 When we come back. This is the story I thought we'd be leading with but then everything else happened yesterday the Dallas Mavericks How do we punish them? That is the question. We're gonna run it back. Returns. Oh, welcome back. Just laughing at nothing really quite frankly. So the Dallas Mavericks was that was the big thing, right? That I was in New York over the weekend. People were angry shams I even had tried to text you to get information on what was gonna happen because they were so blatant about sitting Everybody and then they benched Luca very very early There were still things for them to be playing for quite frankly And then the fact is that they want to keep their top ten Protected pick Nick's fans live it Chandler, what do you think about the fact that the math didn't even bother trying to play for the play-in? Yeah, I get it business-wise right like you said they're trying to keep their pick They were Thai bush Chicago That that pick would have come over from the prosongus deal So I get it that way object number one is to sign Kyrie Irving this summer Maintain your pick and kind of go forward with a fresh start with a full training camp and a full season The opposite though as a fan You don't understand you think we still have a chance to get in the playoffs you we have Luca We have Kyrie these guys can play and it's based kind of a loser mentality to not even try right? so I I get the frustration from them and I get the frustration I get and I get the idea of Mark being like you know This is a tall task. We're gonna go into the play-in. We have to win a game We have to win two games just to face Denver or Memphis in the first round There was a tall task and so I agree with it business-wise But I understand that this is gonna this is gonna piss off a lot of people when they think they have a chance And they think they have enough talent that they can go in there and they can win the play-in tournament So I see both sides, but it's definitely frustrating. J kid wasn't really mean he basically was like not my call Not my call when you make that trade at the deadline and you say we're bringing in Kyrie Irving One of the most talented players of all time. We're talking about a guy 30 years old who's in the prime of his career That's supposed to be a win now trade. That's supposed to be a y'all We're trying to compete this year trade and we all know about their struggles We all know what their record was we all obviously they missed the playoffs and look at the end of the day The Thunder won their final two games. So like it was all moved It was all for not right because they were gonna miss out either way But for them to say, yo, we're shutting Kyrie down very blatantly The fact of the NBA step forward and said look we got to investigate this this is getting crazy Like it's it's absurd and and Luca plays a quarter and like what are we doing at this point? But look they did what they needed to do They're trying to protect the pick that they may have and then and they need its top ten protect that I believe in They need that pick they gave up a pick and two second rounds going forward for Kyrie like Disaster they're in a crazy hole right now and they have a big summer going up And I know the rumor and then the debunked rumor straight from Luca that he's not looking to leave I don't care. I don't care what he says. I don't care what the rumor is if that team is not good next year It's nothing for Luca to say yo, I'm out of here. Yeah send me anywhere and no one would be mad at it I don't think anyone would be mad at Shams They have really dug themselves a bit of a hole here as far as the offseason. What's the main focus? Well, the main priority is resigning Kyrie Irving to a deal. They need his salary spot There's really no other way for them to improve even if they did not let's say they did not want to resign Kyrie There's really no way for them to make this team better So bring him back on a deal if they can reach an agreement then you try to go into the trade marketplace They have two first round picks they can trade this summer You have some salaries you can use and then on the other, you know, they're gonna have a top 10 Potential pick you hope that you get some lottery luck and move up And I know that's what the the Mavericks Nico Harrison Mark Cuban, Jason Kitt They're all praying that they get higher up and you know compete with your spurs to get Victor Wembanyal potentially But they're gonna have a couple assets here to play with the question is though Are they gonna make this team good enough this summer to be championship caliber? Do they have the pieces? You know if they go get a I think when you look at this team You prioritize go going and getting like a four, you know for three that can defend play at a high level on both ends of the floor We'll see if they can get it done Yeah, they got a resign Kyrie Irving and then they do have to add those those tough They have to add the Jared Vanderbilt's the J Crowders. They need toughness. They need defensive wings They need rugged guys. They don't have anybody like that on this roster that can kind of fill that void So I agree the first