The training camps of each team are in full swing. The Eagles started training on tactical coordination early. The training is always very harmonious. The practice of tactical movement is much simpler than playing games. With the addition of the newly added

McGrady and Iguodala are two ball-handling players, both of whom have extremely high basketball IQs, so the progress is going very smoothly.

Especially every tactic Tracy McGrady only needs to practice once or twice, and it looks like he has been playing it for years, which makes people jealous and excited.

From the perspective of two-person cooperation, Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady's passing and receiving cooperation is too easy and smooth.

Tony Allen and Ariza mainly practice open three-pointers from the bottom corner. They have room to perform on the offensive end because of these two points. They may not have much playing time.

On the contrary, the two rookies Varejao and Josh Smith in the interior have to train more on the defensive end in order to compete for the second substitute inside. It seems that Varejao is more capable immediately, but Josh Smith's physical fitness is actually worse.

This will give him an advantage in this year's Eagles' offensive style of play, and he may get more playing opportunities.

In the past summer, in addition to the continuous defeat of the United States team in the Olympic basketball competition, which started the world basketball craze, there were many changes in the NBA. First, the Bobcats joined the NBA, and the Hornets were officially divided into the Western Conference. They were no longer obviously moved as before.

We're in the Southwest Division, and we're still playing the Eastern Conference schedule.

The most significant change is that the NBA unanimously decided to cancel HandCheck after voting by the management of 30 teams, which means entering the NO-HandCheck era.

The so-called HandCheck is a distance beyond the free throw line that can be used to defend the opponent's outside perimeter holding the ball. It puts great restrictions on outside players' scoring, making Pat Riley's iron-blooded style popular throughout the NBA, and the defensive intensity has been strong for a year.

The average points per game in the league has been increasing year by year. As of last season, only three teams in the NBA, the Hawks, Mavericks, and Kings, scored more than 100 points per game. Three teams averaged less than 80 points per game, setting a new low in NBA history.

Now canceling HandCheck, for strong defensive teams, there is a huge weakening in defending the perimeter. From the area beyond the free throw line extension, you can no longer use your hands to block the waist of the ball holder and pull it as before.

Pulling defensive action.

However, many teams have not noticed this change. What has become easier on the outside is not breakthrough. Those breakthrough experts actually don't care whether they are pulled or not. Most of the team's coaches and management have not noticed. Cancel

HandCheck, the one who benefits the most is the three-point shooter.

With Liu Mang's suggestion, the Eagles had already begun to develop in this direction before most teams paid attention to this.

In the training camp of the Eagles this season, positional battles are still dominated by various tactical changes that emerge one after another, and at the same time, the three-pointer role in the tactics is strengthened.

But the main direction of development is defensive counterattack three-pointers at the basket, so the defensive talent brought by Josh Smith's physical fitness and Varejao's rebound protection ability are all very important parts of the substitute interior.

As early as after the five rookies were selected, Tony Allen, Ariza, Iguodala, and the previous defenders Calderon and Korver all focused on practicing three-pointers. Iguodala was working with Liu Mang

, before McGrady went to Los Angeles to train, he had been following Chip Engelland and training three-pointers with several rookies.

The Eagles training camp is proceeding in an orderly manner...

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As the training camp passes day by day, it gets closer and closer to the start of the preseason, which means the new season is about to begin!

Player rankings and team rankings from major websites and newspapers have been announced one after another and have begun to release their respective rankings.

The players of the Eagles also care about the team ranking and player strength list.

In terms of team rankings, the top ten rankings of Sports Illustrated and ESPN, which are the most authoritative in this regard, are rarely exactly the same.

As the defending champion, the Hawks are not as unpopular with the media as the Spurs. According to convention, they are ranked first in the team's strength list.

Last season, they reached the Western Conference Finals, and the Timberwolves, who had three monsters, were ranked second.

The Spurs are ranked third and the Nets are ranked fourth.

The Heat, which acquired Shaquille O'Neal in the offseason, jumped from 14th at the end of last season to fifth in the league when the team also had Wade and Eddie Jones.

The Kings were ranked sixth, the Mavericks were seventh, the Pistons were eighth, the SuperSonics, who got Francis, were ranked ninth, and the Rockets were ranked tenth.

The Lakers, which originally ranked first in the team strength rankings last season, are only ranked 12th this season.

Player strength list, according to Sports Illustrated, Garnett is ranked first, Duncan is second, McGrady is third, Kobe is fourth, O'Neal is fifth, Liu Mang is sixth, Iverson is seventh, Kidd and Carter are both ranked.

Ranked in the top ten, ranked eighth and ninth, Raheem was ranked tenth.

In terms of ESPN, McGrady is ranked first because he comes to play on a strong team and his performance will definitely be different. Duncan is second, Garnett is third, and O'Neal is fourth. Kobe Bryant has always been ranked in ESPN's rankings.

Unpopular and ranked fifth, Liu Mang was still sixth, Iverson was seventh, Carter was eighth, and Raheem was ninth.

Regarding the top nine, although the rankings are different, the top nine candidates announced by the two most authoritative media are all the same. But at tenth, the question arises.

LeBron James, the Rookie of the Year last season, was ranked tenth by ESPN!

Kidd was pushed out of the top ten! And he was ranked 12th! Both Sports Illustrated and ESPN ranked Yao Ming 11th.

Obviously, ESPN’s ranking has received more attention, and it’s so topical!

