From today on is the king

Chapter 1250 1249. He was chosen because his hands were as big as mine (210 asking for a monthly ticket)
Calderon now plays occasionally when Liu Mang is resting. Most of the time he plays the shooting guard position. As a pitcher, he is tall enough, but he is fast... The Eagles want to play fast, but he is a point guard with his own rhythm. The core style of play, the stronger the strength, the more prominent it is.

As for Rondo and Lowry, Liu Mang knows the characteristics of these two point guards better than anyone else. Both of them seem to be flawed now, but Liu Mang knows how good they are in the future. One is early.

Rajon Rondo and Kyrie Lowry!

These two players are also among the top six candidates placed by the Eagles coach, but they are the last two, because the Eagles don't need point guards that much, and the Eagles have too many ball handlers.

The Eagles prefer to choose the front line and the inside line, so Ronnie Brewer is the first, and the other three are Senegal center Mohamed Sini, Sean Williams of the University of Memphis, and Cedric Simmons of the University of North Carolina.

The top four shortlists are all small forwards or centers.

On Mourning's side, after winning two championships, he is about to leave the Eagles. He may go to some championship teams that need championship experience, and may choose to retire. In short, whether it is from the perspective of the Eagles or from a personal perspective, the Eagles are not suitable for him.

The season that just ended was fine, and Mourning, who will be one year older next season and has two championships in hand, doesn't know how much motivation he still has to fight like the season that just ended.

Therefore, internal reinforcement is imperative, either by changing the position of internal personnel, or by recruiting, or by draft reinforcement.

However, the perspective of the coaching staff is quite different from that of Liu Mang who understands the future performance of these rookies.

The main point is that the draft resources in 2006 were too scarce. Except for Dirk Nowitzki from Italy, Rade Marcus Aldridge, a talented power forward who participated in the draft as a sophomore at the University of Texas, and Adam Morrison, who is known as the next Larry Bird, there are no other rookies who are classified by experts as the first echelon, that is, T1.

And then there's only one second gear, Rudy Gay.

However, Liu Mang knows that there is another Brandon Roy who can be regarded as a T1 rookie. However, Roy was a thorn in college.

Anyway, the actual order is out of the question.

"Ace, do you think Rondo and Lowry are more suitable for us? Who do you recommend?" Steven Price was more direct, asking Liu Mang's thoughts directly.

In 2008, Liu Mang’s contract could be opted out of the player option. According to the rules of the league, the Eagles could renew Liu Mang’s contract in advance from July to November 07 at the earliest, which would take more than a year. Therefore, Steven Price attaches great importance to Liu Mang’s happiness.

There are many factors that determine the choice of a star, such as the lineup, such as money, but one thing is very important, that is, the star is happy in this team!
It's like Paul George more than ten years later, even though he played badly in the first year with Russell Westbrook, but because the two were very happy playing together, they finally renewed their contract.

At this stage, Liu Mang has just won three consecutive championships, the lineup is good, and he is full of honors. The management's most important thing is his happiness.

It's not the kind of team-building core that picks the top three picks, let alone the top three, not even a lottery pick, and they trust Liu Mang's vision.

Coach Kruger heard this and understood the boss's thoughts. They had already talked about this before and asked: "Ace, who do you think is more suitable for us?"
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Liu Mang didn't think too much about it, he had a great time!

Hearing what the two said, he was a little tangled.

Lowry's words, in many ways, are a better choice. For example, he didn't really start to secure his starting position until he was 28 years old. He spent most of his career as a substitute in the past seven or eight years, and he had a good mentality.

However, from the perspective of team building, that is, it can be used to trade draft picks in a few years and enjoy the rookie bonus,

Lowry was miserable in his early years, with constant minor injuries. Sometimes when his team traded him, they would trade him with draft picks... and Lowry, regardless of whether he was playing as a substitute, was worth a lot of money. His strength was there, and he was improving every year.

A backup power forward or backup center, 700 million a year or even 800 million a year, is no big deal. Inside players are already expensive, but a backup point guard is so expensive...it is normal to be traded continuously.

Rondo's peak period must be better than Lowry's peak period, with assists and first defense!
The key is that Rondo’s peak period came early. He was selected to the best defensive team in the third grade, and he had the data of 10+5+5 since the second grade, and he got it next to the Big Three.
If you choose Rondo, you will definitely be able to enjoy the benefits of Rondo's abilities earlier. For Lowry, only the fourth grade has 9+3+5 data...

From the perspective of ability, Lowry is more suitable to be selected as a substitute, but... Rondo has a similar pick, similar money, and a lot of ability. Although the strength of the substitute is overflowing, but the overflow will overflow...

"Londo!" Liu Mang made a decision.

"Why?" Coach Kruger still wants to ask the reason. These two rookies are players full of flaws, talented, and players who are known for their hard work.

"His hands are very similar to mine, with long arms and big hands, that's the only one!" Liu Mang said seriously.

"..."

The office fell silent...

This reason, can you be more perfunctory?

Coach Kruger covered his head helplessly, forgetting about it, he would definitely not be able to find anything out of it if he asked.

Coach Kruger put Rondo's information away, thought about it, and selected a few from the list that had been passed off next to him, using them as a cover for the second trial training.

But if you want to choose Rondo, there are many problems. This is a ball-handling point guard!
What is Calderon going to do?What is Iguodala going to do?
Coach Kruger feels the troubles of happiness...

(End of this chapter)