It’s not controversial to say that Dallas starts this regular season with more anticipation and hype than any year since the mid-2000s. And nearly every season for any team begins with anticipation and hype, which means that Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis together are causing something special.



With this being a predictions column, let’s start predicting frenetically. There’s no time to waste. In the team’s season opener on Wednesday, Justin Jackson will be the team’s elusive fifth starter, joining Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis, Delon Wright, and Maxi Kleber. Porzingis will nail the season’s first bucket: an elbow jumper coming off a double pin-down screen set on the weak side. Dallas wins the game by double digits.



As usual, Dallas sets franchise records in 3-pointers attempted and made. The team has done this in six straight season, and Rick Carlisle all but guaranteed it at media day. (These 3-point records are...