Vince. Carter's arrival has made the Mavericks' players more dynamic on the training court. Carter was a very professional player, and no matter which team he joined, he would do his best to do his job. Although it was only his first day with the Mavericks, Carter was already very serious on the training court. During confrontational training, Carter even had a confrontation with Yiyang.

Looking at Carter's evil smile, everyone knew that this old card buckle would not release water on Yiyang. However, Yiyang's speed is beyond the reach of the already aged Carter. I saw Yiyang use a stop-and-go to change direction, easily break through Carter, and then hit a stop-and-go jump shot in the mid-range position.

After Yiyang's goal, Carter whistled and then applauded. "It's a beautiful score, and the consistency of your torso when you shoot seems to be stronger than it was last season."

Carter is worthy of being an old man, and it didn't take long to see Yiyang's progress in shooting this summer. "But if I'm as young as you, I'll choose to dunk that ball, hahahahaha!"

This scene on the court made Carlisle feel that Carter's signing, Cuban and Nelson Jr. did quite beautifully. On his first day at the training ground, Carter was able to joke with the people around him. Carter had previously been teammates with Kidd, so it wasn't a problem for him to fit in. Such a plug-and-play and experienced veteran will naturally be favored by every head coach.

Although Carter is no longer able to dunk as quickly as he did back then, fans often overlook Carter's other skill - accurate three-point shooting!

With Carter in the new season, the Mavericks' firepower outside the three-point line will be more dispersed. Historically, Stevenson has had little ability to score on his own on the offensive end. But now, Carter can help Yiyang share the scoring pressure on the defensive line.

Carter's reinforcements, in Carlisle's opinion, can be scored perfectly. I only hope that the next level of player introduction for Cuban and the Mavericks will be as good as Carter......

On the training ground, Yiyang and his teammates were sweating. And in the Mavericks' general manager's office, Cuban and Nelson Jr. are struggling to assemble the team's roster for next season.

Although Nowitzki, Yiyang, Kidd, Terry and Marion are still in the championship team, those who understand the matter know that except for Yiyang, it will be difficult for this group of old guys to perform as well next season as they did last season. When a player turns 30, his form starts to decline slowly. What's more, those old guys have already passed the 30 hurdle. This is the period of the fastest decline in form in their careers.

With everyone's form destined to decline, the Mavericks also lost Tyson. Chandler's umbrella in the box and Stevenson's outside defensive gate. The strength of the team has actually declined.

"There are no big fish in the free agent market this summer, we still have to sign a few cheap and useful players, and our real goal is next summer. Steve. Nash, Dwight. Howard...... If all goes well, we can build a Big Three-caliber team. After all, it can now be counted as a giant. Nelson Jr. is explaining to Cuban what to do this summer, and it will be very difficult for the Mavericks to defend their title this year. Instead of taking risks, we should look further into the future.

"The only thing I care about is the dressing room, the new players must not have any impact on the team's dressing room! The Mavericks are a united collective, and whether we win a championship or not, we always pinch each other together. Those who may affect the harmony of the locker room, don't do it! Cuban waved his hand, and the player was obedient enough, which seems to be the only requirement of his recruitment plan this year.

Nelson Jr., the team's general manager, smiled and nodded. "Don't worry, Mark, I'm not going to let the good dressing room atmosphere in the team be ruined."

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During the period when the free agent market and the transfer market were in full swing, there was a lot of news of players swapping clubs every day.

Jeremy Lin, who has attracted the attention of Chinese fans, received another offer from the New York Knicks after being terminated by the Rockets. The Asian guard, who had briefly played for the Mavericks in the summer league, couldn't contain his excitement and called Yiyang, saying that he finally had a chance to compete with Yiyang in the NBA.

Tyson. Chandler officially held a press conference in New York and showed reporters his jersey with the Knicks. The combination of Chandler + Anthony + Studemire was officially established, and it was believed that this Knicks team would definitely be able to take it to the next level.

