From today on is the king

Chapter 887 886.29-year-old mentally handicapped youth
It was a pity that Stockton didn't fool Liu Mang into an organizational point guard at the beginning. He thought that no one could truly pass on the mantle, so Stockton still had a little regret.

Although Deron Williams is Sloan's favorite candidate to succeed Stockton, Stockton felt nothing like him after watching the Deron University game.

It is true that he did a good job using the pick-and-roll, but Stockton didn't look down on Deron's shooting efficiency at all.

Deron's shooting talent is indeed mediocre, and he makes more use of his physical strength in playing.

Liu Mang is the most perfect candidate in Stockton's mind to take over his mantle.

But Liu Mang played like a combination of Isaiah Thomas and Jordan. He was "trained" to pass the ball very accurately, but he was so-so in organizing offenses. He liked shooting more than passing.

Originally, Stockton could only choose to work hard to train Calderon, a guy whose physical fitness is far inferior to his, but he didn't expect McGrady to come to his door!
It's a good feeling!

McGrady's talent is great, whether it's shooting talent or passing talent, they are very good. Stockton pointed out several elements of passing to McGrady in the summer. McGrady relied on one summer to train his passing accuracy to the top level. He averaged 11.6 assists and only 3.7 turnovers per game, exceeding the assist-to-turnover ratio of 3 to 1.

McGrady's talent is so good, he can learn everything quickly, but McGrady lacks the consciousness of a real organizer.

On the one hand, this awareness is talent, but more importantly, it is the encounter after entering the NBA.

McGrady had nothing to do with the core of the playmaker when he entered the NBA. In his rookie year, he had point guard Momo Stoudemire who averaged 8+ assists per game. In the second grade, Carter and Damon Stoudemire almost occupied the ball. In the third year, McGrady was the core of the Raptors' perimeter defense and had nothing to do with the ball.

McGrady originally wanted to be Pippen for Hill in the Magic, but as a result, Hill was reimbursed and could only take on the heavy responsibility of scoring, and his assists could only break through the ball. It is impossible to win the scoring champion and organize the offense like Stockton. McGrady's assists have always looked good during the Magic period, but most of them are simple and direct breakthroughs.

For pure breakthrough and scoring, if your teammates are the main shooters and your own breakthrough is too strong, then you can be like James.

When an organizer and a passer need to see different things, it is enough for the passer to send the ball to his teammates, while the organizer is not only responsible for the offensive pass, but also has to predict the opponent's defense, predict the teammate's running position and...see through the opponent's offensive running position like Rajon Rondo, and direct his teammates to defend the position.

Stockon recognizes McGrady's talent. Whether it is shooting or passing the ball, he has learned very well. He has more than 20.00%of the mid-range shooting rate so far. From a three-pointer from 02%of the Raptors, he scored a three-pointer of 03%of the 30.00-[-] season of the magic team. The talent is too good. Keton does not care about this, he is only responsible for teaching, and how much he can learn is McGrady's own ability.

Talented apprentices, to be able to fool one is a...

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McGrady followed Stockton to learn to organize the offense and put it on the agenda, and the Hawks' tough mid-season regular season schedule continued.

By 10 a.m., the Eagles held a team meeting to prepare for the night's game against the Spurs, followed by tactical practice in the afternoon.

The starting lineup of three chariots Garnestrović, Robert Horry, Bunch Wells and Brent Barry, two summer players to make up for the habitual dislocation of Bowen's ankle joint, the small forward position, as well as Bowen who can play more than 10 minutes, and rookie point guard Benno Udry with a 40.00% three-point shooting rate, Devin Brown, who was undrafted in the 02 draft, and the 03 contract year. Malik Rose, who cheated the Spurs, and Glenn Robinson, the big dog who was re-signed by the Spurs with a minimum salary...

When Liu Mang saw the Spurs' 12-man roster, he was about to vomit blood!
Should the lineup explode like this!
The key is that Liu Mang calculated the salary of the Spurs. With such a lineup, the salary is 4700 million dollars... It is more than 300 million dollars from the salary cap...

In addition to Bunch Wells' annual salary of $700 million, Barry, Big Dog, and Devin Brown signed by the Spurs in the summer all have a basic salary. The starting small forward Horry is also a veteran's basic salary, and rookie Udrih's salary is $80...

Liu Mang saw that the Spurs and his side seemed to be two extremes, but they came to the same goal by different routes. His side was taking advantage of the rookie bonus, while the Spurs picked up a large group of veterans who wanted to win the championship when they were still capable at the end of their careers.

