If you haven't been convinced to give it a read yet, here's the link again. I could keep quoting more, but it's all in Lowe's piece. You take the tests, and you start to remember things better." "I did this in school, but not in basketball.
"I was like, 'Come on, a test?'" he said. The team grades players on speed and accuracy, though some of the veterans, including Nowitzki, blow off the tests. TRASH TALK takes a lighthearted look at recycling in Hong Kong with host Marcy Trent Long.
Then a multiple-choice question pops up asking what the Dallas player pictured should do: switch on defense, pass to a cutter, go under a screen, etc. Players watch clips of the Mavs or their next opponent, and the clips freeze at key moments. He has ditched pen-and-paper for iPad-based exams. The new plays and video work can be tough to internalize, so Carlisle has stepped up his game-day tests, players say. We learned years ago that Carlisle favored pen-and-paper quizzes before games, but as time has gone along, so has the technology he uses. And he's totally right! Carlisle's pop quizzes Ovechkin will be joined on the Russian team in Vancouver by his Capitals. "Man, we can't even enjoy a win?" Nowitzki reacted.īut as Lowe writes, Pachulia's message was that this team wasn't good enough to not worry about the little details. Theres a bit of trash talk going on, Backstrom said. Teammates and staff stood silent, unsure whether to laugh or nod. Before Carlisle walked in, Pachulia chastised his teammates for letting Kobe Bryant pop open on a set play - a play they'd see over and over, he told them - late in the fourth quarter, when the game was already decided. I've seen it in the locker room, rolling with jokes about how big his head is and occasionally shooting a wisecrack back at a teammate or even a familiar media member.īut Pachulia wasn't having it. According to some metrics that the Dallas training staff has shared across the league, Dirk is the "most balanced" player in the NBA. Lowe also reported about Dirk's training regime: he takes time before every game to shoot left-handed, part of an elaborate scheme to keep him balanced and symmetrical. After wins in which, say, Parsons sits out, the team will chant, "Parsons out, Mavs roll!" They do it for everyone as a gentle reminder: "We can survive without you." Staying balanced It's not hard to imagine that he's at the forefront of these insults, too. "You should learn Chinese because you'll be in China soon," is one of his favorite ways of needling someone after a bad game.ĭirk's always had a feisty and self-deprecating sense of humor, so this lines up perfectly. He is merciless in mocking everyone and happy when people toss insults back. Nowitzki has long set a self-deprecating tone that shows every newcomer no one is bigger than the team. We have to start with Dirk Nowitzki's trash talking, where he tells people to learn Chinese.
But if you don't have the time or need convincing, here are some of the highlights from the piece. Here's where you can correct that mistake. If you haven't read Zach Lowe's in-depth dive into the Mavericks, you're missing out.
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