Mavericks European Players
The dallas mavericks shaped by a european style of play driven by superstar duo luka doncic and kristaps porzingis are on the border of something special says sky sports nba analyst ovie soko.
Mavericks european players. Due to memphis sunday loss to san antonio dallas is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Outside of doncic and porzingis they have a lot of underrated and scrappy players that make them a dangerous team to face. Over the last decade or so the nba s rule changes have made the current game more and more similar to the way europe.
Luka doncic s european teammates opponents reflect on his unbelievable playoff games ahead of first nba run from hooping as a hungry 5 year old to becoming the youngest. By marc stein lake buena vista fla. The dallas mavericks luka doncic sensed the team s game 2 win over the la clippers had more implications than tying the series at 1 1.
Kawhi leonard and paul george are the featured players for the second seeded clippers while the seventh seeded mavericks features a pair of european stars luka doncic and kristaps porzingis. Back then mavericks legend dirk nowitzki was still leading the team in scoring and the. For decades european players have been taught to play basketball this way.
How the dallas mavericks two young european stars fare on the league s biggest stage looms as one of the foremost curiosities of the playoffs. The team joined the nba in 1980 as an expansion team and won their first nba championship in 2011 the mavericks have played their home games at the american airlines center since 2001. Dallas also made a trade for kristaps porzingis which was a risky move given the acl injury he suffered the year prior.
The dallas mavericks are an american professional basketball team based in dallas they play in the southwest division of the western conference in the national basketball association nba.
