Chapter 791
The training camps of each team are in full swing. The Eagles have started tactical training early. The training is always harmonious. The practice of tactical movement is much simpler than playing games. Tracy McGrady and Iguodala are two ball-handling players, both players with extremely high ball quotient, so the progress is very smooth.
In particular, every tactic of McGrady only needs one or two practices, and it looks the same as playing for many years, which makes people jealous and excited.
From the perspective of two-person cooperation, Liu Mang and McGrady's passing and receiving cooperation is too easy and smooth.
Tony Allen and Trevor Ariza mainly practice open three-pointers from the bottom corner. The offensive end of the two can have room to play. It is these two points, and the two may not have much playing time.
On the other hand, Varejao and Josh Smith, two rookies on the inside, have trained more on the defensive end in order to compete for the second substitute inside. Let him have an advantage in this year's Eagles' style of play that clearly emphasizes offense, and it is possible to get more playing opportunities.
In the past summer, in addition to the continuous defeat of the US team in basketball in the Olympic Games and the start of the world basketball boom, there have been many changes in the NBA. First, the Bobcats joined the NBA, and the Hornets were officially assigned to the West. It's the Southwest Division, and it's still playing the Eastern Conference schedule.
The most significant change is that the NBA unanimously decided to cancel HandCheck after voting by the management of 30 teams, which means entering the era of NO-HandCheck.
The so-called HandCheck is a distance beyond the free throw line, which can be used to defend the outside line of the opponent holding the ball. Year after year, the league's scoring average has plummeted. By last season, only three teams in the NBA, the Eagles, Mavericks, and Kings, had scored more than 100 points per game, and three teams averaged less than 80 points per game, setting a new record low in NBA history.
Canceling HandCheck now means that for strong defensive teams, there is a huge weakening in terms of defending the perimeter. Areas beyond the extension line of the free throw line can no longer use their hands to block the waist of the ball holder and pull the ball as before. Pulling defensive action.
However, this change has not been noticed by many teams. What makes the outside line easier is not a breakthrough. Those breakthrough masters actually don’t care about pulling them. Most of the coaches and management of the team have not noticed. HandCheck, the biggest benefit is the three-point shooter.
With Liu Mang's suggestion, the Eagles have already started to develop in this direction before most teams have paid attention to this point.
In the training camp for the Eagles this season, the positional battle still focuses on various tactical changes that emerge one after another, and at the same time strengthens the role of three-pointers in the tactics.
But the main direction of development is the defensive three-point counterattack at the basket, so Josh Smith's physical fitness brings defense talent and Varejao's rebound protection ability is a very important part of the substitute inside.
As early as after the selection of the five rookies, Tony Allen, Ariza, Iguodala, and Calderon and Korver, the former guards, all focused on extra three-pointers. , Before McGrady went to Los Angeles for training, he had been following Chip England and training three-pointers with several rookies.
The training camp of the Eagles is proceeding in an orderly manner...
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As the training camp passed day by day, it was getting closer and closer to the start of the preseason, which meant that the new season was about to start!
The player rankings and team rankings of major websites and newspapers have been announced one after another and began to release their respective rankings.
Eagles players are also very concerned about the team ranking and player strength list.
In terms of team rankings, the most authoritative Sports Illustrated and ESPN have the same rankings in the top ten.
As the defending champions, the Eagles are not as unpopular with the media as the Spurs. According to convention, they are ranked first in the team strength list.
The Timberwolves, who reached the Western Conference finals last season and have three monsters, were ranked second.
The Spurs are third and the Nets are fourth.
The Heat, which got Shaq O'Neal during the offseason, climbed from 14th at the end of last season to fifth in the league when the team still has Wade and Eddie Jones.
The Kings were ranked sixth, the Mavericks seventh, the Pistons eighth, the Sonics who got Francis were ranked ninth, and the Rockets ranked tenth.
The Lakers, which had long been ranked first in the team power rankings last season, were only ranked twelfth this season.
In terms of player strength, Sports Illustrated, Garnett is ranked first, Duncan is second, Tracy McGrady is third, Kobe is fourth, O'Neal is fifth, Liu Mang is sixth, Iverson is seventh, Kidd and Carter both scored. Out of the top ten, ranked eighth and ninth, Raheem was ranked tenth.
In terms of ESPN, Tracy McGrady is ranked first because he came to a strong team to play, and his performance will definitely be different. Unpopular, he was ranked fifth, Liu Mang was still sixth, Iverson was seventh, Carter was eighth, and Raheem was ninth.
In terms of the top nine, although the rankings are different, the two most authoritative media announced that the top nine candidates are all those people, but the tenth, here comes the problem.
Last season's best rookie LeBron James, ESPN ranked James tenth!
Kidd was squeezed out of ten! And it's the twelfth place! Whether it is Sports Illustrated or ESPN, Yao Ming is ranked eleventh.
Obviously ESPN's ranking has received more attention, it's too topical!
