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Is Mavs Trade ‘Pipe-Dream’ Beal at His Breaking Point?

On this episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan talk about what it would take for the Dallas Mavericks to make a blockbuster trade for Washington Wizards superstar Bradley Beal.

Dalton Trigg

The idea of Bradley Beal somehow, someway, making his way onto the Dallas Mavericks roster is something we at DallasBasketball.com have been brainstorming for multiple years now. 

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We recently addressed the idea, and now - because seriously, Beal is starting to let his smile turn upside-down - we invite you to listen to our address.

This year ... maybe? ... could be the year where the Washington Wizards actually pull the trigger on a Beal trade. 

When and if that time does come, what exactly would the Mavs have to give up in order to get Beal to Dallas? Would Kristaps Porzingis have to be included to even get the Wizards' attention? Would Beal himself have to list the Mavs as his preferred destination to give such a move a realistic shot? We discuss every angle of the Mavs-Beal topic on this week's episode of the Mavs Step Back Podcast (starting at the 7:30 mark).

UPDATE: Again, as the Wizards continue to struggle, Beal is seemingly becoming more and more frustrated.

Washington is now 3-10 on the season after being blown out by the Houston Rockets, the team they traded John Wall to for Russell Westbrook. Before the season began, Beal expressed the desire to play with Wall again for the first time in two years due to injuries. Beal never got that chance, and he watched as Wall put up 24 points and five assists in the Houston’s 19-point win on Tuesday night. The Wizards are now 1-9 this season when Westbrook plays.

The guys also spend over half an hour answering questions that listeners submitted to this week's mailbag. Topics from the mailbag include our favorite basketball nicknames of all-time, how the NBA is handling this Covid-crazy season so far, whether Doncic's good defense is here to stay, and much, much more!

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CONTINUE READING: Dallas Mavs 'Help!' Trade Donuts: Beal? Oladipo? Tucker Realistic?

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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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