[EIC’s note: This is the third piece in a series we’re calling “Rivalry Week” — running up until the start of the season talking about Mavericks’ rivals, whether historic, current, imagined, or something else. The pieces will be sometimes serious, sometimes funny, and sometimes both. Catch the first two here and here!]
After years of mediocrity led by supposed superstar Anthony Davis, the Pelicans might very well be on the verge of something. And of course, it’s right at the exact same time the Dallas Mavericks have something special of their own brewing with the pairing of Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis.