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Why Santi Aldama is a STEAL for the Dallas Mavericks | Mavs Trade Rumors

Locked On Mavericks - Daily Podcast On The Dallas Mavs

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🗓️ 2 July 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Dallas Mavericks made a shrewd offseason trade to acquire Santi Aldama from the Memphis Grizzlies, adding one of the NBA's rarest commodities, a legitimate seven-foot stretch five, to a roster built around Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving. With this low-cost move officially set to close on July 6th alongside the Marcus Sasser signing, the Mavs are quietly assembling one of the most versatile frontcourts in the league.

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0:00.0

On today's show, the Dallas Mavericks make a trade for Santi Aldama,

0:04.2

another shrewd move that proves this front office knows what they're doing.

0:07.7

This is Cooper Flagg, and you're listening to Lockdown Mall.

0:10.0

So all of them is all finals.

0:12.1

Nothing as important as winning in sports.

0:15.0

All about winning.

0:16.0

I will win in Dallas.

0:18.2

You are Locked on Mass.

0:19.8

Great, guys.

0:20.4

Your daily Dallas Mavericks podcast. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network. All these change. Your team every day. No, I still got my dog to write down. And welcome. You're locked on to the Dallas Mavericks. Your team every day. My name is Nick Engstead where a trade. trade. Do we, do we let it ride for a trade?

0:39.1

Let it ride.

0:43.0

Joining me, as always, my co-host, the trade. Tighten one more thinking. What you got from me,

0:47.2

Isaac Harris? At least we're not Boston. I mean, holy crap.

0:54.1

Tough. Tough. But the Mavericks did something. And I think we were all just clamoring for anything, something. And they made a trade. And I thought it was a pretty good trade. Yeah, we used the stick and poked the Maverick and said, do something, do something. And then they did. We'll talk about who Santi AltAl-Dama is. We'll talk about what he brings to

1:11.4

the Mavericks. We'll talk about the Mavs acquiring another big one. It's the Mab's big man rotation look like. We'll talk about that. Well, let's start here. I think this move plus the Marcus Sasser move, which I'm kind of assuming is going to happen because Mark Stein reported it today that the Mavs now have two deals lined up that can happen on July 6th,

1:28.3

this Sontiel Dama trade and the market assassin trade.

1:32.0

Sanjay Aldama gets traded for AJ Johnson, the 2030 Warriors first round pick that was

1:37.9

top 20 protected, a quote unquote fake first, and a couple second round picks.

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Basically what the Mavericks traded for

1:45.7

Anthony Davis for and so you could say the master no don't do this so the

1:52.0

so the mabs flip those assets for santi aldama he's making 17 million dollars this year

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he's making 17 million dollars on a team option next year so if it comes in doesn't fit and it doesn't work out. The MAVs can cut ties and nothing really changes and the MAVs are not stuck. So it's a team friendly deal for sure. And so with Santi-Al-Dama, I think this is another move like the Marcus Sasser move that is the MAVs looking across the league saying we value these players more than their own team does

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