From today on is the king

Chapter 998 997. Mr. June joins!

When Liu Mang was drinking with Jason Terry and Muhammad, the only remaining former teammates before the rise, on the afternoon of September 9, Yahoo Sports exposed a deal, which was about Muhammad.

The Eagles and the Spurs reached a deal.

The Hawks sent Nazr Mohamed to the Spurs for Brent Barry and Robert Horry.

The trade of the championship and runner-up teams in the finals last season!
It was quite a surprise when the news came out.

Immediately after the Spurs and the Eagles both issued a statement of thanks to the players who left, the league officials also confirmed the deal.

When the training camp was about half a month away, the trade of the two strongest teams last season sparked heated discussions.

However, the Lakers and Celtics traded Payton last summer, which doesn't seem so strange.

There must be some surprises. In the past summer, the Lakers and the Spurs proposed several times to trade Horry back, but they were all rejected.

People thought that the Spurs wanted to keep Horry, but they didn't expect to send Barry to the Eagles now!
The Spurs signed a lot of players this summer. The All-Star player Nick Van Exel was signed by the Spurs with a basic salary when Kobe was on the bench.

The Mavericks used the Alan Houston clause to amnesty their former core, Michael Finley, one of Jordan's successors, and the Spurs, who were unwilling to renew Bunch Wells with a high salary, quickly signed Finley.

With Van Exel and Finley, and the second-year pitcher Udri, plus Parker, Ginobili, Bowen... The Spurs have too many outside personnel, so they choose to trade some players.

Compared with the outside line, which is too crowded to blow up, the Spurs are very short of inside. They also signed the veteran center Sean Marks in the offseason, and signed two undrafted picks, both inside, but still not enough.

It is impossible to poach someone with a big contract. The Spurs must ensure that the salary does not exceed the luxury tax threshold. After trading for Muhammad, the Spurs immediately renewed Parker's contract, matching the 6-year 6000 million offer that the Warriors gave Parker, which is similar to a poison contract.

Popovich does business, he doesn't like to do business with teams in the same division, he likes to trade with top teams in another division.

The Lakers wanted to take advantage of the Spurs' desire for insiders, and proposed a deal with Odom to sign first and then exchange Parker and Horry, but Popovich rejected it.

Generally speaking, when the Lakers make deals, those who actually make an offer basically don't make much movement and don't disclose it.

Popovich would rather benefit from a stronger opponent in another division than reinforce his opponent in the same division, especially the Lakers, who are trying to spend money to recruit role players after getting Yao Ming.

The Lakers want to take advantage of Yao Ming's low salary in the final year of his rookie contract and quickly poach someone.

In the end, after thinking about it for a long time on the Eagles side, they felt that it would be better to have two veteran forwards and guards. After making the offer, Popovich saw that the bargaining chip for the offer was Muhammad, and immediately agreed.

The five-year, $2001 million mid-level salary signed by Muhammad in 5 has reached its final year. Last season, he averaged 2390 points and 5.9 rebounds per game. His average rebounds ranked third among the Eagles, second only to Kwame Brown and Liu Mang.

Getting Muhammad gave the Spurs a strong addition to the inside.

As for the Eagles, this season, with David Lee as a newly added insider, Muhammad's position is very awkward.

In addition, Josh Smith is in the second grade and needs more playing time. Originally, Muhammad had to play center sometimes, but now Rasheed Wallace also needs to appear more at the center position.

There are only two inside positions. If there are too many players, the playing time will not be enough.

Indeed, Muhammad is at his peak right now, and he is stronger than Josh Smith and David Lee right now.

However, Kwame Brown can do the top defense that Muhammad is good at, and he can do it better. Josh Smith can do better with his mobility.

But now that these two young players have improved, Mohamed's place is gone.

And David Lee has the low post singles ability that the Eagles' inside players do not have, which can relieve the pressure on Liu Mang's low post singles. He didn't want Brandon Bass with better physical talent, but David Lee. He took a fancy to his offensive skills.

Muhammad was kept before because he didn't know if Mourning would stay. Now that it is confirmed, a deal is imperative.

When the signing target was determined, the Eagles made a decisive move.

After the deal between the two teams was concluded, the media’s evaluations were very high. The trade ratings of both teams were A-grade, second only to the only S-grade deal this summer, that is, the Lakers got the Rockets’ Yao Ming.

Bynum was stunned when he was in high school, but his talent is obvious to the naked eye. If it weren't for Bynum and Butler, the Rockets only got three first rounds, which would be a blood loss.

The trade between the Eagles and the Spurs is considered to be what they need, the Spurs have been strengthened inside, and Duncan can return to the center position he is good at...

Of course, Muhammad's position application submitted by the Spurs is a center, and Duncan is still a power forward...

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Muhammad originally planned to rest in Los Angeles for a few more days. He has been training since July and has been training for nearly two months, but now he has to go back to Atlanta early to pack his things.

Muhammad is already used to being traded. Except for four years of steady stay in the Eagles, the previous rookie contract was the kind that could be traded twice a year. He was used to being traded at any time, so he has been renting a house in Atlanta. He has few things. He just packs them up and sends them to the Spurs arena by FedEx.

Jason Terry still looked heartless, and went with Korver who didn't leave after coming to Los Angeles because of Liu Mang's birthday.

After Liu Mang was sentimental, he continued to devote himself to new learning.

Now that this is the case, what else can be done?

From the moment Raheem left, the team's trades were open, except for Liu Mang, anyone can trade, which Liu Mang knows better than anyone else.

After getting the news of Horry and Barry's joining, Liu Mang must be very happy. That's right, with Horry and a key player, the Eagles have more choices at critical moments.

