The average arm span of the four long men is 2.3 meters! Dallas builds a long ladder to climb the clouds. Who belongs to the NBA s sky?

The Mavericks' penalty area has become the opponent's desperate land.

When Cooper Flagg's name was read out by the Dallas Mavericks at the 2025 draft, the team's penalty area blueprint officially completed the last piece of the puzzle. Flag is 206cm tall and has a wingspan of 213cm. Standing in the Mavericks' inside group, he has become the "shortest" existence. The long-arm forest built by Davis (208cm wingspan 233cm), Levley (216cm wingspan 234cm), and Gafford (208cm wingspan 219cm) has taken shape. The sky above the basketball court seemed to be re-measured by a Dallas with a ruler.

This set of data is an alien in the long history of the NBA. When Coach Kidd said he wanted Flag to be point guard in the summer league, a terrifying fact surfaced: the average height of potential starters Flag, Clay, Washington, Davis and Leifly reached 2.058 meters. The spatial logic of modern basketball was completely subverted in Dallas

The Mavericks built the "No Flying Zone" is by no means a paper data game. The 2024 playoff series against the Clippers has already heralded the team's defensive transformation. Although Gafford was once a foul crisis by Zubac's low post attack at the time, the Dallas obviously learned from it.

Now Davis's joining has brought a qualitative leap. He has both top-notch basket protection ability and accurate mid-range shooting, which perfectly makes up for the technical shortcomings of the pure blue-collar insider. Lefly's agility in the defense switch end made him an insurmountable obstacle against the Thunder. The comprehensive inside combination puts the opponent's offensive choice in a dilemma: the impact of the basket is blocked by blocking the sky, and the outside jumper is facing a rapid rotation of the forward line.

"Free Zone Meat Grinder", the US media described the combination of Davis and Gafford in this way. The defensive wisdom he showed in his rookie season made Mavericks executive Finley bluntly say that he "sees the shadow of Tyson Chandler." The deterrence of the new generation of no-fly zones has surpassed the simple physical talent. Coach Jason Kidd is weaving a big net that subverts basketball cognition. The idea of ​​letting Flag, who is 206cm tall as the point guard is by no means a fantasy. As the behind-the-scenes driver of "Antetokounmpo's transformation into point guard", Kidd is well aware of how to unleash the ball-holding potential of tall players. Flag's ball-holding ability is "not inferior to Antetokounmpo when he was young", and this evaluation heralds the tactical revolution in Dallas. The horror of this lineup is its position blurring. Flag can defend from the number one position to the number four. Davis can protect the basket and switch to the outside line. Lefley focuses on protecting the last line of defense. On the offensive end, the outside firepower of Irving (to be back) and Clay creates unprecedented operational space for the inside giants. The combination of height and flexibility makes the Mavericks' tactical manual unfathomable

The future of basketball is growing over Dallas. When Lefly stretched out his 234cm arm span to block the shot, when Davis's 233cm long arm intercepted the pass, and when Flag looked down at the height of 2.06 as a point guard, every opponent's attack became an adventure through the Giants' maze. This is not a simple height superposition, but a space puzzle designed by Kidd with basketball wisdom. In the Mavericks' no-fly zone, the evolutionary trajectory of basketball is clearly visible - a higher field of vision, longer wingspan, and more unpredictable offensive and defensive transformation. While other teams are still studying how to make more threes, the Dallas have targeted the entire sky.

On the basket of the new season, only silver-blue flags floated.