In the parking lot of a supermarket next to Dinah's school, Liu Mang was waiting for Dinah and Alexia to come out from school. Levia had already driven to the arena by herself.

After such an important game today, no matter whether they win or lose, the Hawks will have a large-scale interview. In addition to the game, there will also be interviews given by the Hawks to the four All-Stars and players who participated in the Rookie Game and the Three-Point Contest.

The public interview session might have been completed in the early morning, and Liu Mang would definitely not be able to send them home. They had to leave first, so Levia drove by herself.

Of course, because it is such an important game, the three girls at home are all basketball fans, and they are also avid fans of Liu Mang, so there is no way they will miss it.

"Use the mid-level superstar value to draw a lottery and specify the star card."

"The host uses the intermediate superstar value to draw a lottery, and specifies a 50% chance of drawing a star card..."

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for getting a rebound card."

"Huh? I haven't gotten this for a long time, so just give it a try and keep pumping!"

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for getting..."

"..."

"..."

After the last lottery, Liu Mang only had a few superstar points left. The items he drew in the four draws were rebound cards, intermediate injury potions, and Eddie House's star cards.

The first two are very good, but the star is a bit lacking.

Liu Mang was hesitating whether to continue drawing. He only had more than 20,000 superstar points left. Although the Timberwolves were an important opponent, they were only in the regular season, and it was basically impossible to encounter them in the playoffs.

But, this could be an MVP fight!

It is not easy to beat the Timberwolves. During the two-day break, the Eagles have been studying how to deal with the Timberwolves. As a result, during the tactical training this morning, the tactics arranged by the coaching staff were... tough!

There really aren't many ways to do it. If you want to use one word to describe the current situation with the three-headed monster, coach Flip Saunders' Timberwolves system can be described as "perfect".

It’s not that Liu Mang has never watched the Timberwolves’ games, but he is not a professional tactical analyst. The reason why academic coaches are more likely to be successful than player coaches is because they use scientific knowledge to analyze tactics, unlike player coaches.

Rely on experience and... chicken soup.

When analyzing the Eagles' team tactics, after a wave of analysis by Coach Kruger, Liu Mang realized how good the Timberwolves' system was. The defensive system built by Garnett and the use of Cassel and Garnett

The offensive system constructed can be described as perfect.

If it weren't for Garnett's teammates being a little inferior, there would only be an All-Star in Cassel and a quasi-All-Star in Madman, mainly because Szczerbiak, another All-Star, played for only one month at the beginning of the season.

Reimburse them, otherwise they will be stronger!

After some analysis by the coaching staff, Liu Mang felt that the Timberwolves were a poor version of the Big Three Celtics!

Only then did Liu Mang understand why Rivers was later called the chicken soup coach. It was because the Celtics' tactics were not thought up by him at all, but were directly copied from the 2004 Timberwolves' tactics.

They just upgraded Sprewell to Ray Allen, Szczerbiak to Pierce, and let Cassell teach Rondo how to control the overall situation. Rivers' role is to replicate this system to the Celtics.

, and then use the chicken soup method he is good at to mobilize the enthusiasm and competitiveness of the players.

Of course, this is also an ability. It is a difficult thing to make players willingly go all out to play. Bringing all players together is also an excellent coaching ability.

Liu Mang felt that Coach Sanders was really good. He recalled that in the summer of 2005, after the Pistons fired Larry Brown, they hired Coach Sanders as their head coach. At that time, everyone thought that the Pistons were going to be doomed, but they didn't expect it.

After Sanders became the head coach, despite the obvious decline in Ben Wallace's all-round ability, he improved the Pistons' record by 10 games, achieving a record of 64 wins, beating the Spurs' 63.

Winning the best record in the history of the Pistons.

The original Pistons lineup is undoubtedly better than the Timberwolves, and it may be better than the Timberwolves now, but Coach Sanders' system has made the Timberwolves very, very strong. The Lakers only tied with the Lakers in the first four games of the playoffs.

The Timberwolves tied the game at 2-2. In the last two games, the Lakers still relied on the OK combination at the top of their game. The two relied on their strength to force singles and split the ball. They only won by 8 points in the two games.

Peak Garnett is scarier than imagined.

But that’s MVP!

It’s a big deal that if the superstar value is gone, it’s a matter of slowly saving up. If you can’t get the MVP, that’s called frustration. It’s the first time you’re so close to the MVP!

Moreover, looking at the more than 47 million rogue points, when the All-Star voting results came out, the rogue points increased a lot. When things happened during the voting period, the rogue points also increased a lot. This was a large-scale publicity in the country, and it made history in winning the All-Stars.

When the person with the highest number of votes was crowned the winner, the imperial court gave him a few seconds of footage before it reached this high point.

However, by the time of the All-Star Weekend, everything was settled, and the rogue value increased slowly, because Liu Mang's limelight had already been out by then.

In addition to the original multi-point superstar value, there are still 20,000 points for winning the All-Star Votes Award.

After the All-Star Weekend, all the strong teams in the league will start to exert their strength. It will become difficult for Liu Mang to attract such high attention. Therefore, winning the MVP has become a goal that Liu Mang must achieve, just in the playoffs.

