NBA: Southwest Preview: One bullet is enough

The NBA season is just around the corner – time for the annual Previews Division!We present all teams, look at the best and worst case and make a forecast.Today: The Southwest Division.

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Point guard: Dennis Smith, Yogi Ferrell, Devin Harris, J. J.barea

Shooting Guard: Wesley Matthews, Seth Curry

Small Forward: Harrison Barnes, Dorian Finney-Smith

Power Forward: Josh McRoberts, Dwight Powell, Maximilian Kleber

Center: Dirk Nowitzki, Nerlens Noel, Salah Mejri, Jeff Withey

Rick Carlisle recognises that this season’s goal should not be the playoffs and leaves his younger players on a leash.Dennis Smith is allowed to take over 30 minutes on average and delivers more highlights than any Maverick since Josh Howard, in a rookie vintage full of good point guards he still stands out and becomes the best in his class.As Seth Curry slowly recovers, Dallas secretly looks around for Wesley Matthews – the Iron Man doesn’t fit the schedule of the rest of the core.He’ll get another draft pick for him.

Dirk Nowitzki is experiencing a healthy season, at the end of which he overtakes Wilt Chamberlain and puts himself in fifth place on the all-time scoring list.However, he will do this as a banker.Because in the course of the season, Nerlens Noel was able to establish himself as the Big Man of the future, and in the summer he signs a new deal in Big D.

Harrison Barnes is now all-star for the first time.In the strong west it’s not quite enough for the playoffs, but the Mavs are clearly moving in the right direction.Maxi Kleber, who established himself firmly in rotation after the All-Star Break and has a follow-up contract in Dallas, also contributes to this.

Smith wants his head through the wall in every single attack.From the start, he scores an impressive 18 points and 5 assists plus two monsterdunks per game, but he also loses most of the balls of the entire NBA (6+) and drives Carlisle mad.After two months Devin Harris will be starting point guarding in Dallas, making the Mavs more controlled but not really successful.

After all, the Nowitzki pace is now more likely to meet the challenge, which in any case only swings back and forth between the two lines of three.It will still be a bewitched season, the injury of curry was just the beginning.It also causes injuries among the other top performers.The defense is catastrophic from front to back, especially when Nowitzki, Smith and Josh McBob are on the court at the same time.

Noel does a good job defensively when he comes in, but his relationship with the front office is irreparably damaged.In summer he’s gone, the Mavs are trapped somewhere in the middle of nowhere again.In mid-July, a fax came in at Mark Cuban’s office:”You, Mark, I think 20 years is enough…”

Forecast: 5.Place in the Southwest Division.

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Page 3: Memphis Grizzlies

Page 4: New Orleans Pelicans

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