Leaving the shadow of his distant cousin from the Raptors to come to the Magic, McGrady led the Magic to the playoffs in his first season alone last season after not having made the playoffs in four years.

After O'Neal left the Magic, the Magic went from being the strongest team in the Eastern Conference after the Bulls to being weak. Anfernee Hardaway was reimbursed after playing 50 games in the first year after O'Neal left, and never returned after that.

At his peak, he was traded from the Magic to the Suns in 1999, and the Magic completely turned into a loser.

In 2000, the Magic introduced Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady, and also recruited free agent Tim Duncan. Since Duncan signed a rookie contract before the lockout in 1998, it was only for three years, and there was no parent contract stipulated in 1998.

The team gives priority to contract renewal terms, and the Magic are expected to form the Big Three.

At that time, Magic coach Doc Rivers and the Magic boss went to San Antonio to talk to Duncan in detail. Duncan had already agreed to go to the Magic. But when Duncan was about to agree to sign, he asked: When playing away games

Can I take my girlfriend and family on a team charter flight? Air tickets are a bit expensive.

Then Rivers said no.

Then there is no more.

From the newspaper asking if O'Neal was worth 100 million, to not giving Duncan his girlfriend and parents air tickets in 2000, the management of the Magic team is simply amazing!

Rivers's words of "no" are realistic enough.

For the Magic, not only are their operations excellent, they are also extremely lucky. They just signed a six-year, $80 million contract with Grant Hill. Grant Hill was reimbursed for the season after playing four games last season.

In fact, at the beginning, the Magic had McGrady and Grant Hill, and they also wanted to recruit Duncan. This was because at that time, basically no one regarded McGrady as a giant, and they wanted to find the dual core of Grant Hill and Duncan.

, I didn’t expect that not one of them came to reimburse me.

This is probably the only "lucky" thing about McGrady's unlucky year last season, that is, without a star-level teammate, he became the absolute core of the Magic. If Grant Hill was there, McGrady would just change teams.

It was just Pippen, but Grant Hill was reimbursed, and McGrady's talent was revealed.

Averaging 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, Tracy McGrady took over from Carter, an ordinary star who averaged 15 points per game, and became a first-line star in the league. He entered the ranks of superstars and won the Most Improved Award. At the same time, he was on the All-NBA Team.

He surpassed Carter in the second team, and it only took one season to prove that he was better than his distant cousin!

But it is true that Tracy McGrady was unlucky. After last season, Grant Hill recovered from injury. The Magic saw that they had two superstars, and they needed Duncan. Then they made large-scale signings and introduced the best sixth man.

Darrell Armstrong, the Celtics' quasi-first-class point guard Dee Brown, and Mike Miller, the team's weakest rookie of the year drafted in 2000, have also grown up.

Seeing that he is getting ready to start the new season and prepare to overthrow the 76ers... Grant Hill has been reimbursed again.

Dee Brown was also reimbursed.

Championship lineup?

nonexistent.

Originally, the Magic should have fielded a super perimeter combination of Dee Brown, Tracy McGrady, and Grant Hill this season plus two blue-collar insiders, Pat Garrity and John Amici. There might even have been a few more.

A plane ticket can bring Duncan back. There are three levels of substitutes on the bench: Darrell Armstrong, Bo Outlaw, and Mike Miller, as well as the veteran Patrick Ewing. This is basically

It’s the first team in the Eastern Conference!

No matter how weak the Rookie of the Year is, he is still the Rookie of the Year. It is not that easy to average 11 points and 4 rebounds per game in his rookie year...for a rookie in 2000.

If the Magic are the same lineup as they were before Grant Hill and Dee Brown were retired at the end of the season, the Hawks can say they won't play anymore and you can take the victory.

In fact, even the current lineup of Darrell Armstrong, Tracy McGrady, Mike Miller, Pat Garrity, and John Amici is no worse than the Hawks.

