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"You mean, Stojakovic is in the boss's office right now?" Nowitzki, who has started recovery training, asked, pointing to the closed door.

"Yeah." Yiyang nodded.

"That guy Mark moves really fast!" Nowitzki smiled. It seems that Cuban will really not let go of any players who are useful to the team this year.

"Stojakovic, wasn't he just traded to the Raptors by the Hornets?" Although Yiyang didn't care much about these transfer news in the league, the transfer of Stojakovic in the past few weeks It still occupies the headlines of many sports news websites and newspapers, which makes Yiyang want to pay attention.

"That's old stuff for you, kid. The Raptors bought out Peja's contract yesterday. Now that he's in Dallas, he should be looking for a new home!" Nowitzki commented on this aspect of NBA business operations The set is very clear, if nothing else, before the start of the All-Star Game, the Mavericks' striker can be supplemented. Moreover, Stojakovic's style of play is also very consistent with Carlisle's system where shooting is the main means of scoring.

Just as Nowitzki and Yiyang were talking, the door of Carlisle's office was suddenly opened. After shaking hands with Carlisle and Cuban, Stojakovic and his manager walked off the practice field.

When passing Nowitzki and Yiyang, the Serbian smiled and nodded to them. Maybe in the future, they will really work together under the same roof?

After Stojakovic left, Carlisle patted his palm hard and blew the whistle hanging around his neck.

"Come here guys, let's start today's training!"

In the training ground, it was busy again...

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After the first half of the season, Carlisle naturally had a new assessment of the current Mavericks lineup. But how to make reinforcements is a matter for Carlisle and Cuban. What the players need to consider is how to play the game well on the court.

After defeating the Trail Blazers by a big score at home, the Mavericks' devilish half-month game has only just begun.

After a day of rest, on January 6, the Mavericks ushered in a stronger opponent than the Trail Blazers, the old enemy Oklahoma City Thunder.

Nowitzki was injured in the last game against the Thunder. On that day, the players of the Thunder thought that the Mavericks without Dirk would be no threat. Then Yiyang scored 25 points, 13 assists and 2 steals The data led the Mavericks without Nowitzki to overthrow the Thunder in the away game, allowing the team to achieve five consecutive victories as they wished.

For the shame of ten days ago, Durant and Westbrook can't forget it for a long time. Today, Dirk is still not here, and he cannot play for a minute. So these two young men who were eager for revenge also bombarded the Mavericks' basket from the beginning.

Durant's performance is very good, defending him is much more difficult than defending Aldridge. Whether it's Carlisle or Marion, they have nothing to do with this tall and long-armed "monster".

Like Durant, Westbrook also hopes to use his excellent performance to win for the team, not to mention that the No. 0 guard has been deflated twice by Yiyang.

Durant was playing well, but Westbrook didn't show much. Yiyang's defense once again made this guard, who was a bit too explosive, play extremely inefficiently.

Durant took 22 shots and scored 28 points on 50% shooting. Westbrook took 16 shots, but only hit 5 goals. Yiyang once again limited his shooting rate to about 30%, and the number of points only stayed at 15.

It looks like the Thunder are about to lose to Texas again. But at the last moment, relying on Durant's personal ability to frequently succeed in singles, the Thunder gained a valuable 4-point lead and maintained the advantage until the end.

99 to 95, the Thunder finally won a victory over the Mavericks. But without Nowitzki,

The Thunder still can only win with difficulty.

Yiyang scored the second-highest 25 points in the game today, and also recorded 10 assists and 7 rebounds, almost hitting a triple-double. Although Yiyang made 0 of 2 shots from beyond the three-point line today, the super high total shooting percentage of 12 of 17 still made Yiyang the focus of today's game.

The Mavericks narrowly lost the Thunder, but the fans were not angry. Yiyang beat Westbrook again, and if Durant hadn't suddenly shown his power at the last moment, the final winner might not be known.

This, perhaps, is the so-called glorious defeat.

After the loss to the Thunder, the Mavericks' record became 27 wins and 8 losses. In the next game against the Magic, which has won 8 consecutive victories, Carlisle doesn't have too many requirements for winning or losing. As long as Yiyang can continue to play well, Carlisle is very satisfied.

However, this show, once again gave Carlisle a surprise!

On January 8, the Mavericks continued to sit at home against the incoming Orlando Magic.

The Magic's performance was ups and downs at the beginning of this season. Howard, the man who could replace James alone, has also been questioned a lot.

But the recent 8-game winning streak of the Magic has completely eliminated all doubts about Howard, and the Magic's record has also become a good 24 wins and 12 losses.

The magic in good condition is facing the Mavericks who are short of major generals. This seems to be a showdown without any suspense.

However, Yiyang's almost omnipotent performance in the game made Howard, who was soft on the dunk, could only show a helpless smile.

Tonight, the Mavericks played a total of 10 players, and 7 of them scored in double figures. Yiyang's career-high 15 assists can already reflect the picture of the game.

This pick-and-roll show continued to attack and pass on the court, allowing the Mavericks to play an extremely smooth offense. The Mavericks don't have a strong point on the floor because anyone can be that strong point. Yiyang's unexpected passes tore the Magic's defense apart.

