The Mavericks are hoping that the arrival of Rick Carlisle in town will revitalize the team, especially aging point guard Jason Kidd, according to Dallas Morning News.
"Automatically," Jason Terry said of whether the team's attitude has changed. "It's obvious, if we come back and play the way we played the last two years, the system wasn't bad, but now you've changed the roster. So we needed to go in a different direction."
Carlisle also brought three new assistants to Dallas with him.
"It's going to be really important to keep the fresh approach," new assistant Coach Dwane Casey said. "Avery did a great job of tightening the ship, and he and Nellie [previous coach Don Nelson] were so different. We want to keep it simple."
Terry believes that having Kidd for more than two months is going to make a huge difference for the Mavericks.
"You look at Jason Kidd, and we had him for two months," Terry said. "This is one of the greatest point guards to ever play the game. And two months is really cheating us."
"Now we're going to have him through training camp, and he's going to put his stamp on this team."