From today on is the king

Chapter 1371. 1370. Formation of the Temporary Legion
In the imperial capital of the United States, a Mesozoic leader who has occupied the top score list for more than two months is about to cry...

After Liu Mang scored 56 points, his scoring average increased to 29.9 points per game, which is only 30.4 points away from the top scorer with 0.5 points per game...

Some media are ridiculing that the Eagles traded Wade mainly because Liu Mang didn't win the scoring title last year, and wanted to help Liu Mang "create" another chance to win the scoring title.

Liu Mang is still only second in the scoring list, but because of the current situation, people have already regarded Liu Mang as the scoring leader...

Kobe is actively cooperating with the four towers. James has Chandler and Peja, so he doesn’t need to compete for the scoring champion. He has never been interested in that. Wade is reimbursed. Carter is more than stable, but not explosive.

Liu Mang's only competitor is Arenas. The fans saw Arenas and Liu Mang competing for the scoring title. They felt that Arenas was too miserable. They thought they might get the only big honor in their career. Although the scoring trophy was a set, it was one of the top stats champions, and the most important one. In the first two months of this year, no one wanted to compete for the scoring title.

……

Arenas was miserable, but Liu Mang came to the arena refreshed the next day after scoring 56 points.

Signing and signing!

14号这天老鹰队有一天休息时间，接下来的15号和16号是主场背靠背，19号和20号是客场背靠背, 主场这两场是没太好的办法了, 可能只有临时从发展联盟找两个大个子来凑凑数。

But there is one person who can try to get it back.

Gotta get that guy back before the Bulls game.

When we arrived at the arena, the coaching staff had already arrived, and the boss had also arrived early.

"Ace, you're here." Price greeted Liu Mang, now with a sad face.

"Boss, what's the matter, so melancholy." Liu Mang asked.

"Hey..." Price sighed, getting Wade was a blast, but the rest of this season will be very troublesome, and it is impossible for them to give up their pursuit of the championship.

The odds are slim, but four consecutive championships... It's exciting to think about it...

Coach Kruger and others shook their heads.

They are all pointing to the Eagles' weakening period after three consecutive championships to hit the championship. High-quality veterans and role players who want to win the championship early have all gone to the Lakers, Shuangniu, and the Suns. At this time, there is really nothing good.

"What about the negotiations with the Bundesliga?" Liu Mang asked.

"We gave a buyout fee of 200 million euros, and we can get Gortat directly in another half a year, and now we have to pay a buyout fee..." Price is so painful!
"In this case, let's sign a four-year contract with Gortat, and earn back by playing for two more years." Liu Mang suggested, since he is not a player of his own company anyway, it would be great to get a four-year rookie bonus.

"Ace, are you sure he is worth a four-year contract?" Coach Kruger still asked.

"Probably, it shouldn't be too bad..." Liu Mang didn't say anything. Although Gortat is really good, he is definitely not a great star, but he is enough to be a substitute. Gortat will be 23 years old next month. For European players, the skills must be very mature, and they can be used when they get it.

"Okay, we've got permission to negotiate with Gortat. If he's willing to sign a four-year contract, we'll buy it out. If he doesn't want to, we can sign him directly in the summer." Price decided.

This kind of thing is not necessarily safe. Gortat’s salary in Europe is 120 million euros. He will definitely not be able to get that much money when he first came to the NBA. If he is unwilling and insists on waiting until the end of the contract with the Bundesliga’s Cologne Rheinland to sign a regular two-year rookie contract with the Eagles, then there is no way.

……

However, Liu Mang and others are thinking too much. Some people would rather take less money in order to go to a higher basketball hall.

Price contacted Gortat's agent and got the opportunity to talk directly with Gortat. After hearing the request from the Eagles, Gortat agreed without hesitation.

As the Bundesliga champion in the 2005-2006 season, he won the Bundesliga MVP and the best team in the European League. In addition to the fact that the team is far behind Barcelona and CSKA Moscow and cannot reach the top of Europe, Gortat has already won all the honors in the Bundesliga in the past four years.

It was easy to reach a verbal agreement with Gortat to buy out the contract. As the team's vice president, Moron Wiley will go to Germany to complete the follow-up work on behalf of the team.

