The Dallas Mavericks followed up an undefeated week by going 0-4 since the last edition of the power rankings.

If they have a few more runs like this most recent one, great. Adding one of this draft class’ potential stars to Cooper Flagg could set Dallas up for contention for years.

And if the Mavs can combine more losing with more games like Thursday’s from Cooper Flagg, even better.

Dallas came up short against the Charlotte Hornets on Thursday, but Flagg showed his upside as a volume scorer with a career-high 49 points.