The Dallas Mavericks have stumbled, tripped and fallen flat on their face many times over the last calendar year. One of those mistakes appears to be signing D'Angelo Russell this summer, and the Mavericks could look to correct that mistake as early as Monday -- which means Russell may have already played his last game in a Dallas uniform.
In the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks fought and clawed their way through the Western Conference to reach the NBA Finals largely because they had two elite point guards and the right mix of shooters and defenders surrounding them.