Only afew teams have gotten off to a strong start to the 2021-22 NBAregular season. For many others, recording wins consistently has becomean issue. The Dallas Mavericksā record speaks by itself.
With Luka Doncic entering hisfourth year in the league, the expectations were high during the offseason. And they still are, but the Mavericksā tough star has raised some concern regarding their aspirations.
Kristaps Porzingis has heard the noise around the teamās struggles and he addressed them on Monday following the teamās practice. But he didnāt look worried at all. As a matter offact, for him, Dallas are about to have their breakout.
Kristaps Porzingissays Luka Doncic, Mavericks willātake offāby Christmas
With the same number of wins and defeats, the Mavs have plenty of work to do in order to put all the doubts to rest. Porzingis knowsthey have unfinished business and he has particularly talked about his partnership with Doncic.
āItās a new year for us, and we havenāt really got that good rhythm. Not yet,ā Porzingsaidabouthim and Doncic, perCallie Caplan of The Dallas Morning News. āBefore the season, I kind of knew we were going to need some time with some of the changes weāve had. So I was thinking, you know, around Christmas time, after Christmas is really when weāre going to take off.
āWeāve had some injuries. Weāve been a little bit up and down. Weāre good at some moments, not so good at some others. I think once we really find that consistency in our play and kind of, like, become more solid as a team, then I think thatās when weāre going to start taking it to the next level.ā
The Dallas Maverickshave a challenging run of games on the horizon, including a clash against reigning champions Milwaukee Bucksand another matchup vs. Utah Jazz on Christmas. The Latvianās optimism could be something positive for the Mavs but it remains to be seen if they havefinally taken off by the end of the month.
