I will maintain that the Mavericks supporting cast is way better than anyone thought, Seth Curry,THJ/DFS all having career years and Zinger finally looks like hes back I reckon even without Doncic if the rest of the team was healthy they would be fighting it out with the Kings/Grizzlies/Portland/Pelicans right now being 4-9 games below 500. Lucky they have Doncic who puts them like 10 games above 500.
They have built out of small names and solid vets a good supporting cast this offseason.
The supporting cast looks good for two reasons:
1. good coaching;
2. the attention that Luka and KP command, and
3. their willingness and ability to pass.
These things are interconnected, of course.
I find it very hard to believe that these role players would have the same amount of success and efficiency if they would be playing for the Kings or Magic, just to name a few teams. So it is not that these role players are better than we thought, they are simply put in a system to succeed by their coach and reaping the benefits of playing with two stars who buy into to the team concept.