Safe to say Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd will be working with quite the different roster in 2025-26.

However, before this trade, few teams had the talent to emulate the Cavs’ successful strategy of pairing two defensive-minded bigs. Now, the Mavericks find themselves with that capability.

It won’t always be this impressive, as the counter to this strategy is to bomb ... but now the Mavericks have committed to play two non-shooting bigs and a wing in Washington who is a bit ...

“I’m told the Mavericks will be pursuing a point guard,” Charania said, “whether that’s in the trade market, or in free agency. That’s a big priority ... above the two aprons ...