NBA Trade Rumors: Gordon or DeRozan as Mavs Fits?

On this week's episode, with NBA trade rumors picking up steam as we inch closer to the draft, Dalton Trigg and Matt Galatzan discuss a couple 'realistic' trade scenarios for the Dallas Mavericks including Orlando Magic's Aaron Gordon and San Antonio Spurs' DeMar DeRozan.

Dalton Trigg | Oct 23, 2020

NBA trade rumors and speculation continue to gain momentum as we get closer to the draft, which is currently scheduled for November 18. Could Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon or San Antonio Spurs shooting guard DeMar DeRozan be considered a couple of 'realistic' second-tier trade targets for the Dallas Mavericks, given that the Mavs own the No. 18 and 31 picks?

On this week's episode, we start off by discussing the Gordon and DeRozan scenarios at length, while also putting together our best Mavs trade packages for each player and how they'd fit alongside superstar Luka Doncic.

We believe these scenarios are worth looking into further, especially in the case of Gordon, a player who the Mavs have shown interest in trading for not too long ago.

After Dallas traded for Kristaps Porzingis around the 2019 NBA trade deadline, ESPN's Zach Lowe reported that the Mavs had "investigated" Gordon's availability prior to the trade. And according to a 2018 report from Sean Deveney of the Sporting News, the Mavs were expected to show "serious interest" in Gordon that summer before he eventually signed his extension with Orlando.

There hasn't been any new smoke coming from the Gordon-Dallas fire lately, but we know that the Mavs like Gordon as a player, and if he becomes available, we think it's a safe bet that GM Donnie Nelson, at the very least, gives the Magic a phone call.

In the second segment of this episode, the guys answer a handful of listeners' questions in their Mavs Offseason Mailbag 4.0. Questions ranged from whether trading for Indiana Pacers' Victor Oladipo would be worth the risk, what we would consider to be a Mavs 'disappointment' next season, who we've got our eyes on in the draft if the Mavs keep their picks (TCU's Desmond Bane, anybody?), and much, much more!

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Published Oct 23, 2020

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.