Chapter 549: 548. Liu Shudong
A nickname began to circulate in the circle of basketball fans-the hooligan lost the Eastern Conference Finals.
Simplify it a little bit, it’s Shudong Jue, and if China localizes it a little bit, it’s called Liu Shudong...
Today's online forums are becoming more and more perfect, with more and more functions. Due to the influence of the Internet, all walks of life, information exchange and technical communication have become more and more convenient. The influence of the Internet on the world is growing.
The impact of the Internet on basketball, in addition to better expanding the influence of stars and allowing fans of various teams and stars to gather in a forum to communicate and communicate, there is also a great role, that is, black fans also able to come together.
The fans are always so talented. Just after Liu Mang lost the Eastern Conference finals for the second consecutive year, relying on the online forums where information exchange is becoming more and more convenient, I don’t know where it originated. In the English basketball fan circle, or in China, they are hooked up with Liu Mang.
The Google search engine established in the United States in 1996 and the domestic Baidu search engine established in 2000 following the model of Google, after the meme of Liu Mang's defeat in the Eastern Jue appeared, enter the keyword in the search engine: "lost in the Eastern Jue", The first one displayed is the picture of Liu Mang's desolate back walking towards the locker room.
Although the Internet is already very developed, generally speaking, people who don’t pay attention to online portals and forums, especially sports fans, know some memes, and those who pay attention to sports on the Internet know some memes or anecdotes. It's two worlds.
Especially at this stage, although the Internet is developed, TV and newspapers are still the mainstream news media.
After Liu Mang returned to Atlanta, he rested at home for two days. After recovering, he was going to report to the team the next day. His agent, Jeff Schwartz, called him, and the Eagles would start preparing for the next draft. The conference is ready. The Hawks promised to give Liu Mang the right to participate in the decision-making of the team's signings. It's time to implement it. How to use the 14th pick in the first round this year? How to solve the problems exposed in the Eastern Conference finals, etc., all need to be discussed in a meeting.
Today is the start of the finals between the Nets and the Spurs. Liu Mang played video games with Dinah, who "cared for the uncle whose soul was traumatized again." Dinah didn't want to watch other teams' games, so she finished the game. I went back to my room to draw.
Before Liu Mang waited to watch the live broadcast, he turned on the computer that had not been turned on for a long time because of the playoffs, and checked the online forums to see how the fans evaluated him and his team.
If it's useless to scold the Eagles, Liu Mang can only endure it. If he praises the Nets for being great, Liu Mang will open a trumpet and curse the Nets for being swept by the Spurs.
But I didn't expect that the forum area of the team's own team was overwhelmingly filled with the meme of "losing the Eastern Conference Finals".
As a person who has been in the fan forum for many years in the previous life, this kind of stalk is clear at a glance, and a mouthful of old blood is almost spurted out...
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Before watching the Nets-Spurs series last night, Liu Mang was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Liu Mang seemed to see that his future was the same as 58, six steps, loopback, steel industry...etc., that word would become his own No matter what achievements I will make in the future, there will always be such a word hanging on me...
When watching the finals, Liu Mang actually started to hope that the Nets would kill the Spurs. He didn't know how he came up with this mentality, so he called Jason Terry. Unexpectedly, Jason Terry There is actually the same mentality, probably if the Nets win the Spurs, then the Eagles will also lose to the championship, and it doesn't look so miserable.
But unfortunately, two defensively addicted teams played the ugliest game in the playoffs this year. The Spurs narrowly beat the Nets 72 to 70 at home.
In the first finals, the ratings dropped all the way from the beginning of the game.
Indeed, from the first game of this year's finals, it seems that the Spurs won because they had the league's number one superstar who could decide the outcome of the game. Duncan, who scored 32 points, 20 rebounds, 7 blocks and 5 assists alone, surpassed this total. The strength of the others in the finals was a lot, just like O'Neal in the 2001 playoffs, crushing like an invincible, with Ginobili and Parker defended as badly as Boozer and Prince, with Stephen- Jackson, Bowen, David Robinson, Malik Rose and others fought hard to defend, and Steve Smith and Steve Kerr, two open shooters with amazing accuracy, took turns to help Duncan pull the ball. Open space, the Spurs focus on defense, and Duncan is the only one on the offensive end, digging to death.
