Top 10 ranking is Luca.

Don change.

Get familiar.

The Mavs young superstar impressed in his playoff debut versus the Clippers, knocking down a 28 ft step back winner in overtime and averaging 31 points over nine rebounds and over eight assists in six games.

Max are Luka and the Maps title contenders this season.

Yes, they are.

Yes, they are.

If Porzingis is healthy, their title contenders and by the way, they're being careful with them.

They're giving them that first month.

They're gonna be careful.

Look at what Porzingis did in the playoffs.

Talk about second bananas who show up.

The dude is 7 ft three, can face up, can take a big off the dribble.

Can defend in space.

Can defend in the paint.

Yeah, Lucas An M V P caliber player.

Porzingis is not far behind, and then they have Dorian Finney, Smith and Maxie Kleeb, long defenders, big guys who can also really shoot.

And then they got Tim Hardaway Jr.

Who actually is an underrated defender at this point, and it's just a good player at this point.

They just made the trade for Richardson, who Is it more of a D and three than a three D?

But, yes, the Mavericks, the Clippers were lucky to beat them because poor Zynga's got hurt.

Otherwise, the Mavs would have played the Nuggets and maybe beaten them.

I don't know if that's true.

Number one and I don't really know yet whether or not their title contenders, because they did lose Seth Curry.

Um, they lost the Curry.

So I think that compromise this shoot, I'm not gonna call them.

Call them a better shooting team with Seth Curry is going now, But I will also say this.

Can they get?

You know, Listen, can Can they win another playoff?

Siri's again.

Can they do that for me, please?

Pretty please.

With sugar on top, can they pull that off?

Because it's been the last 10 years that that has not been the case.

I respect them.

I respect the talent.

I know Porzingis and Luca is that dude and deport Zynga's can ball.

But in terms of a title contender, we'll see how the jury is still out on that.

I'm gonna lean towards No, for the time being.

Yeah, I'm right there with you.

I can't just give them that just yet.

Not this year.

In the future, Yes, but like Max to your point, you We have to see how pro Zynga's comes back, because here it is another knee surgery.

I have to see my eyes have to tell me that he's 100% healthy and he's gonna be 100.

They're gonna be ableto depend on him, and he's gonna be reliable.

For his health wise, he hasn't been.

He hasn't been, uh, he hasn't been healthy for a long time now.

So with that being said, I can't just say that the Mavericks are contender team.

They're dangerous out in the West this year.

But if prisoners comes back healthy and they make it through a couple of rounds in the near future, yes, they are gonna be competing for titles.

But right now I don't feel like they have all the necessary pieces in the role players toe actually be considered a title contender.

What do they listen?

What are they missing?

I just I mentioned Dorian Finney.

Smith and Hardaway Jr can shoot from the outside and they can all play defense.

Actually now and you've got an M V P in a near M V P if he's healthy.

We all agree Porzingis is health is a question mark, but if they go into a playoff series healthy, that's a problem for anybody.

No, Max, I disagree.

I disagree.

And and here's why.

One is that I feel like they need a veteran guy in that locker room with some type of championship experience.

Although Luca is a thug, he's a superstar and not get it.

Prisoners is a star, but they need some other pieces in that locker room to help those guys and guide them the way Ah, coach and Rick Carlisle is.

He's a good coach.

I respect them a lot.

He's a champion, you know.

He's been with the Mavericks for a long time, but a coach could only take you so far.

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