Chapter 999 998. New Teammates, New Physical Examination

Olajuwon recalled that he and Jordan attended an event together at the beginning of the month. He and Jordan talked about Liu Mang asking him to learn low-post moves and joking that he wanted to steal Jordan's disciples. Jordan's meaningful smile...

So that’s what you were talking about!

This disciple of Jordan is a complete monster!

Indeed, I don’t have much experience in low-post singles, and once I learn the moves, the practicality is not yet strong.

But this guy is only 23 years old!

In three days, I learned all the various uses and variations of Dream Steps.

With such a learning speed, are you worried that it will not be practical in the future?

Give it a year or two to train and practice in competitions...

Olajuwon felt that Liu Mang's learning talent was terrible!

The key is that Liu Mang's crazy training attitude of four hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon is what makes Olajuwon feel the scariest.

To work hard, you also need to have talent to work hard. If you want to train yourself to death, you have to be physically able to hold on.

He learned all the steps in just three days. Olajuwon was in pain. Originally, he thought teaching one or two moves a week was too much. In that way, he could make Liu Mang two or three times in the future. Who knew what he could do in a week? Half the time is not used up!

"Hakeem, is there anything else you need to learn?" Liu Mang reviewed the low post moves again and then approached Olajuwon.

Olajuwon is really desperate, but he can't appear to be incapable!

Olajuwon responded as if everything was under control: "Ace, you are already very good at mid-range shooting. Today our training is the hook shot, which is an important shooting technique combined with low-post footwork."

Hook?

This feeling is good!

Liu Mang knows one trick in his hook, which is the small sky hook, but he doesn't have too many hook skills. He doesn't need to be systematic. Just learn a little. The chance of using this is not high. He can use it occasionally when he needs it. Not bad.

Moreover, the hook is a type of shooting. Even if you learn the movements, the accuracy still needs to be practiced slowly, just like the small sky hook Liu Mang learned from the Magic star card.

After teaching hook shots on both sides of the basket, Olajuwon finally felt a little relieved when he saw that Liu Mang's learning speed had finally slowed down and he needed to practice hard like normal people...

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In the next four days, Liu Mang practiced shooting, not only hook shots, but also mid-range shots and short-range jump shots with dreamy footsteps.

The week of study passed quickly. Olajuwon felt like he had a nightmare. Even Liu Mang refused to treat him to dinner by lying and saying that he had something to do. He fled back to his villa in Manhattan Beach, not wanting to see Liu Mang again. Reckless.

Liu Mang still wants to communicate with Olajuwondo, which feels like a pity.

But the time is almost up. On the 24th, the Eagles will gather to start training camp one week earlier than the league stipulates.

This year the Hawks have several more players. The four new players Granger, David Lee, Barry and Horry need to get used to each other.

Fortunately, the core lineup and even the main role players have not changed much. Except for Mohammed leaving the team and Persson retiring, there are no changes in the main players. Compared with last season, it is almost a brand new team. This season is definitely going to be a lot safer.

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"I'm back!" After Liu Mang parked the car, he shouted towards the house.

The little Loli immediately rushed up and jumped towards Liu Mang.

Liu Mang caught it out of habit and put the little Loli on the ground: "You are almost 11 years old, why are you still acting like a child?"

Liu Mang rubbed little Loli's head and walked towards the villa.

"Uncle, Dinah's hair is messed up!" the little Loli said dissatisfied.

"Uh... the head can be cut off, but the bleeding can't be messed up?" Liu Mang felt that time passed so fast, and this little loli had already reached this age.

On the afternoon of the 21st, Liu Mang took a flight back to Atlanta.

Entering the house, Liu Mang felt...as if he had returned to his hometown in Jiashan, which was much livelier than before.

I didn’t feel much of it when I was in Los Angeles. I lived there very little, but when I returned to the familiar Atlanta, I saw two American girls and their parents playing mahjong when I entered the house. Liu Mang felt that this scene... Too strange!

"Ace, you're back, do you want to come and play two sets?" Alexia waved to Liu Mang with her big belly.

Play two sets...two sets...sets...

"No, I'm a little tired from training these days. I'm going to take a bath and rest first. Then I'll play video games with Dinah later. Mahjong is too taxing on my head." Liu Mang hurried back to the room.

The two girls and the two elders ignored Liu Mang and continued to beat him.

Hearing that Alexia would use the word "pan" to describe playing mahjong, Liu Mang felt that...their parents had taken the two girls' painting styles astray!

The quintessence of the Chinese nation, Liu Mang comforted himself...

However, Liu Mang felt that Alexia's belly seemed to have grown a little bigger after not seeing her for a week, and the due date was about four weeks away.

The recent pregnancy test reports stated that the fetus was healthy and there was no problem. When the due date arrived, Alexia could be admitted to the hospital and wait to give birth to the baby.

Thinking about the time when the season starts, he will have a son or daughter. Liu Mang feels that the new season is very special...

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After Liu Mang returned to Atlanta, he did not immediately continue to train, but spent two days of relaxing rest with his family. On September 24, the Hawks' training camp began, and it was time to report to the team.

In the morning, Liu Mang got up early and took the little girl out for an hour's morning run. When he returned home at around 7 o'clock, Liu Mang's father had already prepared breakfast. Liu Mang took a shower, helped Alexia down, and together with bodyguard Christine Wagner, there were seven people at the table, and they had breakfast together.

