After parting ways with Luka Doncic in a surprisingly modest deal that sent him to the Lakers, Dallas pinned its hopes on a new foundation headlined by rookie phenom Cooper Flagg and former No. 1 pick Anthony Davis. But only a handful of games into the season, that bold experiment is already facing its first real test. Sitting at 2–3, the Mavericks are still trying to build chemistry, and now, just as things began to click, disaster struck when Davis suddenly went down mid-game against the Pacers.

And Dallas fans’ fears came true when the team confirmed that Anthony Davis has a mild left calf strain. He’ll miss at least two games and be checked again after the road trip. And amid all this, the team also dropped a rather cryptic update about another player.

NBA insider Marc Stein sh

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