I feel hot in the NBA

Chapter 361
Although the league has been shut down, after the league's free market and training camp start at the same time on November 11, the new season will not start until December 06, so each team has enough time for training and running-in.

From this arrangement of the league, it can be seen that they are worried about the physical condition of the players after the off-season that has been several months longer than before, and hope that they can carry out systematic training for a longer period of time to help them get back to a better state as soon as possible!
Of course, even if the new season starts as soon as possible for the players who are not in shape, the mistakes and various unsightly operations on the field will only disappoint the fans. It is better to give more time for training!

This decision is naturally the best thing for the entire Mavericks. They changed a lot during the off-season. The departure of the main center Tyson Chandler made the entire defensive system of the team need to be re-established. At the same time, the departure of Caron Butler also caused some problems in the original substitute rotation.
These two obvious problems are also two problems that the Mavericks urgently need to solve.

The new champion coach Rick Carlisle has tried the entire lineup, while collecting new collections of the overall state of the current players, while trying to find a way to make up for these two problems.

But as a result, these two problems have not been found, and a new problem has emerged: Jason Kidd, who was a little weak in the playoffs last season, has further declined in his overall state after the off-season.

In Carlisle's view, he has completely lost his ability to play as a starter...

The Mavericks have a third problem!
Carlisle had to overthrow all previous experiments and find a better solution again!

"Lin's overall physical condition is much better than when he just ended in June. He is now able to adapt to most confrontations in the league. At the same time, his dribbling ability has also improved and has reached the average level of the league's No. [-] position. From his entire training, it is obvious that he is still practicing dribbling. With his sense of the ball, I believe that soon he will be fully capable of mastering the ball and controlling the ball for a long time on the court!"

At this time, the Mavericks assistant coaching team compiled the first-stage report on all Mavericks players, which also brought good news to Carlisle: Not only did Lin Yang’s overall state not have problems due to the off-season, but some weak links last season have been improved, including his dribbling ability, and he will be fully capable of taking control soon!
This news made Carlisle overjoyed. He originally wanted Lin Yang to start in the new season, but he didn't know Lin Yang's overall status, so he never considered it. But now Jason Kidd's status has further declined, and Lin Yang's current status report in the first stage of the training camp has come out. He already knows the latter's current status, which makes him no longer hesitate, and directly puts Lin Yang into the starting lineup!
He will start the season as the Mavericks' starting No. [-].

Only in this way, the entire Mavericks' bench rotation has to be reshuffled!
Because the engine Lin Yang is no longer in the bench lineup, the original bench lineup must undergo some changes.

Carlisle thought about it, and regarded Barea as the main substitute for the No. [-] position. Since Jason Kidd's state has declined sharply, the games that are more suitable for him to play now should be those games that require him to use his experience to stabilize the situation, and the only thing left for Jason Kidd is experience!

He is suitable for stabilizing the morale of the army on the bench.

Under such circumstances, Barea is obviously more suitable for the No. [-] substitute than him!
In the second position, he put Carter in the starting lineup!

After all, he was once one of the "Big Four Shooting Guards". Even if he is not at his peak, his transformation has been successful. He has a good ability to catch and shoot the ball and has a long range. In Carlisle's view, he is very suitable to eat cakes under Lin Yang's command.

He also has a hunch that Carter will successfully let fans recognize him again this season with Lin Yang's help!
However, in this case, the third position must be a defensive player!
Although the original Marion has a certain defensive ability, his youth is also here, and he also tends to swing in the third and fourth positions!
In the current situation, he doesn't necessarily have to start!
Because of Carter's supplementary defense, Stevenson's effect is obviously better.

Of course, Nowitzki's performance last season proved that as long as someone shares the pressure on the defensive end for him, then he can play a better game on the offensive end!
So in some games where the inside pressure is relatively high, Carlisle will still put Marion in the starting position!
In other words, at the third position of the Mavericks, Carlisle is going to rotate Marion and Stevenson according to the opponent.

The fourth position is still Nowitzki, it goes without saying!
One day he's in Dallas, and he's the Dallas Mavericks starting [-] for one day!
In the fifth position, Carlisle put Heywood on. Last season, because of the presence of Tyson Chandler and his own injury, he didn't have too much playing time, but this year, with his return from injury and the departure of Tyson Chandler, he must occupy a more important role!
Of course, this is also impossible!
After all, apart from him at the fifth position of the Mavericks, there really is no suitable player!

……

After initially completing the change of the new formation, Carlisle fought against each other in groups to see the effect. There was nothing wrong with the starting lineup he arranged: Although Lin Yang only got about ten starts last season, he played with the Mavericks for a long time. He has a tacit understanding with these guys, especially the cooperation with Nowitzki, which is very smooth!

His running-in with the starting lineup can be said to be very smooth!

However, this is also expected by Carlisle. After all, Lin Yang's ability and style of play have been fully understood in the last season!

What surprised him a little was Heywood, this guy's running-in with the starting lineup was better than he believed!
The pick-and-roll cooperation between him and Lin Yang is not as tacit as Lin Yang and Tyson Chandler... Heywood lacks the spirituality of Tyson Chandler in the pick-and-roll end, and often does not know when to come out to Lin Yang to perform pick-and-rolls.
However, I have to say that his current performance has exceeded Carlisle's expectations. He believes that after running in, the cooperation between this guy and Lin Yang will definitely become better and better!
(End of this chapter)