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The Only Mavericks Podcast

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The only podcast about Dallas Mavericks basketball, featuring Tim Cato of The Athletic, Mike Piellucci of D Magazine, and Austin Ngaruiya.
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Episodes

The Mavs' fantastic 5-2 homestand

Tim Cato and Austin Ngaruiya talk about the Mavericks beating the Pelicans in the harder game thanks to Kyrie Irving and Tim Hardaway Jr. combining for 83 points, and then discuss some broader themes from that game & the 5-2 homestand at large.

Jan 16, 2024•34 min

Mavs’ best/worse games, Siakam talk

Tim Cato and Mike Piellucci record live from the American Airlines Center to discuss the Mavericks’ best and worst case scenarios as the team continues missing Dereck Lively II (and Dante Exum), and then think about what Pascal Siakam might look like in Dallas, even if it still seems a bit too soon to get your hopes up.

Jan 10, 2024•26 min

The Luka-Kyrie-Exum-Lively Mavs

Tim Cato and Austin Ngaruiya talk about the Dallas Mavericks’ most important question for the second half of the season: Is their best lineup one that hasn’t even played together? If so, how far can it take them? Email us at theonlymaverickspod@gmail.com !

Jan 05, 2024•33 min

Luka’s Christmas game was absurd

Tim Cato, Mike Piellucci and Austin Ngaruiya are back to talk about the Mavericks’ Christmas win against the Phoenix Suns, where that Luka game ranks within his career performances, and chat about some players trending up and down. Email us at theonlymaverickspod@gmail.com !

Dec 27, 2023•53 min

What will the Mavericks look like healthy?

Tim Cato talks to Nick Angstadt from the Locked On Mavs podcast about the team’s current vibes, what the team’s starting lineup and rotation will look like once they finally get healthy, and whether this is Luka Doncic’s best start yet to a season. Email us at theonlymaverickspod@gmail.com !

Dec 20, 2023•34 min

Why Luka’s too good for defenses

Tim Cato talks to old friend Dave DuFour from The Athletic and 77 Minutes about how good Luka Doncic has been, what defenses opponents are using against him, and what we might see next. Dave literally had to gameplan against Doncic this summer in the FIBA World Cup, so he would know. Then they talk about the team’s improving defense and other observations Dave has had.

Dec 14, 2023•35 min

We answer your Mavs questions

Tim Cato and Mike Piellucci talk through the team’s biggest recent news: Mark Cuban’s decision to sell the team and what it means, practically, for the coming years. Then we answer more questions that we solicited from Reddit about who’s tradeable and what we think of Luka’s play style.

Dec 06, 2023•32 min

What’s wrong & what’s fixable with this Mavs defense?

Tim Cato, Mike Piellucci, and Austin Ngaruiya talk about the team’s obvious defensive problems from their two losses to Milwaukee and Sacramento, which players share the most culpability for the struggles, and what might make it better.

Nov 22, 2023•39 min

WTF was that Luka game?

Tim Cato and Austin Ngaruiya talk about what might have been Luka's worst game ever, and why the Mavs have been good enough, with a deeper roster than ever before, that it doesn't really matter.

Nov 15, 2023•25 min

We're back, and the Mavs are, too

Welcome to the first episode of The Only Mavericks Podcast hosted by The Athletic's Tim Cato, D Magazine's Mike Piellucci, and Austin Ngaruiya. We have many, many plans for what this podcast could be, but it’s past time we relaunched in a new feed. In this episode, which was recorded Tuesday evening prior to the team’s loss to Toronto, we go around and discuss some of our early season observations.

Nov 10, 2023•37 min•Ep. 1
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