One Guard

Chapter 826 : The perfect opener opponent

The hard-working summer always flies quickly, and the NBA preseason is in full swing. As always, Carlisle’s main purpose in the preseason is to experiment with the lineup. Since the Mavericks’ personnel changes are very large this season, Carlisle has a different starting lineup in almost every game.

However, as far as the performance of the preseason is concerned, the changes in the lineup did not make the Mavericks a bad run-in situation. This guy Yiyang is a universal socket, as long as he is not a weird player, he can usually integrate seamlessly into the Mavericks.

In the preseason, the Mavericks didn’t win many games. Carlisle strives to allow each player to have enough playing time to experiment with the best lineup.

Although not many wins, but the performance of the three rookies Mudiay, Kuzma and Mitchell made the media shine. In the first game of the preseason, Mitchell surprised four with 24 points and 3 rebounds. In the second scene against the Philadelphia 76ers, Kuzma scored 18 points and 6 rebounds, and almost succeeded in dunking Embiid, showing his explosiveness.

In the third game, Mudiay had 17 points and 6 assists. In the game, Mudiay’s judgment on shot selection was much better than that of the Nuggets. Moreover, playing in a division that emphasizes team champions, Mudiay is also more willing to share the ball.

In three games, all three showed their performance. Yiyang was very pleased to watch it off the court, and their efforts were not in vain that past summer.

Even so, there are still many media who don’t buy the Mavericks’ account.

“If the Mavericks are a rebuilding team, then I will be happy for their gains. But don’t forget, everyone, the Dallas Mavericks are going for the championship. Hardly, Carlisle is counting on the intensity of the playoffs and the season. Is the intensity of the pre-season equivalent? What kind of performance these three rookies can perform in the playoffs is completely unknown!”

“The performance of the Mavericks’ three young players is gratifying, but it may still be difficult for them to compete with the Warriors, the Rockets and even the Thunder, which has formed their own Big Three.”

“The problem with the Mavericks is still that there are not enough star players. It is difficult for them to gain a foothold in the West with only Ye and Hayward. You said Gobert is also a giant? In my opinion, he is at most half a giant. ”

Since the Warriors broke the dominance of the Mavericks last season, the media has no longer feared the former king. They can count on the Mavericks endlessly, anyway, fans like to listen, after all, the Mavericks are still the enemy of the people. Secondly, the Mavericks’ hopes of winning the championship are indeed not great, and the media do not have to worry about self-defeating.

Faced with the criticism from the media, the three young men, Kuzma, Mitchell, and Mudiay, were extremely angry and clamored every day how to show them good looks.

If it were someone else, Yiyang might calm him down. But facing the anger of these three young people, Yiyang just let it develop.

This is the case for young people, and a moderate amount of anger may make them play in unexpected states. See these three guys gearing up to blow up the momentum of the entire league, why bother to interrupt this momentum?

Every time I saw the crazy performances of the three young people sitting down the court, Yiyang couldn’t help but want the war of the regular season to spread immediately!

Finally, on October 17, the fight for the new season started again. In the opening game this year, the league did not arrange for the Mavericks, but arranged for the Celtics to play against the Cavaliers and the Rockets vs. Warriors.

Celtics vs. Cavaliers, the highlight is naturally the duel between Irving and James. The Rockets vs. Warriors, the highlight is the confrontation between the Rockets after Paul and the defending champion.

Where’s the Dallas Mavericks? They are not the team with the most action this summer, nor the team with the most superstars. Therefore, the Dallas Mavericks missed the NBA opener for the first time in four years. The so-called professional sports is so cruel.

No matter how brilliant you were before, as long as you lose once, there is nothing left.

Yiyang didn’t look at the opening match. Because he is full of brains now, thinking about his own game and his own affairs.

The win or loss in the first game of the regular season may not have much impact on the entire season. In the 15-16 season, didn’t the Mavericks lose to the Golden State Warriors in the opening game? The results of it? As a result, the routine of that season was the first and the league championship still belonged to the Mavericks.

But this year is a special situation, because there are three important young players, so the first game must be won in order for them to build confidence.

Two of these three have never played in the NBA, and one became depressed at a young age. If the first game fails to build confidence, it will be difficult to start afterwards.

Maybe God also wants to help Yiyang. The Mavericks’ first opponent this season is a perfect soft persimmon.

On October 18, the day after the start of the new NBA season, the Mavericks finally welcomed their opener opponent, the Atlanta Hawks.

A few years ago, no one dared to say that the Hawks were a weak team. You know, they have also played 60 wins, the first record in the Eastern Conference in the regular season. The former “Eastern Spurs” was not called in vain.

