From today on is the king

Chapter 1514 1513. Talks with Wade
On the charter flight to Orlando, Wade chatted excitedly with McGrady and Grant Hill.

Wade also occasionally participated in tactical training with the team before this month. When he started rehabilitation training last month, he would also run tactics with the team and get familiar with his style of play.

But this time is different, this time Wade and the team went to Orlando, and will conduct confrontational training with the team in tomorrow's preparations!
More than 10 months have passed since he was reimbursed for a serious injury in the middle of last season. Wade has the opportunity to participate in confrontational training for the first time, which is a very exciting thing for him.

Wade's comeback is a very important thing for Liu Mang. If Wade can play, their team's last link will be completed!
Looking at the very excited Wade, Liu Mang also looked at Wade's ability evaluation very excitedly.

"Dwyane Wade, ability rating 89, offense 88, defense 92, three-pointer 45, mid-range shot 85, layup 91, speed 91, strength 90..."

Seeing Wade's current ability evaluation, although Liu Mang expected that Wade would be greatly weakened after his comeback, he did not expect the impact to be so great!
Wade's close-range scoring ability was one of the best in the league's perimeter players before, but after a serious injury, his explosive power inevitably declined.

However, the decline in explosive power is just an introduction. Liu Mang believes that for Wade, the lack of habit in the style of play brought about by the decline in explosive power is the biggest problem.

Because Liu Mang searched all of Wade's techniques that were judged as skills by the system, but he couldn't find the "strongest first step"!
It is true that Wade's speed and explosive power are still at the top of the league after he recovers, but there is a certain gap with the previous super-top level.

The speed of the breakthrough has slowed down, and I am definitely not used to the movement. The time from beyond the three-point line to the layup is a little longer. I can’t get rid of the defense with one step like before, and I am not used to the layup, and it is relatively easier to defend.

It's not just the breakthrough that is affected by the explosive speed, the mid-range jumper developed by Wade in the 05-06 season will definitely also be affected...

Seeing Wade, Liu Mang understood more clearly why some stars fell into an avalanche after their physical fitness declined after they were over 30 years old.

The impact of the decline in physical fitness is too great, and it is all-round.

The decline in physical fitness will affect all aspects of technology. Unless there is super perseverance to adapt and strengthen one's own technology, otherwise it will soon completely collapse.

Wade is the kind of person with strong perseverance. He works very hard on rehabilitation. After he can carry out personal non-confrontational training, Wade has been practicing his skills hard. He hasn't played for nearly a year, and his skills have declined to varying degrees. Therefore, Wade has worked hard to use training to minimize the impact of physical decline. He is much better than Wesley Matthews in Liu Mang's memory. Matthews was in an avalanche after a serious injury.

It is already a miracle that Wade has just recovered and reached the level where he can participate in confrontational training and is still close to the top level.

What surprised Liu Mang in Wade's ability evaluation is that his defensive end has not been greatly affected, and his physical fitness has declined, but it is only compared to the explosive physical fitness at the beginning of Wade's career. Now Wade's physical fitness can still support him to complete the same defense as before.

As for the offensive end, give Wade enough time to train. With Wade’s tenacious personality, Liu Mang believes that Wade will adapt to his current physical condition after a period of time, develop a suitable style of play, and return to superstar strength. At least this season, returning to the top star level is not a problem. Maybe he can return to the top level after the one to two weeks of confrontation training suggested by Thomas Carter.

But Wade's current physical fitness... Liu Mang still feels very good, still at the top of the league, but his physical fitness before the serious injury is too broken, so he feels that kind of gap.

Wade had a good chat with his teammates here. Although they practiced and played together almost two months later than the others, Wade has been doing rehabilitation in the arena, and occasionally practiced tactical moves together.

There are still differences in the degree of intimacy between the "sparing partner" and the teammates who struggle together on the court. Now Wade is undoubtedly closer to his teammates.

Except for Wade, Liu Mang saw that the coaches sitting behind were also discussing something. He thought they were probably discussing the team's playing schedule after Wade's comeback.

This will definitely have a big impact on the playing time of Rondo, Grant Hill, Finley, Mason and even Jason Terry, Liu Mang and McGrady.

Liu Mang came to the back row and joined the discussion of the coaches, mainly listening to what the coaches said, and soon understood the headaches that the coaches are currently having.

The main reason is that Wade's recovery exceeded expectations!
It wasn't even beyond expectations, it was just that he didn't expect Wade's health to recover to such a good level!

The two menisci are gone, and the torn cruciate ligament has also affected the explosive power. However, Wade has gone through a recovery period of nearly 11 months, plus Liu Mang's injury medicine, and Thomas Carter's meticulous treatment. Apart from having no meniscus, Wade has fully recovered.

