From today on is the king

Chapter 1414 1413. The Future Yellow Mamba
Keep your eyes on the future.

Brandon Roy looked at the motto posted in the closet test, and he firmly believed that he would succeed one day.

At least he has made a good start. After working hard for more than half a season, he successfully made the team resolve to clean up the former core members of the older generation. He finally succeeded in counterattacking when he was not optimistic at the beginning and became the team's future perimeter core.

Roy is now averaging 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. At this time of the season, the statistics will not change much. There is no doubt that Roy is the strongest rookie in this draft.

It was time to play the Eagles again, and Roy was not in a particularly good mood, so he could only use the motto he had been using to encourage himself to adjust his mood.

The Eagles were coming aggressively. When he came to the arena in the afternoon, there were already a large number of Eagles fans gathered outside the arena.

Defeating the Lakers in the Finals twice gave the Hawks a lot of fans in Portland, which is a sad thing for Roy.

Once upon a time, Liu Mang was "Portland's public enemy". A few years later, the Trail Blazers fell apart. The former star went to the Eagles and won three consecutive championships.

This is difficult for the old-fashioned Roy to accept. When he was selected by the Trail Blazers, he added a sense of mission to himself, or the goal he set for himself was to lead the Trail Blazers to revive.

The Trail Blazers have never left Portland since the team was established in 1970, and after acquiring Bill Walton in the fourth year of the team's establishment, they quickly became a super strong team and won the first championship in team history in the 1976-1977 season.

Unfortunately, after being destroyed by the Lakers dynasty at the beginning of the century, the Blazers once again declined.

Although Roy graduated from the University of Washington, just like Pierce is from Los Angeles but became the soul of the Celtics after joining the Celtics, Roy wants to be a superstar like Bill Walton who brought the team to the top again, and wants to be the pride of the city.

But the Trail Blazers didn’t have enough background after all. The city’s ball market was about to “fall.” A superstar who had humiliated them many times came to this city, and a team that “robbed” their star came to this city. Fans actually went to pick them up and cheered for them outside the arena, which made it difficult for Roy to accept.

The last time Roy and his teammates went to Atlanta to play against the Hawks, they were slaughtered for 34 points. The opponent didn't take them seriously at all. All they could do was double-team Liu Mang and prevent Liu Mang from humiliating them by scoring high points.

But now it’s a little different. The Blazers seem to have cleaned up a lot of role players with good statistics, but after cleaning up those players, they have a record of 12 wins and 7 losses in 5 games after the All-Star Weekend.

The progress of Roy and Aldridge, Randolph felt the crisis of being sold off a lot more honestly, the "prison inmates" who originally occupied playing time and counted data but had side effects left, and the hard-working marginal players played very hard after having more opportunities to perform, giving the Trail Blazers a new look.

"No matter what the result is, hard work will pay off!" Roy looked at the motto in the closet and encouraged himself in an old-fashioned way.

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Looks... very similar to this "Prison Team" player.

This is Liu Mang's evaluation of Roy, the first time he saw Roy, this is Liu Mang's evaluation.

This is the third time Liu Mang met Roy.

For the first time, the team won more than 30 points when they were double-teamed and only scored more than ten points.

The second time was the All-Star Rookie Game. In the absence of Paul, Roy won the rookie game MVP with absolute dominance.

This is the third time.

From the very beginning, Liu Mang felt that Roy was mature not only because of his skills and experience honed in four years of university, but also because he was more mature...

"Could it be that the people selected by the Blazers look ten years older than their actual age? Little Zhan Zhan is very suitable for this team!" Liu Mang stared at Roy and couldn't help complaining.

"Ace, what are you talking about?" McGrady, who was doing stretching exercises next to him, asked curiously.

Just now Liu Mang said in Chinese, McGrady didn’t understand, Liu Mang didn’t expect himself to say it out loud, looked at McGrady and said casually, “It’s nothing, I just thought that the boss of the Blazers is really rich, and the arena has been renovated again.”

"The owner of the Trail Blazers seems to be the richest owner in the NBA. He can buy the entire NBA." Grant Hill next to him interjected.

