{"id":609411,"date":"2026-02-18T08:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609411\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:14:19","slug":"dallas-mavericks-predicted-to-replace-anthony-davis-with-impressive-six-foot-11-shooter-from-germany-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/609411\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks predicted to replace Anthony Davis with impressive six-foot-11 shooter from Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\/news\/mavericks-predicted-replace-anthony-davis-six-11-shooter\/e1358b316ad640ccafc72c53?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks predicted to replace Anthony Davis with impressive six-foot-11 shooter from Germany;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks predicted to replace Anthony Davis with impressive six-foot-11 shooter from Germany<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=appeared_on\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sporting News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Frontcourt help could be on the radar for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dallas Mavericks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> in the 2026 NBA Draft after trading Anthony Davis. With Cooper Flagg playing as well as he has throughout his rookie season, adding young talent around him should be a priority.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In Ricky O&#8217;Donnell\u2019s latest mock for SB Nation, Dallas was projected to select Hannes Steinbach with the No. 9 overall pick, a move centered on adding size and an elite rebounder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteinbach is an elite rebounder with a specialty on the offensive glass, he\u2019s an efficient scorer, and he catches everything thrown at him,\u201d O\u2019Donnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/nba\/1103368\/nba-mock-draft-2026-lottery-sim-bulls-bucks-hawks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like Steinbach has a wide range, but the added increase on hitting the offensive glass around the league should ultimately benefit him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Any young player with talent would be a good addition for the Mavericks, but having him with Flagg could truly form an above-average duo.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would be a nice lob target for Cooper Flagg as the rookie star continues to improve his pick-and-roll playmaking, and he\u2019d also help get Flagg extra possessions with tip-outs and putbacks on the glass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just like most young bigs\/forwards, there are questions about parts of his game, but he checks off a lot of boxes. The Washington forward is shooting an impressive 35.9% from 3-point range but is only attempting 1.7 per game.<\/p>\n<p>More NBA news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks predicted to replace Anthony Davis with impressive six-foot-11 shooter from Germany originally appeared on The Sporting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3793],"tags":[495,7,225,686,149,4057,60901,166,6,33588,490],"class_list":{"0":"post-609411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-mavericks","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-cooper-flagg","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-mavericks","13":"tag-dallasmavericks","14":"tag-hannes-steinbach","15":"tag-mavericks","16":"tag-nba","17":"tag-offensive-glass","18":"tag-the-mavericks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116090638830116560","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}