The training camp of each team is in full swing, and the Eagles have started the training of tactical coordination early, and the training is always very harmonious, and the practice of tactical running is much simpler than playing the game, plus the new Maddie and Iguodala two ball control players, both of whom are players with high ball intelligence, so it is going well.

In particular, Maddie's every tactic only needs one or two practices, and it looks like he has been fighting for many years, which makes people jealous and excited.

In terms of double cooperation, Liu Mang and Maddie's passing and receiving coordination is too easy and smooth.

Tony Allen and Ariza mainly practice empty three-pointers in the bottom corner, and the two can have room to play on the offensive end, which is these two points, and the two may not be able to play too much.

On the other hand, Vallejo and Josh Smith, two rookies on the inside, have more training on the defensive end in order to compete for the second substitute on the inside, and it seems that Vallejo is more powerful, but Josh Smith's physical fitness has made him more dominant in the Hawks' obvious emphasis on offensive play this year, and he may get more opportunities to play.

In the past summer, in addition to the basketball side of the Olympic Games, the United States team was defeated in a row, which started the world basketball boom, and there were many changes in the NBA, first of all, the Bobcats joined the NBA, and the Hornets were officially divided into the West.

The most significant change in the NBA was the unanimous decision of the management of 30 teams to cancel HandCheck, which is the beginning of the NO-HandCheck era.

The so-called HandCheck, which is outside the free throw line, can be used to prevent the opponent from holding the ball, giving the outside players a great limit on scoring, making Pat Riley's iron-blooded style popular in the entire NBA, the defensive intensity is increasing year by year, and the league's average points per game have plummeted, and last season, only the Hawks, Mavericks, and Kings scored more than 100 points in the NBA, and three teams scored less than 80 points per game, setting a new low in NBA history with average points per game.

Now that HandCheck has been abolished, it has been greatly weakened in terms of defending the perimeter, and the area extending from the free throw line can no longer use the hand to block the ball's waist and perform pulling defensive movements as before.

However, this change, many teams have not noticed, the outside line has become easy, not a breakthrough, those breakthrough masters actually do not care about whether to pull them or not, most of the team's coaches and management have not noticed, cancel HandCheck, the biggest benefit is the three-point shooter.

With Liu Mang's suggestion, the Eagles have begun to develop in this direction before most teams have paid attention to this.

The Hawks' training camp this season is still dominated by various tactical changes in positional battles, and at the same time strengthens the three-point shooting scene in the tactics.

But the main direction of development is the defensive counterattack under the basket, so Josh Smith's physical talent and Vallejo's rebounding ability are very important parts of the bench inside.

As early as after the selection of five rookies, Tony Allen, Ariza, Iguodala, as well as Calderon and Korver on the former guard line, all focused on practicing three-pointers, and Iguodala had been training with Chip England with several rookies before going to Los Angeles to train with Liu Mang and Maddy.

The Eagles' training camp was in full swing......

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As the training camp goes by day and gets closer to the start of the pre-season, the new season is about to begin!

Player rankings and team rankings have been published on major websites and newspapers.

The Eagles players are also very concerned about the team rankings and the player power rankings.

In terms of team rankings, the most authoritative sports illustrated and ESPN in this area are rarely the same in terms of rankings in the top 10.

As the defending champions, the Hawks are not as unpopular as the Spurs, and according to the convention, they are ranked first in the team power rankings.

The Timberwolves, who made it to the Western Conference finals last season and have a three-headed monster, are ranked second.

The Spurs are in third place and the Nets are in fourth.

The Heat, who got Shaq O'Neal in the offseason, jumped from 14th at the end of last season to fifth in the league with Wade and Eddie Jones on the team.

The Kings were ranked sixth, the Mavericks seventh, the Pistons eighth, the SuperSonics who got Francis ranked ninth, and the Rockets eighth.

The Lakers, who were originally ranked first in the team's power rankings for a long time last season, were only ranked twelfth this season.

In terms of player power rankings and Sports Illustrated, Garnett is ranked first, Duncan is second, Maddie is third, Kobe is fourth, O'Neal is fifth, Liu Mang is sixth, Iverson is seventh, Kidd and Carter are both in the top ten, eighth and ninth, and Raheem is ranked tenth.

In terms of ESPN, Maddie is ranked first, because because he came to play on a strong team, the performance will definitely be different, Duncan is second, Garnett is third, O'Neal is fourth, Kobe Bryant has been unpopular in ESPN's rankings, being ranked fifth, Liu Mang is still sixth, Iverson is seventh, Carter is eighth, and Raheem is ninth.

In terms of the top nine, although the rankings are different, the two most authoritative media, the top nine candidates announced, are all those people, but tenth, the problem comes.

Last season's Rookie of the Year LeBron James, ESPN ranked James at No. 10!

Kidd was squeezed out of ten! And it's twelfth! Whether it is Sports Illustrated or ESPN, Yao Ming is ranked eleventh.

Obviously, ESPN's ranking has received more attention, and it is too topical!

Since the last NBA shutdown, there has never been a sophomore in the top 10 of the power rankings, and James is the first!