Since the last NBA lockout, there has never been a second-year player ranked in the top ten in the strength rankings. James is the first!

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Mang performed so well in his rookie season, and in his sophomore year, he was only ranked 15th, while James was actually ranked 10th.

He overtook Yao Ming, who was selected to the third team last season and had just turned 24, and it immediately aroused heated discussion.

Before the last lockout, this situation was very common, because in the 1990s there were still a large number of players who entered the NBA after their junior or senior years, like Duncan, but after the lockout, a large number of freshmen and high school students entered the NBA.

In the NBA, although the talent of rookies has not decreased much, there are fewer and fewer high-ranking rookies who can realize their talents. The NBA will not slowly hone their skills and tactical awareness and select high-ranking rookies like universities do.

, they are expected to lead the team to win. Under the huge pressure, many rookies have directly transformed from "children" to the pillars of a city's basketball. Those with poor mental endurance will directly collapse.

For the Eagles, on October 7, the last day of training camp, we all came to Phillips Arena early in the morning, just to see the top 20 player strength lists finally announced by the two major media at 9 o'clock in the morning.

As for the team's strength list, the Hawks players know that they are number one without even thinking about it. The defending champion is not number one. This situation is rare. There is no way for the Bulls after the lockout to lose all their core players. The Spurs last season

It was sheer bad luck that the Lakers formed the Big Four.

No super team was born this summer. Although the Hawks split their lineup, they also introduced Tracy McGrady, so they deserve to be ranked first.

What the Eagles players care about is the power rankings.

Among the rookies selected by the Hawks, Iguodala ranked 67th, the other four failed to make the top 100, Muhammad ranked 60th, Kevin Willis... 415

name.

The five major players plus the sixth player of the Hawks all ranked in the top 30. Kwame Brown was ranked 29th, Prince was ranked 27th, and Jason Terry was ranked 23rd. This has long been

confirmed.

Only Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady and Rasheed Wallace have not yet been confirmed.

In the end, Rasheed Wallace ranked 16th. He was personally very satisfied with this ranking. It was much better than the top 20s in previous years.

When the rankings of Liu Mang and McGrady were announced, everyone congratulated McGrady.

"Our team also ranks first in the league! Congratulations, Tracy." Although Jason Terry was a little dissatisfied with not being in the top 20, his congratulations to his teammates were sincere. Like those rookies, he understands

Don't care.

"Hahahaha...I'm just lucky. They think I can play well after coming to the team because of your teammates..." McGrady was also overjoyed. He never expected that he could play well in the two biggest teams.

He was in the top three on all authoritative lists, and ESPN directly ranked him at No. 1!

Looking at Tracy McGrady who got the advantage and acted well, Liu Mang ignored this guy. It was so annoying. He became the number one in terms of combat power when he first arrived. Where should he put him? Don't pass the ball to this guy... It seems that McGrady is in charge this year.

Support core, don't give this guy any assists! Just shoot the ball yourself!

However, what Liu Mang cares about is not the combat rankings, but the team rankings.

"No one ranks the Suns in the top ten?" Liu Mang finally knows why the Suns are so memorable to people. In addition to their good performance, before Nash joined the Suns, they were not optimistic at all. They all felt that

A team is just a group of data brushers. It is the explosion without any expectations that will be remembered the most.

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The Eagles are ranked first in the strength list. Not many fans are dissatisfied. As the defending champion, there is nothing wrong with McGrady being ranked in the top three. After joining the Eagles, if the Eagles continue to maintain their past record, McGrady's strength

They are already strong, so there is no big problem if the player rankings improve as the team becomes stronger.

Of course, ranking first is a bit of a problem, but James is ranked tenth! This problem is even bigger!

Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Marbury, Peja, Ray Allen, Stoudemire, Marion, O'Neal, Artest, Ben Wallace...a lot of first-class or top stars

, starting to hold a grudge against James!

People like Tracy McGrady and Liu Mang are definitely in the top ten. If they are in the top ten, even if Tracy McGrady is ranked first, it will only be controversial.

But by ranking James in the top ten, ESPN is creating hatred for James!

Moreover, even neutral fans feel that this ranking is a bit too unreasonable.

On Liu Mang's side, he saw many stars criticizing ESPN and James, and saw fans online being unhappy with ESPN and James. Liu Mang held a moment of silence for little James. He knew that this was ESPN and the league creating a topic for James and bringing him into the spotlight.

Pushing it to the topic is a means of star-making movement.

However, James' Cavaliers team does not have the strength to support James into the top ten.

"Poor little Lebang, come on." Liu Mang laughed for a long time while looking at the posts in the online forum, felt sorry for James for a few seconds, and laughed for more than ten minutes.

Liu Mang doesn't think there is any problem with James' ability ranking in the top ten next season. During the Olympics, James' ability evaluation had already reached 87. By the end of training together, it was already 89, but it was 89 to 90.

It is a hurdle, but Liu Mang believes that with James' talent, he will definitely be able to break through to the top stars before the end of this season.

But based on James' performance last season and the team's record, he is 100% not in the top ten. Like Sports Illustrated, the rankings of 16 or 7 are all based on talent.

Liu Mang turned off his computer, packed up his things, and headed to the airport to fly to Miami with the team. He finally got the throne in the Eastern Conference, and there was a challenger like the Heat. Liu Mang felt so stressed. There were Fatty and

Big cheeks are waiting, the preseason is already here.

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Chapter completed!