Luka Doncic threatens to start his summer break on April 9th

Eleven days before the end of the regular season, the Mavericks are literally hanging on the ropes. The Dallas team is ranked 11th in the West, putting them at risk of being eliminated not only from the playoffs but even the play-in tournament! 37-40 is heartbreaking but there are still five games left for Luka Doncic’s team to set the best possible record and leave one of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans, Oklahoma City Thunder out of the top ten.

The Mavericks have lost five of their last six games, losing in Memphis, Charlotte and Philadelphia and at home to the Warriors and Hornets, so no one can consider their schedule through the end of the regular season to be passable. They will play the Heat in Miami and the Hawks in Atlanta before returning home to face off against the Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs. Aside from the latter looking to lose, the rest are dying for results to either stay in play-in positions or conquer the top 6 of each region.

Simply put, Luka Doncic is already threatening to go on summer vacation on April 9, when the regular season ends. This will definitely be good for the Slovenia national team but it will definitely be bad for the Mavericks who are pushing to return to the elite of the NBA, they’ve been…lousy the last few months and made a lot of bad decisions that looked like , as if the beginning were doomed to failure. Like the Kyrie Irving acquisition, even if it was a “patch” and not an investment.

For the record this year, Doncic has 32.8 points (58.2% on 2 points, 34.9% on 3 points, 74% on shots), 8.7 rebounds, 8.1 assists, 1.4 steals and 3.7 turnovers per 36.3 minutes in 62 games 77 this season.