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"Steve's joining is a great thing for us. He is the NCAA champion and he can bring a lot of help to our team ..."
Liu Mang was surrounded by reporters as soon as he arrived at the arena on the morning of the 15th and was asked about the latest Blake deal.
The Bucks fanatically gave Blake the rookie contract's last year for free to the Hawks, which caused many fans to spit it out.
If you look at the Knicks, you wo n’t die. Even if you do n’t have any hope of the playoffs, you still fight every game. You have won 17 games. The Heat are not too far away from 19 wins. The first three.
However, Blake is the last year of the rookie contract. It is understandable that the Bucks let him go. Blake and Reed partner this season, averaging 11 points and 5 assists per game. No contract close to the middle class can keep him.
Moreover, although the Bucks have only won 11 games this season, there is no lack of performance to win the strong team, and less than 11 long games in half a season, for them ... too much ...
After the Bucks got Jabal decades ago, they have been dreaming of getting a super center again, but unfortunately Bogut is not good, they can only come again.
Blake was also a player in the first three games. The eighth overall pick in the second round was selected by the Wizards. After the selection, the Wizards gave the second-round rookie contract for four years.
The place where Blake is strong lies in his leadership temperament. He was a winner in college. He has entered the finals in four years of college basketball. He has reached the quarterfinals in four years and won the 2002 NCAA championship.
Although his talents are limited, he was born in February 1980, and he was 23 and a half years old when he participated in the 2003 draft, but the ability to lead has little to do with strength.
If you are bringing troops to fight, there will be a lot of trouble if too many people with strong leadership skills are concentrated in a team.
But basketball is different. There are more people with leadership ability in a team, and it is easier to adjust the mentality.
As the core point guard who helped the University of Maryland win the NCAA championship, Steve Blake is an excellent leader, Liu Mang has always wanted to partner with such a guard.
Except for Stockton, Liu Mang has not partnered with a guard with such outstanding leadership.
Although Tracy McGrady and Jason Terry are strong and Rondo's ability to control the field is also good, but when it comes to leadership, neither of them can match Blake.
After accepting the interview, Liu Mang entered the arena. Unexpectedly, Blake had arrived in the morning and was undergoing a team medical examination.
The Eagles are still uneasy about getting such a good point guard for free. After the deal was reached yesterday afternoon, the Eagles contacted Blake and asked him to do the medical checkup today.
Blake is also very excited about the team that can play in the playoffs. He can't wait to reach Atlanta last night.
Liu Mang did not disturb them, watching Blake's ability evaluation beside him.
"Steve Blake, ability rating 79 (peak), offense 77, defense 78, pass 83, three-point 84, mid-range 71, layup 82, speed 88, strength 84 ..."
The 27-year-old Blake is at the peak, making Liu Mang very satisfied with such a backup combo guard.
Although the ability evaluation is less than 80, for a substitute, this is enough.
After watching the training for a while, Blake's basic skills are very solid, and his strength is not strong. It is related to his physical conditions. The solid basic skills he has laid down in four years of university are still very good. Can play shooting guard.
Liu Mang went to practice shooting after watching it for a while. The addition of Blake is very important for the relatively weak guard line. If McGrady and Battier play small forwards, Granger plays small forwards and power forwards, the guard line is only Liu Mang, Jason Terry and Rondo are left, and there is a backup quasi-first-class backup combo guard who has more choices.
Liu Mang practiced shooting for a while. The teammates who took a day off yesterday came one after another and began to prepare for the game with the Suns tonight and the Jazz tomorrow night.
Neither game is easy to play. The Suns, Jazz, and Supersonics have broken their heads to fight for the fifth place in the West.
If the sixth, the Spurs have to meet in the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers in the seventh, and the fifth ... the Nuggets, the difference is quite large.
After Blake passed the medical examination, he came to the training ground and greeted his new teammates.
"Hi, Flash, we are teammates." Liu Mang and Blake said as they shook hands.
