From today on is the king

Chapter 563 562. Seeing God again...Why do you say again?

"Theo, teach this guy more, think about it, if you teach a parallel import champion to become a defensive gatekeeper, wouldn't you become a defensive guru? After ten years or so, you will retire, and you will be able to hold training camps everywhere like Olajuwon..."

Liu Mang is filling Ratliff with chicken soup.

At the beginning of September, after the players reported and the contract renewal press conference was settled, the Eagles' team training gradually started.

At the beginning, it was individual training. Some players just started to resume training after two or three months of rest, and some rookies were indeed not up to the regular NBA rotation level.

Calderon and Korver are the most obvious rookies who are not at the level of the NBA rotation. Calderon is okay, has a good pass, has a shooting talent, and has solid ball control. He is familiar with the rhythm and rules of the NBA, and he can be a third substitute.

Korver is indeed lacking in ability, but his shooting talent surprised Chip Englander, the shooting coach who helped Steve Kerr train.

If it is said that Liu Mang is the kind of person who uses hard work to practice his shooting with a soft touch, then Korver truly has a shooting talent that is rare in history.

Not only limited to three-pointers, Korver is outside the three-point line from outside the free throw line. The shooting accuracy in this area is simply terrible, but now, it is only good for open shots, and the running position is not good.

When he was in college, Korver played in the secondary leagues of non-prestige schools. His height of [-] meters was sometimes about the same height as the opponent's center. Few of his opponents had particularly good physical fitness, and his shots were basically equal to open shots.

But it’s different in the NBA. Opponents are able to jump and defend, so Korver has not yet reached the regular rotation level. After England has arranged Liu Mang’s training, he is mainly responsible for the open shot training of the role players, focusing on catch and shoot after running.

Kwame Brown is learning defensive skills with Ratliff. Ratliff is already 30 years old, and his tendency to lack physical fitness has become more and more serious since last season.

For pure defensive centers like Ratliff, Howard, and Ben Wallace, the age of 30 is a hurdle, because they have always had fierce physical confrontation with their opponents, they are heavy, and they are active in defense. They often suffer serious injuries before they are 30 years old.

Ben Wallace has declined significantly since the age of 31. Howard has never been selected to the All-Defensive Team since he was 28. This kind of defensive center has sudden physical problems. Not everyone is like Mutombo. He entered the NBA at the age of 25 and can play for more than ten years before starting to decline.

Since Ratliff has protected well in the past two years and averaged less than 28 minutes per game, Ratliff has not had any major physical problems, which is a bit of luck.

But the training camp for the new season is approaching, and Liu Mang still discussed with the coaching staff to reduce Ratliff’s playing time, and also communicated with Ratliff. If he shows his strength in the playoffs, he should rest more in the regular season.

Ratliff hesitated for a long time, but he still accepted it. He was 01 years old when he was traded to the Eagles in 7 to renew the 7000-year 35 million contract. He was [-] years old when he expired. The most important thing for him at this age is to maintain a better state and avoid injuries.

The situation that Mutombo collapsed and was waived right before his contract was renewed. Ratliff couldn’t help but be careless. If he waited until the contract expired at the age of 35 and maintained a good state, wouldn’t it be better to sign a pension contract with a certain team at the same age as Mutombo.

So Ratliff is really interested in pointing out Kwame Brown. With such a big contract, the position of the starting center must be stable. With a good substitute, he can take more rest.

Kwame Brown’s offensive end has always been poor, and he feels terrible. He is at the level of O’Neal and Duncan in free throws, but his defensive talent is nothing to say. Originally, he was once regarded as the best single-defense center in the NBA when no one pointed him out.

The time soon came to the end of September, and on September 9, the Eagles started the training camp a week in advance and started team training, allowing new players and old players to start to run in.

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"You cut in! At this time, you are rushing inside. You are so strong, why stand there still? Do you want to learn how Carlos shoots outside? Do you have that ability? You rush inside!"

Liu Mang yelled at Kwame Brown.

Today is the first day of team practice, and the Eagles are divided into two groups.

Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Raheem, Muhammad, Kwame Brown.

A group of Stockton, Korver, Prince, Boozer, and Ratliff.

There is also a third group of Calderon, Willie Green, Barnes, Rasheed Wallace, and Kevin Willis, which will be put into training in the afternoon and cross-substituted into the first two groups.

