2019-2020 Dallas Mavericks Season Recap to date

2018-2019 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

        33-49                                     24-17                            9-32

2019-2020 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

         40-27                                     19-15                            21-12

Fun Facts for the season

-Three franchises increased their winning percentage by more than 15% season over season and only the 2019-20 Lakers increased their winning percentage by a greater margin than the Mavs (Lakers- .327, Mavs- .195, Heat- .155)

-Luka Dončić is an example of a player whose efficiency suffered towards the end of the season as he saw his production slip in the following categories after the first 24 games of the season: points (-2.2), 3-pointers (-0.4), rebounds (-0.8), assists (-0.7), steals (-0.3), field goal percentage (-.037) and free throw percentage (-.096). This resulted in his value dropping from a 1st/1st round per-game value in his first 24 appearances to 4th/6th round per-game value in his last 29 games (Dec 14 game removed from sample due to in-game injury that resulted in Luka playing just under 2 minutes of action).

-Despite the dip we saw from Dončić in category leagues, the Slovenian guard was the fourth-highest ranked player over the entire season in points leagues due to the fact that percentages are not as detrimental to overall value in points formats

-Kristaps Porziņģis’ fantasy season was the inverse of Luka’s as the forward saw his value increase from 7th/6th round per-game value (23 games through Dec 12) to 2nd/1st round per-game (28 games since Dec 14) due to improvements in every statistical category outside of turnovers. Since the beginning of February, Porziņģis was the highest ranking player in 9-cat leagues in terms of per-game value (14-game sample size).

-Prior to the suspension of the league, Tim Hardaway was having one of the best fantasy stretches of his career as he returned 6th/5th round per-game value in 17 games since Feb 3 compared with 16th/15th round per-game value in 46 games prior to Feb 3

-Seth Curry also saw his fantasy production explode in the his last 12 games prior to the league suspension as he produced 4th/4th round per-game value since Feb 7 compared with 17th/16th round per-game value in 47 games prior

For a closer look at how the season has gone, be sure to check out our Season So Far series. The Mavs’ entry can be found right here.

Rosterable in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Luka Dončić (1st round/2nd round)

-Kristaps Porziņģis (3rd round/2nd round)

-*Willie Cauley-Stein (13th round/11th round)

-Maxi Kleber (13th round/11th round)

-Tim Hardaway (13th round/11th round)

-Seth Curry (13th round/12th round)

-Delon Wright (14th round/12th round)

* denotes that most of the fantasy value came from time with Golden State Warriors

Showed flashes of fantasy value in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Dwight Powell (8th round/6th round from Dec 4 through Jan 17)

Rosterable in standard points leagues

(This is Yahoo’s standard scoring system, we’ll be using them as a reference for the rankings but obviously things will be different in your league if you use a custom scoring format or play on ESPN/CBS/Fantrax)

-Luka Dončić (1st round)

-Kristaps Porziņģis (2nd round)

-Tim Hardaway (10th round)

Flashes of value in standard points leagues:

-Seth Curry (6th round since Feb 11)

-Maxi Kleber (9th round since Feb 11)

Predicting standard league relevant players for 2020-21 season

-Luka Dončić (all formats)

-Kristaps Porziņģis (all formats)

-Tim Hardaway (points leagues)

-Maxi Kleber (9-cat)

Potential for standard league value for 2020-21 season

-Tim Hardaway (8/9-cat)

-Maxi Kleber (8-cat)

-Dwight Powell (8/9-cat)

-Seth Curry (9-cat/points leagues)

-Delon Wright (9-cat)

Upcoming Notable Free Agents

-Tim Hardaway (player option of $18.98M in 2020-21)

-Courtney Lee (unrestricted)

-J.J. Barea (unrestricted)

-Willie Cauley-Stein (player option of 2.29M in 2020-21)

-Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (unrestricted)

Key Additions

-Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (mid-season signing)

-Willie Cauley-Stein (acquired via trade)

Key Departures

-N/A

Upcoming Draft Picks

-2020 first round pick

-2020 second round pick (via Golden State)

-2021 second round pick

-2022 first round pick

-2022 second round pick