The Lakers look to spoil Cooper Flagg and the Mavericks’ summer debut on Thursday in the Las Vegas Summer League kickoff

The Dallas Mavericks' recent list of hires will enjoy some degree of familiarity as the current team features several former Lakers' personnel.

On Wednesday the NBA announced the group drawings for the 2025 in-season tournament known as the NBA Cup. The NBA teams are split into six groups of five teams, the Mavericks landing in the West B group along with the LA Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans and, of course, Luka Doncic and the LA Lakers.

The Los Angeles Lakers were placed in West Group B for the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup with the Mavericks, Clippers, Grizzlies and Pelicans.

The Dallas Mavericks made one of the most controversial trades in NBA history last season when they traded away Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Now, the Lakers — who envisioned Doncic would stay with the franchise for the foreseeable future — may start to get a little nervous with a contract extension nearing.

Penberthy was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2020 championship staff, which included Kidd and was headed by new Mavericks associate head coach

In a recent trade idea from The Athletic’s Fred Katz, there would be plenty of intrigue between the Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers once again. His trade idea would involve moving LeBron James to the Mavericks in exchange for Klay Thompson, Daniel Gafford, and P.J. Washington.

Just ahead of the trade deadline, Dallas flipped five-time All-NBA First Team guard Luka Doncic, grappling with a lingering calf injury, to the Los Angeles Lakers for a package highlighted by 10-time All-Star center/power forward Anthony Davis.