Dallas has had an issue with the “other guys” for a few years now. Rumblings online about Luka Doncic’s lack of help have circulated time and again and they were never justified more than they were this past season. Starting with Dallas’ 5-11 record without Luka Doncic in the lineup, the statistics heavily supported the idea that too much was on the shoulders of the Mavericks’ stars.
If you remove the games Kyrie Irving played in, Dallas was 2-10 in games with neither of their stars available. Irving and Doncic have two of Dallas’ three highest offensive ratings when on the floor (121.