BREAKING: Mavs Talk Trade With Warriors On Porzingis - Report

The Mavs Step Back Podcast: Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan talk Mavs/Grizzlies, trade scenarios, and the Kristaps Porzingis conundrum live on the Locker Room app.

Dalton Trigg | Feb 23, 2021

After sitting at home for eight days due to weather delays, the Dallas Mavericks entered their Monday night matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies hoping to continue their solid play of late, which had seen them win four out of their previous five games.

Fortunately for the Mavs, the well-rested roster was up to the task, easily dispatching of the Grizzlies 102-92 at the American Airlines Center.

But something else is buzzing at the AAC: trade talk.

The Dallas Mavericks have reached out to the Golden State Warriors to gauge interest in a Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell SNY's Ian Begley ... which lines up with a similar Bleacher Report story ...

As for the game ... Tim Hardaway Jr. led the way for Dallas, scoring 29 points off of the bench while shooting 7-of-11 from beyond the arc, while Jalen Brunson added 19 off of the bench as well, and star Luka Doncic 21 points, seven rebounds, and five assists.

Josh Richardson also came to play, putting up 17 points and seven boards of his own.

What the Mavs didn't have a Monday was their second-star Porzingis, who missed the game due to "back-stiffness", marking yet another missed game for the oft-injured star. To make things even more interesting, after the game, Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer reported that the Mavs have quietly shopped Porzingis amid the team's major defensive struggles when he's on the court.

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan spend nearly an hour on the Locker Room app talking Mavs/Grizzlies, Porzingis, his future with Dallas, past offseason mistakes, and other possibilities for the Mavs heading towards the trade deadline.

READ: Mavs Plotting To Trade Porzingis? 3 Problems

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Published Feb 23, 2021

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.