Mainstream Mavs Podcast

Will talks about the Mavericks franchise altering acquisition of Kyrie Irving and Markieff Morris in exchange for a 2029 First Round Pick, 2027 & 2029 Second Round Picks, as well as Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith. He is in complete and utter shock virtually the whole podcast as he brings in Michael Thibodeaux, a Mavs fan from Twitter to get his thoughts on the matter he asks all the...

Will. Jaren, and Rodrigo talk about the Mavericks 119-113 loss to the Golden State Warriors in a game that was more impressive than not considering the Maverick's games without Luka so far this year. They talk about the 1st half defensive lapses of the Mavericks as well as the heavy iso ball down the stretch that stalled out there 4th quarter offense. Then, they talk about the Mavericks role playe...

Will, Jaren, and Rodrigo divulge into the Mavericks 111-106 win over the Zion-less New Orleans Pelicans in a game that was a tale of two halves, essentially deviating at a point where Luka Doncic suffered a right heel contusion amidst a scary fall on a drive against Brandon Ingram in the 3rd quarter. They cover the abysmal shooting nights that THJ and Spencer Dinwiddie suffered and how that contri...

Will and Jaren wrap up the Mavericks 111-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons that features an insane 53 point performance from Luka Doncic, but not much help outside of that. Will and Jaren allude to this being the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of the national media outcry for the Mavs getting Luka help in all of its extremity being completely validated as they try to come up with pi...

Rodrigo and Jaren cover the Mavericks 99-95 win versus the Phoenix Suns on January 26th and their 108-100 loss to the Utah Jazz on January 28th and compare the Mavericks stylistic differences in the 2 games and what worked to catch the Suns off guard in that first game and what didn’t work against the Jazz in that second game. They then look ahead to how long Luka will be out and what the Mavs can...

In a solo rendition, Will diagnoses the Mavericks issues over this last 3 game stretch, which is a microcosm of an even worse last 10 game stretch where the Mavericks have fared an abysmal 2-8 amidst injuries and defensive woes. He does reference some positives at the beginning of the podcast as well, but even more so than the on-court struggles, he talks about some concerning Spencer Dinwiddie qu...

Will and Jaren introduce Rodrigo to the scene, in his debut episode as he joins the Mainstream Mavs Podcast as a new host! Unfortunately after the excitement tailors off, they get into the Mavericks 122-130 loss to the Atlanta Hawks in a game where the Mavericks defense was absolutely torn to shreds whether it be on the perimeter or inside. They also get into a high scoring night for the Mavericks...

Will and Jaren decipher and process the news regarding Dorian Finney-Smith and Josh Green likely coming back for Wednesday night's affair vs. the Hawks and talk about what the Mavericks have sorely missed from them and how they will potentially be incorporated within the framework of the rotation at this juncture in the season as well as talking about the severity of Tim Hardaway Jr's ankle injury...

Will and Jaren surmise a huge 2OT clutch time victory for the Mavericks over the Los Angeles Lakers in a game that saw Luka Doncic and the Mavericks pull through amidst a flurry of defensive mishaps and stale offensive possessions. Yet there were so many positives that the Mavericks showed late in the game in terms of their persistence and the defensive performance of Christian Wood, assertiveness...

In possibly the most content and densely packed information podcast they've put out since starting, Will and Jaren take a step back as the season reaches its halfway marker for the Mavericks as they are now 41 (technically 42) games in with a record of 23-19. Will and Jaren dive deep into a variety of topics surrounding the team this year such as posing the question of 'What is the Maverick's iden...

Will and Jaren hash out the Mavericks 113-101 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. They go over the Mavericks inability to effectively rotate defensively in this one, the Mavericks issues countering the Clippers defense on the other side of the ball, Luka giving the Mavs a puncher's chance by finishing with 43 points, as well as the Maverick's role players inability to provide any semblance of compet...

Will and Jaren get into a variety of different things regarding the Mavericks weekend slate over the Pelicans, where they won 127-117, and their loss to the Thunder 120-109 including the ascension of Jaden Hardy into the rotation, the Mavericks subsequent fall off in a game where Luka Doncic rested versus the Thunder, Christian Wood's continued stellar play, as well as asking the continued questio...