Blake was puzzled. In the past, he was an opponent. Liu Mang called him Flash. He can be understood that Liu Mang mocked him for his slow speed, but now they are all teammates. Why did Liu Mang call him that?
"Aise, why did you call me the Flash?" Blake finally asked.
Wade in the United States does not have the nickname Flash. The Flash is the nickname given to Wade by the domestic commentator. Wade's nickname is Dade. D means defensive. Wade in the second grade of the 0405 season is defensive. Well-known, got this nickname.
The nickname Flash from the United States was given to Blake by Liu Mang. Of course, fans and the media treated the nickname with ridicule.
"Uh ..." This question is so embarrassing. Liu Mang was suddenly speechless. Although a few years later, Blake used the strength of the league's first point guard to explain what is called the Flash, but now Blake is a slow defender, defensive The end is usually to go to the defense and even some small forwards less than two meters to keep up.
Liu Mang thought about it for a while!
"I always think you look like Barry Allen, with a small face and a thin skin ..." Liu Mang said with a blushing face.
"looks like?"
Blake thought of the comic book character, it was indeed a small face and tall tall ... but is it like? Blake also wanted to continue to question, and the man who had made the cut for Liu Mang came.
"Hello, this is Rajon Rondo, and we will be teammates in the future." Rondo greeted Blake.
When Blake saw Rondo's expression, he didn't seem very friendly ... he couldn't remember offending this guy! When he was still in the Bucks before, although Blake scored 16 points to help the Bucks win the Hawks, but he and Rondo did not match, the match is McGrady ...
Seeing Liu Mang chatting with Blake, Rondo was jealous ...
Originally, the Hawks had a backup point guard for him, and now there is another one, which is better than him. The sense of crisis and Liu Mang's attitude towards Blake are very good.
Everyone knew Blake, and Feiser and Mark Madsen, who completed further medical examinations immediately after Blake.
The rest of the last two Eagles didn't care too much. The ten-day short contract was just a bit more focused on Blake's side.
Blake doesn't look thin, his style is tough, his ability is just like that, but he gives his opponent a very impressive impression, no matter how strong his opponent is.
McGrady, Jason Terry and other players who have played against Blake all appreciate Blake.
Blake joined the Hawks, there is one more person who dares to throw the ball at a critical moment, and the open shot is accurate. The Eagles are very happy except Rondo who feels a sense of crisis.
The 13-person rotation has been gathered for the time being. Two urgent tactical trainings were conducted in the afternoon. At five o'clock in the afternoon, there are still two hours. The second game of the season between the Eagles and the Suns is coming, and the Eagles are resting. After five o'clock, he began to warm up.
The Hawks have 25 wins and 13 losses, and the Suns have 23 wins and 18 losses. The Suns have already played half of the schedule. They are now ranked sixth in the West. They have the same record as the Jazz and Supersonics. He played two games, behind the Jazz.
There is pressure to have greater motivation. After being blown by Liu Mang, the Suns have been under the most pressure since the start of the season in recent games. Previously, their record had collapsed at the beginning of the season, and one collapse was one. No one paid attention to them for a while, but Liu Mang helped them return to people's perspective.
After all, the strength of the stars is there. After the Suns valued them on other teams and listed them as strong opponents, they made rapid progress, and they have become the fourth team after the Lakers in the west.
And one thing ... Thomas Carter is too good!
The knee pain that plagued O'Neill last season, and the Suns played for half a season, was raised by Thomas Carter!
Except for a few breaks at the start of the season, O'Neal has not dropped a game since December.
In the past month, O'Neal averaged 23 minutes per game, averaging 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. He performed well and was very efficient.
Nash ranked first in assists, averaging 12 assists per game in recent times.
Josh Smith averaged 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
They gradually played out what people expected of them when they first got Josh Smith and O'Neill.
After the warm-up, Liu Mang studied the Sun's scout report.
It is really an opponent that makes Liu Mang very interested.
