From today on is the king

Chapter 1343 1342. Granger's Faith, Eagles' Team Culture (5000-word chapter)
After playing 15 minutes and scoring 9 points and 4 assists, Rondo looked at his statistics and scored in double figures by one point.

就是因为上半场那4罚0中的罚球, 让对方第三节中段开始对他战术犯规了，第三节2罚1中变成6中1之后，就被换下没上过。

6 of 4 shots and 6 of 1 free throws, O'Neal is not so miserable.

Garbage time didn't let him play, but Jason Terry took Korver, Battier, Granger, and David Lee to play on the court.

"Practice your free throws more. If you get the free throws right, you will have more playing time." Granger patted Rondo on the shoulder and said.

"Well, I know." Rondo was very moved, but his expression was still cool.

"That's right, if you are more accurate in free throws, you can learn how to make fouls like me, that's great." Liu Mang said beside him.

"..." Rondo glanced at Liu Mang, and vowed in his heart: Don't be that kind of player if you kill him!It's too embarrassing to find a foul!
Liu Mang looked at Rondo's free throw performance that almost broke the record for the worst free throw percentage in history, and thought of the No. [-] pick more than ten years later. It is estimated that except for that guy, no one can break Rondo's free throw percentage in his rookie year...

After experiencing the children's clothing turmoil, and being secretly photographed by the staff and spread on the Internet, Rondo has already felt calm about many things...

In fact, Rondo is not good at free throws in college, but at least he is similar to James, with a shooting percentage of 60.00%, at least better than O'Neal, Duncan, and Kwame Brown.

But in the NBA, the confrontation became stronger. Rondo was not affected much in terms of layups. His footsteps at the basket were one-on-one, which made James envious. However, the confrontation he experienced when he was fouled made him suffer a huge impact on free throws, and the longer the confrontation lasted, the harder it became.

Also, the Eagles and Celtics train Rondo differently. The Celtics mainly cultivate Rondo’s vision and passing, while the Eagles make more use of Rondo’s existing characteristics, such as speed, defense, rebounding, breakthroughs, etc. Especially Rondo’s defense is very important for defending the opponent’s speed players when Liu Mang is not around.

In addition, in the situation of the Cavaliers, Damon Jones and Peja are two three-pointers who run the position. The speed of Liu Mang and Rondo came in handy together.

Rondo has 9 points and 4 assists. In addition to his good performance on the defensive end, he also plays a lot of roles on the offensive end. Knowing how to use Rondo’s characteristics, Liu Mang is willing to give the ball to Iguodala and Josh Smith.

Granger, who had high hopes, made a good contribution on the defensive end. He blocked James twice and made a quick steal. He scored 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks.

From the data point of view, the second-year Granger did not perform as well as the rookie Rondo.

There was no way for Granger to really grow up until he won the Most Improved Award in the fourth grade. From the perspective of a superstar, Granger progressed very slowly. After all, it was the Pacers who gave him football rights and enough playing time.

Granger did not score high in the first two years and was patiently cultivated by the Pacers, mainly because of his defensive and psychological qualities, and his shooting talent.

Simple scoring masters are easy to find, but the core of both offense and defense is not easy to find.

The Eagles cultivated Granger from defense and three-pointers, that is, to strengthen Granger's advantages.

Obviously, the Eagles value Rondo more than Granger. The Eagles have no shortage of strikers and appreciate Granger, so they are also cultivating them, but more for trading chips.

Of course, Granger's contribution is obvious to all, such as defending against James at the basket today very well.

The Pacers did their best to train Granger, but in the original time and space, the sophomore Granger averaged 34 minutes per game and only scored 13 points. After the fourth grade improved, he averaged 36 minutes per game and scored 25 points.

The main reason is that Granger is unwilling to shoot casually when he is not sure. He has the character of a leader. It is true that Jason Terry is the strongest on the bench, but young players like to hang out with Granger.

As for Granger personally, what he has to learn in the Eagles is very similar to Iguodala and Josh Smith. He plays next to superstars, polishes his skills, and learns from superstars how to deal with difficulties in the game.

Iguodala on the Rockets side is now a front-line swingman and knows how to make his team a strong team; on Josh Smith's side, the pie-eating ability honed in the Eagles and his focus on offense around the basket have not been trained towards all-around blindness. Next to Nash, although there is a fat guy, he still performed well. He averaged 21.6 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, becoming the Suns leader in scoring and offensive rebounds.

After learning about this, Granger has a very clear positioning for himself. He will do what the team needs him to do, study hard and absorb, and learn to become the leader of the new team like Iguodala!
Both Iguodala and Josh Smith have a great future. Granger believes that the Eagles management will not treat him badly. This aspect of the Eagles team culture has been established, and it has been widely recognized by NBA players, media, and fans. It can be seen from the very beginning that Josh Smith, Iguodala, and Rasheed Wallace are sent to the same team.

With such a great team, Granger is more determined to his goal.

Accumulate steadily, Granger firmly believed in this.

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The Cavaliers' strongest player is guarded!
James failed to break through the Eagles' defense!

