Chapter 1371 1370. Temporary Legion Composition

In the US imperial capital, a Mesozoic leader who has been at the top of the scoring list for more than two months is about to cry...

After Liu Mang scored 56 points, his average score per game increased to 29.9 points, which is only 0.5 points away from the top scorer's average of 30.4 points per game...

Some media are joking that the Hawks made a trade about Wade mainly because Liu Mang did not win the scoring title last year, and they want to help Liu Mang "create" another chance to win the scoring title.

Liu Mang is only the second in the scoring list now, but because of the current situation, people have already regarded Liu Mang as the scoring champion...

Kobe is actively cooperating with the four towers, James has Chandler and Peja, and he doesn't need to compete for the scoring champion. He has never been interested in that. Wade is out, Carter is stable but not explosive enough, Iverson and McGrady have transformed for their own reasons, Rahim, Stoudemire, Joe Johnson are all scoring masters, but the distance to the scoring champion...

Liu Mang's only competitor is Arenas. Fans see Arenas and Liu Mang competing for the scoring champion, and feel that Arenas is too miserable. He may get the only big honor in his career. Although the scoring champion trophy is a plate, it is at least one of the big data kings, and the most important data king. In the first two months of this year, no one wanted to compete for the scoring champion. Suddenly, a big deal came out, "forcing" Liu Mang to the road of scoring champion.

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Arenas was miserable, and Liu Mang came to the stadium refreshed the next day after scoring 56 points.

Recruitment!

The Hawks had a day off on the 14th. The next 15th and 16th were home games, and the 19th and 20th were away games. There was no good way to play the two home games. Maybe they could only find two big men from the Development League to make up the numbers.

But there was one person who could be tried to get back.

Before the game against the Bulls, that person had to be brought back.

When they arrived at the stadium, the coaching staff had already arrived, and the boss had also arrived early.

"Ace, you're here." Price greeted Liu Mang, now with a worried look on his face.

"Boss, what's wrong, so melancholy." Liu Mang asked.

"Hey..." Price sighed. It was a relief to get Wade, but the next things this season would be very troublesome. They would never give up the championship.

The chances were small, but four consecutive championships... it was exciting to think about it...

Coach Kruger and others shook their heads.

They are all counting on the Hawks to challenge for the championship in the weak period after the three consecutive championships. The high-quality veterans and the role players in their prime who want to win the championship early have all gone to the Lakers, Mavericks, and Suns to cling to their thighs. There is really nothing good to get at this time.

"What about the negotiations with the Bundesliga?" Liu Mang asked.

"We gave a buyout fee of 2 million euros. We can get Gotot directly after waiting for another half a year. Now we have to pay the buyout fee..." Price is so painful!

"In this case, let's sign a four-year contract with Gotot. We can earn it back by playing two more years." Liu Mang suggested. Anyway, he is not a player of his own company. It would be great to get a four-year rookie bonus.

"Ace, are you sure he is worth a four-year contract?" Coach Kruger asked again.

"Probably, it shouldn't be too bad..." Liu Mang didn't say it for sure. Although Gotot is indeed very good, he is definitely not a great star, but he is enough to be a substitute. Gotot will be 23 years old next month. For European players, the skills must be very mature and they can be used as soon as they get them.

"Okay, we have been allowed to talk to Gortat. If he is willing to sign a four-year contract, we will buy him out. If not, we will wait until the summer to sign him directly." Price decided.

This kind of thing is not necessarily safe. Gortat's salary in Europe is 1.2 million euros. He certainly can't get that much money when he just comes to the NBA. If he is unwilling and insists on waiting until his contract with the Bundesliga Cologne Rhein ends and signing a regular two-year rookie contract with the Hawks, there is nothing we can do.

...

However, Liu Mang and others are overthinking. Some people would rather take less money in order to go to a higher basketball hall.

Price contacted Gortat's agent and got the opportunity to talk directly with Gortat. Gortat heard the Hawks' request and agreed without hesitation.

As the champion of the Bundesliga in the 2005-2006 season, he won the Bundesliga MVP and the best team of the European League. In addition to the fact that the team is indeed far behind Barcelona and CSKA Moscow and cannot reach the top of Europe, Gortat has already won all the honors that can be won in the Bundesliga in the past four years and has long wanted to leave. He applied for the 2005 draft himself. He was not old enough to be directly selected at that time, and he still had a two-year contract with Cologne Rhein, which was enough to show his desire to enter the NBA.

