Dallas Mavericks

Roster (15)

Kristaps Porzingis PF

Luka Doncic PG

Tim Hardaway Jr SG

Courtney Lee SG

Dwight Powell PF

Delon Wright PG

Maxi Kleber PF

Seth Curry G

Dorian Finney-Smith SF

Boban Marjanovic C

Justin Jackson SF

Jose Barea G

Jalen Brunson PG

Ryan Broekhoff SF

Isaiah Roby F

Two Way

Kostas Antetokounmpo PF

Daryl Macon PG

Starting 5

Luka Doncic PG

Tim Hardaway Jr SG

Justin Jackson SF

Kristaps Porzingis PF

Boban Marjanovic C

Outgoing Players (4)

Dirk Nowitski – retired

Trey Burke PG (FA)

Devin Harris PG (FA)

Salah Mejri C (FA)

Incoming Players (4)

Seth Curry G (FA, POR)

Boban Marjanovic C (FA, PHI)

Delon Wright PG (Trade, MEM)

Isaiah Roby F (45th Pick 2019 Draft)

2018-19 Final Regular Season Standing: 14th Western Conference (33-49)

2019-20 Projected Regular Season Standing: 10th Western Conference (40-42)

The Mavericks will have a healthy Kristaps Porzingis along with Luka Doncic to start the season which will be a dynamic duo for seasons to come.The Mavericks resigned Seth Curry and signed center Boban Marjanovic which will help bulster the roster. They also signed Isaiah Roby, their 45th pick in the 2019 NBA draft, though he probably won’t have much of an immediate impact. The Mavericks have a handful of useful role players in Hardaway Jr, Lee, Powell, Finney-Smith, Jackson, and Kleber along with some lesser contracts. Assembled, these players make a sufficient – above average roster, that still feels incomplete. Dallas is in rebuild mode, and will likely only get better from here. But, where does that put them this season.

They are definitely better than western conference teams like Memphis, Phoenix, New Orleans, and perhaps a gutted Thunder team, but everyone else got better too, or stayed relatively the same, so while we will see Dallas climb 3 or spots in the west, they won’t be loads better, not yet. I hear a lot of people over estimating them, saying they will be in the run for the playoffs. It is possible, but not likely with so much talent in a packed west. While, I have perhaps underestimated them, I think this is pretty close to where they will end up in the standings at the end of the season.