The Dallas Mavericks opened the preseason on Monday night with a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies at the American Airlines Center. Dallas stayed with Memphis for the majority of the game, but Dallas couldn't keep up with the star power of the Grizzlies as both Ja Morant and Desmond Bane played.

On Thursday evening, the Dallas Mavericks hosted the Utah Jazz in Texas for their second preseason game. After missing Monday's 121-116 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, Klay Thompson made his debut for the Mavs against the Jazz.

The Mavericks finally got a chance to see what their roster would look like with Klay Thompson on the floor in Thursday’s 107-102 preseason loss to the Utah Jazz. Thompson, wearing No. 31 as Jason Terry once did,