Chapter 591: Maybe the Raptors Like to Listen to Rap Songs

The day before the game between the Eagles and the Nets, the Nets had already arrived in Atlanta, and the fan atmosphere in Atlanta became more and more fanatical. The most hostile and hated enemy of Atlanta fans is the Nets.

Losing to the Nets in the playoffs in the first two years, and only one victory away from entering the finals, made the Eagles fans grieve. No matter what the media and fans in other places say, the Eagles’ own fans will always be He is the one who supports his team the most.

The last away game against the Nets gave Eagles fans greater expectations and greater obsession with beating the Nets.

Yesterday, the Eagles took a day off after returning to Atlanta. Of course, Liu Mang and Jason Terry did not rest. The game doesn’t need to be so hard, but the coaching staff of the Nets and Eagles basically didn’t sleep last night. They were in a meeting to study the tactics against the Nets. Defeat, prepare for the playoffs and meet the Nets again.

The Eagles will definitely strive to get all the home court advantage in the regular season this year, and the goal is to rank first in the league in the regular season.

Judging from the past regular season record of the Nets and the current situation in the Eastern Conference, the Nets may eventually enter the playoffs as the third or fourth in the Eastern Conference. The Eastern Conference is second only to the Eagles, and their head coach is Coach Carlisle, the excellent coach who competed with Coach Kruger for the best coach in the rookie season. The Pacers have played so steadily since the start, and the Pacers are likely to keep it.

Then the only thing the Nets can shake is the Pistons. The Eagles must prepare to play against the Nets in the second round or the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Eagles coaching staff needs to strengthen the confidence of the players. The best way is to be fully prepared to have an advantage in the regular season against the Nets, and to establish a psychological advantage so that the previous two years of playoffs will not be the same. The loss to the Nets put pressure on the players when they met the Nets in the playoffs.

After a day's rest, the Eagles began to conduct targeted training for the offensive and defensive tactics shown by the Nets in the last match against the Nets.

The Nets, after arriving in Atlanta, are also preparing for the game against the Hawks.

Both teams want to establish a psychological advantage, so for the next game, both teams are fully preparing.

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The Eagles are working hard for their season goals, and some big or small things have happened in the league, and some trading rumors have also begun to circulate.

First of all, the Magic, which has lost nine games in a row, announced the dismissal of Doug Rivers!

Before the six-game losing streak, McGrady said that the head coach would only say cheer and be patient, and there was nothing he could do about the difficulties in the game. Yesterday, after the Magic suffered a nine-game losing streak, McGrady couldn't take it anymore. Said that he did not want to play in the Magic, and had already applied for a deal with the team.

Drew Gooden also expressed dissatisfaction with the team. He felt that he should have enough performance opportunities, but the head coach had inexplicable trust in some veterans. After playing two or three games, Drew Gooden was sent to the bench , Juwan Howard and Andrew De Klerk, two veterans, have been occupying the starting position, which made Drew Gooden quite dissatisfied, and also applied for a deal.

In order to appease the players, the Magic announced the dismissal of Doug Rivers and let the team assistant John Davis serve as the interim head coach.

Doc Rivers became the first coach to be fired this season.

Also on this day, the first deal after the start of the season also started.

The Raptors reached a deal with the Bulls, using Antonio Davis, Jerome Williams, Corey Blunt and other inside players to reach a deal with the Bulls, and got the Bulls' Donyell Marshall, Jaylen - Ross.

The Bulls continue to weaken their own strength, and the purpose seems to be to continue to play badly. They are now ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference with 3 wins and 7 losses. They were all sent away. The five-year 65 million contract that Antonio Davis signed with the Raptors after being selected as an All-Star in 2001 became a garbage contract, but the Bulls can use him to teach Curry and Chandler. The defense of a young player is also good.

On the side of the Raptors, this transaction completely helped Milicic, allowing Milicic to return to his best center position, and coupled with Marshall, a shooting forward, the Raptors are determined to completely rebuild around Milicic up.

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The Magic's dismissal of Rivers is not a big deal. After the Magic's six-game losing streak, the media in Orlando have already begun to spread rumors that Rivers' position is unstable.

Orlando fans are also notoriously impersonal. When Rivers won the best coach before, the local fans said that their team had their own cardinal. After McGrady played it, they said they had their own superstar. After an N-game losing streak at the start of this year, Orlando fans have already started shouting to fire Rivers and trade McGrady.

The management of the Magic team is inexplicably concerned about the comments of the fans. If they say they are fired, they will be fired.

However, the Raptors' deal surprised people.

The Eagles' team training in the afternoon is over, they are resting together, continuing training, and some are reading the news with their laptops. Seeing these two news, especially the trade of the Raptors, is very satisfying. People are surprised.

