Inside the NBA’s 2025-26 Gamble: Which Teams Will Rise to Glory or Crash and Burn?
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Dallas Mavericks
Best-case scenario: Cooper Flagg is a franchise savior, prepared to declare himself among the league’s elite. We know Anthony Davis is great. He just has to stay healthy. Kyrie Irving returns at some point midseason and plays himself into fighting shape. Klay Thompson is still a contributor. Dereck Lively II furthers his development and establishes himself among the league’s best rim-protecting and rim-running big men. And the Mavericks are a real threat in the West, capable of beating anybody in a seven-game series. Whether they can do it four times is another matter.


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