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I've been kind of negative about a lot of the teams at the bottom of the Western Conference lately
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so I want to talk about a team that I think is really awesome and I really enjoy this season. That's the Dallas Mavericks
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Because if I had to pick any of these teams at the bottom of the West to make it to the second round
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and beyond that, it would be this team for pretty much one reason
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Obviously, Kyrie Irving is a basketball wizard. Derek Lively in his rookie year is already an elite rim runner. I love this guy
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Maxi Kleba, now that he's healthy, allows them to run an actual five-out offense
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which completely warps defenses. Josh Green, sneaky really good point of attack defender
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who I think they've kind of been looking for that player lately. Oh, and yeah, they also acquired
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maybe more talent than anyone at the trade deadline with getting PJ and Daniel Gafford
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But the one reason the Mavericks are different than any other team in the Western Conference is
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if Luka Doncic stops complaining to the referees all the time, they will have the best
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player in every single series they go into, except against the Denver Nuggets, of course. And I think
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that factor alone completely warps this team into a sneaky contender in the west