Of course, the Spurs are more ruthless and can make players’ contracts smaller. They will never give more than 100 million. Except for Duncan’s maximum salary, the Spurs only have Ginobili, Nesterovic, Malik Rose, and Bunch Wells. Space, spent more than 150 million in one breath in the summer, and signed many high-quality role players.

Seeing the salary space of the Spurs, Liu Mang thought of the Lakers. They should have survived the middle-class trap after finishing last season, but the core lineup has collapsed.

Seeing the lineup of the Spurs, Liu Mang gave up hope that the Suns could kill the Spurs in the playoffs. Popovich is the kind of chef who cooks with ingredients. Such a lineup is no worse than before Bowen was injured, and may be even stronger!

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At 20:[-] p.m., the first meeting of the season between the Hawks and the Spurs was [-] minutes away.

The Eagles players played first, and the Spurs fans were very enthusiastic about the Eagles. They booed every player enthusiastically, especially when Liu Mang played, the boos exploded.

Liu Mang listened to the fans booing him after he played, and couldn't help buttoning his ears, earwax was about to come out.

Although it was Bowen who wanted to abolish Liu Mang and caused him to be abolished. When the incident happened, the fans were ashamed of Bowen's behavior and did not boo Liu Mang. However, the Spurs were beaten by the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals last year, which was directly related to Bowen's injury.

When the Spurs players came out, cheers resounded through the audience.

After Duncan appeared last, Liu Reck stared at Duncan for a long time. Duncan felt Liu Reck's eyes and smiled at Liu Reck...

"Fuck!" Liu Mang was startled when he saw Duncan's smile!
Duncan now has a short beard and long hair, which looks like he is full of hair... I won't talk about it, the key is the smile, it's so evil!

Where is the referee?Liu Mang looked at referee Joey Crawford, who was chatting with Coach Kruger and Coach Popovich, call this guy a technical foul!

Duncan's smile was so magical that Liu Mang shuddered. Just as he was about to ask Ginobili and Parker if their boss had lost his head, he saw Duncan asking the staff for two balls, holding one in each hand, and then walked towards him bouncingly.

That's right, it just jumped and jumped, like a hairy monster who is about to turn 29 years old, walked up to Liu Mang.

"Ace, here are your balls. You don't have enough balls to train the five of you." Duncan gave Liu Mang two balls.

Liu Mang looked at the basket next to his side, the Spurs only conceded three goals at home, so stingy!Drunk their Gatorade in no time!

However, what is the meaning of Duncan's behavior like a 29-year-old youth with immature mental development?Liu Mang didn't know what to say, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Thank you."

Hearing what Liu Mang said, Duncan turned around contentedly... and walked back bouncing back, because he didn't hold the ball in his hand, he waved his hands following the beating rhythm...

Liu Mang even forgot to go to Ginobili and Parker to catch up with each other.

Liu Mang threw a ball on the ground and began to practice shooting. He wanted to take it easy, that guy just now was too weird.

On the other side, seeing Duncan's strange behavior just now and Liu Mang's stunned expression, Ginobili gritted his teeth and was speechless.

In such a team, he felt that everything was normal. Even if Duncan saw Liu Mang "falling ill" again today, he felt normal.

Ginobili doesn't care about this anymore. He cares more about his hair volume now. When he washed his hair recently, he grabbed a handful of hair...

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The game is about to start. Liu Mang looked at the system tasks. There are two tasks related to the Spurs. One is "The Future Is Mine" in the King's Landing series of tasks. They will win against Duncan in the playoffs.

The other is related to Ginobili. If he can beat Ginobili in the finals, he can get Ginobili's peak star card again.

The Spurs are different from the Suns. Although the Spurs have a lot of reinforcements, the core is still a troika. The Eagles are already familiar with the Spurs, but this time the Spurs don't understand their current lineup. Liu Mang feels that his side has a slight advantage.

You must win to play against the Spurs, which is different from playing against the Suns because the opponent is only a regular-season team. Liu Mang must win against the Spurs to establish a psychological advantage for the finals!
In the tactical training before the game, he had already made full preparations for the game against the Spurs. The focus of dealing with the Spurs was Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and McGrady’s mid-range shots, but Liu Mang felt that it was not enough. He thought of Duncan’s smile, and suddenly thought of Rasheed Wallace, and immediately called Rasheed Wallace aside...

(End of this chapter)