Dan is joined by Dalton Trigg (@Dalton_Trigg) of the Mavs Step Back podcast to break down all things Dallas Mavericks in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss Luka Doncic’s next step, Kristaps Porzingis’ role, the frontcourt rotation, Jalen Brunson, offseason additions like Reggie Bullock and Sterling Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr.’s importance, lineups to look out for, trade candidates, trade targets and more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:54 – Intro 4:23 – Did the Mavs have an underrated free agency? 7:17 – The Luka-plus-shooting model 9:05 – Impact Sterling Brown and Reggie Bullock 11:12 – Dallas’ lack of secondary shot creation 14:15 – What does a better version of Luka look like? 19:17 – Kristaps-at-the-4(???) 25:52 – Trey Burke vs. Frank Ntilikina vs. Josh Green 32:44 – Other changes to expect under Jason Kidd 35:46 – Trade candidates/Trade targets 40:54 – Best crunch-time lineup 43:29 – Quirky lineups we want to see 45:29 – Win-total prediction
47:33 – Final thoughts on Jason Kidd