order of business is to sign him if you don't and you had a three-month lease on Kyrie Irving Didn't work out. It's it's it could go down as one of the worst trades ever So like they have to resign him and then they have to go in next season this free agency with two top 10 players Going into their prime and kind of build around that but they have to they have Why do you have to resign Kyrie? You already gave up so much you give up to starters you gave up picks It's it would all be for nothing But what if it ends up being all for nothing because you feel like you have to make this move and this move is Ultimately what makes this team weak and Luca leaf like what is the trade off? It's I think Luca is more likely to leave if they don't re-sign him I think they did Luca needs help. He needs another he needs talent. He needs a guy like Kyrie or he needs Jalen Brunson It's such a relief So when you look at it on paper you see then they've had some highs with the with these two playing together They just I think a full offseason a full summer full training camp They go into next season put more positive than obviously, you know how this season We never thought we'd be here talking about the maps We're talking about the Lakers like this and then they just switch. Well once they did the Kyrie thing I think there were a big group of humans that thought no expectations though No, I mean once you get Kyrie Irving you're expected. I didn't think that a lot of Saying but I'm talking specifically about this Kyrie situation No, I remember thinking like this could be great But I also think this could be absolutely disaster and here we are it's a complete I think Mark Cuban said it in his in his media thing I think they underestimated how much losing a guy like Dorian Finney Smith and just the defenders that you need on a team If you're if you're catering around two-star players in Luca Dodgers Kyrie Irving that clearly are Offensively focused you need to surround them the right way And I think they were missing that depth and the defensive You know nuances that I think you need from you know if you're gonna build around those two guys I mean we said it when they did when they made the trade They traded their best defender for a minus defender love Kyrie and everything he does and he actually played incredible for them He's 27 points a game. He shot 50 40 90 just not 39% from three in like 94% free though He was incredible. He was the best version of Kyrie you can ask for but he cannot guard the best perimeter players in league He just is not that guy you trade away your best defender You're gonna hurt you're giving up 130 points to the Miami Heat the lowest scoring team in the league in a game You absolutely have to win like this is what you bought into by trading away your best defender For somebody who's a minus defender in and look you got a ton of great things from Kyrie But you were never gonna get defense and now like some says you have to think about that this summer You have to look at the Jared Vanderbilt's of the road the Jaden McDaniels of the road We need like three of those guys and they need to defend everybody for these guys And they need to hit threes and I don't know that they can put that together this summer Right they need to aim towards putting that together because these are two Legendary talents right between the two guys they have at the top of the food chain and you have to surround them What exactly what they need and we'll see look channel I know everyone's gonna say the right things right especially right now, but true serum to Cuban How concerned is he really about losing Luca at some point here? Well, he still has time and again That's why this summer is so valuable because you have to prove to him that We are for real and we are gonna give you the pieces and the assets to contend for a championship because when this contract's up He's gonna have the option to leave and I don't think it's crossed his mind yet I think he he's very passionate kid. He plays hard. He wants to win But as much as he wants that he wants help and a guy like Kyrie Irving how he's played great this year again Now it's now it's building with these two guys going forward getting those other pieces getting actual reliable Bigs getting wing defending guys that are tough that can relieve pressure that allow these guys to go do what they do on the Event and so I think again another season like this then I'd start worrying right now you still up time He's gonna be going to the second year of a five-year super max contract I I think they were just the Western Conference finals last year getting Kyrie Irving I think satisfied that secondary star now it's about now the onus is really on Mark Cuban and Nico Harrison, how are you gonna surround those two? He's making 50 million living in uptown Dallas. He's pretty Tell us about that They have time no state tax. Yeah, it's not that bad, but he could also be a nick that'd be kind of fun He could be a Miami heat 50 million Also works there take a quick break when we come back the most Disrespectful moments that a man could possibly endure when that man has a family running back