Chapter 1356 1355. The Most Luxurious Lineup in History
December 25, 2006, is the day for Liu Mang's fifth Christmas game in his career.
The league announced four important things on this day.
The first thing is that at 9 am on December 26, voting channels will be opened in the physical stores of major cooperative brands and major online media.
From December 26 to January 25, the 30-day All-Star voting is about to begin.
The second thing is that after the vote of the Players' Association and the vote of the 30 teams in the league, the original 12-man activation list will be increased to 13 people from January 1, 2007, increasing the number of players each team can send to the court.
The third thing is the change in the NO-handcheck rule. The defensive player above the free throw line cannot use his hands to block the offensive player. This point remains unchanged. A rule for the protection of the defensive player's cylinder has been added, which does not allow the offensive player to deliberately contact the defensive player with his body to create offensive space during the offense. It will take effect immediately.
These two new rules have both advantages and disadvantages for Liu Mang.
In the past, the Hawks always had to consider which two of Millsap, David Lee, and Granger should be included in the roster. Sometimes they needed a low-post singles expert like David Lee, sometimes they needed Millsap's impact, and sometimes they needed Granger to play the fourth position. Now they don't need to consider so much. Hollins will only have a chance to play unless Rasheed Wallace or Kwame Brown can't play. The other 13 players are all players in the Hawks' plan for this season and can all play, which is good for the Hawks.
But this rule will undoubtedly make the Hawks' already ongoing multi-player rotation more thorough and more likely to affect the Hawks' record.
The new rule of no-handcheck, which was called the Nowitzki rule after it was announced, has a certain impact on Liu Mang and McGrady's breakthroughs.
It is mainly to limit Nowitzki's leg kicking action when he turns over and jumps.
However, Liu Mang thinks this has little impact on Nowitzki. On the contrary, players like him who like to press elbows when turning around in the old-fashioned breakthrough method are more likely to be affected.
The fourth thing has the biggest impact. The NBA has introduced a rule about referees, commonly known as the "zero tolerance" rule, which takes effect immediately. The rule allows referees to call technical fouls on players who complain too fiercely about the penalty. Players spend time arguing with referees, which slows down the rhythm of the game and affects the viewing experience.
The Nowitzki rule is because the previous NO-handcheck has too much impact on defensive players. It is necessary to limit the irregular actions of some offensive players without affecting the league's already fast offensive rhythm.
The league is still encouraging offense.
Zero tolerance is the same, wanting the offensive rhythm to be uninterrupted.
Everything is for the viewing experience of the game.
Of course, it is also to reduce the injuries that are too frequent now. One more player can be sent to the court, there are more options, and the main players can play less time.
As for fouling... Liu Mang doesn't think these rules can affect his fouling. Being violated when shooting is definitely a foul. This is the basic rule of basketball. If it is to be changed, the basic rules of basketball will be changed.
At noon on the 25th, Liu Mang returned to the holiday villa after training and had lunch with the three girls. He then took the three girls to the Staples Center for pre-game preparations.
The much-anticipated Christmas game has been promoted for a long time. For the first time since the Christmas game, there is only one Christmas game. The Lakers' revenge game, the Chinese derby, the league's strongest inside combination against the league's best small lineup team, the collision of the old and new basketballs... The most important thing is... the No. 24 duel!
Kobe flatly denied that he changed the No. 24 jersey to surpass Jordan, but everyone knew his little idea, that he wanted to be one size larger than Jordan.
Liu Mang even directly stated that his goal was to surpass Jordan. The duel between the strongest No. 24 in the East and West has long whetted the appetite of NBA fans.
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"Ace, I won the Pacific Ten League Player of the Week last week!" Yi Jianlian was very excited to share his joy with Liu Mang. He had already boasted to Yao Ming before, and this time he also showed off to Liu Mang.
Before the afternoon warm-up, Yi Jianlian came to visit Liu Mang. Yi Jianlian, a sophomore, finally had enough playing time. Westbrook also joined UCLA this year, but his treatment was the same as Yi Jianlian, and he was still a substitute for Darren Collison.
Partnering with Yi Jianlian were Darren Collison and Aaron Afflalo. This trio was extremely strong in the Pacific Ten League. Collison's breakthrough pass, Yi Jianlian's shooting and defense under the basket, and Afflalo's perimeter defense had a strong dominance in the Pacific Ten League.
Liu Mang looked at Yi Jianlian's treasure-giving look, and he really looked like a student, without the "dust-like atmosphere" of the past. Liu Mang couldn't help but teasing: "Lian Mei is great."
"I told you not to call me Lian Mei!"
"Okay Lian Mei."
"..."
"By the way, Lian Mei, will you participate in the draft next year?" Liu Mang asked.
If possible, Liu Mang is very interested in letting Yi Jianlian re-sign with his own company when he signs an agent.
"No, I'll play for another year. My draft pick is not high right now." Without the interference of his crappy agent and after feeling the gap in basketball foundation between China and the United States in the United States, Yi Jianlian recognized who he was.
Liu Mang also agreed with Yi Jianlian's choice: "That's fine. Just hone your skills and become an excellent combat force. Only when you enter the NBA can you get playing time immediately. Anyway, your endorsement fee will not be less after entering the NBA, so it doesn't matter if your salary is a little lower."
