Mavs 105, Suns 111

[SleepingHero]

But, what's the alternative?

Maxi comes back. The defense and offense suddenly looks better. KP returns to old and the Mavs go 10-0 and are firmly in the playoff hunt! No in between. 

To be fair, the Mavs got what was probably the biggest turd sandwich in terms of scheduling among all teams. They've had the 3rd hardest schedule in the NBA in terms of quality of opponent. Surpassed only by the Heat (another hugely underperforming team ravaged by COVID) and Pistons. 

Add on top of that brutal schedule, of the Mavs first 20 games 13 of them were road games, which included 3 B2B's and a stretch of 5 games in 7 nights. In comparison the Heat had 9 of their first 19 games as road games and 2 B2B's. 

Thats before we even broach the fact the Mavs were missing 5-6 guys for the majority of that stretch that were all key role players. Putting it in that perspective, are we really surprised that they are underperforming this bad? 

There are so many people here it seems that are ready to jump ship and blow it up. I think we need some time like Dan said. My only concern is that the Mavs are quickly running out of chances to turn it around, and they better do it soon.