In the imperial capital of the United States, there is a Mesozoic leader who has occupied the top of the scoring list for more than two months and is about to cry......

After Liu Mang scored 56 points, his average score per game increased to 29.9 points, 0.5 points away from the average of 30.4 points per game at the top of the scoring list......

Some media are ridiculing that the Hawks made a trade about Wade mainly because Liu Mang did not win the scoring title last year, and they want to help Liu Mang "create" another opportunity to win the scoring title.

Liu Mang is only second in the scoring list now, but because of the current situation, people have regarded Liu Mang as the top scorer......

Kobe Bryant is actively cooperating with the four towers, James has Chandler and Peja, and he doesn't need to compete for the scoring title, he has not been interested in that, Wade is reimbursed, Carter is more than stable, and the explosiveness is insufficient, Iverson and Maddy have transformed for their own reasons, Raheem, Stoudemire, Joe Johnson are all scoring masters, but the distance from the scoring champion is ......

Liu Mang's only competitor is Arenas, fans saw Arenas and Liu Mang compete for the scoring title, feeling that Arenas was too miserable, seeing that he might get the only big honor in his career, although the scoring champion trophy is a plate, but it is one of several data kings, and it is the most weighty data king, no one has the intention of competing for the scoring king in the first two months of this year, and suddenly a big deal appeared, which "forced" Liu Mang on the road to the scoring king.

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Arenas was miserable, and Liu Mang came to the stadium refreshed the next day after scoring 56 points.

Recruit and recruit!

On the 14th, the Eagles had a day off, and the next 15th and 16th were home back-to-backs, and the 19th and 20th were away back-to-backs.

But there's one person who can try to get it back.

Before you can play the Bulls, you have to get that guy back.

When I arrived at the stadium, the coaching staff had already arrived, and the boss had also arrived early.

"Ace, you're here." Price said hello to Liu Mang, and now his face was sad.

"Boss, what's wrong, so melancholy." Liu Mang asked.

"Hey......" Price sighed, it was a good feeling to get Wade, but the rest of the season was very troublesome, and it was impossible for them to give up on the championship.

The odds are slim, but it's a four-in-a-row...... It's exciting to think about......

Coach Krueger and the others shook their heads.

All point to the Hawks' weak period after three consecutive championships to impact the championship, high-quality veterans and role players who want to win the championship early have gone to the Lake Horse and Shuangniu, and the sun hugging the thighs, and there is really nothing good at this time.

"What about negotiations with the Bundesliga?" Liu Mang asked.

"We gave a buyout fee of two million euros, and we will be able to get Gortat directly in another six months, and now we have to pay a buyout fee...... "Price is so painful!"

"In that case, let's sign a four-year contract with Gortat, and we can earn it back after two more years." Liu Mang suggested that it would be great to get a four-year rookie bonus if he was not a player from his own company anyway.

"Ace, are you sure he's worth a four-year contract?" Coach Kruger asked anyway.

"Probably, it shouldn't be too bad...... Liu Mang didn't say anything to death, although Gortat is really good, but he is certainly not a great star, but when the substitute is enough, Gortat will be 23 years old next month, for European players, the technology must be very mature, and it can be used when you get it.

"Okay, we've got permission to talk to Gortat, and if he's willing to sign a four-year contract, we'll buy him out, and if we don't want to, we'll just wait until the summer to sign him." Price decided.

This kind of thing is not necessarily safe, Gortat's salary in Europe is 1.2 million euros, and he will definitely not get so much money when he first comes to the NBA, if he is unwilling, he insists on waiting until the end of his contract with Cologne Rhein in the Bundesliga, and signing a regular two-year rookie contract with the Hawks, then there is no way.

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However, Liu Mang and others thought too much, and some people would rather take less money in order to go to a higher basketball hall.

Price contacted Gortat's agent and was offered a direct meeting with Gortat, who heard the Eagles' request and agreed without hesitation.

As the 2005-2006 Bundesliga champion, won the Bundesliga MVP, the best team in the European League, in addition to the team is indeed quite far from Barcelona and CSKA Moscow, unable to reach the top of Europe, Gortat has taken all the honors he can get in the Bundesliga in the past four years, and has long wanted to leave, the 2005 draft, he applied for it himself, he was not old enough to be directly selected, and he had a two-year contract with the Cologne Rheinland team at that time, which is enough to see his desire to enter the NBA.

