From today on is the king

Chapter 1331 1330. Money is very important to the team (45)

"Ace, look at our arena, isn't it great!" Duncan took Liu Mang to show off their brand new arena after they expanded last season, merged last summer and partially renovated the old arena.

"It's really great..." Liu Mang looked at the newly built museum in the ATT Center, feeling... a little terrified...

Introduced by Tim Duncan, one of the two most educated graduate students among NBA players, Liu Mang learned that the area of ​​the ATT Center has expanded by one-half compared to before, adding a museum function.

ATT Telegraph Agency was acquired by SBC Radio and Television Station and merged into ATT Radio and Telegraph Television Station. The antique appraisal program previously owned by SBC Television Station was recorded in the ATT Center.

Liu Mang looked at the Spurs arena with more and more bright colors, and felt panicky...

In the past, there were occasional other colors, but now it has completely changed to black, white and gray. Except for the red and yellow information on the game preview, ticket price, remaining votes and other information on the LED screen, the entire arena is filled with a sense of sight of a large charity village...

After being reminded by Duncan with contempt, Liu Mang knew that in September 2006, Duncan had completed his graduation thesis during his 9-year academic master’s degree, and he was half a year away from getting his master’s degree. Another NBA player appeared among the NBA players who successfully passed the master’s degree. He was Duncan’s long-standing opponent...Shaq O’Neal...

The two reached their peak at about the same time, both at the end of the 90s, one was a rookie and the other was fat to the peak.

After O'Neill arrived in Phoenix, he heard that Duncan was going to get a master's degree, so he was not far behind and went to take the master's degree in the Department of Business Administration of the University of Phoenix, and he really passed the exam...

Liu Mang walked around the ATT Center with Duncan for two hours, and arrived in San Antonio in the morning. Just after lunch at noon, Duncan came to see Liu Mang, and did not look for anyone else. McGrady, who was in the same class, did not call, and only took Liu Mang to see their new arena.

Originally, Liu Mang thought that this sullen man was going to take him somewhere to play, but it turned out to be a visit to the arena.

And after the shopping, Duncan drove Liu Mang back to the hotel in his pickup truck, nothing more...

Liu Mang felt that Duncan was too boring, and his whole body was filled with the feeling of "boring". He finally understood why Duncan was cheated by his wife...

Duncan was very satisfied with taking Liu Mang to visit the new arena. He thought Liu Mang would be very happy, because he liked the renovated arena very much, with simple and earthy colors...

No. 21 rookie!

Duncan got a nickname that made him feel pretty good.

This nickname sounds much more distinctive than any major basic skills...

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Playing the Spurs is different from playing other opponents.

The Lakers and Spurs, these two teams are the Western Conference teams that Liu Mang believes are most likely to reach the Finals this season.

The Mavericks were very aggressive in the regular season, but Liu Mang felt that they might overdo it in the regular season.

It’s not just as simple as the tactics being restrained and the difference in coaching ability. In Liu Mang’s memory, in the first round of the 2007 Western Conference playoffs in the original time and space, the Mavericks couldn’t even fight back against the Warriors. With Nowitzki’s regular season MVP-level performance and MVP performance, the playoffs were extremely sluggish. It’s not just as simple as being restrained. Nowitzki and Garnett played against each other. A few, but there was no situation where the shooting percentage was less than 40.00%, and there was no outbreak in the series.

Therefore, the more aggressive the Mavericks are in the regular season, the less Liu Mang is worried about how far the Mavericks can go in the playoffs.

Nowitzki didn't play well, and the Mavericks were no different than the Bulls without Garnett.

Relatively speaking, Duncan's Spurs, who have entered another peak mode, have Artest, which makes Liu Mang even more afraid, and Parker has also reached his peak!
Liu Mang and the coaching staff read related posts and news on the topic of "how to limit Tim Duncan", which has been popular recently on the Internet. They didn't get any effective advice on how to defend against Duncan. Basically, they were some methods mentioned by Liu Mang, or they were just some nonsense.

How to use Mitaka's mid-range shooting advantage to target Duncan and Artest's strongest internal and external defensive gates in history gave Liu Mang some inspiration...

Although some media have always said that Artest failed to integrate into the Spurs, as professionals, Liu Mang and the Eagles coaching staff found that Artest did not integrate, but only on the offensive end. The current offensive tactics of the Spurs are very simple. There are three carriages.

Moreover, Liu Mang discovered that the Spurs deliberately did not give Artest an offensive performance, and used him as an enhanced version of Bowen.

