Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving has a lot of free time. Given that the Mavericks didn’t qualify for the 2025 NBA playoffs, Irving also suffered an ACL injury before the end of the 2024-25 NBA season.

An NBA insider addressed a rumor that Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd is "secretly angling" to become the Knicks' coach.

The Dallas Mavericks jumped up in the Draft Lottery for the first time in franchise history, and they jumped all the way up from 11th to 1st. If there was ever any year to get lucky like that, it's this year, with Duke star Cooper Flagg available as the consensus top prospect in the draft.

However, veteran NBA insider Marc Stein doesn’t think Kidd is looking to leave the Mavericks for the Knicks. Stein has covered the Dallas franchise for many years. He's a Hall of Famer with a firm pulse on the Mavericks franchise.

On paper, the Knicks appear closer to championship contention. But Dallas has something New York doesn’t: Cooper Flagg. While the Knicks won’t make a selection until the late second round, the Mavericks are adding a player who hasn’t drawn this much hype since Zion Williamson.

The Dallas Mavericks have a dire need of a point guard this offseason as Kyrie Irving rehabs from his torn ACL. Brandon Williams and Jaden Hardy are the only other guard on the roster, so unless they want to run Naji Marshall as the lead guard more, they'll have to go out and get somebody.

On Tuesday, Dončić took to social media to post a video of himself working out on his Instagram Stories: The 26-year-old guard is coming off a tumultuous season, as he was shockingly traded from the Lakers to the Dallas Mavericks in February in one of the most unexpected moves in recent NBA history.