Chapter 1403 1402. Players’ Character

"Grant Hill, ability rating 87, offense 84, defense 89, three-pointer 71, mid-range shot 85, layup 92, speed 88, strength 91..."

Seeing Grant Hill's ability rating, Liu Mang felt like crying.

Finally, after Jason Terry, he has another substitute with an ability rating of 85!

If the core players of other teams knew Liu Mang's thoughts, they would definitely want to kill him.

But this is indeed one of the few substitutes with an ability rating of 80 for Liu Mang.

Previously, only Jason Terry and Battier had an ability rating of more than 80.

Rondo and Granger are both newcomers with outstanding characteristics and strong potential but have not yet been fully developed.

Even Josh Smith and Iguodala were the same during their time with the Hawks. They were very functional, but their potential was not fully developed due to their short career time.

Of course, because of the strong core lineup, the substitutes of the Hawks, except for Jason Terry, only need to strengthen their outstanding advantages to play their advantages well, and they don't need to be so versatile, so even if they are still young, they still look very good.

But compared with Grant Hill, a first-class star with comprehensive skills and more than ten years of rich experience, the youngsters are definitely inferior in terms of ability evaluation.

Now Liu Mang can also use his teammates to compare the number of players with ability evaluations over 80 with the Bulls and Mavericks!

As for the other two new players...

"Mark Jackson, ability evaluation 77, offense 69, defense 84, three-pointer 33, mid-range 59, layup 90, speed 81, strength 94..."

"Stromile Swift, ability evaluation 65, offense 60, defense 79, three-pointer 41, mid-range 60, layup 79, speed 87, strength 88..."

Mark Jackson is okay, as a starting center for a weak team, there is no problem, but he is a fully weakened version of Kwame Brown, and he is also okay as a substitute for Kwame Brown.

Swift... has almost no advantages except physical fitness...

A short inside player with a height of 2.06 meters, he runs fast, jumps high, rarely gets injured, and plays explosively. He once dunked over Yao Ming, Nowitzki, Duncan, Garnett... and other superstar inside players.

Liu Mang thinks Swift's physical fitness is not worse than Stoudemire, but Stoudemire and Stoudemire... are not nicknamed because of their strength...

Swift has almost no skills to speak of.

But surprisingly, as soon as Swift met Rondo, Grant Hill, McGrady and others, they became familiar with each other.

Swift has an advantage. Although he is not very smart and his basketball IQ is basically zero, he is very good at dealing with things. He has always been very good at currying favor with the team's ball-handling players. Otherwise, he would not have so many opportunities to eat cakes when his skills are so poor.

Although Rondo is a rookie, he is one of the team commanders and has been in the limelight in his rookie season. Swift is very good at cooperating with the point guard to eat cakes. Swift also decisively flatters McGrady and Grant Hill, two teammates who are good at passing.

But for Liu Mang, who is "notorious", Swift did not dare to say much except saying hello.

Liu Mang is also happy to be idle and does not need to make too many small talk.

Liu Mang does not think that Swift can stay in the team for long, because his skills are too hot.

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When it comes to tactical training, Grant Hill's familiarity with the team's tactics makes it easy for him to enter the role of tactical running. The passing and running accuracy in training... are all done very well.

Although it was just training, Grant Hill was eye-catching at the time!

He did not rely on his seniority, did not put on the airs of an old star, was calm, not arrogant, and accepted any role assigned. Grant Hill used practical actions to interpret the excellent qualities that a professional player should have to his young new teammates.

During the two weeks of rest, Grant Hill has been working hard to learn the team's tactical system.

There are many things that make him feel incredible.

In particular, there is one thing that is not written into the tactical manual, but from the team's physiotherapists to trainers to assistants and even the team's medical consultant Thomas Carter, they have all mentioned it...

"Ace's arrangements on the court are above everything else."

That's probably what it means.

No matter how well the tactics are played, how excellent the tactical intentions are, and how high the success rate is, Liu Mang has requirements, and Liu Mang's ideas must be given priority.

Young people like Gortat, who have just come to the NBA from the team basketball atmosphere in Europe, can't understand such a team's "unspoken rules" at all, but Grant Hill, as an Eastern Conference player, can be regarded as a very intuitive feeling of how good Liu Mang is.

For Grant Hill, this allows him to be more involved in the team's tactical learning, without having to think too much. If he encounters a problem that cannot be solved by tactics, just give the ball to Liu Mang.

"Grant, Mark, Stromaier, with the three of you, I am more confident in the game tomorrow night." McGrady put his arm on the shoulders of his old teammate and said.

McGrady felt it was really unreal. More than six years ago, he had been dreaming of partnering with Grant Hill, who was hailed as the next Jordan. However, the number of games they played together could be counted on two hands.

Although things have changed, McGrady and Hill are partners again, and they feel like they have returned to the beginning of the new century...

"333 combination, you have a really good relationship..."

When the two were talking during the break of tactical training, a voice suddenly came out.

Grant Hill was startled and turned his head to see that it was Liu Mang.

McGrady was used to it and asked: "333 combination? Ace, are you talking about our jersey numbers?"

"Guessed it right!"

"..." McGrady was desperate about Liu Mang's talent for nicknames. It happened that Liu Mang now has a great voice in the basketball world, and the nicknames he gave basically became nicknames...

Liu Mang chatted with McGrady and Grant Hill about some random things. The break was over and they continued to train. After the team added new players, there were more things to adjust for the next game!

The addition of new teammates gave Liu Mang greater confidence in dealing with the Lakers' inside group. Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. In terms of quality, no team in the league can compare with the Lakers' inside group, so let's compete in quantity!

The preparation time before doing big things always feels so short. In a blink of an eye, it is February 21st. As the traffic leader of the league, the game between the Hawks and the Lakers is the first game after this All-Star Weekend and will soon kick off the second half of the season.