Anthony Walker, 203 cm tall, can play the second, third and fourth positions, and is a well-known all-rounder in the league. earned 110 million in his career, you can see from this contract that Walker wanted to be the prince who dominated the side back then, before coming to the Mavericks, he spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Boston Celtics, and became the cornerstone of the team together with Paul Pearce, when Walker was 27 years old, he was in his playing year, and averaged 20.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game last season, and was selected as an All-Star, but such a star, why did the Celtics give up on him ruthlessly?

Although Walker is a big forward, but his most persistent thing on the court is to shoot three points, last season he averaged 7.5 three-pointers per game, he has a mysterious confidence in his feel outside the three-point line, but the shooting rate is not outstanding, only 2.4 per game, three-point shooting rate of 32.3%, shooting more, not accurate (of course, it can't be generalized, it can only be really hot when it's hot, and it's not ambiguous when it's cold), and Walker doesn't like to defend, he is too short to play inside, and he can't shoot outside, It's almost a black hole for the team, but Rao is like this, Walker was able to be selected as an All-Star last season, which has proven his overall strength, which is still good.

In this deal, in addition to Walker, another Tony Decker is not a good stubble, Decker is the first round of the 96 golden generation No. 16 rookie, 185 cm tall, guard, although not tall, but physically strong, extremely impactful, tough defense, and a three-point shot, in 2001 against the white chocolate Williams hit 53 points to become famous, last season in the Green Army, With an average of 9.8 points per game and a three-point shooting rate of nearly 40%, such a player with fast speed, strong impact, and ability to shoot three-pointers is Nelson's favorite dish.

In this way, the Mavericks in the 2003-2004 season, through trades, quickly became a highly competitive team, Nash, Nowitzki, Anthony Walker were all All-Stars last season, as well as Finley and Jamison, two quasi-All-Stars, the Mavericks became the championship favorite for a while!

Obviously, in the West, which is dominated by O'Neal and Duncan, the two super insiders, all the teams that want to produce results are hoarding excellent defensive centers to deal with these two gods, but Nelson Sr. has found another way to send away Lafrentz, and Bradley's role has also been reduced to an average of 11 minutes per game, all of which shows that Nelson Sr. has innovated a new style of play since this season, abandoning the slow big center and adopting a more flexible, faster, and more impactful small lineup. It has the current "small ball style".

Nowitzki was moved to the fifth position, Walker and Finley on the front line, the starting lineup used the double guard combination of Nash and Decker, which was fully accelerated, and there were Josh Howard, Antoine Jamison, Danny Fortson, Marquis Daniels and other good players on the bench, but such a lineup, the shortcomings are also obvious, Nash is basically unguarded on the back line, Decker is too short, and it is easy to be blown up by the opponent's star-level guards, and whether it is Nowitzki or Walker, For a center with excellent back play ability, it can also be called an ATM.

In the opening game of the season, the Mavericks lost 93:109 to the Lakers who were playing at home, and the 36-year-old Gary Payton, the Lakers' veteran guard, faced the Mavericks' guard line and played 21 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, and then the Mavericks guard line faced Arenas, allowing the latter to easily score a triple-double of 25 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 steals, Vince Carter scored 19 of the team's 77 points, and McMiller and Jason Williams, the two Grizzlies guards, combined to contribute 42 of the Grizzlies' 108 points, Suns guard Stephen Marbury used 18 points, 12 assists and 0 turnovers to lead the Suns to slaughter the Mavericks 121:90.

There are unforeseen circumstances, after Decker played 33 games this season, the season was reimbursed due to injury, and the old Nelson enabled the rookie Josh Howard to play the starter, Howard's performance can not be said to be good, but it is not bad, the offense and defense are relatively balanced, it just so happened that Howard was out of action for two games because of a wrist injury, and the old Nelson waved his hand and gave Marquis Daniels, who was also a rookie, a chance, this time to start, it can be said that it changed Daniels's career, Daniels, who had been tepid before, scored 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting in his first career start, and left a very strong impression on Nelson Sr. with his tough defense and strong impact.