In the team's confrontation training match, Liu Mang also played it as a real match, and then, he was blown away by Stockton's group.

Boozer is worthy of being a natural pick-and-roll player. He cooperated with Stockton for the first time, and they had a tacit understanding, even better than Liu Mang's tacit understanding in the pick-and-roll.

As for Liu Mang's team... Liu Mang mainly played pick-and-roll breakthroughs with Muhammad and Kwame Brown, or Jason Terry went up and swung.

When playing the pick-and-roll, Muhammad is okay. He has cooperated for so long and knows what he should do.

As for Kwame Brown, Liu Reck doesn't know what's going on on his offensive end. He has played in the NBA for two years. The pick-and-roll is very stable, with a solid foot, but after the pick-and-roll, he doesn't even know where to go. Whether he should go down or not, he should run away to set a second screen for Jason Terry without the ball.

The first two months Kwame Brown came to the Eagles was a joy, especially when he was taken care of by two veteran players, Ratliff and Kevin Willis. He received their defensive guidance, felt that he was valued again, and was determined to study hard.

But... when the team's joint training started, Kwame Brown saw Liu Mang's ferocious appearance, and felt that he had gone from one hell to another...

The new boss is also so fierce!

Halfway through a match, Kwame Brown was scolded bloody by Liu Mang...

The match is divided into two halves, each 20 minutes long, with a 15-minute break in between.

Kwame Brown was so sprayed by Liu Mang that he doubted his life again. He had heard that Liu Mang was Jordan's disciple, but now he found out that the two seemed to have the same sex!He felt that he couldn't live anymore, so he ran to the side and lowered his head with a towel covered.

Liu Mang was really angry when he saw Kwame Brown. How could he be so stupid with such a good physique?
At this time, Jason Terry called Liu Mang aside, and Rasheed Wallace, Ratliff, Kevin Willis and others also surrounded him.

"Ace, didn't you say that you should train Kwame well, give him a little confidence, and don't scold him for making mistakes?" Jason Terry asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, Ace, didn't you ask me to take good care of this rookie who joined the team?" Rasheed Wallace echoed.

Although, Kwame Brown's offensive end is really eye-catching and his consciousness is really poor, but everyone can see his defensive talent.

It was only then that Liu Mang realized that he was really too angry before. The obviously weaker lineup led by the old man played 35 to 18 in the half, and he was very angry.

Thinking about it now, it seems that the scolding was a little too harsh.

As for the care of Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang really wanted to tell him that his smile might scare Kwame Brown more.

"Ace, Kwame's offensive awareness is not good. I think the reason is that he basically didn't have a good offensive role in the past two years. During the period of training with him, I studied his games in the past two years and found that Jordan always let him play singles. He was trained as the core of the offense in the Wizards. It is different from the catch-and-dunk style of play he was good at in high school. He lost everything he was good at in two years. Look, can you give him a little patience?" Ratliff also persuaded.

When Liu Mang saw Ratliff say this, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Theo, you will still protect the students. Really, I am the one who entered the league and played with you, too much!"

"Haha, isn't this the student you introduced to me?" Ratliff felt relieved when he saw Liu Mang smiling, knowing that Liu Mang would definitely find a way.

Find a hooligan if you have something to do, this is the law that the Eagles still remain unchanged.

In the second half of the training, although Liu Mang still looked angry at Kwame Brown, he held back his anger.

After the training match, everyone went to practice their own.

Kwame Brown originally wanted to lift irons, vent, and practice his body and defense more. He was desperate for his offensive end.

When Kwame Brown was going to the gym, he saw Liu Mang gesturing to him. Although he was puzzled, Kwame Brown followed.

Liu Mang took Kwame Brown to the stadium where the floor had been resurfaced and seats installed.

After arriving here, Liu Mang turned on the lights that could illuminate the flags above the team. He didn't speak first, but looked at the flags of the 2001-2002 Eastern Conference regular season champions flying above the court.

Kwame Brown looked at Liu Mang's profile and didn't know what to do. He was afraid of being scolded, so he could only stand there, but looking at Liu Mang's back, Kwame Brown felt relaxed.

Liu Mang looked at the Eastern regular season championship banner that represented his greatest achievement now, and watched quietly, making Kwame Brown feel Liu Mang's stable heart.

