It doesn't matter if you lose in the Western Conference finals, it's not a shame to lose to the Lakers of the year, the key is that at the end of the season, the contradiction between Aguirre and coach McLeod became more and more intense, and I had introduced Aguirre as an inside line before, and I didn't like to communicate with my teammates very much, but Aguirre has been in the team for so many years, and his status has long been there, and his teammates don't need him to say anything more but coach McLeod stepped up to take responsibility Aguirre did not do a good job as a leader, resulting in the team repeatedly losing in the playoffs, and making trouble in the end, In the middle of the season, the team sent the decorated veteran to the Pistons, where they acquired another singles artifact, Adrian Dantley, and a first-round pick.

The cornerstone of the former Mavericks left the Mavericks in a dark way, but his contribution is obvious to all, with a total of 13,930 points for the Mavericks that were the first in team history at the time, and now third behind Nowitzki and Blackman, 6th in team history with 3,244 rebounds, and 9th and 10th in team history with 502 steals and 2,163 assists. Aguirre later played for four years in the Pistons, and got two championship rings to fulfill his championship dream, and during the Pistons, because he didn't want to stifle Rodman's talent, he took the initiative to give up the starting position to Dennis Rodman, so Aguirre was deeply respected by this weird, and disappeared from the Los Angeles Clippers in the last season of his career. After retiring as a player, Aguirre followed Isaiah Thomas to the Pacers as the main coach.

Dantley is at the peak of his career, and he is also a well-known singles expert, in addition to playing basketball, his biggest hobby in his life is to lift barbells and all kinds of iron, Dantley and Aguirre are simply carved out of a mold, from the style of play Aguirre is 198 cm tall, Dantley is 196 cm tall, are excellent singles ability, especially the back singles ability is excellent, but do not like to defend players, but the two are not the same, Dantley has a hand to make fouls, in the seventies can average 10 free throws per game, And he has a big mouth, and the Jazz and Pistons who were engaged in it before have been rumored to be contradictory, but it is undeniable that Dantley's brilliant career, with an average of 30+ points per game for 4 consecutive seasons, two scoring champions, seven All-Star and two All-Star All-Americans, but then again, this is when he was young, Dantley was 34 years old at that time, although he could still contribute 20+ and more than 50% shooting per game last season, but he doesn't like to defend, and he is very dissatisfied with the Pistons' support for Thomas Jr., Don't concede the ball - although this is his usual style of play, in the end Dantley was traded by the Pistons, and Thomas Jr. was a close friend of Aguirre, so the Pistons sent Dantley plus a first-round pick to the Mavericks and got Aguirre, and Dantley became a free agent after the end of the season, and the key to selling himself everywhere was that no one dared to ask for it, and it was not until the last 10 games near the end of the regular season that Dantley got a job with the Bucks, played 10 games, and never appeared in the NBA again......

The Mavericks have been smooth sailing since the establishment of the team, and have never suffered large-scale injuries, but this is the case in the professional arena, and injuries will always come to the door at a certain time and place, disrupting all your plans.

First, Roy Tapley, the promising interior bully, went down due to injury in the middle of the season, and then the Mavericks sent Schramf to the Pacers to get a first-round pick, and then the main center James Donners was out for the season due to a torn knee tendon......

This season's Maverick Blackman became the only arrow in the trident, is still a stable output of 19.7 points, and the team's starting guard Derrick Haber continues to grow, averaging 17.3 points, 7 assists and 2.1 steals per game this season, on December 29, 1988, the Mavericks defeated the Celtics at home, Haber gave 18 points and a career-high 18 assists, on January 9, 1989, the Mavericks lost to the 76ers, Haber blocked 38 points in the game, and broke his new high in points and assists last year every year for three consecutive years! In addition to Harbour and Blackman, Perkins has also struggled to maintain a team that has been stormy this season, averaging a steady output of 15 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.

This season's stormy Mavericks won three games in a row at the end of the regular season, but they were still blocked out of the playoffs by the Trail Blazers by one point, and the record of reaching the playoffs for five consecutive seasons came to an abrupt end, sending away Aguirre, which also represents the official end of the team's first-generation core Aguirre-Blackman combination, the existence of this pair is to guarantee the Mavericks the playoffs, but unfortunately, the Mavericks' clumsy performance in the draft for many years has made the team unable to complete the transition of rights. And those players who eventually played in the NBA, injected Darle Morris, Schramf, and Mark Price were all given to their opponents by the Mavericks in an almost free way, this is not the Dallas Mavericks, it is simply Dallas warmth.

