The Dallas Mavericks are in a weird spot. On one hand, things are looking bleak. Dallas has been coasting through a large portion of the regular season, consistently losing to teams they should be blowing out, and Kristaps Porzingis can’t stay on the court. But on the other hand, they’re currently a top-5 team in the Western Conference (the more difficult of the two conferences), and their best player is only 22 years old.
Maybe it’s time to inject some crazy levels of optimism into this season, and there’s only one source of unparalleled optimism: Ted Lasso.