The Dallas Mavericks took a big, risky swing when they traded for Kyrie Irving to give Luka Doncic an All-Star-caliber co-star. However, it didn’t end up working as well as the Mavs had hoped. Instead of crashing the upper-echelon in the Western Conference, they instead fell off a cliff, even missing the play-in tournament. As a result, the Mavs will now have a long, hard think regarding how to proceed in their quest of building a championship-caliber team around their Slovenian superstar.
And it’s looking like Mark Cuban and company are going star-hunting once more.
According to Tim Cato of The Athletic, league sources have pointed out that the Mavs could end up pursuing either Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton or Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton to supplement their Luka Doncic-led core.