This is Popovich's idea. It may be that he has not thought about how to use Artest's offensive ability. After all, Popovich has never used such a star.

But the defensive end of the Spurs is doing very well. This season, the league's average scoring has increased to 97.9 points. The Spurs' average scoring is only 98.1 points per game, which will exceed the league average.

Among the only two teams in the league that have conceded no more than 90 points, one of the teams is the Spurs, and the other is the Bulls in the East.

Among them, the Spurs ranked No. 87.8 in the league's defensive efficiency list with an average of 1 points per game!
The average is only 98.1 points per game, and they can win by more than 10 points. That is to say, except for the Spurs' own offensive failure, it is difficult for them to lose and limit the opponent's scoring too low.

The Spurs' opponents averaged only 78 shots per game, ranking first in the league's list of opponents with the fewest shots!The average number of shots in the league this season is 81!
Therefore, how to deal with the Spurs' defense is the focus of the Eagles' coaching staff's research. It just so happens that among the millions of netizens, there are always some who really understand the game and have come up with a method that is a bit weird but Liu Mang and others really think it is feasible. After further research, there are so many methods that can be tried.

Anyway, it was the first time they played against each other this season, and the Eagles decided to try it out. Regardless of whether the effect is good or not, they have to give it a try...

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On November 11th, the last day of the first game month, the Eagles ushered in the No. 30 game of the season, the last game of the three-game streak in the Southwest Division, and the most difficult game.

After the team had a tactical meeting in the morning, Liu Mang and his teammates came to this drastically changed arena again.

Suffering from no compatriots, this group of American big blacks and big whites don’t understand what the Spurs’ color scheme means in the eyes of the Chinese. Liu Wei couldn’t find a friend to complain about, so he felt a little sad...

In the afternoon, the training of the new tactics discussed by Liu Mang, coach Kruger and others last night was carried out. The tactic was still based on Princeton. The premise of playing Princeton was that Liu Mang was not alone. If Liu Mang was single, then Princeton could not be beaten.

But there is no rigid requirement, Liu Wei feels that coming, singles is the best way.

For superstars, this has always been the case, otherwise there would be no success in the triangle offense.

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The Eagles are preparing for the game, and the Spurs have been waiting for a long time. Popovich has been struggling with something this season.

For example, the use of Artest, Artest is very suitable for the role of the outside core in the construction of the new system after Duncan's aging, but Duncan is at his peak again, which caught him off guard.

The future Spurs system has begun to take shape, but Duncan is too strong, what kind of Spurs system do you want to play?

Popovich wants to keep Artest for a long time, but he is unwilling to pay too high a salary. Now Popovich uses Artest in a sufficient way, that is, as a defensive enhanced version of Bowen.

It's not that I can't integrate, but I don't want to give so many offensive opportunities.

The inability to integrate expressed by the media and scouts is because of Artest's career-low average of 9 points per game.

Suppressing the worth of one's own star, or just talking about it based on human feelings, like Duncan and Ginobili, Parker has never lowered his salary. Parker's contract extension is the same as Duncan's rookie contract in 2000. The renewal price is the same, and both have a starting salary of more than 900 million.

But Parker really can't get the maximum salary.

Ginobili's starting salary of 2004 million was renewed in 600. In the 04-05 season, Ginobili already had an All-Star performance, which was obviously lower than his worth.

On Artest's side, Popovich felt that, like Parker, he would definitely not be able to negotiate a salary cut, so Artest would have to be "not worth" a higher salary, and the scoring data was worse, which must be the best choice.

The team culture of a team is not only about the team atmosphere and the human touch of the coach, but also whether the team has money is also very important. The salary of the Spurs' lineup this season is only 5900 million, which is less than the luxury tax threshold. The boss is invited for the purpose of not paying taxes. What can Popovich do?

If you want to keep Artest, you have to come up with this bad strategy.

Fortunately, even if Artest doesn't score, even if he is just a player like Tony Allen who doesn't know how to attack, it will be of great use to a team!

Any team, with an extra best defensive player-level outside line, can have a qualitative improvement.

The Eagles are making offensive adjustments against the Spurs, and the Spurs are also making defensive adjustments against the Eagles.

With Artest, the biggest difference for the Spurs is that from shooting guard to power forward, the mid-range defense is not as painful as before!

This is a great improvement for the Spurs to beat the Lakers, Mavericks, Eagles, and Bulls with excellent mid-range shots!
(End of this chapter)