Chapter 1002 1001. Boss, I Want to Take a Leave!

It was the Grizzlies' turn to attack.

Liu Mang was guarding the top arc, defending Damon Stoudemire alone.

Damon Stoudemire ran very fast!

"Damon Stoudemire, ability rating 78, offense 82, defense 60, three-pointer 83, mid-range shot 71, layup 84, speed 94, strength 72..."

This quick little footsteps and the flexibility of being short, Liu Mang tried hard to defend, but still couldn't keep up, like a gopher, or a gopher flying close to the ground.

Damon Stoudemire broke through to the right side of the three-second zone, attracted Josh Smith to make up for the defense, and quickly passed to Gasol.

Gasol opened up the mid-range catch and shot... The first shot of the season missed!

Liu Mang followed Damon Stoudemire to the inside, and the ball just bounced towards him, and he jumped high to grab the defensive rebound.

The Grizzlies' offense was fast and simple! But from this round, Liu Mang feels that the Grizzlies, who now have more space and breakthrough experts, are stronger offensively than last season.

Mainly because they got a healthy Damon Stoudemire.

Damon Stoudemire played all 82 games in the past two seasons, averaging 15 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game, which is a pretty good performance. He is 1.78 meters tall, and even though he turned 32 last month, he still runs very fast.

The little flying squirrel escaped from the Trail Blazers prison and is now more motivated to play. Although it is only 10 million US dollars in 3 years, it is far less than the salary of 86 million US dollars in 7 years in the Trail Blazers period. Three years is not as good as the previous year, but he is happy to play!

It's the Hawks' turn to attack again.

Liu Mang pushed forward to the frontcourt. Before, he just wanted to throw two for fun. Anyway, it was a preseason game, and he wanted to show his superstar strength, but he was overshadowed by Josh Smith.

When Liu Mang arrived at the frontcourt this time, he noticed that his teammates were very active in running and freed up space on both sides of the top arc for him. They did not hinder his breakthrough, but were ready to attack and run on the other side when he broke through. Liu Mang broke through to the left, and Iguodala and Josh Smith on the right used the empty cut to enter the inside to help Liu Mang contain the defense, and also to strive for scoring opportunities after Liu Mang attracted the defense.

Liu Mang broke through from the right, and Kwame Brown was ready to go out and pick and roll with Korver, allowing Korver to move from the baseline to the ceiling.

While Liu Mang was learning the dream footwork with Olajuwon, the role players who returned to the team early were not idle, but made some small adjustments to the tactics planned by the head coach in the summer!

Liu Mang broke through from the left again, and Damon Stoudemire still couldn't defend him. Compared with Jason Williams, Damon Stoudemire's defense is far worse.

Liu Mang rushed to the mid-range and passed the ball to Iguodala who cut in with the Josh Smith pick-and-roll. Iguodala cut into the inside and passed the ball to Kwame Brown with Lorenzen White on defense. Kwame Brown didn't dare to take the ball and jumped up and shot the ball immediately after receiving it.

Another two points!

The Grizzlies' offense looks better, but the defense... is really bad!

Without Jason Williams, Damon Stoudemire can't be defended by anyone. Without Battier, Gasol can only defend on the front line, and Butler can't be defended by anyone.

The Hawks scored 14 to 6 in 4 minutes after the game started!

After the game started, Liu Mang originally planned to show off a wave of points, but he didn't expect to send several assists in a row at the beginning! In 4 minutes, 2 points and 3 assists, except for a missed Iguodala floater, Liu Mang rushed in to tip in two points, without his own shot, it was already 14 to 6!

The Grizzlies' current lineup is much stronger offensively than last season. With Eddie Jones, a stable mid-range and long-range shooter, Caron Butler's three-pointers and cuts are also very strong. Gasol is an all-around power forward who can organize offense, shoot from the field, and play singles in the low post. Lorenzen White is a physical man, and Liu Mang is also troubled by the breakthrough of the flying squirrel.

However, the Hawks have Kwame Brown under the basket on the defensive end, and Josh Smith is there to assist. After the flying squirrel breaks through, Gasol has many opportunities to open up for mid-range shots, but mid-range shots are not as effective as attacking the basket, especially when the Hawks have super strong impact. The Grizzlies can't prevent Iguodala and Josh Smith from attacking the basket in turn with Liu Mang's pass. Both of them have good ball-holding ability and can pass the ball to Kwame Brown under the basket and Korver in the bottom corner!

Josh Smith does have good physical talent, but his character is weak and submissive. He develops in the direction of whatever the coach asks him to do, and his talent is enough to make him develop into the type of player that any coach wants. He will be in his seventh year of his career in the future. The head coach asked him to practice three-pointers, and he really practiced them. Although it is not accurate, he has a three-point shooting rate of more than 30%. His talent is so good that there is nothing to say.

