Dallas Mavericks fans were all over Coby White of the Chicago Bulls to begin the offseason, as the team clearly needed guard depth to help them get off to a hot start to begin next season. Kyrie Irving is set to begin the 2025-26 season on the bench as he recovers from a torn ACL, and fans felt that Nico Harrison's best route forward would be to trade for a high-level guard, like White.
At the time, fans thought that White would be the ultimate answer to their need for guard depth, as social media was filled with trade-machine ideas and debates over if Nico Harrison should call Marc Eversley and get a deal done.