Chapter 1037 1036. Aren’t You Going to Change This Ugly Shooting Posture?

Liu Mang violently abused Felton, causing a sensation, and Jordan's vision for selecting players was once again questioned.

Jordan, who is far away in Charlotte, looks at the news online and wants to cry: Why are all the players I selected like this? No! It's not a problem with my vision, Kwame played very well, but the team is not suitable...

And Felton is really not bad, but Paul is too dazzling, which makes Felton look average, but it is only average, not to the point of being watery.

Jordan firmly believed in his vision, and the fans found a suitable reason for him.

Jordan now regrets not choosing Chris Paul. Even if he firmly believes in his vision, he can see that Paul and Felton are not stars of the same level. Paul is a player who wants to become a superstar.

But who knew at the time! Paul's predicted pick was around the fifth pick. His performance in March Madness has been very poor. In 2004, he was knocked out by Nelson in the first round. In the second round of 2005, he only scored 22 points and 9 assists on 30 shots. He was eliminated again. The media and Experts' comments are unanimous: Paul cannot fight tough battles and cannot be trusted at critical moments.

Choosing Paul was a gamble. Felton, who counterattacked and won the NCAA championship even though he was not favored, was the most favored among the three major point guards at the time.

And Felton is a star player at a local university in Charlotte. If Jordan didn't choose him, who else could he choose?

Therefore, Jordan chose to believe the arguments of the fans and the media, and felt that Liu Mang was unhappy that he did not choose Paul.

Jordan felt so resentful: "This kid, didn't you just make a little less commission? Didn't I recommend Chris to sign my brand? As for abusing Raymond like this?"

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On the second day after winning ten games in a row, after Liu Mang finished running with Little Loli in the morning, he took a shower and checked the forum. He saw that he was torturing Felton and continued to dominate the hot posts. All kinds of speculations came out. Well, the mainstream thing is that he was unhappy that Jordan didn't draft Paul.

This makes Liu Mang very angry. Jordan is not a generous person!

Liu Mang estimated that the next time he met this teacher, he would not have a good look on his face.

But the matter has come to this, what can be done!

Liu Mang opened the system and looked at the star cards. There was an extra Felton card. It was better than nothing. At least it didn't deduct 10,000 superstar points.

The point is that new mission!

"Natural position suppression: The 2005 NBA draft is a rare year for point guards. The host needs to prove that he is not only the best point guard in the NBA now, but also the best point guard in the NBA for many years to come. Mission goal 1: Lock in people's minds The identity of the No. 1 point guard in the NBA. Mission reward: A random star card for an active top star or above. Mission goal 2: Let the rookie point guards feel that the host is invincible. Mission reward: To be determined.

The natal position was suppressed. After reading the introduction, Liu Mang knew why this mission came.

There were a lot of point guards and combo guards drafted in 2005, and they were all the type that could play for many years.

In addition to the three guys with the second to fourth picks, there are also Nate Robinson, Jarrett Jack, Lou Williams, Monta Ellis and others.

It is rare to see so many talented point guards or combo guards in NBA history.

However, mission goal 1 makes Liu Mang feel quite depressed. Not only the system thinks so, but the fans also think that Liu Mang is not a competent point guard. He scores too many points and even averages 3 assists per game in a single season. What do you think? They don't look like point guards, but they play like point guards.

This task is complementary to the previous task of winning the assist title.

Liu Mang is one of the top three players in the league. No one will doubt it now. The key point is what Liu Mang's position is. Even the combo guard cannot define Liu Mang's position, but he has always played point guard.

Liu Mang needs to prove himself. It's not that he can't get assists or play the traditional point guard position, he just doesn't want to.

The goal is very clear, and Liu Mang is ready to learn this aspect carefully. It is always good to have more comprehensive skills.

Moreover, Liu Mang wants to win MVP!

It is not easy to win the scoring title and win the MVP. Jordan has only won 5 MVPs in 10 scoring titles, and the odds are 50-50. What's more, O'Neal, Nash, and Kobe are competing for the MVP, and Kobe and James are competing for the scoring title.

