According to Arizona Sports 98.7 FM reporter John Gambadoro, following the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns, the Dallas Mavericks are also interested in Utah Jazz striker Bojan Bogdanovic (Bojan Bogdanovic). They are also interested in acquiring the Croatian forward star through a trade to provide the team's backcourt core Luka Doncic (Luka Doncic) Find a suitable helper.

However, at the moment, the Mavericks don't seem to have many chips that can be used for balancing. After Maxi Kleber (Maxi Kleber) got an early contract extension, the Mavericks' most valuable bargaining chip is Christian Wood (Christian Wood), the big man they just acquired from the Houston Rockets before the draft. Wood), but it is obvious that the Mavericks are unlikely to send away this inside star who has just arrived at the team.

In this way, the chips that the Mavericks are most likely to send are interior player Dwight Powell, former NBA first-round pick Josh Green, Frank Ntilikina to balance salary, and some future draft picks. Among them, Powell's contract worth $11 million is an expiring contract, and Green's contract for the 2023-24 season is a team option, which means that the Jazz can use this deal to free up a lot of salary space next summer.

From the perspective of trading chips, the Lone Ranger's competitiveness seems to be slightly insufficient. On the one hand, considering the existence of Doncic, the value of the team's first-round pick is not great. In the next few years, it will basically be outside the 20th pick at the end of the first round. On the other hand, the players sent by the Mavericks have no future training value except for clearing wages. Although Green's draft pick was in the middle of the first round, judging from his previous performance, his future potential should be low.

For Lakers , the opportunity is actually right in front of them. If they are willing to pay enough future assets, considering the team's ranking last season, they may be more likely to be favored by the Jazz?

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