What do you think about the Mavericks? I always want our coverage at The Athletic to transmit and receive, absorbing your many perspectives while we share our own. That’s where our comment sections often shine, but that still has limitations. Individual comments don’t always have context or provide what the plurality of a fan base believes. To do that, you need a wider swath of fans and actual numbers. So we commissioned an extensive, professional survey from the Federal Department of Basketb– OK, alright, I actually just made one on Google Drive myself. Still, these 19 questions cover plenty about fandom, the season, the future and what comes next.



There are natural limitations to remember. The 1,205 responses, a plenty large sample size, are mostly populated from Twitter users, who trends towards younger fans. A few of the questions with multiple choices might have finished differently with write-in options instead. I’m sure some entries were...