When it rains, it pours. This highlights a grim reality for Dallas Mavericks fans as the latest news comes in from ESPN. According to NBA insider Bobby Marks, due to salary cap rules and injuries, the Mavericks may be forced to forfeit games.

The Dallas Mavericks are at risk of forfeiting games if they fall below the minimum of eight active players required for teams to play, per ESPN's Bobby Marks. It's an incredibly complicated situation involving both the team's shorthanded roster due to injuries and the league's salary cap rules.

The Dallas Mavericks are entering the danger zone. The injury-riddled Mavericks left Friday’s game in Houston with just seven healthy players after veteran guard Dante Exum suffered a season-ending left-hand fracture.

The Dallas Mavericks once had ambitions of competing for a title in the 2024-25 season. Now, after a flurry of injuries decimated the roster, the situation is looking bleak in Dallas as the threat looms of potentially having to forfeit games.

The Dallas Mavericks could be in danger of forfeiting their games after the team is perilously close to having fewer than eight players available to play on any given night