But even if Josh Smith was trained as a core in his original time and space, his peak period was only 17 or 18 points per game, 89 rebounds, 3 or 4 assists, and the second team of the best defensive lineup with more than 1 steal and block. It can't be compared with the peak period of Gasol, Rasheed Wallace and others. Gasol was still able to play a second spring in the Bulls at the age of 35 or 36 and got a big contract with the Spurs. Josh Smith was bought out before he was 29 years old, and he couldn't play the ball after that.

But in this time and space, Josh Smith was not trained as a core, but was developed as a role player-type forward swingman responsible for assisting defense and attacking the basket, which had a miraculous effect!

Josh Smith's playing style has become simpler. With simplicity, he doesn't need to think so much. He only needs to concentrate on studying what the team needs him to do. His brain seems to have become better. Because what he needs to do is simple, he can concentrate on studying how to do well in his role. He has studied his own cooperation with several teammates who are also role players in the tactical range!

Josh Smith scored 4 points in 4 minutes, Iguodala scored 2 points, Korver made a three-pointer, Kwame Brown made a layup and one of two free throws. When Liu Mang only scored two points, the others scored 12 points in four minutes!

Both of them are eating cakes. There is still a big difference between Josh Smith and Kwame Brown. Most of the time, Kwame Brown will only open his mouth to swallow the cake, while Josh Smith will take the initiative to find opportunities to eat cakes!

In the training camp, we mainly followed the tactical training. I didn't see that Josh Smith's awareness has improved so much. In the official game, the two talented second-year players, with Liu Mang, Kwame Brown and Korver restraining the defense and opening up the space, perfectly exerted their nearly first-class strength and even performed beyond their normal level!

The Grizzlies called a timeout, and then Liu Mang, who had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, was replaced...

Liu Mang looked at the lowest score of his four younger brothers, and he wanted to vomit blood.

I said I would take the role players to show off my skills? Why do I feel like an assist-eating guy?

This is related to the Grizzlies' desire to "follow the trend" to enhance their offense this season. After the enhanced offense, there has been a huge change from the Grizzlies' previous balanced offense and defense. The defense has completely collapsed, allowing Iguodala and Josh Smith to have so many open cuts and score directly, and Korver's ability to grasp open three-pointers has also been greatly improved.

Coach Kruger replaced Liu Mang with McGrady, and tried McGrady to organize the offense.

Coach Kruger was also surprised that the young players' progress exceeded expectations, but this is better. The opponent's attention is on the three eagles. If the others perform well, it will be of great help to the new season.

The preseason is to train new players. Unlike the preseason last season, the Hawks' core lineup is stable this year, so except for the 15 players with formal contracts, they did not sign training camp contracts. From the beginning, they conducted preseason drills directly from a tactical perspective.

Coach Kruger began to experiment with Liu Mang and McGrady taking turns to lead various combinations of tactics.

The Grizzlies were too miserable. Gasol and Butler were not stars with outstanding team leadership abilities. They were also a group of new teammates who were hammered by role players led by Liu Mang or McGrady.

Later, the lineup of Calderon, Barry, Granger, David Lee, and Mourning all scored 26 to 23 in a single quarter. The Grizzlies flew all the way from Memphis to Atlanta, allowing the second and third-year players of the Hawks to have a good time.

Liu Mang played 22 minutes in the game, scored 7 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and the limelight was completely stolen by Josh Smith and Iguodala!

Josh Smith scored 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Iguodala scored 14 points and 4 assists, helping the Hawks win the first preseason game with a score difference of 124 to 91, a difference of 33 points.

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The first preseason game set the tone, allowing role players to play more and show their progress. Then on the 11th, the Hawks played the Washington team Wizards away.

The Wizards lost Larry Hughes in the summer, and he was leaving as a free agent. It was already very good for them to get a second-round draft pick as a return.

Arenas has also reached his peak, reaching the ability evaluation of 91 on the Arenas star card that Liu Mang used.

Jamison is also at his peak. The combination of Arenas and Jamison is still very powerful. With one less ball-handler, who is still a breakthrough player who doesn't shoot but needs a lot of ball-handling, the Wizards have more concentrated ball rights, and Arenas and Jamison's performance has become relatively easier. The Wizards' defense has declined a lot, but the offense should be more comfortable, just like their first preseason game on the 9th, when the two cores scored 60 points together.

But Arenas felt cold all over when he met the Hawks. In the past, when he only heard the media and fans talk about "ice phobia", Arenas felt unhappy and aggrieved. Now Arenas really feels that meeting Liu Mang is like entering an ice cellar... The new term "ice phobia depression" was created by Arenas.

