Chapter 560

Liu Mang knew that when Malone joined the Lakers, he thought that the pursuit of Stockton would be cold, but he did not expect to receive an excited call from Coach Kruger, although the signal was indeed poor enough, and it cost money to answer the phone, which was very expensive It made Liu Mang a little heartbroken, but when he heard that Stockton was coming, Liu Mang didn't care about the expensive international roaming fee. I heard that it was not charged by the company in the United States, but by domestic The motionless, because it is a borrowed motionless base station.

Coach Kruger is much more excited about the joining of Stockton than Rasheed Wallace. Now coach Kruger is still skeptical about Rasheed Wallace, especially Rasheed Wallace. When Lace was interviewed in Portland, he said that he would never play a center. After coming to Atlanta, Rasheed Wallace didn’t stay long and went back to Portland to find his wife and was about to move. They will not return to Atlanta, and the team has no right to restrict what the players can do during the offseason. The salary they give is only the salary of the players during the season.

And Liu Mang forgot to tell the coaching staff what he said in the last meeting with Rasheed Wallace...

There are beauties and cute little lolis traveling together, and they also get strong support to join in. Liu Mang feels that the beautiful travel time in the last few days will be even more beautiful, even if there are still a few days before the cruel summer training time , you can't lose training even during the publicity period, but let's play happily for a few days now!

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Stockton didn't want to join the team that used to be a direct competitor. He didn't want to be the one with the thighs. Maybe the Lakers didn't mean that, but Stockton seemed to mean that.

The Lakers paid Payton a middle-class salary, one of the best point guards in the 1990s, but paid Stockton a basic salary.

Does Stockton care about that little money? Yes, this is a matter of face, I really care about it.

The ones with high prices seem to be the main force, and the ones with low prices seem to be holding thighs.

If Payton is the only point guard who joins without Stockton, then Payton will also be regarded as a thigh hug, but if Payton and Stockton join together, then it will be regarded as a thigh hug, It is estimated that there are only Stockton and Malone.

Originally, Stockton only wanted to stay with the Jazz. If Malone left, he would retire.

This was what Stockton thought before Liu Mang invited him at the beginning of the month.

But after Liu Mang went to invite him, Stockton's thoughts changed a little bit, but not to the point where he was tempted.

At this time, Stockton thought that if Malone chose to join the Eagles to assist Liu Mang, Stockton would be quite acceptable. Although he was already very open-minded, it would be nice to win a championship before retiring.

But Malone chose to go to the Lakers, and Stockton's first thought was to retire.

However, before the head coach of the Eagles visited in person, or twice, let Stockton feel the respect of the Eagles, not the feeling of the Lakers that you come and I give you a thigh hug, but a real invitation When he went to town, the two completely different attitudes made Stockton tempted.

After receiving the news of Stockton's confirmation of joining, the Eagles officially announced the news, adding fuel to the season ticket sales for next season.

After Malone left Los Angeles, Stockton did not go to Los Angeles, did not stay in Salt Lake City, and did not choose to retire. Instead, he joined the Eagles, which was about to fall into "chaos" again in people's eyes. shocked.

Although it was just the Eagles who announced the joining of Stockton and have not officially signed the contract, the Eagles will not joke about this kind of thing. It is definitely that Stockton has agreed to join the Eagles, and the older generation of players are good. Save face, you won't regret what you say.

Therefore, the changes in the NBA this summer have made basketball fans feel that their three views have collapsed.

First, Payton cut his salary to hug his thigh, and Malone followed suit, and then Stockton left Atlanta, mainly because of the Big Four of the Lakers.

Some fans are already looking forward to it. If the Eagles really cross the Nets and reach the finals, the Shuangsha will play in the finals with two teams. Things that dare to be imagined.

As for whether the Lakers can make the playoffs... In the eyes of the fans, there is still suspense about the Lakers championship? The Big Four are invincible!

On the Chinese side, the Big Four of the Lakers have an interesting nickname called F4.

Regardless of whether it is China or the United States, the media and fans regard the championship next season as the Lakers' possession. Although the little blacksmith has just been summoned by the court in Colorado, he was sued, and he was terminated by Adidas. For NBA players, things can be settled with money in the end. Nike is not afraid of it, and decisively provides firepower support and presents a sneaker contract.

In people's eyes, it is a certainty for the Lakers to win the championship.

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Here in Las Vegas Summer League.

After Kwame Brown came to the Eagles, he was very happy, especially when he was playing in the summer league. If he can't make a move or blocks his opponent, Mike Woodson will applaud from the sidelines.

Although he occasionally has a broken hand, grabs a rebound and wants to dunk and misses it, but the coach and teammates don't scold him. "Old" players like Prince who have played for a year will come up and pat him on the shoulder. To comfort him, this made Kwame Brown feel the warmth he never had after entering the NBA.