Because O’Neal went to the Heat more than a year in advance, Stoudemire and Marion changed to Josh Smith ’s rookie contract, and there is a year ’s bonus to eat, if Josh Smith fails to enter the best two years For the lineup, Josh Smith's next contract is a starting salary of 50 million in 4 years.
The Suns may also become a strong enemy in the future. After all, Nash ’s peak can be maintained until 2012, and he has the strength of an assisting king, coupled with better health and younger Josh Smith ...
At 6:40 in the evening, Liu Mang entered the stadium.
Yesterday the Suns just defeated the Heat. O'Neill scored a new high of 36 points this season, helping the Suns get their 23rd victory and beat the Heat 126 to 91. O'Neill gave a bad breath.
So today neither Josh Smith nor Calderon visited the arena during the day. They rested during the day.
Liu Mang and the Suns players simply greeted each other, both back to back, the Suns still back to back in the second game, but the physical advantages of the Hawks did not account for, the Suns won too easy yesterday.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the nationwide live game started.
The Eagles went online again after a day against the Brigade.
For the time being Rondo, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Marion, Kwame Brown, use it like this first, and then return Tracy McGrady to the back when he finds a suitable small forward.
At the beginning of the game, the Hawks took the advantage and played a 9-4 start. Taking advantage of the two weaknesses of the Suns center O’Neal who had no ability to play fast and slow back defense, the Hawks had obvious advantages in the first three minutes.
However, the Suns used the Hawks to pass the Rondo pass mistakes, replaced O'Neal, replaced by the lineup of Nash, La Gabell, James Jones, Josh Smith, Dior, neither team can stop anyone. .
The scores of the two teams in this game are not as explosive as the last one when the Hawks played the Nuggets. The main reason is that the two teams played more organized in this game.
Rondo played well. In addition to scoring, he did better than Nash in passing, rebounding, and defense. Even if Nash tried hard, he could n’t prevent Rondo from breaking. It was difficult to move Rondo through. Rondo took advantage of his breakthrough and Liu Man's restraint after just scoring 56 points to organize the attack well.
However, even if the defense is well defended, the Suns point guard power forward center can connect the three people and can pass the ball. With the two capable shooters Lagabel and Barbosa, the Eagles also defend Unstoppable ~ EbookFREE.me ~ After the first quarter, the Hawks led the Suns 29-27 with two points.
In the second team, the Hawks fell into the disadvantage.
Fitzer was very useful. Like a stone pile in the low position, O'Neill was difficult to squeeze in, but O'Neill was ten centimeters taller than Fezell and played with a small hook.
Although Liu Mang continued to score more in the second quarter, he scored 14 points in the first quarter with only 5 points in the first quarter, and he could not withstand the combined positional offensive of Calderon and O'Neill.
However, the backup lineup is not without its highlights. David Lee was replaced by Fitzel when he was really unable to prevent O’Neal. Although the defensive end is still the same, the offense effect is good. He turned twice outside the three second zone to cut in. Score.
However, in general, the Hawks failed in the second and third quarters. After three quarters, the Suns have led by 93 points and 81 points.
Although Liu Mang scored 17 points in the fourth quarter and his individual score rose to 51 points, he could not save his disadvantage.
In the end, the Hawks lost 113 points to 121, 8 points to the Suns.
Liu Mang scored 51 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists. McGrady also performed well. He scored 30 points and 8 assists. Rondo had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.
Nash's defense is also good, Nash only got 7 points and 13 assists.
But without Prince, Dior did n’t defend well and was scored 33 points by Dior, plus O’Neal ’s 17 points and 9 rebounds, Calderon ’s 15 points and 6 assists. Although the Suns did n’t defend the Hawks, They score more.
25 wins and 14 losses, the Hawks lost again.
But there is good news, Liu Mang topped the scoring list ...
With an average of 30.3 points per game, he only scored 17 points in poor condition on the Arenas side. After averaging 30.2 points per game, Liu Mang overtook!