After an off-season in which the Dallas Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg with the first pick in the NBA Draft, Wednesday night kicked off the 2025-26 NBA season in Big D. In what has become a recurring theme over the past few seasons, Dallas opened against the San Antonio Spurs, but were blown off their home court 125-92 against their division rival.

As a recap for both new readers and those who simply need a refresher after a long summer, we will assign grades to Mavericks players on an alphabetical scale of: D, C-, C, C+, B-, B, B+, A-, A, A+ (a 1-10 scale if you will). Players will generally be graded to scale such that an A+ for Anthony Davis will warrant a different output than an A+ for Dwight Powell.

New for this season, we have a few changes to the layout and overall approach. For

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