After a 1-3 start to the regular season, many fans are struggling to comprehend how such a talented Dallas Mavericks roster has so far executed a faceplant in the win column. How could such an elite group of bigs, inclusive of coveted Cooper Flagg, continue to have performances that don’t demonstrate that elite nature? The problem with rushing to assign blame (as well as with pulling out your hair) is that four games is four games. That’s 4. One of their three losses came against a Spurs team that has arguably the most dominant big man in the league in Victor Wembanyama. While that may not have reduced the Mavs front court to ineffectual, it nevertheless tested them in a way that they needed. They lost the game, and it was an early lesson for them on setbacks (and on playing against a 7 1/

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