With a new era in place and a win-now mindset, the Mavericks could shake things up and make another blockbuster trade in 2025-26. While it seems very unlikely to happen, Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report recently compiled a massive five-team mock trade that would land the Mavericks LeBron James.

Trade speculation ran rampant this offseason about Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James. Antetokounmpo reportedly "considered his future" with the Milwaukee Bucks for the first time this offseason,

There was a lot of drama around Kyrie Irving's exit from the LeBron James Cavaliers in the summer of 2017, just a year after they had teamed up to bring a title to Cleveland, with Irving hitting the biggest shot in Cleveland history.