Hour 2: Dusty May ---> Mavericks???

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🗓️ 22 June 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First Take resumes with major breaking news out of the college ranks! Dusty May is headed to the Mavericks??? After leading the Wolverines to their first championship since '89, he'll look to take the Mavs young core of Cooper Flagg and whichever former Michigan player they draft to the playoffs! Then. Roger Bennett is back discussing Team USA's meteoric rise and today's star studded matchups! Next, if Giannis ends up in Boston, does that vault them over the Knicks in the East? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight on ESPN Braves at Padres first pitch at 10 p.m. Eastern, a late-nighter. Catch it on ESPN.
0:07.7	Stream it live on the ESPN app. We go back to our breaking news from this morning. Michigan coach Dusty May, who is fresh off a national title at Michigan is finalizing a deal to take the Dallas Mavericks head coaching job.
0:20.4	Sources told ESPN that is a move that significantly alters the college and NBA landscape.
0:26.5	Seth Greenberg now joins us here on first take.
0:29.3	And coach now, I ask for your reaction.
0:30.9	How shocking was this news for you?
0:32.7	I'm surprised, but not shocked.
0:34.0	I mean, this has been kind of in the works.
0:36.0	The last two or three weeks have been rumors. And when there are rumors, especially at this level, he's listening or the rumors
0:41.9	wouldn't have kind of continued on. But Dusty May is an interesting guy because he's a great
0:46.6	communicator. He's a savant as a coach. But the NBA is an easier league to coach in than
0:53.6	college basketball today because the NBA has guidelines and guardrails.
0:58.0	He knows who his roster is going to be.
0:59.7	He doesn't have to rebuild his roster every single year.
1:04.0	He's going to be connected with his general manager.
1:06.5	He's going to have a roster.
1:07.5	He can build moving forward.
1:09.2	He's got a great core group.
1:11.0	At the end of the season, Jay Will, you just said it.
1:14.1	They went to national championship.
1:15.4	That night, they're on the phone trying to put together the roster because they've got to sign 13 players or 12 players.
1:22.6	So, Dusty-May, great communicator, high basketball IQ.
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