It’s almost hard to believe. The NBA regular season is right around the corner. While this has been the shortest offseason for the Dallas Mavericks since 2011, it feels like ages since they made their unlikely run to the Western Conference Finals.
Before Dallas opens the season on the road against the Phoenix Suns on October 19, it’s time to look back at the offseason. To put it mildly, it was tumultuous. Here’s how the Mavericks got to where they are now.
Dallas’ opening salvo officially came on June 24 when the team acquired Christian Wood in a trade with the Houston Rockets in exchange for Sterling Brown, Trey Burke, Marquese Chriss, Boban Marjanovic and a second-round pick that would become Wendell Moore Jr.