Liu Mang's rookie season was so good, in the second grade, he was only ranked fifteenth, and James was actually ranked tenth, overpowering Yao Ming, who was just selected for the third team last season and had just turned 24, which immediately sparked heated discussions.

Before the last shutdown, this situation was very common, because in the 90s, there were still a large number of players who entered the NBA after their junior or senior year, like Duncan, but after the shutdown, a large number of freshmen and high school students entered the NBA, although the talent of the rookie has not decreased much, but there are fewer and fewer high-pick rookies who can cash in on their talents. Many rookies have directly changed from "children" to pillars of urban basketball, and those with poor mental endurance have collapsed directly.

On the Hawks' side, on October 7, the last morning of training camp, they came to Phillips Arena early together in order to see the top 20 players in the final list announced by the two major media at 9 o'clock in the morning.

As for the team's power list, the Hawks players don't have to think about it to know that it is the first, the defending champion is not the first, the situation is rare, the Bulls after the shutdown have all the core run out, and last season the Spurs met the Lakers to form the Big Four, which was purely bloody.

There was no superteam born this summer, and although the Hawks split the roster, they brought in Maddie, and it was only natural that they were in first place.

The Eagles' players care about the power rankings.

Among the rookies drafted by the Hawks, Iguodala ranked 67th, the other four failed to make the top 100, Muhammad ranked 60th, and Kevin Willis ...... Four hundred and fifteen.

The Eagles' five starters plus the sixth man all finished in the top 30, Kwame Brown was 29th, Prince was 27th, and Jason Terry was ranked 23rd, which was already determined.

Only Liu Mang, Maddie, and Rashid Wallace have not yet been confirmed.

In the end, Rashid Wallace finished sixteenth, and he was personally happy with the ranking, which was much better than the previous years' top 20s.

When Liu Mang and Maddie's rankings were announced, everyone was congratulating Maddie.

"We have the best team in the league! Congratulations, Tracy. "Jason Terry was a little unhappy that he wasn't in the top 20, but his congratulations to his teammates were genuine, and like those rookies, he ignored them.

"Hahahaha...... I'm just lucky, they think I can play well after I come to the team, it's all because you teammates are amazing......" Maddie was also overjoyed, he never thought that he could be in the top three on the two most authoritative lists, ESPN directly ranked him first!

Looking at Maddie, who was cheap and well-behaved, Liu Mang ignored this guy, it was so infuriating, he became the first in combat power when he first came, where to put the master? Don't pass the ball to this guy...... It seems that this year is Maddie's core strategy, don't give this guy an assist! Cast it yourself!

However, what Liu Mang cares about is not the combat power ranking, but the team ranking.

"Nobody ranks the Suns in the top 10?" Liu Mang knows why the Suns are so memorable, in addition to their good play, and before Nash joined the Suns, they were not favored at all, and they all felt that the team was just a group of data brushes, and the explosion without any expectations was the most memorable.

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The Eagles are ranked first in the power rankings, and there are not many fans who are dissatisfied, the defending champion, there is not much wrong with Maddie being ranked in the top three, after joining the Eagles, if the Eagles continue to maintain their previous records, Maddie's strength is already strong, and there is no big problem in the player rankings to improve by the team's strength.

Of course, it's a bit of a big problem to be in the first place, but what, James's side is tenth! That's a big problem!

Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Marbury, Peja, Ray Allen, Stoudemire, Marion, O'Neal Jr., Artest, Ben Wallace...... A whole bunch of first-class or top-notch stars are starting to hold a grudge against James!

Like Maddie and Liu Mang, who are determined to enter the top ten, they enter the top ten, even if Maddie is first, it is only a controversy.

But ESPN ranked James in the top 10, which is to pull hatred for James!

Moreover, even neutral fans feel that this ranking is a bit too unreasonable.

Liu Mang's side, seeing many stars criticizing ESPN and James, and seeing the displeasure of fans on the Internet towards ESPN and James, Liu Mang took a moment of silence for Xiao Zhan Zhan, he knew that this was ESPN and the league creating a topic for James and pushing him to the topic, which is a means of star-making movement.

However, James' Cavaliers team does not have the strength to support James in the top ten.

"Poor little Lebang, come on." Liu Mang looked at the posts in the online forum and laughed for a long time, felt sorry for James for a few seconds, and laughed for more than ten minutes.

Liu Mang doesn't think there is any problem with James's strength being in the top ten next season, at the time of the Olympic Games, James' ability evaluation has reached 87, and at the end of training together, it is already 89, but 89 to 90 is a hurdle, but Liu Mang believes that with James's talent, he will definitely be able to break through to the top stars before the end of this season.

But in terms of James' performance last season and the team's record, he is 100% not in the top ten, and ranking sixteen or seventeen like Sports Illustrated is based on talent.

Liu Mang turned off the computer and packed up his things, went to the airport to prepare to fly to Miami with the team, the throne of the East was finally obtained, and there was such a challenger as the Heat, Liu Mang felt so stressed, there were fat people and big cheeks waiting there, and the preseason was coming.