The Mavs FREE AGENCY Strategy is Clear After Draft Goes According to Plan | Dallas Mavericks Targets
The Dallas Mavericks are making major moves in NBA free agency as the front office builds around Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving following a surprise-filled draft. Could the Mavs land a game-changing guard through a trade or free agency signing to complete their roster?
Nick Angstadt and Isaac Harris break down every realistic and dream guard option for the Dallas Mavericks this offseason, discussing players like Anfernee Simons, Collin Sexton, Cason Wallace, Malik Monk, Ty Jerome, and Ben Mathurin, plus a wild distressed asset scenario. The duo also unpacks the theory that Masai Ujiri, Mike Schmitz, and Coach Dusty May had Morez Johnson Jr. targeted at pick nine all along, and how that shapes what comes next. The show also touches on the roles of Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II, and Klay Thompson as Dallas works to build a championship-contending roster around Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg.
0:00 Mavs’ Secret Draft Plan?
11:05 Guard Targets & FA Options
24:00 Dream Trade: Cason Wallace?
29:00 Distressed Assets & Wild Options?
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Who should the Mavs target in Free Agency?
0:00 Mavs' Secret Draft Plan?
11:05 Guard Targets & FA Options
24:00 Dream Trade: Cason Wallace?
29:00 Distressed Assets & Wild Options?
No one has EVER said, "Ooh, let's go watch Naz Reid play!" The Hornets got fleeced and the fans are gonna boo Naz when he walks onto the court.The Mavs, of all teams, should know what happens when your front office doesn't care about what fans want.
mavs will miss play-in and playoff in 2027 no matter what they do in 2026
Mathurin sounds nice until you look at his shooting numbers, especially from 3. We need guys who can snipe, and he isn't that.
Thats why Coach May was so ecstatic when the other michigan guys got selected versus when we got Mo he was just 😌. Because thus was pre planned way before. Lmao
Toronto is cooking up something. I feel like if they land Kawhi on a deal they MIGHT trade for Kyrie and go all in
What's the realistic offer the raptors could put out if it were to happen? Quickley, Dick and like a first, couple of seconds in a 2 for 1 trade lol 😂 just something to think about. I can't imagine Kyrie staying with the team past the deadline, they might not trade him this summer but I feel like Kyrie could request a trade if the raptors are looking good and they land Kawhi
CAM JOHNSON
Yeah we were going to draft Burries Dusty determined the pick without a doubt after hearing Johnson’s Presser.
No need to trade, free agent market only. 3 candidates: Collin Sexton, Quentin Grimes, Tyus Jones.
Issac you are wrong the head coach for sure made the determination of this pick by far. A first year head coach you want them to feel comfortable so you draft somebody he can feel comfortable with and helps explain the scheme.
I’ll take Simmon for sure
Nikola Topic
Wallace seems to be a masai guy and he would be a great fit mentality wise with coop, Naji, and Mo Johnson
I think Isaac's theory is possible for sure.
My thoughts before hearing that…was this:
Mavs had their board this way:
1. Kingston
2. REZ
3. Burries
Plan A was to take Flemings….
But the back up plan was to attempt to trade back to get 12/17 from OKC. And take Rez at 12…and Okorie at 17.
When they talked to Thunder, OKC disclosed they wanted Rez (who is exactly what they need and they have zero fear of Mavs NOT taking a guard, so disclosing was no big deal).
When Mavs FO discuss Rez with Dusty…he tells them that Rez is his ride or die of the 3 Wolverines.
Mavs come up with Ament smokescreen to justify not trading with OKC and keep them from talking to Atlanta to take Rez at #8.
The Flemings part is a wild guess….it might have been Rez all along.
Havent heard any rumors…but pretty sure one of us, maybe BOTH of us are on the right track. Maybe some combination of both scenarios????
Whataya think????
Golden State would have drafted him as a Draymond 2.0
Random names thrown out
Dort ?
Buy low on Ja ? Fix character like we did Kyrie
Grimes or sexton ?
The Mavs should look for a diamond in the rough rather than a known mid player. Imagine if last year they had signed Colin Gillespie rather than DLo
I’d like to get Malik Monk and a 2027, 2028, or 2029 1st round pick.
I think it was an awesome trade for Charlotte. LaMelo did them a HUGE favor by playing more than 55 games in a season for once. He's missed more time than Anthony Davis ever thought of missing in both of their careers. and AD has played almost twice as long as LaMelo. I would have traded him faster than diarrhea coming out…ummm….well, really fast. He finally gave Charlotte some value to be able to get something for him.