At the end of the season, Finley was injured, and the old Nelson immediately thought of Daniels, and with the willingness to inspect Daniels, let the latter start every game in the last 12 games of the season, and Daniels lived up to the expectations of the old Nils, seized the opportunity, played an average of 40 minutes per game, including three 48 minutes of full attendance, an average of 19.5 points per game, and a shooting rate of 52.3%! At the end of the season, Daniels and Josh Howard were both named to the All-Rookie Team twice.

This season, the Mavericks have made a huge change in the style of play, the small ball storm has swept the league, fast advancement, and rapid offense are the labels of the Mavericks. He averaged 88.2 shots per game, averaged 105.2 points per game, all of which were the first in the league, averaged 11.8 turnovers per game, averaged 23.9 assists per game and were third in the league, and averaged 17.8 three-point shots per game were fourth in the league, but on the contrary, the Mavericks, who were heavy on offense and light on defense, conceded 100.8 points per game and were only higher than the league's bottom Magic ranked second to last in the league!

The team's top brand Nowitzki still continued to perform steadily, although Novitzki had not yet developed a strong back-to-back singles ability (there was no Golden Rooster independence at that time), but relying on flexible footsteps, in the face of the tower center, Nowitzki frequently fired at medium and long distances, and in the face of the small one, Nowitzki ate directly, and the small raised arm could not reach Nowitzki's elbow, let alone interfere, He averaged 21.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game this season and broke a new career high with 43 points this season.

Finley and Nash are Nowitzki's left and right hands, Finley averaged 18.6 points per game, although the average points per game have been decreasing for five consecutive years, but the 44.3% shooting rate is much higher than last season, and Nash, although the defensive end is a shortcoming, but the average of 14.5 points per game and the third in the league of 8.8 assists is still the most stable engine for the Mavericks. In the end, the Mavericks, who have changed their style of play this season, finished fifth in the West with 52 wins and 30 losses, and their opponent is still an old friend, the Sacramento Kings.

Compared to the Mavericks, the Kings, who hold up Princeton and play more gorgeously, are equal to the Mavericks in offense. The Kings averaged 102.8 points per game and the Mavericks averaged 105.2 points per game and were the only two teams in the league that year with an average score of more than 100 points per game, and on the defensive end, the Mavericks conceded 100.8 points per game and ranked second to last in the league, and the Kings conceded 97.8 points per game and the fifth from the bottom in the league.

In the first game, it was clear that the Kings were better, the Mavericks scored 105 points and played a decent game, but the Kings scored 116 points, although Nowitzki shot a game-high 32 points in 12 of 19, but the other players played unsatisfactory, Nash, Finley, Walker, the three scorers scored only 12 points in 12 of 38 shots, the Mavericks were outstanding, obviously they couldn't beat the King's three muskets, Peja, Webb, Doug Christie 3 20+ guaranteed the team's victory.

In the second game, the Mavericks fell into a slump again, scoring only 79 points in the whole game, Nowitzki scored 28 points on 10-of-22 shooting, and the shooting rate was quite high, Daniels, who had already made the start, was 5 of 15, Nash was 6 of 20, Finley was 4 of 12, Josh Howard was 1 of 9, the Kings did not score much, but they also scored 83 points, and the starting guard Mike Bibby became the White Devil, and then scored 10 points in the fourth quarter of such an inefficient game, helping the Kings beat the Mavericks for the second time.

In the third game, the Mavericks who returned to their home court played decently and scored 104 points, but the king suddenly short-circuited, and the low-key and restrained but gorgeous Saramento people suddenly couldn't play at the American Airlines Center, and the whole court shot and made mistakes again and again, only scoring a dismal 79 points, the game lost suspense early, and the third game thought that the Mavericks were going to have momentum, and they didn't want to suddenly short circuit in the third quarter, and lost to the King by 10 points in a single quarter, Peja played extremely well in this quarter, scoring 10 points in 5 of 5 in a single quarter, although the Mavericks were struggling to catch up, But I had no choice but to lose by 2 points.

