4 former Lakers players and 3 former coaches gathered with the Mavericks, who became the Lakers trumpet

The Dallas Mavericks' future is very bright. In the 2025 offseason, they won center Flag with the No. 1 pick. Now, they have Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis and Klay Thompson, which also makes them optimistic that they can win the NBA championship in the future.

In the offseason, they also won Tangiero Russell, who played for the Brooklyn Nets, which also allowed him to reunite with former Lakers teammates Anthony Davis and Christie. A few months ago, the Los Angeles Lakers traded Anthony Davis and Christie to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for 26-year-old Luka Doncic.

Unfortunately, due to injury problems, the Dallas Mavericks had to accept the dilemma of playing badly in the 2024-25 season and missed the playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers stopped in the first round in the playoffs. Both teams did not achieve good results in their first season of mutually beneficial trading cooperation. However, we can find that the Dallas Mavericks now have many former Los Angeles Lakers staff.

Dallas Mavericks' current coach Jason Kidd is a former Los Angeles Lakers championship assistant coach. Former Lakers champion head coach Frank Vogel has now joined Jason Kidd's coaching staff and become the Mavericks' assistant coach. There is also a very heavyweight Lakers coach, that is former Lakers skill coach Phil Handy, who is also in the Dallas Mavericks. It's hard to believe that the Dallas Mavericks actually gathered three former Lakers coaches.

As for the players, in addition to Anthony Davis, Tangiero Russell, and Max Christie, there is also a young player Maxwell Lewis. Three former Lakers coaches, four former Lakers players, and Dallas Mavericks can be said to be the Los Angeles Lakers trumpet, or the former Lakers staff shelter.

Anthony Davis averaged 24.7 points, 11.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game in the 2024-25 season. Anthony Davis, who is already 32 years old, is still the best big player in the league. Now that the Mavericks have Flag, they can return to the fourth position.

Danjilo Russell averaged 12.6 points and 5.1 assists per game last season, because the Lakers promoted Reeves, resulting in the playing time and ball rights of Tangierlussell being severely compressed. Christie and Maxwell Lewis are both good young players. Christie has the potential to become a qualified starter, playing for the Dallas Mavericks last season, averaging 11.2 points and 4.2 rebounds and shooting 36.4% from three-pointers. As for Maxwell Lewis, if he can't perform well and conquer the team and keep him, he may be abandoned by the team in the future.