Liu Mang always had something to complain about, just these two girls, who used to sleep until noon and didn't get up, but since his parents came, they went to bed and got up early every day...

But he didn't dare to complain, for fear of being violently tortured...

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Liu Mang arrived at the gym at around 8 o'clock and found that many teammates had already started training.

Although the Hawks coaching staff started the training camp a week in advance, in fact, on the 19th, except for Liu Mang, everyone else had returned to the team and started training early.

The competitive pressure on the Hawks' role players is no less than last season.

The new season has new teammates and new teams to compete with.

The old players of last season now have new pressure, so they are very active in showing their progress in the summer. Not to mention the new rookies, they came early to learn how to carry bags. Barry and Horry, the two old players, also want to show their enthusiasm, so as not to be replaced by the Hawks.

"Oh, oh, oh... our MVP is finally back. How is it? Is it okay to learn low post from Hakeem?" Horry brought Barry up and hugged Liu Mang warmly.

Horry and Barry are not those young people. When they entered the locker room, they saw three separate closets in the middle of the locker room, and the two closets next to them were hung with Liu Mang and McGrady's jerseys, and the closet in the middle was Liu Mang's six pairs of signature shoes with home and away colors. They knew that the boss of the Hawks was not McGrady, who was older, but Liu Mang.

"Very cool, Hakeem's low post footwork is great. I practiced for a long time and barely got started." Liu Mang responded with a smile.

"Wow, it's not easy to get started with low-post singles! Without that talent, it's impossible to get started. I heard that you only learned for a week! Oh my god..." Barry made an exaggerated expression.

"It's just luck, mainly because Hakeem taught well..."

Liu Mang exchanged a few words with Horry and Barry. After experiencing the joining of Persson last year, Liu Mang already understood the behavior of these old players.

Not everyone is Alonzo Mourning. Alonzo's iron-blooded tough guy character is actually rare in the NBA.

I got to know the two new veterans again. Now as teammates, the grudges of last year's finals are of course gone with the wind.

"Ace, your training clothes are already put away in your closet. Change into training clothes and go to the physical therapy room for physical examination." Emmanuel saw Liu Mang and the two veterans finished greeting each other and came up to say.

"Okay, I get it," he said, still speaking to his old teammate whom he had known since the beginning. However, Liu Mang looked at Emmanuel with contempt and said, "Emmanuel, you finally lost some weight last year, but how come you gained so much weight again after a summer? Be careful of fatty liver and diabetes!"

"I have tried very hard, Ace, take me with you when you go to Los Angeles for training next summer. I will be your caddy and just take care of me." Emmanuel was also desperate!

As a professional athlete, his metabolism was very fast before, and his body was used to eating so much. In the summer, they, the trainers, were on paid leave and had no exercise, so they naturally gained weight.

Liu Mang thought about it and thought it was not bad. He agreed to it as an old teammate, and he was really worried that Emmanuel would be so fat and something would happen.

After changing into his training clothes, Liu Mang went to the physical therapy room. Emmanuel had already notified the coaching staff that Liu Mang was coming.

"Coach, long time no see!" Liu Mang greeted Coach Kruger.

"Yeah." Coach Kruger still looked indifferent. He took Liu Mang to warm up and then started the physical test.

Liu Mang also wanted to know how much his physical test data had changed this year compared to last year. His strength had been improved to the limit!

After a series of physical tests, the coaching staff was stunned by the changes in Liu Mang over the past year!

Height: 193 cm.

Wing span: 208 cm.

Weight: 91 kg.

40-yard (36.5-meter) sprint: 3.723 seconds to 3.695 seconds.

100-meter sprint: 10.391 seconds to 10.362 seconds.

Vertical jump: 0.902 meters to 0.895 meters.

Run-up jump: 0.938 meters to 0.942 meters.

Bench press: 250 pounds to 290 pounds.

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Liu Mang looked at the physical test comparison data of the top power outside players next to him for comparison.

Kobe bench presses about 145 kg, Jordan bench presses about 150 kg, Carter bench presses about 135 kg, McGrady bench presses about 125 kg, James bench presses... 170 kg... Artest bench presses... 180 kg...

Looking at James' bench press in his rookie year, he almost caught up with Artest!

This is fucking...

Liu Mang was originally complacent about his bench press that surpassed McGrady, but now it seems that in terms of physical fitness, James will always be the most buggy one.

Kobe's Jordan strength is also very good, the best among shooting guards, but compared with James, there is still a gap, both of them are agile.

But James... seems to be very flexible...

Comparing physical fitness is really a sad thing. Liu Mang went to see the training camp plan depressedly, and did not notice the shocked look of Coach Kruger...

The speed has not increased or decreased significantly, and there is no change from last season. The same is true for jumping. It is normal to have a very small change. Even if the physical test is done on the same day and the condition is the best all day, there will be a small change.

But the bench press changes from 250 pounds to 290 pounds. In a year, Liu Mang's bench press has increased by 40 pounds! From a bench press of about 115 kilograms, it has increased to 130 kilograms!

And after increasing so much strength, Liu Mang's speed and jumping have not declined too much!

Kobe's normal bench press is about 145 kg, about 320 pounds. Last season, the highest reached 360 pounds, which is about 160 kg. The 40-pound bench press increased the body's discomfort, and the speed, flexibility and even jumping have declined.

But Liu Mang also increased the bench press by 40 pounds in a year, but his weight did not change much! And his flexibility and speed were not affected!

This is simply too exaggerated!

Coach Kruger feels incredible!

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