Name reveals the source of Doncic Carlisle's grudge Smith Jr. was dumped

When Doncic quickly showed his talent on the Mavericks, almost everyone thought that he and Rick Carlisle would allow Nowitzki's mentor-apprentice relationship with Carlisle to be extended, but in this offseason, Carlisle voluntarily left the Lone Ranger's position because his relationship with Doncic changed from initial harmony to discord.

Today, ESPN's famous journalist Tim McMahon revealed some of Carlisle's stories during his time coaching the Lone Ranger in a long article, which also talked about the reasons why Carlisle and Doncic eventually became at odds.

Sources revealed that Carlisle in the 2017 draft hoped that the team can select Donovan Mitchell, but the Lone Rangers finally selected Dennis Smith with the 9th pick, in Smith's rookie season, he averaged 15.2 points and 5.2 assists per game, once seen as the hope of the Lone Ranger revival, but the source revealed that Carlisle never thought Smith was the future of the Lone Ranger, and he never expected Smith and Doncic, who was selected the following year, to be a good partner.

In the end, the Lone Rangers traded Smith in Doncic's rookie season, that is, Smith's second season, at that time, it was a deal to please Doncic, that is, to send Smith away can let Doncic have more rights, but sources revealed that in fact, Doncic and Smith are closely related, the two often go out together in Dallas, they often play games, so when the Lone Ranger uses Smith and others to get Porzingis from the Knicks, Doncic is shocked.

In addition, sources revealed that Carlisle played a divisive role in this process, Carlisle had publicly expressed Smith's jealousy of Doncic at the team meeting, which made Doncic think that the head coach was provoking his relationship with Smith, which also made Doncic and Carlisle eventually have problems, and Doncic hated Carlisle's way of treating other players.

From the perspective of development, Carlisle undoubtedly has his uniqueness, Smith was finally proved that he can not become the core of the team' team, only 24 years old he can only barely get the opportunity to play in the Blazers, averaging only 5.8 points and 3.1 assists per game, and Carlisle hopes that the team's selected Mitchell is now an All-Star player, is the jazz's absolute offensive core, just imagine, once Mitchell can be paired with Doncic, the two will undoubtedly complement each other.

However, Doncic's dissatisfaction undoubtedly has his reasons, Doncic hopes to be able to play with Smith, but the two are eventually separated, for young Doncic, the new NBA he will inevitably feel lost.

Just as the story of Duncan and Popovich was not copied in Leonard Popovich, nor was the story of Nowitzki Carlisle continued in Doncic Carlisle, the NBA's mentorship relationship is often not as simple as imagined, especially between the new generation of players and the older generation of coaches, there are often some differences, but in any case, from the situation of the Lone Rangers, Doncic, and Carlisle this season, the separation between the two sides is undoubtedly a lose-lose situation, and Doncic's personal state has declined this season. Out of shape, even when he's not around, the Lone Ranger will perform better, but everyone knows that if Doncic can't perform the best, then the Lone Ranger can't talk about any competitiveness, Carlisle is also suffering from troubles, the Pacers he coached are not playing the expected performance, currently only ranked 13th in the East, with the mid-season trading market opening, the Pacers are also considered to be about to rebuild.

Will Carlisle wait for his Nowitzki again? Whether Doncic can have a coach with similar interests, the answer to everything, only time can give. (Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Li Hui)

Source: Sports Weekly All Media