During this time, the Mavericks were not idle. After successfully signing Carter, Cuban and Nelson Jr. traded an $8.9 million trade exception and a protected 2012 first-round pick for Yiyang's biggest opponent in last year's Sixth Man of the Year selection, Lamar, the "all-around warrior" from the Los Angeles Lakers. Odom.

As soon as this news came out, various experts gave Cuban and Nielsen Jr. an A+ rating for their operations. Odom, who averaged 14.4 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3 assists per game last season, can definitely be a big firepower on the Mavericks' bench. After losing Chandler and Stevenson, the Mavericks' two signings seem to have made the team stronger.

Just a few days ago, the Lakers and Hornets broke the news that there would be a trade. Originally, the Lakers were planning to send Gasol and Odom in exchange for Chris. Paul, but since the Hornets are now hosted by the league, this deal, which has a good chance of returning the Lakers to the top, was unanimously stopped by the owners of the other 29 teams in the league!

In this way, the Lakers are quite embarrassed. Odom missed the rest of the day's training after learning he was being put on the shelf as a trade chip. This all-round warrior who was desperate for the Purple and Gold Army, but in the end was used as a bargaining chip, directly found Lakers general manager Mitch. Kuchak said he wants to be traded away.

Odom believes that it is better to leave on his own initiative than to be thrown off as a burden by others. At least this way, he walked decently.

Kuchak knew that he could not save Odom's broken heart, so he had to dispose of this "all-round warrior" at a low price. As a result, Cuban and Nelson Jr. were able to exchange for Odom's right to use it at a very low price.

In the eyes of the outside world, Kuban's move is undoubtedly taking advantage of the fire. Some media even said that the Mavericks now want to defend the title again, and it is not impossible. After all, they've already recruited the best sixth man to their roster.

The day after the deal was struck, Odom landed in Dallas. However, unlike Carter, Odom doesn't seem to be very enthusiastic about the Mavericks' locker room. Facing Yiyang, who snatched his best sixth man trophy last season, Odom only nodded politely to him. Leaving the Lakers itself is not the ending that Odom desires. No one knows how much this guy can play after he comes to the Mavericks. Maybe the heart and passion for basketball of this all-round warrior have rotted in Los Angeles.

On the training ground, Odom was not in satisfactory form. In the confrontational training, in the face of Yiyang's breakthrough, Odom did not actively make up for the defense, but just watched Yiyang easily make a layup from the sidelines.

Although it was just training, Carlisle still demanded that everyone take it seriously. But Odom obviously didn't answer the call.

"That damn guy, don't waste your place in our squad if you don't want to play! , it's the Lakers who are unjust to him, and it's not our Mavericks. What kind of temper did you run to Dallas!? In between training, Terry also complained beside Yiyang. Although there is peace and harmony on the surface, Yiyang seems to have smelled a hint of gunpowder.

The locker room in the U.S. Route Center arena is starting to look different.

Two days later, Cuban and Nelson Jr. brought in a new player to the team. Although he is a new player, this guy has actually been with the Mavericks longer than Yiyang. He is the athletic center that Cuban sent to the Nets last summer in exchange for Yiyang. Haywood.

Haywood originally signed a six-year contract worth $55 million with the Mavericks, but it turned out that Cuban was "spending blindly" again. Brandon. Heywood is indeed very powerful, but his strength has definitely not reached the point of 55 million in 6 years.

The Nets, who are now in desperate need of a star to join, naturally won't let this contract take up salary space on the team, so they cut Haywood with an amnesty clause a day ago.

Seeing the wind and rudder, Nelson Jr. immediately claimed Heywood for 2 million a year. The junk contract they gave Haywood is still paid by the Nets. The Mavericks, on the other hand, have once again acquired the right to use Heywood at an extremely low price.

As soon as this news came out, people didn't say any more about how beautiful the Mavericks' operation was. Instead, they are complaining about Nets general manager Billy. Kim, once again, made a brain-dead decision. Help others to pay, and in the end the players will not be used. I have to admit that even if the Russian tycoon owner of the Nets is really rich, he can't afford Billy. Kim tossed like this.