, the championship, Liu Mang felt that an increase in rogue value of 50 million was not enough!

Liu Mang has a vague feeling that his current teammates may be the best group of teammates in his career!

With a salary cap of just over $50 million, if you want a team to have four All-Stars, an All-Star gem in Rasheed Wallace, and a fringe All-Star in Jason Terry,

It’s really difficult. Rahim will have to break out of his contract to get a bigger contract next season, and it’s time for Liu Mang to get a bigger contract next season too!

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown were traded, the salary cap was exceeded, and then Jason Terry was officially renewed with Bird Rights.

, Jason Terry's salary increased by more than 6 million, and then he signed three rookies and signed with Stockton. The Hawks' salary this season has reached 59 million, which is close to the luxury tax threshold. Let's think about it later.

It’s difficult to have such a group of teammates!

Liu Mang feels that he has to rely more on himself to understand which rookies will be ignored and let the Hawks select them. The history of the league will change because of Liu Mang, but those players who are not optimistic are those who played in college or European leagues, and Liu Mang

It doesn't matter if Mang affects the history of the NBA. If they are not favored, they are not favored. Liu Mang feels that he can enjoy the rookie bonus before he retires, but he also wants to have four teammates with an annual salary of tens of millions or even higher.

You still have to get a maximum salary, and there is basically no next chance except after 2016.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to enjoy the rookie bonus and have such a group of teammates, Liu Mang feels that this season is the best opportunity to launch a challenge for the regular season MVP!

Although the FMVP is also very good, there is still a qualitative gap between the influence and the regular season MVP.

Liu Mang gritted his teeth and smoked! If the superstar value is gone, it will be gone! There are not many opportunities to win the MVP. Don’t you see that Kobe, who is also a rogue player, does not have many opportunities to win the regular season MVP. This kind of thing is really

It’s hard to say!

"Boss of the system, let's have another mid-level superstar value lottery, and it will be a designated star card!"

""The host uses the intermediate superstar value to draw a lottery, and specifies a 50% chance of drawing a star card..."

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for getting the Joe Johnson Peak Star Card."

"Ding... Joe Johnson 06-07 version, ability evaluation 89, three-pointer 79, mid-range shot 97, layup 82, speed 88, strength 83..."

"Fuck!!" Liu Mang didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly!

Modern Jordan!

Then the CIC rating of 97 is too bad!

"06-07 contemporary Jordan... No, what are Johnson's statistics?"

"Ding... Joe Johnson averaged 25 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game in the 2006-07 season, shooting 47% from the field, 29.7% from the three-point range, and 100% from the field.

Forty-nine, 50.5% of the shots from the free throw line, 44% of the shots from long distance, and 49% of the shots from close range.”

"...It's really Jordan. His mid-range shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage...but this mid-range shooting rate is too exaggerated! No wonder he is called the modern Jordan!"

Liu Mang fell into ecstasy!

Happiness comes so suddenly!

"Uncle, uncle..."

Just when Liu Mang was having fun, he suddenly heard the sound of tapping on the car window. He turned around and saw that both Little Lolita and Alexia looked at him like they were idiots.

"Why are you giggling?" Dinah asked speechlessly, "Dina has been calling you for a long time!" the little Loli said dissatisfied.

So embarrassing! Liu Mang was quick to think: "I was thinking we would go to Los Angeles after today's game. By the way, did I laugh...so stupidly just now?"

"Yes, it's silly." Dinah nodded seriously, "If you don't believe me, ask the teacher."

Liu Mang looked at Alexia, who nodded decisively.

"..."

Liu Mang opened the car door. He was so embarrassed this time!

I don’t know if the stupid thing he just did was seen by people passing by. Liu Mang imagined his silly smile, and the image of an idiot emerged in his mind. If this scene was seen and filmed by any reporter, his reputation would be ruined.

Got it!

After Dinah and Alexia got in the car, they quickly closed the windows and stayed away from this place.

"Uncle, Dinah and the teacher have already asked for leave. We will go to Los Angeles tomorrow!" Dinah cheered excitedly in the back row.

"Aida, is it so easy for you to ask for leave?" Liu Mang was a little curious. Is it so easy to ask for leave in American schools?

"It's easy for Dinah to ask for leave. It's not easy for us teachers, but our principal is also a fan of yours, Ace, so it's much more convenient." Alexia said with a smile.

"Do I have such great influence?" Liu Mang didn't expect that he could influence a school principal to approve a leave note!

"Uncle, you don't know, our principal always uses you to encourage the students during the school anniversary! Last time he came to the teacher specifically to ask for your autographed star card!" Dinah looked away from Yourong, as if she was the one who was famous.

"...No wonder Aida, you asked me for an autograph. I thought it was your treasure..." Liu Mang found that he was overthinking.

"Haha, Ace, I see you every day, why do I want your autograph?" Alexia covered her mouth and laughed.

Looking at Alexia who was snickering in the rearview mirror, Liu Mang suddenly had an idea: "...By the way, Aida, why don't you stop being a teacher."

"You support me when I don't work anymore! I have to pay off my credit card next month!" Alexia rolled her eyes.
To be continued...