After beating the Houston Rockets by one point in their last preseason game, the Dallas Mavericks aren’t looking as strong as they used to look.
Heading into the regular season with a 4-4 preseason record, anyone can say that they are just an addition to the Southwest conference.
It seems like everyone from the Miami Heat to the San Antonio Spurs has “big three superstars” on their team. The following are the three big factors keeping Dallas in the mix for the playoffs.
DIRK NOWITZKI
In 2000, he finished second in the league’s Most Improved Player voting; he became the first Maverick in team history to be named All-NBA team in 2001.
Averaged career and team-highs of 23.4 points per game (ppg) and 9.9 rebounds per game (rpg) in 38.0 minutes per game (mpg) in 76 games in 2002. For the two following years, he still produced career and team-highs.
Last year, he played in 81 games for an average of 37.5 mpg. He had 7.70 rpg, 2.7 apg, and 25 ppg.
And as much as preseason games don't matter--Dirk,unlike many starters, played in six of the ei ...
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