The Dallas Mavericks may have felt that they got the steal of the NBA offseason, in signing Harrison Barnes away from the Golden State Warriors, but this team is just not on par with the majority of the other teams in the Western Conference.
Dirk Nowitzki and Deron Williams are both a year older, and while Andrew Bogut doesn’t nearly get enough credit, he’s not a difference maker. The hope, I suppose, is that Barnes relishes as one of the team’s top scoring option, and Wes Matthews, a full year removed from his achilles injury, begins to look more and more like his former self.
Still, even assuming the best-case scenario, I’m still not sure this Dallas Mavericks team makes the playoffs.