Chapter 1476 1475. I Will Never Offer a Plan to the Oily Head

After sending the drunk little Loli back to the room, Liu Mang returned to the living room, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down the names of the current lineup and possible players.

Last season, O'Neal Jr. averaged 20+9 per game, which was still a top inside performance. Although O'Neal Jr. declined seriously in the next season, he averaged around 13+7 in 24 minutes per game this past season.

O'Neal collapsed too quickly. After the All-Star weekend, he averaged 11+5 per game. This was the key to Liu Mang being able to get O'Neal with nothing!

O'Neal Jr. does not serve as the core insider, but serves as the center or power forward in the rotation lineup of positional battles. In this case, O'Neal Jr.'s strength is more than enough. He averages 13+7 in 24 minutes per game, and also has 1.9 blocks. It is enough to sit inside. .

There are Liu Mang, Rondo, Jason Terry, and Tracy McGrady on the back line. Wade's return will not be until December at the earliest. The back line is a bit tight at first, mainly because of the tightness in small lineups. McGrady will go to small lineups. Forward position.

Grant Hill, Marion, Battier... Tracy McGrady is also considered one, and the forward manpower is also tight.

Swift is testing the free market, and Blake is also getting a lot of attention in the free market. He is a backup point guard who has played in the Finals and has accurate shooting...

There are three center positions, and miraculously there are enough manpower at this position. Marc Gasol is still considering whether to send him back and lose weight before returning, or whether to sign him directly because his current characteristics may be useful in some games. After all, He is a 2.16 meter big white bear and weighs 135 kilograms. Even if he loses a few kilograms, he is still one of the few big white bears in the league.

Then there’s Kwame Brown and Gortat.

Although the team only has 10 players with contracts, Liu Mang no longer has the idea of ​​​​looking for stars. The outside players have exploded from the perspective of talent. Inside stars are difficult to find, and those who can be traded are not suitable. If he can Acquiring O'Neal Jr. can replenish the inside depth.

Next, it depends on the operational capabilities of the team owner and the head coach who also serves as the general manager. Liu Mang still has two target candidates. If it is not possible, some of the forward players can be sent away.

What Liu Mang wants next season is not an explosion of stars, but Wade, McGrady, Marion, Kwame Brown, Rondo... whatever talent he wants, what Liu Mang wants is depth in the lineup!

Free agency is also important, and we didn't go deep into the draft this season for that reason.

This time, it was the first time that Liu Mang truly took control of the overall situation, analyzing the management's ideas, salary space analysis, and psychological analysis of the target team...

He was a little tired, and it took a lot of work on his brain, but he felt pretty good.

In the midst of strategizing...

Liu Mang took a shower and got ready to go to bed. All he had to do was train well and wait for good news from both sides.

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Several days have passed since the draft ended.

The storm caused by the Nets clearing out the team's original dual-core continues.

The Mavericks acquired Kidd and once again became the center of attention.

Although they were beaten eight times in the past season, their 67 wins in the regular season were not fake. They were already very capable, but the young general Johnson did a poor job in terms of physical distribution and state control.

After the Mavericks were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, they fired Avery Johnson and were in contact with other coaches.

Suddenly using Devin Harris as a core bargaining chip to get Jason Kidd... got some great head coaches interested in them.

The unlucky one is Larry Bird, who was harmed by the title of Celtic.

By July 1st, people had just acquired Kidd from the Mavericks to form a stronger lineup; the Magic had recovered from the storm of forming a super lineup of Carter, Raheem, Turkoglu, and Howard, and turned their attention to When the free market just opened, two strange transactions took place.

One of the protagonists is the Mavericks, which caused heated discussion a few days ago. The Dallas Mavericks reached an agreement with the Indiana Pacers, sending a future first-round top-20 protected draft pick and getting the Pacers with one year left on their contract. Head coach Rick Carlisle.

Can the head coach still trade?

Many fans felt like it was April Fool's Day when they saw this news.

Not long after, the Eagles did the same thing...

The Hawks sent away their 2008 top-25 protected first-round pick to get the Heat's assistant coach Stan Van Gundy, who had not been on the court for a long time...

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After losing Mike Woodson, Liu Mang actively encouraged his boss to trade with the Heat, targeting the Heat's former head coach.

Paying one of his first-round picks next year, he got Stan Van Gundy, who has one year left on his contract, at no great price.

Pat Riley's relationship with Van Gundy has long since broken down. If a team is willing to exchange draft picks, it would be great.

So Stan Van Gundy took a late nap, and when he got up at noon, he received a notice that his boss had been changed from Collison of the Heat to Price of the Hawks.

In the afternoon of July 1st, Van Gundy received a call from Eagles head coach Lon Kruger and Liu Mang.

After a brief chat, Van Gundy was lamenting his ill-fated fate.

Become a teaching assistant again?

If he were to change to a team other than the Hawks, even if he could be an assistant coach under his teacher, Van Gundy would not agree. He had clearly refused to continue to coach on the bench with Pat Riley in the past two years in the Heat.

Pat Riley hurt him too badly, and Pat Riley couldn't lose face and played badly, so he promoted him to the head coach position. When the Heat had a championship lineup, Pat Riley kicked him away and became the head coach himself.

Only then did Van Gundy know why Pat Riley didn't re-sign a contract with him, but used the previous assistant coach's contract.

But the Hawks are a little different.

This summer, two assistant coaches have received a lot of attention.

One is Rockets assistant coach Tom Thibodeau, and the other is Hawks assistant coach Mike Woodson.

After the finals, Mike Woodson and the Knicks contacted this matter many times, which is no longer news.

