West after Mavs land Cooper Flagg at No. 1 in 2025 NBA Draft