Chapter 1488 1487. A Few Things About the Preseason

"Misery is just one word, I only say it once..."

Liu Mang was humming a song while changing into training clothes.

"Ace, what Chinese song are you singing?" Mason, whose wardrobe was on Liu Mang's left, asked curiously.

"You don't even know the songs of a famous male singer in our country, Zhang Xinzhe. He is one of the favorite male singers of women in their 30s." Liu Mang said casually.

"Cool! Ace, I saw your singing competition with the Spurs, and your performance with Nash and Duncan. It was so cool. Can you call me next time? I won the Dallas Junior Award in 1992 when I was 15 years old. The winner of the singing competition!" Mason was envious.

Singing competition champion? Liu Mang looked at Mason... Damn... he's so versatile!

But this Mason’s talent might really come in handy!

He lost to Duncan at the New Year's Eve party that year. Liu Mang has always been brooding over the fact that he won a singing competition. Although he was the city champion of the youth singing competition fifteen or sixteen years ago, he was at least half as good as his own team. Much stronger.

"Of course, Desmond, it seems that Jason's position as the lead singer is going to be threatened." Liu Mang responded with a smile.

"What? Someone wants to steal my position as the lead singer?" Jason Terry, who had sharp ears, suddenly came forward, "Desmond, I want to duel with you!"

"Jason, you're better at playing than me, but it's hard to say when you sing. I've decided on the lead singer! It's a duel! See you at the karaoke bar after the game tonight!"

“It’s the monkeys who don’t go!”

"Yes! The one who doesn't go is the monkey!"

Liu Mang watched the artist and the sock collector bickering over disagreements and forgot about him. He reluctantly put on his training clothes and left the locker room.

Today's opponent is the Miami Heat.

Originally, after completing the Wade deal with the Heat last season, Liu Mang thought the Heat might not draft Oden this summer and was a little worried about the Hornets' plan.

With Korver, Prince, Millsap, and Stoudemire, they can definitely choose a supporting inside man or point guard to form a playoff-level team. They also have enough chips to trade Kidd. The playoffs are in order, and there is hope for the playoffs, so Prince probably won't leave.

But Pat Riley is indeed a gambler. He used his coaching career to bet on whether Buss would trade Magic for Jordan. In 2003, he racked his brains to bet on Wade's knees, and later on Stoudemire's knees. Now he's betting big on Oden, who has a history of injuries in college.

However, Oden was always the No. 1 pick no matter how he was selected. Pat Riley did nothing wrong in selecting Oden. His injury had nothing to do with the Heat. The first training, and it was not a high-intensity training, would be reimbursed for the season. , has little to do with the Heat.

This year the Heat selected four rookies, one of whom was reimbursed, one Rudy Fernandez will have to play in Europe for a year before joining the NBA, and one first-round power forward Jason Smith was traded away, leaving a second-round point guard. Jameson Curry left the game with 4 turnovers and 6 fouls in the first preseason game...

In fact, if Oden had not been injured, the Heat would have made money this summer. However, the media and most fans are only hindsight. Standing at the top of their IQ, Pat Riley was the one who was attacked the most.

Liu Mang's song was dedicated to Pat Riley. It is said that Pat Riley is ready to step down as head coach, but he just can't find a valid reason. If he doesn't do it well, he will end up "bad". Leave it to others to reap the fruits of success.”

Just like in the original time and space, Wade was absent for most of the 2007-08 season, O'Neal was traded away, the Heat's strength was terrible, and Pat Riley handed over the head coaching position after a year of failure. This time Liu Mang felt Pat Riley can only hold on.

"You said you wanted to escape, but you were destined to be unable to escape..."

Liu Mang went to training humming a song to prepare for the evening game...

…

Just as Liu Mang thought, the Heat's lineup is deformed, their morale is not good now, and they won't achieve anything big this season.

Heat point guard Jason Williams is in the last year of his three-year contract, and his ability rating has dropped to 71. Millsap needs time to develop, Korver is a shooter who needs to feed the ball, and Stoudemire is empty. There is no way to display their strength, but this is a team with a strong frontcourt and a weak backcourt. The top-heavy characteristic is too obvious.

Pat Riley isn't struggling anymore. It's not like he hasn't failed before, but this is the first time he's clearly set out to fail before the season even starts.

Stoudemire started to collect statistics in the preseason. Pat Riley still has high expectations for Stoudemire. He wants to rely on him to attract stars. The second step is to train Millsap and go through the procedures. Jokoval.

At the same time, the appeal of OJ Mayo is still strong, and there is also Michael Beasley, a talented high school student second only to OJ Mayo. Pat Riley wants to win one of them.

For Oden, Pat Riley is not completely desperate. It would be a bit miserable to be reimbursed in his rookie season, but Oden is still young, so Pat Riley thinks he can wait. After all, his physical condition and defensive awareness are so outstanding, outstanding. To put it too far, this year's two T1 inside rookies combined were no match for Oden in college.

