NBA basketball clubs have started preparing for the season with training games that started in early October. The main series starts on the 23rd.
The Dallas Mavericks, who unexpectedly made their way to the finals last NBA season, will start practice games early on Tuesday morning Tuomas Iisalon coach against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Among Memphis’ assistant coaches, Tuomas Iisalo has a leading role in the team’s offensive play. It is interesting to see how the Grizzlies, ranked only 30th in offensive play last season and 29th in efficiency, have changed patterns under Finnish management.
Dallas has, among other things, eight top players on the sidelines in the practice match Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, PJ Washington Jr., Maxi Kleber and Dante Exum.
Dallas quarterback Derek Lively had recently made a $100,000 bet that NBA and Mavericks star point guard Doncic couldn’t make a full-court shot in a basket with a single shot, according to the rumor mill. How could it be that the Slovenian nailed the ball to the bottom of the bag with the first attempt.
If the information is correct, Lively, who earns five million per season, lost two percent of his annual salary with one miracle performance by Doncic.
Doncic himself later relished his dream throw on his own account as well.