Not only Thomas Carter's physical examination, but other Hawks team doctors, Atlanta's joint and neurological doctors also checked Wade. Apart from his explosive power and explosive speed, Wade may have been affected, and his health in other aspects is even better than Wade's physical examination when he entered the NBA!
The key is that even if the explosive power and explosive speed are affected, Wade's physical test report after the physical examination this morning is also the second strongest outside the Eagles!
Except that McGrady's overall physical fitness at the beginning of the season was better than Wade's, and even Liu Mang's overall physical fitness was not as good as Wade's!

McGrady is stronger than Wade, but he is stronger because of better physical conditions. Height and wingspan are also part of his physical fitness.

This caused some headaches for the coaching staff. I thought that Wade would have 1200% of his strength when he came back.

But now Wade has a tendency to return to the top, which is very troublesome.

From the perspective of coach Kruger, Liu Mang learned that the coach prefers players with Rondo's style of play to start.

Liu Mang doesn't mind which teammate is the starter. As long as there are no problems within the team, Liu Mang doesn't care whoever is the starter. He only averaged 33 minutes per game this season, which is a new low since he started. The number of shots is also a new low since he started. He just wants to win.

Liu Mang felt that before the coaching staff interviewed Wade, he had to communicate with Wade in advance to avoid disagreements with the coaching staff on role arrangements before Wade officially joined the team.

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Arriving at the Barna Bay Resort Hotel in Orlando, the Eagles did not arrange training today. They will soon start two consecutive away home games. Although there is a one-day rest period, the preparation time is not so sufficient.

Wade and Liu Mang made an appointment at the small bar of the hotel. When they came, there was no one else. Liu Mang ordered a glass of vodka, and Wade ordered the same one.

"Ace, don't you just want to drink with me and celebrate my recovery? There must be something. Let's just talk about it. We're all brothers, so you're welcome." Wade cut to the chase.

Hearing the word brother... Liu Mang felt that what he wanted to say was a little hard to say, but seeing Wade's sincerity, Liu Mang didn't go around in circles, and said, "Dwyane, what do you expect from your role in the team?"

This topic...is very serious, Wade thought for a while and said: "I will accept any role the coaching staff arranges for me, and I will do my best to play the best performance."

Hearing Wade's words, Liu Mang tentatively asked: "It doesn't matter if you come off the bench with Jason?"

"Of course, Jason can play as a substitute, why can't I." Wade said easily.

Liu Mang couldn't believe what he said, but it didn't look like Wade was saying something against his will.

Seeing Liu Mang's puzzled look, Wade said: "Ace, I am very grateful to the team. You don't know. When I injured my cruciate ligament at the beginning of the year, I felt like the sky was falling. The management of the Heat team has been contacting my agent to ask for my injury report. They don't believe that I can recover..."

Wade began to describe his mental journey during the period when he was first injured.

Abandoned by the Heat, the Eagles did not hesitate to trade him with the team's best defensive player, potential insider and high-quality pitcher, so that Wade had that kind of grace.

Moreover, the Hawks obviously have special injuries this season, and they can sign the team's No. 16 player, but they didn't sign it, just to wait for his comeback, which made Wade feel something very different from the Heat.

This is something Wade has never felt in his career so far.

This small act of respect made Wade very grateful.

The things that can affect a person's view on a thing are often very small things. The Hawks coaching staff and management did not think of such details, but doing so made Wade feel very comfortable and happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Dwyane, it's great for you to think like this. Don't worry, you'll only be on the bench for this season. After you truly recover to your peak, the starting position must be yours. You and I and Tracy, we are the strongest outside combination in history!" Liu Mang said seriously.

"I am also looking forward to that day, waiting for me, I will become stronger!"

There is another very important reason why Wade can accept the substitute feeling, and Wade did not say it.

That's one thing Wade himself has observed this season so far.

That is, the "playing time competition mechanism" that the Eagles have not announced this season but has been going on, that is, whoever performs well, even if it is a substitute, may play more time than the starter!
The atmosphere within the Eagles is very competitive.

The unity of the team is the team culture that Liu Mang has created little by little since the new century, but the competitiveness has always been there, and it has lasted for a long time. This season is particularly prominent.

This season, the Hawks have only two players who have played more than 30 minutes per game. Liu Mang averaged 33 minutes per game and Kwame Brown averaged 30 minutes per game. Even McGrady averaged only 29.7 minutes per game.

Except for Liu Mang and Kwame Brown who have stable playing time regardless of their performance, everyone else may be replaced if they play poorly, so that players who perform well can play more.

There are only two teams with no more than two players playing more than 30 minutes in the team this season, one is the Eagles and the other is the Spurs in the West.

In addition to Duncan averaging 31 minutes per game and Parker averaging 35 minutes per game, the Spurs averaged 29 minutes per game for Ginobili.

Others, such as the Nuggets and Mavericks, have four players who have played more than 30 minutes.

This is what Wade got excited about after observing the team's playing schedule for more than a month. He joined "after", and he would also worry that he would not get playing time, but if it was this mechanism, he would have nothing to worry about.

Everything depends on your own performance. Only by performing well can you win what you should have!

(End of this chapter)