One more thing. The Dallas Mavericks start this new era of the organization with a completely different tone. centered around, Cooper Flag, and you. Welcome, you're still locked on to the Dallas Maverx, your team every day. My name is Nick Anksday. Media member covering the Mabbs for over 10 years. It's a one more thing, bonus episode of Lockdown Maps. Just there are all episodes of Locked on Maps at this point.

If you miss the episode of Slightly and I breaking down the Mabs against the Spurs game last night, go listen to that one. If you missed the episode with Isaac and I, break it down on the trade deadline, go listen to that one. We're going to talk about the Michael Finley and Matt Ricardy press conference that happened before the Mavs Spurs game, the complete change in tone around fans,

around Cooper Flag and everything. Matt Ricardee press conference that happened before the Mab Spurs game, the complete change in

tone around fans, around Cooper Flag and everything, building around Flag, how they want to

build around him going forward and flexibility.

And they talk a little bit about the new players.

So we want to talk about all those things and get into all that.

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All right, I want to talk about Matt Ricardy,

Michael Finley.

They do a press conference.

They get together, and it is interesting to seeley. They do a press conference. They get together.

And it is interesting to see two guys do a press conference instead of just

Nico Harrison there by himself.

But that wasn't the only change that we saw, that there wasn't not one but two guys

sitting up there.

The change in tone, I thought was completely different after watching it.

The change in the direction of the conversation, the change in tone I thought was completely different after watching it. The change in the direction of the conversation, the change in the way they spoke about certain

things in this conversation.

And to me, I think the biggest thing was just starting with the opening statement,

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