From today on is the king

Chapter 822 821. I am not a data brush like McGrady

It looks like he is looking at the clouds outside the window, but Liu Mang is actually looking at the system panel.

The task of dancing with the giants was completed, and I got 20000 superstar points and Wade's 03-04 season star card.

"Dwyane Wade 2004-2005 version, ability evaluation 92, offense 95, defense 88, three-pointer 62, mid-range shot 74, layup 98, speed 93, strength 88..."

It turns out that after Wade finished this season, his ability was rated at 92?

The designated season of the star card is the ability evaluation after the end of the season, that is, the ability evaluation of Wade's ability to improve to 92 after this season!
This is only the second grade!

Liu Mang feels that people are more popular than others!
Liu Mang thought of a saying in his "last life" on the Internet that Wade's peak was in the 05-06 and 06-07 seasons before his serious injury. Liu Mang thought about Wade's current progress rate, and the side effect of this progress rate is physical wear and tear. He feels this intuitively now, and thinks this statement is quite reliable.

At this stage, Wade is the No.03 of the 1 generation, right?

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At noon on November 11th, the Eagles arrived in New York.

The teammates went out to throw money again. As NBA players, especially black players, how can they not throw money to pretend to be aggressive when they arrive in New York. They have to go back to the hotel at night, but there is no rule that they cannot throw money during the day.

Liu Mang was diligent and thrifty in managing the family, so he didn't go out to throw money, and stayed in the hotel with Mai Di, who was also thrifty in managing the family.

McGrady devoted himself to the study of new tactics and continued to study new tactics with Stockton and Kruger.

On Liu Mang's side, he used the laptop computer given by the little loli in his room, and had a video chat with the little loli who is on vacation this weekend. The three girls went shopping in the afternoon, and Liu Mang was also going to study the Knicks.

Although they really don't like the Knicks, now that New York fans see Liu Mang coming, they don't regard the Knicks as the home team anymore, but the more this is the case, the more they have to prepare well. It will be easier to deal with them during the game. After the Knicks have four away games, they are tired.

Opening the scouting report, Liu Mang stared at the first page.

New York is not short of money, and the salary space has exploded again this season!
Liu Mang looked at the Knicks' salary of 300 million, which was really astonishing!
The luxury tax threshold for this season is more than $6200 million. The Eagles have Calderon, Korver, Prince, Kwame Brown, Iguodala, Tony Allen, Trevor Ariza, Josh Smith, Varejao and other nine rookie contract players, so the salary is relatively low, but the total salary of $6324 million already has to pay the luxury tax.

The Knicks, on the other hand, have to pay a luxury tax of more than 4000 million US dollars. The luxury tax alone is almost catching up with the total salaries of the Rockets and Clippers.

Fortunately, there is no super luxury tax clause these days, but Liu Mang feels that even if there is, the Knicks don't care...

Seeing the lineup of the Knicks, Liu Mang understood why the Knicks were favored before the season.

Last season's record is one aspect, and in addition to last season's record, the Knicks used the middle-level rules that are not perfect now, and used a five-year 5 million middle-level contract plus incentive clauses to dig Jamal Crawford from the Bulls. The Bulls selected Luol Deng and Ben Gordon. The first-round pick in 3300, Frank Williams, the Knicks got Crawford and Jerome Williams empty-handed.

This past summer was an unbeatable deal. However, the Knicks got a guard who averaged 17 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game. They only used Frank Williams, who was estimated to be waived if his rookie contract could not be completed. He also got the tough guy Jerome Williams, a garbage dog. No matter what, the Knicks made money.

Before Liu Mang didn't pay much attention to the Knicks, the summer was so busy, so many trainings, and the season started. The objects of attention were the Heat, Pistons, Suns, Spurs, etc. Liu Mang didn't have time to pay attention to the Knicks.

Looking at it now, the Knicks lineup is fine!

After watching the changes in the Knicks lineup, Liu Mang looked at the performance of the Knicks players.

Marbury played his peak performance this season. For the first time in his career, his shooting percentage exceeded 40.00%. With a 40.00% shooting percentage of 22, he averaged 8 points, 3 assists and [-] rebounds per game. He enjoyed the benefits of the new rules and played better than last season.

Crawford averaged 17+4+4 per game, which is also very good, and the double Thomas striker is also good...

Until I saw that the head coach of the Knicks was not Wilkens, but Larry Brown...

"The Knicks are really obsessed with Larry Brown!" Liu Mang praised the Knicks for their persistence.

