Episodes
The DLLS Mavs crew debates what a successful season would be for Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson and the Dallas Mavericks. Plus, the guys discuss if Luka & Jason Kidd are the best superstar/coach duo in the NBA, they preview Maxi Kleber’s season, and much more!
Published 09/17/24
The DLLS Mavericks crew previews Dereck Lively II’s season and debate if he's ready to become a top-10 center this year to help Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson make another run to the NBA Finals. Plus, the guys discuss which championship traits from the 2011 title team they want to see these current Mavs adopt, if Jason Kidd is a top-10 NBA head coach and so much more!
Published 09/16/24
Published 09/16/24
The DLLS Mavs crew debates if the Mavericks’ Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving are the best 1-2 punch in the NBA. Plus, they preview Jaden Hardy’s upcoming season and which teams are the Mavs most hated rivals and teams the guys dislike the most and more!
Published 09/13/24
The DLLS Mavericks crew debates who are the most important Mavs not named Luka Doncic or Kyrie Irving. Is it PJ Washington? Dereck Lively II? Klay Thompson? Let us know in the comments! Plus the guys preview Spencer Dinwiddie’s season and discuss which storyline is No. 1 this upcoming season and more!
Published 09/12/24
Dirk Nowitzki joins the DLLS Mavs crew for an exclusive interview talking Luka Doncic, the Mavericks’ epic Finals run, and his upcoming tennis classic benefiting the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation. Plus the guys preview Luka Doncic’s upcoming season and if he and Kyrie Irving can lead the Mavs back to the NBA Finals!
Published 09/11/24
The DLLS Mavs crew debates if Klay Thompson, Dereck Lively or someone else is the biggest x-factor to help Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and the Mavericks get back to the Finals. Plus, the guys preview Dante Exum’s season and they also discuss who will be the NBA’s best player in the next 5 years and more!
Published 09/10/24
Maverick P.J. Washington talks with DLLS Mavs about Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson and the Mavs offseason additions from his youth camp. The DLLS Mavs crew starts their player season previews with Daniel Gafford and the center group. Plus, the guys go ‘Around The Mavs’ to catch you up on the latest on your favorite Mavericks and more!
Published 09/09/24
Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks are under pressure to win an NBA championship, but how much pressure is there to win one in the next 5 years? The DLLS Mavs crew debates. Plus, the guys drop their hottest Mavericks takes going into the season and react to the Mavs television news and more!
Published 09/06/24
The Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic are the defending Western Conference champs, but which team in the West is their biggest threat to dethrone them? Could it be Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder, Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves, LeBron James and the LA Lakers, or someone else? The DLLS Mavs crews breaks down the Mavs challengers, also Marc Stein drops his latest news on the Mavericks during The Stein Line and the guys debate which Maverick they are most excited to...
Published 09/05/24
Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks need to prove their NBA Finals run wasn’t a fluke. But which Mavs have the most to prove, to gain, and to lose this season? Klay Thompson? Dereck Lively II? Or P.J. Washington? How about Kyrie Irving, Jaden Hardy, and Maxi Kleber? The DLLS Mavs crew debates those topics, plus Marc Stein drops his latest Mavs news and notes during The Stein Line!
Published 09/04/24
Tim Cato, Bobby Karalla and Kevin Gray Jr. welcome Marc Stein to the studio for the first time as they discuss Mark Cuban’s recent appearance on Jalen Brunson’s podcast- and the crucial details missing from their retelling of JB’s departure from Dallas to NYC. Then they answer fan-submitted questions to close the show.
Published 09/03/24
Kevin Gray Jr., Tim Cato, and Bobby Karalla draft their all-time Mavs starting 5. Who’s got the best team? Who’s on YOUR team? Let us know in the comments! Plus, Marc Stein joins from London to drop his news and notes on Markieff Morris’s chances of rejoining the Mavs and the leaguewide perception of the team after their Finals run.
Published 08/30/24
Marc Stein tells us about Luka Doncic’s offseason training and what Spencer Dinwiddie’s role on the Mavs could look like. Plus Kevin Gray Jr., Tim Cato, and Bobby Karalla answer YOUR questions like “Will Jaden Hardy Crack the Rotation?” “How much can PJ Washington improve with a full offseason with the Mavs?” “Is Dallas a championship contender or are they still missing a piece?” plus many more.
Published 08/29/24
The Mavericks made it to the 2024 NBA Finals last season, but somehow it doesn’t really feel like it. How come? Kevin Gray Jr., Tim Cato, and Bobby Karalla discuss the divide between the team’s national and local perception, whether or not the Finals run was a fluke, and much more!
Published 08/28/24
Kevin Gray Jr., Tim Cato, and Bobby Karalla grade the Mavericks’ offseason moves, including the acquisition of Klay Thompson. Plus, Marc Stein checks in from Slovenia and gives us his thoughts on the Mavs’ summer workouts in California.
Published 08/27/24
Marc Stein reports from Slovenia, where he followed Luka Doncic, Dirk Nowitzki, and other current and former NBA stars for Goran Dragic’s retirement game. Join Kevin Gray Jr., Tim Cato, and Bobby Karalla as they then give their takes on the Mavs offseason, welcome you to the DLLS community, and more!
Published 08/26/24
Tim Cato, Austin Ngaruiya and Mike Piellucci dive into everything we’ve seen through the team’s first two days of free agency, including Klay Thompson, how it shows the difference of this front office compared to the past regime, the strange (but not bad) Derrick Jones Jr. for Naji Marshall swap, Quentin Grimes optimism and caution, and everything else Dallas has done and could still do.
Published 07/02/24
Tim Cato, Austin Ngaruiya and Mike Piellucci talk about the best moments and lessons learned from the Mavericks' Finals run that ended earlier this week.
Published 06/21/24
Tim Cato and Austin Ngaruiya talk about what's real from Game 4 and what might not be in Game 5: the rim protection, Dereck Lively II's reemergence, Kyrie Irving, the rotation, and Luka Doncic.
Published 06/17/24
Tim Cato, Austin Ngaruiya, and Mike Piellucci talk about the Mavericks' 0-2 hole in the NBA Finals, what's led to them being here, and what things need to change — things that absolutely can — for Dallas to get back into this series.
Published 06/11/24
Tim Cato talks to Locked On Mavs' Nick Angstadt about the Mavericks' Game 1 defeat in the NBA Finals, where we think the offense was much more of a problem than the defense. We discuss why Boston took away the lob dunk so effectively without conceding corner 3s and what rotation changes or other tweaks might be coming to change that in Game 2. We both ended up in a more optimistic place about Dallas' chances than we were immediately after Game 1. Want Tim's instant reactions? I'm recording...
Published 06/08/24
Tim Cato, Austin Ngaruiya and Dave DuFour tell you how the NBA Finals is about to go down. We break down both sides of the court, the Kristaps Porzingis questions, how the rotation might change, Theoretical Maxi Kleber and his potential importance, and what paths we see for Dallas to win this whole thing.
Published 06/04/24
Tim Cato and Austin Ngaruiya talk about the Mavericks’ five-game series win against the Minnesota Timberwolves, what we learned, when we realized this team could be a finals contender, and how this journey has felt. We’ll be back early next week with a full Finals preview.
Published 06/02/24
Tim Cato and Austin Ngaruiya are rejoined by Mike Piellucci to talk about Dallas’ Game 3, which truly felt like a win of destiny as the team overcame the absence of Dereck Lively II to win a game they had to win. They also talk about what it’ll take to win Game 4.
Published 05/27/24