Maverick fans lack experience in dealing with expectations for rookies. Over the last half-dozen years, there just haven't been many of them to get excited about. And one preseason game isn't going to change that. Just ask Jae Crowder. He learned real fast that an 18-point fourth quarter in an exhibition doesn't mean he's arrived. "I'm still a rookie," Crowder said with a grin Tuesday. "You know how coach [Rick] Carlisle is about the rookies. I'm still in the doghouse. But it's cool. I just put my hard hat on and go to work. If I do that every day, hopefully I'll get the minutes." Crowder, like fellow rookies Jared Cunningham and Bernard...
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