Luka Doncic's Epic Game 7 Not Enough; Mavs' Front Office Has To Step Up

On this episode of Mavs Step Back LIVE, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan spend a full hour talking through the Dallas Mavericks' roster issues with a handful of Mavs fans on the Locker Room app, as well as what needs to happen this summer, after Luka Doncic's 46 points wasn't near enough to get Dallas over the hump in Game 7 vs. the Los Angeles Clippers.

Dalton Trigg | Jun 6, 2021

Luka Doncic's Epic Game 7 Not Enough; Mavs' Front Office Has To Step Up /

A fun Dallas Mavericks season and an incredibly exciting first round playoff series came to an end on Sunday afternoon, as Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers eliminated the Mavs in Game 7 at Staples Center, 126-111.

Luka Doncic performed as well as anyone would've expected, putting up 46 points on 17-of-30 shooting overall and 5-of-11 from deep to go with 14 assists and seven rebounds. Although the Mavs have some role players on this current roster who we believe could be key pieces on.a championship contending team, those players' roles are being stretched thin due to Dallas not having a true second star next to Doncic.

These role players, including Kristaps Porzingis (who was originally perceived as being the Mavs' second star), Tim Hardaway Jr., Dorian Finney-Smith, Jalen Brunson and Maxi Kleber, all have something to bring to the table, but all of their shortcomings will continue to be magnified more than they should be until the Mavs' front office gets Doncic more help.

On this episode of Mavs Step Back LIVE, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan spend a full hour talking through the Mavs' roster issues with a handful of Mavs fans on the Locker Room app, as well as what needs to happen this summer, after Doncic's 46 points wasn't near enough to get Dallas over the hump. How much of the blame for this playoff series loss is on head coach Rick Carlisle or the front office? What will The Mavs do with Porzingis going forward? Even though the Mavs need roster upgrades, should we be concerned about Tim Hardaway Jr.'s impending free agency? We discuss all this and much, much more right here:

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Published Jun 6, 2021

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.