Even deep into the dog days of the offseason, the fact that the Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on February 1 is still as baffling as it was then, but the Mavericks have been forced to operate with a new infrastructure spearheaded by Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving (once he returns from injury. After getting a much-needed injection of youth by getting Cooper Flagg No. 1 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Mavericks will do their best to tackle two timelines, as they have a win-now squad that will be retooling around Flagg in the next few seasons once Irving and Davis fully exit their primes.
New Maverick just infuriated every Lakers fan with brutally honest admission
