Overview

• Speaking on Showtime With Michael Cooper, Thompson said he hasn’t been this motivated in years and expressed excitement for 2025–26.
• He pledged to lead with his voice in Dallas, noting he rarely did so during his Warriors tenure.
• He asserted the Mavericks have the NBA’s best frontcourt when healthy, pointing to Anthony Davis, Cooper Flagg, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II, with guard depth strengthened by D’Angelo Russell.
• He praised Davis as the best power forward of his generation when healthy, calling him a two-way force.
• He called Kyrie Irving the toughest player he has ever guarded, as Irving continues ACL rehab with the earliest likely return around the All-Star break.