The Dallas Mavericks are off to a hot start this season. They have high expectations and when you have one of the best players in the world in Luka Doncic, the expectation is to always win a championship. They have done their part so far and they start the season at 5-3. Luka is averaging 23.9 points per game this season and although that is a lot of points to put up, the Mavericks Superstar can definitely play much better than he has. It is impressive that Dallas is 5-3 while Luka isn't even playing as well as he can.

Dallas didn't do much this offseason with bringing in players, but they did make a decision to get rid of Rick Carlisle and bring in what many thought was a questionable choice in Jason Kidd.

Kidd is the former head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo. During his time in Milwaukee, the Bucks did not find much success and there were a lot of stories that Kidd was mistreating the players. Rick Carlisle did a lot of great things for that franchise but at the end of the day, it was obvious that a change needed to be made, and they decided to bring in Kidd.

The biggest surprise early for this Dallas Mavericks team is their new head coach, Jason Kidd.

Kidd's background wouldn't make you think that this was a good hire for the Mavericks. As a head coach, he had little to no success. He did get a lot of assistant coach experience as he coached with both the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets. It is clear that his assistant coaching experience has shaped him out to be a better coach than he was in Milwaukee.

Dallas isn't exactly leading the league in any defensive or offensive categories, but at the end of the day none of that stuff matters if you can't win games. The Mavericks have done exactly that, they won games and that's all that matters in sports. Jason Kidd has also been able to win games with Luka not producing as well as he usually does.

Another positive takeaway for Kidd is that Dallas is a top 12 defensive team in the NBA. Dallas hasn't always been a great defensive team. They don't have many star defenders on their squad. Kidd has run the right schemes that has allowed the Mavericks to get stops.

Dallas fans have to be pretty excited with what they've seen from Kidd. They're having a good start to the season and that is without their best player playing anywhere near capable of what he's able to play. It's also not an easy thing for a head coach to come in and the team gels quickly. Kidd and the Mavericks look like they are gelling just fine and once Luka gets going they're going to be a very tough team to beat. Dallas will look to be a top seed in the Western Conference. Anything short of an NBA title is a disappointing season when you have Luka Doncic.