The second in the league with an annual salary of 57.6 million, Davis gradually becomes a supporting role from the core of the championship. Maybe it s time to leave the Mavericks

After the NBA offseason trading market opened, after more than a week, the new season lineup of each team has been basically completed, and there are not many high-quality players in the free market, and more are just minor repairs. After winning the championship last season, the Thunder renewed Alexander's contract with a super maximum salary of 285 million in four years, Homgren's contract with 250 million in five years, and Jewish's contract with a maximum of 287 million in five years, retaining the framework of the Big Three. Next season, since Javi and Homgren also have a rookie contract, the Thunder management doesn't have to worry. But starting from the 26-27 season, the Thunder faces huge salary pressure, and the second luxury tax line has become an insurmountable gap, and it is highly likely that the three giants will be demolished. The Nuggets and Rockets have different degrees of reinforcement, so the goal is naturally to challenge the Thunder, and there is another team that is easy to be ignored.

The Mavericks ended in the playoffs last season and won the No. 1 pick. Perhaps it was the league's compensation for their sending Doncic to the "Lakes". At least the Mavericks will not lack the core of the team building in the future. The Mavericks' operations during the offseason are mainly focused on retaining the existing framework, such as renewing Irving for 119 million in three years, renewing Gafford for 58 million in three years, and signing Russell for 11.6 million in two years. The Mavericks finally won Flag with the No. 1 pick without any suspense, and he is another existence who is comparable to James in the eyes of the media. But after the start of the first game of Xia Lian, Flag's performance was shocking, with 5 of 21 shots, only scoring 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. There are two points that need to be emphasized. First, the reference data of Xia Lian’s debut was not very meaningful. Wenban Yama’s debut scored 2 of the 13 summer leagues that year, only 9 points were scored.

Secondly, Flag of Xia Lian plays at the fourth position, which is also the position of Davis in the new season. Flag's advantages and disadvantages are obvious, with a good passing vision and a certain ability to hold the ball. He can start as an offense, but his shooting feel needs to be slowly cultivated, and he must also adapt to the NBA rhythm. According to Flag himself, he hopes to be a player who dominates both offense and defense like Leonard. In the words of the Mavericks' reporter, many Western teams' reinforcement targets are targeted at the Mavericks, such as the Rockets building a three-tower lineup (Adams + Capela + Shin Kyung). On paper, the Mavericks are indeed good at strength, but they have to resolve a contradiction: should they win in the present or focus on the future?

Starting: Russell + Clay + Flag + Davis + Lefly; Substitutes: Gafford + PJ Washington + Coreb Martin + Marshall. If Irving returns, this will definitely be the team that can compete for the top four in the West. But what should I do if my eyebrows are thick? The salary of Davis in the new season is 57.6 million, second in the league, second only to Curry's $59.61 million. The contract of Davis has three years left: 62.21 million + 66.82 million in the next two years, and Davis will also be 33 years old next season. Davis encountered difficulties in the Lakers' period in the Mavericks: Flag, as the No. 1 pick, needs enough room for growth. Kidd also emphasized that Flag can help his teammates create scoring opportunities, which is very rare. Naturally, the most suitable position for Thick Brows must be the No. 5 position, and he needs to help the team free up space.

Because if it is Flag + Davis + Lefley (Garford) with the 3+4+5 position, it will definitely be very crowded. Even Cuban sighed: Lefly will average 2-3 three-pointers per game in the new season, so that the team can line up the five-point lineup. Lakers fans should be impressed. When they played in the Bubble Park, especially in the Finals, although James finally won the FMVP, the eight high-level data were all better than James, and many people complained about the Thick Eyebrow. He came to the Mavericks, with Lefley and Gafford around him, just like Howard and McGee back then, and did return to his familiar position. But Flag's arrival broke the balance, with the lower limit of Markanen and the upper limit of James to calculate, and there is a conflict between position and style of play with Davis.

Simply put, no team can cultivate young people, but they also have the potential to compete for the championship this season, especially next season, Irving may have to quit the entire regular season. In contrast to the Lakers, the role of Thunder Brow is like James, while Flag is like Doncic. When the young core continues to improve, there will definitely be contradictions in playing styles. To take a step back, the team created by the Mavericks during the offseason may be disbanded at any time. Clay will be 36 years old next season, and Irving will be 34 years old next season. After experiencing a major cruciate ligament injury, it is unknown how much level he can recover. There is also Thick Brow. The three of them are already old. If the Mavericks want to complete the transition smoothly, when Flag rises, they only need to keep young people like Washington and Lefly.

Can the Explosive team lead the team to win the championship directly next season? Could Irving be seriously injured and return to the team seamlessly? The answers are obviously no. Obviously, starting next season, Davis will inevitably gradually become a supporting role. He needs more time to appear in the No. 5 position he doesn't like to meet Flag's ball holding needs; perhaps next summer, Davis's contract with two years left will be used by the Mavericks to free up salary space and find helpers for Flag. Thick eyebrows were actually quite helpless. They played well in the Lakers and were suddenly sent away; when they came to the Mavericks, they met another No. 1 pick who had a conflict with their roles. The distance between Thick Eyebrow was abandoned again is not far from being abandoned. After all, the NBA is a business league.