On July 1, just after the free market opened, the New York Knicks announced the dismissal of Isaiah Thomas and signed Mike Woodson with a sky-high contract of 25 million US dollars for a rookie head coach for 5 years.

Van Gundy has not been a coach for two years. Now he wants to go out and find a job... It's not that he can't find one, but the salary will definitely not be high, and it will be difficult to find a suitable team.

Mike Woodson's value has unexpectedly soared. The Hawks' defense in the last four games was too good, with strong purpose and targeting, and he has experienced the rise of the Hawks throughout the whole process. He is leaving the team this year and is really in high demand.

Van Gundy hates Pat Riley very much. He has worked in the video editing room for two years and would never give Pat Riley a strategy because of hatred.

Look at the Hawks. The assistant coach wants to pursue a better career. The Hawks asked Mike Woodson to negotiate a contract with the Knicks before the season was completely over.

They are all coaches who have won multiple championships. There is a huge difference in this aspect.

Liu Mang seized a time difference. In the original time and space, Van Gundy went to the Magic when the Heat had only one year left on his contract and asked him to go out and contact other teams. He was favored by the Magic and traded him with a first-round pick.

Before Van Gundy succeeded in the Magic, not many teams valued him. Now he has the opportunity to go to the Hawks like Mike Woodson.

Van Gundy was tempted...

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The transaction was about to happen. Just after Liu Mang finished the phone call with Van Gundy and made an appointment for the first meeting after becoming employees of the same team, another big transaction broke out on July 1.

The Knicks and the Trail Blazers reached the first transaction after the coaching change. The Knicks sent Stephen Marbury and Channing Frye and got Zach Randolph and Travis Outlaw from the Trail Blazers.

When this transaction came out... fans and the media had only one opinion-the Trail Blazers were willing to pay to send Randolph away, and also sent away Travis Outlaw, one of the favorites for the best sixth man last season.

The purpose is obvious. They want to completely draw a line with the previous Portland prison, and are even willing to take on Marbury, who has become a garbage contract.

"Damn, Mike's coaching career is bumpy..." Liu Mang couldn't help but say when he saw the news of this transaction.

Compared with Randolph, Liu Mang thinks that Marbury is better at this time. Marbury just loves money and still has a competitive spirit, but his personality is problematic. When the Knicks first got Marbury, even if Alan Houston was reimbursed, they could still enter the playoffs.

Later, it completely collapsed. Marbury should bear the main responsibility, but Isaiah Thomas "contributed".

Marbury's father was critically ill, but Isaiah Thomas did not tell Marbury who was playing, resulting in Marbury not seeing his father for the last time.

However, Liu Mang thinks that Marbury is not far from accepting the glorious social transformation, and the Trail Blazers are unlikely to keep him.

Liu Mang didn't know whether he had discussed this deal with Mike Woodson, but probably he hadn't. Mike Woodson, who had been with the Hawks for so many years, would never accept problematic players like Zach Randolph and Travis Outlaw.

In Liu Mang's impression, Randolph, who had not experienced the torture of the New York retirement team, was not a good Randolph. Randolph started in his third year, that is, in the 03-04 season, and he had been averaging 20+10 all year round. But in 2009, he was sent to the Clippers by the Knicks almost for free. The Clippers rejected Randolph's team option in half a year. After Randolph was spotted by the Grizzlies as a free agent, he was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time in the 09-10 season after he worked hard to improve his efficiency and defended well.

He was the first player to be selected as an All-Star after playing for so many years and averaging 20+10 all year round.

Just like the Knicks sent Randolph away for almost nothing before the trade deadline in 2009, the Trail Blazers sent Randolph away for free, or even at a loss.

The Hawks don't want Randolph. Besides the fact that Randolph plus Aldridge and perhaps a first-round pick can only be traded for Kwame Brown, they don't want Randolph for free. Besides the salary issue, they also suffered a loss from getting the Big Dog.

Just like the Big Dog who doesn't care about the team and just wants to get 20 points and clock out, Randolph now wants to get 20 points and 10 rebounds in every game and then clock out. It seems that 20+10 is much better than 20 points and clocking out, but the essence is the same.

Perhaps in 2009, after Randolph suffered, Liu Mang would want to suggest that the team sign him, but now... thinking of Mike Woodson facing a hot potato as soon as he joined the new team... Liu Mang mourned for Mike Woodson for a few seconds.

Now Liu Mang has to consider other issues. As for O'Neal, the boss has gone to negotiate the contract. After the draft, Price did not come back and stayed in New York. Coach Kruger brought Gasol back, and Gasol was thrown to Stockton to take care of. Coach Kruger has other things to do.

Liu Mang has been concentrating on studying how to practice the three-threat stance for a while. Not only do you have to learn it in a proper way, but you also have to preview and study how to play the three-threat style.

The main thing is to shoot accurately in fast movements. The three-threat is similar to the dry pull-up, but there are also big differences.

The dry pull-up is to do it directly, and the three-threat needs more variety.

If it doesn't work, Liu Mang plans to invite Anthony to train together. Pierce is also good.

There was a better candidate, McGrady...

But McGrady... Liu Mang wanted to hit him every time he trained with him. This guy just knows everything, but he doesn't know why he knows everything.

There is a technical master who can't even ask for advice!

Liu Mang felt annoyed when he thought about it. He should think about the trade.

For a weak character like O'Neal, it shouldn't be a big problem. The news from Price also showed that the progress was very smooth.

It's not a big problem to get O'Neal. Liu Mang has already sent the name of the future first triple-double king in history to Price. The only thing left is that Bird will pardon O'Neal after O'Neal agrees to join.

"There's no problem with the boss. I hope everything goes well with the coach..."