Dan is joined by Dalton Trigg (@Dalton_Trigg) of the Mavs Step Back podcast to break down all things Dallas Mavericks in advance of the 2021-22 NBA season. They discuss Luka Doncic's next step, Kristaps Porzingis' role, the frontcourt rotation, Jalen Brunson, offseason additions like Reggie Bullock and Sterling Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr.'s importance, lineups to look out for, trade candidates, trade targets and more! TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 0:54 - Intro 🔘 4:23 - Did the Mavs have an underrated free agency? 🔘 7:17 - The Luka-plus-shooting model 🔘 9:05 - Impact Sterling Brown and Reggie Bullock 🔘 11:12 - Dallas' lack of secondary shot creation 🔘 14:15 - What does a better version of Luka look like? 🔘 19:17 - Kristaps-at-the-4(???) 🔘 25:52 - Trey Burke vs. Frank Ntilikina vs. Josh Green 🔘 32:44 - Other changes to expect under Jason Kidd 🔘 35:46 - Trade candidates/Trade targets 🔘 40:54 - Best crunch-time lineup 🔘 43:29 - Quirky lineups we want to see 🔘 45:29 - Win-total prediction 🔘 47:33 - Final thoughts on Jason Kidd Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices