The Dallas Mavericks are thanking their lucky stars after landing the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NBA Draft, a move that likely wouldn't have happened if they didn't trade Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.

The team is only in a position to draft that prospect because it was bad. It takes a few years to get good. Keeping a good team together is expensive and not really possible indefinitely in the current CBA environment.

While some fans and media love to speculate about trades, the Mavericks are not playing that game. They will keep the No. 1 pick.

Former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski discussed what he loves about Cooper Flagg on Tuesday's edition of "The Herd."

Dallas Mavericks forward Naji Marshall isn’t hiding his enthusiasm for Cooper Flagg. In a recent appearance on The Young Man and The Three podcast, Marshall gave an unfiltered review of Flagg, the projected No.