I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 18 Mavericks Lineup

The Mavericks continued their journey.

There are 3 games left in the preseason, namely the away game against the Nets, the home game against the Kings and the away game against the Trail Blazers.

For Lin Yang, this is a challenge, not on the field, but on the schedule.

The itinerary is too tight. For a person like Lin Yang who has no experience at all, it is certain that he will not adapt. Fortunately, Lin Yang's adjustment ability is not bad, at least he can persist for a period of time, but Lin Yang is not sure whether he can last a season like this.

It's no wonder that most rookies will hit the "rookie wall" in the second half of the rookie season. It really takes time to adapt.

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Of these three teams, only the Trail Blazers were last season's playoff team, and the other two were the fish belly of last season.

But this is the preseason, and the big teams are more difficult to play than the strong teams in the playoffs.

The goals of the strong teams in the playoffs are higher. What they want is the stars and the sea. In such insignificant games as the preseason, there are restrictions on the playing time of the main players, and they will not exert their strength until the regular season.

The big teams are different. Their goal is to cultivate a new core. There is no difference between the preseason and the regular season.

Lin Yang averaged 35.4 minutes of playing time in the next three games, which can be said to be the key observation object of Carlisle.

In these three games, the Mavericks won two of them and lost the last one.

Lin Yang's performance in these three games is still very impressive. He averaged 15 points, 7.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds per game. In addition, he averaged 1 steal per game. He played well from the first to the third positions.

其中打篮网那场比赛林阳的发挥是最好的，全场一共出场37.1分钟，拿到了20分6助攻和5篮板还有2次抢断以及1个盖帽，更重要的是这场比赛他全场零失误！
A rookie who just entered the league, played nearly 40 minutes in the third preseason game, but did not make any mistakes in the whole game.

All right!This is just a preseason game, but this little guy is too mature, right?
After five games, Rick Carlisle has a better understanding of Lin Yang, and he likes this rookie more and more.

It is true that this guy has not yet become a core ability, his scoring ability is still too weak compared to the core, and is extremely unstable as written in the scout report. He scored 20 points in the third game, but only scored 10 points in the fourth game.

In addition, his ball-handling ability has not yet reached the league level, which is also a fatal weakness for a core.

However, it is impossible for Lin Yang to become the core in the new season. The Mavericks' starters are very mature. All Rick Carlisle needs is a qualified substitute. He does not need him to score 20 points every night, nor does he need the ability to hold the ball. From this perspective, these shortcomings of Lin Yang are naturally not considered shortcomings!

On the contrary, his coping ability on the off-ball running end, his passing ability comparable to Steve Nash, and his sudden scoring explosiveness for a certain period of time, these are the characteristics of becoming a high-quality role player.

In a word, Lin Yang's ability is enough to get a stable playing time in the Mavericks' rotation.

Lin Yang himself is also very satisfied with his performance in these five games, not because of his statistics, it's just the preseason games, this kind of statistics is nothing at all.

The reason for his satisfaction is that he successfully completed the tasks in the five games of the preseason and started the "feeling hot" mode, although the fourth game "feeling hot" was started when he was sitting on the bench, resulting in his scoring only barely reaching 10 points.

Fortunately, his assists and rebounds in that game were not bad, with 8 assists and 5 rebounds respectively, and only 1 turnover.

These bonus points in Rick Carlisle's eyes are not abnormal, so he doesn't care much about getting only 10 points.

Rick Carlisle doesn't care anyway~
The preseason has been successfully started 5 times, and there are only 15 times left before the upgrade!

This progress is still very fast.

Before the official start of the preseason, Lin Yang thought that he would start it twice at most. Now it seems that his estimation of his own strength is a bit too conservative.

There's no way, being so strong, he can be recognized anywhere.

How to do?
I am also very annoying!
Who can tell me what to do?
Lin Yang spread his hands.

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With all five preseason games over, the Mavericks waived Dominique Jones and officially confirmed the 15-man roster for the new season:

Point guards: Jason Kidd, Jose Barea, Rodri Hubbois;

Shooting guards: Caron Butler, Jason Terry, Lin Yang;
Small Forwards: Sean Marion, Deshaun Stevenson, Steve Wanaker;
Power forwards: Dirk Nowitzki, Tim Thomas, Brian Cardinal;

Centers: Tyson Chandler, Brandon Haywood, Ian Mahinmi;

In this list, Ian Mahinmi is the third center signed by the Mavericks after Jones was waived. Originally, this spot should be replaced by Lin Yang, but after five playoff games, Rick Carlisle knew that such a high-quality substitute player.
Rick Carlisle wouldn't do such a thing anyway.

Many media are not optimistic about the Mavericks' lineup for the new season. ESPN columnist Charlie Ford even wrote thousands of words of the Mavericks' prospect prediction.

"The Mavericks will always be full of infinite possibilities before the start of the new season, but their unchanging core lineup really makes me see no hope. The 32-year-old Dirk Nowitzki, the 32-year-old Shawn Marion, and the 37-year-old Jason Kidd. I haven’t had a convincing performance so far, and this season I can’t think of any reason to convince myself that the Mavericks are worth looking forward to. On the contrary, I think they will be unexpectedly eliminated early in the playoffs of the new season. Just in what form, this may be the only suspense in the new season of the Mavericks!”

This sharp-tongued prospect prediction is convincing. Even the most loyal Mavericks diehards can't find any words to refute. The ambition is hesitant and the end is sloppy. The Mavericks have interpreted these eight words in each of the past five seasons.

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