Let's get right to it.

Wilbon What do you see?

Is the primary problem with Luke in the Dallas Mavericks thus far this season.

Well, I don't see a problem at all with Lucas Stephen A.

I see a problem with the Mavericks.

They're not good enough.

People need to slow their role.

I mean, I understand that the Mavericks were probably if we believe the reporting done much of it right here on our network.

They were looking for Yonas.

Maybe next year when they thought he was gonna be a free agent.

So did some other teams, like Miami.

But once he took himself off the market, there was nowhere else for them to go.

Where was Dallas going to go?

To get better?

Their roster is not improved right now.

They got Porzingis.

They got Tim Hardaway Jr.

Those air pieces.

You want to keep those guys not just serviceable their asset.

They've got to get better.

Stephen.

They they don't have good enough players around on.

Porzingis is right.

They don't have good players around Lucca for him to be great, leading them to anything.

Well, I give you credit.

Where?

Credit.

I'll give you credit.

Where is due?

Mike WILBON In terms of I don't think they should have lost Seth Curry.

They shouldn't have traded him.

He shoot 57 50% from the field and from three point range for the Philadelphia 76 is but Luca issued in 31% from things he can at least shoot, making some more three point shots.

Are you willing to admit that Mike wilbon you seem in a food this evening?

Does that That's not gonna make him M v p.

Stephen A.

If he goes up to 38% the Mavericks would be, what, 11th place instead of 13th, that he is not the M V P.

And I think a little birdie told you something about that we're gonna hear about.

That's Amore soon, and they are not a contender.

Not a serious contender.

Not yet.

They'll get their you know Mark Cuban is aggressive, and when he sees an opening, he'll explode through it to make that team better.

But that's not gonna happen before the break, in all likelihood, and they're not a serious contender this season.

You know, lucky for you, I'm not.

I'm not finished for you.

And it's not lucky for you cause I'm not finished with you yet.

We'll get back to look a little bit later.

But in terms of trade Young, do you think that he could be the lead player on a on a team that goes deep into the playoffs?

In your estimation, he looks by the number one guy.

Not really.

Stephen A Stephen A.

He's like Collin Sexton and De Aaron Fox and that group of God.

They are tremendous players, period.

Okay, but this is a league of wings.

Now we know that from LeBron on down, This is a league of two way wing players who was in the finals last year.

LeBron and Jimmy Butler, great two way players with some size and strength and health to them.

That is not well.

We should put on trade young.

And we're not gonna put that on Collin Sexton, The deer and Fox.

As great as they are, I don't see those guys being a one on a serious contender.

Soon will be.

I don't go anywhere.

We'll get back to you a little bit later, I got another issue to address involving the Dallas Mavericks.

Yet again, they haven't been playing the national anthem before home games this season.

Even Monday, when some fans were in the building today, the n b A.

Responded, saying the anthem will be played before each game by all teams.

His Mavs owner, Mark Cuban, Today on the jump with Rachel Nichols listening to the community, there were quite a few people that voice their.

Their concerns were really there were fears that the national anthem and did not fully represented not fully represent them, that their voices were not being heard.

We didn't make any decision.

Thio never play the national anthem.

That wasn't the case at all.

We didn't cancel the national anthem, but there was never any final decision that had made that we would not play the anthem.

The real issue is how do you How do you express the voices off those who feel the anthem doesn't represent them or cause causes them consternation?

We now welcome in the ultimate inside of the one and only engine was.

Urowsky is with us right now.

What was?

What was the thinking behind league statement released today that all teams would still play the national anthem before games.

Stephen A.

Essentially the league's thinking waas that they weren't going toe.

Let any one team or individual teams make a decision about playing the anthem before games and arenas, that it was gonna be a league decision.

And right now, every team would continue to play it.

Now, maybe it's a conversation to be had.

Maybe it's a conversation that should be had.

Uh, not just in the MBA, but in all of pro sports.

But Adam Silver moved quickly today to shut this down.

Really?

Stop this, um, from becoming a bigger issue for the league in the short term.

On essentially, he and Mark Cuban talked about this early in the year when there were no fans in the arena and he gave teams the option to not play it if there wasn't anyone in there.

But now that fans air back that teams are going to have to play the anthem, got you, switch it to another hot topic of conversation right now about the league.

What's the latest on the status of the All Star game this season and the always popular Slam dunk contest.

What can you tell us about that Watch?

Well, first of all, Stephen, that the league and the Players Association, they're going to have a formal deal here by the end of the week have everything in place for that March 7th All Star game in Atlanta.

I was told today that is part of it.

The slam dunk competition, uh, is moving in their talks.

They're moving toward having it at halftime of that game.

There's not going to be an All Star Saturday night.

They're gonna do everything on Sunday so they can get the players in on Saturday out Sunday night after the Game three point contest skills contest.

But the slam dunk competition at halftime of the East West game won't I like that idea?

I appreciate that.

Info.

I don't appreciate that.

I like it at halftime.

I really, really dio And Lord, the MBA is right.

We don't need to be partying the night before and on a Saturday night in Atlanta.

That is the right decision.

Trust me.

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