Chapter 773: 772. Six New Teammates

Tsk tsk...the figure is perfect!

Andre Iguodala, ability evaluation 73, offense 69, defense 77, three-pointer 73, mid-range shooting 60, layup 80, strength 86, speed 91, passing 86, rebounding 81...

This strength, this speed, this physical fitness, nothing to say! However, the strongest is in the ability evaluation, the strongest is actually rebounding and passing... It is also a strange player.

Liu Mang saw that Iguodala was still wearing a blue and white jersey for training, with a height of 1.98 meters. The last time he saw such a strong but beautiful player, Liu Mang thought of a player who made people think Funny little blacksmith.

In the last three consecutive years, especially during the Wizards period, Jordan's figure has moved closer to the burly direction.

Liu Mang thought that Wade's figure is also good, but his cheeks are too big, which affects his appearance...

Then Liu Mang looked at himself, silent and speechless, although he didn't say he was skinny, but compared with other players with a strength close to 80, he was always a little thinner, and people would subconsciously ignore that he was already very strong.

Perimeter players like Iguodala, Kobe, Wade, and Francis with a power rating of over 85 are very few.

The ability evaluation of 73 is already in line with the strength of a high-ranking rookie, and has already been able to rank fourth in this draft in terms of combat power.

It may be because I was dazzled by last year's rookies. Last year's top five rookies all had ability ratings above 75 in the draft. By the beginning of the new season, they were all close to 80, and even James has already reached 80.

And this year's rookie, No. 1 pick Howard has an ability evaluation of only 70, and his offense is basically equal to Ben Wallace. He only relies on his body in high school, and he is only 61. His defense is good. He is 18 years old and six months old, and has a defensive evaluation of 79. It is the physical fitness that is against the sky, similar to when Kwame Brown entered the NBA, with a speed as high as 86, and a guard level.

The No. 2 pick Okafor is the strongest. He has an ability evaluation of 80 just after being selected into the NBA. He is much better than the No. 1 pick Yao Ming who entered the NBA at almost the same age and only 20 days away. After Duncan, he was the player with the highest ability evaluation when he was selected, even better than James when he was selected.

However, in Liu Mang's memory, Okafor's potential is not high, and it seems that his rookie season is the peak.

The other two are stronger than Iguodala, both of which were selected by the Bulls, Luol Deng's 74 ability evaluation, and Ben Gordon's 75 ability evaluation.

However, none of the top three picks were lost due to problems such as going to the wrong team and not adapting to the NBA. This year is quite surprising.

A high pick is a high pick. Except for Iguodala, the most powerful player selected by the Eagles is not the other two first-round picks, but Varejao...

Ability evaluation of 69. As a second-round pick, he is close to the average level of the starter. The offense is extremely poor, only 57, but the defense is 73. It is enough to be a substitute. The most annoying thing for Liu Mang is this guy's physical fitness... …94…

However, what surprised Liu Mang to Varejao was that this guy's rebounding ability, Liu Mang did not expect that Varejao's rebounding rating was as high as 89! Under the condition of average physical fitness, it is completely unexpected that he has such a good rebounding ability! His rebounding ability is actually the best among the rookies in this class!

However, limited by his physical fitness and comprehensive strength, Liu Mang really felt a pity for such good rebounding skills and predictions. If this rebounding ability was given to Kwame Brown, it would be great.

Thinking of this, Liu Mang glanced at Kwame Brown among the "temporary bodyguards" behind him. When this guy broke out, he rebounded very well. He could score double 20 in more than 30 minutes, but he was so-so in normal times. He only played 23 minutes. Five or six rebounds, this season he has to learn how to rebound more with his teammates.

The other Tony Allen, with an ability rating of 65 and Ariza 66, are the same. They are both defensive and weak. They are all used to make up for the decline in front and back defense after Raheem and Barnes left.

Finally, Liu Mang looked at Josh Smith.

Now the youngest of the seven pairs is 18 years and six months old.

The ability evaluation is 64, and the offensive skills are basically not there. It is completely equal to a rough jade waiting to be developed, but...speed 90, strength 82, bounce 92...this is even comparable to James! And it is three centimeters taller than James, not to mention from one defense to five, from one hit to five is no problem.

But Liu Wei also probably knows why Josh Smith keeps changing his style of play with the change of coaches, because he is talented enough and can learn everything quickly, and the coaches change back and forth. A fast genius, he asks what kind of player he wants to be according to the player he wants. In the end, he learned everything, but he didn't learn everything well, which made him unable to play in his 30s.

It can also be said that in the end, Josh Smith couldn't play because he couldn't play anymore... In the future, he will enter the NBA with the back door of the 90s, the overall ability of the league will be greatly improved, and role players will be able to practice a certain ability. In the era of the top, this kind of player who knows everything and is just an average player, no team is willing to ask for it. In the future, there will be no shortage of talents who are proficient in one aspect, and there is no need for panacea.

There is still a big gap between Almighty and Panacea.

