Nothing more reflects the roller coaster of the last seven months surrounding the Dallas Mavericks, than the murkiness of the team’s future as predicted by media. ESPN’s annual NBA Future Rankings tasks media members to rate various aspects of an organization to project the success of a team over the next three years. This year, the Mavericks rank 16th among the league of 30.

After ranking fifth last summer, a summer that followed an NBA Finals appearance, the precipitous fall is without much mystery. No team, save for the Los Angeles Clippers the last three weeks, have had more turmoil in the calendar year. The combination of trading Luka Doncic followed by a series of injuries to the leaders of the team, gave little to hang a future hat on. And yet their miraculous draft luck does provi

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