To play the Nets, you must have a player with a strong low-post ability, otherwise you have to defend harder than the Nets.
It just so happens that the Spurs are such a team, and both conditions are met. Before plantar fasciitis in 2006, although Duncan underwent a meniscectomy, similar to the injury Wade just experienced, he recovered quickly. , The impact is not big at this stage. Before the plantar fasciitis injury broke out in the 05-06 season, Duncan was a low-post monster comparable to O'Neal. Won the first victory in the finals.
For fans who like this kind of rhythm, it is very interesting to watch Duncan go through everything, but for fans of big scores, this kind of game is too ugly.
Originally, because the strength gap between the two teams in this year's finals was not so different, the fans felt that they could still take a look. There was indeed suspense, but the process was too rough.
After watching this game, many people understand why the Eagles can't penetrate the Nets' defense. The reason is that there is no absolute scoring point inside.
Looking at the three games the Eagles won, the Eagles scored a lot inside, Ratliff scored in double figures, and the others also scored a lot inside, even outside.
But when the Eagles were restricted from scoring inside, they were restricted from following outside.
Of course, it can also be said that the Eagles did not shoot well from the outside and created bad opportunities for the inside.
In short, this is the problem of the Eagles, from the inside to the outside, they are a little bit worse.
Just a little bit, but a little bit is a little bit.
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Ignoring the matter of losing the Eastern Conference Finals, Liu Mang came to the Phillips Arena on June 14, the morning after the Nets and Spurs finished Game 1 of the Finals.
Some things are being dismantled and some things are being installed inside the Phillips Arena. The Eagles' season is over. When this month is over, only the training ground will be kept in the summer, and the rest will be rented out. , used for concerts, press conferences or places for some large-scale events, etc.
When Liu Mang came to the meeting room, he saw a scene of the trading period that was different from what he had imagined.
In Liu Mang's impression, the trading period should be when the boss, Price, makes phone calls, calmly and calmly fights wits with the negotiating partner, bargains, and then reaches a verbal deal...
Or use the teleconference that is becoming more and more popular now. The two can judge whether the opponent is guilty through subtle changes in expression. They may even put a piece of chocolate in their arms and eat it while smiling, as if it is a game...
But the real picture is...
Several secretaries read a large number of basketball-related newspapers, online news, and some unreliable gossip on forums, and recorded the lists of teams with rumored trade intentions and players who tried to trade. Come down and write down the relevant things...
The entire meeting room is like a vegetable market, far less grand than Liu Mang thought.
The management and coaching staff of the Eagles are already busy with reinforcements for next season. They have already lost in the playoffs. If such an accident occurs, otherwise even if the team keeps making money, he will probably have to be replaced by the head office.
So this year, the coaching staff and Liu Mang have been included in the decision-making level of player operations this summer.
Liu Mang said hello to Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson, who were sitting and discussing something. The boss Price, who also just arrived, saw Liu Mang coming and immediately greeted him.
"Ace, you are here, oh, it's a pity for this year's playoffs, but it's a pity that you didn't attend the team's end-of-season party the day before yesterday. The 200,000 Mercedes-Benz was driven away by Carlos." Pu Rice came up and gave Liu Mang a warm hug first, and said something interesting to divert Liu Mang's attention, for fear that Liu Mang was still in the pain of losing in the playoffs.
On the night after the Nets game, Liu Mang disappeared from the Nets' arena, scaring the Eagles so much that they called the police. Fortunately, when they called the police, they knew that Liu Mang was with the police.
"200,000 Mercedes-Benz? What's the situation?" Liu Mang's eyes lit up when he heard Qian.
