From today on is the king

Chapter 1485 1484. The strongest lineup in my career!
The Magic are now considering dealing with the top four teams in the East, and the West has not yet reached the time when they can consider it.

With Raheem and Howard, two inside combinations who can average 10 rebounds per game, and Turkoglu as the core of the organization, it is normal for the Magic to win a high-quality shooter like Maurice Evans.

From the news about the Magic that Liu Mang saw in the summer, the Magic has been trying to find a pitcher all summer.

Regardless of whether the head coach of the Magic chooses Van Gundy or Thibodeau, the team building plan is to accumulate pitchers crazily, and equip players who can open up space around the two major insiders.

Liu Mang discovered that it wasn't that Van Gundy could only shoot at one star, but that the Magic had Howard. The simplest and rude way to build a team was to equip a bunch of pitchers.

When Liu Mang was discussing offensive tactics with the coaching staff, Van Gundy could also offer some offensive suggestions, and they were very good.

Maybe Van Gundy doesn't have very good on-the-spot command skills, and he feels a bit Ma Su, talking on paper.

But it's not that Van Gundy has no tactics, he just doesn't have very good operational ability.

Moreover, in the original time and space, the first time Van Gundy really became the head coach was in the Magic. The team's needs are like that. After playing around Howard for many years, it is normal that other tactics will not work over time.

Mike Brown also came up with more than 300 offensive tactics when interviewing the Los Angeles Lakers. Mike Brown coached the Lakers, and the Lakers were still third in the Western Conference. Bynum was selected to the second team when Mike Brown was coaching.

The Magic team made such an operation, Liu Mang considered from the Magic team's point of view, and felt that there was nothing wrong with their doing so.

But from a personal point of view, Liu Mang couldn't look directly at the IQ of the Magic's management, and felt that this team really didn't think about what would happen if they entered the finals.

The training camp is still going on, and the Eagles can no longer control how other teams trade. Their goals have been achieved and they are working hard for next season.

On September 9, after a summer, former Sonics star pitcher Sharad Lewis finally found a new owner.

Sharad Lewis joined the Toronto Raptors for 4 million in 6000 years!
With Raheem here, the Magic will naturally not go for the second-best contract to lure Lewis.

Lewis didn't want to follow the Supersonics to the place where nothing shit happened in Oklahoma City. Lewis, who averaged 20 points per game last season, felt very good. He rejected the Supersonics' five-year 5 million contract extension and joined the free market.

The result was not good. The salaries offered by most teams were not as high as the Sonics. There was no Magic team to take advantage of. Lewis did not find a new owner for a summer. The highest salary was 5 million for 8000 years by the Pistons.

In the end, Lewis chose to sign with the Raptors, and his salary was more than half of the 6-year total salary of 1.1 million yuan given by the Magic in the original time and space.

It's understandable for an outside shooter to give a 1.1 million contract, but a power forward with no defense...

Originally, Liu Mang thought that the best next home for Lewis was the Rockets. After the free market opened, the Rockets have been pursuing Lewis, but Lewis asked for 9000 million, and the Rockets finally chose to give up. Relying on Yao Ming's spare time and the attention Iguodala got from Chinese fans from Liu Mang, it would be great to make money in the playoffs...

As for the Supersonics, Liu Mang felt that they were trying to mess things up. They changed owners last season and traded Ray Allen away to save money. Now, instead of keeping Lewis with all their strength, they got Acie Law and Jeff Green, two rookies who are currently regarded as T1 tiers at this stage. The idea of ​​​​their new bosses is obvious.

The official training camp time is getting closer and closer, and more and more training camp signings are being signed by various teams. Not every veteran has the opportunity to hug his thigh. Some veterans can only sign training camp contracts with some championship teams, and it is not certain whether they can stay in the end.

The defending champion Lakers have signed 20 training camp contracts, while the Eagles have not signed a training camp contract.

There were more than a dozen new players who joined in the past two years, and seven of them joined this season. Except for Wade, who is still recovering, the Eagles are trying various lineup adjustments so that they can practice well in the preseason.

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Tactical training always looks very good, and it is still an ideal lineup, everything will not be tested until the start of the new season.

On October 10st, the National Day of Liu Mang's motherland, the NBA1-2007 season officially kicked off, and each team started its own training camp.

There are also teams that will start the training camp in advance, such as the Chicago Bulls, which are five days earlier than the Eagles, and have already conducted team training for half a month.

这赛季的季前赛时间安排在10月8号到10月24号，又恢复到了8场比赛。

The preseason game that was reduced to 6 games last season caused many teams to complain, complaining that most of the injuries last season were due to insufficient preparation time for the preseason game, which did not allow players to have more buffer time. This season has returned to 8 preseason games.