"Ace, are the Raptors going to drive Carter away? What do they think?" Raheem could see the problem of the Raptors' trade.

Jaylen Rose is a standard player who can't play well without the ball. His ability is average, but his ball possession rate is similar to that of Kobe and McGrady. It is impossible to be idle, so Carter, who has already lost the ball, will definitely lose the ball further.

Maybe Carter will propose a deal himself.

But after Carter's ball possession declines, the data will also decline, and the transaction value will also decline as a result. What exactly is the Raptors planning? Such a star who has already proven his strength will give up if he says give up? Raheem didn't understand.

Not only Raheem, but the entire league didn't understand the Raptors' approach. Milicic had to go all out to train, which was expected by everyone, but trading Jaylen Rose to hinder Carter's performance, everyone Did not understand.

Liu Mang didn't understand either, but the league always has management with bad brains, he has long been used to it, and replied casually: "Maybe the management of the Raptors likes to listen to rap songs, so they traded Jay to him." , but our team also has Jaylen."

"...???" Raheem was at a loss, what does Jaylen Rose have to do with rap songs? And when did Liu Mang and Jaylen Brown get along so well? Are they all called by name? Unless it's chatting with friends, Americans usually call by their surnames. The most important thing is, when did our team have a guy named Jay?

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On the morning of the game against the Nets, Liu Mang was about to send Dinah and Alexia to school. They will all go to the scene to watch the Nets game again tonight. Liu Mang is the most hardcore fans, maybe just three people in the family.

After Liu Mang came home last night, Dinah insisted that Liu Mang send her to school, saying that Liu Mang hadn't sent her to school for a long time, Liu Mang couldn't bear it, but sending one was getting better and better. The cute little loli would have a lot of face when she went to school, so Liu Mang agreed.

But when he was about to go out after breakfast in the morning, the doorbell rang.

"Who! I hate it!" Dinah felt something was wrong. It was rare that her uncle sent her to school, and she felt that the situation was about to be disrupted!

Hearing Dinah's dissatisfied complaints, Alexia patted Dinah's head and went to answer the phone connected to the gate.

Alexia spoke a few words on the phone, and then pressed the switch of the door.

"Ace, Boozer came to see you for something. I took Dinah to school first?" Alexia opened the door and went back to the restaurant and said to Liu Mang. Teammates must have something to visit early in the morning. Although she I also want Liu Mang to send her to work, but Liu Mang's affairs are important.

Dinah's bad premonition came true, and she was very dissatisfied: "It's so annoying to disturb you early in the morning!"

"Dinah, be polite!" Liu Mang pinched Dinah's dissatisfied little face and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll pick you up in the afternoon!"

Alexia also came to pinch Dinah's face: "Don't delay your uncle's work, didn't Dinah say that she has grown up?"

"Hmph! The uncle and the teacher know how to bully Dinah! They both like to bully Dinah," Dinah felt like her face was about to be pinched into a bun. "Let go! The uncle and the teacher are villains..."

After Dinah emphasized several times that Liu Mang must not forget to pick her up, Alexia took away Dinah rubbing her reddened face. After a while, she went upstairs to change after breakfast. Levia, who was fully dressed, came down from upstairs.

"Ace, is anyone here?" Levia asked after hearing the movement just now.

Before Liu Mang answered, Boozer just parked his car and walked in. Liu Mang pointed to Boozer.

"Hi, Ace, Levia." Boozer greeted.

"It turned out to be Carlos, I'll make you tea, Ace, you still want milk, right? Carlos, do you want coffee or black tea?" It was time for Levia to show off her tea skills again.

"Black tea, thank you." Boozer was much more polite than his looks.

After Levia responded and went to the kitchen, Boozer was a little puzzled: "Ace, why did Dana look at me so strangely today? I don't think I forgot to give her a red envelope in the training camp, right?"

Seeing Boozer's perplexed look, Liu Mang said, "Maybe it's because...seeing Carlos early in the morning, I'm not used to it."

"..." Boozer knew that the little boss was making fun of his appearance again.

But it was born by my mother, and Boozer can't help it! He just happened to be born near the base where the US military is stationed overseas in Germany. It was such a coincidence that he was helpless!

After teasing Boozer, Liu Mang smiled and said, "Okay, no kidding, have you had breakfast..." Seeing Boozer shaking his head honestly, Liu Mang yelled to the kitchen: "Laivia , bring some snacks out to Carlos."

After greeting Boozer, Liu Mang looked at Boozer who seemed to be in a heavy mood after making a joke, and asked curiously: "Carlos, what's the matter, he came to my house so early to frown."

At this time, Levia took out the snacks first, and Boozer smiled politely to express his gratitude, and then said, "Ace, have you heard the news?"

