Mavs place health, fostering young talent atop offseason wish list

DALLAS — Coming up short of their goal of reaching the playoffs after a 33-49 regular season, the Dallas Mavericks still feel like they have something to build on after the emergence of their young contributors to close the 82-game schedule.
Getting off to a lackluster 4-17 start to the regular season after seeing 13-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki go down with a right Achilles strain, the Mavericks battled back to find themselves in the postseason conversation at the end of the year. However,