With James’ advanced three-pointers and his increasingly proficient four-step layups, he is incomparable with Wade and Iverson, and has better breakthrough ability than Liu Mang, Kobe, and Tracy McGrady. In addition to facing the Spurs, Lakers, and Rockets this season, the three teams that either have strong forward defense or strong team defense, they will not be disadvantaged against other teams.

Seeing the Hawks lose Iguodala and Josh Smith, people think that the Hawks may win the Cavaliers, but there is a high probability that they will not be able to continue to defend James as before.

But I didn't expect the Eagles to rely on defensive tactics to limit James to his worst performance this season. He made 22 of 6 shots and a shooting percentage of less than 30.00%!
Liu Mang said in an interview after the game: "I like LeBron very much, so I thought about a hundred ways to defend him..."

One hundred ways to defend against James, the media and fans think it is exaggerated, but as long as there are a few effective ones, it is enough for James to suffer.

This is based on the fact that the Eagles have McGrady, Prince, Battier, Granger, Marion and even Korver, who have completed a hundred defenses against James. It is not easy for other teams to learn!
The only reliable ones are the Spurs and the Lakers. The Lakers have Kobe, Odom, and Barnes, and the Spurs have Artest and team defense.

But they are already very restrained from the Cavaliers, so there is no need to learn this.

In addition to James being restricted, people are also surprised by the performance of the Cavaliers' two major pitchers.

Peja and Damon Jones made only three three-pointers in total, one for Damon Jones and two for Peja.

Liu Mang on the Eagles made three three-pointers by himself!

They are all facing the situation where the open three-pointers are blocked. Liu Mang still has a three-point shooting rate of 8 of 3 shots.
Before Liu Mang played against the Cavaliers, people thought that Peja was a three-pointer who could not lose to Liu Mang. With James, Peja's three-pointer ability was even better than that of the Kings, and it was even considered better than Ray Allen.

But now I find that Ray Allen is better. Ray Allen can at least break through against Liu Mang, and there is a threat of a breakthrough. He also shot 9 of 3 three-pointers, and Peja is 12 of 2!

And no matter if it's Ray Allen or Peja, compared with Liu Mang, they feel much worse!

There is a feeling that Peja and Ray Allen compete for the third place, Liu Mang is the only one, and the second place is free!

Many teams saw Liu Mang's better three-point performance this season, and once again averaged four three-pointers per game, they began to focus on some college players with outstanding three-pointers.

There are also more thoughts on some of the team's standout pitchers.

Now the rules are more and more favorable for outside players to score, and the value of pitchers has risen with Liu Mang's performance...

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"Jeff, go buy Apple's stock... Yes, it's the Apple of Jobs, you can buy as much as you can... I got news from a college classmate who works at Apple that Jobs will give people an epoch-making product, and the stock price will skyrocket next year. You can also try to buy some..."

Asking Schwartz to get the authorization to buy Apple stocks with the money in his account, Liu Mang hung up the phone.

There is no doubt that Schwartz has him. What Liu Mang said is to buy the bottom during the last period of December, and there is less than half a month left, so he has to do it quickly.

University is a thing, when you are studying, you are learning knowledge and understanding the wider world. After graduation, it is more about networking.

Liu Mang... Really doesn't have any college contacts. The only one who has contact with college classmates is the mother of the child. Alexia and Liu Mang are not in the same class. Alexia has contacts with classmates, and occasionally goes out for coffee.

Liu Mang calculated his account. Except for the rookie season, there was no money, and in order to sign a greater endorsement contract, the rookie year did not receive the endorsement. Starting in the second grade, Liu Mang's income exceeded 2000 million US dollars. Last season, Liu Mang's income reached 4900 million US knives. The budget of Schwartz's 1.1 million U.S. knife was authorized, and the remaining part may be used.

It is impossible to sell the buildings in the school district of the imperial capital now, and they can just sell them before the purchase limit. Those two buildings... Liu Mang pays more attention to the $[-] million Apple stock.

"Uncle, what are you writing? [-] million! My god, uncle, you are crazy!" Little Lolita got into Liu Mang's arms, looked at the number Liu Mang wrote, and exclaimed.

"[-] million? Ace, what kind of stock do you want to buy for so much money?" Levia was also surprised.

"What do you women know? Now that technology is getting more and more advanced, it will be the era of artificial intelligence. Apple is the pioneer. Dinah, next year you will be able to use a completely different mobile phone." Liu Mang said as he put the little loli on his lap and rubbed the little loli's face.

"I've heard about this. Jobs has been financing, but the media and some of my friends say that Jobs is a liar. Ace, you have to be careful." Levia reminded.

"Trust my eyes! This time I will definitely make money!" Liu Mang was struggling.

Liu Mang occasionally pays attention to it. From 2004 to now, after the storm brought by Apple’s iPod at the beginning of the century, because Sony and other brands also launched new MP3 devices, Apple fell into a long period of silence. There were no new products that attracted special attention. 2006 has come to an end. This year, Apple’s stock trading volume is less than [-] million US dollars.

