From today on is the king

Chapter 1588. Chapter 1587.

The Rockets selected "China Boy" Joe Alexander with the [-]th overall pick. Anyway, the Rockets want to get more involved with China.

After the top ten picks were selected and Joe Alexander was selected, basically all the rookies in the T1 and T2 positions in this year's draft forecast were selected.

This year's draft conference, from the current forecast, is far less high than last year's draft forecast.

However, when it came to the 15th pick, the legendary 28-centimeter big brother that Liu Mang was thinking about was selected by the Sonics, who got the No. 15 pick from the Nets from the Clippers.

The Supersonic team has a clear direction for team building. The general manager is very powerful and has a good vision.

This was another small upset. Originally, there were No. 17 and No. 20 picks. Liu Mang thought it would be no problem to win Ibaka, but he didn't expect the Sonics to intercept at No. 15!
However, Ibaka originally predicted that between the 17th and 22nd picks in the first round, being robbed of the 15th pick was only a small upset.

When the Pacers selected Westbrook, Bird was booed by the Pacers fans who came to the scene...

Compared with the Pacers' super upset, nothing else matters!

However, the Eagles management selected Courtney Lee with the 17th pick, whom Liu Mang admired, and DeAndre Jordan, who Liu Mang wanted but the management hesitated with the 26th pick.

Jordan was about to cry when he was selected. At the end of March Madness, he predicted the seventh overall pick. The trial began, and the predictions fell all the way...Although he was still in the small green room, he was still no one selected when he was the 25th overall pick, and he was finally selected.

Finally at the 26th pick, the Eagles wanted to appease Liu Mang in all aspects, the all-selected Liu Mang.

由于太阳队从76人那里弄到16顺位把罗宾-洛佩茨弄走了，老鹰队这边在没有更好的选择的情况下, 把今年的首轮20顺位和次轮27顺位一起交易到了76人队，得到了76人队2011年的首轮乐透保护选秀权和76人今年的次轮16顺位。

The 76ers selected Roy Hibbert with the 20th overall pick and Maris Speights with the 23rd overall pick.

With the 16th overall pick in the second round, the Eagles selected Goran Dragic, another rookie who was favored by Liu Mang.

Anyway, if there is any possibility to make Liu Mang happy, what should the Eagles management do now...

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"Those four years were the best four years of my career, with probably the best player ever, and I got the coveted championship rings, and three, yes, three.

Going back to Toronto again, I love that city, and if I'm going to start a new career, going back to where my dream started is probably the best choice for me.

I am very grateful to the Eagles fans for their love for me in the past four years, to the Eagles management for helping me all the time, and to my teammates. Playing with you is a wonderful time that I will never forget in my life...

To be able to play against Ace again... It's a great feeling, I always want to play against him on the court again, I feel that I am the strongest now, maybe I don't want to wait until we are old to play against..."

Looking at McGrady who was saying thank you words on the TV with the Raptors in the background, two days later, Liu Mang calmed down.

And McGrady became rivals again...

What McGrady said made Liu Mang feel like going back to be the boss...

Feeling McGrady's fighting spirit, listening to McGrady's words like a challenge... Liu Mang actually felt excited.

McGrady wants to fight against Liu Reck, but why didn't Liu Reck think about fighting against the peak McGrady after he becomes stronger now?
As McGrady said, the 29-year-old McGrady has not experienced serious injuries. In Liu Mang's view, McGrady is at his peak now, but McGrady has been silently sacrificing behind him, from team status, to statistics, to salary...

"Contemporary Jordan, Little Brown..." Liu Mang saw the two people sitting next to McGrady...

Liu Mang was really excited!
Just like the Eastern Conference Finals just finished, Liu Mang found that deep down in his heart, he longed to become rivals with McGrady again...

However, with Mai Di gone, Liu Mang knew that his responsibilities were heavier. Before, if he couldn't handle anything well or had any troubles, he could just leave it to Mai Di. Now he has to do many things by himself.

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This year's draft may be the one with the weakest influence after the draft.

Except that the Pacers chose Westbrook in the draft, there is really nothing special to watch.

Mainly because the things that the Hawks and Raptors have done are too big.

The Eagles management also rushed back to Atlanta overnight after selecting three rookies.

Appeasing Liu Mang and dealing with matters after Milicic's joining are all things that the Eagles' management must be busy with.

Also, getting Milicic but losing McGrady, the Eagles also need to make great adjustments.

It was indeed an accident to trade McGrady. I originally wanted to use Rondo as the core bargaining chip.

Unexpectedly, the Raptors want one of McGrady or Wade plus Kwame Brown. The Raptors actually don’t want the Hawks’ potential players. They want one of Wade and Tracy McGrady.

But sometimes when it's broken, it's broken!
Clearing up potential slack factors around Liu Mang and making Liu Mang's teammates have a stronger fighting spirit is what the management should do. Even if it seems very unreasonable, Coach Kruger, Stockton and others must do the same.

They can only be the villains, even if Liu Mang will be dissatisfied with them, they have to do the same.

In Coach Kruger's mind, Liu Mang's position is even higher than that of his adopted son Jimmy Butler.

