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No more fights, confirm the withdrawal! The Mavericks officially announced the unexpected decision, and the Western Conference championship situation has become more suspenseful

As we all know, in the early summer league between the Mavericks and the Spurs, Flag started for 31 minutes, made 10 of 21 shots, scored 31 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, becoming the highest score of the NBA No. 1 pick in the summer league since 2017.

It is worth mentioning that before this, Flag had just made an extremely bad debut. This pride of heaven with many auras and talented talents comparable to James, started 31 minutes into the first NBA game, made 5 of 21 shots, scored only 10 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, and in the second half, he made 0 of 6 shots without a single point, completely defeated by Brownie. You know, Yang Hansen, the first round No. 16 pick in this year's NBA debut also scored 10 points, but he only used less than half of Flag's shooting rights.

For a time, the doubts of the paralyzed No. 1 pick tightly surrounded Flag, and the outside world believed that his appearance was just a part of the NBA's star-making plan. In the first two summer league games, although Flag averaged 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, his shooting percentage was only 35%, his three-point shooting percentage was as low as 21%, and even his free throw shooting percentage was only 57%.

Interestingly, just when the United States was looking forward to how Flag would crush the doubts in the third game, he chose to withdraw early. The Mavericks officially confirmed that Flag would not play in the remaining summer leagues. In other words, after 31 points in the second game, the Mavericks have successfully inspected the goods. There is no need to let Flag take risks for this warm-up match. Once the latter is injured, it will be more than worth the loss.

In fact, the Mavericks' prudence is not unreasonable. The situation of winning the Western Conference in the new season is particularly fierce. The defending champion Thunder renewed the contract with the core three majors in the offseason, the Clippers and the Rockets have also ushered in epic reinforcements. In addition, the Nuggets are also eyeing it. The pattern of the Wild West is really thrilling. In contrast, the Mavericks, the star Irving, will not know when it will return, and Thompson and Russell will suffer from retinal detachment. Therefore, the Mavericks need the immediate combat power brought by Flag in the new season.

But equally, as long as the Mavericks can persist until Irving returns, the super four-big combination of Irving + Thompson + Flagg + Dark Eyebrow + Gafford will become a dark horse that cannot be ignored in the Western Conference. The lineup of the super three No. 1 picks will also make the division's championship winning pattern again. Don't think it's stable.

source:7mvn