"Tracy, I'll leave Mike James to defend today." Liu Mang said to Maddie during the warm-up.

"Huh?" Maddie asked curiously, "Did that guy mess with you?" ”

"No, I just see that your physical fitness is going to rest for three days and two ends, so let's let you play a little easier." Liu Mang looked like he was thinking about his teammates.

Maddie looked at Liu Mang, and didn't believe Liu Mang's nonsense, there must be some conspiracy!

But...... What conspiracy can the Raptors have for Liu Mang?

Maddie can't think of anything for the Raptors to be up to.

But if you can play a little easier, of course Maddie is willing.

Since coming to the Hawks, Maddie's playing time has been greatly reduced, and it is indeed a lot easier, but he has to play cautiously, not make too many mistakes, defend well, be cautious on the offensive end, and must maintain stability at critical moments when he needs waves, and he will be attacked by fans if he is not careful.

After all, Rahim was the most stable thigh next to Liu Mang back then, assisting Liu Mang's growth, sacrificing his offensive performance to help Liu Mang win the MVP, Maddie is always compared with Rahim, if he hadn't won the assist king last season, he has always been regarded as a "unsuitable substitute" by fans.

Although people love Maddie, they have always felt that Maddie is not as suitable as Rahim for Liu Mang.

So although Maddie has less playing time, he can't relax psychologically.

Liu Mang was very happy to see that Maddie had no objection.

He wants to play more on the defensive end and see if he can make a push for the All-Defensive Team again.

Why hasn't Stephen Curry, who will be so powerful in the future, been regarded as the first person in the league? On the contrary, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis, and Kawhi Leonard are seen as players who can challenge LeBron James as the number one in the league, either Stephen Curry or because Curry is average defensively.

The core of offense and defense is always easier to be more influential when the media and coaches vote.

Liu Mang's defense has always been good, but it is still a little worse than the integration of offense and defense, especially this season when the team has Maddie and Prince, Iguodala has grown a lot, and Liu Mang's defensive performance is getting less and less.

Liu Mang now wants to "grab credit" and take on more defensive responsibilities.

First, it's for his own ease, and second, just like he said to Maddie, let Maddie rest more in the regular season, paddle, make up for blocks, and then go all out in the playoffs.

For Maddie's physical fitness in his 20s and not as good as Kobe Bryant and James in his 30s, Liu Mang really feels painful.

Liu Mang wants to get more honors, and the best defensive team is not something that can be selected if his defensive ability is improved, and coaches need to see his ability to improve, so he needs to have more defensive performances.

Before playing the Lakers, he got four double-doubles and 6 steals, Liu Mang has already made people's eyes shine, and he wants to take advantage of the fact that this heat has not completely dissipated, so that people can pay attention to his improvement on the defensive end!

……

At 6:10 p.m., Liu Mang and his teammates entered the playing field of Phillips Arena, and there were still 20 minutes left for the game to start.

After Liu Mang entered the court, his eyes were locked on the Raptors' dual core.

"Mike James, Ability Rating 83, Offense 87, Defense 75, Three-Point 84, Shooting 82, Layup 91, Speed 89, Power 76......"

"Darko Milicic, Ability Rating 88, Offense 86, Defense 90, Passing 80, Three-Point Shooting 70, Shooting 84, Layup 92, Speed 79, Power 90......"

The Raptors have improved a lot this season, last summer, the Raptors got the inspirational draft pick Mike James, and Mike James signed a 5-year, 24 million big contract, the 30-year-old Mike James did not live up to this big contract, this season averaged 21 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists per game, played the best performance of his career, became the Raptors' scoring champion, and led the Raptors to begin to recover together with the all-round center Milicic, who averaged 20.3 points per game.

Now the Raptors are 19-21, and the winning percentage has almost reached 50%, ranking 10th in the East, and has a chance to impact the playoffs.

Although it is a theoretical opportunity, the Raptors have already given people hope, and Milicic, who has just renewed his contract with a 3+1 maximum salary in advance, is their hope.

Mike James is very admired by Liu Mang, after Mike James, who graduated from college at the age of 22 in 1998, was defeated, he went to Europe, the summer league, and the development league for three years, and was signed by the Heat in 01, and the more he played, the better he played, he was Liu Mang's contemporary, and now he is 30 years old, and he actually got the full middle class for 5 years, averaging 20+ per game, and has become the strongest outside player of the Raptors.

After being cared for by the Raptors like a child for more than two years, it finally paid off, and in June this summer, Milicic, who was only 21 years old when he was about to be drafted, had an 88 ability evaluation, which is not much worse than James, and better than the talent of Bosh and Wade!

