From today on is the king

Chapter 341 339. What is the rookie doing instead of taking the blame?
When the Malone and Stockton news came out, the fans were going to explode!

The two old cunts are about to retire, and co-authors want to harm our young players, and get another yin man to inherit their mantle?

The fans are okay, most of them are happy to see the rookie become stronger, although there is a new Stockton, a combination of Stockton and Malone, capable of elbows and insidious...

The main reason is that many players in the NBA are about to explode!
Well, the little hooligan is already shameless enough, but he wants to become a sinister like Stockton?

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The outside world is noisy, but Liu Mang's side has little influence. Atlanta fans are used to Liu Mang's various alternative operations, and it would be even better if Malone and Stockton made Liu Mang stronger.

Today is the rest day, Liu Mang got up in the morning to train, after the March match, there are still 4 days and 17 matches in April.

Tomorrow, March 3, the Eagles will play against the Boston Celtics at home.

After the Celtics experienced a period of sluggishness after the All-Star Weekend, they have now regained their form, and they are closely tied to the records of the Pistons and the Nets. The Nets are now 46 wins and 26 losses, and the Pistons and Celtics are both 44 wins and 28 losses.

According to past experience, the Eagles will start their playoffs on April 4th. The opponents in the first round are still unclear. The Pacers, Raptors, and Bucks are all possible. The Hornets have already dropped to tenth, and they can’t make it up.

39胜33负的魔术和37胜35负的76人到了赛季中期开始就坐稳了第五和第六的位置，打活塞或者凯尔特人……对他们来说差别不大, 所以战绩压力也不大，后面的第七到第九才刚刚胜率到五成而已。

There is no record pressure on the Eagles. If they can be better, it is better. If they can’t, it’s okay. With 10 games left, it’s not a big problem to win 5 games and break the team’s historical record.

On the contrary, the Magic and the 76ers hope that the Eagles can win the game against the Celtics and prevent the Celtics from pushing the Nets to third place in the Eastern Conference. Then the Magic and the 76ers will fight to the death for who is No.5.

Although the Nets were crazily abused playing Western teams, their dominance in the Eastern Conference is on the same level as the Eagles.

Liu Mang returned to the apartment after training in the morning, and made some food in the landlord's kitchen at noon, a simple vegetable salad, to maintain his weight.

In the afternoon Liu Mang lay lazily at home, relaxing, looking at the system space.

Liu Mang looked at the random star cards in the system space. He didn't know what he could draw yet, and he didn't plan to use it now.

The team is firmly ranked first in the Eastern Conference during the regular season. There is no need to waste this card in the rest of the regular season. If there is a key game in the playoffs, it will not be too late to use it.

Another 11 rogue points and 21456 superstar points.

The rogue value is saved first, and the superstar value is also reserved for 10000 points to prevent injuries. The remaining 11400 points are used by Liu Mang to draw skill upgrade cards, injury potions, and physical potions for regular reserves for the next game and playoffs.

"Boss of the system, use 114 primary superstar value draws!"

"The host used 114 primary superstar value draws, consuming 11400 superstar points..."

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for obtaining 147 skill upgrade cards, 27 primary injury potions, 31 physical potions, 15 primary stealing cards, and special cards: rebound cards."

147 skill upgrade cards, plus the remaining 30 before, a total of 177 cards, more than 60 cards, 10000 superstar points for injury reserves, this is essential, there should be no accidents in the first playoffs, because the injury will definitely not be able to play the game, if you can’t play the game, you will have no superstar points, and then you can only wait for the effect of the injury potion to play out, Liu Mang can’t stand it.

Physical potions and primary injury potions are also necessary reserves.

This bounce card?
It's rare that there is something new in the primary lottery draw!
In the past, there were occasional new things, such as clothing aesthetics, hairstyle aesthetics, and things related to basketball players off the court.

Of course those are not bad, but Liu Mang is now in the sprint stage, and he didn't even rush to sign the endorsement. Those endorsers who found the team's management, Liu Mang let coach Kruger temporarily push them away, and wait for Xia Tian to find an agent.

"Rebound card: When encountering malicious attacks from the enemy, the damage can be reflected."

"!"

this thing!
not bad!
The playoffs are coming soon, and the current playoffs still maintain the iron-blooded style, which is nice to say.

To put it bluntly, it is dirty!
Because there are still many players active in the NBA in the 80s. Those players who have experienced the Bad Boys and Pat Riley's iron-blooded style have a lot of tricks in the playoffs.

Some people play basketball without sportsmanship. There will never be fewer such people. Liu Mang knows that after more than ten years, there will still be such players.

