Nov 12, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31) sits on the bench before a game against the Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Imagesimage captionNov 12, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31) sits on the bench before a game against the Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images
Nov 12, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31) sits on the bench before a game against the Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images
Life has been miserable for anyone associated with the Dallas Mavericks in the last month or so. Since the franchise shockingly traded Luka Doncic, nothing has gone right for them. Luka's departure almost put a hex on the Mavericks, who are suffering through a massive injury crisis that keeps getting worse. This was on full display last night as Klay Thompson and Dwight Powell walked to an empty bench.
This just shows how incredibly weak the Dallas Mavericks are this season. Perhaps Klay is now regretting his decision not to join the Lakers this past summer, given how things have gone over the last few months, and the contrasting position the Mavericks and Lakers are in right now.
Since trading away Luka Doncic, who, we should mention, had been suffering from an injury since the end of December, the Mavericks have lost almost their entire rotation to injuries in the last few weeks.
New arrival Anthony Davis was the first to go, and he ironically got injured during his first game with the Mavericks after a nearly spotless injury record for almost two years with the Lakers. Right after him, Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II went down hurt, thus leaving the Mavericks with almost no big players in their rotation.
And this past week, things got even worse, with Kyrie Irving and Jaden Hardy all getting hurt really badly during their game against the Sacramento Kings. Irving tore his ACL, thus ending his season, and could also keep him out of the next season as well.
The Mavericks also have other players out right now, such as P.J. Washington and Dante Exum. This means that currently, they have seven players hurt, and can only rely on the following healthy players - Klay Thompson, Dwight Powell, Spencer Dinwiddie, Max Christie, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, and Brandon Williams.
At this point, forget the playoffs, the Mavericks will be lucky to finish this season ahead of some of the worst teams in the NBA. The Mavericks are reportedly considering shutting down Anthony Davis for the rest of the season, as with Kyrie Irving out for the season, they have no realistic chance of competing for an NBA championship this season.
Bringing back Davis, only to compete and inevitably fail in the playoffs and risk an injury, could be disastrous for the Mavericks in the long run. All in all, this has been a disastrous 30 days for the Mavericks, as it not only ended their entire season, but could have jeopardized their entire future in such little time.
Some believe that the Mavericks ran Kyrie Irving into the ground after trading Doncic, which is supported by the fact that Irving played nearly 40 minutes a night in Luka's absence. However, Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd objected massively to that point, and slammed fans and analysts for speculating about the injury.
It's rough being a Mavericks fan right now. And things are only bound to get worse in the weeks to come.
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