Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spoke to his team prior to the club’s game against the Warriors on Saturday night, Brad Townsend of the Dallas Morning News writes.
Cuban addressed the locker room at the request of head coach Rick Carlisle, whose Mavs are now 3-7 in its last 10 games.
“He was just very encouraging about the entire situation,” Carlisle said. “He reiterated that we’ve had the toughest schedule in the league to this point, that we have an opportunity here and none of these games are going to be easy.
“He just wanted everybody to know that he was fully supportive of everything and everybody. Good stuff from the heart.”
The Mavericks defeated the Warriors 134-132 in the contest, led by Luka Doncic‘s 42 points, seven rebounds, and 11 assists. The team, which has been impacted by injuries, holds the second-worst record in the Western Conference at 10-14.
There’s more from the Southwest Division:
- The Pelicans have emphasized the meaning of “trust” in recent games, Christian Clark of Nola.com writes. New Orleans is on a three-game winning streak, and Stan Van Gundy, Zion Williamson, and others pointed to that as one reason why. “It’s just coming together and telling each other we trust each other to make the right play,” Williamson said. “Ultimately, I think it’s just trust with us.”
- The Rockets are continuing to struggle with slow starts, Jonathan Feigen of The Houston Chronicle writes. Houston dropped a 116-106 contest to the Spurs on Saturday with another relatively slow start, causing the team to fight an uphill battle the rest of the game. The club is still 7-3 in its last 10 outings.
- Houston will have to adjust without the likes of Christian Wood, who suffered a right ankle sprain last week and will be re-evaluated on a weekly basis, Feigen notes in a different story. The Rockets started DeMarcus Cousins on Saturday, who finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds. “You just go to know your personnel,” John Wall said. “It’s two different guys. It’s the game of basketball, knowing your guys and knowing where your guys like the ball and what type of position they like to be in. That’s my job, to make the game easier for him and put them in the right positions to be successful.”
Should Mavs Rockets Pelicans trade more future picks to upgrade the roster？
Rockets still have their own 2022 First and 2023 swap
Mavs still have Firsts after 2025
Other playoffs teams may upgrade the rosters…..
I am thinking to trade all available draft picks next 7 years. Keep trade away all available picks forever
Lakers Clippers and Rockets can trade 2028 first round picks this summer
I thought you werent allowed to trade consecutive first round picks??
I could be wrong, or the rule might have changed, so does anyone know the rules about that??
The rule is that you can’t leave yourself without a first-round pick in two consecutive future drafts.
You could theoretically trade away your own first-rounders in two consecutive future drafts if you’re assured of receiving another team’s pick in one of those two years.
I think the Pelicans should look to trade someone like Ball for more picks, or even just one depending on how high that pick may be. They won’t be competing for much this season or next, at least, anyway.
The Rockets line-up will be without WOOD when they take the court !!
Why do you do this?
Hopefully, when they leave the HOUSE, they come prepared; otherwise, it is possible they may run into a WALL pretty quicky!!
Carlisle asking Cuban to address the Mavs sounds kind of desperate, like he is simply out of ideas regarding how to motivate his team and turn their season around. It’s still fairly early, but the Mavs look like a mess so far overall. Maybe Carlisle’s run as head coach is coming to it’s end in Dallas.
Ehhh, I have to disagree with you on this one bud. To me, it just sounds like Coach Carlisle really wanted to make a point, motivate these guys, and he just simply thought by bringing in the boss man, everyone would take the message extremely seriously..
Good on Cuban for being encouraging and using facts to back up the optimism. It’s still early. Plenty of time to rebound.