In the 1998 NBA draft, the Mavericks selected Robert Traylor with the sixth pick, Traylor is only 203 cm tall, but 129 kilograms, serving in the fourth or fifth position, but Traylor is too short to play the fifth position, so he can generally only play the fourth position, Traylor relies on his strong size, he still has good lethality under the basket, and his defensive ability is excellent. Because Traylor's English name "T."

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"Tractor-like English name" T

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And Trayler is bulky and slow on the field, so the nickname "tractor" is a fitting one.

Before the draft was over, the Bucks asked the Mavericks to trade Traylor to themselves, with the No. 9 pick this year, Dirk Nowitzki, and the No. 19 pick, Pat Garrity.

Why do the Bucks want Traylor? This is all determined by the lineup, the Bucks of that year were built with two musketeers, Big Dog Robinson and Ray Allen, and other players who provided firepower were mostly outside players, so the team's interior line does not require how strong the offensive ability is, as long as it can defend, can grab rebounds, and occasionally kill on the inside, at that time, the Bucks' interior twin towers were 206 cm tall mini big forward Terron Hill, 211 cm tall Alvin Johnson, and 206 cm mini inside Almond Jimley on the bench, The 211-centimeter center Andrew Lang and the 206-centimeter-tall Jamil Fayink who manages the water cooler but can only play the center, but Johnson and Long will be 34 years old soon, and Jimley is 35 years old, in the penultimate season of his career, the veterans in the new season are overwhelmed, Hill and Fayink are too small to carry, Nowitzki's fame back then was not as loud as it is now, and the scout's evaluation of him is how strong the offensive ability is, how poor the defensive ability is, such a player is obviously not suitable for the BucksSo, the Bucks sent Nowitzki to the Mavericks and got Traylor.

Everyone knows what happened later, Nowitzki became a top NBA star, his career lasted for 21 years, the jersey was retired, and the Hall of Fame couldn't run, but after Traylor came to the Bucks, he found that the latter was not only slow, but also had a fatal flaw, that is, his physical fitness was not good, he was out of breath after a game could not be played for long, and then his efficiency dropped sharply, and the Bucks exchanged a player from the Future Hall of Fame, and after the Bucks only played two seasons, he left Milwaukee in a hurry, and the Cavaliers and Hornets, After 7 years of career, he left the NBA, and this deal, which has been mentioned many times, has become a lifelong pain for the Bucks.

Nowitzki was born in a sports family in Wilzburg, Germany, his father is a professional handball player, his father is a professional basketball player, the young Nowitzki's father hopes that his son will inherit his father's business and enter the professional handball league, but Nowitzki practiced for a while and found that he was not interested, he became obsessed with tennis, and when he was 12 years old, he was already the champion of the German junior tennis competition, and at the age of 14, Nowitzki's height skyrocketed and hit one meter nine, which is too tall for tennis players and not flexible, Nowitzki was frustrated frequently on the tennis court, at this time, his mother stood up and taught Nowitzki to start playing basketball, starting to play in a second-tier league team, in 1994, the 16-year-old Nowitzki's height was already more than two meters, at this time he met the first Bole, that is, the then German men's basketball coach Holger, he decided that Nowitzki was a genius, and brought Nowitzki to the German professional league but did not play in the first division, only played in the second division, But the treasure was discovered by the omnipotent Maverick Scout.

In fact, it was not only the Mavericks who took a fancy to Nowitzki, but also the Celtics, the Green Shirts had the 10th pick in the first round, and the Green Army promised to choose Nowitzki in this position, but the Mavericks had the No. 6 pick, and they planned to choose Nowitzki directly in this pick, but on the eve of the draft, they got a message that the Bucks, who have the ninth pick, are trying to trade up and want to get an interior player with good defensive ability, Ogrokandi, Liv Latrence or even Robert Traylor, when O'Glocandi was sure to be the top pick, and the Bucks could only get Lafrentz and Traylor, the Mavericks immediately contacted the Bucks and promised to pick one of those two with the sixth pick, but you choose Nowitzki, and you pick Pat Garrity with the 19th pick, and I'll trade you when the time comes.

Bucks First Reaction: Nowitzki? Who is he?

One check, it's an inside lineman, and then a closer look, the inside line who can't defend, decisively don't, and then that's it, Nowitzki was cut off by the Mavericks, but the Green Army got a good compensation, and with the tenth pick, they chose Paul Pierce.

Nowitzki entered Dallas in this way, and stayed for twenty-one years, of course, Dallas's selection of Nowitzki also followed the consistent draft tenet after the Dallas Three Greats, that is, don't thorn in the head, Nowitzki is an honest man, not only during the draft, but also in the more than 20 years of his career, and has never broken any negative news, handsome and able to play is still a humble gentleman, how can such a player not be loved, and Nowitzki does not need an agent, All the annual salaries are personally negotiated with the boss, and writing this, I can't help but think of a classic joke at the end of Nowitzki's career, provided that Nowitzki's contract expires and the Mavericks are renewed-

Kuban: 25 million, it can't be less, if you have less, you will roll for me.

