NBA: Looking At What Lies Ahead This Summer For Every Eliminated Playoff Team

April 20, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) and guard Chris Paul (3) react from the bench against Portland Trail Blazers during the first half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
April 20, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) and guard Chris Paul (3) react from the bench against Portland Trail Blazers during the first half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
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Apr 23, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (41) celebrates with center Salah Mejri (50) in front of Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) during the second quarter in game four of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 23, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki (41) celebrates with center Salah Mejri (50) in front of Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) during the second quarter in game four of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

Dallas Mavericks

What do the Dallas Mavericks need? Dallas is potentially losing a dangerous amount of talent this summer, depending on what Mark Cuban and company can pull off.

Here is their unrestricted free agent list:

  1. Deron Williams
  2. Zaza Pachulia
  3. Chandler Pasons
  4. Dirk Nowitzki
  5. David Lee

Four of which were starters for the Mavs this past season. Dallas need to re-sign a few of them, if not all of them and add some more talent around them. Al Horford from Atlanta would be a beautiful addition to this team who excelled with Tyson Chandler as their rim protector.

Dallas is in the strong Western Conference and with the aging of Dirk Nowitzki, he is certainly not a guy that they can continue to lean on. The Mavericks big thing is to re-sign all their talent and develop some of their younger talent like Justin Anderson and Dwight Powell.

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