10 Reasons the Dallas Mavericks aced the 2024 offseason

While the Dallas Mavericks' offseason came upon the team rather quickly after making a run to the NBA Finals in June, the Mavericks undoubtedly had one of their most successful offseason periods in franchise history.

Dallas did a great job at improving in all three of the main facets of the NBA's transactional realm during this offseason, as Dallas' front office is finally starting to prove that they are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the NBA Draft, free agency, as well as the trade game.

There are obviously still plenty of questions heading into this season for the Mavericks, but most of those questions are ones that will be answered once Dallas steps on the court for the first time in October, as the Mavericks practically addressed all of their needs that they had heading into this offseason.

10 Reasons the Dallas Mavericks aced the 2024 offseason

Dallas is poised and positioned for another run at an NBA title this coming season, all in thanks to the moves that they were able to make this offseason, though they'll certainly have their work cut out for them when you take into consideration how vastly improved some of their rivals were able to get this offseason as well.

Most teams in the Western Conference improved, but the Mavs did enough to solidify themselves as one of the best teams in the league heading into the 2024-25 season.

10. Mavericks remained under first tax apron

Given some of the stipulations surrounding the NBA's newest CBA, the Dallas Mavericks did themselves justice by staying under the first tax apron this offseason. The Mavericks made a flurry of moves this offseason from sign-and-trading for Klay Thompson to signing Spencer Dinwiddie to a minimum contract most recently, so the fact that Dallas was able to improve extensively whilst remaining under the first tax apron was very impressive.

If the Mavericks exceeded the roughly $171 million tax line this offseason, they'd be limited in their ability to sign sought-after players on the buyout market and they wouldn't be able to take back more salary than they receive in trades. With limited draft capital to trade in the near future barring their 2031 first-round pick, Dallas has handicapped themselves from being able to swing any trades for most high-end talent, but remaining under the first apron gives Dallas the flexibility to still make a trade if things don't end up working out this coming season.

Coming off of a run to the NBA Finals, the Mavericks are definitely in win-now mode, especially when you take into consideration that Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic’s contracts both expire within the next two seasons.

However, this CBA is far more penalizing for tax-paying teams, so Dallas operated very smart this offseason by improving while still being able to stay under the first apron, as they are still a relatively young team and would’ve thrown away a lot of future flexibility by paying the tax.