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If Kobe was a poisonous snake who could only hide in O'Neal's shadow at the beginning, Carter was a flying dragon who shined in the league right out of the gate, and Iverson was a rebellious lone wolf, then McGrady is like an elf who takes his time and takes things easy.

Putting aside career honors, McGrady is now like the James who Liu Mang saw dominating the Eastern Conference for many years. He does everything tepidly and gets scores, rebounds, and assists casually.

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As the league's top player, Raheem was suppressed in all aspects when facing off against McGrady, but McGrady seemed to have no use at all, scoring 15 points in the first quarter.

Liu Mang looked at Rahim who was being tortured so much that he was in a state of ecstasy. Perhaps he still had to win the game as his first goal. Liu Mang felt a pain in his balls. Speaking of which, Rahim's talent was also top-notch! Why?

Are you this miserable every time you meet a superstar?

If Liu Mang knew what Rahim was thinking, then the Grizzlies, who had trained Rahim into a top star averaging 23 10 3 per game, would not have traded him away and rebuilt.

On the contrary, the rivalry between Jason Terry and Darrell Armstrong is more interesting. The battle between the former Sixth Man of the Year and the future Sixth Man of the Year goes back and forth.

On the inside, both teams are blue-collar players, so they just watch the outside and grab rebounds and defend the basket.

After the first quarter, as the media expected before the game, the Magic had the advantage in all aspects. Even though the Eagles played the entire first quarter, they still trailed the Magic by 6 points, 21-27.

The Hawks have done well in other positions. Jason Terry and Darrell Armstrong, the two players most suitable for playing the sixth man role, are evenly matched in the table. Mike Miller was replaced by Dean Groh.

Husband defended him very well, and Dean Grove also had average organizational skills and scoring ability, but he was also guarded by Mike Miller.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The insiders are all blue-collar and have little offensive performance, so they are half-assed.

As far as McGrady is concerned, the Eagles were completely blown away. Not only did McGrady beat Raheem to death on the offensive end, but he also made Raheem kneel on defense. If Jason Terry hadn't hit three 3s in the first quarter,

points, the Eagles will be miserable!

Coach Kruger was really speechless with Raheem. In the first four games of the season, he was beaten by top players in three of them. In the first game against the Rockets, Francis, whose strength should not be as good as his according to the statistics, was beaten.

Explosion, facing Iverson in the second game...Iverson scored 25 points in a single quarter. The third game was okay. The opponent could not compete with him. He finally got tough and scored 37 points. In the fourth game, he met McGrady.

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Can't you be more angry?

What Coach Kruger is most dissatisfied with about his team is that there is no player who can serve as the absolute core, the kind of person who can lead the team forward.

Raheem is capable, but has no ambition. He will be blown away when he meets a superstar.

Jason Terry has a lot of spirit and strength, but he doesn't have a team spirit. He just does what he does and is easily targeted.

Everyone else... is a role player.

This lineup can win some games and enter the playoffs, but it is too difficult to become a popular team like the boss wants!

To talk about the most popular player on this team now... Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang who was eagerly looking forward to playing. Seeing Liu Mang's shining eyes, it seemed that the most popular player in our team was

This guy, this guy who is now famous all over the United States because of his extremely wretched playing style, this rookie who can always become the x factor, is also his disciple.

After thinking for a while, Coach Kruger made the personnel arrangements for the second quarter: "Ace, Jason, Alan, Ila, Nazr, you come on."

"Got it!" Liu Mang took off his training clothes and started to walk onto the court.

Playing in regular time for two consecutive games means that he has moved from being a water cooler keeper to being a rotation player! There is no room for Liu Mang not to be excited.

Seeing Liu Mang walking onto the court like that, Coach Kruger had a black line on his face: "Ace, come back here!"

"Huh? What's wrong, coach?" Liu Mang asked doubtfully.

"Tactics! I haven't even laid out the tactics yet!" Coach Kruger had a headache. That Liu Mang was so steady in college, what happened now!
Chapter completed!