Maybe this kind of person is hated by opponents, teammates, or even the head coach, but the boss likes it, and the head coach sometimes has to use it.

What the boss wants is to win, the means, etc., unless it is the kind of team that loves basketball. If they are purely businessmen, they don't care what means are dirty or clean.

You must not have the heart to harm others, but you must have the heart to guard against others!

good stuff!
Liu Mang looked at 177 skill upgrade cards, 51 physical potions, 41 primary injury potions, and one intermediate injury potion. The medicine reserve is full, and the game is waiting!

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On the morning of the game against the Celtics, Liu Mang did the same thing as before. He got up for a run at 07:30 am, went to the park to practice shooting at [-]:[-] am, returned to the apartment at [-]:[-] to have breakfast, sent Dinah to school, and went to the arena for training at [-]:[-] am.

It's no different from a normal home game day.

After the lunch time ended at 12:[-] noon, Liu Mang originally planned to go to the team lounge with Emmanuel to play games, relax, and wait for the team's tactical meeting at [-]:[-] pm.

However, Coach Kruger called Liu Mang, Raheem, and Jason Terry to the office together, and there were only the three of them and the assistant team.

Mike Woodson, the team's defensive assistant, was once a quasi-top star in the NBA. He averaged 17 points per game in eight seasons at his peak and 14 points per game throughout his career. After retiring, he worked as an assistant for three defensive coaches, Larry Brown, Rudy Tomjanovich, and Don Nelson. He came to the Eagles this season as a defensive assistant.

Quinn Buckner, the team's shooting and personal defensive coach, once served as the head coach of the Mavericks, and was a frequent visitor to the All-Defensive Team during his player period.

Duane Ferrell, the team's player analysis and rookie evaluation assistant coach, playing average, high education and high IQ, a top student who graduated from Stanford University, majored in financial management, and played in the NBA for more than ten years, the peak period was spent in the Eagles, a high-quality substitute who just averaged 10 points per game in the peak two years.

Coupled with rookie coach Ron Kruger, the Eagles' coaching staff is so shabby.

Liu Mang and others arrived at Coach Kruger's office and seemed to be discussing something.

Coach Kruger seemed to have a headache. Seeing the three team cores coming, he blamed them.

"Ace, Jason, Sharif, do you think it is necessary for us to let the Celtics improve their record to second?" Coach Kruger asked.

"?"

When Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and Raheem first arrived, they encountered such a question. How should they answer it?

And what does it mean to have the Celtics second?We are No. [-] in the East!
"Look this way," Mike Woodson looked very active, and brought Liu Mang and others' attention to the rear projection image next to him, "We will play a game against the Celtics tonight, and here, on April 4, we will also play a game against the Celtics..."

Mike Woodson pressed the button on the remote control to turn the PPT page: "The gap between the Celtics and the Nets is only two games. If we give the Celtics a chance, they may be able to advance to the second place in the Eastern Conference. Then the Celtics may put more pressure on the Nets in the second round, and they may even beat the Nets. Our chances of winning the Eastern Conference Finals will be even greater!"

amount……

Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and Raheem looked at each other, so this is what they said!
This future big bald head who is not yet bald must be thinking too far!
Didn't you consider the previous series with the Pistons?
Liu Mang was right when he thought about it. At this time, no one would have thought that the Pistons would be the future big bosses in the Eastern Conference.

However, Coach Mike Woodson deserves to be the coach who worked with the old Nelson and Popovich. His ideas are always so bold and advanced. Liu Mang admires the vision of this future bald assistant coach who is still lush with jungle.

As a teaching assistant, you must have this kind of person who can put forward different ideas.

However, based on Liu Mang's impression of Coach Kruger, Coach Kruger shouldn't reject this idea, right?The Hawks have no record pressure. The Nets have already lost 26 games. It would be good for them to get 5 wins and 5 losses in the next schedule. At most, they can win 51 wins.Isn't it just right to trip up your biggest opponent!

Liu Mang thinks that coach Kruger should have the same thinking as himself, that is so insightful and thoughtful.

"I don't think it's going to work," said the old-school Quinn Buckner.

It turned out that it wasn't that coach Kruger disagreed, but that everyone else thought that Liu Mang had a good relationship with the shooting and personal defense assistant coach, and Quinn Buckner had a good relationship with most of the team's players.

"Quinn, what's wrong with wearing small shoes for the Nets?" Liu Mang asked curiously.

wear small shoes?This statement is a bit novel to Americans, but it has won the unanimous approval of the people around. Mike Woodson has always been unhappy with Liu Mang before, but now he finds it quite pleasing to the eye. Heroes see the same thing!