The start of the regular season is still on October 10th, and the time for the Eagles' opener is that day. The Eagles' regular season opener... is a little strange, playing against the Phoenix Suns at home.

Since September 9th, the major media have begun to rank each team and each player. From the bottom No.28 team to the No. 1 team in the power list, there is a team every day, and the player ranking is the same. Starting from the bottom one, there are 20 players per day. When it reaches the top [-], the number of player rankings announced every day will decrease.

On the first day of the 28th, the Eagles had players on the list. Marc Gasol, the younger brother of Paul Gasol, the core of the Lakers' tactics, was ranked 421st, the last among the league's signed players...

There is no way this can be done, and the Eagles are also very helpless. Since the summer, the media has exposed that the Eagles are asking Gasol to do lightweight muscle training to increase muscle and lose weight slowly.

Little Gasol's weight has increased by three kilograms, from 135 kilograms to 138 kilograms. It is a long process to first gain muscle and then lose weight.

But Liu Mang and the coaching staff are not in a hurry. Although Gasol has shortcomings all over his body, his ability to understand tactics, soft touch, and mobility beyond his body size are all his talents.

Moreover, Gasol has good skills. After all, he is a 22-year-old European insider with mature skills. It is right to lose weight slowly. If he can lose a suitable weight within two years without affecting his technical style of play and health, the Eagles will make money. For an insider of this type, it is not a matter of three or two years to develop skills.

Entering the official training camp time is not very important to the Eagles. Except for the work of team interviews and player filming, there is no difference from the previous ten days.

Soon time came to October 10th, the Eagles' 6-day training camp ended, the 16th took a day off, and the 7th will usher in the first preseason game against the Magic at home.

The Magic at home, the Heat at home, the Bobcats at home, the Hornets at home and away, and the Wizards at the end.

After more than half a month, the Eagles' technical and tactical preparations are almost ready. The training camp is over, and the preseason game will start after a day off. Watching his teammates form a lot of small groups, each discussing how to play or rest tomorrow, Liu Wei looked at the ability evaluation of his teammates' own team players after a training camp.

"Tracey McGrady, No. 3, ability rating 97, offense 95, defense 88, passing 91...

Jason Terry, No. 31, ability rating 87, offense 92, defense 76...

Rajon Rondo, No. 5, ability rating 79, offense 66, defense 87, passing 92...

Jermaine O'Neal, No. 20, ability rating 80...

Kwame Brown, No. 54, 86 ability rating...

Michael Finley, No. 40, ability rating 73…

Desmond Mason, No. 34, ability rating 74...

Brad Miller, No. 52, ability rating 80…

Dwyane Wade, unselected jersey number, injured, ability rating 75…

Grant Hill, No. 33, 84 rating...

Marcin Gortat, No. 4, ability rating 77...

Marc Gasol, No. 41, ability rating 60…

Luis Scola, No. 14, ability rating 79...

Sean Marion, No. 7, ability rating 90..."

Compared with the beginning of the training camp, some teammates are still a little fatter, and their ability evaluation has been affected. Now Liu Mang feels that his teammates have almost recovered to the ability evaluation they should have.

McGrady's ability evaluation is always confusing, and Liu Mang can't understand genius.

However, Rondo has progressed to the level of a quasi-first-class star, especially the two talents of defense and passing are great, but the offensive end is really eye-catching. He practiced free throws in the summer and made some tricks. During training, he has already achieved nearly 40.00% of his free throws.

Jermaine O'Neal is indeed in a bloodbath. He is not yet 30 years old, and his ability evaluation will fall below 80.

Kwame Brown continues to improve. It is really not easy for this defensive player to have an ability rating of more than 85, which is related to his improved ability to eat cakes a lot.

Finley and Mason... have not made much progress. One is that they have reached their age, and the other is that they have not made any progress in seven or eight years.

Just like Grant Hill, this season has also aged a bit due to age, but the victory is all-around.

Little Gasol...

Gortat, on the other hand, has improved significantly. His ability evaluation in his rookie season has increased from 70 to 77. It is very good to play the third center.

Judging from the ability evaluation, Liu Mang found that this is actually the best lineup in his career!
However, Wade’s new contract came into effect. Liu Mang, McGrady, Kwame Brown, Jason Terry, Marion and other high-salary players’ salaries have been increased for one year, and various exceptions and some injury exceptions have been used. The Eagles’ salary of 1.02 million dollars has also set a record in team history...

(End of this chapter)