Mark Cuban says that the Mavericks were very close to trading for Kobe Bryant in 2007 with a package of Josh Howard Jason Terry and draft picks so close that he thought the deal was done However Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak was able to talk Kobe out of his trade request

Hoop Collective Mavericks HC Jason Kidd tried to become team president according to Tim MacMahon but has known for months he wasnt getting the job

PatMcAfeeShow Masai Ujiri has full authority to do whatever he wants with the direction of this Mavericks teamMavs sources believe that Jason Kidd had a level of support for the Luka Doncic trade This is a complete restart for the entire organization

Vlade Divac on passing on Luka Same position as Fox feared the big-market star would eventually leave Sacramento

Charania Minnesota Lakers Celtics Heat Knicks those are the teams that had interest in Giannis at the deadline You think about teams like Miami and Minnesota those were more back and forth engagement conversations Then you had teams like CLE LAL BOS NYK that just checked in

Luka called out Charania I wasn't close to clearing There was some stuff in the media that went out that wasn't true If I could be out there I would be 100

Charania The Lakers have made it clear that they want him back but the one thing I do know is that multiple contenders are already circling If LeBron is really going to hit the open market and decide and have a true free agency he's not going to have a shortage of teams