The unknown can cause fear, but also excitement.
This time of year, the Mavericks have a bit of both.
They don’t know what kind of team they will have and that’s both stressful but full of opportunity.
They think they have improved over last season’s surprising run to the Western Conference finals.
But then, 14 other teams in the West think they are better, too.
“It’s always going to be like that at the beginning of the season,” Reggie Bullock said Wednesday after a full-blown scrimmage at American Airlines Center.