It was easy to reach a verbal agreement with Gortat on the buyout contract. Moron Willy, the team's vice president, will represent the team to go to Germany to complete the follow-up matters.

It is estimated that it will take one or two days to complete the joining process, and there are other things.

Finding the lost pearls among the "waste wood" is what Liu Mang is best at.

The Hawks' own draft pick has always been low. The reason they were able to get Josh Smith and Iguodala that year was all due to the trade back of draft picks from Boozer and others who Liu Mang asked to select.

Coach Kruger gave Liu Mang a list of free agents who were cut by other teams in the middle of the season or who had not found a job and were playing in the Development League.

"Ace, what do you think of Olowokandi? He has only played for eight years and may still have some strength. He will also come to our trial training soon. Do you want to take a look?" Coach Kruger pointed. Said the name of the first candy man.

The man with three axes?

Can he still swing his axe?

"Let's all take a look." Liu Mang looked at a total of 11 trial players, and he didn't waste much time. When they arrived on the court, Liu Mang just looked at their ability evaluations.

The 11 candidate lists are basically frontcourt players, which are in line with the current needs of the Eagles.

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Yesterday's game was very tiring. Today the Eagles have no training plan. Next is a back-to-back, so physical fitness is very important.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the 11 free agents in the trial came to the arena early to finish warming up.

The Hawks now have only 11 players including Wade. Since Wade was reimbursed for the season, the Hawks applied for an injury exception of US$3.46 million, which means that the Hawks are likely to sign at least one during this trial. The two of them came to make up the 12-man roster.

In the last game, the Hawks' buyout process for Antoine Walker has not yet been completed, and Wade's injury exception application has not been completed, so it is a 12-man roster, but before the next game, 12 people must be assembled. The roster is the only thing, and since 13 players can now play, the Eagles are very likely to sign three players.

The Hawks' next game is tomorrow, and they are bound to sign at least two players today, so those who come to the trial are very passionate. Even a ten-day short contract is an opportunity for them to return to the NBA.

Liu Mang was watching the trial training in Coach Kruger's office on the second floor facing the training ground.

"Marcus Feizer, 2.06 meters tall, weighs 119 kilograms, has an ability rating of 72, 77 offense, 70 defense, 55 three-pointers, 69 mid-range shots, 86 layups, 85 speed, 91 strength..."

Liu Mang remembers this guy. He was the No. 4 pick in the 2000 draft. He played pretty well that year and was a short, heavy power forward. In Liu Mang's rookie season, this guy averaged 11 points and 6 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Pretty good. Although his weight is exaggerated, his mobility is good, his speed is top-notch, and he can switch to guard small forwards.

The disadvantage is that he has an eccentric personality. He and his wife pointed guns at each other at home without a gun license. The funny thing is that neither of them knows how to use a gun, and neither of them even pulled the safety off. The neighbor next door saw him and called the police. He was imprisoned for 15 days plus one. Months of community labor and then being laid off by the team...

This incident attracted a lot of attention in the summer of 2004. It was so funny...

When the police asked the couple why they didn't carry insurance, the couple replied that they were too timid to take the gun license test and didn't know how to use a gun...

This short and stocky human shield is okay. He played in Europe last season and wants to return to the NBA this year. After playing in the Development League for a while, no team dared to ask for it... Liu Mang thought he should sign it first!

On the other hand, Olowokandi, the top pick, could not find a job after working for eight years...

"Michael Olowokandi, ability evaluation 49..."

Liu Mang simply ignored this option. He might as well have been Hollins.

There is an unexpected candidate, not because of how good he is, but because he may be able to stay for a long time.

"Mark Madsen, ability evaluation 59, offense 44, defense 67..."

Liu Mang is an old friend. He used to hire him as a trainer every summer when he went to Los Angeles.

Liu Mang remembered that Madsen would be a trainer for the Lakers for many years in the future. He was a very capable guy who taught Bynum's defense single-handedly.

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"Ace, just these two? Madsen, you recommended being a trainer? Then Fezer?" Coach Kruger thought that Liu Mang could find the advantages that they didn't find in these players, but after thinking about it, Normally, these people are no longer young, so there is no potential left to tap.

"Madsen was my trainer during summer training. He is very good in this area and can help Karl a lot." Liu Mang explained.