"Oh, our arena sponsor Mercedes-Benz gave me a sports car, and I used it as a prize. I played a small game and was won by Carlos."
"Carlos won? Are you guys better at shooting the ball?" Liu Mang complained. Boozer made 7 of 30 shots in the Eastern Conference Finals, which made him want to hit someone.
"Haha Ace, you are still so humorous, but it seems that you are okay, we don't waste time, let's get to work quickly, take a look at the list and news of these players who have released news to be traded, by the way, This is Chip, let's get to know you, this is Ace, this is our team's new assistant coach Chip Engelland..." Price introduced the team's new employees to Liu Mang.
It was only then that Liu Mang discovered that the team had a new member. The team's coaching staff was too small. Following Price's words, a middle-aged man who looked very similar to Doctor Strange in Liu Mang's impression. , the two greeted each other without too much pleasantries. There will be more opportunities to meet in the future, and Price will introduce Liu Mang's upcoming work.
It’s just that Chip Englander, Liu Mang seems to have an impression, not only because he looks like Doctor Strange, but also because he really has a little impression...
After the greetings were over, Price also put away his joking thoughts, and he should be serious when working: "Ace, here is the information from our scouts, and our colleagues from the general manager's office gave us The news and information we find, we can get what we want from them."
"Today is the first day of the trading period?"
"That's right, Ace, you will have to work with us for the next two weeks. Of course, you don't have to be here, as long as you have time and ideas, you can come here. This is Ashley, the secretary who will help you. You can find him for any information and information you need here, and if you have any ideas, you can call me directly. I have been in Atlanta for the past two weeks. Of course, you can also discuss with Lang..."
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Liu Mang exchanged pleasantries with Price, who is now more and more enthusiastic about Liu Mang. Liu Mang is now getting more and more used to the working conditions of Americans.
Although the team's working environment during the trading period is completely different from Liu Wei's imagination, think about it, how can it be so tall, and the management team doesn't have the eyes of the sky. Liu Wei, a future person, only knows where some famous players are. If there is a possibility of leaving the team in 2020, the specific transaction situation can only be remembered roughly, and the real management's transaction is to find clues from various news, gossip and even lace, judge the other party's thoughts and transaction desires, and make a decision. chips.
Of course, there are not many who can do this, and there are many cases where the Eagles have been deceived by those with shrewd management.
Liu Mang doesn't have any power, he just has the right to know and make suggestions, but having the right to make suggestions is already good. To make a deal, you must first have a certain candidate. The first thing Liu Mang wants is of course McGrady! Maddie!
"Ace, I'm sorry, the Magic team said in an interview that McGrady is not for sale." The pretty female secretary gave Liu Mang a disappointed answer.
Liu Mang looked pretty good looking, but the female secretary with a flat figure decisively gave a bad review in her heart.
It must be because of his flat body that there is no good news.
After the end of the regular season, the Eagles' intelligence collection has already begun. Liu Mang is really disappointed that the Magic has not yet traded McGrady.
Liu Mang thinks about it, and it seems that McGrady didn't seem to leave the Magic in 2003, but the Magic sent him away when he had the idea of leaving the team after playing in 2004.
so boring! Liu Mang just planned to go back, and he came here just to have a look. It seems that it may be a little early to make a deal. The finals are not over yet. Didn’t you see that the boss and the coaching staff are all gone, but still He asked: "Are there any All-Stars who might be traded? If there are, please show me the information."
"Here, here, there are two all-stars who have been sold off..."
It seems that other people have seen it several times, and the two A4 papers are all crumpled. It seems that coach Kruger and the boss have already read it, but they didn't like these two people or felt that they were not worth it.
Liu Mang read two points of information, his eyes lit up.
The Blazers are selling Rasheed Wallace in an attempt to get back a star-level perimeter.
The other is that Celtics star Antoine Walker applied for a trade. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge had already called the Eagles, but was rejected by the Eagles.