 on the Dallas Mavericks. Don't look now. They're not very good. At least not at the moment they've lost four straight. They're nine and ten sitting 11th in the West Chandler. At this point your level of concern for this team is what. Yeah. I mean I've been concerned with them. You know pretty much from jump. I think even early on when they were winning games Lucas used to drape coming out of the you know plan for his national team was way too high and they got they won some games. But now it's clearly catching up to them. He's you know their other players are frustrated. I think you know the Jalen Brunson deal I think is going to haunt them for quite some time. He was that secondary ball handler that could kind of initiate the offense for them. Luke is not really this physical specimen that can handle this type of load throughout a whole season. So you can kind of see him falling off a little bit. The end of games they were getting a little sloppy for them. This is an interesting team because I think the only thing they can do really is make a move like they usually try to do. But I'm concerned. I'm concerned with their roster. I'm concerned with the level of talent they've surrounded Luca with. I'm really concerned with their end of game situations. This team you know they have a they have a player like Luca that they have to maximize and take advantage of it. I just don't think they've done that yet. And it's clearly starting to show with with you know these losses that are pouting and piling up. Yeah I'm concerned as well. You know this style of basketball concerns me in general. And they call it heliocentric right. The guy who just pounds the ball all game and racks up all the stats and usually gets some wins. But we've only seen this work on a high level really once with LeBron. And he required an absolute elite secondary ball handler first with Duane Wade then with Kyrie Irving. The next closest thing you could say to that style of ball actually went in a title actually make a deep play off runs is is Yanis and Yanis isn't exactly the step back three guy. So yeah you have to build this really weird team where most guys are standing around. They're not involved. They have to deal up because this guy isn't going to defend that much. And they end up with bad contracts with Davos Bertand with Tim Hardaway Jr. They take a spurs on Christian Wood and he's expiring and maybe he's their best trade asset at the moment but he's one of their best players they almost can't afford to lose him. It's you know you cobble together this weird roster. They defend it really well last year. They're not defending as well this year. Yeah there's plenty of reason to be concerned even in the jumbled up Western Conference right now. Shams what are you thinking. This team this team only works if the guys around Luca Dantridge can step up. And last year you had that Jalen Brunson of course played a big part but I'm just looking at their three point percentages. Luca himself is only shooting 30 percent from three point range but then you have Tim Hardaway Jr. He's at 29 percent. Reggie Bullock 28 percent. Maxie Kleber 31 percent. There's only three guys in the rotation shooting 40 percent or higher from three point range that Spencer Dinwiddie Christian Wood and Josh Green. So if the shooters around him like last year are not going to step up this team is going to be what it is right now which is very very mediocre middle of the pack. And a guy that I feel like needs to get probably more opportunity is Spencer Dinwiddie. He's at around 13 shots a game so far. He's he's played efficiently from the field around 47 percent from the field 42 percent from three point range. You want to see a guy like that Christian Wood other players usage rates go up because like Chandler said the style that they're going with right now with Luca Doncic. His use rate has to be by far and away the number one in the league. And so I think they need to get other guys and increase usage rates especially of God's expensive Dinwiddie who has shown that he can ball handle. He can make players around and better. It is nuts because I feel like this is a team that we don't know when talks about and this is why I don't think the expectations are high as the season goes on because of all those reasons. But Shams they got to do something right. I mean you can't waste Luca Doncic. Are there any upgrades that they're making. Yes. Sources tell me the Mavericks are going to sign Kimball Walker to a deal. And he's a four time all star. He has not played all season. He was waved by the Pistons but they're going to bring him in and they were looking at him prior to his release in Detroit when he was talking to teams. He was talking to Charlotte at one point. But I think now they know that they need that extra ball handler Kimball Walker. Let's see what he has left in the tank. They're going to wave Fakun Faku Campazo. So we'll see kind of where this goes for for the Mavericks and if Kimball Walker is anything left in the tank that he can provide. But if he does and if you can even show glimpses of what he showed in Boston and in New York this gives them at least a third ball handler that they can really rely on throughout and especially late in games. You know what's interesting here with this is they have this star player and Luca Donkic and they just got rid of his boy Kambazo. Last year they get rid of his boy Boban. He was super close with Salah Mejri. They