McGrady's fighting spirit issue has already made the Eagles management dissatisfied.

Liu Mang clearly heard this meaning from Coach Kruger's words.

Unlike second-year players like Josh Smith and Iguodala, it doesn't matter if they are traded first. Regarding McGrady's trade, even if Schwartz received the news first, Schwartz would communicate with Liu Mang first.

But Schwartz did not say anything, which means that the management is only considering this option and has not yet implemented any substantive operations.

After all, it is impossible to trade McGrady for draft picks. The No. 1 pick will not agree to it, and the Hawks themselves will not agree. Nine out of ten No. 1 picks will not reach McGrady's performance in their prime. Before he came to the Hawks, McGrady was

He has been the scoring champion for a while.

Therefore, if McGrady's trade is to be carried out, they will not be as anxious as the Magic, who were determined to send McGrady away. After all, the Hawks have always had a complete lineup, a good record, and just reached the finals. Moving McGrady is definitely a decision.

The injury will not be as random as the Timberwolves selling Garnett. It will definitely be a long process that will take three or two months.

"Trade Tracy? He is too important for us to win the championship next season. I thought of a tactic that cannot be without Tracy." Liu Mang responded.

Putting aside personal relationships, McGrady is essential to Liu Mang's expectations for adjustments to his playing style next season.

Coach Kruger and Price were not too surprised. They knew Liu Mang was nostalgic, and this is something they can take advantage of.

To put it this way, I don’t really want to trade McGrady now. McGrady, who was born in 1979, is at his peak at the age of 28. Thomas Carter, the medical consultant of his team, takes good care of McGrady. According to McGrady’s congenital disease

Plan a reasonable training schedule so you don’t have to worry about injuries.

Last season McGrady was indeed not as good as the first and second defense in the 2005-06 season, but he was still one of the strongest players at the small forward and shooting guard positions.

It's just that Coach Kruger and Price need this opportunity to take advantage of this.

"Ace, I understand that you attach great importance to your teammate friendship with Tracy, but we failed to win the championship this year. The fact that the regular season record is not as good as other teams is very important. You know what I mean, you are too tired in the regular season.

Yeah, we have to think about your future, if we can change to a star with more motivation, instead of a star who becomes arrogant after winning two championships." Coach Kruger said with a frown.

What Coach Kruger said makes sense, and Liu Mang personally feels the same way. Sometimes the strength of a team does not depend on how famous the names of the players are.

There are many examples in the history of the NBA. Some stars work very hard, but after winning a championship, they become completely different people. They are arrogant and slack off. Maybe this player knows that he should not slack off, but as long as he has that kind of mentality

It is difficult to adjust, and players who have the self-regulation ability to adjust that kind of mentality will not have that kind of mentality at all; some are just like Saburo when they get the basic salary, but after getting a big contract, they start to work hard to maintain their health.

There are even some players who work very hard on offense and defense when they are the sixth man on the bench or the second in charge of the team. But after becoming the boss of the team, they become the defensive sieve and keep making three shots on the offensive end every day.

point……

However, Liu Mang really wanted to try that idea...

The style he played with second-year James James during the All-Star Weekend could compete with the Western Conference All-Stars!

Liu Mang struggled for a while and said seriously: "Let's give it another year, just one year."

Liu Mang didn't explain too much, and some things couldn't be explained clearly, but if he wanted to try it, a teammate like McGrady who could pass, run, and shoot was a must. To a certain extent, he could even do better than James.

Seemingly feeling Liu Mang's persistence, Price said: "Lang, let's take a look first. The chips given by the other party are not very good. I am still very optimistic about the core combination of Ace and Tracy."

Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief and had almost finished eating. Liu Mang said sorry first and wanted to go back and think about how to motivate McGrady.

After the finals, McGrady went back to his hometown of Bartow. Liu Mang had not communicated with McGrady yet. Americans are like that. Outside of work, they seldom communicate with each other and pay more attention to their personal time.

Bartow is in Florida, not far from Atlanta. McGrady's choice to go to the Magic had something to do with the proximity to his grandmother's hometown.

When McGrady comes back from his hometown, Liu Mang will talk to him again to see what this old friend who has been working together for three years really thinks.

After Liu Mang left, Coach Kruger and Price looked at each other and smiled, trading Tracy McGrady... They had no intention of doing so at the beginning. They had to wait until Liu Mang renewed his new contract before discussing the deal. The team had plans to negotiate with Liu Mang.

Players with close relationships with Mang are one of the guarantees for Liu Mang to renew his contract.

It’s not that Price and Coach Kruger are being arrogant, but they really have to create guaranteed conditions for renewing Liu Mang’s contract next year.

Moreover... when McGrady is at his peak, no matter how he trades, he will definitely suffer losses, and the players who return are unlikely to have McGrady's mentality of being willing to sacrifice data and status for Liu Mang.

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"We don't plan to trade Tracy. He, like Ace, is not for sale..." Price said in an interview during the last workout before the draft.

On the 24th, Jordan helped the Hawks trade down draft picks very smoothly, and the transaction was completed quickly. At this stage, people think it is a big year for the draft, and the No. 10 pick is very attractive. After all, Noah has

It may fall to the tenth pick, which is a T1 rookie.

The Bobcats used this season's No. 10 pick, plus their own 2008 second-round draft pick, to reach a deal with the Wizards and Magic, and received this year's Wizards' first-round pick, No. 15, in the hands of the Magic.

The Cavaliers' No. 29 pick and the Magic's 2008 second-round pick.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Wizards sent out the 15th pick in the first round of this season and the 15th pick in the second round, and received two second-round picks from the Magic in 2010

Draft pick, 2008 Bobcats second-round pick, Magic player DeShawn Stevenson.

