At a Crossroads: What Route Do Mavs Take to Get Off Mediocrity Treadmill?

The Dallas Mavericks are just as close to home-court advantage as they are of potentially being the 13th team in the Western Conference. The decisions for owner Mark Cuban and GM Nico Harrison in the coming weeks won't be easy ones.

Dalton Trigg | Jan 25, 2023

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Whether the Dallas Mavericks' front office wants to hear it or not, the fact of the matter is that its roster is mediocre despite having a generational superstar in Luka Doncic who is nearly averaging a triple-double with 33.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game.

As much as owner Mark Cuban and GM Nico Harrison would like to change that, there aren't many realistic ways for the Mavs to make a needle-moving shakeup ahead of the Feb. 9 trade deadline unless something just falls in their lap. The Mavs are currently the sixth-seed in the Western Conference standings. They're 2.5 games away from having home-court advantage, but they're also that many games away from the 13th-seeded Los Angeles Lakers as well.

So with that said, what do the Mavs do over these next few weeks? Do they keep trying to push forward with a group of guys that just might not have "it?" Do they pull the plug and go all-in on acquiring picks for aging veterans on their roster?

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we recap the Mavs' disappointing 127-126 loss to the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night at American Airlines Center that has led to all these concerning questions being raised. From there, we discuss which route the Mavs should take going forward, a prediction for what move Dallas will make at or before the trade deadline ... and you know we had to get into the beef between Spencer Dinwiddie and Kyle Kuzma as well.

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Published Jan 25, 2023

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.