Liu Mang thought that with the current market value of NBA teams, this seems to be really okay.

But who would have thought that in another ten years, the market value of NBA teams would double several times...

"Shouldn't you try to buy a team before the price increases? You won't be able to afford it after the price increases, but the American officials probably won't agree..." Liu Mang thought for a while: "Maybe you can buy it for Avril. If that brat Bekas likes to play basketball when he grows up, let him make money for Avril..."

Liu Mang was thinking wildly and turned his eyes away from Roy. Roy's tense body could finally relax.

Liu Mang's scrutinizing eyes gave Roy too much pressure.

Yesterday was the Trail Blazers' rest day. They also just returned to Portland after playing consecutive away games. The teammates were resting at home. After returning to Portland, Roy went to the arena and secretly watched Liu Mang's training.

He arrived at the gymnasium at [-]:[-] p.m., and the staff told him that Liu Mang would be there at [-]:[-] p.m. He finished training at [-]:[-] p.m. and when he was about to leave, Liu Mang was still there...

At night, Roy was really curious. Although he thought it was impossible, he still came to the arena to have a look, and then saw that the lights of the visiting team's training ground were still on...

It wasn't until nine o'clock in the evening that he saw Eagles coach Ron Kruger come to the arena and call Liu Mang back to the hotel.

I inquired with the staff, except for the Eagles trainer who came to deliver dinner to Liu Mang at 05:30, Liu Mang has been practicing shooting and footwork...

This touched Roy very much!

He has improved by leaps and bounds every year. He didn't just come here randomly. He is more talented than him and works harder than him!
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The game is about to start, Liu Mang looked at the ability evaluation of the Trail Blazers players.

"Branton Roy, ability evaluation 84, offense 90, defense 81, three-pointer 82, mid-range shooting 88, layup 91, speed 90, strength 87..."

"Zach Randolph, ability evaluation 90, offense 97, defense 65, rebound 96, three-pointer 71, mid-range shot 90, layup 96, speed 82, strength 97..."

"RadeMarcus Aldridge, ability evaluation 75, offense 82, defense 70, three-pointer 51, mid-range shot 84, layup 85, speed 80, strength 88..."

"Jarrett Jack, ability evaluation 82, offense 80, defense 81, three-pointer 77, mid-range shooting 81, layup 83, speed 90, strength 81..."

"Travis Outlaw, ability evaluation 79, offense 85, defense 62, three-pointer 81, mid-range shooting 70, layup 89, speed 91, strength 79..."

"Jamal Magloire, ability rating 75, offense 69, defense 79, rebound 90...speed 77, strength 93..."

This is the ability evaluation of the six strongest players in the Trail Blazers, and it is also the only six players whose ability evaluation exceeds 70, but the core structure is indeed very good.

Jack... Liu Mang couldn't describe this player, anyway, he wouldn't make him his teammate if he was killed.

Roy has made great progress, or he has completely integrated his college abilities into the NBA. He is similar to those high-ranking rookies in the 90s.

Randolph is so strong, averaging 23 points per game this season, but he doesn't have any willingness to defend. Aldridge in the same position is also full of talent. It depends on how the Blazers choose. Liu Mang himself thinks that Aldridge is not as good as Randolph at his peak.

Randolph averaged 23+10+2 data per game, extremely strong destructive power at the basket, and the ability to easily play 20+10 in the peak period for a long time. Aldridge is hard to match, but Liu Wei thinks Aldridge's professional attitude will be the key to the Blazers' decision.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the game between the Eagles and the Trail Blazers started.

The Eagles sent Rondo, Liu Mang, Granger, Marion, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup today.

Tracy McGrady and Jason Terry take a break today, and the Eagles feel that the Blazers can cause them trouble only inside.

The Blazers sent a starting lineup of Jack, Roy, Amy Uduka, Randolph, and Joel Przybilla.

The starting small forward is Uduka, whom Liu Mang has never heard of, and the starting center is Pulzbilla, who averages 2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game... This is what the Blazers poached from the Bucks last summer with 5 million in five years.

The game was about the same as the Eagles expected. The Trail Blazers were mainly attacking Randolph.

