With the start of summer training camp, the new NBA season is about to be rekindled. Every year before the start of the new season, various TV stations invite experts to make a prediction for the situation of each team in the new season, although in the past, most of these predictions are far from reality, but fans just like to listen to the nonsense of those experts to fill the boring time without games to watch before the start of the season.

This year, ESPN, as always, made a prediction ranking. This time, the pundits learned to be obedient and didn't say anything stupid like "the Mavericks can make the playoffs is a victory." They improved the Mavericks' ranking this year, putting them in fourth place ahead of teams like the Lakers, Spurs and Grizzlies.

That's right, fourth in the West, and that's the highest pundit can expect from the Dallas Mavericks. After a summer of reinforcements, experts predict that the Mavericks will be one spot lower in the rankings than last season.

No way, who let the Mavericks sign this summer with guys who aren't famous enough? Although Iguodala is an All-Star, it really doesn't carry enough weight compared to a name like Howard.

The Clippers poached the hottest championship coach Doug. Rivers, so the pundits put the Clippers first in the West. The Rockets got Howard, so they were ranked second in the West. The Oklahoma City Thunder have two big names in both Durant and Westbrook, so even though they were eliminated by the Mavericks last year, they still finished third in the West. What about the calves that introduced Iguodala? Fourth in the West, why? Your Iguodala isn't as famous as the above, and people don't think Iguodala can make any qualitative change to the Mavericks.

In this era of superstars huddling and giants gathering, the combination of Yiyang + old driver + Iguodala is indeed shabby on paper. The Mavericks weren't the worst, just look at the San Antonio Spurs, who didn't make much of a move in the summer, and they were ranked sixth in the West.

Last season, the Spurs went through many difficulties to beat the strong West and enter the Finals to play an inextricable team with the Heat. It's such a team, but it's only placed in sixth place in the West! It can be seen from this how stupid the predictions of these so-called "experts" are!

Carlisle tossed the newspaper aside and smiled contemptuously. This prediction ranking is really the same as before, and it has no reference value at all. Do they put their team in fourth place in the West, and put the Spurs in sixth place in the West? I'm afraid this group of guys and everyone else are not watching the same NBA.

Carlisle drank the rest of his cup of coffee in one gulp, forgot about the ridiculous prediction rankings, and pushed open the office door.

On the basketball court, the players are actively preparing for the game, and everyone is doing their own job and carrying out different training programs. The whole gym looked bustling with activity, and the hectic atmosphere made Carlisle feel like he was filled with a lot of energy.

Tomorrow, the NBA preseason will officially begin. Although it is not an official match, it is also a good opportunity for the players to warm up. However, Carlisle is not going to show his true strength in these preseason games. It's wise to save your strength for the real battle.

So in the next half month of preseason, the high-profile Dallas Mavericks played a total of seven games and only won two of them. This achievement is completely different from the soaring Rockets and the Clippers.

Although Carlisle didn't play much of his main players in the pre-season, he was experimenting with various tactics and digging into bench depth, but the reporters don't care why you lose, they don't care about the process, they only care about the final result.

"Last season, the Dallas Mavericks miraculously finished third in the West under the leadership of Yi and also reached the Western Conference Finals, which can be said to be amazing. But miracles mean that this is not something that can be replicated often. Looking at their preseason performances, I think the Mavericks are going to be in a very awkward position this season. ”

"2-5, I'm not surprised at all by the Mavericks' preseason performance because they're a team of that calibre. Do you want them to get back to the top? Wake up, this is not the era when a single-core team can solve the problem! ”

"Iguodala and Nowitzki are no longer really cores, and in fact, the Mavericks are still a team with one superstar. Last year, the Lakers couldn't stand out in the West even though they had 4 superstars, and the Mavericks wanted to challenge for the championship with this lineup. Kuban is really a bold visionary. ”

Unsurprisingly, the opinions of the pundits on the Mavericks are surprisingly unanimous. When interviewed by reporters at the end of the last preseason game, when the reporters asked Yiyang what he thought of the experts' comments, Yiyang just spread his hands and looked useless.

"From the time I've joined the league until now, that's what people say about us before the start of every season. How I feel, you ask? I didn't feel anything, because I was used to it. Yiyang said coldly, then turned around and left. He was neither angry nor excited. In the fourth year of his career, Yiyang has long been surprised by these things.

The dismal preseason is over, and the outside world's comments about the Mavericks have been all the way down. But within the Mavericks, they didn't get demoralized. Because it's clear to everybody that they're just training and not playing in those seven games.

People only saw the Mavericks' five losses, but no one saw the tremendous pressure they brought to the opposing team when they defended with all their might, the Mavericks' extremely fluid offense when Yiyang was on the floor, the better form of Nowitzki compared to last season, and the almost stronger body of Gobert than when he was drafted.