get rid of him. So I don't know if there's anything here but this is three guys that I know for a fact where Luca's best friends on the team and they just keep shipping these dudes out and they're not getting in the talent he needs. They're not getting him that second player. He finally had someone is he finally had somewhat of a robin to his batman Jalen Brunson and they let him walk. This is going to get frustrating for Luca. There's already media asking him when five years what are you going to leave not so it's definitely like swirling around there. But this is interesting. I think Kim but you know we'll see what version we get of him but they clearly are in panic mode and know that Luca desperately needs help. And this is the guy who wants to win when you watch and play. You know he has competitive spirit. When you watch and play overseas or his national team you know he wants to win. He wants to win championships. He's used to winning championships. He won them in Euroleague. He wants to win them in the NBA. He knows that's the ultimate crown and achievement. I want to push back a little bit on sounds. I think there was high expectations for this team. They went to the West of Conference finals last year. They felt like they made additions that made sense. Everybody knew them losing Jalen Brunson was going to hurt. But I think people still expect it better than what they got. Luca was the runaway MVP favorite. And maybe he still is right. Maybe they climbed a 500 and better throughout the season. His numbers are incredible. He's leading a scoring. He's going to lead the league in scoring as long as he stays healthy. But I do think there was some expectations and they're failing to meet them. And at some point they're going to start scramble. I mean they're scrambling now. Kemba did not look great last time we saw him. He's been dealing with the issues for years now. And I don't think this is the fix. I love Kemba. I think when he's right he can add a ton to this team. This isn't the fix they're looking for. They like like like Sam said they have to shoot better. Those guys have to shoot better. They're going to play this like martyre ball as my guy Sam Esfandari would say they're going to get wide open shots. And if those guys don't make them it's their fault. When they do make them it's going to be Lucas fault. But that's just the nature of the game. But if they're going to be breaking all day then they're not they're not right for that team. But you guys head to this this team they went to the Western Conference finals. So the expectation for Luca for the fans for everybody around you know this franchise the bar is set high. And you never want to do that with the younger team and then take a step back. I just feel like that's where they are right now. And I feel like you know they got to make a move from my eyes. I think it's one thing to have expectations especially fans. They always do. We always do. It's just not realistic. It feels like because of what they've done or who they've let go. And the rest of the Western Conference seems to be waking up at the worst possible time for the Mavericks. But Christian Wood was supposed to be the addition that would help at least in the off season. And he's frustrated. He doesn't like his playing time. He's not out there in closing minutes. He said so. So I guess the question is are you guys OK with the fact that he has publicly voiced his opinion on frustration. I mean this is this doesn't happen all the time. But are you OK with it when it does. I mean listen I don't think you ever this early you want to go public. This is just a bad look. I don't think Christian Wood has ever been kind of a high character guy. So this kind of makes sense coming out of him. But yeah you know he's in a contract here. He's trying to get a bag and he's clearly their second best player on most nights. His percentages are insane. He's knocking down threes. He did start the second half last night and came out hot in the third quarter. Yeah I mean I get the frustration. I think this is more of an in-house thing that should be handled. But yeah he came there to be you know second fiddle to Luca. And he did you know during media day he seemed as if he didn't know he was even coming off the bench. So this guy started off on the wrong foot. And to his credit he's played very very well and limited opportunity for whatever reason you know that is. I just think Mavs kind of know this isn't a permanent fix. This isn't going to be Luca's you know secondary guy forever. But you would think with them struggling and him coming off the bench I get why he's frustrated. He knows he could be doing more. He thinks he could be doing more and the team is losing. So I definitely see why. But to go public to go publicly already he's already had a couple of spats with the media. I just don't think it's ever a good look. This is a guy who's played on seven teams in his career so far. He's only 26 years old. Yeah. Maybe complain privately. It's it's it's a lot. From the moment he got on this team he's been complaining. And you kind of understand why he's been also made teams. Now he now he feels like he's got a reason with them losing and everything. So now it's it's only kind of get worse with this guy. It's not gonna get better. I mean maybe they move him. Maybe that's that's I don't know. Maybe it's just because I'm here. I just don't have any expectations for that Maverick team as constructed.