Playing in the NCAA, receiving more scientific and better training, Yi Jianlian improved much faster than playing in the CBA, but in contrast, the oriental mysterious veil on him was unveiled. Americans knew that he was a completely different type of player from Yao Ming. He had advantages and many disadvantages. He was only ranked 16th to 20th in the 2007 rookie prediction ranking, unlike the original time and space where he was ranked fourth before the draft. It was just that Yi Jianlian was unwilling to participate in the tryouts of some teams, so he fell to sixth and was selected by the Bucks.
There are pros and cons. Although from the perspective of the draft, Yi Jianlian is unlikely to be selected at such a high position, from the perspective of Yi Jianlian's personal development, Liu Mang thinks Yi Jianlian's choice is correct.
After chatting for a while, Yi Jianlian did not continue to disturb Liu Mang, and Liu Mang also began to warm up for the game against the Lakers in the evening...
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"Matt, let me tell you..."
"What's wrong, Ace?"
"Don't let Fisher go to your house, okay..."
"Why?"
"Ahem...Nothing, just be careful..."
Watching Liu Mang turn around and leave, Barnes was confused. There was nothing to steal in his house! Fisher was a rich man with a middle-class contract. He only had an annual salary of 2.2 million US dollars and a Chinese brand endorsement fee of about 700,000 US dollars with Yao Ming...
That's enough. Liu Mang couldn't explain it too clearly for no reason. He could only remind him that Fisher didn't steal property...
In 2005, Barnes married his girlfriend, and Liu Mang took his little girl to the wedding as a father-daughter team.
I thought that because he came to this time and space, Barnes might not have the chance to be teammates with Fisher, but I didn't expect that they still became teammates, and they became teammates so early.
Just a reminder, do your best to show the friendship between old teammates. If Fisher's hoe still hits Barnes's corner... I can only say that it is Barnes' fate...
Don't look at Barnes' ruffian look, but he wears the forgiveness hat better than anyone else...
Liu Mang looked at the ability evaluation of the Lakers players. The Lakers' lineup is really... too much!
Kobe, ability evaluation 100 (peak)...
Gasol, ability evaluation 94 (peak)...
Yao Ming, ability evaluation 96 (peak)
The three are all between 26 and 28 years old, in their prime.
Plus, Odom, a 27-year-old who is guaranteed to be a first-class star, plays as the sixth man with an ability rating of 85...
Barnes' ability rating of 77 is the lowest among the Lakers' main lineup. He has a certain ability to shoot three-pointers in the open field and is good at offensive rebounding. His defense rating of 89 makes him and Kobe form a very tough front line defense combination.
In addition to getting Barnes last summer, the Lakers also signed Maurice Evans, a tough guy known for his defense and athleticism, on the back line. His ability rating reached 78. He averaged 9 points and 3 rebounds per game last season and served as a substitute for Kobe and Barnes.
Liu Mang was very impressed by this Maurice Evans. In the original time and space, Maurice Evans had a very unfriendly relationship with Kobe. Later, he was traded to the Magic to play as the starting shooting guard next to Howard, helping the Magic to win 52 games. He angrily criticized Kobe for delaying his performance...
Mark Jackson, who was clinging to thighs everywhere, joined the Lakers with a minimum salary after the Heat refused to exercise the team option. He became the fourth inside player of the Lakers, a black, rough and tough...
The ability rating of 72 is enough as the fourth center.
The most ruthless thing is that Radmanovich was taken by the Lakers with a full middle-class salary for 5 years...
Although Radmanovich has not made much progress since entering the NBA, averaging only 10 points per game last season, which is not as good as during the rookie contract, but it is enough to be a shooter.
94.39 million salary to form a luxurious lineup...
But the weakest is the point guard...
Fisher, with an ability rating of 78, is the weakest link. Apart from the 40% hit rate of the point guard receiving the ball and the sudden burst to break through to the basket to score at the critical moment, he really doesn't have much other ability.
The backup point guard is Jordan Farmar, the son of Los Angeles, who only has 3 points, 1 rebound and 1.5 assists in 12 minutes of playing time.
The Lakers are more of Odom's guest point guard, and Fisher's playing time is only 23 minutes per game.
Fisher, Kobe, Barnes, Gasol, Yao Ming's starting lineup, Farmar, Maurice Evans, Odom, Mark Jackson, Radmanovic, Wang Zhizhi's rotation lineup.
It's so luxurious that it's hard to accept.
Since Kobe's playing style is the puzzle type of a championship-contending team, the Lakers dare to find any helper for him. His characteristic is shooting, the kind that shoots all the time. 95% of the players who partner with Kobe will not be hindered by Kobe except for a little less shooting.
Liu Mang thinks that the most suitable partners for Kobe, besides super inside players, are forwards like James and McGrady...
We must not let these two have the possibility of partnering with this guy!
Adding a pill to the combination, not only will Yao Ming have a chance to extend his career, but Kobe's burden will also be much lighter than in the original time and space. It even avoids the two years of 2005-06 and 2006-07 when Kobe needed to fight hard. Kobe's Achilles tendon pressure will be much less. Liu Mang knows from his memory that this guy was still at his peak before he was reimbursed in 2013...
Troublesome little blacksmith!