This summer, the Dallas Mavericks made the curious decision to bring back their roster mostly intact. The only significant additions to the rotation were Reggie Bullock and Frank Ntilikina, both of whom fit right into what the Mavericks were already doing as a team.
They made this decision despite that roster losing to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the playoffs in consecutive years. But at least they were an offensive juggernaut, having ranked eighth and first in offensive rating the last two years.
So going into the 2021-22 season, all they had to do was keep humming along on offensive and get their 22nd ranked defense up to a respectable level, right?