Training Josh Smith is the key. Liu Mang remembers that the years when Josh Smith played the best were before 2010, when Mike Woodson was the head coach of the Eagles, and he was selected as the best defense in 2010. The lineup was changed, but then the coach was changed and he was asked to be responsible for scoring, and it collapsed all of a sudden.

Liu Mang intends to suggest to the coach to ask Mike Woodson to practice this guy's defense, and he must be proficient in a certain aspect first.

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Today is June 30th. Yesterday McGrady came to the team to report. These rookies have already come to Atlanta to rent a house and start training with the team to prepare for the next summer league.

Mainly the two second-round picks, they are still worried about contract issues.

Liu Mang made an appointment with McGrady to meet at the arena today. By the way, he called Kwame Brown, Muhammad and others to come to the arena to watch the rookies. Korver and Calderon had already arrived at the arena. Training is over, and they are also going to play in the summer league. Jason Terry and Rasheed Wallace, the two spokespersons of Chinese sneaker brands who are very popular in Asia, especially in China, have already started their summer promotion on the 24th. Activities, there is no way, the beginning of July is the time for superstars to promote, and no one will pay attention to them by then.

Iguodala, Josh Smith, Tony Allen, Varejao, and Ariza looked at each other's big champions looking up and down, their whole bodies were hairy.

Let alone Liu Mang and McGrady, they wanted to go up and ask for autographs when they saw Liu Mang and McGrady. When these two people brought a group of teammates to see them, they lined up in a row, a little at a loss.

"Tracey, you choose two." Liu Mang said.

"What to choose?" McGrady asked in astonishment, choose two? My buddy has no hobbies in this area!

"Bodyguards! As the superstar teammate of this MVP, of course you have to choose two bodyguards, otherwise what if you get beaten when you go out?" Liu Mang said seriously.

"..." McGrady's squinted eyes, which were not wearing glasses, turned into big white eyes: I thought everyone was just like you, and there were a million people who wanted to hit you!

But it’s not bad to choose one person to carry a bag and buy water or something. McGrady looked at the next five people, and the most shy one was the high school student that McGrady recognized the most. He pointed to Josh Smith and said, "Just Josh." , we are all rookies in high school, I can take him."

McGrady is using Josh Smith as a small forward. After all, the height is not too far behind, and his body is the same as James' perfect striker's body.

"OK, Josh, you wait until summer league is over, train with Tracy, Andre, Tony, you train with me in the future, Anderson, you train with Kwame, Trevor, you train with Ty Sean and Keller practiced defense and open three-pointers together." As the boss, Liu Mang appointed the new teammate's senior in-team coach, and by the way gave Korver, the guy who had been pestering him for a long time, Arranged for a younger brother.

The coaches at the side saw Liu Mang becoming more and more bossy, and started to take care of this aspect, and they were all satisfied. The identities of the players on the team are different, which is inevitable in the NBA, and players are always required to be present. Do the dirty work.

The Eagles in the past three years were willing to sacrifice because those people rose together, but now, it is no longer the Eagles of the past. That Eagles can only stay in the hearts of everyone on that team .

Especially Coach Kruger, after seeing Raheem leave, Liu Mang finally looked like the boss, and McGrady didn't back down even when he came. This is really not easy! It's the fourth year! Only then did he truly become the boss of the team.

The senior players didn't have any objections. They were naturally happy to buy water and serve as training partners for free.

And the five rookies were even more excited, especially those who became the mentors of Liu Mang and McGrady, they were about to jump up, all beaming with joy.

As players who have just come out of American high schools and colleges, they have heard about various intra-team conflicts in professional leagues, as well as the fact that older players suppress new players. Before arranging mentors, they never thought that the older generation of players would actually be willing to mentor them!

There was a very famous incident in the Timberwolves back then, which completely discredited Garnett and Joe Smith. The Timberwolves selected the Wisconsin white center with the 20th overall pick in the first round in 1997... Another one called The player who was hopeful for a white center, but had depression, did not enter the NBA until after the lockout in 1998, was maliciously cursed by Garnett and Joe Smith in training that Paul Grant would jump off the building because of depression, and in the end, this player was intermittent After playing 16 games, he completely left the NBA.

After being exposed, young people have a deeper understanding of the dangers of the NBA.

However, the five guys from the Eagles came to Atlanta three days ago. After being warmly received by Korver, they were only responsible for helping to carry bags and clean shoes. Now the boss directly found them famous seniors to guide them. I had hoped for it, even if it was Iguodala, the No. 6 pick.

This is the second team in history with 86 wins in a single season and the first team in playoff winning percentage history!

As for carrying bags, brushing shoes, and buying drinks, isn't this what a rookie should do?

...

New assistant coach John Stockton took the rookies, Korver and Calderon to practice for the upcoming summer league, Mohammed and Kwame Brown, Prince also followed Gather a team of five and let the rookies feel what the NBA is like.

It's really a coincidence that there are five rookies. Iguodala can play point guard and is good at organizing offense. Tony Allen is good at defensive shooting guard and small forward. Three-pointer is a strong point, basically can only play small forward, Josh - Smith, in high school is the king of slam dunks and blocks, Varejao, a pure center.