Yiyang scored 23 points, 15 assists and 1 steal, Deshaun Stevenson scored 20 points, Terry scored 16 points, Kidd scored 13 points, and "boxing champion" Tyson was also "feeding cakes" in Yiyang Next, 11 points on Howard's head...

The state of the Magic is indeed not bad. Howard once again scored a large double-double of 20+10. Turkish point forward Turkoglu's assists also reached double digits. But it's a pity that the Magic in excellent form met a Mavericks in even better form.

107 to 117, no one could have imagined that the Mavericks would actually become the guy who prevented the Magic from continuing their winning streak, and they still had such a huge difference of 10 points.

After the game, the reporter found the Magic coach Van Gundy with black lines all over his face. This fat guy just spread his hands.

"What else can I say? Yi's performance is phenomenal. Don't tell me that in the future, he is already one of the best guards in the league."

Big Van Gundy is not talking beautiful words. Think about the rookies who can score 20+15 in NBA history. What kind of guys have they become after that? Van Gundy shook his head, this year's magic team is really unlucky...

Yiyang's excellent performance allowed the Mavericks to unexpectedly win the Magic that has been man-blocking and killing people for nearly half a month. How unexpected was this victory? Even Carlisle admitted that this wasn't a planned victory.

And the victory of this game completely let go of the boulder that weighed on Carlisle's heart.

Defeating the Magic means that the Mavericks only need to play one more game from Nowitzki's comeback. Whether they win or lose that game against the Pacers, the Mavericks have managed to avoid the expected losing streak.

It was thought that after defeating the Cavaliers, the worst result of the Mavericks losing the German in the next few games would be a series of losing streaks.

However, under Yiyang's explosive performance, facing the Blazers, Thunder and Magic, the Mavericks unexpectedly won two of the games.

Yiyang's outstanding performance has become the topic of the entire league. The day after the victory over the Magic, Carlisle was surrounded by reporters during the media opening time between practices.

Because the reporters know that interviewing Yiyang will not yield anything, and only by working with people around Yiyang can they get news about that Chinese rookie.

"Mr. Carlisle, is the rumor about the team's contact with Stojakovic true?"

"Peja is an excellent player. We are indeed actively approaching him, but the current situation is nothing more than that." Carlisle dealt with the reporters skillfully beside the training ground.

"May I ask if Dirk's injury recovery is going well?" The second question is still not painful.

"It went very well. He will return as planned in our away game against the Grizzlies on January 15th. Thank you for your concern." Carlisle kept smiling, but the next question made Carlisle's expression freeze up.

"Hello, Mr. Coach, we all know that many NBA teams have shown great interest in the Mavericks. There is no doubt that the Mavericks are a team that will compete for the championship this season. If a certain team uses experience With a wealth of star players as bargaining chips, would you choose to trade Yiyang, a rookie with no experience in the playoffs? Or is Yiyang one of the Mavericks’ non-sale items?” As soon as this question came out, the reporters immediately asked Getting excited, he desperately put the microphone in front of the mouth of the academic coach.

As for the recently popular focus person, his every move and any information about him can attract the attention of the public. So the reporters are also very concerned about how Carlisle will answer Yiyang's question.

"It's not for sale? I never said it's not for sale." However, Carlisle's answer made all the reporters talk loudly! Everyone is overjoyed, maybe they can really take away a big news today?

Could it be because the generals are at odds? You know, Carlisle is a stubborn academic coach, which also means that it is almost impossible for him to give Yiyang, a point guard, too many opportunities to play freely. All tactics must be executed according to his arrangement. But reporters who are familiar with Yiyang know that when this Tanhuaxiu played in the NCAA, he had a strong street style. It can be said that playing has its own style and personality. These two guys are obviously hard to get along with. Could it be that because of this, the relationship between Carlisle and Yiyang has broken?

"As long as the chips are right, I don't deny that other teams can take away from Dallas." Carlisle continued to add, but his smile returned to his face. Since these reporters want to dig a hole for themselves, then he should dig a hole for these reporters too!

"Then, Mr. Carlisle, what kind of bargaining chip is appropriate?" The reporters were all very excited, and this trip was finally worthwhile!

"Maybe...two LeBron James? Or, send Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol in a package with Bynum, I might think about it."

After Carlisle finished speaking, the reporters were stunned. What kind of chip is this? This is simply another way to say that Yiyang is not for sale!

"Hahaha, Mr. Carlisle, you are joking." The reporter who asked the question smiled awkwardly. He didn't expect that he would be tricked by the coach in the end.

"No, I'm very serious. It's worth the price. Whoever can come up with such a chip, Mr. Cuban and I will let him leave the American Airlines Center Arena. But if you can't come up with such a chip, then everyone Don't waste time. This is the Mavericks' attitude towards Yi!"

After Carlisle finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the training ground, leaving only a group of reporters standing still.

Nowitzki, who listened to all this from the sidelines, was grinning from ear to ear. There are some things that cannot be measured with chips.

At least the Germans can rest assured now, at least Yiyang will no longer be like Kidd and Nash back then, and end up just passing by the Mavericks.

The future of Dallas, only this kid has the ability to carry it!