The Mavericks Are Making A MASSIVE Move... - Anthony Davis SPEAKS OUT On Former Team...

The Dallas Mavericks are prepared to make a massive move that will help this team in the short term as well as the long term. At the time of this recording, the Dallas Mavericks are the 10th seed in the Western Conference, and with only three games left in the regular season, if we were to lose all those games, we are still going to be the 10th seed, which means we are going to be in the play-in tournament with a real chance of making the playoffs. And with Kyrie Irving being out for a significant time dealing with a torn ACL as he just got surgery for it, the Dallas Mavericks are in desperate need of another playmaker, another ball handler. We have Najee Marshall, we have Spencer Dinwiddie, but we definitely need another option, and it was reported just a few hours ago that the Dallas Mavericks plan on converting Brandon Williams' contract to a standard NBA contract. So, in this video, we're going to take a look at all the information surrounding Brandon Williams, how good has he been playing lately, is he the answer that we need, as well as we do have some quotes from Anthony Davis ahead of his revenge game against the Los Angeles Lakers tomorrow. But how's it going, everybody? My name is Marcel Martin, this is Mavericks Digest, bringing you the latest news on everything Mavericks related. and before we can start with today's video we're currently sitting at 20,232 subscribers just want to say thank you guys so much for all the love and support but if you want to be up to date on everything Mavericks related with our live streams our watch alongs our news vids and everything else in between make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out on a single thing that we do but the Dallas Mavericks have somewhat of a health issue something we've been dealing with all season long and with Kyrie Irving being out for significant time with no real timetable to return some people have been saying six to eight months some people have been saying closer to a year the Dallas Mavericks have a guard issue we've solved our big man issue we've got there we got Daniel Gafford Dereck Lively we have Anthony Davis we've got Kai Jones on a two-way contract for now who knows if he'll get converted later but the Dallas Mavericks need help at the guard position we have Najee Marshall who's a Swiss army knife you can play him at the one through three maybe even the four if you really have to we have Spencer Dinwiddie who is on expiring contract along with Dante Exum but Dante's injured we have Jaden Hardy that we just extended but we need a better option than what we have and the player that we've all been waiting to hear this news to actually be on the roster is Brandon Williams as it was reported earlier today by Shams the Dallas Mavericks will convert two-way guard Brandon Williams on a standard two-year NBA deal later this week agents Derek Lafayette and Fess Irvin of Skyward Sports told ESPN Williams is averaging 8.3 points 2.4 assists 51.1 percent shooting and 37.9 percent on threes and 15 minutes a game and this is massive for the Dallas Mavericks there's a lot of Brandon Williams fans out there that have been just wanting him to be on the roster long term to give him a real contract and it seems like the Dallas Mavericks are prepared to do the right thing for once in a very long time and get Brandon Williams on the roster it would be a shame to let someone like him go and although eight points two assists that's not superstar numbers those are the numbers of someone who can replace Kyrie Irving but I'd argue that is just enough what we need to bolster this roster in the meantime until Kyrie Irving comes back just a few days ago we put out a video how Dennis Smith Jr. could also find his way on the roster as it's being rumored there is a mutual interest on a reunion and he isn't a one-to-one replacement for Kyrie you're not going to find a one-to-one replacement for Kyrie Irving but what you can do is load up on guards so you've got a healthy rotation if Spencer's not really playing that well you could throw out Brandon Williams and Brandon Williams isn't playing that well you got Nash Marshall and if you still have Dante Exum, and J Hardy the more the merrier as next season's going to be pretty rough if everybody can come back healthy next season except for Kyrie the Dallas Mavericks will be in a very good spot but they need to make sure that they have the right personnel that they have the right talent available to get the job done and Brandon Williams has shown that time and time again that he is the right answer earlier this season he was getting DMPs he was playing the G League playing in guard time not really given a real opportunity until the players got sick players got hurt we relied on him Kessler Edwards as well to play heavy minutes and Brandon Williams no matter if it was a small role or big role has always stood out if we take a look right here in his last several games obviously in the last recent games he hasn't been able to play he's played the 50 of the maximum amount of games of 50 games for a two-way player but in the last several games that he did play before he couldn't play anymore he was putting up 12 points 14 points 22 points 15 points he was averaging what about 1.7 rebounds a game 2.4 assists and those numbers are great for a player who doesn't get consistent minutes that's those numbers are great for someone who has to step up and play above himself and as we all know Brandon Williams has been playing and practicing alongside Kyrie Irving as a disciple