Reading through one of my first columns, “Savor this Dallas Mavericks season, no matter how it unfolds” recently had me smiling at the optimism and shaking my head at the physiological road we have traveled together as fans of this team. While not the first trauma the fanbase has endured since the team’s inception 43 years ago, this one was uniquely painful.
Amid all the pearl-clutching over the tanking scandal and talking-head shows displaying a predictable aversion to analysis, much of the discourse about the Dallas Mavericks season has covered the wrong topics with a level of gusto that would have you believe they were onto something.