Insider drops surprising Mavs trade report...

This is Ben Newsome from Jays, an NBA insider, it's a shock a surprising Mavericks trade report. And with the regular season just around the corner, there's a very interesting name that has just been linked to the Mavericks. And something big is brewing for this team. We're gonna break down that report and discuss what it means going forward, as well as a bunch of other updates ahead of what's going to be a crazy regular season with the team looking really, really good, chemistry being there, vibes are high. But before we get into all of it, and there is a lot to discuss today, a very quick reminder to hit that subscribe button if you guys are in peace with the support. Now, Jace, there's a lot to talk about today, and a report dropped yesterday, and let's dive right into it. It is surrounding Karl-Anthony Towns, and you might be saying, Nick, Jace, what on earth are you talking about? You can see here, an anonymous executive labels the Bulls and the Clippers as a potential landing spot, or rather potential landing spots for Karl-Anthony Towns if he doesn't sign a deal with New York. Only a few possible suitors stand out to me right now in terms of cap space and fit. Chicago and the Clippers are the cleanest path. but the Nets can get there with the money. But Golden State and Dallas could get around $50 million in space with more tinkering. So, Jays, this has kind of gone, not viral, but a bunch of Mavericks fans are talking about it for a few different reasons. One, it's obviously an opportunity for the next offseason for the Mavericks to kind of be able to pounce and sign a deal. But I think potentially more interestingly here is the potential of a trade if the Knicks want to dump them. You can see here the Mavericks owners, for all their faults, have the pockets they don't care about spending if the Knicks or someone have to dump a high level player the Mavericks can easily take advantage of it and this is where the Mavericks have a very interesting opportunity to go ahead and if it ends up being the dumper perspective I think it's a golden opportunity to go after Karl-Anthony Towns and if it ends up being of course from the free agency side of things they can spend the money and a lot of fans I think actually are coming around to the idea, we'll dive into kind of the fit in a minute but how do you feel about this, Jason, it's true there's not a lot of teams that can take advantage of it but i think pairing Cooper Flagg with Karl-Anthony Towns is quite the interesting go but a lot of it will depend on how this team does because this is a move you make if you if you feel like you're one or two pieces away yeah i think it really just does depend how the first couple months of the season goes for the Mavericks and also for the Knicks because there is like that slight possibility that you know Cat comes out here and starts to have a career here and all of a sudden you're thinking okay well maybe the Knicks do decide to give him the money that he's been asking for but as of right now kind of i want to say that the Mavericks are in a position where they feel like they can go out there and spend money like i think they still are working towards it but i want to go back to the one tweet that you showed because there's something underneath it with Loring Gunn and i wish with the full tweet but i'll kind of summarize it basically what she says is get used yeah there you go get used to Dallas being in these conversations because of where they are they're willing to go out there and spend they're willing to go out there maybe even go into the second apron for a winning team because they have a superstar and Cooper Flagg And I think the one thing about saying and putting so much into Kyrie Irving is proving that we are in a win now window that right now, I understand what happened last season. We were a lottery pick, whatever it might be. We feel as though this team can go out there and can compete. And I, I fully am right there with him in the Western Conference is very, very solid, but I think there's a lot of teams that the Mavericks are better than that. They're not getting enough credit for. Yeah. And there's one tip as well. 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have to use a bunch of uh maneuvers to get around the cap no no negotiations are confirmed right now but Towns himself is disappointed in where things currently stand he said it was news to me on the extension pause very disappointed to say the least and i think for a team that just won a championship championship sorry it's a little bit surprising but like he's a very very good player and I mean he's only 30 years old so it's not like he's in an insane spot to where he's not good enough to you know lead a team to a championship because he obviously helped he does have an option as well we can see here 20 points 11 rebounds shoot he shoots really well from three and I feel like he would just kind of be a good shooter for the Mavericks now the big question will be how does he fit this team how much would it cost to get him if it's a dump sure right he's very very good in the pick and roll he fits Kyrie Irving's kind of play style perfectly so do you believe internally that Kyrie and Cooper Flagg are good enough to win a championship or at least like push for one if so i think it's a deal you make um especially with Kyrie Irving as you know he's not getting any younger but there's a lot of cap implications he obviously has that uh that option um right there as well but it's a player option so it's gonna be a wild wild ride but the offensive fit seems pretty seamless i mean great pick and roll guy great three-point shooter not a good defender um and that might be a question but they still have a hole that kind of four and five spot and i think he would fill it pretty well well and here's the biggest thing to me it honestly may come down to the Mavericks and looking at what they have in the center position because long term here uh you want to have Cooper Flagg at that small forward position and you look at what you have in the power forward or center position which you know more likely to play center if Lively can come back and be the guy that we saw his rookie year then i think this immediately goes down the wayside and that must side doesn't even consider it but if Lively can't come back healthy or if he comes back and doesn't look the same or if Gafford struggles to or if Gafford gets a trade that you can't refuse then there is a lot of options for you to go in here and move on from Derek Lively while getting Karl-Anthony Towns and extending him right away again it would take some financial maneuvering to kind of figure out the best way to do that but i don't think the Mavericks are scared of going into the first apron or even past that so right now you have some opportunity to go out there and spend your again nine million dollars on a luxury tax they're a lot under the second apron so you can kind of maneuver yourself into a good spot but i think that for Karl-Anthony Towns it's not about how good of a player he is it's not about if the Mavericks you know this this or that i think it's more about one what do we have at the center position with Derek Lively two how willing are the Knicks to actually give him to us for a reputable trade price because we're not going to give up you know major things for him if we're going to have to sign him too and then three um you know how exactly do those negotiations go with the Knicks and them with other teams. You know, is there people who would be willing to give up more than the Mavericks? And is he worth $60 million a year or whatever he'll get beyond that? That's the question. A lot of it comes down to the roster decisions. So comment down below where you guys kind of view it and whether or not you think the Mavericks should make a big move for Karl-Anthony Towns, or if they should wait for free agency, could be via trade. Now could be via free agency. It's going to reach a boiling point here soon. So I want you guys to leave a comment down below. Thank you guys for watching. See you later.