If you haven’t noticed already, you will: the Dallas Mavericks are winning their preseason games, and for the first time in a while, they’re having fun doing it.
Teammate Dirk Nowitzki notices the difference in J-Kidd, and how much excitement and fun he brings to the Mavs. Nowitzki spoke to MySanAntonio.com:
“Now we’re putting him in a place and system where he can succeed and really be himself and just make his teammates better, I don’t think last year he really had the chance. Not pushing the ball, not being himself, he never got a chance to make everyone around him better.”
“The system now really favors him, and he can do his thing in the open court and get everybody involved and have fun.”
Jason agreed that the new fast-paced system is easier for him as a playmaker:
“There are no assigned spots, and you play from there and that makes the game so much easier and harder to defend.”
Mike Monroe from MySanAntonio.com said it best:
“Few point guards in NBA history have found the open man on the break as well as Kidd. Running a system to optimize that skill seems a no-brainer.”
NEXT UP
No. 2 and the Mavs’ take on Chicago again tonight in preseason play, in Dallas, at 7:30pm.
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