LISTEN: NBA Roundup & Trade Rumors; Can Mavs Beat Jazz With Luka Doncic OUT?

The Dallas Mavericks take on the Utah Jazz without Luka Doncic on Saturday night. The Mavs Step Back Podcast previews that matchup, recaps Friday night's slate of NBA games and speculates on recent trade rumors.

Dalton Trigg | Jan 28, 2023

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If the Dallas Mavericks want to win back-to-back road games on Saturday night against the Utah Jazz, they're going to have to do so without MVP candidate Luka Doncic, who is set to miss tonight's contest due to an ankle sprain he suffered in the opening minutes of Dallas' win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday.

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, we preview the Mavs' tough task in Utah. Can Spencer Dinwiddie repeat the masterclass performance he put on in Phoenix without Doncic? Can Dallas' defense, which has been among the worst in the league in January, put together back-to-back solid efforts after holding the Suns to just 95 points? It won't be easy for Dallas to capture a win, but as we found out a few days ago, crazy things can happen in this league.

From there, we talk about encouraging development of Josh Green this season, recap Friday night's slate of NBA games from top to bottom before speculating on some of the latest trade rumors involving the Mavs less than two weeks before the trade deadline. And what's going on with this rumored Memphis Grizzlies scorekeeper scandal?

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Published Jan 28, 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.