The Knicks pursued Larry Brown last summer, but Larry Brown chose to go to the Pistons. Unexpectedly, Larry Brown was bought out by the Pistons a year later, and the Knicks immediately made another move.

The dismissal of Larry Brown by the Pistons was a major event in the summer. At the same time, the major event that happened at the same time was the dismissal of Timberwolves meritorious coach Philip Saunders by McHale. However, Larry Brown found a new job, but no one paid attention to it, because it happened to be the time when the United States lost consecutive games in the Olympics.

Larry Brown is obviously not suitable for the NBA in the new era. Marbury and Crawford, two guards who are so suitable for the new era, failed to achieve a record in the Eastern Conference. Larry Brown should bear a lot of responsibility.

Not to mention the relationship with the players, nor whether the tactical concept is suitable for the Knicks. As for Larry Brown's thinking that he can't keep up with the trend of the times, he still thinks that the coach is the team's "hands-off". Larry Brown is destined to be eliminated by the times.

I took a look at the scouts' evaluation of the Knicks: the offense is disordered, the defense is sluggish, the substitutions are rigid, and the main players play too long...

The Knicks weren't even classified as competitors by scouts.

3 wins and 8 losses, no matter how you look at it, the Knicks don't look like they have a chance to make the playoffs.

"It seems that the experience of the political commissar has started again, and it has started a year in advance. My master will help the future comrades of the political commissar to get closer to my Great Heavenly Dynasty..."

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Soon on the afternoon of November 11th, the Eagles came to Madison Square Garden and rested fairly well. Liu Mang's teammates didn't go out to play around. After throwing away the money, they prepared for the game against the Knicks with peace of mind.

Now the competition of the Eagles has become more competitive. As long as they enter the roster, they may play. Except for the core Liu Mang, McGrady, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace may be replaced if he does not play well.

However, this is only one of the reasons for the players to prepare for the game. Another reason is to play at Madison Square Garden!
American Cable TV broadcasts 41 Knicks regular-season games a year, that is, all home games are broadcast live, and the ratings are not low. The average number of viewers per game is more than 500 million, which is higher than the opening and closing games of some teams that no one pays attention to.

It's not unreasonable for the Knicks to make money. They are blessed with unique advantages. They have their own TV station. Who can play them better than making money.

This is also the key reason why stars want to play wild every time they come to Madison Square Garden.

The away game against the Knicks, of course, has to be open for interviews. As soon as Liu Mang changed into his training uniform and came out to warm up, the reporters came.

Compared with last season, the media in New York this season is much friendlier to Liu Mang.

"Excuse me, are you going to play the explosion data again today?"

"Explosive data? I'm not Tracy, I'm not his kind of data brush." ​​Liu Mang made a strong black wave.

"You guys started running and bombing because the current rules are good for offense, or are you just trying?"

"Run and gun? No, no, no, we don't fight run and gun. Of course, this has a lot to do with the rules, but how are we going to fight... who knows."

"What record are you going to break today?"

"I'm probably going to beat Tracy's record of 15 missed shots here last year."

"Marbury said that your performance is because your teammates are too good. This year, if your teammates are not so strong, your performance will not be so good. What do you think about this?"

"Marbury? Is he crazy, he forgot to play with Duncan and he can't beat me?"

"..."

"I'm going to warm up first, the data brush is here, you go find him..." Seeing McGrady coming, Liu Mang decisively stepped away, the feeling of the black man behind him is really amazing...

McGrady changed into his training clothes and came out. Seeing Liu Mang, he ran away with question marks in his head.

A few minutes later, a wonderful scene of No. 3 chasing and killing No. 1 appeared on the training ground...

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At 06:30 in the afternoon, the Eagles' away game against the Knicks was about to begin.

When the Eagles played, the audience was full of cheers, especially when Liu Mang played. Now it's like Chinese New Year.

"Go-to-death-Brown"

"We-want-ICE"

"Go-to-death-Dolan"

"..."

"..."

Seeing the various signs held by the fans on the sidelines, Liu Mang said to Kwame Brown who was rubbing chalk next to him, "Brother Kwame Brown, they let you die."

"..." Kwame Brown was so tired, how could he have such a boss.

There are more slogans telling Larry Brown to go away and James Dolan to die than wanting Liu Mang to join the Knicks.

The main reason is that Liu Mang has renewed his 4+1 long-term contract with the Eagles. Although many people are still looking forward to Liu Mang playing in New York, more people want the boss and the head coach to leave together.

As for most of the stars telling Alan Houston to get out, the heartlessness of the New York fans can be seen.

