Lou Williams suggests Mavericks ‘panic’ move to help fix Klay Thompson’s Space Jam problem

The Dallas Mavericks , through the first seven games of the 2025-26 season, are ranked dead-last in offensive rating . They're only scoring 103.6 points per 100 possessions, which would have ranked in the top-10 in the early 2000s, but is downright wretched in 2025. Their most pressing issues entering the year, namely their guard production, are coming to haunt them, and the way they labor to try and score the basketball is painful to watch.

Making matters worse for the Mavericks is the fact that Klay Thompson , whom Dallas signed to a three-year, $50 million deal in 2024, has been putrid throughout the new campaign thus far. Despite starting all seven games, he's only averaged 20.1 minutes per game, what with his scoring production falling off a cliff . He's averaging a paltry 8.