When the NBA came to Dallas three decades ago, the city welcomed the team and named it the Mavericks.

In just four seasons, the Mavericks have become a formidable team. Since that season, the NBA upstart has made the playoffs for five consecutive years.

The team's first highs, coming in 1988, had never made it this far in the playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks made it to the Western Conference Finals, and fans in Texas chanted "BEAT LA."

Unfortunately, the Mavericks eventually fell to the Lakers and failed to go any further. But the Dallas Mavericks have become a rising star in the '80s.

Everyone thinks the Mavericks can get better and continue to improve as they did before. However, when the time came to the 90s, everything changed.

The Mavericks, who haven't tried the playoffs for a decade, are undoubtedly at their lowest point in franchise history. Even when the team later welcomed Nowitzki and Nash, things didn't get better.

Thankfully, it didn't last long. When a young new owner took over the team, he successfully drove out the dark ages that belonged to the Mavericks.

Cuban poured his passion and money into the team, and after that, the team reached the Finals in just six years. Moreover, the Mavericks also took a huge 2-0 advantage in the Finals. Dallas, it seems, is only halfway to their first championship trophy.

But in the end, the tragic Mavericks became the foil for the Heat and Wade to complete the comeback. For the next four years, the Mavericks didn't seem to be able to bounce back. In three seasons in four years, they have stopped in the first round of the playoffs.

In the '06-07 season, the Mavericks even let Byron . The Davis-led Warriors completed the Black Eight Miracle! The Mavericks' horrific 67-win record in the regular season has become meaningless.

The championship used to be getting closer and closer to the city of Dallas. But now, it's getting farther and farther away.

With the arrival of the 10-11 season, it seems that the only players left by the Mavericks who still believe that the Mavericks can win the championship are the Mavericks themselves.

In the outside world, the Heat triumvirate has successfully gathered. The Mavericks' slightly aging lineup doesn't seem to be enough at all.

But in this preseason camp, everybody's talk was basketball, and everybody trained hard. And everyone is convinced of their last piece of the puzzle!

"Slow!" Terry stood on the sidelines with a stopwatch and yelled, Yiyang stopped dribbling, and Kidd, who was defending him, stopped his steps.

"Five seconds, you can't even get past this old man! What fucking shit, those people in suits must be blind to make a guy like you a tanhua! Terry, the "old villain", would not be polite to Yiyang, he directly burst out foul language, without mercy.

"Alright, we've done a good enough job!" Kidd wiped the sweat from his forehead, his training jersey was completely soaked with sweat at the moment.

"Is there a teacher like you? , why are you so gentle with him. It's all said that dribbling must rely on a change of pace. Your straight-and-going acceleration won't work in the real NBA! Do you think everyone is the same Haaland Gaudi who was selected in the second round and switched to playing power forward? "Terry is singing a completely "blackface" character, and he and Kidd actually like Yiyang very much. But a guy like Terry wouldn't talk to Yiyang like Kidd did.

Yiyang didn't compete with Terry either, although he didn't say anything, he knew that these two "old men" also wanted to become stronger.

"Okay, let's practice here today. Jason is right, your sense of rhythm isn't very good yet. However, a lot has come a long way. Take a break and Dirk will accompany you to shoot basketballs. With that, Kidd picked up Gatorade and walked out of the training ground. But Yiyang, who is also sweating profusely, can't leave yet, and he has to continue to practice shooting with Nowitzki.

Not only Cuban and Carlisle, but even these Mavericks players have "special care" for Yiyang. Of course, they didn't mean to make things difficult for Yiyang, but they all wanted to develop Yiyang's infinite potential.

Ten minutes later, Nowitzki walked onto the pitch in his training uniform.

"How's the breakthrough practice?" The German is notoriously kind in the NBA, and even more so kind to his little brother. As soon as he entered the door, he cordially inquired about Yiyang's training.

"Not good." Yiyang's answer was still brief, he had already picked up the basketball on the ground and began to throw it on his own.

