Since Kyrie Irving made his debut after being traded to the Dallas Mavericks in early February, the Mavericks are 7-10. They’ve fallen from what looked like a somewhat secure spot in the top-five to barely hanging on to their play-in seed. The Mavericks could just as easily climb to sixth as they could drop out of the playoffs entirely.
Somehow, things could be worse. Thank goodness the Mavericks are molten-lava hot at three point shooting.
Yes, despite the losing — including Monday night’s disappointing loss in Memphis — the Mavericks are absolutely shooting the hell out of the ball, so much as you can shoot hell out of a basketball.