Anthony Davis’ Return | Luka Doncic’s Dominance | Nembhard’s Start | Cooper Flagg’s Game Management
The Dallas Mavericks fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in a tough NBA matchup where Anthony Davis made his return to the court. Cooper Flagg showed off his playmaking ability, while the Mavs looked for answers without Kyrie Irving and struggled to contain the Lakers’ explosive offense.
Nick Angstadt and Isaac Harris break down how Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, PJ Washington, and the Dallas Mavericks performed against LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and the Lakers, and discuss Jason Kidd’s decision-making, including starting Ryan Nembhard and benching D’Angelo Russell. The hosts also analyze the impact of Nico Harrison’s departure, Cooper Flagg’s development, and what the future holds for the Mavs as they navigate this challenging stretch. Tune in for insights on Naji Marshall, Max Christie, Mark Cuban, Patrick Dumont, and key decisions as the Mavericks search for solutions in the highly competitive NBA.
0:00 Lakers Beat Mavericks, AD Returns
14:15 Ryan Nembhard’s Start & Young Mavs Impact
22:41 Cooper Flagg’s Role & Aggressiveness Question
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28 Comments
What's 1 reason the Mavs lost to the Lakers?
Pre mahomes? Hope you are not comparing cooper to mahomes!! Lololol keep dreaming!!
If Kyrie and DLive play do we lose. They had their full roster and it took 38 from Austin Reeves and 35 from Luka for them to win.
Defense does win championships, but as a differential, not as the only thing you can do. The ultimate irony is that Nico probably meant the former, but things turned out as the latter.
Let me ask my fellow MFFLs this. If you are in the camp that we need as many picks as possible what do you think about this scenario.
End of the season we don’t win the draft lottery but we get the number 3 or 4 overall pick. Charlotte has a pick in the #10-15 range. Would you trade pick number 3 or 4 in 2026 to Charlotte to move down to the 10s and get our 2027 pick back and get Charlottes 2027 first (unprotected completely). I probably would do that deal, even if it means missing out on Boozer or ADJ.
Nembhard joins Flagg, Lively and Christie in the LONGTERM Mavs plan.
DO NOT TRADE AD.
As Nick says LET IT RIDE and let’s see where this goes. Some good young player will come available and only then should we make the deal.
Kuminga shouldn’t be the ceiling on the value scale.
Matt Moore sucks
Best podcast!!! Thank you for not shying away from Nico trade talk. It’s the only way through
Still have a simphaty for you guys and Mavs fan👍😍….from sLOVEnia!
It was 110-109 Mavs in the fourth quarter. All things considered that’s good for Dallas. Losing close games when you are going for a top 5 pick is
The best case scenario.
Let’s just let it unfold.
This could be a fun season if things fall well.
It’s my fault for scrolling these comments and getting ragebaited, but a lot of these comments on Cooper are gonna look really funny in like a year or two lol
The true sting in the tail from Nico's blunders is the mountainous salary that AD draws AS HE GETS OLDER AND WORSE. And Reeves comes along if LITERALLY ANY OTHER GM THAT HAS EVER LIVED is at the wheel.
Curse you, you Judas, you Nico!
stop it. Austin Reeves would not be in Dallas what he is today in LA. Luka pushes and inspirers all those guys to get better and keep up with him.
Nico firing squad
Lakers fan watching locked on mavs u guys really are entertaining
Mavs brought back AD to show he's healthy on a national stage before they trade him. His value increased already
Davis is so brittle that he can’t even wipe his own butt without getting hurt
Being bad this year doesn't automatically mean you're getting a high draft pick. The Mavs were no where close to getting the number 1 overall pick because of their odds. And luck was on their side and somehow got it and Cooper Flagg fell into their lap. Tanking doesn't work when anything can happen when those lottery balls gets picked.
Luka just doesn’t look like right in that jersey. He could have went to anyone but Lakers or Heat and it wouldn’t have been the cherry of my sh!t sundae
The background music just ruins everything. Are u guys tryna sound like u doing a freestyle
2:54 ADs return is fine. It only highlights cooper has low skills offensively
The bengals beat the ravens
Coop just dribble dribbles then at the end will just look for a pass 😂. Cant mid range cant back down anyone in the post. No pick en roll connection with AD, cant cut in the middle to take a mid range.
The trade was shit, and it hurts my heart.
Buuuuut. If thia team was healthy, with both AD and Kyrie, i genuinely believe they had a solid chance of beating OKC in the western finals series.
Yet I still see some Mavs fans on X calling for PJ to be traded.
Shane Sisse didn't play, would have been a big factor
I thought I was the only one who hates it when Wade speaks.
Harrison had no interest in Austin Reaves for one reason