A Long-Awaited Introduction

Known as Little Curry, Trae Young opened the new season with a spectacular 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 18 assists, fully demonstrating his competitiveness as a Star Player.

The other thing was the opponent the Thunder Team would face next.

On October 24, the Oklahoma Thunder played their second Regular season game of the season.

That night, they would defend their home court against the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks were charging into the season with clearly lofty goals of their own.

Perhaps the team's management and fans felt that Luka Doncic, entering his fourth season, was about ready to push farther into the Playoffs.

Making it out of the first round every year wasn't going to cut it~~

So, after deciding that Doncic and Porzingis weren't a good fit, they immediately and decisively pursued a trade, hoping to find Luka a stronger supporting cast and further upgrade the roster.

As a two-time DPOY who was also being shopped by his team, Gobert naturally became their target.

After the trade was completed, though, only real games could show whether the Mavericks had improved or gotten worse.

The Mavericks seemed eager to find out, and didn't keep their fans waiting long.

In their first game of the new season, they easily earned a blowout win over the Chicago Bulls, who had entered a rebuilding phase.

Doncic had 33 points, 7 rebounds, and 14 assists; Gobert had 12 points and 18 rebounds, along with 4 blocks.

With their two stars in the backcourt and frontcourt putting up such impressive performances, the Mavericks' fans were naturally thrilled.

Still, the fact was that they'd only beaten the Bulls. That didn't really prove the Mavericks' roster had improved all that much this season.

So tonight's game in Oklahoma City against the Thunder Team was their real