Chapter 211: Ten Years (I)
Everyone on the Mavericks team can feel the huge change in the team right now, whether it's the growing reticence of Nelson Sr. or Avery Avery ? With Johnson in charge, there are indeed some big changes happening within the Mavericks. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Nowitzki, a German, has shown extraordinary emotional intelligence, although he was trained by the old Nelson, but at this time he wisely chose to keep his mouth shut and play his basketball impartially.
Although Nowitzki's behavior seems to some people to be very unjust, it must be pointed out that the old Nelson's cronyism is not really very bright.
The German doesn't have an agent, but it must be said that he is an extremely smart guy.
Liu Han did not make a clear statement on whose side he was on for the changes in the team, but everyone knew that no matter what happened to Nelson Sr. and Cuban, Liu Han's position was unshakable.
Liu Han only participated in the last game of the seven preseason games, and in the last preseason game, he only showed up at the last moment, the team is still in the run-in period, and the dispute between the old Nelson and Cuban is not completely over, at this time the team has not yet established a clear tactical structure.
In addition to the daily training, Liu Han shifted the focus of his life to the family, and Anna, who had just given birth, was a little depressed, which made Liu Han a little worried, but after having his company, Anna was much better.
Liu Han's child, Xiaolonglong, grew up quickly, and by November he had adapted to life in Dallas, and he had grown completely, with thick black hair and pale blue eyes, showing the potential of this child to grow into a little white face in the future.
After entering November, the 04-05 NBA regular season officially began, but the Mavericks are still in turmoil.
The opening game kicks off on Nov. 2, with the Mavericks opening game against last season's old rivals, the Kings.
Adelman's Kings are now in their prime, but this season the Kings have weakened. Webb has always been conservative about knee injuries, and after the end of last season, he chose to have minimally invasive surgery, although the recovery is good so far, but it must be said that this kind of minimally invasive knee surgery is not actually safe.
Divac, who is completely old and can't jump, did not retire after the end of last season, and he unexpectedly got a contract with the Lakers. Jackson wanted to find a replacement for O'Neal, who was getting fatter, but now it seems that Divac may not be a good fit, after all, he is no longer a floor stream, but a complete walking stream.
Fighting against the old opponent, and it was the opening game, the Mavericks still paid relatively much attention, and the old Nelson temporarily put aside the dispute with Cuban and arranged a reasonable lineup.
Traded young point guard Devin? Harris was reused, starting point guard in the opening game at the beginning of the season, center Dampier also started, Liu Han was placed in the small forward position, and the shooting guard was Josh, who had a good performance last season? Howard, and the German is still Liu Han's best partner, Liu Han and Nowitzki after a year of cooperation is now very tacit, both of them are players with strong heads-up ability, each other can pull away and respond to each other, with the two of them on the court, the Mavericks don't have to worry too much about offense no matter what the situation.
This season, Odom was put in the sixth man position, which made Odom a little unhappy, but fortunately, Cuban generously offered him a full mid-range, and Odom stopped making trouble.
The weakened Kings met the Mavericks, who were turbulent but unchanged at the core, and the results were obvious, with Liu Han and Nowitzki both playing less than 35 minutes, and the Mavericks comfortably defeated the Kings by 108-917 points at home.
And in the other two games on the first day, the Rockets lost 79-87 to the Pistons, and the Rockets made big trades in the middle of the season, Francis and "Old Cat" Mobley were sent away, and last season's scoring champion Tracy? McGrady joined the Rockets and formed the "Yao Mai" combination with Yao Min, which looks like a very good group that doesn't seem to have the chemistry it should have in the early days, Jeff? Van Gundy doesn't seem to be very good at using offensive players from the outside, just as he almost brought Alain to the game. Houston with scrapped.
After last season's unsuccessful season, the Lakers almost fell apart, Malone wanted to hug O'Neal's thigh to get a championship ring for himself, and even almost turned against his old friend Stockton, but now, he can only retire with regret and regret.
Although Phil Jackson thought about resigning directly, but in his girlfriend Jenny? Under Buss's persuasion, he finally stepped up, and after retaining O'Neal, the Lakers began a new rebuild.
In the first game of the season, the Lakers did not play well, but they finally defeated the Nuggets without surprise, Anthony did not seem to have any growth after the baptism of the Olympics, he became more independent, although he is a qualified finisher, but a slightly arrogant and not inferior personality made him offend a lot of people in the Nuggets.
In the following November games, although the Mavericks still showed strong dominance, discerning people also noticed the lack of offensive strength of the Mavericks, and the team seemed to have a more neat lineup, but the turmoil within the team began to affect the team's results.
In the game, Liu Han and Nowitzki played more and more playing time, Nowitzki has made great progress in the inside technology after Olajuwon's tuning, but this does not mean that he needs to attack on the inside, but now Dampier has not reflected his role at all, he can't even guarantee rebounds, which has to make Nowitzki start to move his position to ensure the team's rebounding, it can be said that Cuban's deal this time is a failure, Dampier has no so-called " The strength of the second center in the West, he is a pure blue-collar, not even a very good blue-collar.
Rookie Devon? Harris didn't play as well as he should, he was the No. 5 pick this year, and was seen by Cuban as the team's first choice for the team's future main point guard, but it wasn't until he took over that everyone realized that this point guard's offensive desire was too strong, his speed was so fast, so fast that he barely braked, this is not an orthodox point guard, and at the same time it is not the point guard that the Mavericks expect to see, whether it is Nelson Sr. or Avery of Cuban spokesperson? Johnson doesn't want a point guard with such a strong desire to attack in his own team, after all, the team now has Liu Han and Nowitzki two attack points, and they really can't divide too much of the ball.