At some point, the Western Conference has got to get a little easier....doesn’t it?
With the Kings trading DeMarcus Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans last night, yet another team in the Mavericks’ own division got a little scarier. The Mavericks sit a game behind the Pelicans in the Western Conference’s fight for the eighth seed, and for a while it looked like Dallas could be competitive for that spot. Barring injury, that spot will almost certainly go to New Orleans now.
The Mavericks are quickly becoming the very small fish in the Southwest Division.