Chapter 1313 1312. A Keen Sense of Crisis (Buddha Update 1/5.)

Chapter 1313 1312. A keen sense of crisis (Buddha Update 15.)

What is a qualified leader?

What is an excellent leader?

Liu Mang used to take one step at a time, and he was lucky enough to be in a good situation, but now, after playing the first game, Liu Mang became alert.

When he won the first championship, it was natural to reach the first peak in the team's history. Liu Mang and Rahim were a perfect match, similar to the combination of Liu Mang and Garnett that the Hawks wanted very much this summer, coupled with Rasheed Wallace in his last year of his peak, the best sixth man Jason Terry, the uninjured block king Ratliff, and role players such as Boozer and Stockton, the epic 16-1 record of the best playoffs in history won the championship.

The second year of winning the championship was McGrady's voluntary sacrifice, Kwame Brown made significant progress, Rasheed Wallace was still at the end of his peak, and in the middle of the season, he got high-quality role players such as Alonzo Mourning and Persson, laying the foundation for defending the title. The Eastern Conference playoff team was weak, and the finals defeated the Spurs 4-2.

The third year was simple and rough, getting Barry and Horry, mainly Horry's luck, Liu Mang reached his first peak, played the strongest regular season performance in history, eliminated the Heat 4-2 in the playoffs, and had good luck in the finals. He was the Lakers, who were the most powerful in the West against the Spurs and Mavericks but still a little short of the finals, and won three consecutive championships.

But after three consecutive championships, they began to be targeted, and because of the targeting of other teams, the Hawks' signings in the past summer were completely different from what was originally expected!

From the team's perspective and from Liu Mang's personal perspective, they were not as perfect as the previous signings.

In the past three years, the introduction of Rasheed Wallace, Alonzo Mourning, and Horry were all easily done.

But this year, all they got were "spare tires", so the contrast for Liu Mang was particularly great!

It's not that Marion and Battier are not good, but... they are not like Rasheed Wallace who escaped from "prison" when he first came to the Hawks and was willing to do any dirty work.

It's not like McGrady who is ready to be Pippen and has a very resigned personality.

It's not like Iguodala and Josh Smith and other rookies who just entered the NBA and were made by Liu Mang to think that super scorers play like that, after all, the team has two such players to form a double wave.

Marion scored 9 points and 8 rebounds in the first game, defended actively, dared to fight, and got 4 offensive rebounds, which kept the Hawks hopeful.

But it's really impossible to defend against the strongest scoring power forward in history who is in the best state at the beginning, with an offensive rating of 99. For inside players, except O'Neal, Liu Mang estimates that only the late basketball emperor Chamberlain can compare with Nowitzki in offensive ability, Duncan, Olajuwon and the strongest evergreen Kareem Abdul-Jabbar can't.

From a single aspect, such as scoring inside, there are many who are better than Nowitzki, but compared with Nowitzki, Nowitzki's inside offense is top, the first in history among the inside mid-range shots, and his three-point ability may be in the top five in the league. Nowitzki, who has entered his peak period and has been in the best condition since the beginning of the season, cannot be defended by anyone. One can only hope that he can't make the shot, or double-team him.

Battier is good at close defense, and he is Prince's substitute. The two are very good at defending on the outside, but their low-post defense against Josh Howard is not as good as Iguodala's top defense.

This is not to say that the two are not good enough, but that the two are not used to defending like this.

And more importantly, on the offensive end, they are not as accustomed to the offensive play of Liu Mang, McGrady, and Jason Terry as the teammates who joined before Liu Mang.

Like Kwame Brown, he scored 10 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 blocks, and performed very well, but two fists can't beat four hands! The opponent Dampier's sturdy figure was enough to make him drink a pot, but Kwame Brown was used to playing, but his teammates were not as good at cooperating with them as before.

Liu Mang played less in the preseason, and the coaching staff wanted to give role players more opportunities to adapt to running tactics in the game. This is a normal idea. Except for the Celtics in the 1960s, no team has had the experience of how to successfully challenge the championship after three consecutive championships, and there is no precedent for the Eagles coaching staff including Liu Mang to refer to.

However, this conservative preseason arrangement has led to his teammates not being able to adapt in advance in the official game and understand what kind of psychological endurance is needed to partner with Liu Mang.

Liu Mang won the assist king last season. He was a guy who would monopolize the shooting rights if he scored 90 points. In the past, his teammates could get whatever he wanted, and his teammates would know what to do if he wanted to do something, but now it is different.

There is no doubt that the Eagles are still very strong, with an excellent lineup, and they have the strength to fight with the Mavericks who are in an excellent start, but the grasp of details is not as strong as last season. The main players came out in full force, but they were also killed by the Mavericks.

The best part is that Liu Mang is very sensitive to this feeling of uneasiness. He feels the team's problems very strongly!

If there is a problem, we must find a way to solve it.

Liu Mang returned home and coaxed the little girl who was depressed and didn't sleep after losing the first game to sleep. Then he went back to the room and spent some time with Levia. After Levia fell asleep, Liu Mang took out paper and pen from the bedside table. .

If there is any problem, write it down, and then discuss it with the coaching staff and communicate with teammates!

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"Coach, John, this is the problem we encountered that I thought of last night." Liu Mang was not polite and handed the problem written down last night to Stockton and Coach Kruger.

Early the next morning, Liu Mang sent Little Loli and the bodyguard to school and came to the gym early.

This was the first time in four years that the Hawks did not win the opening game. Liu Mang entered the sixth season of the NBA and lost the opening game for the second time. In terms of public opinion, the Hawks encountered considerable pressure.

Liu Mang was mentally prepared and had prepared for the most difficult season. So he did not panic when he encountered problems, but listed the problems and made an appointment with the coaching staff to meet in the morning.

Coach Kruger came earlier than Liu Mang. He came to the gym with Stockton at seven o'clock and waited for Liu Mang to come.

Looking at the many problems listed by Liu Mang, the problems exposed in the first game, or the problems with certain signs, or the potential problems, some of which the two coaches did not analyze, Liu Mang wrote down.

Last night's temporary team meeting only analyzed the reasons why the tactics could not be played, and the coaching staff did not blame anyone.

Role players are definitely not to blame. Liu Mang, McGrady, and Jason Terry have taken more than 60 shots in total, while his teammates have only taken 30 shots in total.

And blame the three eagles... Two of the three consecutive championships were won by this combination of offensive firepower.

Looking at the problems listed by Liu Mang, there are more than the two offensive coaches imagined!