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Kyrie Irving’s acceptance of a three-year, $119 million contract — taking a pay cut for this season after declining his $43 million player option — allowed the Mavericks to maintain access to the $5.7 million taxpayer midlevel exception. The plan for that slot is to sign a lead guard who can start while Irving recovers from his torn left ACL and transition to a key reserve role … [Read more...] about
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“I mean, for a dude who’s, whatever, a 10-time All-Star—and has a little bit of a reputation for being difficult or whatever— My few interactions with (Anthony Davis) were really cool. When he got traded here, I had to make the graphic with his stats on it. And he technically had not been to 10 All-Star Games yet, so I put 9 on there. And he commented like, ‘Hey, it’s been 10.’ … [Read more...] about
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“Obviously, a great draft — but there was a consensus number one in this one. How does having Cooper change the trajectory of the franchise?” Nico Harrison: “I think it changes everything. We’re in win-now mode, and Cooper adds to that. But he’s also the future of the franchise. You get two in one, so to speak. It’s a perfect storm for us — we get to coach the number one pick … [Read more...] about Nico Harrison: ‘We’re in win-now mode, and Cooper Flagg adds to that’
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Tony Jones: Obinna Anochili-Killen, a big man out of Marshall, is signing with the Dallas Mavericks for summer league, League Sources tell The Athletic. Anochili-Killen was second in the country this season in blocked shots. He is 6-foot-10 with a 7-4 wingspan … [Read more...] about
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Sean Sweeney, Kidd’s top assistant in Dallas, left to be the San Antonio Spurs’ associate head coach. Jared Dudley is a candidate to be an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers, according to league sources. In March, Alex Jensen accepted a job to be the men’s basketball coach at Utah. It’s also possible Dallas loses God Shammgod, who is a candidate … [Read more...] about