Relying on Kwame Brown's rampage of 31 points and 12 rebounds, the Hawks beat the Wizards 95 to 77.

Jamison scored 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, but he really couldn't lead Arenas who met Liu Mang...

On October 13, the Hawks returned to their home court and welcomed the Wizards again.

Liu Mang was put on the bench in this game, so that Calderon could play more.

McGrady and Jason Terry also had little playing time in the preseason, and the Hawks' three-hawk perimeter group sat on the bench for a long time chatting.

Watching the three hawks chatting non-stop, Barry asked curiously: "Ace, these young people are so good! Don't you feel any pressure?"

Barry thought about himself. He was also the dunk king in his rookie season ten years ago, and he secured a starting position in the Clippers in his third year. However, because Raymond Murray, who entered the NBA a year earlier than him, came from behind and broke out, he squeezed him out. Since then, he has become a wanderer in the league. The Hawks are his seventh team in his eleven-year career.

Iguodala's talent is so good. Among the outside players in the 2004 class, the Bulls' Jordan duo with the best combat ability are the best, but the one with the best talent is definitely Iguodala. Barry only watched these games. It was obvious in the preseason. He has good physical fitness, hard training, and high football intelligence... This is a superstar.

When Liu Mang heard Barry's question, he felt strange and didn't know how to answer it so that he wouldn't look so pretentious.

At this time, the Eagles called a timeout to rotate personnel.

Seeing Iguodala walking back to the bench, Liu Mang said to Iguodala: "Andre, go buy me a hamburger. I'm hungry."

"Okay boss!" Iguodala took the towel handed by the staff and ran towards the player tunnel while wiping his sweat.

"..." Barry...understood.

People don't care about this kind of thing at all, they just treat Iguodala as their little brother.

This is a good thing for Barry at this stage. It is true that the young people of the Hawks are motivated, but they know their own weight, so they are unlikely to have conflicts. Unlike when he was with the Spurs last season, Bunchy Wells You're not polite to Duncan, it's just that Duncan has a high emotional intelligence and is not angry.

However, Barry still felt hurt.

In the world of super giants, Barry said he didn't understand...

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After double defeating the Wizards, the Hawks easily won all three away games against the Bucks, Bobcats, and Knicks. Moreover, they mainly trained young people and still won easily.

Liu Mang won six consecutive games in the first six preseason games. This is the first time in Liu Mang's career that he has not lost a single preseason game. It is so rare.

This also proves from the side that the progress of the Hawks' young players is also the envy of the Bucks, Bobcats, and Knicks.

Iguodala and Josh Smith, the Hawks' two substitutes, all have the potential of their young core!

In the first six preseason games, the Eagles played casually and were happy to win.

However, after the Hawks returned to Atlanta on August 21, they began to prepare for the last preseason game. This preseason game really had to be played well.

The last preseason game is against the Miami Heat at home!

Young players have been exercising and getting used to what they need. Now it's time to truly prepare physically and mentally for the regular season. Playing against the Heat is just right.

The preseason game between the Hawks and the Heat is also used by the league to warm up the regular season. The preseason game between the Hawks and the Heat has the honor of being broadcast live across the United States.

The first regular season opener is the Lakers' away game against the Heat on October 27. This has been the regular season opener for two consecutive years.

The battle between OK and Kobe Bryant's old and new center partners has attracted much attention.

Before that, the Eagles were used as a warm-up team.

The Hawks also just used the game against the Heat to make final preparations for the new season.

On the 22nd, the Eagles conducted tactical training for the Heat. Since they didn't know what the Heat's newly formed lineup would look like, and the preseason template was not enough, they mainly focused on O'Neal, Wade, and Antoine Walker. The three major stars are training.

The Hawks players are very excited to play the Heat, the most threatening team in the Eastern Conference.

Young players also have a sense of responsibility. Iguodala, Josh Smith, Korver, Calderon and others no longer regard themselves as first- and second-year players last season. They no longer want to be babies. They want to They also know that it is up to them to take on more responsibilities. The team has sent away Muhammad and Varejao, and has signed back veterans. Will they be able to get appearances from the veterans in the regular season? Time depends entirely on whether you play well or not.

On the morning of October 23, the Heat came to Atlanta. The enthusiasm of Atlanta fans has become stronger and stronger after six preseason games. Although it is only a preseason game against the Heat, the fans are very excited.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, coach Kruger was chatting with his boss Price and preparing to watch the players warm up, when suddenly Liu Mang ran up.

"Boss, I want to ask for leave tonight!" Liu Mang said angrily.

"Are you asking for leave for the national live broadcast?" Price jumped up in fright!

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