NBA Betting Odds: Mavs Make Shortlist for Joel Embiid Trade

If the Philadelphia 76ers do eventually move on from star big man Joel Embiid, the Dallas Mavericks are a popular destination according to NBA betting oddsmakers.

Dalton Trigg | Jul 17, 2023

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Philadelphia 76ers star and reigning MVP Joel Embiid sent the NBA world into a frenzy on Monday when a video surfaced of him casting doubt about his future in the City of Brotherly Love.

"I just want to win a championship,” Embiid said on an episode of Uninterrupted. “Whatever it takes. I don't know where that's gonna be. Whether it's in Philly or anywhere else. I just want to have a chance."

The aftermath of those comments resulted in loads of speculation regarding which team Embiid could go to if he did end up requesting a trade. According to BetOnline.ag, the Dallas Mavericks have the third-best odds (+350) of landing the MVP big man. The New York Knicks (+200) and Brooklyn Nets (+250) have the top odds.

We’ve already discussed the pros and cons of the Mavs potentially adding Embiid. On one side, the Mavs would be acquiring a star center they’ve never had before, one that would surely shred opponents next to Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. On the flip side of that, though, the Mavs would have to completely gut their newfound depth and high-upside youth in order to pull off a trade, considering they don’t have the draft capital available like the Knicks and Nets do.

No matter which side of the coin you fall on, all of this talk falls into the “pipe-dream” category, and it’s hard to see Embiid requesting a trade out of Philly immediately after winning an MVP. But … this is the NBA, and crazier things have certainly happened. We’ll be keeping an eye on what goes down with the 76ers leading into training camp, as the future of their other star, James Harden, is also up in the air.

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Published Jul 17, 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.