With a few exceptions, the beauty of the NBA is in its equity. There are good owners and bad owners, but equalizing rules such as the implementation of a salary cap have created a league in which any well-run franchise has the opportunity to become a dynasty. The Golden State Warriors are the most recent example, launching themselves from perpetual basement dwellers in the ‘90s and ‘00s to the most feared synthesis of talent the NBA has seen over the past decade.
But well before the Warriors underwent a makeover, it was the Dallas Mavericks who successfully rebuilt their reputation.