Liu Mang knew that when Malone joined the Lakers, he thought that the pursuit of Stockton was going to be cold, but he didn't expect to receive a call from Coach Kruger in his excitement, although the signal was really poor enough, and it cost money to answer the phone, and it was so expensive that it was so expensive that Liu Mang's heart ached, but when he heard that Stockton was coming, Liu Mang didn't care about the expensive international roaming fees, and I heard that it was not collected by the company in the United States, but by the domestic motionless collection, because it was a borrowed motionless base station.

Coach Kruger is much more excited about Stockton joining than Rasheed Wallace joining, and now Coach Kruger is still suspicious of Rasheed Wallace, especially Rasheed Wallace said in an interview in Portland that he would not play center to death, after coming to Atlanta, Rasheed Wallace didn't stay long before he went back to Portland to find his wife to prepare to move, and he will not return to Atlanta for a while, and the team has no power to restrict what the players do in the offseason, The salary they give is only what the player will pay during the season.

And Liu Mang forgot to tell the coaching staff what he said in the last meeting with Rashid Wallace......

There are beauties and cute little Lori to travel together, and they have also been joined by strong reinforcements, Liu Mang feels that the last few days of Meizizi's travel time will be more beautiful, even if there are still a few days before the cruel summer training time begins, you can't even lose the training during the publicity period, but now let's play happily for a few days!

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Stockton doesn't want to join a team that was once a direct competitor, and he doesn't want to be the one who hugs his thighs, maybe the Lakers don't mean that, but Stockton seems to mean that.

The Lakers' salary to Payton is mid-class, and he was also one of the best point guards in the 90s, but the salary to Stockton is the base salary.

Does Stockton care about that money? Yes, this is a matter of face, and I care a lot.

If the price is high, it looks like the main force, and if the price is low, it looks like hugging the thighs.

If there is only one point guard who joins Peyton, and there is no Stockton, then Payton will also be regarded as holding a thigh, but if Payton and Stockton join together, then it is estimated that only Stockton and Malone will be regarded as holding a thigh.

Originally, Stockton only wanted to stay with the Jazz, and if Malone left, he would retire.

This was Stockton's thoughts before Liu Mang went to invite him at the beginning of the month.

But after Liu Mang invited him, Stockton's mind changed a little, but not to the point where he was tempted enough.

At this time, Stockton's idea was that if Malone chose to join the Eagles and assist Liu Mang, Stockton would be quite acceptable, although he was already very open-minded, but it was not bad to win a championship before retiring.

But Malone chose to go to the Lakers, and Stockton's first thought was to retire.

However, the head coach of the Hawks visited the door in person before, or twice, which made Stockton feel the respect of the Hawks, not the feeling of the Lakers that you come and I give you a thigh hug, but really invited him to the town, two completely different attitudes, which made Stockton tempted.

After receiving the news of Stockton's confirmed signing, the Hawks officially announced the news, adding fuel to the fire for next season's season ticket sales.

Stockton did not follow Malone to Los Angeles, nor did he stay in Salt Lake City, nor did he choose to retire, but joined the Hawks, who were about to fall into "chaos" again, which really stunned fans.

Although it is only the Hawks who announced Stockton's joining and has not officially signed a contract yet, the Hawks will not joke about this kind of thing, it is definitely that Stockton has agreed to join the Hawks, and the older generation of players are all good-looking, and they will not regret what they say.

So, this summer's changes in the NBA have made basketball fans feel like they're collapsing.

First, Payton took a pay cut to hug his thigh, Malone followed to hug his thigh, and then Stockton left Atlanta, mainly because of the Lakers' Big Four.

Some fans are already looking forward to it, if the Hawks really cross the Nets to reach the Finals, and the two teams play the Finals respectively, if it is put five or even ten years ago, it is something that fans dare not imagine at all.

As for whether the Lakers can make the playoffs...... In the eyes of fans, is there still suspense about the Lakers championship? The Big Four are invincible!

On the Chinese side, the Lakers' Big Four have been nicknamed F4 by the funny nickname.

Whether it is China or the United States, the media, fans, all regard next season's championship as the Lakers' bag, although the little blacksmith has just been summoned by the court in Colorado, he was sued, and was terminated by Adi, but this is ultimately a matter that can be settled by money for NBA players, Nike is not afraid, and decisively gave firepower support and sent a sneaker contract.

In people's eyes, the Lakers winning the championship is a sure thing.

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This side of the Las Vegas Summer League.

Kwame Brown was a joy when he came to the Hawks, especially when he played in the summer league, he was so happy that he was much better than the players who were still struggling to get into the NBA, and every time he couldn't defend the opponent or blocked the opponent, Mike Woodson would applaud next to him.

Although he occasionally has a crippled hand, grabbing a rebound and wanting to dunk and fly away, the coach and teammates did not scold him, and a "veteran" player like Prince, who has played for a year, will come up and pat him on the shoulder to comfort him, which makes Kwame Brown feel the warmth that he has never felt since entering the NBA.

