After rejecting the Warriors and the Lakers, after playing more than a dozen games, he found out that he had chosen the wrong team

This season, when you look at the points per game rankings, you will see that Doncic doesn't have a name in the top five. Doncic has been a regular in the top five in points per game for the past few seasons. Last season he was the top scorer of the season. And this season his stats have dropped significantly. So far, he ranks eighth in the league in points per game.

Doncic averaged 33.9 points per game last season. And this season he is averaging 28.2 points per game, which is a significant decline in points per game. In addition, there is also a significant decline in rebounds per game and assists per game. Including the shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage, there are also varying degrees of decline. He shot 48.7 percent from the field last season and has slipped to 42.5 percent this season. He shot 38 percent from three-point range last season and 32 percent this season.

It's unclear what caused Doncic's overall decline in stats, but he hasn't suffered any major injuries. Doncic's decline has also made the Mavericks less competitive this season. As last season's Western Conference champions, the Mavericks are only in 10th place in the West so far this season. It can be seen that the Mavericks now have many problems.

Thompson chose to join the Mavericks this offseason, and he turned down a bigger contract offered to him by the Warriors and a contract offered to him by the Lakers. Thompson chose to join the Mavericks because he believes the Mavericks are a more likely team to compete for a championship. But at this stage, the Mavericks' performance this season is not only inferior to the Warriors, but even inferior to the Lakers. This season's Lakers and Warriors have been completely reborn. It's not the same weak team as last season, and the Mavericks aren't the same team in the Finals last year after losing a number of players.

There is an obvious problem with the Mavericks, and that is that they are not capable of defending, especially the main players are not capable of defense. Doncic and Irving are not good at defense, although their individual offensive ability is very strong, but there are no good tactics on the offensive end, relying more on the individual ability of the star, this style of play is very easy to defend. And it also eats the player's feel very much. If the two of them have a bad hand in a game, then it will be difficult to win the game, and they don't have a rich tactical system to back them up.

Without defense on the outside, coupled with the lack of a tactical system, it is impossible for the Mavericks to go far with a completely single-handed team, and it is difficult for such a team to win a championship. Last season's Mavericks had a decent defensive setup at the forward position. Jones Jr.'s departure has further reduced the Mavericks' defensive resources, and relying solely on the individual offensive abilities of Irving and Doncic, how can the Mavericks become the championship favorites? So as Curry said, Thompson really shouldn't have left the Warriors, and his choice was indeed wrong.