It was a pity for Stockton that he did not trick Liu Mang into becoming an organizational point guard. He originally thought that no one could truly inherit the mantle, so Stockton was a little regretful.

Although Deron Williams was Sloan's favorite candidate to succeed Stockton, Stockton felt that he looked nothing like him after watching Deron University play.

It is true that he did an excellent job using pick-and-rolls, but Stockton didn't look down on Deron's shooting efficiency at all.

Deron's shooting talent is indeed average, and he uses his physical strength more to play.

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

However, Liu Mang played like a combination of Isaiah Thomas and Jordan. His passing was "practiced" very accurately, but his offense was average, and he loved shooting more than passing.

Originally, Stockton could only choose to work hard to train Calderon, a guy whose physical fitness is far inferior to him. Unexpectedly, McGrady himself came to the door!

This feeling is good!

McGrady's talent is so good, whether it is shooting talent or passing talent, he is very good. Stockton pointed out several elements of passing to McGrady in the summer. McGrady just relied on a summer to practice his passing accuracy.

At the top level, he averaged 11.6 assists and only 3.7 turnovers per game, with an assist-to-turnover ratio of over 3:1.

McGrady's talent is so good that 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 experience after entering the NBA.

McGrady had nothing to do with the playmaker from the beginning when he entered the NBA. In his rookie year, he had point guard Stoudemire who averaged 8 assists per game. Since his second year, Carter and Damon Stoudemire have almost occupied all the ball rights.

, third-year McGrady is the core of the Raptors' perimeter defense and has nothing to do with ball possession.

When McGrady came to the Magic, he originally wanted to play Pippen for Hill, but Hill was reimbursed and could only shoulder the heavy responsibility of scoring, and assists could only break through and score. If he wanted to win the scoring title, he could also organize the offense like Stockton.

It's impossible. McGrady's assist numbers have always looked very good during the Magic period, but most of them were simple and direct breakthrough points.

For pure breakthrough and distribution, if your teammates are mainly shooters and your breakthrough is too strong, then you can be like James. The effect of breakthrough and distribution is very good, but if your teammates' shooting is average, the effect will not be very good. It is like looking at the sky.

Have a meal.

When an organizer and a passer need to see different things, it is enough for the passer to deliver the ball to his teammates, while the organizer is not only responsible for the offensive pass, but also has to predict the opponent

Defend, anticipate teammates' movements and... see through the opponent's offensive movements like Rajon Rondo, and direct teammates' defensive positions.

Stockton recognizes McGrady's talent very much. He is very good at shooting and passing. His mid-range shooting percentage has exceeded 40% in his career so far. His three-point shooting percentage has increased from more than 20% during the Raptors period.

In the 2002-03 season when the Magic won the scoring title, they shot 38% from three-point range. The talent is so good. As for whether McGrady can learn how to truly organize an offense... Stockton doesn't care about this.

He is only responsible for teaching. How much he can learn is up to McGrady.

A disciple with good talent can fool anyone...

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McGrady is on the agenda to learn how to organize offense with Stockton, and the Hawks' tough mid-regular season schedule continues.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Hawks held a team meeting to prepare for the Spurs game in the evening. There was also tactical training in the afternoon.

The troika of Ganestrovich, Robert Horry's lineup, as well as Bunch Wells and Brent Barry, the small forwards who have been reinforced in the past two summers to compensate for Bowen's habitual ankle dislocation.

Position players, as well as Bowen who can play more than 10 minutes, rookie point guard Benno Udrih who shoots 40% from three-point range, 2002 undrafted Devin Brown, and 2003 contract year who is very good

Malik Rose, who helped the Spurs win the championship and spent 6 years with the full mid-level salary, cheating the Spurs, and Glenn Robinson, the big dog who was re-signed by the Spurs with a minimum salary...

Liu Mang was about to vomit blood when he saw the Spurs' 12-man roster!

Do you want the lineup to be so explosive?

The key is that Liu Mang calculated the Spurs' salary. With such a lineup, the salary is 47 million U.S. dollars... which is more than 3 million dollars away from the salary cap...

