Dallas Mavericks

The lead he has constructed is nonetheless impressive given the potency of the freshman course, while it might be premature to declare Luka Doncic this season’s Rookie of the Year.
The 20-year-old is keeping historic firm. He’d join Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson as the only two rookies to average 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists if the effort closed today. He’s even blown optimistic projections regarding his NBA-ready abilities from the water. The Dallas Mavericks, though, did not stop at one unicorn. They rolled the dice on another before the deadline, landing 7’3″ shot-blocker and three-point sniper Kristaps Porzingis. Sure, he’s coming off an ACL tear and won’t play this year, before heading down, but he was doing stuff that is previously unseen.
Pairing Doncic and Porzingis gives its blueprint for the Nowitzki age to Dallas, and the ceiling is already high enough to turn that strategy to a name.
“Dallas now has two players under the age of 25 who could be the top two players on a championship team,” The Ringer’s Jonathan Tjarks wrote. “Just about every team in the league could kill for that opportunity.”
The Mavs also created major spending money for this summer, and their pick could be kept by a bounce of a few ping-pong balls . While factoring in the dangers together with Porzingis, who is now a restricted free agent this offseason, Dallas’ future looks blindingly bright.