This summer, Liu Mang's life became dull.

If you don't win the championship, even if you are the loser MVP, you are still a loser.

The Lakers were ridiculed for winning the championship and not having an MVP, but they were still the champions.

Kobe Bryant returned to Los Angeles after a month of training and became hot news just by walking out of the airport.

Liu Mang's side is much deserted. Of course, compared to 90% of the league's stars, Liu Mang has received more attention and received more news, but it is much lower than in previous years.

Last year, he made news when he went out to buy a pacifier for his daughter.

People are like this. When they have it, they don't care. When they lose it, they realize that they were just used to having those things.

When Liu Mang was training in August, although Coach Kruger and Price did not disturb Liu Mang, they were not idle either.

On September 3rd, Liu Mang returned to Atlanta to rest for two or three days, and good news came from Coach Kruger!

After thousands of choices, the Hawks signed Michael Finley, one of the first-generation Jordan successors who joined the Spurs for two years after being pardoned by the Mavericks in 2005!

Finley has played as a fake or seventh man for the Spurs in the past two years and has performed well. Over the past two years, he has averaged 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 21 minutes per game. He has three-pointers and the mid-range shot is his best.

Excellent place.

But two years later, the 34-year-old Finley failed to win a championship with the Spurs. After being eliminated by the Suns in the first round last season, Finley did not choose to renew his contract with the Spurs. The Hawks traded Brad Miller.

After the split, there was still a mid-level contract worth 3.1 million yuan, and Finley reached a two-year contract worth 6.3 million yuan with a team option for the second year!

But there is also news that is neither good nor bad...

After more than two months of negotiations, Price finally failed to use the injury exception he got from Wade to sign Ron Artest. It was not a matter of money, but the contract with a starting salary of 8 million.

Among the teams that offered Artest this summer, they offered one of the best salaries, mainly because the Hawks have enough forwards.

Artest, who only turns 28 at the end of this year, will not be satisfied with playing time like Shane Battier or Grant Hill. This is the key to the disagreement.

Liu Mang did not forcefully talk to Artest at this time. The management was fine, but Liu Mang was obviously offending someone by offering Artest such a position on the team.

Different from offending people on the field, this way of offending people is really to the point of death.

Of course, the Hawks management will fight for it. The only advantage is the higher salary, a short contract of 8 million for one year, using the injury exception obtained from Wade. Originally, Artest was signed this year.

Unplanned, the playing time the team gave Artest was not as good as last year's offseason. Originally, the injury exception was intended to be used to eat Brad Miller alive, but there will always be various changes in the progress of the transaction.

Various changes have given the Hawks the possibility of signing Artest, and the Hawks will certainly compete for it.

The Spurs only offered a slightly higher offer for the mid-level players. Other teams including the Hornets, Heat, Lakers, etc. wanted to sign Artest, but their salary was not higher than that of the Spurs. At most, they only offered special exceptions for the mid-level players.

In the end, the Hawks failed to sign Artest, but they did play a role in raising the price. They raised Artest's original market price of around the middle class to 8 million, and did not let Artest choose to stay with the Spurs.

Team.

The final winner is the Rockets! The Rockets poached the Spurs' free agent Ron Artest with a three-year, $28.7 million fully guaranteed contract!

There is cooperation and competition between teams. Popovich is not surprised when he encounters the Hawks raising prices. The Hawks are being robbed by the Rockets, which does not affect the relationship between the two parties. This is a normal market competition.

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Popovich secretly lamented how hard it was to get Battier back. Finley was ready to leave after being eliminated in the first round. There was a high probability that Artest would not be able to stay. Originally, he wanted to seduce Artest with his performance.

Test took a pay cut and renewed his contract, but not only did his results in the playoffs not work well, but he also had a bad relationship with Artest because he suppressed his offensive performance during the regular season.

The Rockets were able to give him more playing time and a three-year fully guaranteed contract. Although Artest and Liu Mang have a personal relationship, money is still very important.

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“Competency evaluation 98;

Right hand: 98 three-pointers, 94 mid-range shots, 95 layups;

Left hand: 89 three-pointers, 84 mid-range shots, 94 layups;

Speed ​​94, strength 90, jumping 97..."

Looking at the results of his training over the summer, Liu Mang was still very satisfied.

The three-point evaluation of both the left and right hands has improved a little. The right hand is almost close to the critical point of god level. After the three-point evaluation exceeds 95, the improvement is getting slower and slower. This is what Liu Mang expected. He can still be five points like before.

If the year time increases from about 80 to 96, it will be really bloody.

His left hand has also reached the critical point of being close to the top. Liu Mang wants to participate in another three-point contest...