In addition to Bunch Wells’ annual salary of US$7 million, the Spurs signed Barry, Big Dog, and Devin Brown in the summer with a minimum salary. Small forward Horry also received a veteran’s basic salary, and rookie Udrih’s salary was US$800,000.

knife……

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

Of course, the Spurs are more ruthless and can make players' contracts smaller. They will never pay more than 1 million. Except for Duncan, who has the maximum salary, the Spurs only have Ginobili, Nesterovich, Malik Rose, and Bunch Wei.

The contracts of the four of them have reached the middle-class level or slightly above the middle-class level. They have overcome the middle-class trap of last season's Robert Horry, Ron Moser and Bowen. They signed Horry with a minimum salary and signed Bowen with a minimum salary.

After Wen signed a 1.5 million contract, the Spurs had a lot of salary space. They spent more than 10 million in the summer and signed many high-quality role players.

Seeing the Spurs' salary space, Liu Mang thought of the Lakers. They were supposed to survive the mid-level trap after last season, but the core lineup had collapsed.

Seeing the Spurs' lineup, Liu Mang no longer has any hope that the Suns can defeat the Spurs in the playoffs. Popovich is the kind of chef who can cook whatever ingredients he has. With such a lineup, no one can be more injured than Bowen.

No matter how bad it is, it may be even stronger!

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At 7:10 p.m., the first meeting between the Hawks and Spurs this season was about to begin in 20 minutes.

The Eagles players came out first. The Spurs fans were very enthusiastic about the Eagles and gave every player enthusiastic boos. Especially when Liu Mang came on the stage, the crowd was filled with boos.

After Liu Mang appeared on the stage, he heard the fans booing him and couldn't help but lick his ears, and the earwax almost came out.

Although it was Bowen's desire to depose Liu Mang that led to him being deposed. When it 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, and Bowen was injured.

There is a direct relationship, otherwise at least the two teams would be evenly matched. Anyway, that's what Spurs fans think. They believe that Liu Mang was entirely responsible for their failure to defend the title last season.

When the Spurs players came out, cheers filled the audience.

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

"Fuck!" Liu Mang was shocked when he saw Duncan's smile!

Duncan now has a short beard, and his hair is relatively long, and it looks like his head is full of hair... I won't say it anymore, but the key is that smile, it's so evil!

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

Duncan's smile was so magical that it made Liu Mang shudder. Just as he was about to go to Ginobili and Parker to ask if their boss had a brain problem, he saw Duncan asking the staff for two balls.

, holding one in each hand, and then jumped towards him.

That's right, he jumped up and down like a hairy-headed monster who was about to turn 29 and walked up to Liu Mang.

"Ace, here are the balls for you. You have too few balls, not enough for the five of you to train." Duncan gave the two balls to Liu Mang.

Liu Mang looked at the basket next to his side and the Spurs only gave three goals at home. How stingy! He drank up all their Gatorade in a while!

However, what does Duncan mean by behaving like a 29-year-old young man with mental retardation? Liu Mang didn't know what to say, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Thank you."

When Duncan heard Liu Mang's words, he turned around with satisfaction... He jumped back and walked back. Since he didn't have the ball in his hand, his hands moved with the beating rhythm...

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

Liu Mang threw a ball on the ground and started practicing shooting. He wanted to slow down because the guy just now was too weird.

On the other side, Ginobili, who saw Duncan's strange behavior just now and Liu Mang's dumbfounded expression, bit his braces and had nothing to say.

In such a team, he felt everything was normal. Even if Duncan saw Liu Mang "get sick" again today, he felt it was normal.

Ginobili no longer cares about this aspect. He is now more concerned about his hair volume. When he washed his hair recently, he picked up a handful of hair...

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The game was about to start. Liu Mang looked at the system tasks. There were two tasks related to the Spurs. One was "The future is mine" in the Reign series of tasks, which was to win against Duncan in the playoffs.

The other one is related to Ginobili. If you defeat Ginobili in the finals, you 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 the troika. The Eagles are already very familiar with the Spurs. On the contrary, this time the Spurs do not understand their current lineup. Liu Mang feels that he

There is a slight advantage here.

He must win against the Spurs, which is different from the Suns because the other team is only a regular season team and can be beaten. Liu Mang must win against the Spurs to lay a psychological advantage for the finals!

In the pre-game tactical training, I had made full preparations for the game against the Spurs. The key points to deal with the Spurs were Liu Mang, Jason Terry, and Tracy McGrady's mid-range shots, but Liu Mang felt that it was not enough. He thought of
Chapter completed!