August 11, 2025 • 5 mins
We get a sneak peek at a few Maverick matchups to look forward to!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one the Eagles.
Sometime today, we're giving away a four pack of tickets
Rangers against LA and that's gonna be August twenty seventh
is that game. So we'll be giving away tickets all
week long. So be listening. Have your iHeart app with
the talkback feature, and you'll have a chance to win
those tickets. But we reference something from the show, so
(00:22):
you gotta be listening, all right. Coming up at the
bottom of the segment, Ben and Christina have a new
TV show they're very fired up about, and we will
hit you to that. But right now it's time for
this track.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Another edition of things is.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Tracking, Okay, Ben, it's not going to be official until Thursday,
but there are leaks and rumors of leaks as the
Mavericks schedule is about to drop.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
And I always, you know, I'm I'll look at that.
I'm not like follow well.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Our buddy follow well, because he travels with the team
and all that stuff starts planning his whole life around it.
There he is looking at the schedule, but I care
about a few things that Okay, what is the season opener?
What is the Christmas Day game? How does the end
(01:17):
of the season, look when it's seeding time, and of course,
now when do they play the Lakers? So all this
is going to come out on Thursday. But this is
so widely reported I believe it to be true. For
the second year in a row, they are starting the
season against the San Antonio Spurs. Okay, and you know,
(01:41):
the future of the NBA and the West, depending on
how if you want to include Luca and that or not.
The Lakers right now aren't They're fine, They're just not great.
But if you look at the Rockets with Kevin Durant,
the Spurs with Wimby and the Aaron Fox and their crew,
the Mavericks with Cooper Flag in their crew, in the
(02:01):
Oklahoma City Thunder, those four teams pretty much all in
the same region. That's the future of the West and
the now of the West, right so all those games,
those feel like super big games. There's also leaks that
they're gonna I think the Mavericks are gonna end up
starting the season, according to rumors, with a bunch of
home games, and I think the Thunder is going to
be in that mix too. So it's going to be
(02:22):
like right out the gates, the spurs and the thunder
and then you get going really really fast. How do
you think they will do waiting for Kyrie? I think
how compromised are they? They're very compromised, And a lot
of it has to do with you know, really, in
any sport, implementing your defense it takes less time than
(02:43):
implementing your offense. And the Mavericks are going to be
a defensive team.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
First.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I suspect they will struggle offensively for a good month
or so, but I think their defense can hide some
of that and create transition in some of that. Well,
what they're fully going to do until Kyrie gets back?
I mean, D'Angelo Russell is a talented player. He could
end up having a bounce back year and be very
good for the Mavericks, and you would he would to me,
(03:08):
he'd never be the guy that you want to build
anything around, but as a stop gap and then a
bench player.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Yeah, sign me up. That's fine. How long do you
think the Anthony Davis window is?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
And I guess that's a hard thing to figure out,
just because he's always hurt, So how much longer can
he be one of the most important guys on your
team and get paid that much money. So and is
Kyrie on a parallel path with that? I think Kyrie's
on a parallel path. But I mean I would say
four to five years.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I also think you know, his contract's going to end,
and I think to his contract ends the same year
Luca can opt out. And I don't know that at
that point in his career he'll be an automatic Max
money player.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
He might.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I wontter how team would approach that based on his
availability too, right, Like the dude, you're great when you play,
but you don't play that much. You know, what's your
opt is is Kyrie? Remember when the Mavericks traded for Kyrie,
he didn't get Max money, even though when he's healthy
he's one of the ten best offensive players in the universe. Yeah,
I mean maybe maybe the most talented offensive guard of
(04:14):
the last thirty years.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Maybe. You know, it's at least in the conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
I say that just because as you paint the picture
of the West, and it's just like, oh my god,
this is gonna be a tough time to like, you're
this is a tough time to go for it. Yeah,
but if healthy, they're gonna be right up there and
and So there's there's that timeline and then there's the
Cooper Flag timeline, and they're totally they're gonna happen together,
but they're really two different things. Yeah, but what I
(04:39):
would say about the Cooper Flag timeline is Cooper Flag's
gonna be all NBA by the end of next season.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Wow. So by the by end of next season all NBA.
Yeah about that.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
So by the time that you know that timeline and
look at you know what a good comparison is, Go
look at what Kawhi Leonard did for the Spurs when
he was a young player. By his I think third year,
he was Finals MVP on a team with Tim Duncan,
Tony Parker, Manu Genobili.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You see what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
And so he's going to elevate faster because he's surrounded
by great players. So by the time Anthony Davison, Kyrie
Irving's contractor up, they're gonna be second and third fiddle
to Cooper Flag.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
So they don't have to do heavy lifting anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Anyways, one more note before we move on Christmas Day
game Golden State Warriors. Okay, Steph Curry, Primetime TV is
going to be fun let's go fantastic. All right, There's
things Skin is tracking coming up next in the Hollywood shuffle.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Can Christina and I get Skin interested in a TV show?
