Expectations for 23/24 season

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Odds are also a lot of them will not happen  Mavs biggest problems last season were defense, rebounding and lack of two-way players. I don't think Mavs fundamentally addressed those issues. Not unless (until) guys with potential develop. A bit more details:
- one of Mavs biggest problems last season was rebounding. Mavs are still positionally small, especially at PF and C, and rebounding will remain a problem imho. These are average starter heights in the league: PG 6-3 (Irving 6-2), SG 6-5 (Green and THJ 6-5), SF 6-7 (Luka 6-7), PF 6-8 (GW 6-6), C 6-11 (Powell, Maxi and Holmes 6-10). 
- second problem was Mavs defense. Mavs made very few changes in the top ten of rotation. GW replaced Bullock in the starting line-up and Exum/Holmes replaced Wood and whoever was back-up guard last season in the second unit. The changes were mostly in the deep bench, which basically plays only when injuries happen. Sure, what looks like a deeper team will come handy when injuries happen. But none of the new guys can be considered as all-nba defense guy. That is why I don't think Mavs did enough to hope the defense would be drastically better. Not to mention very questionable coaching schemes with plenty of data from different environments that they don't really work.
- I see Curry fit on this team only without Luka and Irving as you can't play him next to any of them and hope for any kind of defense. So, a very limited role
- injuries happen. You can't hope there will be nothing. Especially since Mavs have several players with long history of unavailability. So, even if Maxi stays healthy, there is great possibility that one or more of the other guys will be out at different times of season
- I don't think Mavs really solved the 3rd PG situation, especially from the point of offense creation. Despite encouraging Exum World cup, I didn't see much of creation in his play. Unfortunately this is a very important role, since Luka and Irving both do miss several games each season. Green World cup and Hardy summer league were not encouraging. The only player with theoretic two-way potential (meaning he can play defense and create to an extent on offense) is Green. I see GW more or less as a spot-up shooter.

Based on this my expecations for this season are low (play-in at best) and I will be glad if I will be proven wrong. But, I will not be holding the players accountable if results are not there. No matter how they look on the court.

Also to note: Luka-Irving team last season was bad, one of worse in the league. They were far from a play-in level team. I think team will be better, but the starting position is really low and where they need to improve to is much higher. A lot of things will need to go right for a substantial improvement. What I do hope for is a decent start and some positive vibes around the team. I hated the negativity in the community last season.

This is another good post although slightly depressing.  

Kyrie and Luka were excellent when they played together last season.  The team struggled when only one of the was on the court.  

The defense should be somewhat better overall as long as either Maxi or Richaun Holmes make a comeback.  Maxi was pretty terrible last season when he returned from injury.  Maybe he just returned too early last season after a major injury.  Grant Williams is a much better defensive player than Reggie Bullock.  So is Derrick Jones Jr.  Josh Green and Jaden Hardy should improve defensively just based on experience.  I think Exum can provide decent defense as well.  I think we improved significantly on defense. 

I agree that Seth Curry was a questionable addition to this roster.  I don't see his fit and I hope he is the 13th man.  I would rather see Jaden Hardy and Dante Exum get backup guard minutes.  

I also think rebounding could be our fatal flaw.  I think the Andre Drummond acquisition would have made a lot of sense for this roster.  I also think Javale McGee made much more sense than Markieff Morris.  I continue to think that was an Ambien move by Mark Cuban.  We will likely give up a lot of offensive rebounds and it could be a source of frustration to Luka who may be our only above-average rebounder.