Nowitzki: 5 million, it can't be more, and if there is more, Lao Tzu will retire directly next season......

This is probably what people call basketball in its purest form.

In addition to Nowitzki, the Mavericks also have three draft picks, the 30th pick in the first round selected power forward Ansu Sesse, the 35th pick selected the 218 cm center Bralo Sandev, and the 53rd pick selected guard Greg Bagner, these three players are the last to develop, the Mavericks did not leave Sesser, the draft was sent to the SuperSonics, his career was only 4 years, a total of only 127 games, Sandoff played in the league for 7 years with his outstanding height, In the first two years, he only played a total of 15 games in the Mavericks, and although his career lasted for 7 years, he only played 102 games, and Bagner played ten years in the league with his good breakthrough ability and shooting ability, and played a total of 570 games, and he started the team at his peak, and played three years in the Mavericks Bagner, basically the seventh man on the team, playing an average of 20 minutes per game, scoring 5 points and 5 rebounds.

Before the draft was over, Nelson Sr. made another lucrative trade, sending Garrity, a rookie No. 19 traded from the Bucks, to the Suns along with two water cooler players and a 1999 first-round pick in exchange for guard Steve Nash.

Nash is 191 cm tall, a scoring guard, is the 15th pick in the first round in 1996, Nash is inexplicable on the offensive end, although his physical fitness is extremely average, but accurate shooting, three-point, mid-range shooting is handy, the ability to break through mainly depends on the rhythm change, and more importantly, Nash is also a master of passing, compared to Kidd's steadiness, Nash's passing is more flexible, but his defense is not good, and he has repeatedly become a team hole, especially afraid of being like Baron Davis, A big-ass guard like Chauncey Billups is a super-guard who has a better offense but a worse defense than Kidd.

It's also a coincidence, Nash didn't play the starter as he wanted in the first two years of his career, the main reason is that the person in the starting position is called Jason Kidd, the Mavericks sent Kidd to the Suns last season, directly suppressing Nash's position, Nash played a total of two seasons in the Suns, 141 games, and only got a mere 11 starts. Last season's average of 9.1 points and 3.4 assists per game also has its own big colander attributes, which seems to have little value in the eyes of the Suns, if they know that Nash is a Hall of Fame-level guard in the future, and this guard, only used the Mavericks a first-round pick, a rotation player and two water cooler players to be sent away, how crazy they should be.

In terms of free agency, the Mavericks signed a small forward with a height of 201 Gary Trent with a 3-year 5 million contract, Trent was the No. 11 rookie in the first round in 1995, with good shooting ability, relatively strong body, rebounding ability, but the blocking ability is relatively weak, the defense is average, is a more practical role player, the first three seasons of his career in the Trail Blazers as the sixth man averaged about 10 points per game, this season came to the Mavericks was plagued by injuries and played 45 games, averaged a career-high 16.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, in fact, regardless of the state of the court, Trent, like Leaf and Robert Parker, suffered injuries as soon as he came to the second year of the Mavericks, because of the shutdown that year, there were only 50 games in the season, and Grent played 45 games this season, but he never expected that this was the highest number of games that Trent played in the next two years, and only played 44 games in the last two years, with an attendance rate of only 26.8%, but after the Mavericks played for three years, Trent switched to the Timberwolves, and his attendance rate immediately increased to 86.1% in three seasons......

So after almost a big change, the Mavericks began the journey of the new season, and the old Nelson at that time, with a sense of doing against the world, actually put the 213 cm tall Nowitzki in the No. 3 position, No. 1 Nash, No. 2 Michael Finley, No. 3 Nowitzki, No. 4 AC Green, No. 5 Bradley, the first game of the supersonics, after an overtime battle, the Mavericks lost by 4 points, this is Nowitzki's first NBA official game, although it is the starter, But he only played 16 minutes, made 0 of 5 shots, scored 2 points from the free throw line, and didn't grab a single rebound, but he handed out 4 assists, and all other statistics were 0.

In fact, Nowitzki's back then, not how good it was, because the playing time was late, the techniques were very rough, whether it was offense or defense, some couldn't find their own position, the shooting was not accurate, and the defense was still a little difficult, but Nowitzki was tall, but he was not bulky, and being able to play the No. 3 position is proof, his footsteps are very flexible, and Nowitzki can shoot three-pointers, which is also where old Nelson particularly likes Nowitzki. A big man who rarely can shoot three-pointers, Nelson Sr. saw Nowitzki and was determined to innovate a style of play that the league had never had, being good at innovation and being good at innovation, which is why Nelson Sr. was nicknamed "Mad Scientist".

