Mavericks might blow up their team, but not anytime soon

Now that the Dallas Mavericks have started 3-8 and fired GM Nico Harrison, there is talk that they will trade their veteran stars. But as much as the team might benefit from bottoming out and hoping for more draft lottery luck, any such deals won’t be happening for months. The most likely trade candidates are a trio of veterans: Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson. For a variety of reasons, mostly health, it’s not going to be easy to trade any of them. The Mavericks may have to choose between maximizing their trade return and tanking to the degree that it will get them to the bottom of the league. When Davis is healthy, there are few players in the NBA who are as good as him on the defensive end. However, he hasn’t been healthy since joining the Mavericks. After the team traded Luka Doncic to get the five-time All-Defensive big man, Davis played three dominant quarters (three blocks, 16 rebounds) before suffering a groin injury that kept him out for the next two months. This season, Davis arrived aRead More