The left-hand layup has also reached a near-top level, which is close to the same level as the right-hand short-range shot. However, in fact, his left-hand layup evaluation exceeded 90. For most opponents inside, Liu Mang's left-hand layup

There's no difference, it's just a matter of getting used to it.

As for the CIC... Liu Mang is still stuck at 94. In addition to relying on time accumulation, it is too difficult to break through quickly. Liu Mang is planning to draw more star cards during the season, in case he draws Nowitzki, Alan Houston, etc.

, maybe there will be a bigger breakthrough.

The different characteristics of the star card and the original star card will affect the direction of Liu Mang's experience and learning; and the focus of use at that time will also have an impact on learning and absorption.

Just like Liu Mang used Kobe's star card many times, basically none of it was for Kobe's mid-range shot. Most of it was for technical use, so he didn't get much experience from Kobe's star card that was related to mid-range shot.

Feel.

After training with the six current superstars and future superstars for a month and returning to Atlanta, Liu Mang did not do more intensive training except for basic training. It is also important to review the gains gained during the training period.

For example, let’s study the problems I encountered when training triple threats. At that time, I was training every day, but I didn’t practice the basic skills of triple threats well. Although I finally learned the triple threat moves with Kobe, I only learned the moves. In-depth training is still needed.

Study it carefully.

To do a job, you must study it well and do the best you can. This is the biggest gain in learning attitude that Liu Mang has gained in his several years of career.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Mang's ability evaluation has increased to 98! He is getting closer and closer to his peak period, and Liu Mang's ability evaluation is getting closer and closer to the peak.

On September 14th, when the coaching staff informed them that the training camp would start ten days in advance on September 21st, Liu Mang spent half a month studying, summarizing, and trying personal training, although he had little experience in triple threats.

It’s a big improvement, but I can roughly understand how to train and improve myself.

This kind of summary ability is also a huge gain from Liu Mang's many years of career, and he knows how to improve himself.

Liu Mang is also preparing to participate in the team's training camp. The team structure has undergone earth-shaking changes next season. Liu Mang will receive the notice earlier. Tomorrow, the 15th, he will have to go to the arena to discuss it with the coaching staff.

Issues with the team system during the season.

"Let's take a look, the rogue value and the superstar value. Replenish the reserve potions and there are 550,000 superstar points left. The experience of drawing star cards in the regular season will come in handy. The rogue value has increased a bit this summer. You can draw a high-level lottery worth 100 million.

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Because the things drawn by the rogue value will not have much direct relationship with the basketball ability, and will not even have a special effect immediately. Just like the Iron Mountain Kung Fu, Iron Kick Kung Fu, and Iron Elbow Kung Fu, they are all passing.

It took several years before the effects gradually became more and more obvious.

Just like the innate skill of left-right fighting in Kung Fu, in a few years, it will reach the third level, and it will not reach the perfect state where the left and right hands are completely consistent.

In that state, in addition to developing the ability of the left hand, there is also a problem of habituation. It is necessary for the brain to be able to ignore the interchange of left and right hands without thinking.

Of course, Liu Mang's current left-hand ability has made fans feel incredible.

Moreover, practicing kung fu requires ten years of sharpening a sword, and Liu Mang has not focused on that. Up to now, the Iron Mountain Kung Fu is still Level 1. The Iron Kung Fu has more practical applications, and it is only Level 2. Only the Iron Elbow Kung Fu has reached level 1.

Level 3: There is a 3-point improvement in strength evaluation during elbow confrontation, and it is related to weight. The lighter the weight, the less obvious the effect.

Liu Mang's current weight of 92 to 93 kilograms is his best condition. To deal with most small men on the outside, Liu Mang can bully them with strength. To deal with Deron, Baron Davis, Andre Miller, Fei

Sher's muscle monsters still don't have any advantages.

So Liu Mang didn't use this during training. If he got another kung fu card, he would be upset and unable to concentrate on training.

"One hundred million, what can I get?" Liu Mang was not so excited when he broke the 100 million mark. The main reason was that the rogue value had exceeded 100 million twice before, but it was just used to choose talents and skills. When it came time to draw a lottery

when I got excited.

"Levia, help me prepare the gi!" Liu Mang shouted to Levia who was watching a soap opera in the living room, and rushed into the bathroom to take a shower.

Levia, who was in the living room, asked strangely: "Ace, didn't you say you wanted to take a day off and go to the gym to discuss with the coach tomorrow? Do you still want to practice? Didn't you lose interest after practicing for a while?"

"It's not about practicing...Levia, just help me get ready..."

Levia heard the response coming from Liu Mang's room and reluctantly went to prepare her uniform.

When taking the gi to the large balcony on the second floor that is occasionally used as a dojo, Levia looked at Guan Erye, who Liu Mang called the "God of Wealth". She was wondering why a military commander was called the God of Wealth? Especially when he was a
Chapter completed!