From today on is the king

Chapter 384 382. The boss wants to do something! (6000+ words big chapter ask for monthly ticket)

Liu Mang looked at Coach Kruger's instructions, it was too easy!

The purpose of Coach Kruger is very simple. Anyway, he needs to find a few people for the second round of trial training. Since Liu Mang thinks it is good, there must be some bright spots that Liu Mang saw while the other trainers and assistants who led the trial training did not see it.

Coach Kruger continued to ask, "Ace, who else are you looking at?"

The head coach of a team is definitely the person who receives the most attention from the rookies during the trial training. Wherever Coach Kruger goes, the people who are in the trial training nearby will be very motivated and try to attract attention.

So when Coach Kruger talked to Liu Mang, everyone around him paid attention.

As a result, I heard Liu Mang say a name, point to the person, and that person entered the second round of trial training!The rookies in the trial training all looked at Liu Mang eagerly.

Hearing that Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang for his opinion again, the eyes of the people around him were already full of fanaticism when they looked at Liu Mang.

"There are two more." Liu Mang nodded.

"Two?" Coach Kruger couldn't believe it. Among these guys, there were three rookies that Liu Mang thought were good?

Liu Mang led Coach Kruger to point to Boozer, who looked like a bandit but insisted on keeping a middle part of his hair to show his kindness, and Barnes, who looked like a ruffian on the outside and was really a ruffian on the inside.

"They, that one is called Boozer, and the other one is called Barnes. I think it's good. The big man has good skills and can add singles ability to the second team. He is very strong. He should be good for me in pick-and-rolls. The guy with the bad face is tough... He looks very hardworking." Liu Mang suddenly didn't know how to describe Barnes.

"Boozer? Barnes?" Coach Kruger frowned and flipped through the scouts and trial reports.

Just looking at the faces of these two people, Coach Kruger felt that something was wrong. It wasn't about appearance discrimination... well, it was about appearance discrimination. Their looks were too worrying, a face that wanted to make trouble.

"Carlos Boozer, excellent mid-range shooting, excellent rebounding, excellent mobility, excellent explosive power..." Coach Kruger was horrified when he saw this comment!

But this scouting report was put in the T4 file which is not recommended by the scouts!So when the trial training report was sent to coach Kruger, coach Kruger didn't turn over here at all, and there was nothing worth turning over in T4.

This is a common practice, so there will be counterattack pearls like Isaiah Thomas and Arenas.

This kind of trial training report is actually in the T4 file?

Coach Kruger looked at the scouting report.

It's almost the same as the trial training report!The basketball aspect is very good. Coach Kruger is very surprised. Is this a misplaced position?This should be the scouting report for a T2 rookie!
But at the end, Coach Kruger understood.

"...born in Aschaffenburg, Federal Republic of Germany, suspected of having a gang background, not recommended..."

Aschaffenburg was the location where the United States was stationed in Germany during the Cold War. The location of the overseas bases of the US military was very chaotic. The rich people had already moved away. The US military did a lot of dirty things overseas, and they were strong. Germany was a defeated country, and those rich people did not dare to continue to live nearby, leaving only the poor.

When everyone is poor, it will naturally become very chaotic, and Aschaffenburg has basically become a no-management zone.

Coach Kruger understands why a scouting report with the potential to be an NBA starter ends up in the fourth tier.

"Ace's vision is really good! I really can't tell that this guy is really strong without reading the trial training report." Coach Kruger nodded in satisfaction.

Whether to choose is one thing. Liu Mang’s vision is very important. To choose a rookie, not only the boss’s decision, but also the head coach’s right to speak. After all, the head coach chooses who to play, and the suggestions of the team’s stars are also very important.

Liu Mang has a good vision, which is a good thing for the Eagles.

Coach Kruger was looking forward to the scouting report from the guy with the ruffian face.

But this time, Coach Kruger was stunned.

Trial results: No shooting ability, bad temper, almost fighting with the trial opponent, the trial ended early.

Then I looked through the scouting report, fights, expulsions, suspensions, off-court brawls... It turns out that the university is from the prestigious UCLA. Although all four years of college career have scored in the NCAA March Madness, they only participated in this year. They were suspended for conflicts with their opponents in the first three years.

And almost every time he helps his teammates out.

Looking at Barnes' wonderful resume, Coach Kruger really wanted to complain: Ace, do you want to choose a teammate?Still want to pick a thug?

Coach Kruger asked, "Ace, is there anyone else?"

"That's all for today's trial training." Liu Wei just looked around and only saw these three with a promising future.

