Following a 118-71 blowout of the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night, Rick Carlisle stated that the Dallas Mavericks’ "really old guys" wouldn’t be making the trip to Orlando for the second night of a preseason back-to-back (can somebody explain to me why that is even a thing?).
As it turned out, the not-so-old-guys, Harrison Barnes, Nerlens Noel and Dorian Finney-Smith (knee soreness) were included in that list, along with Dirk Nowitzki, Wesley Matthews, J.J. Barea, Devin Harris, Josh McRoberts, and Rick Carlisle himself (illness).