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Mavs Draft Reactions: Dereck Lively II Expectations; Free Agency, More Trades Next?

The Dallas Mavericks accomplished a lot during Thursday night's NBA Draft, and the Mavs Step Back Podcast gives their initial reactions on everything that went down, as well as what could be next in free agency and potential trades.

Dalton Trigg

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The Dallas Mavericks took a big step in the right direction of changing their defensive identity on Thursday night when they came into the NBA Draft with the No. 10 pick and left with Dereck Lively II and Olivier-Maxence Prosper – two young, versatile, defensive-minded players at the center and forward positions.

On top of that, Dallas was also able to get off of Davis Bertans' unattractive contract while adding veteran big man Richaun Holmes in separate trades with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Sacramento Kings. Holmes' contract isn't great either, but it's only for two more years at most, and the Mavs got Prosper with the No. 24 pick for taking it with their trade exception.

On the latest episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we discuss all these transactions in detail and give our initial reaction to what the Mavs accomplished, as well as what we think could happen in the near future in free agency and other potential trades.

My co-host, Drew Johnson, who is a college basketball coach, has been banging the "Dereck Lively to Dallas" drum since December, back when we didn't even think the Mavs had a real chance of keeping this year's draft pick. Drew got a head start in willing this one into existence, so he deserves to take his victory lap on this episode. You can listen to the entire show below:

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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.

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