And the old players, Calderon, Korver, Prince, Muhammad, Kwame Brown, just happen to be a completed team.

So the coaching staff decided to let the newcomers feel the despair earlier...

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The two came to the seats on the side of the training field, sitting and watching the rookie being abused, and in the afternoon, they will hold a press conference for McGrady to welcome McGrady's arrival, so Liu Mang made an appointment with the players to come to the arena together today, mainly for the sake of Welcome to Maddie.

Since McGrady has not yet renewed his contract, the welcome ceremony of the Eagles is even more grand. They have been preparing for several days, and they have to give McGrady enough face.

As for whether to renew the contract, Liu Mang has not discussed it with McGrady yet. The content of the last conversation was very positive, but there were still many problems in it.

The two watched the rookie team suffer miserably. Even Calderon and Korver shot Iguodala and Tony Allen to the point of collapse. Calderon and Korver made excellent use of their teammates' pick-and-roll , Teammates also have excellent pick-and-roll awareness, while the rookie team has no rules at all and has better physical fitness, but they can't perform at all.

Seeing that the rookies were unable to fight back, Liu Mang and McGrady laughed at the game from the beginning, but then they became less interested and started chatting.

Finally, after a phone call from the last transaction, the two could chat again.

Without asking that question again, after sitting down and ordering drinks and snacks, Liu Mang asked, "Tracey, are you participating in the Olympics?"

McGrady didn't continue the topic from last time, and answered the question before him: "Oh, I won't go, I'm worried about the recurrence of the injury, and Greece is too unsafe, I suggest you don't participate either."

"That won't work. I have to participate. We are a little different." Liu Mang is quite positive about things like winning glory for the country. He can scold his country for being bad or bad, but others can't. You can despise your own country, but if you have the opportunity to make the country stronger in some way by yourself, it will be very positive.

"That's a pity. It would be great if I didn't get injured. The team also advised me not to participate. I have no chance to beat you in the NBA now. It would be very interesting to beat you in the Olympics." McGrady joked.

"You don't have to be sorry, maybe we won't have the chance to play against each other in the Olympics." Liu Mang said while looking at other places unconsciously.

"Why? Don't you still have Big-YAO and Big-By?" In McGrady's world view, China's CBA is the second league in the world, and Liu Mang and Yao Ming have a great influence.

"Um, thank you for being so optimistic about us, but that's not what I mean. I think you may be eliminated before you meet us." Liu Mang said winkingly.

"Hahahahaha..." Mai Di laughed happily, he took this as Liu Mang's joke.

Seeing that McGrady didn't worry about the Olympics at all, Liu Mang also smiled, and thought maliciously in his heart: My buddy has already reminded you! Your team is going to be targeted by the shame of the dream team, don't blame the buddies for not saying it in advance.

McGrady is also a member of Dream Six, and helped the US team win the America's Cup last year.

Although the U.S. team lost badly at the Indiana World Championships two years ago, they are not worried at all now. Yugoslavia is gone, and they are not worried about other opponents at all.

Moreover, in 2002, none of the NBA's superstars were sent out, but this time, Iverson and Duncan all agreed to participate in the Olympics. Others include James, Wade, Anthony, Boozer, Stoudemire, Ma Lyon... Wait for a bunch of new stars to participate in the training camp. Okafor and Howard who have just entered the NBA have also entered the US team training list. There are also powerful players such as Marbury and Odom. It is normal for McGrady to be "defiant" Yes, even if he regrets not being able to participate, there are still Iverson and Duncan.

"Then Tracy, what are you doing in summer?" Liu Mang asked casually.

"Me, I have an appointment with Kobe and Vince, they are not participating in the Olympics, I am going to go fishing with them." McGrady also began to chat casually.

"Fishing?" Liu Mang was excited and asked, "Tracey, do you like fishing?"

"Yes, fishing is a very interesting thing. The process of waiting for the fish to get the bait is boring but full of expectations. When I am in Orlando, I will drive to the beach to fish when I have time." McGrady replied casually , which is in line with his casual personality. Although he hasn't renewed his contract, he still doesn't know what the team will give him when the Olympics end and the training camp begins. But when he came to the Eagles, he saw the face of Calderon. And Korver, who couldn't play for the Eagles last season, are better than his guard teammates last season. They feel very comfortable and relaxed.

However, Liu Mang couldn't relax!

Liu Mang called Emmanuel, who was the temporary referee, over. Seeing Liu Mang's eagerness, Emmanuel immediately blew a timeout and ran over.

Liu Mang said seriously: "Emmanuel, tell the coach, the new team rules prohibit players from fishing during the season!"

Emmanuel thought it was something, and asked in astonishment when he heard this: "Ah? Why?"

"Unlucky! Didn't you see that Tracy, who loves fishing, can't make it to the playoffs!" Liu Mang was very serious, very serious, with an expression of a master.

"..." McGrady next to him had black lines on his face, feeling like he was being targeted!