archiveMavericks rebuild

The Dallas Mavericks are 19-34 with one game remaining before the NBA All-Star break. They sit 12th in the Western Conference. They entered the season with playoff expectations and one of the league’s more aggressive roster timelines. Those facts are difficult to reconcile for a franchise that reshaped itself twice...

The NBA has undergone multiple stylistic evolutions over the past three decades, from the bruising physicality of the 1990s to the pace-and-space revolution that now defines the modern game. Even against that backdrop, the transformation unfolding in Dallas stands out for its speed and significance. In the wake of Luka...