It is estimated that it will take a day or two to complete the joining process, and other things.

Finding the lost pearls in "Waste Wood" is what Liu Mang is best at.

The Eagles' own draft picks have not been high. They were able to get Josh Smith and Iguodala that year, all because of Liu Mang's request to trade Boozer and others to return the draft picks.

Coach Kruger gave Liu Mang a list of free agents who were cut by other teams in the middle of the season, or who have never found a job to play in the Development League.

"Ace, what do you think of Olowokandi? He has only played for eight years, and he may still have a little strength. He will come to our trial training in a while, do you want to see?" Coach Kruger pointed to the name of the sugar man who ranked first.

Three-handed man?

Is his ax still swinging?
"Let's take a look." Liu Wei looked at a total of 11 trial players, and it didn't take much time. When they arrived on the court, Liu Wei just watched their ability evaluation.

The 11 shortlists are basically frontcourt players, which are in line with the current needs of the Eagles.

……

Yesterday's game was very tiring. Today the Eagles have no training plan, and the next one is back to back. Physical fitness is very important.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the 11 free agents for the trial training came to the arena early to warm up.

Now counting Wade, the Eagles have only 11 players, and because of Wade's reimbursement for the season, the Eagles have applied for a special injury case of 346 million dollars, which means that the Eagles may sign at least two people in this trial training to make up the 12-man roster.

The Eagles’ buyout process for Antoine Walker in the last game has not yet ended, and Wade’s injury exception has not yet been applied for, so it is a 12-man roster, but before the next game, the 12-man roster must be assembled. And because there are now 13 players who can play, the Eagles are very likely to sign three players.

The next game of the Eagles is tomorrow, and today they are bound to sign at least two players, so those who come to the trial training are very passionate, even if it is a ten-day short contract, it is also their chance to return to the NBA.

Liu Mang watched the trial training in Coach Kruger's office on the second floor facing the training ground.

"Marcus Fizer, 119 meters tall, 72 kilograms in weight, ability rating 77, offense 70, defense 55, three-pointer 69, mid-range shot 86, layup 85, speed 91, strength [-]..."

Liu Mang remembers this guy, the No. 2000 pick in the year of the draft in 4. He played well back then. He was a heavy and short power forward. In Liu Mang's rookie season, this guy averaged 11 points and 6 rebounds per game in the second grade.

The disadvantage is that he has a weird personality, no gun license, and his wife pointed at each other with a gun at home. The funny thing is that neither of them can use a gun, and the insurance has not been removed. The neighbor next door saw him and called the police. He was locked up for 15 days and a month of community labor, and then he was cut by the team...

This incident got a lot of attention in the summer of 2004, it was so hilarious...

When the police asked the couple why they didn't take out the insurance, they answered that they were too timid to test for a gun license and didn't know how to use a gun...

This stocky meat shield is not bad. He played in Europe last season and wants to return to the NBA this year. After playing in the Development League for a while, no team dared to take it... Liu Mang thinks he should sign it first!
On the other hand, Olowokandi, a dignified champion, couldn't find a job after eight years of playing...

"Michael Olowokandi, ability rating 49..."

Liu Mang ignored this option directly, it might as well be Hollins.

There is an unexpected candidate, not because of his strength, but because he may be able to stay for a long time.

"Mark Madsen, ability evaluation 59, offense 44, defense 67..."

An old friend of Liu Mang, he was hired as a trainer every summer when he went to Los Angeles.

Liu Mang remembered that Madsen would be a trainer for the Lakers for many years in the future, a very capable guy who single-handedly taught Bynum's defense.

……

"Ace, just these two? Madsen, you recommend to be a trainer? Then Fizer?" Coach Kruger thought that Liu Mang could find advantages in these players that they didn't, but it's normal to think about it.

"Madsen was my trainer during summer training. He is very good in this area and can help Karl a lot." Liu Mang explained.

"Just hope they don't fight," Stockton quipped.

"They all seem to practice boxing, and it's interesting to fight..."

