NBA: Predicting Every Team’s Win Total For 2016-17
Dallas Mavericks
Record Prediction: 35-47
Rick Carlisle is one of the best coaches in the NBA, but I still don’t know how he took last year’s Dallas Mavericks to the playoffs. It’s still a mystery to this day. Nevertheless, with the additions of Harrison Barnes and Andrew Bogut, you’d think they’d be even better this season, right?
Wrong. At least not in my humble opinion. I feel like the Mavs are going to get a bit worse this season because there’s going to be more “figuring it out” this season compared to last.
James Anderson and Harrison Barnes will begin to become the focal point of this team’s offense. With an aging Dirk Nowitzki, eventually there’s going to be a drop-off. That could be this season.