Marbury and Crawford are still loved by New York fans, after all, they performed very well this season.

Liu Mang enjoyed the cheers from the fans, sprinkled chalk, and led Kwame Brown onto the field.

The other three starters of the Hawks, Tracy McGrady, Prince and Rasheed Wallace, have not changed.

For the Knicks, there has been a lot of changes this season. None of the rookie contract players started. Marbury and Crawford partnered in the frontcourt, and Tim Thomas, Jerome Williams, and Kurt Thomas played in a three-forward lineup.

The No. 10 pick of the 5 generation and the giant short forward Michael Sweetney, who played well last season and scored 4+03 in [-] minutes of playing time, were completely abandoned.

There is absolutely no need for players who need to be developed slowly. If you want to achieve results immediately, this is Larry Brown.

The Hawks' mentality was very relaxed after the start of the game. They felt that the Knicks won casually.

But to my surprise, after the start of the game, the Eagles, who continued the way they played against the Rockets in the previous game, did not have an advantage at the beginning!

The Eagles played very resolutely on offense and had a good shooting percentage. They scored 24 of 11 in the first quarter, scored 27 points, and made two three-pointers.

But the Knicks played more resolutely!

The Eagles tried to force the Knicks to quickly make offensive choices and disrupt the Knicks' offensive plan, but...the Knicks had no offensive plan at all, and anyone who had an opportunity rushed to shoot, especially Crawford, who dared to throw the ball when he received it. He scored 14 points in a single quarter and held back the offensive firepower of the Eagles. The Knicks scored 26 points in a single quarter, which was comparable to the Eagles!

Liu Mang only scored 9 points in the first quarter!
At the end of the half, the Hawks fell behind by two points, trailing the Knicks 53 to 55!
At this time, the coaching staff of the Eagles discovered the problems at this stage, and discovered what they were most afraid of playing this tactic.

Small ball tactics are not afraid of ordinary strong teams with planned and targeted strategies. There are only two types of teams that can be used as opponents. One is a true championship competitor with planned and targeted strategies.

The second type is the opponents who play blindly without any rules. When they feel good and can have as many waves as they want, they use fast-paced pressure to force the opponent to pass the ball quickly to make offensive choices. On the contrary, they are easy to be used by the opponent!

Just like today, on the Knicks side, Marbury had 14 points and 6 assists in the half, and Crawford had 23 points and 2 assists in the half, leading the Knicks to overtake by two points at the end of the half.

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During the intermission, coach Kruger made a more secure response. The defensive end adjusted to normal defense. Of course, he had to fight back, but he did not deliberately force the opponent to make a quick decision.

The outside trio of Liu Mang, Iguodala, and McGrady played in the third quarter, using a steady defensive strategy, and the effect was much better. Although Crawford's touch was improved in the first half, Crawford still scored 10 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and scored 33 points in all three quarters. However, it made up for the perimeter defense that was torn apart by Marbury and Crawford in the first half. Showing off alone, the pressure on the Eagles is not that great.

At the end of the three quarters, the point difference was tied at 79. Liu Mang used his defense to slowly suppress Crawford's fiery touch.

In the fourth quarter, the strength gap between the two teams began to show. When Marbury and Crawford's outside shooting percentages began to decline, the Eagles' defensive counterattack really began to take advantage. Liu Mang took advantage of Tracy McGrady's long pass, scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, and scored 33 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the game, helping the Eagles beat the Knicks 106-98 and improved their record to 10 wins and 2 losses.

McGrady scored 17 points, 10 assists and 4 rebounds. Because he had to quickly catch the ball and organize the offense, McGrady’s rebounds decreased a lot. Because Liu Mang only needed to assist McGrady in organizing the offense, he focused on scoring and grabbing rebounds and passing them to the fast-moving McGrady.

The Hawks' new tactics are running in and the work of discovering and studying the flaws of the new tactics and finding improvements is also proceeding in an orderly manner. In the Knicks game, some new problems were discovered, and the coaching staff needed to be busy again.

What kind of team you encounter and what kind of response you need to make are what Coach Kruger wants most at this stage.

Playing these theoretical playoff teams is the best chance to find these questions.

After the game, Liu Mang, who scored 33 points, was stopped by the reporter for an interview after the game. When asked about the scoring leader, Liu Mang replied: "The scoring leader is very simple. Just score nine points in each quarter. If you are not careful, you will average more than 30 points per game, right?"

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There should be three more chapters today~
(End of this chapter)