Cleveland Cavaliers Receive: C Dwight Powell, G/F Reggie Bullock, G/F Frank Ntiilikina, 2025 Second-Round Pick (DAL), 2027 Second-Round Pick (DAL)
Dallas Mavericks Receive: G/F Caris LeVert
Some NBA fans won’t see this as a mutually beneficial arrangement – on either side.
Frankly, it depends on your philosophy about basketball. Different observers value different qualities in a player. Depending on where you stand, you’ll see this trade in different lights.
Shot creation loyalists will scoff at this return for LeVert. To be sure, he’s the most talented basketball player in this deal.
On the other hand, efficiency truthers will hate this acquisition for the Mavericks.
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As talented as LeVert is, there’s no denying that he can be prone to inefficiency. If he weren’t, he’d probably be a superstar.
Should the Mavericks pursue him anyway?