Stockton also regards Liu Mang as his most important disciple. Originally, he planned to stop playing basketball after retiring, and he didn’t even want to appear in the basketball world. But he stayed for four years and worked hard to learn how to be a good offensive coach, and even a trainer for the team’s rookie point guard...

Although Tracy McGrady was lost, Rondo was retained, Milicic was acquired, and Brad Miller’s big contract got rid of, which reduced the salary space by more than 1700 million in total.

Milicic plus Liu Mang's core combination, plus a healthy Wade, the most selfless point guard Rondo, and Jason Terry, what kind of free agents can't attract?
Time must not be lost and never come again.

And according to the analysis of the Eagles management, the Raptors have a great possibility to send Milicic away from this summer offseason to next season's trade deadline, and the difficulty of getting Milicic from other teams is unknown.

No one will give up the chance to get a center like Olajuwon!
Kwame Brown is very good, but this kind of physical center has obvious disadvantages. When you meet Yao Ming and O'Neal, you will have nothing to do. Moreover, Kwame Brown has been using it for five years.

Swap Kwame Brown, who turned 26 in March, for Milicic, who is 23, at least another five or six years...

Except for the Magic, which has selected O'Neal, Webber, and Howard successively, they don't care about the feelings of the first center at all, and they don't feel bad at all if they lose it. Other teams regard top centers as treasures.

McGrady and Wade had to make a choice. Unfortunately, as Liu Mang became stronger and stronger, Wade's style of play became more and more suitable for Liu Mang, and he was younger. The 29-year-old McGrady became a bargaining chip.

It is very important for the Eagles to make up their minds to send McGrady away when he is 29 years old. It is very important to have a healthy Wade.

In terms of fighting spirit... Wade is much better than McGrady, and his defense is only strong but not weak.

From a moral point of view, coach Kruger and Stockton, who led the transaction, also feel bad about treating players as one-time use items, but if it is for Liu Mang to have a better future, they would rather be villains.

However, in this way, Marion, who was already ready to be sent away, suddenly stabilized his position.

Milicic is used to partnering with a space-based power forward, and Marion is very suitable for Milicic.

And although Marion's cutting ability has degraded, Milicic's previous partners, Lewis and Bargnani, are even worse. Compared with Lewis and Bargnani, the 30-year-old Marion is a master of cutting.

Moreover, Marion only degenerated on the offensive end, and the defensive end is still very demonic. He defends very well from shooting guards to non-low-post power forwards, and can even defend against most non-speed point guards and non-giant centers.

The three first-round picks obtained are also very important. After all, McGrady + Kwame-Brown, the value is obviously higher than that of Milicic. When the Eagles received the offer from the Raptors, they said they wanted at least three future first-round picks. The Raptors agreed without hesitation.

The Raptors management is also very helpless, how good it was to keep the cousins ​​combination back then.

Now that the Raptors got Tracy McGrady and Kwame Brown, the later the Eagles want the pick, the better. The first round of 2010 and the first round of 2012 and 2014. It is expected that the first round of 2014 may be a high-ranking pick.

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As time went on, the buzz around the Hawks-Raptors trade died down, and people began to discuss the trade more rationally.

The details of the deal also began to slowly come to light, Milicic's application for a deal, and the fact that he would not renew his contract in 2010 as a bargaining chip also came to light.

The Eagles were worried that McGrady would lose momentum as in the 06-07 season. The reason for the trade was also exposed. The Raptors' request was to get one of McGrady and Wade.

As a result, the tone of the media began to change, describing this transaction as a transaction where everyone gets what they want.

Kwame Brown is an insider with good physical quality. It is hard to say what level he can have after he is over 30 years old. McGrady is also 29. The Eagles want another core who can partner with Liu Mang for a longer time. The Eagles chose to keep Wade instead of McGrady out of this consideration.

The Raptors want to take advantage of Joe Johnson's peak period and introduce the peak McGrady and Kwame Brown to fight for the championship without keeping Milicic.

Except for the Eagles, even the Magic and Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference are not as good as the core lineup of Joe Johnson + McGrady + Kwame Brown.

The Raptors were already strong before, but now they trade the future for the present, and their strength has become stronger.

McGrady also wants to prove himself again in the team that selected him, wants to play against Liu Mang, and rekindle his fighting spirit...

For the Eagles, the problem that the core players may be slack is eliminated, and the potential problem that Wade may not be satisfied with the role is solved...

People slowly discovered that it seems that after this deal is formed, both the Eagles and Raptors are more interesting!
It’s just that even considering that McGrady may enter the slack period again, this deal also makes Eagles fans unhappy. There is a feeling of killing the donkey, especially considering that McGrady may slack off, so he chose to send McGrady away from McGrady and Wade...

Price, the team owner, and coach Kruger, who is also the deputy general manager, have become the target of criticism from fans.

And in previous years, after the draft, the Eagles would have many photos of Liu Mang and rookies, but this time there is no...

McGrady was traded, there was no interaction after the draft, and Liu Mang is now a free agent. Eagles fans feel that starting from the day of the draft, they have myocardial infarction every day...

(End of this chapter)