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Mavs Free Agency LISTEN: Kyrie Re-Sign Reactions; Jarrett Allen Trade Rumor

On the latest episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we react to the Dallas Mavericks re-signing Kyrie Irving and discuss several starting center trade options, including Cleveland Cavaliers big man Jarrett Allen.

Dalton Trigg

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With NBA free agency in full swing, the Dallas Mavericks have already made a series of moves, including re-signing star point guard Kyrie Irving, who was the team's top priority heading into the offseason, and signing Brooklyn Nets shooting guard Seth Curry. Dallas also re-signed Dwight Powell and signed former top-five draft pick Dante Exum as well.

Despite adding two promising rookies in Dereck Lively II and OMax Prosper during the NBA Draft a few weeks ago, the Mavs are still in search of a veteran staring center and wing depth through more free-agency signings or potential trades.

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we give our personal takes on Irving's new contract with the Mavs, which is for three years and a total of $126 million. From there, we discuss how adding Curry back into the mix will be a big help for the Mavs next season despite his limitations on the defensive end of the court.

The signing of Curry also likely spells the end of the Tim Hardaway Jr. era in Dallas, and being that the Mavs are still hoping to add an experienced, starting-caliber big man, we discuss several trade options that could be on the table with Hardaway being the main piece going out. Given the Cleveland Cavaliers' reported interest in Hardaway earlier this year, we believe a trade for former Texas Longhorn Jarrett Allen could be the Mavs' best bet at adding a veteran center that moves the needle.

As always, thanks for listening, and be sure to stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for more Mavs free agency and trade coverage coming later today and throughout the rest of this week.

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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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