"News?" Liu Mang thought for a while. During breakfast just now, he saw a lot of recent alliance rumors in the newspaper. "Carlos, are you talking about those trade rumors?"

Boozer nodded.

Liu Mang understood that Boozer was a little worried about gain and loss now, so he came to chat with himself.

The trade between the Raptors and the Bulls opened the prelude to the trade of the league this season. The trade deadline for this season is February 24. Since the strong teams are too strong and the weak teams are too weak this year, especially in the East, It shows a tendency for less than 50% of the playoff teams, so the teams that feel that their team has no chance to make the playoffs this year have already begun to completely fail.

The best way to become less deliberate and to ensure that your own players do not "get in the way" and win too many games is to learn from the Bulls and trade out all they can play, leaving some potential players to slow down. If it is cultivated slowly, it will rot naturally.

Strong teams also want to become stronger, except for teams like the Lakers and Timberwolves whose space is filled by giants, they all want to strengthen.

Some teams that have a chance to enter the playoffs but are unstable, or teams that want to go further in the playoffs, are actively seeking deals.

The Hawks have also received trade requests. Many teams are very interested in the Hawks' bench lineup. Jason Terry, Boozer, and Kwame Brown are the three who have received the most offers, especially Boozer. .

As for the other Kevin Willis who is too old and has a big contract, Barnes is useless now except as a coolie defensively. Coolie's playing time allowed him to slowly polish his defense, and the strong team couldn't give the Eagles the return they wanted, at least they had to change the draft pick back.

Stockton, Korver and others are not among the signings of other teams, old and young.

The Eagles are the hottest in the trading market, and what other teams most want are Boozer, Jason Terry, and Kwame Brown.

Jason Terry is okay, his advantages and disadvantages are obvious, he is a good player on offense, and if he does not have the Eagles' team defense to help him make up for it, he will be a defensive black hole.

Although Kwame Brown has shown his talent, he also has obvious advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is physical fitness, which is the key to his becoming the No. 1 pick. His defensive talent is increasingly envied by teams without good big centers. But he wasted two years. He will be 22 years old in March next year. He didn't have any offensive skills. Developing towards a defensive champion is relatively less sought after by people.

And Boozer is quite popular in the trading market. Boozer's ability to be the core of the inside offense has attracted the attention of many teams, and the Eagles received the most trading requests.

The overwhelming trade rumors hit the Eagles before the game between the Eagles and the Nets.

Jason Terry and Kwame Brown have been affected by the trade rumors. Jason Terry has the same idea as Liu Mang. He wants to win the championship together, and he has already got a big contract extension. For He feels very happy playing sixth man in the Hawks, and he has the ball and can win.

Kwame Brown no longer has the idea of ​​becoming the core dream. It is rare to have such an inclusive team. He has already planned to follow Liu Mang, learn from Ratliff, and become the future of the Eagles. inside pillars.

Neither had any interest in switching teams.

Boozer's side has been most affected.

Liu Mang knows Boozer very well. Over the past year or so, the two have spent more time playing together on the court and in private. Let’s talk about those teammates last season, including Muhammad, Jason Terry, Prince Among the three players who cooperated with Liu Mang the most in the game, Boozer has the best chemical reaction with Liu Mang, and the relationship between the two is naturally very good.

Liu Mang knew that when Boozer first entered the league, he never imagined that one day he would become one of the most powerful power forwards in the league like he is now.

Boozer played very mediocre in college, four years in college, the best year of playing was the 2000-2001 season, and he was only ranked third in the United States. Counting the frequent high school students in recent years, Boozer played in The 2001 draft was predicted to be undrafted, so he played for another year and only entered in 2002. If Liu Mang hadn’t named him to be selected, he would not have a team to gamble until the second round. He never thought about himself Will one day be seen as a candidate who can serve as the core of an NBA team.

In the past two days, because of the problem of the Raptors' core selection, the high-quality insiders in the league have become more precious. Boozer, a player who is still playing as a substitute for the Eagles but has already shown his core potential, is naturally mentioned the most. One of the players, those offers from other teams to the Hawks that were either made up or were actually leaked by the intelligence source, made Boozer a little worried.

Who doesn't want to be the core? Who doesn't want a big contract?

After Liu Mang guessed Boozer's mentality of worrying about gains and losses, he was not angry, but asked calmly, "Carlos, do you want to leave?"

Boozer was stunned for a moment when he heard Liu Mang's words, and shook his head: "I don't want to."

Seeing Boozer shaking his head and saying NO, it was Liu Mang's turn to be stunned this time, why didn't he play the cards according to the routine? At this time, it's not that you want to leave, but the young master is here to persuade you to stay? Then what are you doing here with a frowning face!

The young master has even thought up the words to persuade him to stay! And they are all ready to start the head of state mode!