But Liu Mang knows that in January 2007, Apple will launch an epoch-making product. From the official release of the iPhone generation in June 1 to the iPhone 2007S in 6, these years have been the era of Apple, and it will last for a long time.

Levia thought about it, Liu Mang has always been very good at this aspect, but he usually doesn't like to do these things, and he focuses on basketball every day. This time it is rare to pay attention to this kind of thing with so much heart. He should have confidence to throw [-] million directly.

Levia and Liu Mang's finances are independent, unlike Alexia who swiped Liu Mang's card because she had a child. Levia went back to the room and thought for a while, then called her father, the head of the Savishia family, and took out the money from some properties she had just sold to buy some...

Just like Liu Mang has been waiting to buy the bottom price, Levia studied Apple's stock price and knew that if Apple made a big move, it would basically be a bottom-buying price...

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After playing the Cavaliers, the Eagles took a day off and ushered in the Raptors.

The Raptors are firmly in fourth place in the East this season. The No. [-] system in the division allowed them to enter the top four in the East for the first time in team history. The Nets are still struggling on the edge of the playoffs.

James' Cavaliers lost one game, and the Bulls unfortunately also lost one game. The Cavaliers are still No. [-] in the Eastern Conference and have a good chance to continue and win the Eastern Conference regular season championship.

Therefore, the duel between James and Milicic's "future of black players" and "hope of white center" has attracted much attention.

However, the match between the Eagles and Milicic also attracted a lot of attention. Milicic, who is all-around offensive and defensive and can pass the ball, and Kwame Brown, the first single-defense expert in the Mesozoic insider, and Liu Mang can continue to crush the 03 generation...

The Christmas game is approaching, and on December 12th, the Eagles ushered in their second match against the Raptors at home.

After a tactical meeting in the morning and a 40-minute rehearsal of Milicic's defensive strategy, Liu Mang took a break at noon and went home to bring the three girls, two cubs, bodyguards, servants and others to the arena.

When Liu Mang was about to go back to the training ground to rest and warm up, Little Lolita pulled Liu Mang's clothes and said with a cute expression: "Uncle, Dinah's birthday is coming..."

On the 19th, unfortunately, Liu Mang was going to play an away game in Phoenix, so he couldn't bring a gift for Little Lolita.

"I know, I will bring a gift back!" Ever since he forgot to make little Lori cry once in the second grade, Liu Mang will never forget this matter again.

It's all written on the calendar. Everyone in the family has birthdays, what gifts to give, and after going home to see his parents, Liu Mang will buy some and send them back when the time comes every year.

"Why don't uncle take us to the West Coast! Just in time for the Christmas battle in Los Angeles!" Little Lolita's eyes sparkled.

"...Dinah, I want to skip class again!"

"Uncle..."

"Ask Levia, I'm afraid of being beaten..."

"Hmph... cheapskate, what's wrong with being beaten..."

"Is that a hit?"

After bickering with the little Lolita, Liu Mang took the little Lolita to find Levia and explained that he wanted to take Dana to Phoenix for her birthday. Levia was speechless.

"Ace, you dote on Dinah too much. You accommodate her in everything. What will happen when she grows up and enters the society?" Levia said to Liu Mang, Americans value self-reliance.

"We celebrated Bekas and Avril's birthdays in October, and I was at home. It's too pitiful for Dinah to be away for her birthday..." Liu Mang said weakly.

"Okay, okay, it's the last time, Dinah is an adult when you turn 12, you know?" Levia couldn't help but patted the little Lolita on the head.

"Understood mom, uncle is awesome." Little Lolita jumped up excitedly towards Liu Mang.

Liu Mang hugged him quickly, this movement... became a conditioned reflex!
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After bringing Alexia and the two servants and bodyguards to the box, Levia and her daughter went to the back of the technical table by themselves. Liu Mang's parents went back, and they didn't like sitting in the front row very much.

Liu Mang returned to the locker room to warm up.

Waited for so long!
The Eagles have been preparing for this day for a long time.

With a big center like Milicic, an excellent mid-range singles player like Joe Johnson, and an excellent super 3-D player like Richard Jefferson, the Raptors may end up being the biggest opponent of the Eastern Eagles. After all, a big center like Milicic is great.

Liu Mang has never done it alone to deal with Milicic’s high-level support. He has been paying attention to the suggestions given by fans on the Internet, and has been discussing with the coaching staff.

The characteristic of "rejecting horses" must be acquired!
At the beginning of the season, it seemed that there were four games, but when it came to the second game, there were only two games left!

One game is less than one game. Unlike other people who are judged as natural skills by the system because of their own abilities, Liu Mang's natural skills need to be upgraded.

The kind of fighting left and right is a growth-type skill, which needs to be trained by Liu Mang himself. The progress is slow, but there will be no restrictions.

As for the talent skill "Lianzhu", it needs to be upgraded through missions. If you fail one, you will lose one characteristic, which is very restrictive!

But the effect is also very strong, it must be won!At least have to find more details in this game!

(End of this chapter)