The Dallas Mavericks made a Cinderella run to the 2024 NBA Finals last season thanks to the brilliance of Luka Doncic and some sharp mid-season trades by lead executive Nico Harrison to build the team around him. Dallas entered the playoffs as the No. 5 seed, but pulled three straight upsets without home court advantage to win the Western Conference for the second time in franchise history.
The Mavs seemed set up for a long run of contention with Doncic at 25 years old. Only nine months later, the entire franchise has cratered to historic depths, and the situation just keeps getting more bleak.
The Mavericks made arguably the
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