Chapter 1495 1494. McGrady's Ultimate Evolution - University McGrady
In the first two games, Liu Mang felt weird about Rondo's genetic mutation-like playing style, and the other one was Tracy McGrady.
Everyone else is fine. What the coaching staff wants is to diversify the roles inside. There are only seven players in the three outside positions to rotate and wait for Wade to come back. There will always be one Finley or Mason who needs to play less time. The players on the outside are all transforming themselves.
Liu Mang is ready to release the ball and become a pure scorer, but he averages 10 assists per game.
Jason Terry is okay. After Liu Mang joined, he quickly became a point-grabber on the bench. Grant Hill turned into a defensive support player and worked hard to develop his long-range shot. Although it is still average, he still gives opportunities. Can enter.
Mason and Finley have clear characteristics. Mason is good at impact, and with the opportunity to compete for the championship, the defense has returned to how hard it was in previous years. The effect may not be as good, but the impact is okay; Finley is good at mid-range and long-range shots. As a rookie, he When Jordan retired, he was known as Jordan's successor with three-pointers. COSCO shot very well.
The two coaching staff choose who will play longer based on needs, because Finley doesn't mind wearing a suit to watch his teammates play after Wade returns.
As for Tracy McGrady... Liu Mang has a feeling that McGrady's 15 points is not too few, and 20 points is not too many. He is actively participating in defense, as if he wants to make up for all the time he lost last season. There were a total of 4 steals and 3 blocks, which were as good as the defensive data in a week of games last season.
"Is it overkill? Forget it, never mind, this guy is the closest to the top in every aspect anyway, so he can do whatever he likes..."
Liu Mang didn't care too much. Superstars all have their own quirks, not to mention Tracy McGrady has always been a strange guy.
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The Detroit people who lost their iron blood were very... friendly to Liu Mang?
On November 1st, the Eagles did not go to New Jersey immediately and stayed in Detroit for one more day. New Jersey is one of the richest states in the United States, yes, but the population here is too dense, and it mainly produces optical products, medical products, and chemical products. , is indeed not livable at all, with a population of 9 million in an area of 20,000 square kilometers...
When the Eagles coaching staff knew that Liu Mang wanted to go out to buy some local specialties, they were very worried and asked Emmanuel to follow him. As a result, Emmanuel ended up getting things for Liu Mang.
Detroiters wouldn't be so excited to see a star, but this is the first time Liu Mang has appeared on the streets of Detroit in the seven years since he entered the NBA. In the past two years, all hatred has become a thing of the past. After all, it is not between the championship and the runner-up. Hatred, no matter which store Liu Mang went to, there would always be a crowd of people surrounding him taking photos.
Apple's first-generation mobile phones began to trigger a mobile phone revolution. The terms buttonless mobile phones and capacitive screen mobile phones quickly became popular around the world. However, button mobile phones such as Nokia still occupy most of the markets in mainstream countries in the world.
But at least in the United States, Americans are very supportive of mobile phones produced in their country. In less than half a year, shipments have exceeded 10 million.
Ease of use is also a very important reason. Liu Mang has not used a smartphone for many years. Although the functions are much worse than those he used before, it is still a smartphone...
What this brought about was that Apple's stock price rose again, and the stocks Liu Mang bought made another wave of profits.
Thinking that more than two years ago, the fans here wanted to kill him, but now they treat him as a big star, Liu Mang felt that time flew by so fast.
The Pistons have become history. When Bosh and Hamilton also leave, this Pistons team will be really unfamiliar.
At the suggestion of enthusiastic fans, Liu Mang, who was shopping in Detroit for the first time, bought a bunch of things. Emmanuel, who was still strong as a ball player, sadly became a porter...
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On the 2nd, the Eagles departed from Detroit and came to the small town of Rutherford next to Jersey City. On the 3rd, the Eagles' away game against the Nets began.
Playing against the Pistons without Ben Wallace or even Billups, Liu Mang only had a little bit of that feeling, but playing against the Nets with only Noah... Liu Mang really felt that in the past six years, He has crossed an era.
Except for Duncan who is still standing there, even Nowitzki's Mavericks team is completely different from when Liu Mang first entered the NBA.
There was no suspense, the Nets did not give much response, 71 to 105, the Nets lost to their old rivals at home.
In other words, the Nets, Liu Mang's opponent in his career, is gone, completely gone. Kidd and Carter are gone, Ratliff was traded to New York, and Richard Jefferson has long since left. Kenyon Martin is now flying with Iverson...
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"Ace, Beat-LA!"
Liu Mang looked at a group of passing female students shouting at him to kill the Lakers. He felt speechless. After arriving in Boston today, he went to Harvard with Tracy McGrady and Rondo to experience the campus atmosphere. He didn't know how many times he heard "Beat-LA" .
Liu Mang clearly remembers that when McHale didn't trade Garnett to the Hawks last year, the IPs of the most excited fans on the Internet were from Boston and Massachusetts, for fear that the Hawks would win their fourth consecutive championship.