A verbal agreement was easily reached to sign Gortat, with Moron Wiley, the team's vice president, going to Germany to complete the follow-up.

It is estimated that it will take a day or two to complete the joining process, among other things.

Finding the missing pearls in "waste wood" is what Liu Mang is best at.

The Hawks' own draft pick has not been high, and they were able to get Josh Smith and Iguodala back then, all because Liu Mang asked Boozer and others to trade back the draft picks.

Coach Kruger gave Liu a roster of free agents who were cut by other teams in the middle of the season or who never found a job to play in the Development League.

"Ace, what do you think of Olovo Candi? He's only been playing for eight years, he probably still has a little bit of strength, and he'll come to our tryout in a while, do you want to take a look? Coach Kruger said, pointing to the name of the sugar man who was in first place.

Three-board axe man?

Can he still wield his axe?

"Let's take a look." Liu Mang looked at a total of 11 trial players, and he couldn't delay much time, when they arrived on the court, Liu Mang just looked at their ability evaluation.

The 11 shortlists are basically frontcourt players, which is in line with the Hawks' current needs.

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Yesterday the game was tiring, today the Eagles don't have a training plan, the next is back-to-back, fitness is important.

At 10 a.m., the 11 free agents on trial came to the arena early to warm up.

The Hawks now count Wade, with only 11 players, and Wade is reimbursed for the season, and the Hawks have applied for an injury exception of 3.46 million US dollars, which means that the Hawks may sign at least two people in this trial to make up the 12-man squad.

The Hawks' buyout process for Antoine Walker in the last game has not yet ended, and Wade's injury exception has not yet been completed, so it is a 12-man squad, but before the next game, the 12-man roster must be completed, and because there are now 13 players on the court, the Hawks are very likely to sign three players.

The Hawks' next game is tomorrow, and they are bound to sign at least two players today, so the people who come to the tryout are very passionate, and even if it's a ten-day contract, it's a chance for them to return to the NBA.

Liu Mang watched the trial in the office of Coach Kruger facing the training ground on the second floor.

"Marcus Fetzel, two meters and six meters tall, weighs 119 kilograms, has an ability rating of 72, offense 77, defense 70, three-point 55, mid-range shooting 69, layup 86, speed 85, strength 91......"

Liu Mang remembers this guy, the No. 4 pick in the draft year in 2000, he played well that year, a heavy short big forward, Liu Mang's rookie season, this guy averaged 11 points and 6 boards per game in the second year, which is very good, although the body is exaggerated, but the movement ability is good, the speed is first-class, and he can change the defense of small forwards.

The disadvantage is that he has a strange personality, he doesn't have a gun license and points at his wife with a gun at home, the funny thing is that neither of them can use a gun, the insurance is not pulled down, and the neighbor next door saw it and called the police, and was locked up for 15 days plus a month of community labor, and then laid off by the team......

This incident attracted a lot of attention in the summer of 2004, and it was so hilarious......

When the police asked them why they didn't take out insurance, they replied that they were too timid to take the gun license and didn't know how to use a gun......

This short and stout meat shield is okay, he played in Europe last season, and he wants to return to the NBA this year, and no team dares to ...... after mixing in the development league for a while Liu Mang thinks let's sign it first!

But it's Olovo Kandi, a dignified champion, who couldn't find a job after eight years of fighting......

"Michael Olovokandi, Ability Evaluation 49......"

Liu Mang directly ignored this option, it was better than Hollins.

There is an unexpected candidate, not because of how good his strength is, but because he may be able to stay for a long time.

"Mark Madsen, Ability Rating 59, Offense 44, Defense 67......"

Liu Mang's old friend, who used to hire him as a trainer every summer when he went to Los Angeles.

Liu Mang remembers that Madsen will be a trainer for the Lakers for many years in the future, a very capable guy who single-handedly taught Bynum's defense.

……

"Ace, just these two? Madsen: What do you recommend to be a trainer? So just Fetzer one? Coach Kruger thought that Liu Mang could find the advantages they didn't find from these players, but it's normal to think about it, this group of people is not young, how can there be any potential to be tapped.

"Madsen was my trainer in the summer and he was a great player in that area and he could help Carl a lot." Liu Mang explained.

"I just hope they don't fight." Stockton teased.

"They all seem to be boxing, so it's fun to fight......"

