Dallas Mavericks NBA

the mavericks were a bottom 5 defense last year which actually got to I think bottom 3 after the irving trade. But they added a ton of defensive ability with grant, omax, and lively. I do expect the rookies to play about 15 minutes a game maybe as high as 20 depending on their offensive contributions next to luka and irving.

with that said I dont expect dallas to be near the bottom or any where close. I see them worst case being a mid defense around the 15 range and best case being around the 10 range. while most people dont have high expectations for the season considering how good the offense is and how many close games were lost last year I expect dallas to make a 10-15 win increase. yes I do see them approaching 50 wins, of course the west is stacked once again so that 50 wins would mean a 5-6 seeding.