It looks like he is looking at the clouds outside the window, but Liu Mang is actually looking at the system panel.

The Dances with Giants mission was completed, earning 20,000 Superstar Points and Wade's 03-04 Star Card.

"Dwyane Wade 2003-2004 Edition, Ability Rating 92, Offense 95, Defense 88, Three-Point 62, Shooting 74, Layup 98, Speed 93, Power 88......"

It turns out that Wade finished playing this season, and he has an ability evaluation of 92?

The designated season of the star card is the ability evaluation after the end of the season, that is, Wade's ability evaluation to improve to 92 after playing this season!

It's only the second grade!

Liu Mang feels that people are more popular than people!

Liu Mang thought of a saying on the Internet in his "last life", saying that Wade's peak was the 05-06 season and 06-07 season before the major injury, Liu Mang thought about Wade's current progress speed, and the side effect of this progress speed is the wear and tear of the body, he now intuitively feels this matter and feels that this statement is quite reliable.

At this stage, Wade is the first person in the 03 generation, right?

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At noon on Nov. 19, the Eagles arrived in New York.

As NBA players, especially black players, how can they not throw money and pretend to be forced when they arrive in New York, and they must go back to the hotel at night, but there is no rule that they can't go to scatter money during the day.

Liu Mang was diligent and thrifty, so he didn't go out to throw money, and stayed in the hotel with Maddie, who was also diligent and thrifty.

Maddie threw himself into the study of new tactics, and went to continue to work on new tactics with Stockton and Coach Kruger.

Liu Mang's side, in the room, with the laptop given by the little Lori, and the little Lori who is on holiday today on holiday video chatted for a while, and the three girls went shopping in the afternoon, and Liu Mang was also going to study the Knicks.

Although I really don't look down on the Knicks, now that New York fans see Liu Mang coming, they don't treat the Knicks as their home team, but the more this is the case, the more they must prepare well, and it will be easier to solve them when the game comes.

Open the scouting report, on the first page, Liu Mang's eyes are full of stars.

New York is not a bad money team, and the salary space has exploded again this season!

Liu Mang looked at the Knicks' salary of 100 million and 3 million, which is really staggering!

The luxury tax threshold for this season is more than 62 million US dollars, and the Hawks have nine rookie contract players such as Calderon, Korver, Prince, Kwame Brown, Iguodala, Tony Allen, Ariza, Josh Smith, and Vallejo, so the salary is low, but the total salary of 63.24 million US dollars is already subject to the luxury tax.

The Knicks have to pay more than 40 million dollars in luxury tax, and the luxury tax alone is about to catch up with the total salaries of the Rockets and Clippers.

The good thing is that there is no super luxury tax clause these days, but Liu Mang thinks that even if there is, the Knicks don't care......

Seeing the lineup of the Knicks, Liu Mang understood why the Knicks would be favored before the season.

Last season's record is one thing, and in addition to last season's record, the Knicks used the now imperfect middle-class rules in the summer, with a five-year 33 million middle-class contract plus incentive clauses, from the Bulls poached Jamal Crawford, the Bulls selected Rohr Deng and Ben Gordon, Hinrich played so well that he didn't need Crawford, so he basically didn't want anything in return, and sent Jerome Williams and Crawford to the Knicks, Swapped back for the Knicks' '02 first-round pick Frank Williams, the Knicks got Crawford and Jerome Williams for the White Wolves.

This was a deal that couldn't be turned over in the past summer, but the Knicks got a guard who averaged 17 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game, only used Frank Williams, who estimated that he would be cut if his rookie contract was not finished, and also got the tough guy Jerome Williams, a garbage dog, no matter what, the Knicks made money, even if Alan Houston didn't play a direct injury, according to legend, it was possible to return in March or April, and the Knicks' lineup looks stronger than last season.

Liu Mang didn't pay much attention to the Knicks before, he was so busy in the summer, trained so much, and the season started to definitely focus on the Heat, Pistons, Suns, and Spurs, Liu Mang didn't have time to pay attention to the Knicks.

Now that I look at it, the Knicks lineup can be!

After Liu Mang watched the changes in the Knicks lineup, he took a look at the performance of the Knicks' players.

Marbury played at the top of his game this season, shooting more than 45 percent from the field for the first time in his career, averaging 22 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds per game with a shooting rate of 45.6 percent.

Crawford averages 17+4+4 per game, which is also very good, and the double Thomas forward line is also good......

Until I saw that the Knicks head coach was not Coach Wilkens, but Larry Brown......

"The Knicks are really obsessed with Larry Brown!" Liu Mang praised the Knicks' persistence.

