Dallas Mavericks 2025 Trade thread -- Roster and Cap -- 1st page updated on July 1st

[daoneandonly]

Lets trade Luka because of... defense? And then bring in a defensive virtuoso and a superb playoff performer DLo to replace him at playmaking position. Brilliant mind Nico, absolutely brilliant.

You still don’t get it. Regardless of what reason was given, Luka was traded for personal reasons. It has nothing to do with his defense (or lack thereof). The trade was made because he got into a pissing match with a guy that had more power than him within the organization.

Dude, i know way more than you regarding the trade. I get news here from his dad that you don't ... And read post above, i said i wrote it in a sarcastic way. Try and understand the point of it.

Arch, mind sharing what you know or heard? As you know after the trade I went crazy and liked the Wiz/stopped watching basketball, so out of the loop

[Mr B]

My dream scenario: with Jrue Holiday pissed being sent to Portland, he works out a buyout and joins Dallas.

Mavs is over 1st apron team
Even j.holiday buyout, mavs still cannot sign him
And of course no chance he will butout, he still have 3 years contract

They can sign him if he’s willing to play for the taxpayer MLE.

[arkuo]

Lets trade Luka because of... defense? And then bring in a defensive virtuoso and a superb playoff performer DLo to replace him at playmaking position. Brilliant mind Nico, absolutely brilliant.

They did add defense when they traded Luka. That's what AD was for. Whoever they get at guard now is a placeholder until Kyrie gets back. If Kyrie didn't get injured, then there's no need for said placeholder.

They did trade Luka. Mavs Twitter expects 15 Jrue Holidays with various heights and positions. LOL

Luka fans have been pissed since March trying to dissect every move. Maybe I'm just naturally easy going so I could care less. You guys need to let it go. All that anger is cancerous man. And for a sports team? Not worth it.

Lol my post was more or less sarcastic but the point still stands. Mavs had every piece in place already for the next 10 years (with minor adjustments needed).

Btw if you think a guy like DLo will only be a "placeholder" for Kyrie, then you're kidding yourself. He'll see time in playoffs as well and there is also no guarantee that Kyrie will be the same player as he was before. Also, Kyrie is not a real playmaker he's a combo guard capable of passing.

Not trying to pick a fight with you. But if you want to be miserable everyday then have at it. Just don't break expensive stuff.

Not trying to tell you what to do or what not to do, but just consider the optics. We're hours away from making the first overall pick and you're here raining on someone else' parade by trying to be sarcastic on the Mavs board. That's general board stuff. We're trying to enjoy draft night. If you're still pissed about Luka then maybe you can be miserable again tomorrow. Let other people have this day. You're enemy is Nico, not the people here. He's not here, but we get your point.

[Archx]

You still don’t get it. Regardless of what reason was given, Luka was traded for personal reasons. It has nothing to do with his defense (or lack thereof). The trade was made because he got into a pissing match with a guy that had more power than him within the organization.

Dude, i know way more than you regarding the trade. I get news here from his dad that you don't ... And read post above, i said i wrote it in a sarcastic way. Try and understand the point of it.

Arch, mind sharing what you know or heard? As you know after the trade I went crazy and liked the Wiz/stopped watching basketball, so out of the loop

What specifically do you want to know? Asfeth, MacMahon and Cato basically covered it to perfection when they interviewed Mavs employees.

Not trying to pick a fight with you. But if you want to be miserable everyday then have at it. Just don't break expensive stuff.

Not trying to tell you what to do or what not to do, but just consider the optics. We're hours away from making the first overall pick and you're here raining on someone else' parade by trying to be sarcastic on the Mavs board. That's general board stuff. We're trying to enjoy draft night. If you're still pissed about Luka then maybe you can be miserable again tomorrow. Let other people have this day.

What are you talking about? You quoted me, i didn't quote anyone?? You literally came out of nowhere and now you're playing the victim card, for what?? WTF?

It was a single post regarding how bad DLO actually is. Go read Mavs reddit and you'll see same responses. I didn't argue with anyone about this, now you're trying to make something out of it because you got a response back on my post.

So yeah, enjoy your day because my post had nothing to do with your or any other poster that is here on this forum.

[Mr B]

I would much rather give Brandon Williams the minutes we’d give DLO. I don’t even want DLO anywhere near us.

Brandon Williams will have Brandon William minutes.

DLO is taking Dinwiddie or Exum's minutes. I think this is where it's at. Will Dinwiddie do a better job at it than DLO?

I think DLO for $5M is robbery. You take that 1 year deal and roll the dice on DLO. We've seen what Dinwiddie is capable of.

