Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban sounds fairly bullish about his team’s chances in the upcoming NBA season. In a recent interview on the SiriusXM NBA Radio channel, Cuban was asked if he thought the Mavs could compete for an NBA championship in the upcoming season.

The Mavericks shot just 2-of-14 from the field as a group and managed only 11 points in the first quarter. Their last field goal came at the 4:35 mark when Cooper Flagg made a contested layup. While shutting them down, the Spurs surged ahead to grab a 21-11 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Dallas Mavericks' offseason has been defined by selecting Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. However, they haven't done much outside

The deal keeps the Mavericks’ vaunted frontcourt trio of Gafford, Dereck Lively II and Anthony Davis together for the foreseeable future.

According to a recent report from NBA Insider Tim MacMahon of ESPN, the Mavericks are expected to get a deal finalized with P.J. Washington, a big forward who can knock down shots. He later added that while a deal should be extended over the next month, Washington will likely sign something that will be very tradeable.

Kelly supplied 11 points (3-8 FG, 2-6 3Pt, 3-3 FT), two rebounds, two steals and one block over 27 minutes in Saturday's 76-69 Summer League loss to the Spurs.

The 2011-12 Mavericks season produced Lamar “Lam Lam” Odom and Khloe Kardashian and Dallas-based cameos in Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Odom only averaged 6.6 points in 50 games, making Khloe’s sporadic American Airlines Center appearances rather Lame Lame.

According to recent comments from Jovan Buha of The Athletic, the Mavericks may have a chance to trade for him. According to Buha, he's uncertain if the Lakers and James have a good relationship going right now.