From today on is the king

Chapter 392 390. Pretend You Are a Substitute

On the second day of the early training camp, the Eagles held a press conference to announce the start of the team training camp.

Although one person is absent, the process that should be followed still needs to be followed.

And it was true that Glenn Robinson could not be contacted before, and even Glenn Robinson's agent didn't know where he was. Therefore, the Eagles planned to use a press conference to inform Glenn Robinson that the training camp started early.

Liu Mang knew about the management's strange method, and felt that crows were flying everywhere...

The Eagles' training camp press conference for the new season is very different from last year.

Last year's small interview hall looked empty.

But this year, there are too many people, and they can only be interviewed at the stadium, which makes people feel quite novel.

American reporters had many questions, such as why Glenn Robinson didn't participate, what the core players of the Eagles thought of Glenn Robinson, why they didn't comment before, and so on.

However, although there are many media outlets from major TV stations in the United States, the locations of the teams, and the states that come here today, they only account for one-third of the number, and two-thirds of the reporters are domestic reporters.

Everyone has only one goal - Liu Mang.

"What do you think of Yao Ming's performance at the World Championships?"

"May I ask if your injury has healed? If you can, please don't play with your injury. We need you in the next World Series."

"What do you think our chances of winning this year are?"

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Liu Mang has become the focus of the interview. The Eagles players have gotten used to it. The three new players saw this scene and saw other teammates who were not surprised at all, and they also... got used to it.

Liu Mang answered several main questions simply and in Chinese: "I really want to play with Dayao in the Olympics and World Championships. 2004 is a good time, and we will all become stronger. My injury is almost healed. There is no problem in the new season. The chances of winning the championship? Our goal is only the championship."

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Now the Eagles lineup looks beautiful, but the coaching staff has been having headaches.

The lineup structure is terrible!
The three-high lineup of Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff is unshakable. This is the foundation of the Eagles. The defense and rebounding of the three highs cannot be lost.

Of course, Glenn Robinson can play shooting guard, so the player handbook clearly says that Glenn Robinson is a linebacker.

But with Glenn Robinson playing shooting guard, there is only one starting position left, but who will start Liu Mang or Jason Terry?
This is the coaching staff has been a headache.

These days NBA players are still very persistent in starting. Although Liu Mang was selected as an All-Star with an average of 20+ points per game last season, he was only a start for the star players to come off the bench. It is not yet the era of teamwork. Even if they want to put stars on the bench, most teams don’t have the capital.

And like the Eagles, there are so many stars that they don’t know how to choose. Except for the years when the Celtics won the championship, even Bill Walton could only play as a substitute, and even the bench was full of Hall of Fame players. There have been no other examples.

Coach Kruger thinks that Liu Mang should already have the ambition to be a starter or even become a core player. No matter who has Liu Mang's attention and popularity now, he will want to be a starter!
So, Coach Kruger called Jason Terry over: "Jason, I want to discuss with you about the style of play for the new season."

"Please speak, coach," Jason Terry responded.

"I hope you can play as a sixth man next season..." Coach Kruger was a little worried when he said this, fearing that this would cause conflicts within the team and affect the good relationship between Liu Mang and Jason Terry, so he was quite hesitant before recruiting Jason Terry.

Who knows, Jason Terry's eyes lit up, and before coach Kruger finished speaking, Jason Terry immediately agreed: "Okay coach, I understand, I will do a good job as the sixth man."

"Uh..." Coach Kruger thought he heard it wrong, so easy and so simple?
Looking at Jason Terry, instead of being unhappy, he seemed to have a strangely happy feeling. Coach Kruger couldn't understand...

In the afternoon, Coach Kruger called Liu Mang over. When Ruler Liu Mang will serve as the team's starting point guard in the new season, Coach Kruger felt that his world view was about to collapse.

"Starting? Coach, no need, Jason and the guy who hasn't come yet, no matter who is on the bench, they will be very unhappy. In order not to affect the team, I'll play on the bench!" Although Liu Mang doesn't use the bench gangster now, he has a higher comprehensive ability than last year when he triggered the bench gangster, but his three-point shooting is now only 83, and after triggering the bench gangster, he is 88. The difference is still very big!

Coach Kruger said speechlessly: "Jason has agreed to play as a substitute..."

Depend on!
The dwarf wants to spoil my master's good deeds!Liu Mang quickly interrupted: "Coach, Jason must have let me go because I have a good relationship with him, but he is stronger, let him start! I...I have a goal! It is the best sixth man for two consecutive years! Become the first substitute in NBA history!"

"..." Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang who was competing with Jason Terry to play as a substitute. Is the world changing fast?Or is this coach already old?

How can there be anyone who is vying not to play the starter?Both of them are All-Stars, let alone Liu Mang was a rookie last year, but this year he has already become one of the leading figures of the younger generation who have "become famous", and even played as substitutes, don't young people always care about face-saving?

Suddenly, Kruger came up with an idea: Could it be...do not want to partner with Glenn Robinson?
The Eagles "cast a shadow" at the beginning of the new season. Coach Kruger hurriedly reported his major "discovery" to the team owner.

As soon as Liu Mang came out of Coach Kruger's office, he received a task reminder.

"Ding... In response to the heroic words of the host, the system task is released: the king of the NBA bench, won the best sixth man award in the NBA regular season for two consecutive seasons, task reward: 1 talent skill fragment. Failure penalty: unknown."

"Ding... Since the host has won the best sixth man once, a special BUFF is given: pretend you are a substitute."

"Pretend you are a substitute: When the total number of substitute appearances during the season reaches 60.00% of the total number of appearances, the host will start the next game, and the system will default to the host as a substitute."

Stop, System Boss!Brother, I'm just looking for an excuse to play as a substitute!Why do you give a task even if you don't agree with each other!

Moreover, what does the unknown punishment for failure mean?
And pretending that you are a substitute... It seems to be similar to the selection criteria for the best sixth man. Only players who have played more games on the bench than starting games are eligible to participate in the selection of the best sixth man...

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