"Hey, let's make a game, shall we?" Seeing that Yiyang's mood didn't seem to be high, Nowitzki took the initiative to walk to the side of this flower show, revealing the unique smile of the "Silver Horn King".

"One person shoots anywhere, and if it goes in, then the other person has to try the jump shot in the same position. If it goes in, the person who throws last gets one point. If they don't score, the first player gets one point. What do you think? We practice for 40 minutes, and the loser gets dinner. ”

Novitzki's sinister expression did not startle Yiyang, and the competitive Chinese boy nodded lightly and agreed to Nowitzki's proposal.

However, after the start of the game. Whether Yiyang threw first or Nowitzki first, Yiyang couldn't bite the score. Nowitzki's shooting percentage on the training ground is almost as good as a hundred shots. No matter how tricky the position Yiyang chooses to shoot, Nowitzki can always score another in the exact same place.

Of course, the two are not just so blind. In the process of Yiyang's shooting, Nowitzki will always tell Yiyang some very practical essentials.

"If there's a big man in this position who comes out to make up for it, don't hesitate to lean on him and make a foul! Don't think it's opportunistic, as long as you can score, it's a good shot! No, when Yiyang took a shot from outside the three-second zone, Nowitzki began to teach Yiyang experience again.

Coming to a strong team may not be all bad for rookies. At least here, Yiyang can get guidance that Wall and Turner can't envy.

At the end of the 40-minute shooting training, Yiyang, who was tired and out of breath, lost to the German without any suspense. When the two dragged their tired bodies back to the locker room, Yiyang found that Terry, who had already changed his clothes, had not left.

"I heard that someone invited someone to dinner today?" "Jet" raised an eyebrow at Nowitzki and laughed happily.

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Although it was an invitation to eat, under the strict requirements of the nutritionist, Yiyang and his party of three also ordered a few steaks with less oil and some fruit salad in a restaurant.

Such a dinner is not sumptuous at all, and it can't cost Yiyang a few dollars. After all, in Bill. Thanks to Duffy's efforts, Yiyang is now a millionaire.

"Hey, rookie, do you know who our opponent is the day after tomorrow?" While waiting for the food to be served, Terry suddenly asked Yiyang an easy question.

"Lynx."

"You're in luck, at least this belly team won't embarrass your debut." It turned out that Terry began to "habitually" brush Yiyang again.

"Cut." Yiyang glanced at Terry, this old guy is really a knife mouth.

"Hey, do you think we're going to win the championship this season?" Terry didn't back down and continued to tease Yiyang.

As soon as this question came out, even Nowitzki was a little stunned. Overall Winner...... That's how many years the Mavericks have dreamed.

"I'm going to get an O'Brien Cup tattoo because I think we've got a show this season! Rookie, are you coming? Terry didn't care about Nowitzki and Yiyang's expressions, and said to himself.

"Haha, are you crazy Jeter. (Jet, which means jet.) Nowitzki smiled wryly.

"I'm not crazy, Dirk, hey, rookie, are you here or not?"

"I don't get tattoos." Yiyang replied coldly.

"Tut, look, our Tanhua show is scared. I know, after all, the pain of a tattoo is unbearable for a child like you. It's okay, I'll go by myself tomorrow morning. Terry shook his head exaggeratedly.

"Old man! Who said I was scared! This time, Yiyang really couldn't help it.

"Not afraid? I'm not afraid you'll join me! "Terry knows, this stupid boy has taken the bait!

"Together, together! Let's go tonight! Yiyang responded strongly.

"Good boy, after eating, I'll take you to the best tattoo artist in Dallas!"

Dirk. Nowitzki looked at the two bickering and shook his head. Maybe they should have their hard work. Championship, why not!?

The new season of competition is imminent. Yiyang's first NBA game is also coming.

The world of professional basketball, it seems, is about to change! The Chinese boy who is discussing tattoos with Terry at the moment may really be able to change the fate of the city of Dallas?

The upcoming NBA regular season will reveal everything!