In the first two years of his career, Kwame Brown performed extremely poorly under Jordan's scolding. After Jordan was kicked out by the Wizards, the Wizards management thought that the parallel importer selected by Jordan was not happy, and did not give him much room for training. Just use him as a strong meat shield, but at least he has a training goal. After the rookie contract is over, he has also been trained to be an inside defensive champion with excellent single-defense ability.

A 23-year-old player who does not consider offense but only needs to be responsible for defense. His physical fitness is so strong that he can become the No. 1 pick. Although it is basically impossible to develop offense at this age, no matter how you look at it, he has the potential to become a top defensive champion , So the Lakers traded him and gave him a three-year, 25 million contract.

But the Lakers have a little blacksmith who may be even more paranoid than Jordan...

Kwame Brown's first seven years of career were basically equal to the rhythm of playing in purgatory. By the time he completely left the two great gods of Jordan and Kobe, he was already 26, except for single defense and blocking.

But now that he has just turned 21, he is not counted on the offensive end, as long as he can learn the skills of eating cakes, he only needs to dig out his defensive talent. Liu Mang and the Eagles do not expect Kwame Brown to become a superstar. Just put it on top when Tliff needs a long rest.

Kwame Brown may not know that the smiling assistant coach Mike Woodson gave his offense a D, which is the worst...

Before Liu Mang left, he suggested to his teammates and the coaching staff a small way to cultivate Kwame Brown, which is to encourage him and praise him when he performs well. If he makes a mistake, don’t point it out fiercely, but comfort him. for a moment, and then point out his problem.

Let Kwame Brown feel the warmth of his own team first, making him a little more confident, and then slowly getting to the bottom of it... No, it is slowly cultivating his ability. He is only 21 years old, and he is still a big defensive center. can be cultivated well.

The Eagles don't expect Kwame Brown to be able to do Ratliff's job right away. Ratliff is a top-three defensive center in the league. How could anyone just play his role, but what Kwame Brown has shown Physical fitness and defensive awareness do have the potential to be cultivated towards Ratliff's successor.

Prince and Mike Woodson, the two who were specifically told to encourage Kwame Brown well.

Ordinary second-year players were supposed to play in the summer league, and they were not rookies like Liu Mang who had 20+ points in their rookie season. Prince was called to play the summer league with the two newly drafted rookies to adapt to the NBA. competition rules.

Boozer had family problems, so the team accommodated him to go back to his hometown to take care of his daughter. Although Atlanta's medical level is also very high, but because Boozer was selected in the first round this time, he has a four-year fully guaranteed rookie contract. So before the start of his rookie season, he got a large loan from the bank. Instead of taking his daughter to the United States, he let her continue to be treated in Germany. The level of medical care in Germany is no worse than that of the top cities in the United States. I have to play ball all day long, and my family can help take care of my daughter.

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A few more days passed, and on July 21, the team's signings went smoothly, and the training of Kwame Brown in the summer league was also slowly progressing.

Liu Mang and his team returned to their hometown on the 20th, said goodbye to their parents, stayed for one night to get together, and boarded a flight to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii at noon the next day. The resort hotel and the rented basketball gymnasium, the place for Liu Mang to resume training is set here, the personal trainer has also been hired, and the team's new shooting coach Chip Englander sent by the coaching staff is also waiting here Liu Mang, while on vacation, guides Liu Mang's shooting training.

Liu Mang’s 15-day publicity plan started on August 1, also starting from Hawaii, a tourist archipelago with a very high traffic flow, and then went to island countries, South Korea, Singapore, and the last six most important stops were in the north of China. Guangshen and Chengdu, Xi'an.

The happy time of traveling has passed. After Liu Mang arrived in Hawaii, he started a training trip that tortured himself. He could only watch helplessly as two beauties, one big, one small, and three beauties went to the beach, and he went to the basketball court alone. Under the guidance of Mark Madsen, the "personal fitness trainer" who had just been sold to the Timberwolves by the Lakers as a scapegoat like Horry, and the team's new shooting coach Chip Engelland, he started hell-style training.

Just after Liu Mang arrived in Hawaii and had a rest at the hotel for a night after joining Mark Madsen and Chip Englander, Liu Mang woke up early in the morning and was about to wash up and go out for a run to recover The usual feeling during training, the system panel jumped out by itself!

"Ding... The templates of the system have been upgraded. The superstar value lottery template basketball template, the rogue value lottery template, and the training system template have been upgraded. Please pay attention to the host."

Liu Mang just woke up and was about to wash his face and rinse his mouth to go out, when he was startled suddenly by the system panel that jumped out!

When Liu Mang watched the system panel open, the regular screen showing his personal ability evaluation did not change. What was the upgrade?

Liu Mang casually opened the lottery drawing template, and what popped up was the introduction. After reading the introduction, Liu Mang's words of "Fuck" resounded in the room, which seemed to be surprised and sad...

At five o'clock in the morning, several beauties next door in the suite were woken up one after another, and then angrily cursed Liu Mang's English name and rushed towards Liu Mang's room...