No new transactions, injury updates or confirmed reports landed on the Mavericks in the last day. Camp keeps grinding toward an October 9 preseason opener at home against Houston, with the regular season starting October 21 at the Rockets.
Camp Goes Quiet
Nothing new moved for Dallas in the last day: no transactions, no fresh injury notes, and nothing confirmed beyond the Irving, Flagg, Lively and May threads already circulating this week. That leaves training camp as the only action on the calendar, with the preseason opener October 9 at home against Houston, a road game there October 11, home dates with New Orleans October 14 and Atlanta October 16, then the regular season tipping off October 21 at the Rockets.
Minutes Already Shifting
Last season, when a teammate sat out, Dallas leaned on its depth: John Poulakidas played 12 more minutes a night over his final three games, Moussa Cisse's workload rose 13 minutes, and Ryan Nembhard's climbed 14. Morez Johnson Jr., Dereck Lively II, Santi Aldama and Kyrie Irving are all day-to-day again entering camp, and that same math could repeat before the opener.
The Lineup Case
Dallas' best five-man group from last season paired P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, B. Williams, Max Christie and Cooper Flagg for 73 minutes across 14 games, posting an offensive rating of 116.8 and a net rating of plus-2.2. None of those five sit on the current injury list, which is the clearest sign of who May can already build around while camp sorts out the rest.
When do the Mavericks play again?
Dallas opens the preseason October 9 at home against Houston, then plays at the Rockets October 11, hosts New Orleans October 14 and Atlanta October 16, before the regular season opens October 21 at the Rockets.
Which Mavericks are hurt right now?
Morez Johnson Jr., Dereck Lively II, Santi Aldama and Kyrie Irving are all listed day-to-day, with Aldama given the earliest target return of October 1 and the other three eyeing October 9.
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