The Knicks pursued Larry Brown last summer, but Larry Brown chose to go to the Pistons, but a year later, Larry Brown was bought out by the Pistons, and the Knicks immediately shot again.

Larry Brown's firing from the Pistons was a big event in the summer, along with Timberwolves decorated coach Philip Sanders being fired by McHale, but Larry Brown finding a new job didn't pay much attention because it was a time when the U.S. was losing back-to-back games at the Olympics.

Larry Brown is obviously not suitable for the NBA in the new era, Marbury and Crawford, two guard combinations that are so suitable for the new era, can't play in the East, and Larry Brown has a lot of responsibility.

Not to mention the relationship with the players, or whether the tactical concept is suitable for the Knicks, Larry Brown can't keep up with the trend of the times, and still thinks that the coach is the team's "handle", which dooms Larry Brown to be eliminated by the times.

I took a look at what the scouts said about the Knicks: disorderly offense, sluggish defense, rigid substitutions, and too long playing time for the main team......

The Knicks weren't even classified as rivals by scouts.

With 3 wins and 8 losses, no matter how you look at it, the Knicks don't look like they have a chance to make the playoffs.

"It seems that the experience of the political commissar has started again, and it has started a year ahead of schedule, so I will help the future political commissar comrades get closer to my Great Heavenly Empire......"

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Soon on the afternoon of November 20th, the Hawks came to Madison Square Garden, rested quite well, Liu Mang's teammates did not go out to play blindly, and after throwing money around, they prepared for the game against the Knicks with peace of mind.

Now that the Hawks are more competitive, as long as they are in the squad, they are likely to play, except for the core Liu Mang and Maddy, Jason Terry, and Rashid Wallace may be replaced if they don't play well.

However, that's just one of the reasons for the players to prepare for the game, and the other reason is to play at Madison Square Garden!

Cable TV broadcasts 41 regular season games a year, that is, all home games are broadcast live, and the ratings are not low, with an average of more than 5 million viewers per game, which is higher than the ratings of the opening games and curtain calls of some teams that no one pays attention to.

It's not unreasonable for the Knicks to make money, they have a unique advantage, they have their own TV station, and who can play them better than making money.

That's a key reason why stars want to go wild every time they come to Madison Square Garden.

Playing the Knicks away, of course, we have to open the interview, Liu Mang just changed into training clothes and came out to warm up, and the reporters came.

Compared with last season, the media in New York this season have been much friendlier to Liu Mang.

"Are you going to hit the explosion data again today?"

"Explosive data? I'm not Tracy, I'm not his data brush. "Liu Mang is a strong black wave.

"Did you start running and banging because the rules are good for offense, or were you just trying?"

"Run-and-run? No, no, no, we're not running and shooting, of course, it has a lot to do with the rules, but how are we going to fight...... Who knows. ”

"What are you going to break today?"

"I'm probably going to break Tracy's record of 15 missed shots here last year."

"Marbury said that your performance is because your teammates are too good, and this year your teammates are not so strong, and their performance is not so good, what do you think about that?"

"Marbury? He's crazy, he's forgotten that playing with Duncan can't beat me? ”

“……”

"I'm going to warm up first, the data brush is here, you guys go find him......" Seeing Maddie coming, Liu Mang flashed decisively, and the feeling of the black man behind him was amazing......

Maddie changed into training clothes and came out, and saw Liu Mang running away, his head full of question marks.

A few minutes later, there was a wonderful picture of No. 3 chasing No. 1 on the training ground......

……

At half past six in the afternoon, the Hawks' away game against the Knicks was about to begin.

When the Eagles played, the scene was full of cheers, especially when Liu Mang appeared, and now it was like the New Year.

“Go-to-death-Bron”

“e-ant-ICE”

“Go-to-death-Dolan”

“……”

“……”

Seeing the various signs held by the fans on the sidelines, Liu Mang said to Kwame Brown, who was rubbing magnesium powder next to him: "Brother Kwame Brown, they let you die." ”

"......" Kwame Brown is so tired, how can he be such a boss.

There are more slogans for Larry Brown to fuck off and James Dolan to die than for Liu Mang to join the Knicks.

The main reason is that Liu Mang has renewed his 4+1 long-term contract with the Eagles, although there are still many people looking forward to Liu Mang playing in New York, but more people want the boss and the head coach to get out together.

As for the fact that most of the stars are telling Alan Houston to get out, the ruthlessness of the New York fans can be seen.

Marbury and Crawford are still beloved by New York fans, after all, they have been doing well this season.

Liu Mang enjoyed the cheers of the fans at the scene, sprinkled a handful of magnesium powder, and took Kwame Brown onto the court.