Since the last lockout in the NBA, there has never been a second-year player ranked in the top ten in the power rankings, and James is the first!
Liu Mang performed so well in his rookie season. In the second grade, he was only ranked fifteenth, while James was actually ranked tenth, overwhelming Yao Ming, who was just selected to the third team last season and just turned 24. Immediately sparked heated discussions.
Before the last lockout, this situation was very common, because in the 1990s, there were still a large number of players who entered the NBA after finishing their junior or senior years, like Duncan, but after the lockout, a large number of freshman and high school students entered the NBA. In the NBA, although the talents of rookies have not decreased much, there are fewer and fewer high-ranking rookies who can realize their talents. The NBA will not slowly hone their technical and tactical awareness like universities do, and select high-ranking rookies. , It is for them to lead the team to win. Under the huge pressure, many rookies have directly changed from "children" to the pillars of urban basketball, and those with poor mental ability will collapse directly.
For the Eagles, on October 7th, the last morning of the training camp, they came to the Phillips Arena early together, in order to see the top 20 player strength lists announced by the two major media at nine o'clock in the morning.
As for the team strength list, the Eagles players don’t need to think about it to know that they are number one. The defending champion is not the number one. It was pure bad luck to meet the Lakers and form the Big Four.
There was no super team born this summer. Although the Eagles split the lineup, they introduced Tracy McGrady, which should be ranked first.
The Eagles players care about the power rankings.
Among the rookies selected by the Eagles, Iguodala ranked 67th, the other four failed to enter the top 100, Muhammad was 60th, Kevin Willis... 415 name.
The Eagles' five starters plus the sixth player all made it into the top 30, Kwame Brown's 29th, Prince's 27th, and Jason Terry's 23rd. That's it.
Only Liu Mang, McGrady, and Rasheed Wallace have not been confirmed yet.
In the end, Rasheed Wallace ranked sixteenth. He is personally satisfied with this ranking, which is much better than the twenty-somethings in previous years.
When the rankings of Liu Mang and McGrady were announced, everyone congratulated McGrady.
"Our team also has the number one in the league! Congratulations, Tracy." Although Jason Terry was a little dissatisfied with not being in the top 20, his congratulations to his teammates were sincere. I don't care.
"Hahahaha... I'm just lucky. They think that I can play well after I come to the team because you teammates are so good..." McGrady was also very happy. All authoritative lists made it into the top three, and ESPN directly ranked him first!
Seeing the cheap and good-looking McGrady, Liu Mang ignores this guy, it's so annoying, he became the number one in combat power when he first came, where do you put the young master? Don't pass the ball to this guy... It seems that McGrady is the support core this year, don't give this guy an assist! Cast by yourself!
However, what Liu Mang cares about is not the power rankings, but the team rankings.
"No one ranks the Suns in the top ten?" Liu Mang knows why the Suns are so memorable. Apart from their good play, and before Nash joined the Suns, they were not favored at all. This team is just a group of data brushers, and the explosion without any expectations is the most memorable.
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The Hawks are ranked first in the strength list, and not many fans are dissatisfied. The defending champion, McGrady is ranked in the top three. There is nothing wrong with McGrady. It is already strong, and it is not a big problem to improve the ranking of players by relying on the team to become stronger.
Of course, it's a big problem to be ranked first, but, James is tenth! This is a big problem!
Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Marbury, Peja, Ray Allen, Stoudemire, Marion, O'Neal, Artest, Ben Wallace... a lot of first-class or top stars , I started to hate James!
Like McGrady and Liu Mang, who are definitely in the top ten, they enter the top ten, even if McGrady ranks first, it is just a controversy.
But ESPN ranked James in the top ten, that is to hate James!
Moreover, even neutral fans feel that this ranking is a bit unreasonable.
On Liu Mang's side, he saw many stars attacking ESPN and James, and saw fans on the Internet displeased with ESPN and James. Liu Mang mourned for Xiao Zhan Zhan. He knew that ESPN and the league were creating topics for James. Pushing it to the topic point is a means of the star-making movement.
However, James' Cavaliers do not have the strength to support James' entry into the top ten.
"Poor little Lebang, come on." Liu Mang laughed for a long time looking at the posts on the online forum, felt sorry for James for a few seconds, and laughed for more than ten minutes.
Liu Mang doesn't think there is any problem with James' ability to rank in the top ten next season. During the Olympics, James' ability evaluation has already reached 87. By the end of the training together, it was already 89, but 89 to 90 It is a hurdle, but Liu Mang believes that with James' talent, he will definitely be able to break through to the top star before the end of this season.
But based on James' performance last season and the team's record, 100% does not have the strength of the top ten. Ranking 16 or 7 like in Sports Illustrated is based on talent.
Liu Mang turned off the computer and packed up his things, headed to the airport and prepared to fly to Miami with the team. The eastern throne was finally won, and with another challenger like the Heat, Liu Mang felt very stressed. There were fat people and Cheeks wait, preseason is here.
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The appearance of six or seven o'clock in the next chapter will be updated.