The addition of Haywood fills the void left by the Mavericks at center after Chandler's departure. Of course, Carlisle didn't expect Haywood to be as Chandler as he was, and as long as there was nothing wrong with Haywood, Carlisle would be satisfied. On the contrary, it was the French center Masimmi, who did not play much last year, that gave Carlisle a little more to look forward to.

After Chandler's departure, Masimmi is bound to get more opportunities to perform. Carlisle can only hope that the French centre-forward, who seems to have a lot of potential, can grow quickly.

As the days passed, the Mavericks' lineup gradually took shape. After signing Brandon for the athletic No. 4 position. After White, the Mavericks' summer recruitment is basically over. The new line-up is still very competitive on paper. But inside the Mavericks' locker room, with the exception of Carter and Haywood, everyone else seems to have a transparent estrangement from the veteran players who won the championship last season.

Odom doesn't like to communicate with Mavericks players, and Brydon. White's personality is a bit too introverted and not very talkative. Although Yiyang doesn't like to talk, he always likes to be with his teammates in everything he does. White is different, he never walks with anyone, even when it comes to training and eating.

While Carlisle has reflected the issue to Cuban and Nelson Jr., the duo don't think Odom and White will do much damage to the team's locker room. At best, it's hard to fit in. At the same time, they also informed Carlisle that the team's final signing of the summer has been completed. The new players will arrive at the stadium on time tomorrow morning to report for training.

While Cuban and Nelson Jr. have tried their best to pick players with less strong personalities to join, they have found ways to minimize the damage to the team's locker room atmosphere. But what they do doesn't necessarily create a good dressing room atmosphere. The complex chemistry of a locker room is not something that Cuban and Nelson Jr. could avoid if they wanted to avoid sabotage.

After hearing the name of the new player, Carlisle shook his head helplessly. Hopefully, this guy won't make the already problematic locker room even more tense.

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Seven days before the start of the new season, the Mavericks' regular tactics have basically been finalized. With the exception of Odom and White, the level of integration of the other players has been very gratifying.

Today, Yiyang is still the first to come to the locker room. In addition to shooting 300 three-pointers with Nowitzki every morning, Yiyang also has to go to the power room with Carter for a while. So, he got to the locker room earlier than ever.

After Yiyang entered the locker room, he tidied up the bench as always, and only after the locker room was tidy did he sit down in front of his cabinet and start changing equipment.

Yi Yang just sat down, but a man came out of the shower area of the locker room. Yiyang was startled and hurriedly looked up. Only then did I find out that a man with tattoos had arrived in the locker room earlier than himself.

The man glanced at Yiyang, didn't say anything, didn't even say hello, and just sat down on his own.

Then, the guy started talking to himself, saying something that Yiyang didn't understand. From time to time, it is accompanied by some exaggerated movements. It's as if there's no one else in this locker room but himself.

Nowitzki's appearance finally relieved Yiyang's tense nerves.

"Delonti, you're here!" It wasn't until Nowitzki took the initiative to greet the tattooed "nerve" man that the man's hollow eyes finally became bright.

"Ah, Dirk, it's you. Hey, yes, hello. The tattooed man smiled and said hello to Yiyang, but Yiyang felt creepy in his heart, he had already been sitting in this locker room. But this tattooed man is as if he has never seen Yiyang before.

"That guy...... What's wrong? He's not going to be the last player to sign on our team, is he!? While the man named Delonti went to the toilet, Yiyang hurriedly approached Nowitzki's side and asked.

"Don't you know him? Delonti. West, all that about him...... Nowitzki paused. "It's so much, rumor has it that he and James' mom have a leg! That's right, James's mother, you know, when this happened, James was his teammates! The only thing I can tell you now simply is that the guy isn't mentally stable. ”

Dirk finished and pointed to his head.

"Spirit, huh?" After listening to this, Yiyang nodded with a wry smile.

From high school to college to now, Yiyang himself is no longer the person who looks the most "problematic" in the locker room.