Since the season opener against the Spurs, all eyes have been on the 19-year-old rookie out of Duke, in Dereck Lively II. Drafting Lively theoretically filled in defensive holes that have persisted in Dallas over a number of years, really since the days of Tyson Chandler. This has been evident since his first game, and though early on in the …
Besides resigning Kyrie Irving, the main focus of the Maverick’s front office this offseason was upgrading this team’s frontcourt. After trading away Dorian Finney-Smith the Mavs simply did not have a versatile wing defender and Jason Kidd couldn’t come up with the right answers. The center position has been much maligned over the years and heading into another season of …
The 2010’s decade was up-and-down for the Dallas Mavericks. The bookends were great. The decade started with the 2010-2011 season where the Mavericks won the franchise’s only NBA championship, and it ended with Luka Doncic at the helm. Pretty crazy. But everything in between was kind of boring. The Mavericks got rid of most of their team the offseason after …
Defining success for a team sporting a below .500 record can be described as futile at best. When you reflect on the makeup of the Mavericks its hard to pinpoint exactly what the teams future entails. To keep us upbeat and motivated here are the tangible improvements they must make to have a successful 2018- 2019 season.
