Mama used to tell us that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
But that was a kinder, gentler and simpler time.
The Mavericks are 0-3 and there is no way to sugarcoat anything after Saturday's 107-91 humiliation that the Houston Rockets put on them in a game where the Mavericks trailed by as much as 36.
Try as they might, nobody could find a pulse on this team after three games.
Two home losses to teams not expected to make the playoffs and a blowout loss to a legitimate contender on the road suggests one of two things.