"Okay, come and see Ace next time in the trial training, I'm going to work." Coach Kruger said this time and called Boozer and Barnes to leave together.

Neither Boozer nor Barnes expected that Liu Mang would choose them!

Of course, they also saw the picture of Liu Mang "selecting" Prince to go to the second round of trial training, but when Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang to choose again, they didn't think that such a good thing would happen to them.

Boozer was misunderstood as a gangster since he was a child. With such a face, he was just like the principal in Crayon Shin-chan. His childhood dream was to be a primary school teacher, because his primary school teacher was a gentle and kind white young woman. Even though Boozer was born in a chaotic area where the army was stationed, the white female teacher did not discriminate against him, but gave him the most correct care and education.

When he grew up, Boozer looked more and more like a mafia boss. He had a big brother face, and everyone was afraid of him, so he kept his hair in the middle to tell others that he was a scholar.

The most painful thing for Boozer is...he started to lose his hair since he was 20 years old, so he had to enter the NBA early after finishing his junior year, and he entered the NBA.

However, although he performed well in his junior year and was regarded as one of the best six insiders among college students in the United States, not many teams were interested in him. The main reason is that he looks like someone who wants to "do big things", and scouts are not optimistic about him.

The place of birth, appearance, and the combination of the two points are too difficult to satisfy those mainly white scouts.

Barnes didn't even think about it. He almost got into a fight with his opponent just now because he was in the one-on-one trial training session. Seeing that the trial training was about to end early, he felt that this trial training was over again. If it was passed out, no team would want it. Under Barnes, he only officially entered the NBA in January 50.

But I didn't expect that the Chinese kid who had looked at him curiously just now called him to go to the second round of trial training!

It is always better to give timely help than icing on the cake.

It's all right now, so Liu Mang invites Yao Ming, who has already finished his trial training, to go out for coffee together.

There are so many people today, there is no place for Liu Mang to continue training. After Liu Mang introduced the three players to coach Kruger, he left. He couldn’t say whether it would be successful. Anyway, he expressed his desire to become teammates with the three. In the end, it was Steven Price, who is also the team’s executive vice president and general manager, who made the decision.

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After Liu Mang and Yao Ming left together, the coaching staff found a few guys with relatively good trials to go to the second round of trial training. Of course, the invitations later were all deceitful. Except for the Rockets and the Bulls who had the top two picks and the Bulls did not shy away from saying who they wanted to pick, other teams had intrigues.

When it came to the second round of trial training, Prince, Boozer and even Barnes worked hard to show their abilities.

Even Barnes, when he really had a chance to be looked at differently, he was very eager to prove himself, because during the previous trial training, the trainer didn't take his trial training seriously after seeing his scouting report.

But this training Barnes showed his vitality, physical fitness, and defensive enthusiasm, the three advantages he relies on for survival.

Needless to say, Boozer performed well in college, but unfortunately because of his unpopular looks, his performance in the trial training was as good as ever.

The feeling that Prince showed to the coaching staff is very different. The tasks assigned by Coach Kruger are meticulously completed, but they are not as active as Boozer and Barnes who want to show their other abilities.

However, when Coach Kruger asked Prince to complete a new trial training task, Prince worked hard to do his best.

Very obedient rookie!While not being greedy for merit or showing off deliberately, there is no lack of fighting spirit and enthusiasm.

Which coach doesn't want such a player?
"Tyshaun Prince, it's expected to be at the end of the first round." Coach Kruger looked at Prince's draft predictions. The range is slightly wider. The 21st pick in the first round is the end of the first round, and the 29th pick is also the end of the first round.

This made Coach Kruger very melancholy. If other teams have insightful people and pay close attention to Prince's trial training, what if he is cut off by the team in front?Then it would be a loss!

Be sure to select it!

Coach Kruger said a few words to Mike Woodson, Mike Woodson arranged for Prince to stay in a hotel tonight, asked Prince to continue to try out tomorrow, and ordered not to tell anyone.

On Prince's side, coach Kruger decided to discuss with the boss and make sure to win.

However, although Coach Kruger thinks the other two are good, their advantages and disadvantages are too obvious.

Boozer's offensive skills are very comprehensive, so comprehensive that coach Kruger, who is used to seeing the poor skills of DeMar Johnson's short forward who recently entered the league, feels amazing!

It's a pity that the defensive awareness is too poor, and Prince, an opponent who is not good at attacking the ball at this stage, can be easily scored by Prince in the low-post attack, and such a good wingspan is in vain. Physical fitness.

