From today on is the king

Chapter 1583 1582. IQ Detection Player
The draft is getting closer and closer, and the Eagles are conducting team activities while conducting draft trials.

Compared with the Suns who only have a 21st pick in the first round this year, the Eagles, who also finished the finals but have the 10th and 17th picks and the 13th pick in the second round, will have to work harder.

After the championship parade, the Eagles can finally focus on draft training.

Of the 31 rookies on the invitation list on the first day, all of the top 15 were invited to the second tryout except Rose and Westbrook, mainly because the Eagles had no chance to choose them.

Liu Mang was also drawn into the "coaching staff" to give trial training to all the rookies.

Every year in the draft, some people's dreams come true, and some people's dreams are shattered. At most 60 rookies selected shine in the spotlight, but there are hundreds of candidates every year.

As the Eagles scramble for tryouts, the season has been long, long, long over for many teams...

Some things are already going on in the dark, and the undercurrents before the storm of the offseason have already boiled.

On June 6rd, the draft on the 23th is just around the corner, but at this time some teams can no longer hold back...

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Price looked at the draft lists provided by Coach Kruger and Liu Mang, and found a name that was so popular recently that the parties involved might want to cry. He asked, "This guy? Oh, Ace, according to the news I got, no team wants to pick him in the first round. Does he have any advantages? If we had known you wanted to pick him, we would have kept him for another round of trial training."

"Yes, it's too unsafe to bet on him in the first round, but we can try it in the second round..." Liu Mang replied.

Liu Mang is also looking at the draft list submitted by Coach Kruger, and Coach Kruger is also looking at the draft list submitted by Liu Mang.

Liu Mang found out that coach Kruger's drafting direction was very different from his own, which Liu Mang had expected long ago.

However, Coach Kruger's suggestion to trade the No. 10 pick to get rid of some of the team's contracts coincided with Liu Mang's. Liu Mang wanted to split the No. 10 pick and at the same time give away Brad Miller's last year's 800 million contract...

For the 17th pick, what Liu Mang wants is a man with a legendary height of 28 centimeters, and what Coach Kruger wants is a twin brother...

As for the prediction of the 10th overall pick, people thought that the Eagles would choose the twin brother. Neither Liu Mang nor coach Kruger wanted this draft pick. The cornerstone insider had no need for Kwame Brown.

After seven years, Liu Mang's draft vision has basically not changed. Relying on foresight and the ability to understand the lineup and tactics brought by the player, he drafts according to the desired system.

And Coach Kruger is improving every year!

Looking at the names provided by coach Kruger, Liu Mang felt that they would not be much worse than his foresight choice. The types of roles were the same, but the goals of coach Kruger were half to one level weaker.

Liu Mang and coach Kruger gave similar names to the lists, so it would be easy to handle. You just need to think about the player's character, potential, etc. to sort out which rookie is the priority.

Just as the coaching staff was discussing lively with Liu Mang and Price, the phone in the boss's office rang.

When Price got on the phone, lest he be eccentric, making the seven or eight people around him staring at him curious.

"A team has been traded, a big deal." Price turned on the computer, searched, and turned the screen toward the rest of the office.

"...Crazy?" Liu Mang's first reaction when he saw this transaction was like this...

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On June 2008, 6, during some insignificant transactions about draft picks before the draft, a shocking bomb was suddenly revealed!
The Cavaliers sent Tyson Chandler and Larry Hughes' rubbish contracts, and traded for the Suns' O'Neal, Raja Bell, and Boris Diaw.

This deal... came suddenly!

Liu Mang didn't know how to describe this transaction.

And then there was news that the Suns waived Larry Hughes with the Houston clause.

"Josh's big contract is about to take effect, and the Suns are trying to find a way to cut his salary..." Liu Mang guessed the intention of the Suns' trade, and felt that this possibility was very high.

Although the core lineup of the very successful season that just ended is dismantled, it is not too difficult for fans to accept. After all, it has been proved that the Suns lineup can't beat the Eagles.

And with another year old O'Neal plus two role players, Tyson Chandler, a top defensive center, was obtained!By the way, they also got rid of Dior's big contract. Although sending Raja Bell made the Suns' outside defense plummet, after losing O'Neal, the Suns basically don't have to think about any defense, and get Larry Hughes.

But what is the mentality of the Cavaliers?
Liu Mang looked at the Cavaliers' current lineup, O'Neal, Peja...

Not to mention the compatibility between Billups and O'Neal, just the grievances between O'Neal and Peja is enough for the Cavaliers' management and coaching staff to drink a pot. I won't mention O'Neal. Peja doesn't look at his gentle style of play, but he is a irascible Eastern European, former Yugoslavia, and has always had no good looks towards O'Neal.

Then a giant center who may have had a good pick-and-roll at his peak but now basically has no pick-and-roll ability is stuck in the paint...

Liu Mang mourned for Xiao Zhan Zhan, but Liu Mang really couldn't figure out what the Cavaliers were thinking, so he insisted on testing his IQ?
Liu Mang feels that O'Neal is like a 750ti or 1050ti graphics card...

The Heat can use it well because O'Neal was still at the peak and was worth [-] million at that time. The Suns can use it well because they just got a traditional point guard suitable for O'Neal from the Eagles.

What are the Cavaliers planning?
Liu Mang feels that one should never guess what a gambler's mind is like when he loses and loses.

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Liu Mang couldn't understand what the Cavaliers pictured, and few of the media, fans, and players of each team could understand it.

LeBron James, without the most solid center in the pick-and-roll, made headlines when he turned down all interview invitations after the trade.

However, some people are optimistic about this deal. After all, the Cavaliers got O'Neal. The Cavaliers have never played traditional positional warfare. What if they play better if they change their style of play?

The Cavaliers made a lot of noise, but it will not affect the progress of time. Soon, it will be June 6, and tomorrow will be the draft.

Liu Mang came to New York with the coaching staff and the owner. These days, the Eagles are negotiating with some teams on the No. 10 pick in the first round.

Liu Mang felt that the management of these teams had learned to be good, and they didn't want the draft picks directly, but wanted the Eagles to choose a good player before trading.

This made Liu Mang and the management of the Eagles very distressed. What if the other party regretted it after they picked someone?The selected people may not be bad, but they are not the same as their own team's needs, so it will be very troublesome, and it can't delay the future of other rookies, right?

But the Eagles are not in a hurry here, it’s really not possible...just make a surprise and use the high pick to choose the person you want. Anyway, Liu Wei knows which low picks will rise later, and there are a lot of talents in 08.

Arriving at the hotel on Manhattan Island, when he was getting on the elevator, Liu Mang was still talking to coach Kruger about which teams might not make it to the playoffs next season, and which teams he would trade with for next year's draft picks.

After putting away their things, everyone from the Eagles came to New York and gathered in the suite of owner Price. The draft will be held tomorrow, and the use of the No. 30 pick must be decided in less than 10 hours.

When it was 10:11 or [-]:[-] in the middle of the night, the boss asked the employees to go to rest first, and then continue the discussion tomorrow morning.

At this time, Price received an unexpected call from the North...

(End of this chapter)