However, the Raptors have patience, and they have changed four head coaches for Milicic in more than two years. If you want to reuse the veteran player, you can't train the coach of Misilic...... Change! Any player or coach who hinders Milicic's growth - change!

Finally, Milicic can be on his own.

"Kwamei, your opponent today is very powerful." Liu Mang moved his body and said to Kwame Brown next to him, "People say that he is the future No. 1 center in the East." ”

"I'm the No. 1 center in the East!" Kwame Brown was unconvinced, very rigid, but suddenly asked weakly: "Boss, you also think I'm powerful, right?" ”

"Well, of course." Liu Mang looked at Kwame Brown's ability evaluation of 85, the offensive 75 is miserable, the defense is the same as Milicic's 90, and Kwame Brown's rebounds are better, up to 94 rebounds, to a certain extent, many teams prefer centers like Kwame Brown.

However, Milicic is the core type of the team, really - offensive and defensive, good feel, good defense, and can organize attacks.

There is no one who doesn't love such a center, Liu Mang likes to watch the Raptors very much, especially in the game where the Lakers played the Raptors, Milicic showed the ball quotient and feel when facing Yao Ming, it was really amazing, but it was very painful to be beaten by Yao Ming with 10 shots and 10 shots.

Milicic is very similar to Yao Ming, the center who guards against that kind of jumping type is very good, and the block is excellent, but when he defends against Yao Ming, he is played.

The Raptors are indeed not bad this year, with two cores, and the veteran Jalen Rose, who has the ability to evaluate 79, averaged 12 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists per game this season; 75 ability evaluation, 13 points and 6 rebounds per game, rookie starlet Charlie Villanueva; Morris Peterson, a swingman with a mid-range shot, has an ability rating of 80, and averages 16 points, 5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game this season.

It's not for nothing that the Raptors are seen as spoilers in the East going forward.

Looking at the data and ability evaluation of the players of the Raptors next season, Liu Mang feels that the game with Milicic is a bit interesting.

In the past, only Wade and Bosh were interesting, but now James and Milicic have also begun to stand up, and Liu Mang is looking forward to the 03 generation starting to stir up the storm in the league.

looked at Kwame Brown, who was excited because of his encouragement, and then looked at the other party's Serbian "white hope" who was still a little handsome, Liu Mang looked forward to it: Don't let me down...... Otherwise, it's not fun......

Milicic felt a chill rising from behind his back, felt two evil breaths, and wondered: Is the air conditioning in this stadium broken?

……

As the video of Rashid Wallace's roar played on the big screen, Kwame Brown slapped and continued to mobilize the activity of the fans, Liu Mang sprinkled magnesium powder into the air, and the starters of both teams appeared.

The Raptors fielded a starting lineup of Mike James, Jalen Rose, Peterson, Villanueva and Milicic.

Feeling the frenzy of the fans at the scene, the Raptors players suppressed the uneasiness, they wanted to just wave the Hawks.

It hasn't been a win against the Hawks in years, and the Raptors players really want to win and want to end an 11-game losing streak against the Hawks, the last time they beat the Hawks was in November 2002, and they haven't won since.

On the Hawks' side, Rasheed Wallace continues to rotate today, and he needs to play against Garnett in the next game against the Timberwolves, the Hawks don't want to be swept by any team this season, and Prince is also rested, and the Hawks sent Liu Mang, Maddy, Horry, Josh Smith, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.

The rotating rest player of the flowing water, the iron-hit Horry.

When Milicic and Kwame Brown arrived in the centre circle, they both looked at each other with fiery eyes.

The two are about the same age, Milicic is 85 years old, Kwame Brown is 82 years, according to the fact that white people usually have shorter careers than black people, the age difference between the two may retire is not much different, they are considered players of the same period, and Kwame Brown's season of rising is the 03-04 season, which is the same year that Milicic entered the Raptors and played a brilliant rookie season, so it has been compared, and along with Dwight Howard, it is regarded as the future of the league's center.

Yao Ming, who entered the NBA a year later than Kwame Brown, was not included in the list, Yao Ming is the most "old", 25 years old, and is compared to the shark with the peak tail.

The referee came to the field with a slightly less angry ball that Maddie had chosen, and was about to jump the ball.

Liu Mang looked at Kwamei Brown's nervous and cautious look, and suddenly the bad water came, and shouted towards the middle circle: "Kwamei, start lightly when hitting the opponent's child center, don't make him cry!" ”

Milicic didn't react when he heard this, but Kwame Brown was first stepped on by the tail, glared at Liu Mang, and wrote in his eyes: "Boss, don't irritate this guy, okay!" ”

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