After more than two weeks of free agencythem Mavericks have for the moment recruited only three new players (Christian Wood, JaVale McGee and Jaden Hardy), while they are already five to have left the Texan ship: Boban Marjanovic, Trey Burke, Sterling Brown, Marquese Chriss and especially Jalen Brunson.
Currently, the leaders of Dallas are therefore not the most active in the market and, last week, Luka Doncic did not fail to slip them a word about it, in the columns of Marca.
« The market is just getting started and hopefully Dallas bosses have more options to sign. We’ll see what they’ll do », tempered the Slovenian, before specifying then. ” I don’t plan to change teams. My goal is to stay and win in Dallas. Of course, you never know what the future holds, but my idea is to win in Dallas and I hope I can do that. »
Face of the Mavericks for four years now, Luka Doncic could perfectly give his opinion on the recruitment of his team. Except that unlike other superstars of the league, he doesn’t do it specially.
« Ils [les Mavericks, ndlr] solicit him, but he is not extremely involved in the decisions “, Reports Tim MacMahon, of ESPN. ” He hasn’t shown any interest in being hugely involved [là-dedans]. He spends most of his offseason in Europe. He played again with Slovenia this summer. He is not someone who has shown the desire to be a recruiter. »
Orphan of his friend of backcourt Jalen Brunson and his great friend Boban Marjanovic, Luka Doncic could not even console himself by welcoming his compatriot Goran Dragic, disappointed by the offer from Dallas. But the signals are not alarmist so far in the camp of the Mavs.
« I felt no sense of panic from Mavericks management “says Tim MacMahon on this subject, so as to reassure fans of the Texas franchise.
It remains to be seen whether the Mavericks, conference finalists in the Western Conference, will be able to find another major lieutenant in Luka Doncic, for next season. Most likely via a transfer, because they have (very) little room for manoeuvre, preparing to pay the luxury tax in 2022/23.
| Luka Doncic | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | DAL | 72 | 32 | 42.7 | 32.7 | 71.3 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | DAL | 61 | 34 | 46.3 | 31.6 | 75.8 | 1.3 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 | 28.8 |
| 2020-21 | DAL | 66 | 34 | 47.9 | 35.0 | 73.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 27.7 |
| 2021-22 | DAL | 65 | 35 | 45.7 | 35.3 | 74.4 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 28.4 |
| Total | 264 | 34 | 45.7 | 33.7 | 73.7 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 26.4 | |
