The Cuban boss is an optimist, and at this moment he is sitting in the home locker room looking at the favorite players in front of him, and his heart is also quite happy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The lineup of the Mavericks in the new season is not luxurious. On the basis of retaining the three musketeers of Finley, Nowitzki, and Nash, the summer brought in Antoine, a big forward who was in the year of playing. Jamison. Before the start of the regular season on October 20, Lafrentz Ga's '04 first-round pick and two new players were exchanged for Anthony Celtics. Walker, the latter is the highest-paid player with an annual salary of up to 13.5 million.

Since taking over the team in 2000, the Cuban boss has watched the team's record improve. Especially last season, they eliminated the traditional powerhouse Kings, and lost 6 games against the championship Spurs, and finished second in the West. Nelson has too much confidence. They were ambitious to bring a championship to Dallas, and Cuban squandered money to snap up big-name players.

"The Rockets are a good team and even caused a lot of trouble for the Spurs in the playoffs." Nelson Sr. encouraged his players: "But we swept them last season and they didn't make any big moves in the summer, and the main players didn't change. ”

"That's right, the rocket will make me feel better. It's like a hunter finds his prey. Finley said with a grin.

"The rocket is still quite powerful, so it shouldn't be so careless." Dirk with a steady personality. Nowitzki thought to himself, but didn't say it. Although he is already the boss of the team in terms of strength, Finley is older. Dirk is still a foreigner, and at just 25 years old, he is not willing to step up and dominate the team's dressing room atmosphere.

"Then let's experience what Michael said about hunting!" New signing Anthony. Walker and Antoine. Jamison laughed.

"That's right, our real champions are the Spurs and the Lakers! Down with Team Rocket! Nelson made an impassioned statement. The head coach and owner of this team are passionate, and they think that the 5-3 start is just due to the pain of the new roster, and they don't realize that the players have swelled up a bit. This season is not going to be as smooth sailing as the two of them have made up for it.

***

And in the away dressing room, the atmosphere is much heavier. The Rockets, who usually talk non-stop, also fell silent, which is understandable, after all, they lost too much in Dallas before.

Tang Shuai had to stand up to break the silence, and he took the initiative to ask: "The Mavericks are our old rivals. Hakim, what do you think of the Mavericks this season? ”

Da Meng has reverence for Lao Tang from the bottom of his heart, and he replied seriously: "The Mavericks swept us 4-0 last season. This season though lost La Frenz and Van . Excel and several other players, but the main three cores have not moved, and several new signings with good strength have been introduced, especially Walker and Jamison are stars. I think they're very strong and one of our main competitors in the west. ”

"I think the Mavericks are too eager to succeed, and this kind of indiscriminate reinforcement is undoubtedly self-defeating." The person who dared to refute the old captain in person was naturally Wang Yuanfei, who stated unhurriedly: "Walker was known as a data brush in the first half of his career, with poor shooting, worse shot selection, and mediocre defense. There is a statistic called trueshooting (abbreviated as TS%, generally translated as true shooting percentage or true scoring rate), which is the scoring efficiency statistics of three-point shots and free throws, which can more accurately reflect the scoring efficiency of players than shooting percentage. Last season, Walker's TS percentage was an outrageous 46.7 percent, which is clearly more than a notch below the league average of 51.9 percent. Relatively speaking, Jamison's offensive efficiency is a little better, reaching 54.2% last season, but his rebounding is also on the weak side. ”

"In other words, if I'm playing against Walker, I might as well let him shoot more and block his inward cuts more." Wallace immediately followed Yuanfei's train of thought.

"That's right, and pay attention to his passing routes, Walker has a playmaker. But his prodigal throws were so deadly that they even outweighed his merits. Yuan Fei continued: "In addition, the biggest mistake of Dallas is to ignore the diversity and compatibility of players. They swapped out the center who had a good defense, Lafrentz, so that the pure center was left with only Bradley, and the rest were marginal substitutes with little strength. And the big forward has three stars, Nowitzki, Walker and Jamison are all projection power forwards, and their confrontation ability is average. The positional play is all overlapped, which is short-sighted for the team. ”

"Isn't their No. 4 spot crowded now?" Wang Zhizhi's interest also came, Mavericks was his old club, and Dazhi was Nowitzki's substitute back then.

This time, assistant coach Curry Sr. (who is responsible for studying the opponent's footage) answered: "In the first few games, their solution was to move Nowitzki to the No. 5 position and start alongside Walker. Jamison and Bradley came on as inside substitutes. ”

"We've played a lot with the Mavericks, and we know that very well. Nowitzki is a great player, but he's a pure power forward. As a center, although he has enough height and skills, he lacks tonnage and athleticism, rebounds are slightly insufficient, and his frame protection ability is even less adequate. Tang Shuai analyzed.

"Yes, the Germans are not the same as Duncan. Duncan has no problem playing power forward and center, while the Mavericks' three power forwards have difficulty playing center. This can make their interior defense porous. And it's not a problem that can be easily solved by a tactical set-up, and it could haunt the Dallas for the rest of the season. Yuanfei concluded: "The Mavericks are not as strong as last season, this is a good chance for us to end the losing streak and take them out!" ”

(Additional note: 1. In the 2002-03 season, the Mavericks defended ninth in the league, and in the 03-04 season, they slipped to 26th in the league, which is fourth from the bottom.) The stats prove that the above analysis is correct, Nowitzki is not suitable for a center forward; 2. How bad is Walker's mid-range shooting? As of the creation date, he has hit the 28th most three-pointers in NBA history, but his shooting percentage is only 32.5%, the lowest among the top 30 players in history. ）

***

As soon as the Mavericks players came on the stage, the home fans immediately gave them enthusiastic cheers. Walker and Finley burst out laughing and shouted, "The hunt has begun!" ”

Does this provocation make sense? Of course. Maddie squinted at Finley with sleepy eyes, and there seemed to be a bit of anger in her eyes.

Wallace stared at Walker fiercely and grinned.

Billups looked at Nash with a wary expression. He was well aware that the rest of the Mavericks' players would be careless, but the calm commander Nash wouldn't.

Yuan Fei, Tang Shuai, Smith and Curry did not pay attention to the subtle changes between the players, and were still exchanging views on the game.

"The Mavericks' starting frontcourt trio is Nowitzki, Walker and Danny. Fortson, Fortson played for the Warriors last season, but was robbed of the starting position by the young Murphy, and ended up averaging only 3.5+4.3 per game, with a sluggish performance. Curry said.

"This player still has some quality, he has a good rebounding nose and he is not afraid to fight. Let him combine with Nowitzki and Walker, it should be Nelson to make up for the problem that they are not tough enough on the defensive end. "Smith has been in the league for many years and is familiar with these non-well-known players.

The race is on! Nowitzki and Oku each hit an iron, Nash passed the ball to Walker, and Wallace, who was defending Walker, stood two meters in front of him and made an arrogant "here you come" gesture.

Walker was also the second leader in the Celtics before, and he has always been treated as a big-name star, how can he stand the provocation of the young Wallace, he did not hesitate to shoot three-pointers, and the ball bounced out of the frame.

But the ball bounced far, and Yao Ming and Oku couldn't grab it, but it was Finley who grabbed the rebound in the front court, and he passed it back to Walker. Walker drew a re-pass to Finley, who scored on a layup.

"The hunt has begun!" These two masters shouted arrogantly again!