And unlike the Trail Blazers, who were a completely bad team before the All-Star Weekend, this time the Trail Blazers didn't give up on themselves like last time and just didn't let Liu Mang score. The players played very seriously.

But there are many problems, Randolph's style of play is too unique, the ball in his hands is the end, of course, he is very strong, Marion can't defend, Kwame Brown and Marion attack, Randolph still has a shooting percentage in the early 40.00% range, quite sturdy, and even though he is about the same height as Marion, his offensive rebounding is very strong, which caused a lot of trouble for the Eagles inside.

But relatively... Even if the Eagles don't have McGrady or Jason Terry on the outside, they still play on the outside of the Blazers.

Liu Mang admired Roy's mentality of wanting to fight him, and then under Roy's defense, he scored 15 points in a single quarter in the first quarter, including three consecutive three-pointers.

On the contrary, Roy made a very steady choice on the offensive end. He passed when there was no good opportunity, and shot when he should catch the pot. His steady and down-to-earth style of play made Roy not so badly defended by Liu Mang.

Originally, Liu Mang was quite restrained against opponents like Roy who were relatively less explosive in physical fitness, but Roy handled the ball very smartly, allowing him to avoid the disadvantages that he was not as good as Liu Mang in all aspects except that his strength was comparable to Liu Mang's and his height had a slight advantage.

But that's it.

Liu Mang scored 15 points in the first quarter, which is inseparable from yesterday's extra shooting practice. Today's shooting is very stable, and he scored 27 points in the half, including 7 of 5 three-pointers in the half.

It is true that the starting substitute combination of Randolph and Aldridge inside the Blazers has put a lot of pressure on the inside of the Eagles, and it is also the key to experts and commentators who believe that the Blazers have a chance to beat the Eagles.

But the Eagles were also well prepared. The first game of the consecutive schedule of the next day's game was obviously the most fully prepared tactically for the Eagles. On the basis of sending the main insiders to try their best to limit Randolph's explosive personal offensive ability, Liu Mang was the main scorer on the outside. Rondo controlled the ball and easily took the lead from the offensive end.

After halftime, the Eagles led 59 to 48 by 11 points, establishing a lead of more than 10 points.

Roy worked very hard to drive his teammates, but unfortunately he was just a rookie, and the lineup cleansed the team, which really gave the Blazers a new look, but the bench lineup was terrible. They won 12 games in the past 7 games, all thanks to the main force. There are only two capable players on the bench. One is Outlaw, a thin assaulter, and the other is Aldridge, a rookie.

The Blazers were barely beaten in the first half, but in the third quarter, Randolph, who scored 18 points on 8-of-22 shooting in the first half, began to show the fatiguing characteristics of fat people, and his performance began to decline.

The role player lineup of Battier, Swift, and Kwame Brown, under the leadership of Rondo and Grant, played a beautiful team basketball in the third quarter, beating the Blazers 24 to 15 in a single quarter, widening the point difference to 20 points in one fell swoop.

In the third quarter, the Blazers really had to rely on Roy. Roy broke out in the third quarter and scored 8 points on 4 of 11 shots in a single quarter, but the others had a total of 12 of 1 shots...

After three quarters, the Eagles lead the Trail Blazers 83 to 63.

There was no suspense in the game. Although Roy's performance of 21 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in three quarters was outstanding as a rookie, and Roy did not end in garbage time, Coach McMillan wanted him to play more with the strong team's substitute. After the whole game, Roy scored 30 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Randolph scored 30 points and 12 rebounds, including 5 offensive rebounds. The short and flexible fat man is really difficult to guard.

However, for the Hawks, Granger, as the second offensive point today, also scored 25 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Rondo, who scored 0 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Grant Hill steadily sent 8 points and 5 assists. Of course, Liu Mang's devastating first half with 5 three-pointers was the key.

The Eagles eventually defeated the Trail Blazers 108 to 99 to get five consecutive victories.

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Not surprisingly, Roy had already prepared for the loss, but he only rested for 4 minutes in the second quarter. The second half was full, and the opponent finally replaced the pure first- and second-year lineup.

