The NBA trade deadline is two weeks from Thursday and the Mavericks appear to be in a wonderful position.
Maybe not quite as wonderful after Dwight Powell went down in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Clippers with an Achilles injury.
But pending how that news develops, the Mavericks aren’t under any serious pressure to do anything before the deadline.
They have exceeded expectations. They have a young roster that fits well together. And they have lots of assets that other teams would like to have that aren’t named Luka Doncic. There’s a reason why they are 16 games over .