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Mavs’ Dinwiddie & McGee Establishing Chemistry Ahead of Training Camp

While Luka Doncic is dominating at EuroBasket 2022, two of his key Dallas Mavericks teammates are already working with each other before training camp starts later in September.

Dalton Trigg

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One of the main reasons the Dallas Mavericks were able to make it all the way to the Western Conference Finals last season was their stellar team chemistry – or "immaculate vibes" as Jalen Brunson used to call it.

Although Brunson left in free agency for the New York Knicks, the vast majority of the Mavs' roster remains intact. Dallas newcomers include Christian Wood, Jaden Hardy, Tyler Dorsey (two-way contract) and JaVale McGee. While Luka Doncic is dominating for Slovenia at EuroBasket 2022, a couple of his projected-starter teammates are getting head start on building chemistry ahead of training camp.

On Tuesday, Spencer Dinwiddie posted a picture on his Instagram story with McGee in the background. The caption read, "Working the (pick-and-roll) early."

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Spencer Dinwiddie / Instagram

Pick-and-rolls won't be a problem for McGee, as he ranked as one of the league's best rolling bigs last season in the 89th percentile. However, Dinwiddie has some work to do in that department, as he ranked in the 69th percentile of pick-and-roll ball handlers.

Doncic has helped Dwight Powell become one of the best pick-and-roll bigs in the league over the years. With McGee being skilled in that area and reportedly stepping in as the Mavs' new starting center, one has to believe Doncic will thrive with him as well.

Whether it will be enough to make up for the loss of Brunson or not has yet to be seen, but at the very least, fans have to be encouraged seeing the players working with each other before it's mandatory.

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DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.

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