The list of roadblocks the Mavericks cleared in 2022 is long and substantial. They made it past the first round, beat the Suns after dropping 11 straight to them, and made it back to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 11 years. Most importantly, however, they moved on from a Kristaps Porzingis-Luka Doncic pairing that just never seemed to work. At times, it looked as though the duo was going to propel the Mavericks to heights the team had not seen. But the majority of the time, it just looked forced and as though both guys could not seem to translate what it looked like on paper into a real game.
How Christian Wood can avoid being Kristaps Porzingis
