Chapter 1171 1170. Need to Go All Out

Finally someone from the Hawks was suspended due to injury!

The three consecutive championships in the NBA over the past decade have one characteristic.

In the Lakers' three consecutive championships, O'Neal played at least 74 games in the first two championship years. His attendance rate was very high, but he began to suffer from injuries and weight problems in the third year and only played 60 games.

The Bulls' two three consecutive championships, the first two championships of the two consecutive championships were like destiny, the core players had almost no injuries, the first one was fine, only Jordan suffered a tendon cut by himself after the All-Star Weekend in the third year, and only missed four games after ten days of injury; but the third year of the second third championship was even worse, Luke Longley played only 56 games, Pippen was constantly injured, played only 44 games in the regular season, hit a new low in his career, and the average assists per game was also the lowest in the six championships, which made Jordan play a truly god-like season.

But when they came to the Hawks, there was no major injury. There were quite a few minor injuries, but they were all ankle sprains, shoulder sprains, elbow sprains or muscle strains, and they recovered quickly. Some Hawks players did not play in the game. In addition to suspension, they took turns to maintain physical fitness. There was almost no suspension due to injuries.

Finally, the Hawks also had "widespread injuries".

But at this point in time, there were still these weird reasons for injuries. After seeing them, fans couldn't help but curse.

This is called "injury"?

Injury for fun, right!

Who doesn't know that McGrady's injury is a back injury, or congenital, and it has also moved to the hip?

Except for the first two years of his career when he was a supporting role in the Trail Blazers and the shortened season with only 50 games, Rasheed Wallace's attendance in a single season before coming to the Hawks was never less than 70 games, and most of them were suspended due to too many technical fouls. Jason Terry is the player with the highest attendance rate in the Hawks except Liu Mang. Prince is only in the fourth grade and has no history of injuries.

The most criticized thing is the reason for Josh Smith's suspension. Was he arguing with Liu Mang?

Liu Mang's "tyrant" personality has been made public. Who dares to argue with him? Didn't you see that Kobe, his opponent, was unable to take care of himself and only got a little breathing space thanks to Fisher and Yao Ming's key shots?

Netizens are omnipotent. Soon some fans analyzed that the purpose of the Hawks was to get the Jazz's first-round draft pick!

Some fans expressed their support for the Hawks. A first-round draft pick is still very valuable. The Hawks rely on the four-year rookie bonus of the first-round rookie contract to build the team. This is no secret. The value of the first-round draft pick is gradually rising.

Prince, Josh Smith, and Iguodala are still on cheap contracts of 1 million to 2 million, but they have played the role of the best role players in the league, allowing Kwame Brown and Jason Terry to renew their contracts with 9 million and 10 million respectively. With the Hawks having two top-paid players, Liu Mang and McGrady, and Rasheed Wallace's contract of more than 9 million, the Hawks' salary is only more than 73 million. Although it is over the cap by 10 million, it also has good room for operation.

In the middle of this season, the Pacers were unwilling to trade Peja with their first-round draft picks, and the Celtics' goal of saving first-round draft picks was frustrated. They were all related to the fact that other teams saw the Hawks' idea of ​​building a team by taking advantage of rookie bonuses.

Some fans agree with the Hawks' approach, most of whom are fans of Hawks stars such as Liu Mang, McGrady, Kwame Brown, or Hawks fans.

But more fans were cursing. No matter how the Hawks fans analyzed, they were cursing, cursing the Hawks for being despicable and disregarding sportsmanship.

The Hawks had anticipated this situation, so they were so hesitant before.

However, the cursing in this regard soon passed.

Sportsmanship... Popovich has long been a live target. Netizens' cursing soon shifted to the Spurs. Seeing that the Hawks rested five players, the Spurs rested all three players at the same time, without any concealment.

So, the discussion about the Hawks' "injuries" shifted to who came up with these weird injuries of the Hawks.

In the end, a unified conclusion was reached, and even the Hawks fans followed suit, "scolding", it must have been the player wearing No. 1 who did it!

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Coach Sloan feels a little depressed now. He said he was calculated, but he didn't think he was calculated. This was already agreed in the original transaction, lottery guarantee, and there is nothing wrong with the Hawks doing this.

If Coach Sloan were in that position,

because not many teams are willing to trade draft picks with the Hawks, unless they offer rookie contracts for Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Prince, it would be difficult to get a first-round pick. The three young players of the Hawks are not exchanged for ordinary first-round picks. Even Prince, who seems to have the worst talent and the lowest value, can be selected with a draft pick from the fourth to tenth pick. Any strong team needs such a hardworking role, and the key price is not expensive. At most, it is a middle-class value, and more seems to be a premium.

