Seeking a return to the playoffs, the Dallas Mavericks bring Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving back together as training camp opens Wednesday.
Now entering their first training camp together, the Mavs’ hopes for the 2023-2024 season hinge on their star backcourt establishing a commanding presence to terrorize opposing defenses.
Doncic and Irving seem determined to make their pairing work, but close eyes will follow to see how their chemistry develops after the marriage was unable to salvage last season with the team missing the playoffs for the first time since Doncic’s rookie season in Dallas. Of their next four attempts leaders from the previous season, only Tim Hardaway Jr. remains in a Dallas uniform. Spencer Dinwiddie and Dorian Finney-Smith were shipped to the Brooklyn Nets in the Kyrie exchange, and Christian Wood left for the Los Angeles Lakers to kick the tires on the mercurial big man.
Adding Curry and Williams to counter the hot and cold shooting that Hardaway offers will do wonders for the Dallas offense, which also boasts the emerging Josh Green and Jaden Hardy. 2020 first-rounder Green took a leap in his third season, emerging as a dynamic scoring option and shooting 40% from deep. Hardy, meanwhile, performed just as impressively in his rookie campaign, becoming a regular in the Dallas rotation and finishing the year as a 40% three point shooter in his own right.
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