The key is that this is not in line with the team's current situation. After Liu Mang gradually broadened his thinking from the tasks and team needs, he found that if he wanted to win the MVP, he had to work hard to win the assists.

But to win the assist title, you have to ensure victory, so don't rush and try to get fat in one go, take your time.

When playing against weak teams, get more assists, and when playing against strong teams, play normally. If you really can't do it, just hand the ball to McGrady. It's good to have your own Pippen.

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On the 22nd, Liu Mang practiced shooting at home in the morning, watched videos in the afternoon, and had a good sleep at night. On the morning of the 23rd, he went to the team for a team meeting, and the coaching staff has been fine-tuning the team's tactics.

In the afternoon, we conducted tactical training against the Pistons. At 7:30 in the evening, the first regular season match against the Pistons began.

From the beginning of the new season to the present, the Pistons have a very good record of 8 wins and 5 losses, ranking third in the Eastern Conference. However, it is obvious that the Pistons' defense has declined and they are not as strong as last season.

The main reason is that Ben Wallace's defense suddenly declined. Of course, he is still one of the best defensive centers in the league, but all data have declined significantly, especially blocks and steals, which have hit a new low in the six years since joining the Pistons. He only averages 1 steal and 1.5 blocks per game, as well as 7 points and 10 rebounds per game, which are the lowest in recent years.

Moreover, the Pistons are facing big problems now. Chris Bosh is facing an early contract extension. Ben Wallace's 6-year, 36 million contract signed in 2000 will expire after this season. Moreover, Ben Wallace is 31 years old and wants a high-paying long-term contract, but the Pistons management's purpose is not to pay luxury taxes. It is basically impossible to renew Bosh and Ben Wallace at the same time. In addition, by the summer of 2007, Billups' contract will also expire. Antonio McDyess's five-year full mid-level salary is only in the second year, and Hamilton has a 10 million contract...

The Pistons have not waited for Bosh to reach his peak before they have to face difficulties, and their salaries have exploded!

Billups and Ben Wallace both have annual salaries of at least 10 million yuan, and Bosh is even more likely to have a top salary. They didn't win the championship in the best two years, and they are about to face a salary explosion.

Liu Mang looked at the other party's ability evaluation. Billups is 91, peak, Hamilton is 87, peak, Bosh is 89, still growing, a future top star, Ben Wallace is 80, peak is over but has spare strength.

In terms of strength, the Pistons have not declined significantly, but their record is far worse than the start of last season.

Liu Mang thought of the various rumors about the Pistons' contract renewal storm, which have been around since the summer. The Pistons are unwilling to give Ben Wallace a long-term contract. They gave him a two-year 20 million contract. Ben Wallace and the Pistons management have already fallen out.

There are many problems facing the Pistons management, and the focus is on money.

If the Pistons' lineup was not strong, and they also took advantage of the cabbage prices of Billups and Ben Wallace, and the rookie bonuses of Bosh and Delfino, they would have collapsed long ago with so many problems this season.

However, because of this, the Pistons only had a record of 8 wins and 5 losses despite a good start schedule. They can rely on pure strength to crush weak teams, but when playing against strong teams, the Pistons have only won the game against the Wizards among the 6 teams with a winning rate of more than 50% since the start of the season, and lost the rest!

Playing away against the Hawks, the Pistons' performance is really... nothing worth mentioning, which completely exposed their problems this season.

The Hawks took this game very seriously. After all, they are the third in the East and must play well, but they didn't expect that the opponent fell without much effort!

In the first quarter, the Hawks scored a single quarter score of 33 to 14, and the opponent didn't play like a team that won more than 60 games last season!

In fact, although the salary issue is important, it is absolutely impossible to have no money. They are more persistent in wanting more money than the salary issue of the original Pistons in Liu Mang's memory, mainly because they can't see the hope of staying in the team!

Sometimes whether a team will collapse or not is not just a matter of strength. Maybe they are still the top five or even better teams in the league, but there is a mountain pressing in front of them, and they don’t want to get together and work hard.

