Chapter 7: The Current State of the Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks General Manager's Office. There was only one person in the office, Mavericks general manager Nelson Jr., who was sorting through the papers.

Since 2001, he took over the position of general manager of the Dallas Mavericks from Nelson Sr. Nelson Jr. has been a diligent worker, and owner Mark Cuban's trust in him has reached its peak.

After several years of sorting out since he took over, the Mavericks have been ready to win the championship since '05.

In the 05-06 season, the Mavericks swept the Grizzlies in the first round with a 60-22 record in the regular season, then eliminated the Spurs 4-3 in the semifinals, and eliminated the Suns with a total score of 4-2 in the Western Conference Finals, and also won the first Western Conference championship in team history.

However, the Mavericks won two games in a row at the beginning of the Finals, and finally won the 2:4 by the Miami Heat, winning the runner-up in the Finals and missing out on the championship.

In the '06-07 season, the Mavericks went on a losing streak to start with a 67-15 record. And the team's ace player, Dek Nowitzki, won the regular season MVP, the first player in Mavericks history to win this honor.

But in the first round of the playoffs, the Mavericks were eliminated by the Golden State Warriors led by Don Nelson with a total score of 4:2, becoming the opponent's "Black Eight Miracle". ”

Yes, that's right, it's Nelson Jr.'s dad Nelson Sr. who led the Golden State Warriors to kill the Mavericks' dream of winning the championship.

The reason why Nelson Jr. was able to become the general manager of the Mavericks was because his boss Cuban refused to pay his previous boss and owed Nelson Sr. wages that led to Nelson Sr.'s voluntary resignation, and I don't know if the boss Cuban regretted not paying Nelson Sr. at that time.

In the '07-08 season, the Mavericks can be said to have sent almost half of the teams, including Devin Harris, Desai Gainer. Odip, Moraes. Ingres, Tranton. Hassel and Sky. Van Horn, along with two first-round picks and $3 million, traded for one of the league's best playmaking point guards — Jason. Kyd.

However, the regular season results were not satisfactory, and they ended up in seventh place in the West, and faced the upstart New Orleans Hornets in the playoffs and lost 4-1 on aggregate.

This is also a problem that has caused little Nelson a lot of headaches this season. Because the Dallas Mavericks had a salary space of $95.05 million in the 2008-2009 season, the second-highest salary space in the league, it is difficult for the team to make major additions this season.

The team basically overdrew the next two years of draft picks in order to get Jason Kidd last season, and this season they only have a second-round pick left at No. 51.

Yesterday, when he had a headache for reinforcement, the boss Cuban suddenly called him and told him to send someone to the airport tomorrow to pick up a trial player from China, and clearly told him that the player who came to the trial was very good, and he must get the team's commitment to keep this person.

Little Nelson also hurriedly inquired about the relevant information, and didn't know what characteristics the person recommended by the boss was, after all, it was the person recommended by the boss, and he had to take it seriously.

As a result, I was surprised to see that I did find relevant information on the NBA draft registration website. It should be someone who has just been replenished for a short time.

But there is no useful information at all, not even a physical test, the information is very simple, it just shows that the experience was a football goalkeeper before.

It was turned to basketball mobilization this year, and there were no related professional games, and even Nelson Jr. wondered if there was something wrong with the website and did not refresh the relevant information, he did not believe that the NBA's official registration online would include such simple information about the applicants.

If Nelson Jr. knew that when Wang Dachun was shooting the ball now, he was chasing the ball, and he didn't know what NBA's official registration website was, he would probably be even more dumbfounded.

Although nothing useful was found. But after all, it was the boss's explanation, and the boss said that the other party would arrive the next day and should already be on the way. He also planned to take a look at it first, and allowed the team's scouts to be dispatched, and Wang Dachun was picked up at William Road Airport.

After receiving this notice, William knew that the other party should be coming to the United States for the first time, and the first stop was Dallas, and did not accept the trial invitation of other teams.

And it was personally ordered by the general manager, thinking that Wang Dachun would be a very good guy, thinking that it might be another Chinese Yao.

Because his wife is a Chinese, she was very enthusiastic when she received Wang Dachun.

After contact, I found that Wang Dachun seemed to be a very shy guy, probably the first time to come to a foreign country, and at the same time he was very restrained by no one to accompany him. took the initiative to chat with Wang Dachun.

William started to introduce the team along the way, telling Wang that the team is very good right now, and just brought in Jason Kidd last year, who is the best playmaker in the league.

In his eyes, Kidd is the best defender in the league, not one of them.

There's also the team's ace player, Nowitzki, whose offensive skills are basically unsolvable. The team has been running in for a season, and when it comes to adding Dampier. Josh Howard, Jason. Terry and other players with very strong offense will be the favourites to win the title this season.

Wang Dachun listened carefully, of course Jason Kidd knew it. Nowitzki probably knows it, but the other people, he really doesn't know at all, although he has made up a lot of evil during this time. I barely know some of the team's leading players and All-Star players.

The more William said that Wang Dachun's heart became more empty, after all, he was really a super rookie. It's definitely a scumbag in the American professional league.

He heard that there are 400 best basketball players in the world in the American professional league, and he estimated that it would be difficult for him to even get into the 400 in the county, so he said that he came to the highest league in the world.

Coupled with his oral expression skills, even if William speaks Chinese, it is difficult for him to organize a better language to chat with each other, so along the way William has always said, Wang Dachun nodded and listened.

Of course, he didn't understand a lot of them, and they chatted along the way to their destination.

American Route Center Arena.

Wang Dachun stood in front of the gymnasium, looking at the huge building. A burst of amazement!

William told him that this arena was owned by Cuban in 2000. After the acquisition of the Mavericks for 280 million, a new arena was built, and the entire arena can accommodate 19,200 people.

Wang Dachun made up his own brain and imagined nearly 20,000 people. What kind of scene is it to watch the game.

He was not so excited in his heart that he was more afraid. At this moment, Wang Dachun has some impulses to go home, for him, the scene he will face in the future may be too big, he is afraid that he will not be able to hold it, but he knows that he has no way out, he can only fight forward.

At this time, William next to him said:

"If you play here in the future, it will be a great feeling! Let's go, the general manager is waiting for you. ”

Saying that, he walked into the stadium, Wang Dachun also took a deep breath and followed William towards the stadium.