Vegas Over/Under: 35.5

Fromal’s Record Projection: 36-46 The Bet: Prevent lean over
To be quite frank, I would recommend leaning over no matter in which the line is put for the Dallas Mavericks. And that’s for one purpose: Rick Carlisle.
The head coach is a genius at milking talent from the players, regularly turning castoffs and undesirable bits into quality rotation members. He has done year after year, and 2017-18 should be different.
Except it is slightly different. Because while this group may be rebuilding throughout the final couple of seasons of Dirk Nowitzki’s livelihood (assuming the mythical 4 ever chooses to retire), it finally has distinct talent at quite a few distinct positions.
Dennis Smith Jr., Seth Curry, Wesley Matthews, Harrison Barnes and Nowitzki makes for a strong beginning lineup, and the Mavs can mix and match to get Yogi Ferrell and Nerlens Noel on the floor. That’s much more talent and upside compared to the team possessed during the 2016-17 campaign, and it went 33-49.
Seasons from the bits? Barnes using a year of experience in a role under his belt? Smith added to the rotation as a Rookie of the Year danger?
Vegas set the over/under aggressively with this roster, but reasons to believe they are sold somewhat brief still exist.

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