The Hawks have been standing in front of them for four years, and they have been beating them for four consecutive years. The Pistons players have no hope of defeating the Hawks since the Eastern Conference Finals last season, so they can stay in the team, but they have to pay more money.

Liu Mang was originally preparing to attack fiercely, according to the previous style of play, using points to deal with opponents, but Liu Mang scored 13 points in the first quarter, and the opponent’s team only had one more point than him!

Starting from the second quarter, Liu Mang became a pass-based style of play, breaking through, attracting double-teaming, passing, and occasionally shooting to maintain threats.

During the break, I watched videos and studied them by myself. After the tactical training, I pulled my teammates to practice running positions, but the most important thing was to actually operate in the game.

The game between the opponents of the Eastern Conference Finals last season, which was broadcast live on ESPN, was completely one-sided, just like the playoffs between the two teams in the past few years. The score was 125 to 111. The Hawks didn't defend much in the back. Coach Kruger kept substituting Liu Mang so that Liu Mang could experiment with each teammate.

Liu Mang played 40 minutes in the game, scored 30 points on 11 of 18 shots, and also had 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

Liu Mang didn't expect that playing against the Pistons could actually feel like playing against a weak team.

Easily getting a double-double, Liu Mang also received the first 11-game winning streak in his career.

On the Pistons side, Bosh didn't know what to do. After all, he was only a third-year player and didn't have his own special agent team like James and Liu Mang. Facing the chaotic situation of the team, he could only play well by himself.

Bosh is already the Pistons' scoring leader this season, averaging 23 points per game, and he ranks second in rebounds, averaging 9 rebounds per game, plus 3 assists, which is a huge improvement, but the team has suddenly entered a chaotic situation from the best and peak of last season, and Bosh can only play with his head down.

This time, Liu Mang defeated him again. Bosh... is used to it...

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After defeating the Pistons and winning 11 games in a row, they faced the Bulls.

The Bulls have a very balanced lineup this season. From Hinrich, Nocioni, Luol Deng, Tyson Chandler and Ben Gordon on the bench, they are all quasi-first-class stars. Liu Mang observed that their ability ratings were all in the early 80s.

But they have lost their real strengths. In the summer, they chose to keep Tyson Chandler for 5 years and 55 million, gave up the matching rights of Eddy Curry, and lost the team's only absolute strength.

Now the Bulls' scoring situation is Nocioni averaging 12 points per game, Luol Deng averaging 13 points per game, Hinrich averaging 14 points per game, and Ben Gordon averaging 14.9 points per game. There is no obvious strong point, all of them are role players.

In addition to the defensive Tyson Chandler, if the Bulls come to a superstar, they will definitely be the favorite to win the championship. They have many high-quality role players who can be rated 75 to 79, but they don't have a superstar.

Ben Gordon, the Jordan on the bench, is just Jordan on the bench after all.

Liu Mang led the team to easily beat the Bulls 115 to 100, and he won four consecutive victories against the Bulls and was rewarded with 4,000 superstar points.

In this game, Liu Mang scored 41 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, the second time this season that he scored 40+. This time Liu Mang won by scoring.

The Bulls' rotation defense is very strong. Liu Mang failed to organize the offense, nor did he force it. Last season, McGrady and Nash did not assist in double digits in every game.

12 consecutive wins!

The Hawks are still advancing.

After 12 games, Liu Mang's data reached 31 points, 5.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists per game, and his assists per game ranked ninth in the league, second only to McGrady, who has averaged 18.5 points and 8 assists per game so far. After Liu Mang's assists came up, McGrady's score began to increase, and his assists dropped from 9 per game to 8 per game.

This is the first time that Liu Mang has ranked in the top ten in the assists list in his career.

The main reason is that the score has not dropped much, which is not what Liu Mang expected. Currently, the score ranks third in the league, behind Kobe's 33 points per game and James' 32 points per game. Moreover, those two have played more games, and Liu Mang will not be able to catch up for a while.