The Hawks' other three starters, Maddy, Prince, and Rasheed Wallace, are unchanged.

On the Knicks' side, there have been a lot of changes this season, none of the players in the rookie contract have started, Marbury and Crawford have partnered in the frontcourt, and Tim Thomas, Jerome Williams, and Kurt Thomas have a three-forward lineup on the court.

Michael Sweetney, the 03 generation nine pick who played reasonably well last season and could get 5+4 in 10 minutes of playing time, and the giant short forward Michael Sweetney was completely abandoned.

You definitely don't need a player who needs to be developed slowly, and if you want to produce results right away, that's Larry Brown.

The Hawks were very relaxed after the game began, thinking that the Knicks would win casually.

But unexpectedly, after the game started, the Hawks, who continued the style of play against the Rockets in the last game, did not have an advantage at the beginning!

The Hawks, for their side, played resolutely and shot well, scoring 27 points on 11-of-24 shooting in the first quarter and making two three-pointers.

But the Knicks, on their side, played more resolutely!

The Hawks tried to force the Knicks to make quick offensive choices and disrupt the Knicks' offensive plan, but ...... The Knicks have no offensive plan at all, whoever has the opportunity to shoot the basketball, especially Crawford, who dares to throw the ball when he receives it, and scores 14 points in a single quarter, which is hard to withstand the offensive firepower of the Hawks, and the Knicks score 26 points in a single quarter, which is on par with the Hawks!

Liu Mang only scored 9 points in the first quarter!

By halftime, the Hawks were down by two points and trailing the Knicks 53-55!

At this time, the coaching staff of the Eagles found the problem at this stage and found out what they were most afraid of playing this tactic.

Small ball tactics are not afraid of ordinary strong teams with planned and targeted response strategies, and there are only two kinds of teams that can be used as opponents, one is a real championship competitor with a planned and targeted strategy, and this kind of opponent is very troublesome no matter what tactics or any system they play.

The second is that the opponent who plays a few blind games without any rules, when they feel good, and can have as many waves as they can, the use of fast-paced oppression to force the opponent to pass quickly to make offensive choices is easy to be used by the opponent!

Just like today, on the Knicks' side, Marbury had 14 points and 6 assists in the half, and Crawford had 23 points and 2 assists in the half, leading the Knicks to a two-point lead at halftime.

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At halftime, Coach Kruger made a more prudent response, adjusting to normal defense on the defensive end, of course, he had to play counterattack, but instead of deliberately pressing the opponent to make quick decisions, he used regular positional defense, using the height of Rasheed Wallace and Kwame Brown to defend under the basket and defend one-on-one on the outside.

After Liu Mang, Iguodala, and Maddy's outside trio came on the court in the third quarter, they used a steady defensive strategy, and the effect was much better, although because of the first half of Crawford's hand, Crawford still scored 10 points in a single quarter in the third quarter and 33 points in the third quarter, but it made up for the outside defense that was torn apart by Marbury and Crawford in the first half, and contained Marbury's use of the Hawks' pressure and pinch to break through in a quick rotation, and only Crawford was alone. There wasn't that much pressure on the Eagles' side.

At the end of the third quarter, the score difference was 79 draws, and Liu Mang used defense to slowly suppress Crawford's hot hand.

In the fourth quarter, the difference in strength between the two teams began to show, when Marbury and Crawford's outside shooting rates began to decline, the Hawks' defensive counterattack really began to take advantage, Liu Mang used Maddy's long pass, scored 12 points in the fourth quarter, and got 33 points, 8 boards and 3 assists in the whole game, helping the Hawks defeat the Knicks 106-98, and improved the record to 10-2.

Maddie got 17 points, 10 assists and 4 rebounds, because he had to quickly catch the ball and organize the offense, Maddie's rebounds became a lot less, Liu Mang only needed to assist Maddie to organize the offense, and mainly focused on scoring and grabbing rebounds to pass to Maddie who was fast, and his rock-solid ability to get more opportunities to play, and the rebounding ball was greatly improved.

The run-in of the Hawks' new tactics and the discovery and study of the flaws of the new tactics and the work of finding improvements are also in progress.

What kind of team you meet and what kind of response you need to make is what Coach Kruger wants most at this stage.

Playing these theoretical playoff teams is the best opportunity to look for these problems.

After the game, Liu Mang, who scored 33 points, was stopped by reporters for a post-game interview, and asked about the scoring king, Liu Mang replied: "The scoring king, it's very simple, just score nine points in each quarter, and if you are not careful, you will average more than 30 points per game, right?" ”