*** Official 2025 - 2026 Dallas Mavericks Season Thread ***

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10:14p, 4/25/26
Ayo Dosunmu would have been a really nice MLE target this offseason but safe to say he's flown past that range this series.
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In reply to Vessel • 10:35p, 4/25/26
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Rockets needed a PG and Minn only paid a few 2nds for him. I'm shocked they didn't make that move. Would have added some playmaking and shooting they needed. Dumbass front office.
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In reply to Guitarsoup • 10:41p, 4/25/26
Not sure which front office move is worse, Rockets not trading for him or Bulls only getting 2 seconds for him…
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10:48p, 4/25/26
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If yall missed it, Wolves scored a basket with 1s left and a huge lead and Jokic started a fight, with both benches clearing.

Wolves up 3-1, but DDV blew out his achilles and Ant Edwards hyperextended his knee. And everyone on both teams should be suspended.
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8:27a, 4/26/26
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I think Coby White would be a great addition to this team.

Also, I love the chippy animosity the playoffs bring in basketball and hockey. There's almost nothing like it. "I hate you, you hate me, and I'll see you again in two nights to do it again"
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6:20p, 4/27/26
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6:27p, 4/27/26
AG


Closer than it should have been but they got it right
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7:07p, 4/27/26
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7:35p, 4/27/26
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Common sense prevails!
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10:10p, 4/27/26
https://instagr.am/p/DXqEj_MDD0i

Oh my gosh.
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10:52a, 4/28/26
Just watched the full video. Pretty funny his mom and Kidd were in on it.

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In reply to NoahAg • 11:54a, 4/28/26
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Those actors were pretty great.
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6:50p, 4/28/26


The league continues to show it is completely out of touch…
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7:43p, 4/28/26
AG
Anyone else think simply going to a true worst gets the first pick in the draft and so on would fix a lot of tanking?
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In reply to Tksymm7 • 7:45p, 4/28/26
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Tksymm7 said:
Anyone else think simply going to a true worst gets the first pick in the draft and so on would fix a lot of tanking?

Nope. It would make tanking this year even uglier.
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In reply to Guitarsoup • 7:46p, 4/28/26
AG
This year sure, but most others years I don't think teams would care much.
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In reply to Tksymm7 • 7:53p, 4/28/26
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I'm with you. This thing is so ****ed now. Congrats to the first 47 win team in the west to get the #1 pick. This is going to create a permanent class system of haves and have nots.
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In reply to Tksymm7 • 7:54p, 4/28/26
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Tksymm7 said:
This year sure, but most others years I don't think teams would care much.

We would have seen the same for Flagg/Harper.

Most teams would have ignored the Risacher draft.

Wemby draft would have been insane tanking.

Paolo/Chet/Jabari was considered fairly strong.

More often than not, teams would really tank hard because one player makes a bigger difference in the NBA than any other league. No lottery would make it worse.
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In reply to Guitarsoup • 7:55p, 4/28/26
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The Mavs are a perfect example. They get Cooper Flagg last year, this year don't except to be great, but because there's no way they're a top 4 worst team they probably invest into cooper in different ways throughout the year than simply just F it and be awful the last 2 1/2 months.
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In reply to Tksymm7 • 8:40p, 4/28/26
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That's how most tanking is done. Most teams play normally the first couple months and try to get some wins under the belt and something positive for the young players.

Then they have their starting center have surgery for a deviated septum that happened 5 years ago like Utah.
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9:18p, 4/28/26
Anyone who wasn't appalled by the tanking this year isn't really a fan of the NBA.

Wizards paid Trae and AD 100 million (prorated) to sit so they could lose.

Jazz paid JJJ and Lauri 80 million to not play

Ja stopped playing

Bucks shut Giannis down against his will

Kings shut down Lavine and Sabonis super early

Tyrese Haliburton and Kyrie didn't consider coming back this year so their team could lose

The NBA is a star driven league and these lottery teams have stars but they still sat them to tank. Most of these teams should have been at worst 35-40 win teams if they tried to win. What the NBA really wants is for all of the above guys to PLAY. Any fan should also want to see that for the health of the game.
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In reply to AggieEP • 9:22p, 4/28/26
AG
Hali is the only one who might've had a legit reason for sitting. Apparently he's had a pretty severe case of shingles
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In reply to thegoodolag15 • 9:33p, 4/28/26
thegoodolag15 said:
Hali is the only one who might've had a legit reason for sitting. Apparently he's had a pretty severe case of shingles


True, but even before the shingles the Pacers were set on him sitting and them tanking. His achilles tear was later than Tatum's in the playoffs, so not sure he could have legitimately returned, but it wasn't even a consideration which is more of what concerns me. What kind of dumb system incentivizes teams to sit guys they pay 50 million dollars to.
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In reply to AggieEP • 10:08p, 4/28/26
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The Wizards should be punished by the league. They clearly lied for nearly a month about injuries to two star players just to tank.
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In reply to Infection_Ag11 • 10:42p, 4/28/26
Infection_Ag11 said:
The Wizards should be punished by the league. They clearly lied for nearly a month about injuries to two star players just to tank.


The Jazz did that with 4 players helping them win games.
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