Sliding into the deep abyss is nothing new for the Mavericks.
If anybody knows how to fall off a ledge, they do. Maybe not like the Mavericks of the '90s, when being really crummy was expected.
No, this is far worse for fans who actually have hope but surely have learned by now that it's best that it be a very cautious hope.
In each of the last two seasons, they have won two games in the first month of the season. They have lost a combined 25 in those two months.
And now, here they are.