From today on is the king

Chapter 842 841. It's time for Kwame to show off his power!
The Phillips Arena once again ushered in a warm scene.

Tonight is the Eagles' home game against the Salt Lake Jazz. Before the game, owner Price read an article expressing his gratitude to Boozer. He also framed the No. 5 Eagles home jersey worn by Boozer and gave it to Boozer. There is also an identical framed jersey in the Eagles' honor exhibition room.

It is impossible to retire the jersey, and Raheem's jersey has the same treatment as Boozer, and has won the glory of the jersey entering the honor exhibition room.

The Eagles have a very high standard for retiring jerseys. The players who retired their jerseys are Pete Maravich, Bob Pettit, Lou Hudson, and then they are gone. There is also a No. 17 jersey to commemorate a great man Ted Turner. Other jerseys such as Moses Malone who played for the Eagles have not been retired.

Boozer's most glorious moment came after enjoying the cheers of the former home team's home fans.

The championship ring is presented!
Liu Mang was supposed to give Boozer a championship ring, but Stockton wanted to give Boozer a championship ring, so the two went together.

Liu Mang took the box containing the championship ring from his boss, Price. After opening it, he put the box in his palm and held the box open with his right hand towards Stockton. Stockton took out the championship ring and put it on Boozer's index finger.

Sloan was silent when he saw this scene, and Malone wanted to cry when he saw it...

Malone was even more envious than when the Eagles and Raheem handed out rings together in the season opener. At this moment, he was even a little jealous, mainly because Boozer was the one who went to Salt Lake City to take his place.

Ma Long thought that after 19 years of hard work, he might as well succeed Boozer for two years. Boozer can get what he has been pursuing for 19 years.

The point is, Boozer is already negotiating with the Jazz about a six-year, 6 million contract extension after this season. Since he was selected by the Eagles as a first-round pick in this time and space, after the first three years of his contract, he can get the maximum salary and renew his contract in advance. Schwartz is negotiating with the Jazz, and it is very likely that he will get a six-year contract between 8400 million and 6 million.

Thinking of this, Ma Long thought that he had played for 19 years and just earned 23 million yuan. Boozer was only [-] years old, and he definitely earned more than [-] million yuan.

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After the sweet picture is over, it's time for the game with no friendship to talk about.

Now the Eagles are 15 wins and 4 losses, still No. 15 in the East, and the Pistons are 5 wins and 7 losses. Although Ben Wallace's suspension was reduced to [-] games due to the application of the Pistons, the Pistons are still in the situation of insufficient manpower at the center position. They are still playing very well, but they are not as stable as they were at the beginning of the season.

The Suns also lost, 16 wins and 4 losses, leading the Eagles by half a game.

That is to say, the gap between the first and third in the league is only one win.

Who doesn't want to be No. [-] in the league?
Eagles fans want it, so... first put up a sign!
McGrady once again watched the championship ring awards enviously, full of fighting spirit and wanted to overthrow the Jazz, went up to shoot hot hands, McGrady began to make the final preparations before the start of the game, glanced at the fans, and McGrady was instantly speechless.

"Next, Tracey"

"We-need-58-points"

Most of them are signs with these two contents, as well as cardboard, words written on white paper, and so on.

The fans at the scene were roughly divided into two ideas. One is to look forward to McGrady and Liu Manggang.

One is to hope that Liu Mang will come by himself. No one else will break the 57 points, so Liu Mang will come by himself.

Maddie smiled, he wasn't coming.

Liu Mang scored 50 points in three consecutive games. He may be the most surprised, because he is the highest scoring leader since Jordan, but he only scored 32 points, while Liu Mang has already averaged 36 points per game, which looks as exaggerated as Jordan's third-year performance.

McGrady was surprised by Liu Mang's performance. He tried to ask himself... Maybe it can be done, but it's just a hope. He is not Liu Mang, and he can't get Liu Mang's team status.

On Liu Mang's side, 58 can be seen everywhere, which is a bit weird...

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The preparation time before the game was over, and the lights on the scene were dimmed.

