Duke’s Marvin Bagley III has consistently been mentioned as a top-three draft pick who may drop a spot or two further. If he does slip, the Mavericks could have interest in Bagley as the team wields the fifth overall pick. However, The Ringer’s Jonathan Tjarks spoke to the Dallas Morning News about why Bagley may not be the ideal pick for the Mavericks.
I’m pretty sure the top four will be some order of [Luka] Doncic, [DeAndre] Ayton, [Jaren] Jackson and Bagley,” Tjarks said. “Porter and Bamba could get up there. Bagley, he’d be a good roll man. He could do a lot of the things Dwight Powell does, obviously a lot better. The tough part of Bagley is if you put him at the 5 he’s unlikely to anchor a defense, and if you play him at the 4 he doesn’t have the shooting that Rick [Carlisle] wants at the 4. It’s a tough fit. He put up a bunch of stats, but I’m not sure how much he fits into Rick’s scheme because he doesn’t really fit into the 4 or 5.”
As it stands, Bagley is unlikely to even be available when the Mavericks’ turn to pick comes up. Luka Doncic, Deandre Ayton, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Bagley are expected to round out the top four picks.
Check out more Southwest Division notes below:
- The Rockets will have a ton of decisions to make this summer, among them being veteran Trevor Ariza. He is set to hit free agency this summer and after several productive seasons in Houston, Frank Urbina of HoopsHype examines four potential destinations for Ariza. In addition to re-signing with Houston, Urbina views a reunion with the Knicks and joining the Thunder or Pelicans as possibilities.
- Coming off a devastating torn Achilles, DeMarcus Cousins‘ monetary hopes in free agency this summer took a massive blow. He will have a hard time securing the max deal he was once expected to receive, but he should still be a popular target. In a separate story, Urbina writes that in addition to the incumbent Pelicans, the Lakers, Mavericks, and Spurs are possible destinations.
- As we relayed earlier, an extension or a trade are the most likely outcomes for the Spurs and Kawhi Leonard this offseason, as neither side would want to head into next season without some sort of resolution.
Spurs should sign Cousins and Kawhi, this lineup would beat the Warriors.
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Or go after someone without a torn achillies. Rudy Gay took a prove it contract. Boogie wants max.
The fact that Boogie wants max leads me to think the Mavericks will bring him in. He fits in with what they want at the 4-5. Dallas goes as Dennis Smith Jr goes though.
And where does the money come from? Besides, Popovich would never sign him. Not a max effort player, limited defense, and a big time head case.
DeMarcus would make Pop want to quit coaching lol.
Cannot see why any team would pick Jaren Jackson Jr ahead of Marvin Bagley, sorry cannot see it ever. I think even Bamba should be ahead of Jackson, I thought he was quite uninspiring, while Bamba at least I can see a lot of future potential, if not present.
You guys are for real? All this bad rap about Boogie, as far as I know in his 1 1/2 years with NOLA, no problems at all, anyone would be troubled playing for Sacramento, I do think Kawhi is by far a more head-case than Boogie, I think he is the best player that San Antonio could dream to sign, if he recovers is as a center better than Duncan & at least on the par with Robinson… I mean his numbers this last 2 years are absolutely insane, & that is playing with AD, imagine if he is the first option, only Kareem over 40 years ago could post similar numbers this guy is a beast, & as far as I am concerned right now a very serious guy, all depends on the injury, not his head, though I think he might be too good for San Antonio, if 100% healthy. But with him Spurs could definitely have a very good shot to defeat Golden State, they do not have anyone to much him.
*match him, sorry typo error.
Don’t worry about it, we knew what you meant in between the run on sentences.