Dallas Mavericks the best hope for Dallas pro sports

The Dallas Mavericks may be the best opportunity for a Dallas based professional team to do well in the upcoming season. The Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars all still leave a lot to be desired.

If you were told during last season that the Dallas Mavericks had the best chance of all the Dallas area teams of putting together a solid team and competing for a playoff spot this year, you probably would say I was losing it. Well, after four short months, the Mavericks are on their way to hopefully an early end to the rebuild they have been working towards.

Between Luka Doncic, Dennis Smith Jr., Harrison Barnes, DeAndre Jordan and, of course, Dirk Nowitzki, this Dallas team looks fun and exciting. Most people are still discounting the possibility of the Mavs in the playoffs, but they are certainly closer to it than they were last year, and that is what’s important.

Of the other Dallas area sports teams, the team that has been the best of late is definitely the Dallas Stars. Between Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin and Alexander Radulov, the Stars have a solid front line that can compete with the best of them. However, the Stars are also coming off of one of the worst late season collapses I have ever seen. Will that compounded with a new head coach slow down the team this year?

Next, you’ve got the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys have been hyped up every year for the last 20 years basically and nothing has changed this season. I do think the team will improve a little bit this year, especially having Ezekiel Elliott for a full season, but they still need some help on the defensive end and they still share the division with the Eagles.

Lastly (and I mean lastly), we have the Texas Rangers. The Rangers have been able to produce runs fairly well so far this year, but they have absolutely no pitching. Even before trading Cole Hamels, the team was short on pitching and struggling from the mound all season. The Rangers rebuild is still many years from being completed.

The Mavs have been rebuilding for the last two seasons and have fallen to the bottom few teams in the NBA, but the rebuild was centered around the draft and the team has now put together a solid lineup. Rick Carlisle will have his hands full this year, but he is a perfect coach for this team.

The Dallas metroplex is in need of some improvement across the sports spectrum, but the Mavs are going to do everything they can to get this city back into contention. The Mavericks are maybe the best available option to get that done in 2019.