The Dallas Mavericks never figured to be much of a player before the NBA trade deadline passed. Those assumptions were affirmed, as the team decided to stand pat and roll with the roster put together this summer.
There were a number of teams looking for a veteran point guard, making Raymond Felton‘s expiring contract a decent bargaining chip for the Dallas front office, but moving him would come with a certain level of risk and probably wouldn’t have gotten the Mavericks a player in return that could really move the needle for the 29-26 squad.