The Dallas Mavericks could be looking to add more talent at the 2025 NBA draft than just the projected No. 1 overall pick, Duke Blue Devils basketball phenom Cooper Flagg.
The point guard spot is one the team is set to address in a little over a week's time.
"I've heard the Mavs are a team that could be looking to get into the back end of the first round to add a point guard," analyst Rafael Barlowe revealed during the Locked on NBA Big Board podcast.
It makes sense as it might open up avenues of having two picks in the second round, instead of their first overall pick, which is also their only pick in this draft.
Besides that, the Mavs could actually benefit from trading their first pick if Nico Harrison avoids making disastrous trades like their recent one for their first pick in the second round of the 2026 NBA Draft.
"Dallas doesn't have many future picks, only owning the complete rights to their picks in 2026 and 2031 (and beyond) and the LA Lakers 2029 first, while their picks in 2028, 2029, and 2030 can be swapped from control by the other teams involved in those trades. They also own a 2031 second-round pick that came back in the Quentin Grimes trade once Caleb Martin failed his physical," Austin Meazy of SI explains.
"So they don't really have a lot of assets to give up, but could a team be interested in Jaden Hardy, Caleb Martin, or Olivier-Maxence Prosper? The Brooklyn Nets have four first-round picks, including picks 26 and 27, and likely don't want to use all those, they could be a trade partner.
"There's also always the possibility that the Mavericks move Daniel Gafford or P.J. Washington, something that's rumored they don't want to do. But they're the most valuable players on the roster that could be expendable."
Either way, the Mavs giving up on Flagg will open up a lottery for teams like OKC or the Spurs, an opportunity either of them will hardly pass on.