Barry went to the Spurs for the championship, but failed to win the championship. Now he comes to the Eagles and continues to have the chance to win the championship. Before he won the championship, he will definitely be very motivated and fighting spirit.

Liu Mang feels that what the team needs now is someone who has never won a championship...

The team has already signed in. In that case, what Liu Mang thinks about now is to improve himself, make himself stronger, defend the foundation of the dynasty that those old teammates worked hard together, and truly establish the dynasty!
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On September 9th, Tracy McGrady and Iguodala had already returned to Atlanta. James also returned to Cleveland to prepare for the new season. Liu Mang’s parents and Levia also took Alexia and Little Lolita back to Atlanta first. It’s good to raise a baby in Los Angeles, but the due date is still more than a month away, so go back to Atlanta to prepare for the baby.

Liu Mang will stay here alone for a few days.

On the afternoon of the 14th, Liu Mang was practicing three-pointers in the rented arena. There was a gap between the three-point evaluation of 94 and the three-point evaluation of 95.

It may be said that the accuracy will not be too bad, but if you cross this gap, you will be able to achieve greater development.

Roughly equal to the difference between Ray Allen and the Tsunami trio.

It’s not something that can be achieved in one or ten or one hundred training sessions, but one day it will be achieved, if not in a hundred training sessions, Liu Mang can have the patience to wait for a thousand training sessions.

Liu Mang was full of motivation after watching the three-pointer of the Tsunami trio of the Cosmos team.

While practicing, the arena doorbell rang, and the caddy who had already received orders from Liu Mang went to open the door.

Liu Mang also put down the ball, wiped off his sweat, and went up to the door.

Hakeem Olajuwon!

Probably the strongest center in NBA history!

"Oh, Hakeem, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I can't wait to learn dreamy footsteps with you!" Liu Mang went up to him and hugged Olajuwon.

"Haha, Ace, I really didn't expect you, a point guard player, to want to learn low post singles. Yes, the low post is a man's basketball." Olajuwon didn't care about the sweat on Liu Mang's body and hugged him heavily. This is the sign of a man.

When Liu Mang heard Olajuwon's words, he made it clear that it was a mid-range shot aimed at an NBA owner.

Liu Mang didn't care too much, the relationship between the two was so-so, they only met a few times at official events, they gave money to learn things, and the other party took money to teach, so don't worry about the rest.

"Oh, the facilities in this arena are quite complete. Wait a minute, Ace. I'm going to warm up. This is for you. You can watch my video first, and learn about my steps." Olajuwon took out a CD for Liu Mang, and then went to warm up.

Professional athletes usually warm up for more than an hour, so pre-match preparations generally start two hours before the start of the game.

Although Olajuwon is no longer a professional player, he is very responsible for his body, and it took more than half an hour to warm up.

Liu Mang watched the DVD on the TV in the rest area of ​​the arena, and he saw that it was mass-produced. There was also an advertisement for Olajuwon's training camp, which was obviously a teaching CD sold in a basketball supply store.

If you can learn it by watching the video, not so many people go to Olajuwon's training camp.

Liu Mang gave up learning by watching videos. Some details cannot be learned by watching videos.

"Boss of the system, Olajuwon's fantasy footsteps learning has started!" Liu Mang said to the system.

"Ding... Hakeem Olajuwon needs 100000 superstar points to start fast learning for low-post singles learning. It takes three days. Do you want to start the inheritance training mode?"

"so expensive!"

Liu Mang felt like he was robbed!

Olajuwon's training camp is at least one week, [-] dollars, and if he doesn't practice enough time, he will not refund the money.

The fast learning speed of the systematic training system is fast, and the technical movements can be learned in three days, but it actually costs [-] superstar points!
Of course, if you learn the movements and use them in the competition, you still need long-term training.

When Kobe learned Olajuwon's footsteps, he spent $10 to learn for two weeks, and then he practiced for a summer. At that time, Kobe was almost 30. Kobe's low-post singles were already very mature.

And the other centers who followed Olajuwon to learn the low post, except for Yao Ming, are mostly rough centers with no basic low post skills, so it is not normal to learn. If you really want to learn, it may be effective to practice like Kobe Bryant for a summer.

But those who pay to learn are no different from those who take make-up classes. They all hold the mentality that a make-up class is enough. They only learn during class and then finish it. It is no different from not learning at all.

Liu Mang has a certain low-post singles ability, but they are all raw, relying on the bonus of skills to do it forcibly. After learning the high-post back, he has some low-post skills, which are not often used.

Compared with a rough center with no low post singles ability at all, Liu Mang must learn faster, but it must be much slower to learn low post when Kobe was almost 30 years old.

Moreover, Liu Mang didn't have so much time to spend a summer learning the movements.

All the money has been spent, what else can I do?
"Open!" Liu Mang confirmed the opening with blood dripping from his heart.

"Ding... the host starts the inheritance training mode, the learning goal: Hakeem Olajuwon's low-position singles skills, consumes 100000 superstar points, it takes three days, and the daily training time should not be less than eight hours..."

Liu Mang saw that the 40 superstar value suddenly changed to 30, it was a heartache!
However, all the money has been spent. With Liu Mang's character, he is not the kind of person who is willing to waste the money paid for the training class.

Now it's time to start training!

After Olajuwon had finished warming up, seeing Liu Mang's energetic appearance, Olajuwon also felt motivated.

Although it is to make money, students are passionate, and teachers are more motivated.

But... It didn't take long for Olajuwon, who was full of motivation, to teach and teach, and he felt Kobe and Jordan's madness...

This guy is learning too fast!
How can you remember an action at a glance?
How can you practice one movement in one afternoon?

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