In recent years, the Eagles have performed well in the regular season, but they often fail in the playoffs. This situation is very similar to the previous Clippers, and fans call it a “regular season team.”

The so-called “regular season team” is a team that is in the regular season, but can’t fight once it encounters a tough battle in the playoffs.

After several years of failure, the Eagles management finally decided to overthrow and rebuild. Head star Paul Millsap joined the Nuggets directly, Howard was traded to the Hornets, outside firepower Tim Hardaway went to the Knicks, and defensive general Sefrosa went to Salt Lake City. The previous meritorious players were sold out, and now there is no All-Star in the team, and it is just a team that has been gathered together.

If there is any bright spot in the Hawks’ formation, it is undoubtedly the German point guard Dennis Schroeder who was selected by the Hawks in 2013.

Schroeder does seem to have some potential, but when he meets Yiyang, Schroeder is not enough. Therefore, this game was once considered a game without suspense. As long as the Mavericks do not play abnormally, the Hawks have no chance of winning.

Even so, today’s American Airlines Center Arena is still full. No **** Mavericks fans would like to miss the first game of the new season. This almost brand-new Mavericks team made fans look forward to the official debut after a whole summer, which naturally made fans very curious.

Therefore, even if this is just a regular season, even if their opponents are very influential. But the current atmosphere is still exciting. Even sitting in the locker room, the soundproof locker room door can not stop the shouts of fans from entering.

Carlisle stood in front of all the players, everyone was extremely dignified. This academy coach can see that they can’t wait to get back what they lost!

“There is nothing to say in this game. The Atlanta Hawks got the No. 1 pick. If you can’t win even such an opponent, you can hand over the basketball to the referee and go home by yourself! Listen, I want more than just A victory. It is a great victory without suspense and hearty! Don’t take it lightly. If you can slaughter opponents, you will never let them go easily!”

“Well, you all heard what the boss said. Let’s go, let us go on the court and tear the Atlanta Hawks to pieces in front of all those who support us!”

After Carlisle finished speaking, Yiyang took the words and stood up abruptly, pushing everyone’s emotions to the highest point.

If the Hawks players can know in advance that the Mavericks are in such a state, it is estimated that they will start trembling before they even play.

“Kevin, look! The new Dallas Mavericks, they are on the field!” When the Mavericks players rushed out of the player channel, not only the fans, but even Mike Brin were extremely excited. Apart from Yiyang, the Mavericks really didn’t have any big stars last season. Dirk, Kata and others are now masters with more fame than strength.

But now it’s different. They have Hayward who is in their prime, Guy who has settled down and stopped messing around, and they have three young faces with great potential.

People say that the Mavericks’ lineup is still a bit shabby, but Mike Brin knows very well that as long as they work well, these guys may all become stars by Yiyang’s side!

Soon, the Hawks players also came out to warm up. Unlike the offbeat stars on the Mavericks side, the Hawks really have no players worth mentioning except for Schroder.

The strength gap between the two sides is very obvious from the book.

The game started quickly, and the Mavericks’ starting lineup did not change much from last season. Yiyang and Deron play starting guards to form a dual-core lineup. Nowitzki and Gobert partnered inside, one inside and one outside. The only thing that changed was that Iguodala’s position became Hayward. When Hayward debuted, he was also warmly welcomed by the Mavericks fans.

This summer, Hayward and the Mavericks signed a 4-year long contract. This also means that Hayward is not using the Mavericks as a springboard, but really wants He Yiyang to do a career in the NBA. Such a guy, Mavericks fans naturally love it.

Looking at the Mavericks’ starting lineup, the Hawks are really indescribable. Take their starting small forward as an example. In the Mavericks, Bazemore is the third small forward. In the Hawks, he can sit firmly in the starting position. This shows that the two teams have a huge gap in the depth of the lineup.

Before the start of the game, German defender Schroeder still had eyes on his eyes. Nowitzki is old, and sooner or later the top German basketball player will be him. And if he can defeat Yiyang, no, not to mention defeat, even if he is not defeated by Yiyang, he will be famous.

If this game is played well, Schroeder can kill two birds with one stone. Therefore, the Germans are extremely excited. Since the team’s goal this season is to rebuild, he will happily brush up the data for a season! This idea must be practiced from the first game!

“That guy Schroder, did you take the wrong medicine?” On the Mavericks bench, Armstrong smiled jokingly as he watched the Germans still being so excited when facing Yiyang.

Yiyang hasn’t won the championship in just one year, and now the young people have forgotten how to write the word for death?

After the comparison starts, Schroeder will not be so energetic…