DLO is disposable after a year if he doesn't work out.

Dante Exum will be back in Dallas this year too.

[arkuo]

I would much rather give Brandon Williams the minutes we’d give DLO. I don’t even want DLO anywhere near us.

Brandon Williams will have Brandon William minutes.

DLO is taking Dinwiddie or Exum's minutes. I think this is where it's at. Will Dinwiddie do a better job at it than DLO?

I think DLO for $5M is robbery. You take that 1 year deal and roll the dice on DLO. We've seen what Dinwiddie is capable of.

DLO is disposable after a year if he doesn't work out.

Dante Exum will be back in Dallas this year too.

A post on Twitter said that a team in Europe as interested in him. I guess I misread that.

[Mr B]

If Walker Kessler gets traded to the Lakers as the rumors have it, then they get Rui Hachimura in return.

This would be the time when I think Danny Ainge would entertain Gafford and picks for Collin Sexton.

If this is the route we're going for.

Things to keep in mind after this trade:
- You lose Gaff so you would have to replace that aspect
- You lose a pick or two
- You will have to re-sign Sexton to a bigger deal long term so to avoid the 2nd apron again, you will need to let Klay or PJ or some players go for nothing like Boston did for KP.

More holes to plug but if there are solutions to that, I think Sexton would be able to keep that position above water until Kyrie gets back.

I don’t think Sexton is the right PG for this team. I like him as a player but I wouldn’t say that the P&R is a strength of his. With all the lob threats this team has they really need a P&R PG.

Outside of Chris Paul who is the best P&R PG available that would be willing to play for the taxpayer MLE?

[arkuo]

What are you talking about? You quoted me, i didn't quote anyone?? You literally came out of nowhere and now you're playing the victim card, for what?? WTF?

It was a single post regarding how bad DLO actually is. Go read Mavs reddit and you'll see same responses. I didn't argue with anyone about this, now you're trying to make something out of it because you got a response back on my post.

So yeah, enjoy your day because my post had nothing to do with your or any other poster that is here on this forum.

You're being sarcastic as you said on the Mavs board where Mavs fans are. If you want to be miserable and continue moping with Luka's dad, then I guess you're free to do so. Maybe consider toning down the sarcasm once in a while. Luka fans have been mad since March. If you want to be mad everyday that's your right. But Nico's not here so it barely has any effect, it just becomes a Debbie downer type of thing for everyone else who decide to stay.

Anything you post, quoted or not does have an effect on other posters. If I post I hate Jews in a Jewish site without quoting anyone and get mad at someone calling me out and respond with well I didn't quote anyone and whatever I say has no effect whatsoever. I just think it's the wrong venue for that. (It's just an example. I don't hate Jews)

Serious question though. If you are close friends with Luka's dad, wouldn't the Lakers board be a more proper venue for laughing and sarcasm towards the Mavs than the actual Mavs board? Seems like a wrong place to do that. Lakers fans along with Luka fans who have moved on would be a better audience for that IMO.

I mean I don't like Porzingis and I laugh at him for having AIDS and getting sent to Atlanta on top of that but I don't do that in the Celtics forum.

[Archx]

What are you talking about? You quoted me, i didn't quote anyone?? You literally came out of nowhere and now you're playing the victim card, for what?? WTF?

It was a single post regarding how bad DLO actually is. Go read Mavs reddit and you'll see same responses. I didn't argue with anyone about this, now you're trying to make something out of it because you got a response back on my post.

So yeah, enjoy your day because my post had nothing to do with your or any other poster that is here on this forum.

You're being sarcastic as you said on the Mavs board where Mavs fans are. If you want to be miserable and continue moping with Luka's dad, then I guess you're free to do so. Maybe consider toning down the sarcasm once in a while. Luka fans have been mad since March. If you want to be mad everyday that's your right. But Nico's not here so it barely has any effect, it just becomes a Debbie downer type of thing for everyone else who decide to stay.

You're literally gaslighting me here and you're putting words in my mouth and i don't like that. If you don't understand what someone writes, you don't need to respond, i hope you know that? There are MANY silly posts written i don't respond to because i don't know if these people are serious or not. So i would suggest you do the same.

YOU chose to understand the post like it was about Luka, while i already explained it to you that the post was about Nico going after DLo. And the sarcasm was about the irony and how Nico already had all the pieces in place.

It's also YOUR decision that this post apparently ruined your draft night. I'm sorry but that is your problem not mine lol.....

Serious question though. If you are close friends with Luka's dad.

Where the did you get this idea from? Mate, were you drinking tonight?? I have never seen you write so out place before.