The fourth game can be called a game full of drama, the Mavericks who were 1:3 behind in the first quarter of the game fought back, 37:24 won by 13 points, but in the second quarter, the White Devils showed their fangs again, 7 of 8 in a single quarter and scored 16 points, instantly erasing the point difference, and then the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, the Kings' backup center Brad Miller supported the Kings in the third quarter, scoring 13 points in 6 of 6 in a single quarter, while the Mavericks relied on Nash, Daniels and Antoine Walker combined for 23 points against the King, At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were tied at 96!

Five minutes before the start of the fourth quarter, the White Devils hit two three-pointers in a row, opened the situation, made a layup, and made free throws to cut ten points alone, unstoppable! The Mavericks are all soldiers, Nowitzki, Antoine Walker, Finley, and Jamison spin the mill like the wheel battle White Devils, in the last three and a half minutes of the game, as Bibby came up again to score two points, the Mavericks trailed the Kings by five points at 114-119.

If you look at it from God's point of view now, the king did not receive a single point in the next three and a half minutes! The White Devil's layup turned out to be the last score of the game, but unfortunately, this God-given opportunity, the Mavericks did not grasp it, and the whole game became Nash's performance field, first two consecutive irons, and then Nowitzki desperately put down Webb's strong attack, Nash, the son of the wind, went all the way down, lightning scored 2 points, and then passed the ball to Finley, who had not yet entered the court after serving, and then hit a piece of iron angrily, and then the pass was directly held in his arms by Bibby, and in the last 30 seconds of the game, Walker missed the layup, Nowitzki relied on his height to get the rebound in the frontcourt and put the basket to the top, and with 30 seconds left in the game, the Mavericks were only one point behind!

Adelman called a timeout, came back from the timeout, Bibby attacked Nowitzki after blocking and dismantling, but although Nowitzki was a center, his footsteps were very flexible, and a blood cap was awarded to the White Devil, Finley grabbed this crucial rebound, and Bibby was also annoyed after being offended, took off his hood and threw it on the ground, followed by a series of "F" starting with the United States, but obviously, he was not aimed at Nowitzki, just annoyed and angry at his ball, although Bibby missed the attack, But with only 6.2 seconds left, the Mavericks are still one point behind, but they have the ball.

After the timeout, Nash handed the ball to Nowitzki for a single, Peja went around the front defense of Nowitzki and did not let the ball go, but failed, Bibby immediately let go of Nash and stepped forward to make up for the defense, after Nowitzki received the ball, he immediately turned around and jumped, but under Peja's interference, the basketball bounced out of the frame.

In fact, the biggest highlight of this game is not the players on both sides, but the Maverick owner Mark Kuban sitting in the audience, an avid basketball fan, this title is not called in vain, this game is an away game, Kuban came to Saramento from Dallas to cheer for his team, scored, Kuban was emotional, screaming loudly, it was even more excited than the player who scored the goal, the moment the ball popped out of the frame, the broadcast did not stay on the player too much, but immediately cut to Kuban's expression, Kuban was chewing gum and looking like ashes, out of place with the fanatical home fans around him.

There is no doubt that the Mavericks have vigorously recruited this season, but they stopped in the first round of the playoffs, this result is not so satisfying, and in the face of the Kings, the Mavericks mainly lost on the guard line, the White Devils five games, averaging 23.6 points, 4.6 assists and 2.4 steals per game, and repeatedly saved the team at critical moments, which can be called the first blade of the Bulls. The Mavericks' starting guard Nash was completely defeated by the White Devils, averaging 13.6 points and 9.0 assists per game, and the shooting rate was only 38.6%.

Met the Kings in the playoffs for three consecutive years, the first two series, the Mavericks won one and lost one, this time, the Mavericks failed, and this season, the Mavericks spent it in regret.

And next season, the Mavericks once again ushered in the moment of great changes in the lineup, everything is prepared for the old Nelson's bombardment plan, and a new Maverick is about to be born!