From today on is the king

Chapter 1472 1471. The game with the management

McGrady's fighting spirit problem has already made the Eagles management feel dissatisfied.

Liu Mang clearly heard this meaning from Coach Kruger's words.

Unlike second-year players like Josh Smith and Iguodala, it doesn't matter if they trade first. In McGrady's trade, even if Schwartz received the news first, Schwartz would communicate with Liu Mang first.

But Schwartz did not say, that is, the management is only considering this option, and has not yet implemented any substantive operations.

After all, it is impossible to exchange McGrady for the draft pick. The No. [-] pick will not be accepted, and the Eagles themselves will not agree. Nine out of ten No. [-] picks can't reach McGrady's performance in their peak periods.

Therefore, if the McGrady deal is to be carried out, it will not be as anxious as the Magic who are determined to send McGrady away. After all, the Eagles have always had a complete lineup and a good record.

"Trade Tracy? He is too important for us to win the championship next season. I thought of a tactic that cannot be without Tracy." Liu Mang responded.

Leaving aside personal relationships, McGrady is indispensable for Liu Mang's expectations for the adjustment of his playing style next season.

Coach Kruger and Price were not too surprised. Liu Mang was nostalgic, they knew it, and this was something they could use.

In this way, I don’t really want to trade McGrady now. McGrady, who was born in 79, was at his peak at the age of 28. Thomas Carter, the medical consultant of his team, took good care of McGrady.

Last season, McGrady was indeed not as good as the first team and second defense in the 05-06 season, but he was still one of the strongest players at the small forward and shooting guard positions.

It's just that Coach Kruger and Price need such an opportunity to take advantage of this.

"Ace, I understand that you attach great importance to the friendship with Tracy's teammates, but we failed to win the championship this year. The fact that the regular season record is not as good as other teams is very important. You know what I mean. You played too tired in the regular season. We have to think about your future. If we can change to a more motivated star, instead of a star who has won two championships and started to get arrogant." Coach Kruger said with a frown.

Coach Kruger's words are very reasonable, and Liu Mang personally feels the same way. Sometimes the strength of a team does not depend on how famous the players are.

There are many such examples in the history of the NBA. Some stars work very hard, but after winning a championship, they are like a different person. They are arrogant and slack. Maybe this player knows that he should not slack off, but as long as he has that kind of mentality, it is difficult to adjust, and players with the self-regulation ability to adjust that kind of mentality will never have that kind of mentality; When I was young, I was very aggressive on offense and defense, but after becoming the team leader, I became a defensive sieve, and I kept shooting three-pointers on the offensive end every day...

However, Liu Mang really wanted to give that idea a try...

At the beginning of the All-Star Weekend, he played with the second-year Janeway, which can compete with the Western All-Stars!

Liu Mang struggled for a while, and said seriously: "Let's come for another year, just one year."

Liu Mang didn't explain too much, some things are not clear, but he wants to try that, McGrady, a teammate who can pass, run and shoot is a must, and even to a certain extent, he can do better than James.

As if sensing Liu Mang's insistence, Price said, "Lang, let's see first. The chips offered by the other party are not very good. I'm still very optimistic about the core combination of Ace and Tracy."

Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief, and the meal was almost finished, Liu Mang said sorry first, and wanted to go back and think about how to motivate McGrady.

After the finals, McGrady went back to his hometown of Barto. Liu Mang hadn’t communicated with McGrady yet. Americans are like that. Outside of work, they seldom communicate with each other and pay more attention to private time.

Barto is in Florida, not far from Atlanta. McGrady chose to go to the Magic back then, and it has something to do with being close to his grandmother's hometown.

When McGrady comes back from his hometown, Liu Mang will talk to him again to see what this old friend who has been struggling with for three years thinks.

After Liu Mang left, Coach Kruger and Price smiled at each other and traded McGrady... They didn't have that plan at the beginning. At least they had to wait until Liu Mang renewed his new contract before discussing the deal. The team has players who are closely related to Liu Mang, which is one of the guarantees for Liu Mang's contract renewal.

It's not that Price and Coach Kruger are playing tricks, but that they really have to create guarantees for renewing the contract with Liu Mang next year.

And... McGrady is at his peak, no matter how he trades, he will definitely suffer losses, and the players who return are unlikely to have the mentality of McGrady who is willing to sacrifice data and status for Liu Mang.

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"We're not going to trade Tracy, he's not for sale like Ace is..." Price said in an interview near the final workout before the draft.

On the 24th, Jordan helped the Eagles trade down the draft picks very smoothly, and the deal was completed very quickly. At this stage, people think it is a year for the draft. The 10th pick is very attractive. After all, Noah may fall to the 1th pick, which is a rookie in the T[-] tier.

The Bobcats used the No. 10 pick of this season, plus their own 2008 second-round pick, to reach a deal with the Wizards and the Magic. They got the 15th pick in the first round of the Wizards this year, the No. 29 pick of the Cavaliers in the hands of the Magic, and the second-round pick of the Magic in 2008.

The Wizards sent out the 15th overall pick in the first round of the season and the 15th overall pick in the second round. They got two second-round picks from the Magic in 2010 and the second-round pick from the Bobcats in 2008. Magic player Deshaun Stevenson.