The Magic sent two second-round picks and the Cavaliers' first-round pick from last year, as well as DeShawn Stevenson, who got the Bobcats' first-round pick No. 10, and the Wizards' second-round pick No. 15 this season.

A draft pick.

Jordan also guessed that the Hawks wanted to use a lower pick to select his favorite pick. The Hawks have always been good at doing this.

But Jordan didn't try to find the low-ranking gem on his own. After a few years, he had already become aware of it...

In 2004, the Hawks drafted Josh Smith, and he asked someone to draft Okafor. As a result, Josh Smith averaged 22 8 4 in the All-Star Game, while Okafor drove high and went low; in 2005, the Hawks drafted Okafor.

Granger, he asked someone to select Felton, and now he has to find a way to get Granger; in 2006, the Hawks selected Rondo, and he asked someone to select Adam Morrison...

Jordan's selections with the top three picks were not as good as others' picks with more than ten picks. Jordan stopped struggling and could just wait for the Hawks to enjoy the rookie bonus and pick up what was readily available.

That night, with three days left before the draft, the Eagles and Bobcats reached a deal.

The Hawks sent Danny Granger, David Lee, and Ryan Hollins, and received this year's first-round picks No. 15 and No. 28 from the Bobcats, as well as the 2008 Magic's second-round pick.

, a top-five protected first-round pick by the Bobcats in 2008.

Not surprisingly, after the deal was concluded, Mr. Joe was criticized by the media in some cities with NBA...

Originally, for three consecutive years starting from this year, the Eagles did not touch the draft picks except for the 2008 draft. In the other two years, there was only a second round in 2009, which may affect the continuity of the Eagles' team building ideas.

Good thing now, after this deal is concluded, the Eagles will have two first-round picks this year, and four draft picks in 2008, two first-round picks and two second-round picks. The Eagles can slowly operate in the future.

After receiving the 2009 draft pick, the Hawks' team-building plan, which had been hindered, suddenly became smoother.

This is also part of Liu Mang's plan. The failure to trade Garnett last year was too debilitating and needs to be adjusted slowly.

Liu Mang doesn't blame the management. If the Garnett trade goes through, and the 2008 and 2009 draft picks are needed, big things may happen.

Although there are other teams that also want to trade with the Hawks, the transaction has not been completed. The Celtics' Larry Bird's transactions with other teams have been blocked. Last year's McHale incident affected the Celtics too much.

Because of the reputation of the management, Jordan first confirmed the deal with the Hawks and reached a verbal agreement with the Wizards and Magic before completing that part of the deal.

But the media always needs someone to take the blame.

Jordan was depressed. He was scolded for drafting. He was also scolded for not drafting and just picking up what was available. He felt that being a boss was too difficult.

The Hawks began preparations for draft workouts before the transactions with Jordan and Bird were completed. Anyway, the draft picks will be traded before the draft. If Granger is released, the draft picks will definitely be exchanged, so the Hawks are not worried.

On the 25th, there were two days left before the draft. The Eagles held two first-round picks this year, attracting a lot of media interviews.

However, the focus of the interview was the rumored news that the Bulls used Luol Deng, Nocioni and other players plus draft picks to apply for McGrady, but the Hawks rejected it.

Liu Mang had already promised that he would not trade Tracy McGrady for the time being. Price said what he just said in an interview.

Is Tracy McGrady not for sale?

This reporter didn't quite believe it. He described Raheem in this way back then, but when the time came to trade, he did it anyway.

But at present, the Hawks will definitely not trade McGrady, which disappoints reporters who want to speculate on hot topics.

The trial training went well, mainly because I didn’t have too much desire to try out. I just had the draft picks and held a small trial as usual. Most of the players invited to the trial were predicted to be outside the lottery area.

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Of course, it is also the Eagles' goal to see if there are any unexpected and bright rookies.

However, Liu Mang looked at it for a long time and found nothing worth noting.

If you want to say that someone is a little different, it's Nick Young, but the Hawks are not short of outsiders. Nick Young's kind of mental knife cannot be cultivated. He must be given a lot of opportunities to make mistakes before he can give some rewards.

After the morning trial training, during lunch, Coach Kruger asked Liu Mang: "Ace, you don't like these players? We have two first-round picks this time, who are we going to pick?"

The boss said you won’t notify him of the target until tomorrow, can you reveal it first?”

"I think this year's rookies are not as good as expected. Coach, don't worry. If it doesn't work out, we can trade a draft pick later." Liu Mang responded.

Coach Kruger is not worried. He has seen the "scout department" of Liu Mang's agency many times. He is just curious.

And when Liu Mang said this, Coach Kruger continued to ask: "So there is a goal?"

Seeing Coach Kruger's expression that the more he didn't know, the more he wanted to ask, Liu Mang refused to say anything.

In Liu Mang's view, except for the top five picks in this year's draft, the others... are actually average, including Noah. Although Noah can pass the ball, his characteristics are not suitable for his own team.

Not as good as Liu Mang's expectations for that second-round pick.

The most important thing is that Noah can't get any good bargaining chips in his peak period. This is something Liu Mang already knows.

Although the NBA has changed greatly, Noah's trade value was not high during his peak period. This matter will not change. Noah's shortcomings are too obvious, mainly difficult to use, very difficult to use, and the core style of play requires the ball in hand.

It can't help the team play a good offense.

And it has to be cultivated slowly.

Liu Mang has made plans in the past two days and is waiting to communicate with his boss tomorrow.

"Coach, don't worry. Now that we know it, there will be no 'surprises'."

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At this time, Schwartz, who was far away in a restaurant in Spain, looked at the fat man in front of him, who was about the same height as O'Neal and whose waist was about the same as O'Neal, still eating. He was very confused: "I can understand that Argentine guy who is almost 30 years old. Why?"
Chapter completed!