DALLAS – After a nice “break” this weekend, temperatures will start to head back up this week.

Light winds and plenty of sun (with just a few cumulus clouds) will allow temps to return to just under 100 degrees on Monday. 

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Then on Tuesday, the heat starts building. Each day of the week will be hotter than the one before.

The record highs are 106 on Wednesday and 107 on Thursday. We may be close to those numbers.

Fortunately, the humidity will be low throughout the week, so we don’t have to worry about a heat index.

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Late in the week, a summer cold front could bring temperatures back down to closer to 100 and maybe even the 90s by the weekend. 

We should know more about the strength of that front closer to the weekend.

The Dallas Mavericks had one of the best duos of the early 2000s, rolling out with Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, who would each win MVP awards later in their careers. The Mavs won 50+ games each of Nash’s last four seasons with the team, including a run to the Western Conference Finals in 2003, before Nash went back to the Phoenix Suns.

Nash had an incredible run from 2000-2011, averaging 16.6 PPG and 9.8 APG while being one of the best three-point and free-throw shooters in the NBA and guided some of the league’s best offenses. He won back-to-back MVPs in 2005 and 2006 for his role in the Seven Seconds or Less offense which revolutionized basketball. Apparently all of those accolades aren’t good enough for one publication.

GiveMeSport.com recently published a list of the most overrated NBA players of the 2000s, which included former Mavericks Jerry Stackhouse and Antoine Walker. However, the top spot was given to Steve Nash for his lack of “failure to live up to expectations.”

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This is what GiveMeSport said of their selection of Steve Nash as the most overrated player: “Nash is undoubtedly among the most skilled playmakers and shooters of the 2000s. However, he was pushed to levels and expectations that he never quite lived up to. His accolades were many, but his inability to lead a team to a championship makes him the leader among players who won MVPs but have no NBA titles.”

Nash’s inability to win a championship wasn’t always his fault. In 2007, Robert Horry pushed Nash into the scorer’s table causing Suns players to leave the bench and cause key suspensions for a massive Game 5, as Amar’e Stoudemire and Boris Diaw were forced to miss that game. What was a 2-2 series after Game 4, the Suns would lose in six games. Stoudemire also dealt with numerous injuries throughout the playoffs in his career which left the Suns undermanned.

While the Mavericks didn’t re-sign Nash after 2004, with Mark Cuban thinking (and later regretting) Nash wouldn’t hold up into his 30s, Nash’s legacy on the game is cemented. He made eight All-Star Games, seven All-NBA teams including three First Teams, and won two MVPs as the conductor of a revolutionary offense. He may not have had the gaudy scoring numbers as some of his counterparts but he was definitively one of the greatest players of the 2000s.

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Dallas Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison has done a tremendous job overhauling the roster to become a contending team. What was once Luka Doncic and everybody else is now a quality team that can go toe-to-toe with the best.

Harrison is never satisfied with his work, constantly making changes around the fringes if he thinks it will help the team. In this offseason alone, he’s turned Tim Hardaway Jr., Josh Green, and Derrick Jones Jr. into Klay Thompson, Quentin Grimes, Naji Marshall, and Spencer Dinwiddie.

If Harrison decides to make more moves this season, these three players are most likely to be on the trade block. A.J. Lawson will not be mentioned as he is the likeliest to be waived to bring back Markieff Morris.

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The Dallas Mavericks’ decision to sign Dante Exum last offseason has been tremendous value, signed to just over $3 million for this coming season. It will be the last year on his deal and the Mavs may not want to re-sign him which could lead to a trade. Teams are always looking for perimeter defenders that can score off the dribble, and Exum flashed an improved three-point shot last season, including a game-winner at Sacramento.

Jaden Hardy, who has potential as a dynamic scorer, is the Mavericks’ best young trade candidate, as Dereck Lively II and Olivier-Maxence Prosper are likely off the table. Hardy has just one year remaining on his rookie contract before he enters restricted free agency and the Mavs have to be wary of the second tax apron. He could be attached with a larger salary to acquire a better player if they don’t plan to re-sign him next offseason.

Any moves the Mavericks want to make will likely start with Maxi Kleber and his $11 million salary. He has two years left on his deal which will make him a negative asset given his production recently, but he has the largest salary that can match someone else’s quality asset if attached with the right draft capital.

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