According to Marc Stein, the Dallas Mavericks have declined the New York Knicks formal request to speak to their head coach about their open position in New York.

Dallas wants to retain Jason Kidd for the upcoming season, so that a brilliant coach can develop Cooper Flagg and gel together the rest of team for a potential postseason run.

Over the past couple of days, New York’s front office compiled a list of head coaches they wanted to speak with, and Kidd’s name was top on the list. Other names were along the lines of Ime Udoka and Chris Finch.

Like the Mavericks, the Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves shot down their attempt to talk to their head coach. It is unclear what direction New York will trend in after getting denied.

They will most likely stop sending in formal requests to other teams, and rather go in the direction of head coach free agency.

Top coaches available would be Mike Malone, Taylor Jenkins, James Borrego, and Mike Brown.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Jonathan Givony, the Dallas Mavericks have no intentions of working out any player, not named Cooper Flagg, ahead of the NBA draft.

The soon-to-be superstar sensation out of Duke will be the only prospect scheduled to meet with the Mavericks. Dallas has made it very clear since The Lottery of who they’ll be selecting with the first overall pick.

They’ve also made it clear that they have no desire to trade the pick or to select someone else. This draft is highly regarded as the “Cooper Flagg Sweepstakes.” Very similar to the situation back when Victor Wembanyama was entering the league.

His meeting with the team is set for June 17th, which is eight days away from the 2025 NBA Draft.

When superstar Luka Doncic found out he was traded, he was immediately sadden and incredibly. In fact, the rage he felt made him throw his phone across the room.

With his TV not working, he laid in bed watching a movie. Everything was peaceful, until it wasn’t. While on his iPad, he had discovered he’d been traded.

“I was actually in the bed,” Doncic said. “My TV wasn’t working so I was on my iPad watching a movie about to go to sleep. First thing I said, probably three times, was, ‘Is this [an] April 1st [joke]?'”

While trying to process the entirety of this situation, the prominent emotion he felt was sadness.

“Sadness, mostly,” Doncic said. “I was still in shock. Like, crazy shock. I felt like my heart was broken, honestly.”

His plan was to pull a “Dirk Nowitzki” and remain loyal to the Dallas Mavericks for his entire career. This is the team that traded for him in the 2018 NBA Draft – a significant moment for both the franchise and one of the world’s best players.

Doncic now plays for the Los Angeles Lakers, with LeBron James, in hopes of reaching the NBA Finals. A spot he was originally in last postseason.