There is a big difference between inside superstars and outside superstars. If an inside superstar gets a good outside superstar teammate or an outside superstar gets a good inside superstar teammate, they can both play explosively. But if an inside superstar does not have a good outside teammate, it is difficult for him to enter the playoffs; while an outside superstar still has a chance to enter the playoffs without a good inside teammate.

Of course, inside superstars are more valuable, but the performance of inside superstars is easily affected by the team lineup.

Stoudemire has to work hard to brush his stats now. Fortunately, Jason Williams can't break through or shoot three-pointers, but he can feed the ball. Stoudemire's face-to-frame skills are getting better and better, so he can still score.

But the Heat's strength is really bad. The Heat have no ability to compete with the Hawks' tactics.

Although Stoudemire scored 30 points and 6 rebounds with 12 of 27 shots, the Heat still won 89 to 105 without any substantial resistance.

…

…

The Hawks’ preseason is proceeding in an orderly manner. The entire team’s offensive tactics have undergone earth-shaking adjustments, and the importance of talent is reflected at this time.

The entire Hawks team is composed of past talents, present talents, and future talents. They did play badly at the beginning, but after each game, after the coaching staff’s summary and the adjustment of the next day’s training, many problems can be reduced in the next game.

After losing to the Magic at the beginning of the preseason, the Heat won easily.

When it came to the away game against the Bobcats, the Hawks lost the first game.

Liu Mang was surprised. How can Larry Brown always find a job?

And this time he was very low-key, signing a 3-year 12 million contract with the Charlotte Bobcats.

The Bobcats have a group of defensive players for Larry Brown to practice, and David Lee has also demonstrated his offensive and rebounding abilities. After all, he is in the third grade and Larry Brown is also using him.

The focus is still the Bobcats’ defense. Felton, Granger, Gerald Wallace, and Okafor gave Larry Brown another chance to show his skills.

It's just that Adam Morrison, who was already miserable, met Larry Brown...

The Hawks mainly honed their tactics and lost the first game.

Seeing Larry Brown earning tens of millions of dollars a year from the Knicks and 4 million dollars a year from Boss Joe, and being able to get the 09-10 season, Liu Mang felt that this guy was simply a winner in life and could get a contract anywhere.

However, the Bobcats were a newly formed team after all. When the Hawks returned to their home court, Rondo scored 9 points, 11 rebounds and 16 assists, and McGrady and Jason Terry scored 70 points together, helping the Hawks to take revenge by beating the Bobcats 122 to 81.

When it came to playing the Hornets at home and away, the Hawks won both games easily.

The main reason is that Paul has not returned yet. He will probably have to wait until the regular season is about to start before returning. The Hornets are on the safe side. Paul is really fragile. He also participated in the US team's training camp in the summer. He had no problem training with Liu Mang, but he injured his knee in the training camp. The knee joint was sprained at a high level and he needed to rest for two weeks. The Hornets simply let him play in the last preseason game and take good care of him.

After all, the league has accelerated in the past two years, and there have been too many serious injuries. The Wizards' Agent 0 signed a 6-year, 110 million contract that only took effect in 2008. He hit the opponent's knee in the first preseason game before the regular season started this season. The opponent was fine. Arenas himself had a tibia fracture in his knee and a cruciate ligament damage, and was directly reimbursed for the season.

No matter how miserable he is, he was reimbursed for the new contract. The Wizards are one era ahead of others. The first year of the billion-dollar contract has not yet begun, and the star player has suffered a career-destroying injury.

There have been too many knee injuries in the past two years. The changes in the league's penalty standards and rules have led to a faster pace of play. The first thing to be affected is not the ankle, but the knee. In the past, foot injuries had the greatest impact on players, but now it has become the knee.

When Liu Mang saw this news, he felt that Arenas was not far from becoming a gun-carrying guard...

But this is his business. Liu Mang and Arenas don't have much personal relationship. Except for meeting in the game, they rarely meet each other in normal times. Just be careful not to stay in the same locker room with this guy.

The Hawks won both games against the Hornets.

When they played against the Wizards at home, Arenas was still receiving treatment in the capital of the United States, but the Wizards' strength... is really amazing. No matter how many injuries they have, they have been a regular in the Eastern Conference playoffs in recent years. They played well without Arenas!

The Hawks' tactical adjustments have been in place. It is true that there is a certain gap from the ideal state, but it is already very good. However, the Wizards played with the Hawks until the last moment, relying on Liu Mang's two three-pointers to lock in the victory.

Liu Mang has no control over what happens to Arenas and the Wizards. With 6 wins and 2 losses in the preseason, the team is heading in the right direction. Liu Mang is looking forward to the opening game against the Suns on the 27th!