The gap in strength is obvious. Although Roy has made enough mental preparations, he still feels very uncomfortable.

Seeing the Eagles players clapping their hands to celebrate the victory with an expression of "that's how it should be", Roy was stopped when he was about to turn around and leave.

"Blanton, wait."

Roy turned around and saw that it was the Chinese superstar who made his heart skip a beat just by training yesterday.

"Hello, Mr. Liu, what's the matter?" Roy is very familiar with Liu Mang. In recent years, no basketball player is not familiar with Liu Mang. Especially in American universities and high schools, too many young players want to imitate Liu Mang.

However, after the last match against Liu Mang, he didn't bother to talk to the Trail Blazers players, and he didn't talk to Roy. Liu Mang left before the rookie game was over, worried about the traffic jam in the casino.

This was the first time that Roy had a face-to-face communication with Liu Mang.

"Mr. Liu..." Hearing this address, Liu Mang remembered the first time he met Xiao Zhan Zhan, and the other party also called him that.

"You can just call me Ace, I don't beat you much." Liu Mang asked Roy to change his name in pain.

Sir... Seeing a guy with forehead lines that look like little Zhan Zhan called him "Sir", Liu Mang felt that he was being called old.

"Okay, Ace, do you have something to ask me?" Roy changed his address.

"It's nothing, I just saw your style of play and want to remind you..."

Before Liu Mang finished speaking, Roy's eyes lit up!
Liu Mang felt that Roy was very excited!
This... Roy couldn't help being upset. There was a rumor among the young players. According to the legend, the young players who had been "taught" by Liu Mang had made great progress since then. As the founder of "Snake Science", Liu Mang had taught Wade, James, Josh Smith, Iguodala, Boozer...and other young players, and these people quickly became the best of the new generation of players.

However, according to the rumors, Liu Mang's temper has always been very weird. Roy can tell from the fact that Liu Mang is going against Kobe for some reason.

Liu Mang's obsessive targeting of the Lakers, mainly Kobe, has always been an unsolved mystery in the NBA.

As a rookie, being able to get Liu Mang, who has been discussed whether he is the No. 1 active player, and not the No. 1 active player, is discussed. Compared with Duncan and O'Neal, whose historical status is the No. 1 superstar in active service, even if he is as proud as Roy, he can't help but feel excited.

Duncan is the only active player with two consecutive MVPs, and has a brilliant record of at least 55 wins in all seasons except for the suspension season. O'Neal and Liu Mang are evenly matched for three consecutive championships and three consecutive FMVPs. They are the only active players who can compete with Liu Mang for historical status.

And this point, Liu Mang is obviously not that conscious.

"Mr. Liu, is there anything wrong with my style of play that needs to be improved?" Roy's address changed back again...

"Sir...here it is again...forget it."

Liu Mang slandered a bit, and said it directly, and he was not familiar with it. He just saw Roy, and after winning the game, he was in a good mood to clock in and get off work at halftime, so I just reminded him.

"Brandon, your style of play hurts your knees too much. I think you should pay attention. Try to adjust some details of your breakthrough and pull-up jump shots to reduce the pressure on your knees. You can study it with your shooting trainer. I think your movements are a bit awkward. If you can adjust them better, the chance of injury will be reduced. If you have knee problems, don't try to be aggressive." After Liu Mang finished speaking, he patted Roy on the back and turned away.

That's all for now, if things are still the same as in the original time and space, Liu Mang can't care.

There are indeed many people who say that his shooting movements are awkward. It is not ugly, but that his waist and knees are out of joint when playing, and he is not limited to emergency stop jump shots or spot-up shots. His fast dribbling with both hands is also awkward.

Of course, this did make him difficult to defend, but the slightly unphysical force movements made him vulnerable to injury.

If someone else said this, Roy wouldn't take it to heart, but Liu Mang...that's different.

Roy felt... Liu Mang must have studied him!
This made Roy feel very excited!He is just a rookie, Liu Mang actually studied him!
"Does Liu see me as a future opponent like Kobe and Odom?"

Liu Mang couldn't think of it no matter what, after hearing what he said, Roy thought of this...

(End of this chapter)