Challenges Pile Up for Mavericks: Time to Look Towards 2026?

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00:00And any Mavs fans out there, we apologize.

00:02You have seen this in the last 24 hours.

00:04One gut punch after another.

00:07The largest was the Luka Doncic steal.

00:09And to Fonseca's point, any reasoning or explanation

00:13has really fallen on deaf ears.

00:15Anthony Davis looks dominant in his Dallas debut

00:18in the adductor strain.

00:19He is out for at least a month,

00:21and indefinitely still at this moment.

00:24Earlier this week, the Mavs, as a ownership group,

00:28made the boneheaded decision to publicize

00:30they were increasing season ticket prices.

00:32And then on the same day, Kyrie Irving,

00:35in a game at home against Sacramento, tears his ACL.

00:39Fonseca, is there any redeeming thing at all

00:42you could say to the Mavericks fan base right now?

00:45Or, if there was a team the Mavs

00:47should be rooting for down the stretch,

00:49because they don't want to root for their own organization,

00:51who should that be?

00:54The redeeming thing is you have your own draft pick.

00:57And that's literally probably it.

00:59Like, if this just goes into a tailspin,

01:02that's fine, I guess.

01:04Like, maybe you'll get a lottery pick

01:06in a draft that's supposed to be really good.

01:08Ben, you're probably more qualified to say that than I am.

01:11But, I mean, these rookies,

01:13the potential rookies coming through,

01:15and Vijay Edgecombe is probably my favorite prospect

01:19in the draft. Not that I think he's going to be

01:20the best player coming out of the draft,

01:21but he's been my favorite to watch,

01:24even when he was playing for the Bahamian National Team

01:26at Olympic qualifiers last year.

01:28I think he's going to be sensational.

01:30Now, as far as the other stuff, I mean,

01:34I don't know if you want to root for the Lakers,

01:36if you're anybody who's not already a Laker fan,

01:38because they're just one of those franchises.

01:40Like, as somebody who's a Mets fan,

01:42I can't think of any instance

01:45where I'd want to root for the Yankees to win anything.

01:47You know what I mean?

01:48Like, I just don't see how you could want to root

01:51for the Cowboys or whatever.

01:54And as somebody who doesn't really root for billionaires

01:58and giant corporations in general,

02:00I probably can't bring myself to say,

02:02hey, Dallas, go root for the Lakers,

02:04who have been the most successful franchise

02:06in NBA history.

02:07You can root for Luka Doncic's individual success.

02:10But I think if you're a Mavs fan,

02:13like, maybe just stop being a Mavs fan

02:16until they get it together.

02:17Like, you don't have to put yourself through this.

02:19As somebody who gave up his love for the New York Jets

02:22at one point and hasn't turned back at all.

02:24And I've clearly won that battle

02:26because it's been 10 years of football bliss for me.

02:30I just play fantasy and occasionally bet

02:32and keep it moving.

02:33But I used to love New York Jets football

02:36for whatever reason.

02:37And then they beat it out of me over the course of 22 years.

02:41And since 2016, I've been sober.

02:44So Dallas Mavericks fans,

02:45I don't think you need to put yourself through the same thing.

02:47I think you can sober up.

02:49And if you don't want to root for this organization,

02:51don't.

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