Probably no right answer and a lot of choices.  Kidd, Nico, Luka, Kyrie, PJ, others all have case to make.

My choice is Josh Green though.  Josh has a golden opportunity to take the starting SF position and not look back.   This offseason it appears Dallas will look for another wing.  If feels like one way or another they are going to add a player there.   The level Green plays too may determine if that is a starter or a rotation guy.   If he doesn't grab it, they are probably looking for a starting level player.  Worse yet, Green could be used as a trade piece.   If he grabs it, he could put him in solid footing for a while here.

Last year it felt like Josh was making a jump.  He got hurt for a bit and then found himself in lower minutes.   It sort of zapped all the momentum he was building.  It is tough to make conclusions because the season was such a disaster.  Will this year be different?

Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth)
Dallas Mavericks Injury Report vs. Phoenix Suns:

Luka Doncic - probable (broken nose)
Dereck Lively II - probable (nasal fracture)
Maxi Kleber - probable (nasal fracture)
Dante Exum - out (right knee bursitis)

Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth)
Frank Vogel says Bradley Beal will be listed as questionable against the Dallas Mavericks. Beal got shots up at Phoenix Suns practice today.

Grant Afseth (@GrantAfseth)
Frank Vogel says “we’ll see” if Thaddeus Young will play against the Dallas Mavericks.

Another trap game. One we should easily win. These are the kind that bite you in the ass. And once again the Mavs start out slowly.

D. Gafford did what he is suppose to do, but not as efficiently as the last two games. Wemby is a handful.

Josh Green is not a negative like he used to be in the past. Not Dirkie worthy, though.

THJ. I don't want to talk about him. He was not the good Hardaway.

Jaden Hardy. Almost the same stats as THJ, but the timing of Hardy's play was better.

Derek Lively. Oh yeah...he is our starting center.

Luka!...played 33 minutes, which is good. Played good, but somebody else took the Dirkie away from him.

Kyrie was very timely with his scoring and lifted the team to the win. I don't feel bad at all about giving him my Dirkie.

Lets win this game so we can enjoy a few days off!

Go Mavs!!!

The Mavs made two trades to solidify their rotation, and they're getting healthy-er. After a nightmare stretch they have one of the easiest schedules remaining. I think 50 wins is a very reasonable goal with those things in mind, and would show solid progress for this team. Can they do it?

Decided to keep a running list of all potential buyout guys and cross them off when they sign so we can keep track:

Kyle Lowry- Philadelphia 76ers
Spencer Dinwiddie -Los Angeles Lakers
Marcus Morris
Danilo Gallinari- Milwaukee Bucks
Thad Young- Phoenix Suns
Killian Hayes
Danuel House
Corey Joseph
Robin Lopez
Chimezie Metu
Bismack Biyombo - Oklahoma City Thunder
James Bouknight
Furkan Korkmaz
Ryan Arcidiacono
Delon Wright- Miami Heat
Shake Milton- New York Knicks 
Kevin Knox
Ish Smith
Jordan Goodwin- Memphis Grizzlies (10-day contract)
Frank Ntilikina
Justin Jackson- Minnesota Timberwolves (10-day contract)
Aleksej Pokusveski- Charlotte Hornets
Mike Muscala- Oklahoma City Thunder 
Patty Mills- Miami Heat



Those italicized are not yet officially waived/bought out but are rumored to hit the market.