The Hawks are now regarded as a "fat sheep" by many teams. It's not that the Hawks don't make enough money to pay the salary of these players, but that they can't give them so many performance opportunities. There will be trades later. Other teams will see that the Hawks lack first-round picks and want to kill the Hawks.

The Hawks need to hold the first-round pick to take the initiative.

Moreover, Coach Sloan needs this victory now. If Deron Williams can reach the playoffs in his rookie season; Boozer and Kirilenko can be the No. 1 teammate of Deron Williams. If they can reach the playoffs next year, their confidence will be greatly improved.

Confidence is very important. Didn’t you see that the Timberwolves, the Kings, and the Suns were the three tank teams that steadily obtained high draft picks every year and accumulated talents that made other teams jealous. In the end, only the Timberwolves relied on Jimmy Butler. After one year of using the rights, they made it to the playoffs once. After losing Jimmy Butler, they were immediately bad to the point of no end, even though they had many No. 1 picks and almost the entire lineup was lottery picks.

In the past two years, the Jazz deliberately failed to acquire Boozer and Deron Williams, which hurt the Jazz. This year they need to let the players know that they are capable.

Keeping a first-round pick with the 14th pick, the team couldn't make the playoffs, and losing a first-round pick with the 16th or 7th pick, but the team made the playoffs, Coach Sloan didn't hesitate. Chose the latter.

After Coach Sloan learned about the Hawks' "injury" list, he called the Jazz players together and came to Phillips Arena early for targeted tactical training.

When Boozer learned about this, he was not surprised at all that Liu Mang could do such a thing.

Moreover, people have different perceptions of the same thing. Boozer felt that Liu Mang deliberately wanted them to enter the playoffs, not just for the draft picks.

In the past two years with the Jazz, Boozer has gotten more opportunities. As the absolute core, even with Deron, he is still the team's leading scorer. But the first year was okay, but this season is a bit depressed. , if he doesn't reach the playoffs, he really feels that he might go crazy, because he reached the Eastern Conference Finals in his rookie season.

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The Jazz are open-minded. If they can take advantage, why not?

However, the Knicks players who had already played 81 games and had arrived in Atlanta early were unhappy.

The Eagles' attitude made it clear that they thought they could win by stepping on them!

Although this is true, with 19 wins and 62 losses, the Knicks are completely rotten this season, and they are completely rotten for no reason.

But no matter how bad you are, you still have dignity! They originally lost the last game, but the Eagles wanted to pick them to break the record, and now they are very unhappy!

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Just as Coach Sloan expected, Liu Mang did not intend to let go. The team's three starters and the most important substitutes inside and outside will not play. Their team's current strength is not as good as the Jazz, so Liu Mang is ready to go all out to win. Going.

Only by going all out can you get good data. Liu Mang believes that the future triple-double king will definitely go all out in every game, whether it is to increase data or win, he will go all out.

The team has no strength advantage, so why bother? Only by playing hard and going all out can we produce good data and surround Deron's measurements in all directions.

Several injured players of the Hawks have been chewing their braces on the sidelines and looking at Liu Mang who was training tactics with David Lee, Calderon, Iguodala, Mourning, Barry and others on the training ground, their eyes were filled with excitement. With murderous intent.

When Liu Mang was training, he felt a chill coming from his back. Finally, after the training, Liu Mang was ready to escape quickly. He didn't even want to change his clothes and ran away.

but!

When Liu Mang ran towards the passage leading to the parking lot, Rasheed Wallace was already combing his nose hair at the entrance.

Liu Mang stopped suddenly and changed direction, running towards the locker room. The locker room can also lead to the stadium. There is a passage to another parking lot on the other side of the stadium, so it doesn't matter if you take a long way.

But there are people there too! McGrady blocked the locker room door with his first three super-fast steps.

Rasheed Wallace, Jason Terry, Prince, and Josh Smith surrounded Liu Mang!

"I am the boss of the team, what are you going to do? Rebellion?... Let me go, don't..."

Five people, one carrying his upper body and four holding a limb, dragged Liu Mang into the dressing room, and the door was closed with a bang.

The Eagles players watching the excitement outside the locker room soon heard a scream.

That cry was sad, melodious, and continuous...

"Damn! Who poked my anus... Ouch... Ya Zhi..."

Josh Smith sneaked into the crowd and gave Liu Mang's butt a few blows. It felt so good.

Normally he wouldn't dare to fight with Liu Mang, but when he did it secretly, with five people surrounding him, Liu Mang didn't even know who did it...