Mavs LISTEN: 'Motivated' Doncic Drops 51; Does Dinwiddie Trade Affect Brunson's Free Agency?

Did the Dallas Mavericks get enough in the Kristaps Porzingis trade that netted them Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans? Was Luka Doncic's 51-point performance motivated by the trade? And what about Jalen Brunson's free agency?

Dalton Trigg | Feb 12, 2022

The Dallas Mavericks officially moved on from the Kristaps Porzingis era at the NBA trade deadline on Thursday, but a decent portion of their fan base is still coming to grips with the move two days later.

Did the Mavs get as much as they could have for Porzingis if they had potentially waited until the offseason to trade him? Will newcomers Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans be able to provide more than Porzingis would have to help Dallas get out of the first round of the playoffs this season? If Dinwiddie ends up performing well, does it increase the chances of the Mavs letting Jalen Brunson walk in free agency?

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, host Dalton Trigg is joined by Mavs Moneyball's Kirk Henderson and others to discuss all of these issues at length.

Outside of all the trade madness, there was an actual Mavs basketball game played at American Airlines Center on Thursday night, and Luka Doncic went berserk on the Los Angeles Clippers to the tune of a career-high 51 points.

“Obviously we’re going to miss [Kristaps Porzingis]," said Doncic after the win.

"We were building something great here even though it didn’t obviously work out. I wish him the best. We got two new guys who are welcome. [Davis] Bertans is a good shooter, [Spencer] Dinwiddie can put the ball on the floor and he can score. NBA is a business.”

Was Doncic motivated by what happened at the trade deadline, given that he no longer has to worry about getting Porzingis a certain amount of shots per game? He would obviously never say that publicly, but the guys talk about this possibility as well on this week's episode. Thanks for listening!

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Published Feb 12, 2022

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.