In the first two years of Kwame Brown's original career, under Jordan's angry scolding, his performance was extremely bad, and after Jordan was swept away by the Wizards, how did the Wizards management look at how unhappy the parallel goods selected by Jordan, and they didn't give him much room for training, so they used him as a strong meat shield, but they also had a training goal, and after the rookie contract was completed, he was also trained into an interior defensive warrior with excellent single defense ability.

A 23-year-old player who doesn't think about offense and only needs to be responsible for defense is strong enough to become a champion player, although it is basically impossible to develop offense at this age, but no matter how you look at it, he has the potential to become a top defensive giant, so the Lakers traded him over and gave him a big contract of 25 million for 3 years.

But the Lakers have a little blacksmith who may be even more paranoid than Jordan......

The first seven years of Kwame Brown's career were basically the same as playing in purgatory, and by the time he completely left the two gods of Jordan and Kobe, he was already 26 years old, and he didn't know anything except single defense and card position.

But now that he's just turned 21, he doesn't count on him on the offensive end, as long as he can learn to eat cakes, as long as he digs out his defensive talent, Liu Mang and the Hawks don't expect Kwame Brown to become a superstar, and he can top it up when Latliff needs a long rest.

Kwame Brown probably didn't know that the smiling assistant Mike Woodson gave his offense a D', which is the worst......

Before Liu Mang left, he suggested to his teammates and the coaching staff a small way to cultivate Kwame Brown, which is to encourage him, praise him when he performs well, and when he makes mistakes, don't point at him with a fierce face, but comfort him, and then point out his problems.

Let Kwame Brown feel the warmth of his own team first, make him a little confident, and then slowly remedy his death...... No, it's slowly cultivating his ability, he's only 21 years old, and the defensive big center can still be cultivated well.

The Hawks don't want Kwame Brown to do Ratliffe's job right away, Ruatrick is the league's top three defensive center, how can he play his role by any person, but Kwame Brown's physical fitness and defensive awareness do have the potential to be cultivated towards Rutliffe's successor.

Coach Prince and Mike Woodson are the two people who have been specifically told to encourage Kwame Brown.

Originally, ordinary sophomores were supposed to play in the summer league, and they were not rookies like Liu Mang who had 20+ rookies in their rookie seasons, so Prince was called to take the two rookies he had just selected to play in the summer league to adapt to the rules of the NBA.

Boozer is a family matter, so the team also accommodated him to go back to his hometown to take care of his daughter, although Atlanta's medical level is also very high, but because Boozer was selected in the first round this time, there is a four-year fully guaranteed rookie contract, so he got a large loan from the bank before the rookie season started, he did not take his daughter to the United States, but let her continue to be treated in Germany, Germany's medical level is no worse than the medical level of the top cities in the United States, he has to play all day long, and his family can help take care of his daughter.

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A few more days later, on July 21st, the team's recruitment was going well, and the summer league adjustment of Kwame Brown was slowly underway.

Liu Mang and his entourage returned to their hometown on the 20th, said goodbye to their parents, stayed for one night and got together, and took a flight to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii at noon the next day, where there was a fixed resort hotel and a rented basketball hall, Liu Mang's place to resume training was set here, and the personal coach was also invited, and the new shooting coach of the team sent by the coaching staff, Chip England, was also waiting for Liu Mang here, while on vacation, while guiding Liu Mang's shooting training.

The 15-day publicity plan that Liu Mang started on August 1 also started from Hawaii, a tourist archipelago with a very high flow of traffic, and then went to the island countries, South Korea, Singapore, and finally the six most important stops were in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Xi'an in China.

The happy travel time has passed, after Liu Mang arrived in Hawaii, he began his training journey of torturing himself, and could only watch two big and one small beauties go to the beach to play, and go to the basketball gym by himself, under the guidance of Mark Madsen, the "physical personal trainer" who was just sold to the Timberwolves by the Lakers as a scapegoat like Horry, and the team's new shooting coach Chip England, began hellish training.

Just the next morning after Liu Mang arrived in Hawaii and met up with Mark Madsen and Chip England for a night in the hotel, Liu Mang woke up early in the morning, and was just about to wash up and go out for a run to recover the feeling of training, and the system panel jumped out by itself!

"Ding...... The upgrade of some templates of the system has been completed, and the upgrade of the superstar value lottery template, basketball template, hooligan value lottery template, and training system template has been completed, please pay attention to the host. ”

Liu Mang just woke up and was about to wash his face and rinse his mouth and go out, but he was startled by the system panel that jumped out!

Liu Mang looked at the system panel when it opened, and the regular screen showing his personal ability evaluation did not change much, what did he upgrade?

Liu Mang casually opened the lottery template, and what popped up was the introduction, and after reading the introduction, Liu Mang's sentence seemed to be surprised and sad, and the "slot" resounded in the room......

At five o'clock in the morning, several beauties next door to the suite were woken up one after another, and then angrily scolded Liu Mang's English name and killed Liu Mang's room violently......