of Kyrie graduated from the school of Uncle Drew himself so I think it's safe to say that a lot of Mavericks fans feel comfortable knowing that Brandon Williams will be on the team for another two years it's not just a standard contract for the remainder of the season for the playoffs even though Brandon Williams will be available for the playoffs it's more important to know that Brandon Williams will be here for the relatively long term two years really but that's all we need for right now for the Dallas Mavericks and there's other two-way guys like Kessler Edwards and Kai Jones who knows if we're gonna waive Dante and sign one of them on April 12th we will be able to convert another contract to a guaranteed deal and between Kessler Edwards and Kai Jones I'm leaning more towards Kai Jones as you can't really have enough bigs on the Dallas Mavericks team we have a lot of good players at that position and instead of having to rely on someone like Dwight Powell for garbage time or if there's injuries and you gotta play someone like Dwight Powell what if you had to play Kai Jones who's showing you time and time again no matter if it's garbage time limited minutes or extended role Kai Jones is effective he can get blocks he can actually shoot the mid-range even though it's kind of an ugly shot he can still shoot the mid-range you can play him at the four or the five and I think a player of that talent you don't want to see that go away he's very young only about 24 years old so he can still develop and grow with the rest of this team and as players like Kyrie players like Klay Thompson Spencer Dinwiddie and even Anthony Davis as they start to get older these younger players are going to have to step up when they leave whether they get traded or they retire and you want to keep that cohesive young core together but another thing another thing that we're going to take a look at right here I'm all over the players Anthony Davis had a lot to say before the matchup tomorrow against the Lakers uh Anthony Davis on emotions heading into Wednesday's game against the Lakers saying no emotions but another quote that was after the loss against the Clippers uh Anthony Davis on Mavericks game tomorrow night saying it's just another game y'all make it bigger than it needs to be another game for me it'll be Luka's first time back so might be a lot of emotions for him and a lot of people have mixed feelings on these quotes from Anthony Davis as it's very nonchalant he's saying it's just another game but to be fair Anthony Davis did not request a trade from the Lakers Anthony Davis was blindsided as much as Luka Doncic was blindsided he did not want to leave LA and with a player like Anthony Davis who is called street clothes he's made of what made out of glass made out of paper he's always injured he hears all that he hears everything that people say about him so expect Anthony Davis tomorrow to come out and try to make a statement against the Lakers that y'all made the wrong decision you should have kept me whether or not you or I agree with that whether So the Lakers should have kept AD or traded him. Anthony Davis is a very motivated player. We've seen it time and time again. Anthony Davis is a great player. We don't have a bum. We have a good power forward for the Dallas Mavericks who is motivated to prove everybody wrong and to prove to the fans of the Mavericks that you are okay with him. You are okay with Anthony Davis. He is going to do great things for this team. He's going to play his heart out. He's going to try his best. And after the summer, come back healthy and look even better. But just to put some things into perspective, we only have three games left. We play the Lakers, the Raptors, and the Grizzlies. Brandon Williams, who will be converted on April 10th, will not be able to play until the 11th against the Raptors and the final game against the Grizzlies. So in those two games, we will see Brandon Williams, and if there is another signing, we will see that player on the 13th against the Grizzlies. And also, like I said, we're the 10th seed. We're not getting out of that 10th seed. We could lose every single game. I'd argue that the Suns would also lose every single game, and we would be locked into that 10th seed, which means we don't have a lottery pick if we win the play-in and go into the playoffs. But if we lose in the first or second game of the play-in, we will fall out and we will continue to keep that lottery pick, wherever it may be, whether it's the top eight or the bottom eight. It doesn't really matter. The Dallas Mavericks are in a good situation. In my opinion, it's a win-win. They make the play-in. They make the playoffs. I get to watch my favorite team play more basketball. They lose. They have to go into the offseason early. Cool. We get a lottery pick. we get a decent young player and we can prepare for next season but for the upcoming future for the foreseeable future things do look good we have Brandon Williams we have AD who's motivated we have a team that hopefully will get healthy for next season and going forward we can just enjoy the ride let me know what you think in the comment section down below do you think that they made the right choice of signing Brandon Williams or is there another player that you think that they should have given a contract to let me know what you think in the comment section down below we could have a conversation about it but that's all i got for you guys today thanks for coming as far to the video make sure to check out our twitter and discord links in the description below and as always drink water peace