Stockton's ridicule made the atmosphere in the office a lot better, originally because of the pressure to play the Suns tomorrow, but now that I think about it, I can only do it, Gortat can't catch up with tomorrow's game, and can only sign a few ten-day short contracts to make up the number.

Liu Mang recommended these two people, anyway, it is a ten-day short contract, and other teams can sign whatever they want.

……

Tryouts are the kind of thing that some people are happy and some are worried, and Fetzel and Mark Madsen have been offered 10-day contracts.

The Eagles arranged a hotel for the two, Fetzel went back first, and Mark Madsen came to talk to Liu Mang.

"Ace, thank you so much, you asked the team to invite me to be a trainer, thank you so much."

Liu Mang looked at Mark Madsen after changing back into a suit, and felt that he didn't look like a person with the guy named Mad Dog on the court and in training, a white guy who was quite a gentleman.

"We're working together again...... Come on, Mark. ”

Liu Mang answered, and wanted to chat about some family life, but was called away by Emmanuol again......

When I came to the boss's office, several people were discussing something hotly.

Something they can't figure out.

After Liu Mang got involved, he found that he couldn't figure it out......

The NBA sometimes comes up with some seemingly fascinating trades, and it's not for nothing.

Liu Mang, Price, Coach Kruger and others don't know why the Bucks want to give Blake to them, and they want an injury exception and a 1993 second-round pick signing rights, and nothing else in return!

"I remember, Adhans had a holiday with Gilbert, and they probably wanted to help us deal with the Cavaliers." Price suddenly thought of this stubble.

"Adens? Bucks owner? Liu Mang remembered that the Bucks owner was called Adenth, but not because he remembered, but because of his daughter Mallory Adhans......

Liu Mang remembered that the daughter of the boss of the bucks was born in 96, and she was more than two years younger than Dinah...... It's a bit sinful...... When he first thought of that beautiful face, Liu Mang still wanted to get to know him......

In Liu Mang's memory, it seems that the bucks and knights have never dealt with each other, and it turns out that the root cause is the boss.

"Your circle is really messy." Liu Mang sneered, and he was quite happy, Rondo is easy to use, but rookies will definitely have times when they don't play well, and a man with Blake's steel key is not bad as the fourth guard, which is not bad, and both point guards and off-ball pitchers can be served.

"I think their purpose is to save money, their salary is 66.79 million, and if they give Blake to us, they won't have to pay luxury tax this year." Mike Woodson flipped through the Bucks scouting report.

"Ace, what do you think? Do we still need a point guard? Coach Krueger asked.

Liu Mang is open to getting Blake: "Of course it's great to get Steve, he's the toughest white defender I've ever seen. ”

"White guards?" Price and Coach Kruger, Stockton and others only remembered the stubble.

After Korver left, there seemed to be no white players on the Hawks' team, and there was Calderon before, Calderon and Korver, who were the white coaches of the Eagles.

The newly signed Mark Madsen is only a make-up number, and Gortat doesn't need him as a two-meter-and-six-meter center forward when he comes.

This question is not so important, but it is not so important, but it is not important, and it cannot be less.

Coach Kruger, Stockton, and Mike Woodson were silent and did not speak, Price was still hesitating, but now he did not hesitate all of a sudden, and asked Liu Mang: "Since Ace wants to be teammates with Blake, then let's use Dwyan's injury exception." ”

Now that the decision has been made, the coaching staff has started to prepare for tomorrow's game.

Coach Krueger writes down the list of current players.

If the deal goes through, Blake should be in time for the game tomorrow.

So Coach Kruger's roster list added Blake as well.

Point guards: Liu Mang, Rondo, Blake.

Shooting guards: Maddy, Jason Terry.

Small forwards: Battier, Granger.

Power forwards: Marion, David Lee, Fetzel.

Centres: Kwame Brown, Hollins, Madsen.

When the lineup was listed in detail, everyone was very sad to see this list.

How many years, how many years the lineup hasn't been so miserable!

Now their lineup, if you really want to say that they can play a heavy role in the game, it is only six and a half when they are full.

Liu Mang, Maddy, Battier, Kwame Brown, and Jason Terry are the core lineup, and Battier uses Prince as a reference, barely half of them can bear the burden, Rondo, Granger, David Lee, add up to one is good......

With this kind of lineup, Liu Mang thought of one thing: "Since they all said that I was going to start breaking out, wouldn't it be sorry for so many people's expectations if I didn't break out?" ”