Jason Kidd reveals Mavericks' most critical offseason fix they can't ignore

After the first year of the Cooper Flagg era, even Jason Kidd knows that the Dallas Mavericks need to add more 3-point shooting this offseason. They were in the bottom five in 3-pointers made and attempted per game, along with 3-point percentage, and they can't expect to contend next season without doing something about this.

Jason Kidd knows the Mavericks can't shoot

Kidd brought this up during exit interviews last week when asked about what they need to add to the roster, and while Kyrie Irving's return will undoubtedly help them in all areas, it's not as simple as that.

"Some of the qualities, are you going to look at shooting," Kidd said. "Can we shoot the ball better? Not just from three, but from the free throw line."

The Mavericks have all offseason to acquire more shooting, and even though getting healthy will help, they can't settle for that. They have to look at adding more shooting through the 2026 NBA Draft, free agency, and the trade market, and Dallas' fate in the draft will be decided in less than three weeks.

The NBA Draft Lottery will take place in Chicago on May 10, and this is when the Mavericks will find out where they will pick in the draft. They have the eighth-best odds of landing the No. 1 overall pick for the second year in a row, and as long as they don't move down, they should have an excellent opportunity to add a knockdown shooter to their backcourt.

Dallas has plenty of draft targets who can fix their shooting immediately

Players like Keaton Wagler, Mikel Brown Jr., and Darius Acuff Jr. have been at the top of Mavericks fans' minds for months now, and adding any of these players to their lineup would help them resurrect their 3-point shooting.

Wagler, Acuff Jr., and Brown Jr. are all dangerous off the catch, as well as off the bounce, and Dallas would be in an excellent position if they land any of these players. They'd have the chance to learn behind Irving while simultaneously gaining chemistry with Flagg as his future co-star, and the Mavericks should be an attractive destination for many of these young guards in the draft.

Even if the Mavericks do add more shooting through the draft, they need to take this pressing need seriously during free agency as well. Dallas won't have many roster spaces to fill, considering that they only have four players on standard contracts who are poised to hit free agency, and two of these spots will likely be filled by both of their first-round picks (barring any trades).

The NBA Draft alone won't solve their issue

This means that they may need to utilize the trade market.

Many of the Mavericks' best role players struggled from downtown, including Naji Marshall and P.J. Washington, and they must improve in this area if they want to be long-term fits next to Flagg. If not, they may find themselves traded before next season's trade deadline hits.

Jason Kidd knows how vital shooting is in today's NBA, and the fact that he implicitly brought this up during his exit interview shows that he knows they need to do something about it. The numbers have been screaming this for months, but Dallas may finally listen to the statistics and make some changes this summer.

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