I would love Mathurin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Morez worked out for other teams. He did workouts with OKC, New York, GS, Brooklyn, Miami and Chicago. He did his bulls workout with flemings.
Westbrook or trade for someone as a backup or someone similar as a backup PG, and then a 3rd option, that makes this off season, but I am not eve sure they want a third optuon.
Yes…..Cason for PJ. Its the move that I suggested to Slightly last week. He said the money wont work….but they can make it work. Cason , joe and a 1st for pj? Too much??.. Maybe a 2nd instead? PJ is perfect for OKC.
Hard pass on CARUSO, Herro, schroeder, and Monk. Fox is too expansive. Ja and Levine are cooked. Matherin is intriguing….definitely a Masai kind of guy and Wagler is gonna be taking lots of his minutes.
……JA…… 😶🌫️…… MORANT
Why not bring Grimes back?
Bring Anthony Black home
That would be bad process though. Like if wagler or brown had someone fallen to 9 were they always going to pick morez over them?
You can get morez out johnson out of top 10 you can get morez if Mavs trade to OKC 12 -17 for 9 pick and 30 and you get guard phaylon at 17 bad moves or Mavs this mavs organisation is bullshit
Gafford for Mathurin sign and trade.
Klay to Miami for Nikola Jović
Quentin Grimes
Isaac is insane. Lamelo is 25 and just had the best season of his career. You let it ride. Why the hell would you do this gross ass trade for 1 FRP and naz lmao
Hoping for lu dort in free agency
For me, it was part of the agreement Dusty made to get hired. Probably wanted to trade down a bit but probably either got cold feet or got spooked by rumors of someone trading up or selecting him.
For all those clowns that keep saying we could have got him later and trade down – don't you think the potential teams called Dusty asking about Morez before they knew he was going to be the Mavs coach? The Mavs had inside intel.
Isaac you need to brush up on your Lamello knowledge, talking like its 2 years ago 😅
Anfernee Simons is a hard no.
My blazer buddies hated him.
He is Trae Young bad on defense and very one dimensional on offense.
Career 1.22 points per shot and 53% efficiency, which is right around league average.
For comparison Steph is 1.38 and 58%.
He’s not bad but he’s nothing special and the defense is the deal killer.
Perhaps Sexton is peaking and he can be something special but, for example,
Little Brandon Williams had 1.46 and 1.39 points per shot the last two years and is comparable to these dudes.
His 3 point shot is just broken.
If they all have major flaws then just pick the cheapest one, which will probably be a combo of Williams and Nemby, like last year.
It doesn’t matter a lot honestly.
I say masi makes another 1 year deal for Kawhi
PG Kyrie
SG Max
SF Coop, Naji (?)
PF PJ, Morez
C DLive, Gaff, DB
So it's really the back court rotation that's the issue. We had/have Klay, BWill and Nembhard. Looking at that, it's clear that we also need a solid 2 guard. I just realized that we don't really need to give up any of our centers.
Only see 2 guards that fit in DAL being #1 Ty Jerome & #2 Cason Wallace! Omax is killing it right now. We definitely need him!!!
Calling a player a 6 9 player a center should be blasphemy. If morez plays center for the mavs he is officially a bust. 6 9 guys cant play center so he is either a wing or in fucking china.
Nah I’m with issac on the hornets trade
Ball barely played his first 6 or 7 seasons what ever it is, he had good numbers sure but barely played
Then that last season yes he was finally healthy, but his numbers wherent as good and neither was the efficiency
I think yhe hornets are genuinely happy he had a healthy year, I believe they wish he had better stats so his value was even more
But did they really want to risk another year gambling with his health ?
Anfernee Simons over…. Sexton… Kyrie and Cooper need help …we also need 3pt shooters
Trade for Wallace now at relatively low cost and then at the deadline, with the traffic jam now that lamello is there ayo seems to be the odd man out. I think he'd be a fantastic 2.
They are no guards. Point guard is the hardest position to find. Copper flagg and kyrie are the only play makers on the team. Playmaker are hard to find. Its over. 2 time lines is dead. What angers me is just trade everyone now and stop wasting people career.
he literally worked out in golden state, with Yaxel Burries and Philon it’s even on their social media page