Dallas fans are happy. They should.
Earlier this week, we conducted a survey asking fans to answer a few questions about the Dallas Mavericks and the trade deadline. For Mavericks fans, all the results were pretty conclusive.
The first question was simple. Have the Mavericks improved by the trade deadline?
99% of it is pretty interesting. I have never seen him get more than 70% response for any particular answer in our survey. I completely agree with this.
The next question concerned whether fans were concerned about the future draft capital the Mavericks gave up to make all of this happen.
About a third of respondents are concerned that Dallas has an empty draft stash. This becomes a problem if Dallas isn't good enough to compete in the West and Luka Doncic is unhappy with the direction of the team.
The final question asked fans to predict which Mavericks would most likely be seeded heading into the playoffs.
Opinion is even more divided this time around, with the majority of fans convinced that Dallas will not be in the play-in tournament.
There were some questions on the national level as well, leading NBA fans to conclude that the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA trade deadline.
Considering it was widely considered to be a boring trade deadline, the Mavericks are the clear winner for the players and improving team at this point. The 76ers got better with the Hield trade, but they haven't gotten much better, especially with Joel Embiid on the shelf for a while.
Finally, there was a question about the best acquisition within the deadline.
Dallas' acquisition of PJ Washington is listed here, but Daniel Gafford is not. So far, I believe Dallas fans will say Gafford has been the most impactful of the two players.
Dallas picked up steam at the deadline. Now it's time to see how far this group of players can conquer the Mavericks.
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