The Dallas Mavericks improved this offseason after emerging from the rock/paper/scissors West and reaching the NBA Finals last season.
While starter Derrick Jones Jr. is gone, Klay Thompson joins Naji Marshall (a two-way wing whose role
will develop throughout the season) and veteran guards Quentin Grimes and Spencer Dinwiddie.
Thompson is already in Dallas, where he bonded with teammates during a voluntary team mini-camp in Los Angeles by taking them
Thompson is already in Dallas, where he bonded with teammates during a voluntary team mini-camp in Los Angeles by taking them
on a boat journey to Catalina, and he told Grant Afseth of Dallas Hoop Journal that he believes this team has genuine potential.
"I'm excited; it's a whole new chapter of my career that has the potential to be really special," he told reporters
The club was so close to winning the championship last year—three wins away—that I am confident we have the ingredients for success.
We just have to stick together and build week after week. I know we can achieve something spectacular
which is why I arrived early to get a sense for the city and its layout. And I'm having pleasure doing it."