Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by Yahoo Sports NBA reporter Kelly Iko to discuss if the Dallas Mavericks should trade Anthony Davis and build around Cooper Flagg. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.
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We saw AD leave the game early yesterday against the Warriors with a groin injury.
Yeah.
What’s the latest that you’re hearing on?
Potential AD trade talks?
You know, it’s funny because… Anthony Davis and, and… And Dallas as a whole, they’re in this period of, of.
Of transition, if you want to call it that, where it’s so obvious that this is Cooper.
Flag’s team.
This team should be built around him, you know.
For the foreseeable future.
And the pairing, as great as it looked on paper with Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, you know, Klay Thompson, in reality, it was just never going to work.
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Anthony Davis came into camp out of shape, came into camp with a lengthy Injury history.
And as you’ve seen this season, It looks great when he’s playing and healthy, but how?
How often can you count on that?
So, you know, If there are teams, and there are teams around the league that are keeping tabs on what The Mavericks are going to do.
If you’re, if you’re Dallas, I would just pull the trigger now and just send him on his way to a, A team that he can go play for a championship right now.
And just really build around Cooper Flagg’s talent, ’cause he is an immensely talented kid.
His skill set is lengthy, and he can finish at the rim.
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He’s improving his three-point shot.
As a playmaker, his reads are getting better.
They’re getting quicker, smoother, uh, crisper.
And you just need to move in that direction.
Like, firing Nico Harrison was the first step in, In, you know, getting this team back on track.
Trading Anthony Davis is the next shoe to drop.