Boozer saw Rasheed - Wallace's roar of the gods, and his heart was extremely shocked.

"The guys who played against us at the beginning are all in this situation?" Boozer has a feeling that the Eagles are unmatched deep in his heart. Of course, it is the awe of the Eagles last season.

Boozer came to the sidelines to apply chalk, and Liu Mang also came to the sidelines to apply chalk.

Seeing Boozer, Liu Mang subconsciously went up to punch his chest, and Boozer also subconsciously hugged Liu Mang...

After seeing each other's jerseys after hugging, the two reacted immediately and looked at each other with a smile. Probably, this is the last hug!
Grabbing a handful of chalk and throwing it into the air, Liu Mang stepped onto the court and looked at Boozer's ability evaluation.

Carlos Boozer, ability evaluation 88, offense 92, defense 70, three-pointer 60, mid-range shot 86, layup 92, speed 79, strength 92, rebound 95...

so strong...

When Liu Mang saw Boozer's ability evaluation, his heart ached!
Thinking of Liu Mang glaring at Iguodala on the bench next to him, it was because this guy used Boozer as a bargaining chip.

Iguodala was watching the scene where Liu Mang and Boozer were embracing, wondering if he would establish such a teammate relationship with Liu Mang one day, when Liu Mang stared at him suddenly, Iguodala was confused.

What's wrong with the boss?
However, Liu Mang also knew that if Boozer stayed in the Hawks, his strength would not be able to show. Rasheed Wallace's effect on the Hawks was still better than Boozer's. He had great range, good defense, and fast speed. Boozer couldn't match these things.

In this way, Boozer is kept as a substitute, but it delays Boozer. In the Hawks, Boozer will definitely not get the maximum salary, and it will also delay Boozer’s progress. Rasheed Wallace just came to the Eagles to help the Eagles win the championship.

Of course, Boozer's departure made the Eagles' ability to score autonomously in the interior lower, and it also caused a lot of trouble for the Eagles. Playing small balls is to avoid the shortcoming of not being able to score independently in the interior.

Originally, Liu Mang thought he could invite Ma Long to play for another year, but Ma Long would rather be a trainer and have a job so that he would not be idle and would not continue to play.

He can accept being a trainer for the Eagles. After all, many players get worse and worse after retiring. Malone wants to find a job in the industry he likes. Being a trainer is also considered a basketball career, so he came here.

But playing for the Hawks who just beat him in the Finals...that's...he's not that shameless.

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The game against the Jazz began immediately, and players from the two teams came to the court.

The lineup sent by the Eagles is Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown.

Jazz side, it looks really good, Arroyo, Kirisek, Matt - Harprin, Kirilenko, Boozer.

The Jazz lineup, five players look good, the outside trio are high-quality role players, the inside duo has a defensive core and an offensive core...

But this lineup is completely useless!
Kwame Brown and Boozer stood together, and Boozer looked at Kwame Brown's explosive muscles speechlessly.

When Kwame Brown saw Boozer, he was startled and his domineering sideways leaked. After the referee threw the ball into the air, Kwame Brown almost won the jump ball with a forearm advantage. Boozer turned around and returned to defense without thinking.

After receiving the ball, Liu Mang immediately passed it to McGrady and ran forward by himself.

Just as McGrady was about to break through and prepare to pass the ball to his teammates, Liu Mang didn't say he wanted to score points in this penultimate game in the Western Conference. McGrady was still planning to follow the tactics and support the team to score.

Just as McGrady received the ball, the fans cheered.

"Tracey...Tracey...Tracey..."

When Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt, he almost tripped over his own feet.

What do these fans mean that he wouldn't understand?
Are these fans real?You are your greatest player!Pippen, who still wants to mess with the young master, "usurps the throne"!
When McGrady heard the cheers, he couldn't do without a fight. Seeing that Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown had entered the inside lane, McGrady shot a three-pointer!

"Bang..."

Kind of embarrassing.

Fortunately, Rasheed Wallace blocked Boozer, Kwame Brown rushed in just to grab the offensive rebound, and then passed it to McGrady, McGrady caught the ball and shot again...

"Bang..."

