The Dallas Mavericks somehow overachieved last season because many experts predicted that they could even miss the playoffs, but Dallas ended the regular season with a 50-32 record and beat the Spurs in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs. However, let me say that they didn't start well the season. With a new head coach in Rick Carlisle, the Mavs started 2-7 on their first 9 games of the season, having... Read more

The last three seasons were a nightmare for Mark Cuban, who saw his team failing when they weren't supposed to. In 2005/2006, they finished the regular season with a 60-22 record and went to the NBA finals, where they lost to Miami by 4-2, when they were up by 2-0. In 2006/2007 they had an even more amazing regular season record of 67-15, but they suffered the biggest upset ever on the first round of the Playoffs... Read more