The 2021-22 season for the Dallas Mavericks ended up being a whole lot of fun. It wasn’t ALWAYS fun, and in fact, it started out very strangely. With Luka Doncic looking like the final boss in a video game in the Olympics, we all expected him to show up in shape and ready to mow down teams. He didn’t, and when the Mavericks played poor to mediocre basketball to start the year, things felt dicey.
Then COVID hit the Mavericks, along with a lingering Luka Doncic ankle injury. It wasn’t fun or interesting to watch Dallas Mavericks basketball for a significant chunk of December.