NBA: Defensive master, averaging five doubles per game

Rice country, Dallas.

For the Dallas Mavericks, the entire team is at an impasse after wrapping up their playoff season with the whole team at an impasse.

Since the Mavericks reached the Western Conference Finals last

season, in order to go one step further in the new season and hit the championship, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spent a lot of money to bring in two All-Star players from the East in one fell swoop, Antoine Walker and Antoine Jamison.

Add to that the team's original three All-Stars, Dirk Nowitzki, Steve Nash and Michael Finley.

The Mavericks have five All-Stars all at once, and fans are frantically calling them the "Big Five", and even starting to fight the Lakers' "F4" and aiming for the championship!

In the regular season, when they only finished fifth in the West, in the first round of the playoffs, they were directly eliminated by the Kings 1:4, and they were reduced to a round trip from last season's Western Conference finals.

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The failure of the formation of the Big Five has made this Mavericks team questionable.

Some have questioned Nelson's coaching style, after all, under his coaching philosophy, the Mavericks play offense and ignore defense.

As a result, in the playoffs with "defense is everything", it is difficult to break the game against a balanced Kings team.

There are also doubts about the Mavericks' recruitment, after all, Antoine Walker and Antoine Jamison, two former All-Stars, have not played satisfactorily with the Mavericks.

There have also been questions about Steve Nash and Dek Nowitzki's defensive issues.

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Whether it's the players, the coaching staff, the management, or even the owner Cuban, there's a lot of pressure.

First of all, Jamison and Walker, who only have one year of contract, will definitely not be able to stay.

But then, what to do? The Mavericks continue to restore the configuration of the previous troika? But it has been proven that the ceiling of the troika is the Western Finals, and if you only play offense, if you don't defend, it will still be difficult to break through the old rival Spurs.

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As the most basketball-loving and involved owner in the entire league, Mark Cuban quickly had a plan!

Of course, he couldn't move the coaching staff and management, after all, the head coach and general manager of the Mavericks were Nelson Sr., who was a legend, and everyone knew that Nelson Sr. had no problem doing it at all.

The Mavericks have been able to maintain the posture of a strong team in the West over the years, which is all due to him.

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The

team's difficulty in breaking through the top teams in the playoffs is due to poor defense.

Among them, the worst link is Steve Nash.

The popular "inadversary" in the league is that Steve Nash has little defensive ability, so in the playoffs, he will often become a breakthrough for opponents.

Although Finley and Nowitzki's defense is not very strong, at least they are defensive, and they can be near the average line.

And Mark Cuban felt that Steve Nash was not an irreplaceable player, so he decided to trade Nash.

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This matter was immediately reported to Nelson Sr., and for this, Nelson Sr. went directly to Cuban and had an argument with him.

"You can't trade Steve, that's the core point guard of our whole setup, and without him, our offensive play can't be played!" said Nelson Sr.

But Cuban also has his own opinion: "If you can't play, then let's change to a balanced offensive and defensive strategy, Donnie (old Nelson), I know that you are an all-round head coach, you can play any tactic...... While it's always been your goal to win a championship with offense, our players are already capable of winning championships, look at Dirk, how good he is, we need to equip him with some defensive players to win games, to win championships, we can't afford to waste his peak time anymore!"

"Keep using this tactic and we'll win the championship!" Nelson Sr. said firmly.

"No, no, Coach Downey, Steve Nash has to be traded, he's on the court, we're always going to have a weakness on the defensive end, we can't win

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!" The conversation reached an impasse, and the elder Nelson ended up smoking a cigar in frustration.

He can't control the Kuban, at least in this matter, probably not.

If Steve Nash does get traded, it's definitely something that will discourage him.

After all, "you can win a championship with pure offense!" is the biggest pillar of his current activity in the NBA.

He can trade Nash and make the Mavericks balanced offensively and defensively, but what's the point

? Like any other team in the league, win a championship and win a championship coaching title?

Nelson Sr. has won enough accolades as a player, and he doesn't really care.

What he needs is to go down in basketball history, to create an era, an era that belongs to offense and shooting

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! If Nash is gone, then he doesn't seem to have the need to coach this Mavericks team anymore.

Perhaps, there is one last hope!

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Just then, Nelson Sr.'s phone rang.

"Father, Dirk and I are almost there...... Ah, this place in the Dragon Kingdom is so beautiful, it's unforgettable......" The voice of little Nelson gasping for breath came from the other end of the phone.

"Talking to the point!" Hearing this, old Nelson immediately sat up straight from his chair.

"Okay, father, our scouts have approached Long Fei before, and this time, Dirk and I went to see him in person, and he agreed to come to Dallas with us for a secret tryout...... But the most exciting thing is that he can train and play at an altitude of 5,000 meters, which is insane!" said Nelson Jr.

"It's really a bit incredible, so bring him back and show me what is so good about the players in this environment

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!" Southwest of Dragon Country, in front of Glacier Village.

Just after the appointed time, Long Fei saw three or five figures at the entrance of the village.

The first two are none other than Derk Nowitzki, the core of the Mavericks, and Nelson Jr., the leader of the scouting group.

Obviously, this is the result of the last time the Mavericks Dragon District scouts came here.

Now, Long Fei is leaving Glacier Village and going to Dallas with them, ready to start his NBA career

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! Why the Mavericks? There's

only one reason, and this team has the worst defense in the league.

And Long Fei, a player who aspires to become the first defensive supergiant in NBA history, obviously understands that his defensive value can only be infinitely magnified in such a team.

Moreover, as a strong team in the West, the Mavericks have a full offensive level, as long as Long Fei makes up for their defense, then this team will become a championship team.

This is very helpful for Long Fei's accumulation of honor!

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Based on this, half a year ago, Long Fei began to plan the layout, he found some connections, and pushed his situation to the Mavericks' scouts in the Dragon Country area.

In this way, there is today's play.