The NBA Mexico City Game 2025 will feature the Dallas Mavericks and the Detroit Pistons playing a regular-season game.

Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving has a lot of free time. Given that the Mavericks didn’t qualify for the 2025 NBA playoffs, Irving also suffered an ACL injury before the end of the 2024-25 NBA season.

The Detroit Pistons will face the Dallas Mavericks in Mexico City on Nov. 1, the NBA announced late on Tuesday, June 10.

On paper, the Knicks appear closer to championship contention. But Dallas has something New York doesn’t: Cooper Flagg. While the Knicks won’t make a selection until the late second round, the Mavericks are adding a player who hasn’t drawn this much hype since Zion Williamson.

The NBA is returning to Mexico City next season, with the Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons set to play a regular-season game there Nov. 1. The Mavericks have the No. 1 pick in this month's draft and are expected to select Duke's Cooper Flagg.

Mavericks star Kyrie Irving passionately defends Karl-Anthony Towns from online trolling in an emotional Twitch stream.

However, for the Mavericks to move on from somebody like Dereck Lively in this trade, they'd have to get back Reaves. Moving Lively to the Lakers, despite Los Angeles needing a center more than nearly every other team in the NBA, wouldn’t make much sense if Reaves isn't involved in the deal.