Barnes, on the other hand, has a strong physical confrontation, even daring to defend Boozer with such a large size gap. Sometimes such a dynamic player is needed on the bench.

But the Eagles only have one second-round pick, and neither of them is expected to have a high pick. In the latter part of the second round, the Eagles probably have no problem choosing whichever one they choose, but there is only one second-round pick. Both of them have their own characteristics, one is good at offense and the other is good at defense.

After struggling for a while, Coach Kruger arranged both of them to the hotel, and then went to discuss with the boss.

The best rookies that the Eagles can invite are almost all here today. Although there are still three trial trainings, the next three are just trying to see if we can be so lucky and encounter missing situations. The real goal is today's first trial training.

Sometimes you need to be decisive in doing things, especially when you make a promise with a rookie candidate. Coach Kruger thinks these three are good, so he went to the general manager's office to discuss with the boss.

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Steven Price also watched the trial training for a while, but after watching Yao Ming's trial training, looking at other people, the gap is really too big!
The Hawks only have one late first- and mid-second-round pick, so Steven Price will hand it over to coach Kruger to sift through and tell him the list of people he wants.

Coach Kruger knocked on the door and entered Steven Price's office, handed three second-round trial reports to Steven Price, and said, "Boss, we can draft Tyshawn Prince in the first round. There are these two candidates in the second round, Matt Barnes and Carlos Boozer. I hope Prince can promise him tomorrow that he will not go to other teams for trial training. Who do you think the other two bosses will choose?"

So simply, so directly, so strongly demanded?

Steven Price was surprised by Coach Kruger's decisive decision. After reading the profiles of the three people, he was stunned.

These three people are really special.

A calm man, a technical man, and a ruffian man.

Three wonders!

"Lang, why don't you just choose these three without looking at the next trial training?" Steven Price suggested.

"No need, the next ones who will come to participate in the trial training are probably undrafted. If they are not selected at that time, we can invite them to participate in the summer league. These three are the best three of the best rookies we invited, and they were recommended by Ace. At least Prince is here. I hope I can give him a draft commitment." Coach Kruger was very firm.

"Ace's recommendation?" Steven Price paid more attention to it now. Liu Mang's contract should be renewed after this season is over. From the beginning of the summer to December 12, he can also renew his contract in advance. Keeping Liu Mang is the most important goal of the Eagles.

Don’t you see that the Rockets just won the No. [-] lottery, and a large number of Chinese media and investors have already gone to Houston for investigation? The media’s overseas site investigation and investor’s business investigation have already begun. The market value of the Rockets has increased significantly since the first lottery was drawn.

The Eagles are now attracting more and more attention in North America, Asia, especially China, thanks to Liu Mang. It is impossible for Steven Price not to pay attention to Liu Mang's opinion.

Seriously read the three trial training reports.

Prince, characterized by fast speed, outstanding shooting ability, and good at following the arrangement, Steven Price understands why coach Kruger emphasizes this to be a promise to the draft.

Just give it, a 27th pick.

Boozer and Barnes, an offensive player, a defensive villain.

After thinking about it, Steven Price decided: "Let's choose all three!"

"Where do we get the pick? Trade?" Coach Kruger asked suspiciously.

"Memphis is selling their No. 48 pick. Let's buy it back for 60 yuan. They will come for a retest tomorrow, right? Lang, you will bring them here at that time, and give them a draft promise that they will not participate in other teams' trials!" Steven Price made a decision.

"60 for a draft pick?" Coach Kruger asked in surprise, this stingy boss is willing to spend 60 for a second round?Damn it!The second round of salary is at least 50 US dollars for two years. After this, even if the contract is non-guaranteed in the second year, it will be more than 100 million US dollars.

Seeing Coach Kruger's astonished expression, Steven Price really wanted to swear in his heart, and he was willing to spend money, it's so scary!This time I will pay you to see it!Do you think I'm really that stingy?
Originally wanted to discuss with coach Kruger what he was going to do next, but Steven Price decided not to discuss it!Surprise everyone after spending the money!
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On Liu Mang's side, he found a coffee shop with Yao Ming, and planned to give Yao Ming the way to survive in the NBA.

A little excited!

Instruct Dayao as a senior!
Yao Ming is two years older than Liu Mang, but he is still a rookie in the NBA. Although Yao Ming also likes to joke, he really respects Liu Mang.

After all, Liu Mang is one of the pioneers in the NBA, and he was the first one to succeed, which makes Yao Ming very admired.

"Ace, do you know how the Rockets players are? I'm a little worried about not being accepted by them." Yao Ming was a little worried when he mentioned this, because he had heard about the bad relationship between Liu Mang and the Rockets boss Francis.

