To understand the Mavericks is to have solved the riddles of the universe. After losing their first three summer league contests in near embarrassing fashion, the 22-seed Mavs have now won two straight and have looked good doing it. This time, the victims were the D-League Select squad, who had no answer for a balanced attack from Dallas. The Mavericks won 104-88.
But we learned some things in the process. Join me, one last time, before I leave Vegas and miss tomorrow's game entirely:
1.) Justin Anderson's nickname is Simba!
When I put out a call for nicknames for the new rookie, I got a host of folks letting me know he already had a good one:
It's something from the Lion King, I really like the Lion King.