This time Boozer was desperately squeezing Kwame Brown for a defensive rebound.

After Boozer went to the Jazz, his rebounding ability immediately showed. Although he is only [-] meters, his rebounding ability is very strong!
But Boozer alone is useless. After Arroyo dribbled the ball halfway through, he confidently broke through and forcibly dropped the ball. Boozer missed the rebound this time and was taken by Kwame Brown.

Liu Reck went straight to the frontcourt. McGrady received the ball and passed it long to Liu Reck. Only Matt Harprin followed Liu Reckon back to the basket. Liu Reck turned around and scored two points after receiving the ball.

Playing the Jazz is too easy.

Soon the Eagles played a wave of 14 to 4. After the point difference reached 10 points, the Jazz called a timeout.

The Hawks also made substitutions. When the Hawks announced their 12-man roster this morning, Liu Mang was very surprised because Korver and Varejao were thrown to the Development League, while Tony Allen and Ariza were both included in the roster.

After a timeout was called, Prince was replaced with Ariza.

Liu Mang seemed to notice something, but he didn't say that it would be nice for Prince to take a break against such a weak team.

McGrady seemed to have received some instructions. After Ariza came on the field, McGrady's first choice was to pass the ball to Liu Mang, and the second choice was to pass the ball to Ariza.

The Jazz want a high draft pick too much, and it is more urgent than helping the Eagles to do badly last season. If they can lose, they lose, which gives the Eagles a chance to train.

Liu Mang played relatively normally, with 9 points in the first quarter, 11 points in the second quarter, and 14 points in the third quarter, opening the gap to 26 points in one fell swoop. Liu Mang scored 34 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the three quarters, and clocked out in the three quarters.

McGrady scored 12 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds in three quarters, and was also replaced.

The Eagles want to take advantage of the bad team to hone newcomers.

However, apart from McGrady and Liu Mang, there is another person who allowed the Eagles to lead such a stable lead of 26 points after three quarters, Kwame Brown who grabbed a rebound today!

The height advantage is too obvious. Boozer is good at rebounding, but he can't stand without a center with him!He and Rasheed Wallace are already tired enough to be stuck in the position, and there is Kwame Brown on the other side. Kirilenko's average of 11.6 rebounds per game is already very good, but Kwame Brown's average of [-] rebounds per game... is almost double the difference.

Kwame Brown relied on Rasheed Wallace to block people and grabbed 21 rebounds in three quarters!With 9 points and 21 rebounds in three quarters, he looks like a rebounding idiot.

But because of slippery hands... missed 3 chances to grab offensive rebounds and dunk directly. When he was replaced, his heart would be broken, and he was only one point away from the alternative 20+10!
After the main players left the field, Tony Allen replaced Liu Mang and Jason Terry took Tony Allen, Trevor Ariza, Josh Smith and Muhammad to play.

Tony - Allen came up relying on the world's best physical fitness rushed to the basket dunk, this is his first appearance in the NBA regular season, Ariza is the same, the two are very active.

Liu Mang asked coach Kruger: "Why should they be called back from the Development League? They are not as useful as Keller."

"Those left behind by the screening, Keller now needs playing time. He can go to the Development League to practice more." Coach Kruger replied: "Ace, do you have any suggestions for candidates for the center position?"

Filter left over?That is, to trade?

Who will do the deal?After thinking about it, now the older generation of players are leaving the NBA one after another, the Mesozoic players are the core of each team, the centers are slow to become talented, and the young centers are unreliable. Kwame Brown is the most reliable one.

Liu Mang couldn't think of which one was better for a while, and thought it would be good to have time to think slowly when he went back, or if he saw who was easy to use when playing away games, he suggested suggestions.

Liu Mang was about to think about it, but Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang with anticipation, as if he was expecting Liu Mang to immediately give a choice that could change the weakness of insufficient tonnage inside and weak autonomous attack ability.

Coach Kruger's eyes of "I'm optimistic about you" made Liu Mang embarrassed to say that he hadn't thought of it yet, and said: "Tim Duncan!"

"roll!"

(End of this chapter)