Liu Mang pondered for a while, then turned to Kwame Brown and asked, "Kwame, what is your dream?"

A magnetic and bewitching voice came into Kwame Brown's mind, and Kwame Brown was a little confused for a moment.

What is my dream?
Kwame Brown has not thought about the word dream for a long time.

At this time two years ago, he had just reached the pinnacle of his career and became the No. [-] pick in the NBA, attracting worldwide attention.

At this time, Kwame Brown is looking forward to becoming the next Olajuwon, or the next Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Chamberlain.

But after the team training camp and the start of the preseason, he immediately fell from the peak to the lowest point of his career.

At only 19 years old, he was asked by Jordan to score in low post singles like a superstar, but he didn’t know anything except his physical talent. In high school, he mainly used cuts, catches and dunks.

As a result, after his rookie season, he averaged 14 minutes per game, 4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game.

The lack of time is not terrible, but what is terrible is Jordan's temper. If he does not hit a ball well, he will be replaced. After a few minutes, he will be replaced again, and then he will be replaced after hitting two balls.

And because of Liu Mang, a quick-learned student, in the second year, Jordan scolded Kwame Brown even worse. There was no comparison, but the gap between the two was too obvious, which made Jordan look down on Kwame Brown even more. In the end, Jordan didn’t even scold Kwame Brown.

Therefore, the word dream has not appeared in Kwame Brown's world for a long time.

Kwame Brown recalled the ecstasy of becoming the No. [-] high school student in the United States in his senior year, being the No. [-] pick in the NBA, and then the cliff in his life... When Kwame Brown fell into memories, a voice came to his ears.

"Kwame, what's the matter, have you thought about your dream? Tell me, no one will laugh at you..."

dream?Kwame Brown remembered that his dream was to become the next Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, able to play until he was over 40 years old. Now the NBA makes more money than before. The longer he plays, the more money he can earn, which is used to buy a big house for his mother, Joyce Brown, who has worked so hard to raise his seven siblings. Give her a lot of money, so that this great mother who is only in her 40s but looks like an elderly person can live a good life, so that her younger brothers and sisters can’t find a place to put needles without wearing patches. If you go out with your worn-out clothes, you can all have a good life.

But now, Kwame Brown has realized that he does not have the touch of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He feels that it is a better choice for him to become a defensive gate. Like Ratliff, he can use defense and earn more than 30 million a year when he is in his 1000s.

And his physical talent is better. Ratliff himself said that he may be better than him.

No one had hit Kwame Brown’s heart like this in such an environment before, and no one had had a good talk with him in the past few years. Therefore, after Kwame Brown entered Jordan’s purgatory world, he did not clearly position himself for the future and give himself a clear goal.

Seeing Liu Mang's gentle expression and eyes which were completely different from the fierce one in the afternoon, Kwame Brown blurted out: "I want to be the best defender, this is my dream..."

But halfway through, Kwame Brown said again: "But my offense is too bad, too stupid, and I don't know what to do. You scold me and I don't know what I should do."

This is it!Liu Mang was waiting for Kwame Brown to discover his own problems.

Liu Mang continued to say in a bewitching tone: "Kwame, don't worry so much. You have to know that people will scold you because they have high expectations of you. It doesn't matter. The most fearful thing is that when others scold you, you don't even know how to work hard. Everyone can see your efforts now. You can learn more from Nazir how to go through the pick-and-roll. You can learn the choice after the pick-and-roll with Carlos, let yourself appear where you should appear, and become everyone's backing on the defensive end. I believe you can become what we want..."

The timing was so good, just at this time, the team staff who came to clean the arena turned on all the lights, and the dazzling light shone on Liu Mang's head. Kwame Brown looked at Liu Mang as if he was shining.

"We all have unrealistic dreams. My dream is to become the best player in history. The dream of our team is to defeat all opponents, become the best team, and win a championship! We all have things that look like idiots' fantasies, but we are all working hard for our dreams and trying to get closer to our dreams. Although it is difficult, we are all working hard.

Kwame, you are now a part of us, you have to believe in yourself, you are the future insider pillar of the team, start towards your current dream-the best defensive player in the world! "

Kwame-Brown saw Liu Mang spreading his hands as if wanting to hold the whole world in his arms, just as the headlight on Liu Mang's head cast light down, Liu Mang seemed to be bathed in light.

At this moment, Kwame Brown seemed to see an angel...

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