Quinn Buckner thought for a while, the game is played by the players, the coach has to give the established tactics, and the executor is the player: Quinn Buckner said: "We have a good idea, let the Nets play the Magic or the 76ers in the first round, and give the Celtics the home court advantage in the second round, let them compete with the Nets, but we were 2 wins and 0 losses against the Celtics before, and now we have an absolute psychological advantage. If they tie us 2-2 in the regular season, our psychological advantage will be taken away by the opponent , because they beat us after the trade."

amount……

Very solid idea!

It does make sense!
No wonder Coach Kruger was so hesitant, he threw the blame away when he saw the three of them coming in.

Liu Mang wanted to say... Xiaoye is just a rookie, don't put pressure on Xiaoye, okay!

Liu Mang glanced at Coach Kruger, who was clearly threatening: You decide!
Depend on!
Duane Ferrer, this assistant coach is usually not on the team, and he doesn't care about things, so he wanders in space.

Liu Mang looked at the team leader and second child, Jason Terry and Raheem also stared at him eagerly.

"..."

This group of people!
The second round show has no human rights!Take the blame every day!
If there is any accident in the playoffs, if the Eagles really reach the Eastern Conference Finals, and then the Celtics really upset and kill the Nets, and then kill their Eagles, enter the finals, and continue the yellow-green battle with the Lakers...

Liu Mang doesn't want to bear this kind of risk, this kind of top-notch scapegoat!
At this time, Liu Mang really wanted to follow a safe approach and walk step by step.

"No!" Liu Wei suddenly thought, this season and next season, the Nets should be invincible in the Eastern Conference!There is no possibility of losing to the Celtics, the Pistons were swept by them!The Celtics actually made it to the Eastern Conference finals this season, but they just killed the second-placed Pistons in third place. The Pistons were just a regular-season team in the two years before the double Wallace combination and Billups entered his peak period.

And even if they play the Celtics, even if the Celtics really kill the Nets and reach the Eastern Conference Finals, the Eagles should thank them for killing the invincible team in the Eastern Conference playoffs in the past two years.

Liu Mang came to Coach Kruger's office and said, "Coach, please borrow your pen and paper."

Coach Kruger has a question mark on his face, what is this for?Still gave it.

Liu Mang is going to show a wave of real skills!

A simple mathematical analysis.

The Eagles released the water, and the Celtics defeated the Nets in the second place and went to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Eagles also reached the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Nets are in the Eastern Conference Finals. Under normal circumstances, the Hawks and the Nets have one win and one loss, and there will be another match on March 3th.

The Hawks don't let the water go, the Celtics have no home court advantage and it is difficult to have a chance to win the Nets. The Nets advance to the Eastern Conference Finals more easily and smoothly.

The Eagles lost to the Pistons and were unable to participate in the Eastern Conference Finals, meaningless.

The Celtics may not be second in the East, repeating the previous situation.

Looking at the consecutive analyzes written by Liu Mang, Liu Mang didn't need to say anything, and he didn't continue to quarrel. Everyone else knew Liu Mang's answer.

Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang a little surprised, this kid can do it!

If you say the answer directly, whether it is a conservative answer or a radical answer, you will always offend someone.

In this way, several possibilities are written out, without quarreling, but it is easier for everyone to accept.

In this way, the answer is clear.

"I'm a person who likes to be safe. In my opinion, Mike's idea is more safe. We want to weaken the opponent's strength to the minimum! I think the Celtics should be second!" Liu Mang laughed.

Jason - Terry and Raheem want to clap!

They were just afraid of offending others, and Liu Mang was just a rookie, only 19 years old, and he was straightforward unless he was a very small-minded person, otherwise he would not hold grudges, so they decisively sold Liu Mang. Unexpectedly, Liu Mang forcibly described the radical approach as a conservative and safe method.

This is really black and white!
Quinn Buckner looked at it, and it seemed that it was really the case!My own thoughts turned out to be less secure than this intentional loss!
Something seemed wrong... Quinn Buckner was a little at a loss, but he felt it made sense!

"Ace, your analysis is good, let's follow your idea!" Coach Kruger never forgets to cheat his disciples.

Liu Mang is helpless, what are my thoughts!Don't you think so yourself!It was the same when chopping sharks before!Depend on!
"But how do we lose so that it doesn't look so fake?" Duane Ferrell posed a question.

yes!None of the other three coaches thought of this yet.

"Eh..." Liu Mang said weakly, "Can't we just take turns off?"

　Ask for a ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)