If you were told during last season that the Dallas Mavericks had the best chance of all the Dallas area teams of putting together a solid team and competing for a playoff spot this year, you probably would say I was losing it. Well, after four short months, the Mavericks are on their way to hopefully an early end to the rebuild they have been working towards.
Between Luka Doncic, Dennis Smith Jr., Harrison Barnes, DeAndre Jordan and, of course, Dirk Nowitzki, this Dallas team looks fun and exciting. Most people are still discounting the possibility of the Mavs in the playoffs, but they are certainly closer to it than they were last year, and that is what’s important.