After sending Aguirre away, the responsibility of the team leader fell on Blackman and Derrick Harbour, but it was clear that in that era, these two could not make the Mavericks one step closer, the Mavericks put their hopes on the 1989 NBA draft, in fact, the overall strength of the rookies in 1989 was not very strong, but the Mavericks had no way, the free market could not sign people, four Egyptian mid-term, the Mavericks sent Schramf to the Pacers, Getting the Pacers' first-round pick and power forward Herb Williams ended up with the No. 8 pick in the first round.

Williams is 208 cm tall, plays as a center, is a well-known evergreen and black and hard in the league, has a career of 18 years, was selected by the Pacers in 1981 with the 14th pick in the first round, and the Pacers, who have no one on the inside, have also played at an average level close to 20+9 per game, but after coming to the Mavericks, Williams can only play for Donaldson and Tapree.

The Mavericks used this signing to select a power forward from Louisiana - Randy White, who is known as "Karl Malone's second".

White is 203 cm tall and very strong, he was only 22 years old at the time of the draft, and he still has a lot of untapped potential, which looks good, but in fact, the Mavericks are looking away again.

No. 1 Haber, No. 2 Blackman, No. 3 Dantley, No. 4 Tapre, No. 5 Donaldson, this is the starting lineup sent by the Mavericks in the 1989-1990 season, yes, you read that right, Tapre, who played well in the playoffs the year before, replaced Sam Perkins as the team's starting power forward, and last season, unfortunately, Tapree only played 19 games, and was reimbursed for the season due to injury, but this season returned with full blood, November 7, 1989, The Mavericks lost to the Kings by 2 points, Tapree scored 16 points, grabbed 22 rebounds and sent 5 blocks, just 7 days later, the Mavericks narrowly beat the SuperSonics game, Tapree scored 26 points and 20 rebounds in the game, and scored the fifth 20+20 in his career! On April 1, 1990, in the Mavericks' victory over the Bucks, Taprey scored 24 points and 25 rebounds, tying his career-record 12 rebounds! It was the sixth double-20 performance in Tapree's career, and his 25 rebounds were also a career high!

Seeing that a new star was about to rise, Taprey did something again, because he failed the urine test, he was banned in the regular season, and he didn't lift the ban until the playoffs, playing a total of 45 games this season, averaging 16.8 points and 13.1 rebounds per game.

Head coach McLeod won only 5 of the first 11 games, and finally left, Rich Adubatu took over, Adubatu was the head coach of the Pistons ten years ago, but the record is only 12-58, and since then he has not served in any NBA team, whether from the tactical routine, or previous coaching experience, there are too many suitable people than Adubatu, but the Mavericks chose Adubatu, which is also an unsolved mystery in the NBA.

Blackman and Harbour still continue to produce steadily, Blackman averaged 19.4 points per game, leading the Mavericks to maintain a top-eight record in the West, and was selected to the All-Star team for the fourth and last time in his career, while Harber was still improving in the seventh year of his career, averaging 18 points per game, 7.4 assists and 1.9 steals, and at the end of the season, Harbour was selected to the All-Defensive Team for the second time, and Haber's most classic game this season was undoubtedly on December 29, 1989, when the Mavericks went through three overtimes and lost to the Trail Blazers by two points, Haber did not fall behind against Hall of Fame-level guard Draxler, scoring a career-high 42 points on 15-of-26 shooting！ And this game also made the big center Donaldson, who also set a new record for rebounds in a single game with 27 rebounds in the whole game!

Sam Perkins, another important piece of the puzzle, led the Mavericks to a career-high 45 points on 19-of-26 shooting on April 12, 1990, leading the Mavericks to defeat the Warriors.

If you take a closer look, you will understand that this season's Blackman, Harbour, Donaldson, and Perkins have all played well, but the Mavericks only have a 47-35 record this season, ranking sixth in the West, half of the team's head coach's back and Dantley is the other half, and Dantley, who is pinned on the team's hope, hopes to withstand the loss of Aguirre's departure, but Dantley averaged 14.7 points per game in the penultimate season of his career, shooting 47.7% from the field, Both of these numbers are career lows for Dantley, who suffered a right fibula injury in February and was out for the season.

