Wesley Matthews: Strong start to preseason Monday

The Mavs went with their small-ball lineup to kick things off Monday, slotting
Matthews in at small forward, and that could well be the alignment coach Rick
Carlisle uses when the games begin to count. Whichever wing spot he plays, the
30-year-old will provide scoring from three-point range, but he’ll have a hard
time returning to the level of production he enjoyed in Portland on a Dallas
squad inching towards a rebuild once Dirk Nowitzki hangs up his sneakers.