One NBA writer has named Deandre Ayton, Myles Turner and Clint Capela as the Dallas Mavericks’ top trade targets. Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report thinks the Mavericks should try to trade for Ayton, Turner or Capela.
“With Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving locked into this backcourt, the Mavs could really use an impact player at center—and they know it,” Buckley wrote in his latest NBA trade column. “They’ve been linked to both Ayton and Capela this summer, and Turner, who hails from nearby Bedford, has been a target of his hometown team in the past.
“You could argue if any would qualify as needle-movers on their own, but adding them to this specific roster could make that kind of difference. Dallas needs as much defensive resistance at the rim as it can get, plus the scoring guards would only get harder to handle with a top-shelf pick-and-roll (or pick-and-pop) partner added to the mix.”
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Deandre Ayton, Myles Turner, Clint Capela, Dallas Mavericks Updates
Ayton averaged 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds for the Phoenix Suns last season, Turner averaged 18.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.3 blocks for the Indiana Pacers and Capela averaged 12.0 points and 11.0 rebounds for the Atlanta Hawks.
“Capela seems available right now, as Atlanta appears (understandably) eager to see how Onyeka Okongwu would look in a starting role,” Buckley wrote. “Ayton and Turner have been trade candidates before and could certainly get there again. The Phoenix Suns might soon learn their depth issues weren’t solved by their plethora of minimum-money additions, while the Indiana Pacers could discover their young core isn’t quite ready for liftoff just yet.”
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The Mavericks won only 38 games last season. The team didn’t qualify for the play-in tournament after making the Western Conference Finals in 2022. Dallas’ front office re-signed Kyrie Irving and Dwight Powell, signed Seth Curry, Dante Exum and Derrick Jones Jr. and acquired Grant Williams from the Boston Celtics and Richaun Holmes from the Sacramento Kings this summer.
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