Will and Jaren cover the Mavericks 7 game winning streak getting snapped in a 124-95 loss by the Mavericks to the Boston Celtics in a game that a blind dog could've predicted. Will and Jaren talk about the stark difference in terms of the Mavs vs. Celtics personnel and how much more tailor made the Celtics are to play switch defense and how much more versatile and dynamic they are offensively with...

Will and Jaren cover the Mavericks 126-125 point victory over the San Antonio Spurs as well as the Mavericks 111-106 point victory over the Houston Rockets, both games where perimeter defense appeared non-existent at times for the Mavs, but games where the offensive firepower fueled by the catalyst that is Luka Doncic edged its way out over inexperienced opponents. Will and Jaren then look at the...

Will goes over a 129-114 victory for the Mavericks in a take-care of business win over the Houston Rockets where the Mavericks win their 5th game in a row despite their short-handedness. The Mavericks were lead by Luka Doncic with yet another 30+ point triple double in a game where 5 Mavericks were in double figures despite how short handed they were. Will also talks about Christian Wood's defense...

Will and Jaren talk about an insane and when I mean insane, I mean insane 60 point triple double by Luka Doncic as the Mavericks have a crazy 9 pt comeback win with 27 seconds left in regulation as they were able to tie it up via a Luka putback for a 126-121 overtime victory in what was likely the best game of the year for the Mavericks and the best single game individual performance in Mavericks...

In their first YouTube episode, Jaren and Will take a step back and make up for some missed pods by analyzing overarching themes one can pull from the Mavericks season thus far through 34 games such as the Mavericks recent injury riddled 5-5 10 game stretch, Christian Wood's future on this team, some trade target teams the Mavs could negotiate with, the archetype of player this Mavericks team need...

After an extremely long hiatus that Will and Jaren cite their reasons for in the introduction of the podcast, they get into the Mavericks 124-115 victory over the Lakers on Christmas Day, how the Mavericks LITERALLY lived and died by the 3 and Christian Wood and Luka Doncic's 30+ point performances. They then dip into news that dropped during the podcast such as Luka Doncic winning player of the w...

Will covers a much needed wire to wire win for the Mavericks  where nearly every readily-available role player steps up and Christian Wood had a Maverick and season high 32 points along with a masterclass performance from Luka Doncic once again, in a great holistic defensive and offensive win from the Mavericks vs a Blazers team that had an ill-timed off night. He also covers the Maxi Kleber injur...

Will talks about the Mavericks inability to catalyze offense without a Luka Doncic god-send game, the Mavs lack of talent versus the Cavs, some Luka body language issues, and the rest of the same issues the Mavs have persistently been dealing with this year. -Follow us on Twitter @mainstream_mavs and like, subscribe, and give us a good rating on whatever listening platform you are listening on, th...

In a solo rendition, Will goes over the volatility of how the Mavericks played versus the Thunder and how they need to improve vastly on that front, while also recognizing the importance of a win at this juncture in the season where the Mavericks were on a 2 game skid coming into this game. He talks about the greatness of Luka Doncic and SGA as well and their ability to manipulate the defense resp...

Jaren goes into depth into 2 rough losses for the Mavericks over the Bucks and Bulls respectively and the Mavs flaws in each of them, as the first one saw the Mavericks fumble the bag in the closing minutes and the second loss versus the Bulls seeing the short-handed Mavericks struggle mightily defensively en route to a 30 point blowout.

The Mavericks edge out a game in yet another clutch time scenario and Will and Jaren dissect THJ being "back", the Mavericks offensive and defensive tactics versus this Nuggets team, Luka's triple double, Dorian Finney-Smith's insane game capped off but the go ahead 3, some trade talk, what this win means for the Mavericks despite their adverse circumstances and it being an ugly game, and much mor...

Will and Jaren detail the Mavericks exciting 130-111 win versus the Suns and the ascension of Josh Green and other role players and talk about the importance  of the Mavs role players and Luka getting rest on the first night of a B2B in would could be the most fun win of the year. Follow us on Twitter @mainstream_mavs and like, subscribe, and give us a good rating on whatever listening platfo...

Will and Jaren get into an insane positive regression shooting game from the Mavericks who went 24-61 on 3P en route to a guns blazing second half in which they spoiled Jalen Brunson's first game back versus his former team as well as unsung Tim Hardaway Jr. shooting lights out on 8-13 3 point shooting. Is Tim back? Can the Mavs sustain this shooting and was the beginning of the season just a roug...