Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg is ranked as one of the top 100 players in the initial batch of overall ratings in NBA 2K26 unveiled on Saturday.

With Lively on track and Davis healthy following his own off-season surgery for a detached retina, the Mavericks head into training camp with legitimate championship ambitions. Dallas will lean on a frontcourt rotation featuring Davis, Lively, Daniel Gafford, and top draft pick Cooper Flagg.

The Dallas Mavericks will have an especially important PJ Washington contract decision to make at the end of August.

"Defense wins championships" was the moniker adopted by Harrison and the rest of the Dallas front office – though widely mocked, it seems the team has embraced this model going forward, focusing on the front court with players like Dereck Lively II, Anthony Davis, Cooper Flagg, and Daniel Gafford.

The Dallas Mavericks have been busy this offseason and will enter the upcoming season with more questions than answers—but in their case, that might not be a

Mavericks center Dereck Lively II underwent offseason surgery on his right foot but is expected to recover fully before training camp.

If the Mavericks are going to find any kind of success in the first year of the Cooper Flagg era, they will need consistent production from D'Angelo Russell, who is entering his 11th season in the NBA after having played his poorest basketball since arguably his rookie season with the Lakers.

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