"I just hope they don't start a fight," Stockton joked.

"They all seem to be practicing boxing, so it would be interesting to fight..."

Stockton's teasing made the atmosphere in the office a lot better. I was originally under a lot of pressure because I had to play the Suns tomorrow, but now that I think about it, I can only let it go. Gortat will not be able to catch up with tomorrow's game. , we can only sign a few ten-day short contracts to make up the number of people.

Liu Mang recommended these two people. Anyway, it was a ten-day short contract. Other teams could sign whatever they wanted.

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As for trials, some people are happy and some are worried. Fizer and Mark Madsen got a 10-day short contract.

The Eagles arranged a hotel for the two of them, Feizer went back first, and Mark Madsen came to talk to Liu Mang.

"Ace, thank you so much. It was you who asked the team to invite me to be the trainer. Thank you so much."

Liu Mang looked at Mark Madsen's human-like appearance after changing into his suit, and felt that he was not the same person as the guy named Mad Dog on the court and in training, a big white man who was quite a gentleman.

"We're working together again... Come on, Mark."

Liu Mang responded and wanted to talk about some family matters, but Emmanuel called him away again...

When I came to the boss's office, several people were discussing something heatedly.

Things they couldn't figure out.

After Liu Mang got involved, he found that he couldn't figure it out either...

Sometimes, there are some seemingly confusing transactions in the NBA, and it is not without reason.

Liu Mang, Price, Coach Kruger and others did not know why the Bucks wanted to send Blake to them. They asked for an injury exception and the signing rights of a 1993 second-round pick, and did not want anything else in return!

"I remember that Edens and Gilbert have a feud. They probably want to help us deal with the Cavaliers." Price suddenly thought of this.

"Edens? The owner of the Bucks?" Liu Mang remembered that the owner of the Bucks was called Edens, but not because he remembered it, but because of his daughter Mallory Edens...

Liu Mang remembered that the daughter of the Bucks owner was born in 1996, and was about one year and two years younger than Dinah... A little guilty... When Liu Mang first thought of that beautiful face, he wanted to get to know her...

Liu Mang seemed to remember that the Bucks and the Cavaliers had never gotten along well, and it turned out that the root cause was the owner.

"Your circle is really messy." Liu Mang complained in his heart, but he was quite happy. Rondo is useful, but rookies will definitely have bad performances. It is not bad to have Blake, a man with a strong body, as the fourth guard. He can play both point guard and off-ball shooter.

"I think their purpose is to save money. Their salary is 66.79 million. If they give Blake to us, they don't have to pay luxury tax this year." Mike Woodson said while flipping through the Bucks' scouting report.

"Ace, what do you think? Do we still need a point guard?" Coach Kruger asked.

Liu Mang is open to getting Blake: "It would be great if we could get Steve. He is the toughest white guard I have ever seen."

"White guard?" Price, Coach Kruger, Stockton and others remembered this.

After Korver left, the Hawks seemed to have no white outside players. Before, there was Calderon. Calderon and Korver were the two white coaches of the Hawks.

This question is not that important, but it is not unimportant.

Coach Kruger, Stockton, and Mike Woodson were silent. Price was still hesitating, but now he stopped hesitating and asked Liu Mang, "Since Ace wants to be teammates with Blake, let's use Dwyane's injury exception."

Since the decision was made, the coaching staff began to prepare for tomorrow's game.

Coach Kruger wrote down the current player list.

If the trade goes well, Blake should be able to catch up with the game tomorrow.

So Coach Kruger wrote down the lineup list and added Blake as well.

Point guard: Liu Mang, Rondo, Blake.

Shooting guard: McGrady, Jason Terry.

Small forward: Battier, Granger.

Power forward: Marion, David Lee, Fizer.

Center: Kwame Brown, Hollins, Madsen.

When the lineup was listed in detail, everyone felt very upset when seeing this list.

How many years have passed since the lineup was so miserable!

Now their lineup, if you really want to say that they can take on important tasks in the game, there are only six and a half at most.

Liu Mang, McGrady, Battier, Kwame Brown, and Jason Terry are the core team. Battier, with Prince as a reference, can barely be considered half-full of responsibility. Rondo, Granger, and David Lee, if they add up, it's good enough to be one...

This kind of lineup made Liu Mang think of one thing: "Since everyone says I'm going to explode, if I don't explode, wouldn't it be a shame to so many people's expectations?"