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With a maximum salary of 175 million yuan in three years, only playing 11 games, and the new season of the Brows will be on hold! Should he leave?

3:24am, 15 September 2025Basketball

There are less than 40 days left before the start of the regular season of the new season. Many Western teams are preparing for continuous improvement this summer, and we also have the opportunity to witness the most intense divisional competition in history. Even the Lakers where James is located and the Warriors led by Curry may not even be able to enter the top six in the West. In Gobert's words, in the past, there were usually only a few teams in the league with championship strength, but now they are different. You see, there are probably 10 teams who have the chance to enter the finals. The East is nothing more than the Cavaliers and the Knicks, while in the West, except for the Thunder, the Rockets + Nuggets + Clippers + Timberwolves + Mavericks + Lakers + Warriors, it would be a pity for anyone to get out. And here, the one with the highest uncertainty factor is the Mavericks.

Start with a message. When analyzing the Western Conference in the new season, famous reporter Maxstein revealed that Thick Brows is likely to miss the opening game of the Mavericks VS Spurs in the new season. Since he underwent eye surgery this summer, he has not fully resumed basketball training and is expected to take some time to recuperate. Thick Eyebrow's retinal detachment surgery was successfully completed in early July. According to Dallas media, it would not affect the preparations for the new season (training camp and preseason), but only the small retinal cleft hole and early symptoms. Thick Eyebrow's face was injured several times last season and insisted on playing for the entire season with injuries. More than 7 months ago, in the NBA century's big deal, the Mavericks took the initiative to send Doncic away in exchange for chips such as Thick Eyebrow + Christie, which seemed unwise.

After the Mavericks came to the Mavericks, they only played 9 regular season games + 2 playoffs, averaging 20 points, 10 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in the regular season, and averaging 33.5 points, 9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in the playoffs. In the end, the Mavericks lost to the Grizzlies and missed the playoffs. This summer, the Mavericks chose Flag with the No. 1 pick, renewing PJ Washington for 4 years and 90 million yuan, including signing Russell as the team's main controller when Irving recovered from injury. Judging from the expected lineup in the new season, Russell + Clay + Flag + Davis + Leifly is basically sure. But there are three very important hidden dangers about thick eyebrows. First of all, after entering the league from Thani Brow, there were more than 70 injuries of all sizes. Just last season, before being traded, he suffered an ankle sprain + eye injury.

came to the Mavericks only fought one game, with a left adductor muscle strain and a month and a half. After following the Lakers in the Bubble Park for 20 years, he played 36 games in the 20-21 season, 40 games in the 21-22 season, 56 games in the 22-23 season, 76 games in the 23-24 season, and 51 games in the 23-24 season, and a total of 51 games last season. He is too fragile. Secondly, the key to the hidden dangers of injuries lies with Thick Brow himself. Since the Lakers won the championship, Davis has never wanted to play in the fifth position, which is not news. But why did the Lakers keep asking him to play the No. 5 position? It's very simple. Thick Eyebrow has no stable long shot, and the technical advantages of playing the fourth position are not obvious. The key is the defensive sweep and large-scale movement, and the chance of serious injuries is too high.

To give a few examples, for example, 21 years of thick eyebrows suffered from Achilles tendinitis + groin strain, but they were all in the fourth position. The disadvantage of the thick eyebrows playing in the fifth position is that they encounter some inside injuries, such as plantar fasciitis or tendon injuries, but these injuries are completely controllable compared to the Achilles tendon or knee ligaments. When we come to the Mavericks, can Davis really play the fourth position? The technical requirement of No. 1 Flag is to maximize value in the third and fourth positions. He has high-quality blue-collar workers like Washington, not to mention the inside line, such as Gafford and Lefly, who provide pick-and-roll tactics to initiate and end the cake. No matter which one is, Thick Eyebrow does not have the advantage. Moreover, he is 33 years old in the new season, and he plays as the fourth position again, but he really can't run.

Since Irving will not be able to make a comeback until around the All-Star Weekend at the earliest, and the Mavericks selected Flag, the talented No. 1 pick, the team definitely has no rigid demand for the expected results of the new season (the team has taken the initiative to play badly in the past three seasons, including Irving's first season and reached the finals in the second season, but after sending Doncic last season, the team's management asked Davis to be reimbursed in advance for the season, but was rejected by Davis). The team wants to improve the team's paper strength to prove that it will not be completely rebuilt just by sending Doncic away. But the objective fact is that Davis is definitely not a super giant who can take the lead. The Mavericks' management is so good at risk assessment (Doncic is overweight), how can they not understand?

As the previous salary experts analyzed, if the Mavericks cannot make the playoffs next season, or Thunderbolts are troubled by injuries again, they have sufficient reasons to completely rebuild the lineup around Flag. After all, half of the framework is available: Washington + Lefley + Gafford are still young, and Irving and Thunderbolts' contracts are not big, but they do need an opportunity. And this opportunity is the persistent but "simple" thick eyebrows. If he continues to play the fourth position, it doesn't matter how long the team can tolerate him. The key is that his body can't hold on. As early as next summer, he will become a bargaining chip in trading negotiations.

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