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Just got multiple huge Dallas Mavericks updates as following an absolute thriller yesterday in which the Mavericks won. We have some huge updates surrounding Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving as Kyrie Irving made some very wild comments that are exactly what we want to hear as Dallas Mavericks fans. But not only that, we have a crazy report that has dropped surrounding Bronny James and the Dallas Mavericks, which makes absolutely no sense, but is kind of crazy. We're going to break all of it down. Before we get into it, a very quick thank you for all your guys' support and shout out to everyone who tuned in to Jason's live stream yesterday. Let's rewind to after Jason Kidd was fired back in May. Reports started to fly immediately after that, saying that teams are calling on Kyrie Irving. Mark Stein even reported that the Mavericks have been telling teams since June that he's not available, but that the reports keep flying in that they might be open to a trade. And you can see why teams asked. Obviously, Kyrie makes $39 million this season. He's an absolutely fantastic point guard, one of the best in the NBA. But over the past couple of weeks specifically, everyone's put the trade talks to rest, even though the propaganda continues to be pushed You know, the Celtics being interested in Kyrie Irving, all these random, The reason this is relevant now is because after the win in Indiana yesterday, Kyrie Irving spoke out and just revealed the whole truth surrounding what has made this Mavericks team, who are now 7-4, so successful behind the scenes, and this is what he had to say. I let the team know out of my own mouth that these trade rumors, anything that's going on with me, do not let this infiltrate our locker room. Don't let this get in the way of what we have building here. Which is kind of crazy. You don't really hear this from a star player very often. This is a guy who was in the middle of the rumors, the reports saying, hey, don't listen to it. We're building something special in Dallas. And he didn't stop there. He said we should not let any external distractions or external voices that don't support us unconditionally infiltrate our locker room. And of course, he backed it up in yesterday's game, put up 35 points on 11 of 18 shooting, which was also his first back to back since tearing his ACL. And let's remember, this is a guy who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, and nobody really knew what kind of version of Kyrie Irving to expect when he came back, and all of a sudden now, he has been absolutely elite, and he went 7-10 from 3, being only one of two players ever with 30 points, 60% shooting, and 7-10 from 3. And this wasn't just one night. Over his last five games, he's averaging 26.8 points, which is up from the 18 before that. And on the season, he's at 22.9 points a game and 39, almost 40% from three, just one year after that torn ACL. And the new backcourt is working. In 54 minutes together, Kyrie and Walter Clayton Jr. are outscoring teams by 19.1 points per 100 possessions. Yes, it's a small sample size, but it is a real... start and he's also 19 assists away from passing Jamal Mashburn for 21st in Mavs history so at this rate that's about four more games. Kyrie continuing to give a credit to the coach Dusty's doing a great job confronting us when we're not doing things right or when we're not living up to the standards and yes Dusty made the first year coach leading the Mavericks to a seven and four record and even after that loss against the Kings they've managed to win A handful of games here in the past three, and all of a sudden, everyone on the team is falling in love with Dusty. And that's not even to mention Cooper Flagg's leap. Obviously, against Sacramento, that brutal game that we had a live watch along on the channel, Flagg went 3 of 19 from the field, struggled, and after the game, he apologized to his teammates. That was a game in which he had six turnovers, 0 for 4 from three, and the only thing that went well was the free throws. And he said, just being stagnant, and Gafford told reporters that it was not on him. If you guys have been paying attention all year, the locker room is absolutely fantastic right now. But at the end of the day, Cooper Flagg has been praising Dusty May for calling Cooper out where he needs to be and also comforting when he has to, obviously. He even said he has incredible knowledge of the game and you can tell that he's really a student and really studies the game. A week later, two games in a row, Cooper Flagg on a back-to-back, just put up back-to-back incredible games, including hitting some very impressive threes. In Brooklyn, he