Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

The Mavericks training camp is in early October, and the new regular season is scheduled to start in early November. There is a gap of nearly a month. In addition to daily training to recover, the Mavericks also played several nearby preseason warm-up games. .

It’s just that there’s nothing to talk about in the preseason. When winning or losing doesn’t count, even if you don’t play blindly, you don’t take it so seriously. At most, you just feel it. As for the Dallas Mavericks... Li Shengli takes Kevin hand in hand, which is enough. I practiced one-on-one offense and defense for a month.

As for the harvest?

To be honest, nothing is ever achieved overnight, and Kevin Garnett's improvement cannot be achieved through months of imaginary practice. It can only be regarded as starting to adapt to strong confrontation on the original basis.

It's just that this confrontation was a bit too strong, because apart from the super centers of the same level, Li Shengli was training everyone to cry. Garnett had a very difficult month, and the good news is... the confrontation was raised to the T1 level from the very beginning, which made Garnett's handling of strong confrontations has become much more mellow.

At the same time, Kidd and others were not idle either.

If you have a goal in mind, action will be the best manifestation. In addition to daily training, Li Shengli trained Garnett, and Kidd and Curry trained new guards to increase the depth of the Mavericks' substitutes. The street ball player guard Reggie Slater became the focus of the plan, and also became a good choice in the guard rotation to deal with Kidd's rest time.

In short, this month has been a period of rapid improvement for the Dallas Mavericks. The improvement of a single player may not necessarily be of great help to the team, but the all-round improvement and training have a significant effect, and waiting until the beginning of November... the new season is finally At the beginning, the assessment of the caliber of the Mavericks' new lineup was also put on the agenda.

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Friday, November 3rd.

By convention, the first day of the regular season is usually held on the first Friday night in November. Due to the addition of two new teams on this day, the official schedule has 28 teams and 14 games. .

It's just that the highlight of the first day is not here with the Mavericks. A large number of media have turned their attention to strong teams such as the Magic, Bulls, and Rockets and their stars. The Mavericks are here to make up for the first day of the battle, except for Dallas. The local tabloid media was basically ignored.

Is it miserable?

This is really miserable!

Even though they were a playoff team last season, they were swept out in the first round. In today's melee, they really couldn't attract everyone's attention. The Mavericks generals also felt this silent contempt and prepared to fight in the playoffs. Sacrifice today's opponent at your home court.

Dallas Mavericks vs Vancouver Grizzlies?

Who is this horse-riding person looking down upon?

Thinking of today's opponents, the Mavericks generals became very angry.

To be honest, the debut of the new army is quite important. Even if the regular season schedule never deliberately divides the opponents, some weak teams will usually be arranged to compete against the new army.

If we really want last season's finals team to beat the Grizzlies, and the score difference is 40 or 50 in the first game, it would be too unfriendly to the development of Vancouver's ball market, and the principle of the new team's debut That's it...it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, but don't embarrass the new little brother.

So in this case, arranging the Mavericks to beat the Grizzlies is the greatest contempt for the Mavericks.

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In the locker room, because the opponent was a new army with a new lineup and lacked cooperation, there was not much pressure on him. So Gordon talked about tactics for a while and asked Li Shengli to lead the team. The Mavericks starting lineup...except Li Shengli , Kidd, Curry, McLeod is at the third position, and Garnett is at the fourth position.

On the other hand, the Grizzlies...

Center Benoit Benjamin, power forward Kenny Gadison, small forward Chris King, point guard Greg Anthony, shooting guard Blue Edwards.

The most promising player among the starting lineup is probably center Benjamin. The third overall pick in the 1985 draft cannot be said to be a parallel import, but it is still far behind Ewing, Oakley, and Malone in the same draft.

Power forward Kenny Gatizon was acquired from the Hornets.

Small forward Chris King was basically in a situation where he had no ball to play and no team wanted him, so he was turned over by the Grizzlies.

Point guard Greg Anthony was originally the Knicks' bench, but now he has become the main starter for the Grizzlies.

Shooting guard Blue Edwards has changed four teams in two seasons. If the Grizzlies are included, the situation will be even more embarrassing.

As far as the Grizzlies are concerned, this is a very helpless and fucked-up lineup. It's like putting a cart in a garbage dump. Even the head coach of the cart, Brian West, is a rookie. He doesn't have any Coaching experience.

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Give us the debut of the new Grizzlies team?

Then what we have to do will make you unable to get out of bed the next day?

With this emotion, Li Shengli led the team on the court to warm up. Even though the young Grizzlies did not have a backbone, the Mavericks, who were ready to go, had no idea of ​​underestimating the enemy. They just wanted to see how improved their new lineup was, and they were most excited. It was Garnett who made his debut as a rookie.

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"Hey, Kidd. Look at Kevin's excitement. Let's guess... what kind of performance can he perform today?" Curry said in Kidd's ear.

"Brother, are you too boring?" Kidd rolled his eyes at Curry. "I don't know the score, but I think our defense will be quite strict this time. Really, you have watched a few preseason games. Here we are, Kevin’s awareness of assisting defense is too good, and this cannot be reflected in the data.”

"Nonsense, you think I don't know? What I'm concerned about now is... how much help can he give Li in actual games, because our other positions have basically not changed much, and his catalyst is an important part of achieving good results in the new season. .”

"Then let's see. You have also seen how high Li's expectations are for this kid. I don't expect him to play at the level of a first-line power forward like Karl Malone, but at least the level should not be too low. Otherwise... I'm afraid Li won't be able to accept it. If he runs away next season, think about what we should do."

"Hopefully, I hope he can adapt to the league quickly!"

Kidd and Curry chatted for a few words. Although Li Shengli didn't hear it, he could roughly guess something, so he turned to look at Garnett next to him. Unlike Kidd and Curry, this month's extra time Practice, let him know Garnett better than others.

Maybe on other teams, Garnett needs a certain amount of time to grow, but it's completely different on the Mavericks.

The outside and stable Garnett means that he can pull out an inside line and give Li Shengli the basis to dominate the penalty area. Li Shengli's penalty area rule will also completely release all of Garnett's potential, allowing him to play in a rhythm he is familiar with. Live freely.