{"id":15188,"date":"2025-10-22T04:54:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15188\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T04:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:54:06","slug":"do-the-dallas-mavericks-have-the-nbas-strongest-team-jason-kidd-shares-his-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/15188\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Dallas Mavericks have the NBA\u2019s strongest team? Jason Kidd shares his thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the 2025-26 NBA season tips off, one of the major discussion points around the league is the versatility of the Mavericks\u2019 lineup.<\/a><\/p>\n

With playmakers like Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving and Cooper Flagg on the roster, Dallas could give opponents fits throughout the campaign.<\/a> On Tuesday, head coach Jason Kidd was asked about the team\u2019s length and whether that attribute makes the Mavericks the NBA\u2019s strongest team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has to be one of them. This is a long team, this is a big team,\u201d Kidd told 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM).<\/a> \u201cWe\u2019re very lucky to have this roster. As we get healthy moving forward, it\u2019s going to be exciting. Health is sometimes overlooked, but it\u2019s a big part of trying to win a championship. We\u2019re not healthy totally today, but as we go forward, hopefully we get closer to being healthy and we can put the best team forward to try and win a championship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kidd further referenced how Dallas\u2019 length should be a key factor in helping the team compete with some of the West\u2019s top squads. <\/p>\n

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The Mavericks will face a key challenge from one of the NBA\u2019s top big men in Victor Wembanyama<\/a> to open the season Wednesday night. Kidd broke down how the Mavericks plan to account for the Spurs superstar.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis footwork is like no other. His height and ability to get to the paint with maybe half a dribble, he covers a lot of space very quickly and he understands how to play the game the right way,\u201d Kidd said. \u201cHe\u2019s a willing passer. He can score. We\u2019ll always talk about his defense, he\u2019s always a presence. You always have to account for him because, even if he\u2019s not guarding you, he has the ability to change or block shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen to the rest of Kidd\u2019s radio appearance here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Find more Mavericks coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the 2025-26 NBA season tips off, one of the major discussion points around the league is the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,2582,103,4280,4281,3080,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-15188","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-mavericks","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-jason-kidd","13":"tag-mavericks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}