Stockton's teasing made the atmosphere in the office a lot better. It was a lot of pressure to play against the Suns tomorrow, but now that I think about it, I can only let it go. Gortat will not be able to keep up with tomorrow's game, so he can only sign a few ten-day short contracts to make up the number of players.

Liu Mang recommended these two. Anyway, the contract is ten days short, and other teams can sign whatever they want.

……

Trials are such a thing, some people are happy and some are worried. Fizer and Mark Madsen got a 10-day short contract.

The Eagles arranged a hotel for the two, Fizer went back first, and Mark Madsen came to chat with Liu Mang.

"Ace, thank you so much. You asked the team to invite me to be a trainer. Thank you so much."

Liu Mang watched Mark Madsen look like a dog after he changed back into his suit, and felt that he was not the same as the guy named Mad Dog on the court and in training, he was quite a gentleman, a big white guy.

"We're going to work together again...Come on, Mark."

Liu Mang responded, and wanted to talk about homework, but was called away by Emmanuel...

When I came to the boss's office, several people were discussing something enthusiastically.

Things they can't figure out.

After Liu Mang got involved, he found that he couldn't figure it out...

There are sometimes seemingly confusing transactions in the NBA, and it's not without reason.

Liu Mang, Price, Coach Kruger and others didn't know why the Bucks gave them Blake. What they asked for was an injury exception and the right to sign a second-round pick in 1993, and nothing else in return!

"I remembered that Edens and Gilbert had a feud. They probably want to help us deal with the Cavaliers." Price suddenly thought of this.

"Edens? The owner of the Bucks?" Liu Mang remembered that the owner of the Bucks was called Aidens, but not because he remembered it, but because of his daughter Mallory Edens...

Liu Mang remembered that the daughter of the boss of the Bucks was born in 96, and she looked a year and two years younger than Dinah... a bit sinful... When I first thought of that beautiful face, Liu Mang wanted to get to know her...

In Liu Mang's memory, it seems that the Bucks and the Cavaliers have never dealt with it very well. It turns out that the root cause is the boss.

"Your circle is really chaotic." Liu Mang sneered, quite happy, Rondo is useful, but there will be times when the rookie does not perform well, and Blake, a man with a steel key, is not bad as the fourth guard. He can serve as a point guard and an off-ball shooter.

"I think their purpose is to save money. Their salary is 6679 million. If Blake is given to us, they won't have to pay luxury tax this year." Mike Woodson flipped through the Bucks scouting report and said.

"Ace, what do you think? Do we still need a point guard?" Coach Kruger asked.

Liu Mang is open to getting Blake: "It would be great to get Steve, he is the toughest white defender I have ever seen."

"White guard?" Price and Coach Kruger, Stockton and others remembered this.

After Korver left, there seemed to be no white outsiders in the Eagles team. Before that, there was Calderon. Calderon and Korver were the white coaches of the Eagles.

This issue, if you say it is important, is not that important, but if you say it is not important, it cannot be less.

Coach Kruger, Stockton, and Mike Woodson were silent. Price was still hesitating, but now he stopped hesitating and asked Liu Mang, "Since you want to be teammates with Blake, Ace, let's use Dwyane's injury exception."

Now that the decision has been made, the coaching staff began to prepare for tomorrow's game.

Coach Kruger writes down the existing list of players.

If the deal goes well, Blake should be in the game tomorrow.

So coach Kruger added Blake to the lineup.

Point guards: Liu Mang, Rondo, Blake.

Shooting guard: Tracy McGrady, Jason Terry.

Small Forward: Battier, Granger.

Power forwards: Marion, David Lee, Fizer.

Center: Kwame Brown, Hollins, Madsen.

After the detailed classification of the lineup was listed, it was very painful for everyone to see the list.

How many years, how many years the lineup has not been so miserable!
Now their lineup, if you really want to say that they can take on important responsibilities in the game, there are only six and a half at full play.

Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Shane Battier, Kwame Brown, and Jason Terry are the core lineup. Battier, taking Prince as a reference, is barely half capable of shouldering the burden. Rondo, Granger, and David Lee can add up to one.

With this kind of lineup, Liu Wei thought of one thing: "Since everyone says I'm going to explode, wouldn't I be sorry for so many people's expectations if I don't explode?"

(End of this chapter)