Liu Mang complained to Rondo and McGrady next to him: "Last year the Celtics management didn't target us, didn't we already kill the Lakers? Now that the Lakers have won 15 championships, are we scared?"
"The saint once said that everyone in the world knows that good things are good, that is because there are always ugly things. Everyone in the world knows that kindness is good, that is because there is always evil, Ace , just get used to it," McGrady responded.
"Watt?" Liu Mang looked at McGrady and asked strangely: "Tracy, where did you learn that famous quote?"
Liu Mang remembered this sentence, which is the English translation of Laozi's famous saying "Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, and it is evil; everyone knows that good is good, and it is not good."
"The book he gave to me when Rashid and I were having dinner in the summer." McGrady took out a book from his bag. It was the English translation of the Tao Te Ching that Liu Mang gave to Rasheed Wallace. !
Liu Mang remembered that McGrady went to Georgia Tech last summer to register for college and was admitted!
"Tracy, you are in college. From now on, I can't say that you are a high school student. It's too much!" Liu Mang said what was in his heart.
McGrady almost choked to death on her own saliva, it was so direct! And who is going too far?
Seeing that Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady were about to quarrel again, Rondo put on his headphones and felt that it was better for him to be a quiet and beautiful man...
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"Beat-LA...Beat-LA..."
At 8:30 pm on November 6, 2007, at the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston, the Celtics lost their fifth consecutive game.
107 to 99, the Hawks defeated the Celtics by 8 points.
In fact, in the first three quarters, we led 85 to 57 by nearly 30 points. However, in the fourth quarter, Jason Terry was too extravagant. The whole team was playing, and the opponent scored 42 points in a single quarter...
The Celtics players still want to win, but the team doesn't want to win. In the past summer, the Celtics failed to complete substantial signings. Now even Pierce has become Danny Ainge's puppet. With chips on the shelves, the Celtics in the Pierce era have almost become part of Liu Mang's memory.
Unable to gain favor from stars in the free market, and the trade not going smoothly, the Celtics are preparing to continue trading draft picks and trade away two super rookies.
Although the NCAA season only started at the end of the month, in several friendly matches, O.J. Mayo and Michael Beasley both performed super crazy performances at their respective schools. O.J. Mayo, who has been the No. 1 high school student in the United States for many years, is still entering college. Sharp, even though it was a friendly match, OJ-Mayo's performance was so eye-catching that the friendly match even made the news.
But the more powerful one is Beasley... he scored 65 points and 25 rebounds in a friendly match...
Celtics fans are already anticipating what Mayo and Beasley will do in college.
At this time, Celtics fans felt lucky that their team did not get the No. 1 pick...
That's how people's hearts are.
Conley is very good, very stable, and has excellent second-hand talent, but Pierce will be 30 years old in October, and neither Pierce nor the Celtics management can wait.
It is definitely impossible to trade Conley. Conley has the potential to become the best point guard in the league, at least in the eyes of Celtics fans. He has a clear mind, is good at breaking through and distributing the ball, dares to play key balls, and is good at passing the ball offensively. The timing is very accurate. He is the kind of rookie who can play at a high level on both offense and defense, but he just needs time to grow.
But Pierce doesn't have time to grow up with Conley, and Danny Ainge doesn't have time to wait any longer. Pierce's value will start to plummet if he waits any longer.
But the focus is still Beat-LA... When Liu Mang and his teammates easily won the game and walked to the tunnel, the whole audience shouted "Beat-LA"...
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The opening four-game winning streak was very easy. The relaxed schedule gave the Eagles a good time to adjust. The opponents were weak, and the Eagles could also try more tactical changes.
At 11 o'clock in the morning on the 7th, Liu Mang and his teammates came to the rural town of Charlotte. There was only one day off between the last two games of four consecutive away games. The Bobcats will be played tomorrow, and the Eagles coaching staff did not arrange training. There is only a tactical meeting tomorrow morning. They have already played the Bobcats twice in the preseason. The Eagles coaching staff really looks down on Larry Brown's offensive tactics.
Even Van Gundy looks down on Larry Brown's offense, and Riley coaches usually look down on Larry Brown coaches and Larry Brown himself.
Teammates are resting in the hotel, playing games, or going out to see the scenery, as well as fishing activities that Liu Mang hates. McGrady and Grant Hill still like fishing.
Liu Mang suggested that fishing is not allowed for a long time, but in the end it was not written into the team rules, which made Liu Mang very unhappy.
For Liu Mang, the coaching staff did not arrange training. He still had to train. He had an appointment with Boss Qiao for lunch at noon.
At 11:30, Liu Mang received a call from the hotel front desk, saying that a car was coming to pick him up.
Seeing that after Mr. Qiao retired, his income of more than 100 million a year was steadily put into his pocket and used to defeat the team, Liu Mang felt a little envious!