Liu Mang thought for a while and said, "Well...the Rockets, they should be pretty good. Their boss, Steve Francis, is an enthusiastic guy."

The answer was beyond Yao Ming's expectation: "Francis is not bad?"

Hearing Yao Ming's surprised question, Liu Mang smiled and said, "Francis is pretty good. Except for being a bit arrogant and competitive, everything else is fine. His strength is not bad. You don't have to worry about being bullied when you play with him."

"Oh..." Yao Ming's impression of Liu Mang increased.

Although Yao Ming admired Liu Mang from being completely unpopular to being an All-Star now, he had a vague impression of other aspects of Liu Mang, and even didn't appreciate it that much, such as causing trouble everywhere.

But Liu Mang's evaluation of his "enemies" is so high, which shows that his character is very good!

Generally speaking, people with bad character always say good things to their faces and bad things behind their backs.

But Liu Mang was different, he fought with Francis in person, and praised Francis behind his back, which made Yao Ming have a good impression of Liu Mang!

"Hearing you say that, I'm relieved, but what you said made me look like I was selected by the Rockets." Yao Ming joked.

"Then let's make a bet. If you are selected by the Rockets, you will pay for today's coffee. If you are not selected, I will pay for it!" Liu Mang also joked.

"Haha, today I pay the bill, you are still a senior, and I haven't received my salary yet."

"Sorry, you are the No. 22 pick, and your annual salary is equal to several years of mine, and you are going to be 19 soon, and I am only [-], and I am underage in the United States."

The two had a small quarrel, and Yao Ming began to talk about something serious: "Ace, do you know that he has been banned?"

"Well, I've heard that, but there's nothing we can do, right?" Liu Mang said helplessly.

"Probably that person is too dignified. He used to have conflicts with the people above because of the 5.00% membership fee, and now it's like this." Yao Ming said with a sigh.

"5.00%? Isn't it 50.00%?" Liu Mang asked in surprise, did he almost get taken advantage of?

"You just need to negotiate with them. Doing business, isn't it just paying back the money on the spot..."

Listening to Yao Ming's tone that Lanxie is an unscrupulous businessman doing business, Liu Mang felt that this was really vivid!

"I basically don't know where he will play next season. Now that he has been banned by the national team, NBA teams may not be so interested in him because of his status as a Chinese player." Yao Ming smiled wryly when he said this.

"Three-pointers are not bad, but unfortunately the speed is not good, and the defense and rebounding are not good enough, otherwise you can come to us for a trial training." Liu Mang also wants to help a group of Wang Zhizhi, but it is impossible to force the team to sign him just to help Wang Zhizhi.

Even if it is signed, it is estimated that Wang Zhizhi will not have a chance to play in the Eagles. The goal of the Eagles next season is to reach the finals, and it is unlikely that they will have time to train Wang Zhizhi.

As for the position of center, the growth period is actually quite long. For example, Yao Ming, even at the age of 22, still has huge room for improvement. It was not until the 06-07 season that he reached his peak and averaged 25 points per game.

What does it mean for a center to average 25 points per game? Beginning in 1980 and going back 40 years, only O'Neal, Olajuwon, and David Robinson have averaged 25+ per game many times. David Robinson has twice, Olajuwon has 4 times, O'Neal has [-] times, and Ewing once.

Since 1980, except for the four major centers and Yao Ming, no other center has averaged 25+ points per game in a season.

Even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the historical scoring leader, has never averaged 1980+ per game since 25.

In theory, Wang Zhizhi still has some room for improvement, and needs to go to a team suitable for his development.

As the other two of the three best players in the national team, Yao Ming and Liu Mang worry about Wang Zhizhi.

This old man didn't call them or anything after such a big incident happened, his personality is too withdrawn!

Liu Mang had a flash of inspiration, and there it is!

Wang Zhizhi is not suitable for me here, so I can ask other bosses to do me a favor and introduce them to the head coach of their team!

Liu Mang told Yao Ming about this idea, and Yao Ming also thought it was feasible!

But who?
Liu Mang began to think about whose team was worse than the inside.

Kobe is not good as a power forward. Their Samaki Walker is so good that he can start the game, but the relationship is not good. There was a "little" conflict just now, and this option was rejected.

Carter, McGrady, that's it!

Liu Mang felt that it was time for the two brothers to pay back the debt!Brothers, if you want to help your cousin's feet, please help me introduce Wang Zhizhi!Although you don’t know that it’s your cousin who cured your cousin’s foot…

(End of this chapter)