And the rookie Randy White that the team focuses on cultivating, only played less than 13 minutes per game and scored 4.3 points, it's really not that the head coach doesn't give him a chance, although the playing time is short, but his use rate has reached 21.1%, which is almost the same as Sam Perkins and Dantley this season, but as an insider, White's shooting rate is only 36.9%, and the true shooting rate is only 40.7%, which is not even the average of the league, and White's defense is not so good, It can only be seen from the data that although White does not play much, but whenever he plays, the team still gives him a chance to play, but he just can't play, no such player dares to let White play for too long, and the victory contribution value is sad minus 0.2 says everything.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks faced the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers saw that the opponent was the Mavericks' eyes were about to pop out, as the weakest team in the playoffs that year, the Portlanders took turns to take care of the Mavericks, in the first game, Burt and Buck Williams combined to score 49 points and 23 rebounds, one left and one right, the Mavericks who slapped the two slaps could not find the north, and the second game was more ruthless, the Trail Blazers five starters and two substitutes for a total of seven people lined up, one person went up and kicked a kick, and all the scores were double-doubles, and the last game was the regular routine of the Trail Blazers, Portland three Jeromy Corsey 29 points and 9 rebounds, Clyde Drexler 20 points and 10 assists and Terry Burt 20 points and 10 rebounds were almost all at the 20+10 level, and they beat the Mavericks back to Dallas with three slams......

Of course, although he was beaten three times, the Mavericks were not all injuries, and Tapre's average of 16.7 points, 15.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game was eye-catching. Tapre has finally fulfilled his potential and become a barrier for the Mavericks' inner line to survive!

By the way, after this season's Trail Blazers beat the Mavericks, they narrowly defeated the Spurs 4:3 in the Western Conference semifinals, defeated the Suns 4:2 in the Western Conference finals, and reached the finals that year, and their opponent was the Detroit Pistons, and they were beaten by the Pistons 4:1. Tell me out loud! A-Ji Ray! Aguirre, who was cleared out of the library by the Mavericks, played for the Pistons and received his coveted championship ring as the team's sixth man.

After the season, the Mavericks immediately began to strengthen themselves, starting with sending center Winnington and this year's second-round draft pick to the Kings in exchange for Rodney McCree.

McRae has a very high starting point, 201 cm tall, serving as the No. 3 position, in the 1983 draft, he beat Drexler to be picked by the Rockets as a scout, and played in the Rockets for the first five years of his career, and was the Rockets' stable No. 3 position, and was later sent to the Kings with the Thorpe trade. He averaged 16.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in the Kings, his greatest value is defense, he is physically strong and moves fast, can defend multiple positions, and has been selected to the best defensive team twice, but on the offensive end, he is average, except for the interior line, the mid-range shot is bad, and he basically has no three-point ability, and he once shot a record of 15 in a single game in 88 (later broken by Hardaway's spicy eyes in 91 plus a choked 17 in 0).

In the 1990 draft, the Mavericks received the ninth pick, but the Mavericks didn't use that pick, and gave it to the Nuggets along with the 1991 draft pick in exchange for All-Star caliber guard Fatleaf Leaf.

Leaf is not tall, only 191 cm, but the style of play is explosive and comprehensive, similar to today's Westbrook, the physical fitness is very good, the most brilliant time was in 1986-1989, Averaged 19 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 2.5 steals per game for three consecutive years, and was selected to the All-Star team last season. This is only the state of Leaf two years ago, but after two years, although Leaf is still brave, but the team's other core Alex Inglish is 35 years old and unbearable, although the Nuggets have reached the playoffs in the last two years, but once beaten by the Suns 3:0, once kicked three times by the Spurs 3:0, so the Nuggets decided to rebuild, which sold the team's two cores to clear the warehouse, Inglish did not get the Nuggets' contract extension after the season, and Leaf was sent to the Mavericks, and the Mavericks wanted results, The Nuggets want a future, and the two sides hit it off.

Getting Leaf made the Mavericks very happy, but what made the Mavericks even happier was that Leaf's good friend, Alex Inglish, signed with the Mavericks with a veteran base salary of 500,000 in free agency this season. It is equivalent to using two first-round picks and $500,000 in exchange for the Nuggets' two core team builders last season! It's a rhythm that makes you wake up laughing even if you dream of it!

"Hahahaha......"

But it wasn't long before the Mavericks couldn't laugh anymore, and Leaf was out for the season due to a knee injury, and this season, he had only played four games......

The night after Leaf's reimbursement, Maverick not only couldn't laugh, but also cried......

In the game that night, Tarpley was out of the season due to a torn cruciate ligament......

And this season, it's only five races......