The defeat in the preseason is nothing, and when the real battle begins, Yiyang and his team will make the whole league experience the horror of the Dallas Mavericks!

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The start of the new season is approaching day by day, and the Mavericks' training is becoming more and more systematic. This almost rebuilt team has developed a basic system and has run in very well.

Originally, Carlisle selected a bunch of players who were suitable for the team and Yiyang. It's not hard to crumple them together.

On October 29, 2013, the NBA opener officially began. But this year, the Mavericks weren't scheduled by the league for the three games in the opener. The first game of the new season for the Mavericks will kick off on October 30, a day after the opener.

Therefore, on the night of the 29th, Carlisle announced the end of training early, allowing the players to go back to rest and prepare for the next day's actual battle.

Almost all of the Mavericks players went home to rest after practice, even Yiyang, who likes to practice more. He's practiced enough this summer, and tonight, he just wants to recharge his batteries and do a big job tomorrow!

Yiyang has not played an official match since the Asian Championships, and the leading defender in Dallas has long been hungry and thirsty. And tomorrow's game, Yiyang will wear his first-generation signature shoes for the first time, which undoubtedly makes his heart look forward to more.

Yiyang drove home early and was about to call Vignari when he found that his phone had been left in the locker room.

There was no way, Yiyang had to rush back to the American Route Center Arena before dinner. It seems that I was really excited, and I didn't pay attention to anything but the game.

Walking directly into the players' tunnel from the underground parking lot, Yiyang passed through the training hall and walked to the team locker room. But just as Yiyang passed by the gate of the training hall, he suddenly stopped his steps. Because, he faintly heard what seemed to be the sound of a basketball hitting the floor inside.

Yiyang curiously pushed open the door of the training hall, he didn't expect that now the Dallas Mavericks actually appeared a person who was more enthusiastic about training than himself.

When the gate opened and the brightly lit stadium appeared in front of Yiyang's eyes, the guy who was training on the field did not surprise Yiyang, it was really him!

"Rudy, aren't you going home yet?"

The tall Rudiggobert was standing at the free-throw line, tirelessly practicing his free throws. Seeing Yiyang come in, the French center only smiled slightly, and then threw himself into his own affairs again.

Yiyang seems to have traveled back to four years ago and saw himself at that time. It's just that at that time, he was obsessed with honing his skills outside the three-point line.

"Why don't you tell me if you want to practice?" Since he had come, Yiyang simply walked over to Goebel and sat down.

"Seeing that you are in a hurry to go home today, I didn't call you." Goebel replied to Yiyang with his mouth, but the movements of his hands did not stop.

"Is it because you're too nervous? So I don't want to leave the court. "Even for Yiyang, who is about to start his fourth professional season, tomorrow's game will be very exciting, not to mention Gobert, who is in the league for the first year.

"No, it's just...... Tomorrow's game, I don't want to mess it up. Because it was my debut, and ...... And our opponent is the Atlanta Hawks! ”

At the mention of the Atlanta Hawks, Gobert seemed to be furious. Yiyang smiled, it turned out that it was because of this incident.

In this year's draft, the Hawks had two consecutive first-round picks, the 17th and 18th, and they promised to use one of those picks to select Gobert in the tryout.

However, the fact is that Gobert was not drafted by the Mavericks until the 27th pick, and if it weren't for the Mavericks, he might even fall out of the first round, and the Atlanta Hawks undoubtedly gave the expectant Gobert a blank check.

It's not that Gobert is eager to play in Atlanta, but that he was abandoned by the Hawks and made Gobert feel slighted and disrespectful.

If you didn't think well of me in the first place, why did you make those beautiful promises? You think I'm not worth a mid-first round pick, and tomorrow, Gobert will prove how stupid the Hawks' selection is.

And this is why Gobert chose the number 27 as his jersey number. He reminds himself of the humiliation he received in the draft, and then turns that anger into strength. Now Gobert has no games to play, so he vented his emotions on the training ground.

Seeing Gobert's performance, Yiyang couldn't help but smile. This 21-year-old French center forward is really full of enthusiasm.

"Go back and rest, Rudy." But instead of encouraging Gobert to continue training, Yiyang urged him to go home.

"Listen to me, save your strength, and let's beat up those bastards together tomorrow!" The humiliation of being looked down upon, how can Yiyang not understand it? Until last season, few people in the league were willing to admit that Yiyang would become a superstar.

Respect is earned back by yourself!

After Yiyang finished speaking, he stretched out his fist. Gobert smiled and lightly fisted Yiyang.

The new season has just begun, and the two "Avengers", one inside and one outside, are already preparing to do something big......