put up 25 points and 12 assists. Monday against Indiana, 43 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals on 16 of 25 shooting. And with 3 threes, that line has been done once before in Mavs history by Luka Doncic. as a rookie he scored 21 points a game this season it's 25.9 but this is the one that matters last year dallas was 5.2 points per 100 possessions worse with him on the floor this year he's 9.9 better now obviously a lot of that has to do with the team the situation but dallas is 32.9 points per 100 possessions better with Flagg on the floor than with him off of the floor His assists have went up almost three assists a game. His efficiency has vastly improved. And the one thing that we all were hoping that he would take the leap in this upcoming season, which was his defense, has improved, doubling his steals from 1.2, nearly doubling, to 2.2, folks. So all of a sudden now, Cooper Flagg is being just... He is the superstar in front of our eyes that we were hoping for and an underrated aspect as well as free throw shooting all the way up to 90%. And yes, it's a bit of a small sample size, but at the end of the day here, the leap from Cooper Flagg is the most important thing this team could have, not just for this year, but for the future. When Masai Ujiri and Mike Schmitz actually continue to build this team towards a championship team. But when you compare them to the rest of the draft, it isn't really close. Dylan Harper, 18 points a game this year, VJ Edgecombe, albeit, you know, diminished role, 13.2 points. Flagg leads both in points, rebounds, assists, and steals, and when you compare him to Victor Wembanyama in his second year, who scored 25 a game, Flagg is even ahead of that. If you're enjoying the video, make sure to hit that like button. I want this to be our best video of the month as it pertains to likes. Let's look at it now. Kyrie, he's locked in. Cooper Flagg's a star. The Mavericks are 7-4, and guess what rumor pops up? Bronny James. On Sunday night, the Dunk Central posted that the Mavericks are the favorites to be Bronny James' next team. And let's look at where that came from. It isn't necessarily like a report of people saying the Mavericks are interested. But Polymarket, the prediction market, has the Mavericks at 36% odds to land Bronny James. Now, again, these are just odds at this point. There have been some rumblings, rumors for a while, actually, especially when the Mavericks were in theory trying to get, or at least rumblings, where they were pursuing LeBron James. But this is kind of absurd because, one, Bronny isn't available right now. It's not like he was waived or anything. He's still a Laker. November 5th, they sent him to the G League. And I mean, I don't think they're trying to dump Bronny James at this point. He hasn't played very good whatsoever this season. He's played, you know, 2.5 minutes a game last year was 8.9 and JJ Redick said you know October. I don't think he's played well in the four preseason games, but he's had good practices. He certainly hasn't played well at all in the regular season. Now, he can play at the G League level, but let's look at who Dallas already has at guard. Kyrie Irving, Walter Clayton Jr., Jet Howard, plus Sasser, Sergio de la Rea, and Max Christie who's more of a shooting guard. Now, Christie's struggling mightily. I don't necessarily see a spot where the Mavericks are going to cut a guy like Marcus Sasser to get Bronny James. Now, to be fair, it isn't impossible. He makes $2.3 million. Dallas has a $7 million trade exception. Like, you can make it work, but would... Do you want to use a roster spot on a guy like Bronny James? My guess as to why they're on the list is, you know, maybe they're going to go for LeBron next year and, you know, having Bronny James will help that. I think if Bronny goes anywhere, it probably makes more sense for him to land in Philadelphia. So at the end of the day, folks, Kyrie, he shut down all the trade noise. Cooper Flagg is an absolute superstar at this point. As we continue to progress here, the Mavericks are a good basketball team. You're in a very good position. The team's chemistry is good. And this is all with, you know, dealing a little bit with injuries, kind of managing Kyrie Irving. But for the first time in a while now, it seems like this team is actually in a position to go out and make an actual run at a real playoff spot, not just a play-in spot. So here's my question for you. Who is Dallas's player? Best player right now. I think for me, it's pretty clearly Cooper Flagg, but some people are arguing Kyrie Irving just because of the gravity that he does kind of have. Comment down below what your thoughts are on this and we'll see you in the next one.