Vegas Over/Under: 35.5

The Record Projection: 36-46 of fromal The Bet: Prevent lean over
To be quite frank, I would recommend leaning over no matter where the line is put for the Dallas Mavericks. And that is for one simple reason: Rick Carlisle.
The head coach is a genius at milking talent out of the players, routinely turning castoffs and undesirable pieces into quality rotation members. He’s done after year, and 2017-18 ought to be no different.
Except it is different. Because while this group may be rebuilding during the final few seasons of Dirk Nowitzki’s livelihood (assuming the mythical 4 chooses to retire), it eventually has distinct talent at quite a few different positions.
Dennis Smith Jr., Seth Curry, Wesley Matthews, Harrison Barnes and Nowitzki makes for a strong beginning lineup, along with the Mavs can mix and match to get Yogi Ferrell and Nerlens Noel on the floor. That’s much more talent and upside than the team owned during the 2016-17 effort, and it moved 33-49.
Full seasons in the frontcourt pieces? Barnes with a year of experience in a role under his belt? Smith added into the rotation as a Rookie of the Year threat?
Vegas set the over/under aggressively with this roster, but motives to believe they’re sold somewhat brief still exist.

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