We'll talk about it next
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one the Eagles.
Sometime today, we're giving away a four pack of tickets
Rangers against LA and that's gonna be August twenty seventh
is that game. So we'll be giving away tickets all
week long. So be listening. Have your iHeart app with
the talkback feature, and you'll have a chance to win
those tickets. But we reference something from the show, so
(00:22):
you gotta be listening, all right. Coming up at the
bottom of the segment, Ben and Christina have a new
TV show they're very fired up about, and we will
hit you to that. But right now it's time for
this track.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Another edition of things is.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Tracking, Okay, Ben, it's not going to be official until Thursday,
but there are leaks and rumors of leaks as the
Mavericks schedule is about to drop.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
And I always, you know, I'm I'll look at that.
I'm not like follow well.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Our buddy follow well, because he travels with the team
and all that stuff starts planning his whole life around it.
There he is looking at the schedule, but I care
about a few things that Okay, what is the season opener?
What is the Christmas Day game? How does the end
(01:17):
of the season, look when it's seeding time, and of course,
now when do they play the Lakers? So all this
is going to come out on Thursday. But this is
so widely reported I believe it to be true. For
the second year in a row, they are starting the
season against the San Antonio Spurs. Okay, and you know,
(01:41):
the future of the NBA and the West, depending on
how if you want to include Luca and that or not.
The Lakers right now aren't They're fine, They're just not great.
But if you look at the Rockets with Kevin Durant,
the Spurs with Wimby and the Aaron Fox and their crew,
the Mavericks with Cooper Flag in their crew, in the
(02:01):
Oklahoma City Thunder, those four teams pretty much all in
the same region. That's the future of the West and
the now of the West, right so all those games,
those feel like super big games. There's also leaks that
they're gonna I think the Mavericks are gonna end up
starting the season, according to rumors, with a bunch of
home games, and I think the Thunder is going to
be in that mix too. So it's going to be
(02:22):
like right out the gates, the spurs and the thunder
and then you get going really really fast. How do
you think they will do waiting for Kyrie? I think
how compromised are they? They're very compromised, And a lot
of it has to do with you know, really, in
any sport, implementing your defense it takes less time than
(02:43):
implementing your offense. And the Mavericks are going to be
a defensive team.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
First.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
I suspect they will struggle offensively for a good month
or so, but I think their defense can hide some
of that and create transition in some of that. Well,
what they're fully going to do until Kyrie gets back?
I mean, D'Angelo Russell is a talented player. He could
end up having a bounce back year and be very
good for the Mavericks, and you would he would to me,
(03:08):
he'd never be the guy that you want to build
anything around, but as a stop gap and then a
bench player.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Yeah, sign me up. That's fine. How long do you
think the Anthony Davis window is?
Speaker 1 (03:19):
And I guess that's a hard thing to figure out,
just because he's always hurt, So how much longer can
he be one of the most important guys on your
team and get paid that much money. So and is
Kyrie on a parallel path with that? I think Kyrie's
on a parallel path. But I mean I would say
four to five years.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You know.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I also think you know, his contract's going to end,
and I think to his contract ends the same year
Luca can opt out. And I don't know that at
that point in his career he'll be an automatic Max
money player.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
He might.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
I wontter how team would approach that based on his
availability too, right, Like the dude, you're great when you play,
but you don't play that much. You know, what's your
opt is is Kyrie? Remember when the Mavericks traded for Kyrie,
he didn't get Max money, even though when he's healthy
he's one of the ten best offensive players in the universe. Yeah,
I mean maybe maybe the most talented offensive guard of
(04:14):
the last thirty years.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Maybe. You know, it's at least in the conversation.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
I say that just because as you paint the picture
of the West, and it's just like, oh my god,
this is gonna be a tough time to like, you're
this is a tough time to go for it. Yeah,
but if healthy, they're gonna be right up there and
and So there's there's that timeline and then there's the
Cooper Flag timeline, and they're totally they're gonna happen together,
but they're really two different things. Yeah, but what I
(04:39):
would say about the Cooper Flag timeline is Cooper Flag's
gonna be all NBA by the end of next season.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Wow. So by the by end of next season all NBA.
Yeah about that.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
So by the time that you know that timeline and
look at you know what a good comparison is, Go
look at what Kawhi Leonard did for the Spurs when
he was a young player. By his I think third year,
he was Finals MVP on a team with Tim Duncan,
Tony Parker, Manu Genobili.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You see what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
And so he's going to elevate faster because he's surrounded
by great players. So by the time Anthony Davison, Kyrie
Irving's contractor up, they're gonna be second and third fiddle
to Cooper Flag.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
So they don't have to do heavy lifting anymore.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Anyways, one more note before we move on Christmas Day
game Golden State Warriors. Okay, Steph Curry, Primetime TV is
going to be fun let's go fantastic. All right, There's
things Skin is tracking coming up next in the Hollywood shuffle.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
Can Christina and I get Skin interested in a TV show?
We'll talk about it next
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