The Magic sent two second rounds and the Cavaliers' first round this year, which they got last year, as well as Deshaun Stevenson, who got the 10th pick in the first round of the Bobcats and the 15th pick in the second round of the Wizards this season.

Jordan also guessed that the Hawks wanted a lower draft pick to pick their favorite jewels, and the Hawks have always been good at doing this.

But Jordan didn't try to find the low-ranking gem by himself. After a few years, he has already realized himself...

In 2004, the Eagles selected Josh Smith, and someone selected Okafor. As a result, Josh Smith averaged 22+8+4 per game in the All-Star Game.

With the top three picks, Jordan's selection is not as good as others with more than a dozen picks. Jordan doesn't struggle anymore, and he can just wait for the Eagles to enjoy the rookie bonus and pick up ready-made ones.

That night, three days before the draft, the Hawks and Bobcats struck a deal.

The Eagles sent Danny Granger, David Lee, and Ryan Hollins, and got the No. 15 and No. 28 picks in the first round of this year in the hands of the Bobcats.

Not surprisingly, after the deal was concluded, Mr. Joe was sprayed by the media in some cities with NBA...

Originally, the Eagles have had three consecutive years since this year. Except for the 2008 draft, they have not moved. In other years and 2009, only 2009 has a second round, which may affect the continuity of the Eagles' team building ideas.

Well now, after this deal is concluded, the Eagles have two first-round picks this year, and four picks in 2008, two first-round picks and two second-round picks. The Eagles can slowly operate in the future and get the 2009 draft picks.

This is also part of Liu Mang's plan. Last year's trade for Garnett failed, which was too debilitating, and he had to adjust slowly.

Liu Mang doesn't blame the management either. If Garnett's trade goes through, what more picks are needed in 08 and 09, maybe something big will happen.

Although there are other teams that also want to trade with the Eagles, the deal is not completed. The Celtics' Larry Bird and other teams have been blocked from trading. Last year, McHale's incident too affected the Celtics.

But the media always needs to find someone to take the blame.

Jordan was depressed. He was scolded for the draft, and he was scolded for not drafting. He just picked up ready-made ones and was scolded.

Before the deal with Jordan and Bird was completed, the Eagles started preparations for draft training. Anyway, before the draft, they would definitely get a draft pick, and Granger would definitely be able to get a draft pick when he was released, so the Eagles were not worried.

On the 25th, two days before the draft, the Eagles held two first rounds this year, attracting many media interviews.

However, the focus of the interview was the rumored news that the Bulls used Luol Deng, Nocioni and other players plus draft picks to apply for McGrady and was rejected by the Eagles.

It has been promised that Liu Mang will not trade McGrady for the time being, and Price said what he just said in an interview.

Maddie is not for sale?

The reporter didn't quite believe it, and he described Raheem in the same way back then, but when it was time to trade, he still traded.

But the Eagles will definitely not trade McGrady at present, which disappoints the reporters who want to speculate on hot spots.

The trial training went smoothly, mainly because there was no high desire for trial training. It was just a small trial training as usual with the draft pick. Most of the players invited to participate in the trial training were predicted to be outside the lottery zone.

Of course, it is also the goal of the Eagles to see if there are any unexpected bright rookies.

But Liu Mang watched it for a long time, and there was nothing worth noting about the rookie.

If you want to say something a little different, it is Nick Young, but the Eagles have no shortage of outsiders. Nick Young's kind of knives can't just be trained. He must be given a lot of opportunities to make mistakes before he can give some returns.

After the trial training in the morning, while having lunch, Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang, "Ace, you don't like these players? This time we have two first-round picks. Who are we going to pick? The boss said that you will notify him of the target tomorrow. Can you reveal it first?"

"I think this year's rookies are not as good as expected. Coach, you don't have to worry. If it doesn't work, we can trade a pick in the future." Liu Mang replied.

Coach Kruger is not worried. He has seen the "scout department" of Liu Mang's agency many times, but he is just curious.

And when Liu Mang said this, coach Kruger continued to ask: "So there is a goal?"

Seeing Coach Kruger's expression of wanting to ask more and more ignorance, Liu Mang just didn't say anything.

In Liu Mang's view, this year's draft, except for the top five picks, the others... are all so-so, including Noah. Although Noah has a pass, his characteristics are too unsuitable for his team. It is not as good as Liu Mang's expectations for that second-round rookie.

The most important thing is that Noah can't get back any good bargaining chips at his peak, which is something Liu Mang knows.

Although the NBA has changed a lot, Noah’s peak trading value was not high, and this matter will not change. Noah’s shortcomings are too obvious, mainly because it is difficult to use, very difficult to use, and he needs to have the core style of play with the ball in his hands, but he cannot help the team play a good offense.

And it has to be cultivated slowly.

Liu Mang has already planned the abacus plan in the past two days, and he will communicate with the boss tomorrow.

"Coach, don't worry, there will be no 'surprise' now that you know."

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At this time, Schwartz, who was far away in a restaurant in Spain, looked at the big fat man in front of him who was about the same height as O'Neill, and his waist was still eating. He was very confused: "I can understand the guy in Argentina who is almost 30 years old. Why do I have to sign this guy?"

(End of this chapter)