The Mavericks, of course, shocked the sports world when they traded star guard Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers last month. Kyrie Irving was then lost for the season last week when he tore his ACL and Anthony Davis, who the Mavs got in exchange for Doncic, has been out with an injury.
Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd reflected on a player's performance following the team's loss to the Phoenix Suns, hinting at a possible solution to their injury struggles—and it wasn’t Klay Thompson.
The Mavericks were already thin in the frontcourt with players like Dereck Lively II, Anthony Davis and Daniel Gafford battling separate injuries.
The Dallas Mavericks just can't seem to catch a break. During their 125-116 loss to the Phoenix Suns, the already-depleted Mavericks lost two more stars, as Kessler Edwards and Dwight Powell collided with each other pretty hard and had to be taken out of the game.
Klay Thompson and Dwight Powell had almost no teammates ready to greet them while they returned to the bench during a Mavericks game.
Tick, tick, tick . . . Metaphorically, that is the increasingly loud, and urgent, sound of not one, but multiple clocks ticking in Jason Kidd’s mind. It’s challenging enough that a torrent of injuries forced Kidd and his staff to piecemeal the Mavericks’ center position with spare parts,
Kidd took issue with media speculation that Irving's heavy workload over the last month led to his season-ending knee injury.
MILWAUKEE – Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd took issue Wednesday with ... Klay Thompson and Dwight Powell. Thompson led the Mavericks with 28 points. Mavericks unavailable for Wednesday ...