08-12-2026, 09:07 AM
(08-12-2026, 08:38 AM)Dirknows Wrote: They won 26 games last year, and added a bunch of guys who are young with potential, but not really sure how all the pieces will fit. If Kyrie comes back as good as before, Cooper takes a big leap, we are still probably a play-in team because of how deep the west is.
Wasn't all that long ago that the Mavs were in the finals with a lot of the same players on the roster. Luka is gone, Flagg is in. Cooper is not at Luka's level but Cooper should be on the upswing or the league should be selling that idea. Mavs have churned the end of the roster, at least, brought in a bunch of young sharp-shooters, at best. Cooper should be a face of the league. They used to like themselves a star of his complexion. They're not putting him on the national stage. Looks like for marketing purposes, they're missing the boat. Are the Mavs going to be worse than Golden State?
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