[arkuo]

What are you talking about? You quoted me, i didn't quote anyone?? You literally came out of nowhere and now you're playing the victim card, for what?? WTF?

It was a single post regarding how bad DLO actually is. Go read Mavs reddit and you'll see same responses. I didn't argue with anyone about this, now you're trying to make something out of it because you got a response back on my post.

So yeah, enjoy your day because my post had nothing to do with your or any other poster that is here on this forum.

You're being sarcastic as you said on the Mavs board where Mavs fans are. If you want to be miserable and continue moping with Luka's dad, then I guess you're free to do so. Maybe consider toning down the sarcasm once in a while. Luka fans have been mad since March. If you want to be mad everyday that's your right. But Nico's not here so it barely has any effect, it just becomes a Debbie downer type of thing for everyone else who decide to stay.

You're literally gaslighting me here and you're putting words in my mouth and i don't like that. If you don't understand what someone writes, you don't need to respond, i hope you know that? There are MANY silly posts written i don't respond to because i don't know if these people are serious or not. So i would suggest you do the same.

YOU chose to understand the post like it was about Luka, while i already explained it to you that the post was about Nico going after DLo. And the sarcasm was about the irony and how Nico already had all the pieces in place.

It's also YOUR decision that this post apparently ruined your draft night. I'm sorry but that is your problem not mine lol.....

Apologies if you feel gaslighted. That was not the intention.

I just feel that there are guys that have been mad since March 2025. And have been amplifying the sarcasm posts since.

Since there are two sides of every coin, then my intention was not to gaslight you. But it was YOUR decision that my post gaslighted you and I'm sorry but that is your problem and not mine. See my point? If we both go down that rabbit hole then there's no end to it.

We could go down that route but let's not. It's an online message board so it's not worth fighting over. So my apologies, let's move on.

[arkuo]

Serious question though. If you are close friends with Luka's dad.

Where the did you get this idea from? Mate, were you drinking tonight?? I have never seen you write so out place before.

I can't drink. I probably misread your post that said you get news from his dad over there. I thought you guys were close.

If not then my bad.

[Archx]

Serious question though. If you are close friends with Luka's dad.

Where the did you get this idea from? Mate, were you drinking tonight?? I have never seen you write so out place before.

I can't drink. I probably misread your post that said you get news from his dad over there. I thought you guys were close.

If not then my bad.

It's all good, i'm just shocked by your overall reaction about something so silly

We get more news here in Slovenia than US media yeah, that's what i meant.

Anyway... for anyone wondering how things stand at the moment.

[arkuo]

Where the did you get this idea from? Mate, were you drinking tonight?? I have never seen you write so out place before.

I can't drink. I probably misread your post that said you get news from his dad over there. I thought you guys were close.

If not then my bad.

It's all good, i'm just shocked by your overall reaction about something so silly

We get more news here in Slovenia than US media yeah, that's what i meant.

Anyway... for anyone wondering how things stand at the moment.

Yeah I misunderstood your post as you get news from Luka's dad himself over there, in which case you meant Slovenian media.

Thanks for clearing that up. My bad. We're good.

Kai Jones will probably get signed back. Dinwiddie might be as good as gone.

That $5M will get dangled to the first taker IMO. I won't underestimate Kyrie or AD's ability to recruit US players. Where Doncic was shy and timid, these two are not. So there's that.

[Mr B]

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[Darren]

PJ, Martin, Klay, Hardy for Wiggins, DRob. Miami gets younger core in PJ. Klay gets back home. Martin gets back to familiar team. Hardy make up for DRob shooting at way more friendly contract.

The Mavs gets Wiggins who has got Luka lots of problems in Western Finals and switch.Klay into a younger pure shooter with Finals experience.

[Archx]

It was such a nice scene until they showed Nico.

Will be amazing following the development and if he lives up to the hype. Mavs will have insane team when healthy, i expect them to get at least to the WCF.

[Darren]

https://hoopswire.com/nba-rumors-jason-kidd-wants-to-coach-knicks/

[Darren]

The riot within the Mavs front office continues. Maybe the draft day trade is Kidd to NYK for 5 first round picks.

[HMFFL]

My dream scenario: with Jrue Holiday pissed being sent to Portland, he works out a buyout and joins Dallas.

That would be a blessing.

He does have $100 million left owed to him but that includes if he agrees to his player option.

Another team that should be interested in Jrue are the Kings.

[Archx]

Mavs fans inside arena at the watch party.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1lklyr6/fire_nico_chants_at_the_dallas_mavericks_draft/