Some looked at the Dallas Mavericks heading into the 2025-26 campaign and believed that they could be a dark-horse playoff team. They have such a stacked frontcourt, and Cooper Flagg was looking like a game-changing talent from day one if his play during preseason was any indication.

But that stacked frontcourt has been depleted significantly, with Anthony Davis and Dereck Lively II currently on the mend , and with the team's lackluster guard depth, the Mavericks have struggled — starting off the season with a 2-6 record heading into their Friday night clash against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Their point guard play, in particular, has been a huge mess . Flagg is receiving the Jeremy Sochan treatment by being miscast as a point guard/primary ballhandler, while PJ Washington, in the ga

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