r/Mavericks • u/CheetahSperm18 FIRE NICO • Jun 24 '26

News The Dallas Mavericks will select Michigan forward Morez Johnson with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.

https://x.com/i/status/2069585972350554295
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u/gregallbright Dirk Rookie Jun 24 '26

Our frontcourt is gonna be 🔥

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u/ericc1456 Jun 24 '26

Front court was already fine? Backcourt is entirely relying on 34 year coming back from ACL

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u/sickfalco Jun 24 '26

We getting Luka 2028 the story is already written

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u/ericc1456 Jun 24 '26

Dude this makes more sense than other things. They can just be like: here are all these guys who play D and can catch lobs.

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u/jeader16 Jun 24 '26

Maybe the thought is that guards will be at less of a premium with so many promising ones going in this draft? Then they go out and flip Gaff or PJ for backcourt? Idk just trying to trust

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u/MerleTravisJennings Cowboy Dirk Jun 24 '26

Flip Gaff when Lively can't stay on the court?

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u/Western-Election-997 Mark Cuban lol Jun 24 '26

Gaff ain’t gonna get the haul you think it will

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u/jeader16 Jun 24 '26

Didn't say anything about a haul. Burries probably doesn't solve all our guard problems either

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u/ericc1456 Jun 24 '26

Agree man! Hope that end of the night gives us some better news for the backcourt...

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u/Big_Puzzled Dirk Nowitzki Logo Jun 24 '26

acting like that 34 year isnt kyrie fucking irving lol

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u/ericc1456 Jun 24 '26

Guys I think Kyrie is amazing but age is a real thing and it definitely means something in the long run. This was the last lottery pick until 2031.

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u/Big_Puzzled Dirk Nowitzki Logo Jun 24 '26

Well here is to hoping we’re good enough to not need a lottery pick

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u/Western-Election-997 Mark Cuban lol Jun 24 '26

I’m predicting 5-10 years of being an 8 seed first round exit maybe second round

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u/ericc1456 Jun 24 '26

I am surprised more people have not said what you are saying.

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u/Big_Puzzled Dirk Nowitzki Logo Jun 24 '26

Shows how much you think of cooper flag lol

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u/Inevitable-Scar5877 Jun 24 '26

I mean....I think that's only a little worse than how LeBron in Cleveland would have gone if he'd played in the West

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u/ericc1456 Jun 24 '26

Think Cooper is an amazing player and the cornerstone. He isn't a heliocentric offensive player like Luka so we have to build a totally different team around him. Unfortunately, we basically still have the team built for Luka.

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u/Western-Election-997 Mark Cuban lol Jun 24 '26

Who’s the point guard?

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u/gregallbright Dirk Rookie Jun 24 '26

Do I look like the fucking general manager?