Liu Mang's score did not decline. He felt that it had a lot to do with the team's fierce scoring since the beginning of this season. The team now averages 116.5 points per game, catching up with the scores of the NBA's top scoring teams in the 1980s.

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The last game of the five consecutive home games, the Hawks played against the Cavaliers.

God wanted the Hawks to continue their winning streak. In the last game against the Timberwolves, James was cruelly fouled by Garnett with a second-level malicious foul when he was leading by a large score. He jumped and layup, but Garnett elbowed him on the collarbone and slapped him. James was rarely angry. He was fouled more than once or twice, but he was not so angry. He paid attention to his image. This time he rarely got up and pushed Garnett, mainly because Garnett cursed after the foul. James loved his mother the most.

In the end, James was sent off for two technical fouls, Garnett was sent off for a second-level malicious foul, Garnett was suspended for two games, and James was also suspended for one game because of the conflict between the two teams.

Without James, Larry Hughes is recovering from injury. The Cavaliers are nothing. The Hawks beat the Pacers 121 to 99, another big win.

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After playing five consecutive home games, the Hawks won 13 games in a row!

The Hawks were in high spirits. On November 30, they went to Indianapolis to play against the Pacers and easily won. Reggie Miller retired, Stephen Jackson was not liked by Bird, Artest broke Bird's heart and was put on the list of being sold. Coach Carlisle felt that he had a hard life. Whenever the team he led was at its best, he was either fired or something like this happened to the team. It was a bad year!

108 to 101. Although the Pacers resisted, the Hawks continued their excellent touch and excellent defense and continued to win.

After the first month of the game, the Hawks won 14 games in a row!

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On December 2 and 3, the Hawks had their second back-to-back of the season, the first two of three consecutive home games, back-to-back against the Bobcats and Clippers.

It was another away game against the Hawks, Felton was sick, the Bobcats put him on the inactive list, not letting him play against Liu Mang, very directly.

The Hawks did not let the Bobcats continue to beat them, Liu Mang scored 25 points, 15 assists and 7 rebounds, helping the Hawks beat the Bobcats 120-95 again, easily winning 15 consecutive games.

The second back-to-back game was against the Clippers, the Clippers are very good this season, Cassell's joining has greatly increased their strength, but the Hawks, who are in a hot state, still easily won the victory.

Liu Mang scored 33 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, overpowering Brand who scored 31 points. McGrady scored 17 points and 13 assists to beat Cassell. Kwame Brown scored 15 points and 22 rebounds. The Hawks beat 133 to 125. In the scoring battle, the Hawks were better and won 16 consecutive victories!

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When the Hawks won 12 consecutive games, breaking the Bulls' 69-win season in the 96-97 season, the record of 11 consecutive wins in the past nine years, the fans went crazy.

When the Hawks kept winning and were still undefeated in December, and after winning all the back-to-back games at the beginning of December, the most discussed topic in the NBA was not who could end the Hawks' winning streak, nor how many consecutive wins the Hawks could have, and whether they had to start with a "championship winning streak".

But...

On the second day of the 6-game winning streak, the Hawks had three days of rest. They played the third game of the month on December 7, which was also the last of three consecutive home games, against the Western Conference powerhouse Supersonics.

Liu Mang and Dina returned home after running. After taking a shower, they waited for breakfast. Dina browsed the forum with the laptop she gave to Liu Mang. She originally wanted to see how good her uncle's team was.

But she didn't expect that the most popular post was "Liu's step-back three-pointer posture is so ugly, don't you consider changing it?"

There was also a vote asking whether Liu Mang's step-back three-pointer was the ugliest step-back in history.

Everything related to the Hawks was weird. Liu Mang was about to vomit blood when he saw this post!

Liu Mang asked depressedly: "Dina, do you think uncle's step-back jump shot is handsome? Does it affect uncle's handsome appearance and chic temperament?"

"Uncle, do you want to hear Dina tell the truth or comfort you?" Dina said without stopping her hands, clicked on the yes option, and then clicked submit.

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