The first win of the season didn't make Nowitzki wait too long, and in the second game, he played the Warriors away, and after two overtimes, the Mavericks won the game with 3 points, and Nowitzki played perfectly in this game, scoring 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting, 12 rebounds and 3 assists, and hit 2 three-pointers.

But Nowitzki didn't be happy for too long, the team was hit by a wave of seven consecutive kneeling, Nowitzki's play in these seven games can be described as miserable, which directly led to the team's successive losses, playing an average of 20 minutes per game, scoring 8.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 1 block, shooting 32% from the field, 33% from three-point range, the final result is that Nowitzki was withdrawn from the starting lineup by Nelson Sr., and the regular small forward Ceballos was raised, which is also strange, In the first game of Ceballos's start, the team beat the Clippers 105-90, Finley scored 31 points and 10 rebounds, Ceballos scored 14 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals on 5-of-13 shooting, while Nowitzki only got a pitiful 9-minute performance opportunity, did not score a point on 0-of-4 shooting, and only grabbed 3 inconsequential backcourt rebounds!

For Nowitzki, the more severe is still to come, the next three games, Nowitzki's playing time was 19 minutes, 5 minutes, 5 minutes, and he can be said to have been completely excluded from the entire rotation by the old Nelson, but the sad thing is that the team won two more games in these three games! This means that in the four games in which Nowitzki was kicked out of the starting lineup, the Mavericks, who were not outstanding, won three victories!

At the beginning of the new season, after only a dozen games, Nowitzki fell from heaven to the world, and ordinary young people really can't bear such a gap, which is really an experience for Nowitzki.

The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically.

This is the best portrayal of Nowitzki this season, there is nothing in the world, it is easy to get, all the things you want, your status, your honor, your money, must be through hard work, hard work, in order to become a reality!

Nowitzki's test continues, after four wins and three wins, Ceballos found out that he had a heart problem, and the season was reimbursed, for Ceballos, this directly ruined his career, and he persevered for another two years, Ceballos was only 31 years old, was in his prime, and had to hang up his sword and boots, and for the Mavericks this season, it was tantamount to a bolt from the blue, but for Nowitzki, it was good news. The elder Nelson finally remembered Nowitzki and trusted him again, and in the next game against the Jazz, Nowitzki was scheduled to start and played a team-high 36 minutes.

But Nowitzki once again disappointed Nelson Sr., who used these 36 minutes to only get 5 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers and 5 fouls, shooting 1 of 7 shots and missing both three-point shots, and the Mavericks lost 65:80 to the Jazz.

This is such a creation that makes people so good! Nowitzki seems to have become the "mold star" of Dallas.

In the first 15 games of the season, Nowitzki started and the team won only one of the second game of the season, while as long as Nowitzki didn't start, the team won 4 games! You know, in the first fifteen games, the Mavericks won a total of 5 games. What's even more tragic is that losing and losing are still different, there is a fundamental difference between regret and fiasco, it seems that the more time Nowitzki plays, the more the team loses, and the less time played, the less the team loses, and in two of the ten games lost, Nowitzki played the least, 12 minutes and 13 minutes, respectively, the Mavericks lost 4 and 5 points respectively, and the most playing time of 32 minutes and two 24 minutes, the Mavericks lost 11 points, 20 points and 13 points respectively! This...... Is it really a coincidence?

More coincidences are yet to come!

In the next game against the Clippers, Nowitzki was snubbed by Nelson Sr. again, and only played 5 minutes in the game, but the team defeated the Clippers 112-99, Finley was the starting small forward, and the starting scoring guard was Hubert Davis, who shot 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds and handed out 3 assists.

Since then, 18 consecutive games, Nowitzki has not been given another chance to start, the Mavericks have won 4 of these 18 games, Gary Trent slowly used his very good performance to top the starting small forward position, 29 points and 16 rebounds, 18 points and 14 rebounds, 21 points and 16 rebounds, 27 points and 13 rebounds, 33 points and 11 rebounds, in 18 games, Trent started 11 games, of which only two games did not score double-doubles, and contributed 20+ points in 7 games. The number of rebounds in 7 games is double-doubled, and the efficiency of 20+10 in 5 games is amazing!

Compared with Trent's hot state, Nowitzki's situation can be described as embarrassing, these 18 games are not to mention starters, even the playing time is unstable, 18 games, there are as many as 8 games, Nowitzki's playing time is within 10 minutes, only 3 games are more than 20 minutes, calculated, an average of 12.7 minutes per game, 5.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists, shooting 41.0%, three-point shooting rate of 16%. This value is basically a deprecated state.

Nowitzki's career seemed precarious.