Chapter 1123 1122. Three Legends of NBA
Many years later, there are still several major legends circulating in the NBA, and many years later, they are still unforgettable.
Including:
The pole dancing emperor who has stopped dancing for many years: Ace Liu.
The master of square dancing that the Chinese people love and hate, and who has been active in the square dancing world for many years after retiring, has no worries about food and clothing: Tayshaun Prince.
The maverick North American dance king of bliss: LeBron James.
Who doesn’t have some dark history?
Liu Mang is now back in China to participate in promotional activities, and you can still hear the call for pole dancing.
Prince actually enjoys promoting square dancing.
In the United States, based on the NBA's suggestion, most American dictionaries translated the word square dance as "NBA-dance." When domestic fans learned about this new vocabulary, which was first spoken by Liu Mang, they angrily praised that this was a hack of the NBA. The worst ever.
But over time people got used to it.
Now, another NBA dance king is born!
After a bar in Indianapolis posted the half-hour Pure Land of Bliss directed by James live on an online forum, the North American Bliss Dance King was born!
Although James's dress and dance here are very eye-catching, the melody is magical and the dance moves are also magical. The key is simplicity! And the girls who danced with me were really exciting.
Liu Mang stopped the bar DJ from wanting him to appear on TV, saying that he was just a supporting role...
Although it was hard work to train the King of Dance, Liu Mang felt that he was not the kind of person who likes to be in the limelight. He only needed to silently accompany the new King of Dance behind his back. He even painfully gave him another six hundred dollars to let the three The people on the on-site DJ team didn't say that he played the dance music. They wrote down the dance music and gave it to the DJ.
Later, James' agent came to pick him up. After Liu Mang put James in the car, he returned to the hotel alone.
When it's over, brush off your clothes and go away, hiding your merits and fame...
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James is on fire!
Completely popular!
Before he won the MVP, James' style of play was far less famous outside the United States than in the United States.
For more than two years, the NBA has been promoting it, and Nike has been promoting it, but James's popularity is still tepid elsewhere except in the United States.
This troubles both NBA officials and Nike.
but!
After the song spread to countries and regions outside the United States, James became popular all over the world!
After internet celebrity Ace Liu and internet celebrity Tayshaun Prince, James has also become an internet celebrity!
James' popularity is even greater than Liu Mang's pole dancing and Prince's square dancing back then. Now the Internet has developed very well, and there is also Facebook, where GIF pictures can be uploaded. James became number one in the search rankings of major search engines in Europe and the United States overnight!
In the Asia-Pacific region, it is also popular!
And not just as a basketball player, but as an Internet celebrity!
There has been a worldwide trend of imitating James' dance videos.
In the popularity of major forums, portals, post bars, etc., a post on a basketball forum seems particularly refreshing.
"I discovered a terrible thing! Players from the 2001, 2002 and 2003 classes all have dancing kings! 》
When everyone is complaining about James, but many people are imitating James' dance, this post seems like a breath of fresh air, with a tricky angle.
Only then did people discover that it was really like that!
Pole dancing, square dancing, and pure land, these three dances became popular because of NBA players. They are so immortal that they happen to be the rookies of the 2001, 2002, and 2003 classes!
The three NBA kings of dance have their own exclusive title of king of dance on this night in the United States and this day in China!
The most popular among them is naturally the new dance king, Bliss Dance King!
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James stared at his dance video in stunned silence and glanced at the excited manager and Nike representative. What on earth were these two people so happy about?
James is going crazy!
How could I dance like this?
He remembered drinking last night, but he couldn't remember anything about what happened after he was drunk, that is, it was fragmentary.
As for the previous discussion with Liu Mang about the training appointment between Baotuan and Xia Tian, he actually remembered it and wrote it down in a small notebook.
But I don’t remember anything about what happened after that.
The scary thing is that when James hears this melody, his body naturally feels like he wants to dance along!
The most terrifying thing is that it is as if these dance moves have been engraved into his bone marrow!
"Could it be that my dancing talent has been activated? I invented this dance! But why is it such a dance!" James slumped on the sofa.
But the agents and Nike people are very happy now!
James' popularity outside the United States has soared rapidly, more than the "popularity" that has been promoted for so long in the past few years combined!
In the Internet age, you need something explosive to become popular. What James brings this time is explosive!
If it were an ordinary Internet celebrity, it would be over when the hit point is over, but he is James! Future superstar!
James will definitely become popular in the future, and he is popular now. If he performs well in the future, even though there are many flaws, it will definitely let more people see his talent and the strength he has shown! For a person like him who is talented in his own right, once he becomes popular, he will not be like an ordinary Internet celebrity and disappear like a shooting star, but will remain popular for a long time.
As for James becoming so popular, his reputation may not sound good, but James's current reputation is just average. The nickname "Crab Man" has been spread in basketball circles all over the world.
As James listened to his agent and people from Nike discussing the development of a special LeBron James III Pure Land Edition shoe, he felt a trace of despair...
What was even more desperate was that he turned on his computer and saw the headlines on the NBA official website, ESPN official website, T.N.T, Time Warner... and so on, which read "Who can dominate the NBA dance world, Ace, Prince or James?"
James seemed like he didn't know the world anymore.
Although he is usually popular in the United States, he is not as popular as this!
At this time, James' agent received a call from the agency team and said to James: "LeBron, the NBA's official court dance column and ESPN's entertainment TV station and sports TV station are all preparing to interview you. When the time comes, you can show your dance Practice hard and we will use this enthusiasm to spread your fame at home and abroad. "
"I want to use this to become famous!" James is going crazy!
But... isn't this... the opportunity that their management team has been working hard for but can't get...
James said he wanted to calm down... During this period of time, James had an idea that he didn't want to accept even if he died. However, his own business acumen made him know that this was a rare opportunity...
We need to turn these reputations into commercial value and make money like Prince did, instead of "wasting" like Liu Mang...
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On February 3, 2006, when the Eagles were warming up against the Pacers away from home, Liu Mang and others gathered in front of the TV to watch James being interviewed by ESPN and instructing the Cavaliers cheerleading team to dance in the Pure Land.
James... is not as strong as the Heat later, and is thinner than the Cavaliers at their peak in 1.0. After all, he is tall and has high muscle density. In the third grade, his body shape is far less explosive than Wade.
Although a big beard is a bit irritating to the eyes, the dancing talent is no problem, and there are some hot girls next to him, so the picture looks much better.
"Wow... LeBron dances so enchantingly!" Liu Mang exclaimed, pretending not to know anything, watching the video of James being interviewed on TV news.
"Ace, didn't you go drinking with LeBron last night? Why weren't you together?" McGrady always felt weird, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
"I was going to play a game, and I left after chatting for a while. LeBron was drinking alone, and it seemed that Artest kept him from crying." Liu Mang said with a regretful expression: "Hey, what a pity, I didn't Yes, otherwise I can be famous with LeBron!”
Listening to Liu Mang's words, Maddie felt that it was quite reliable. Liu Mang would not let go of such a good opportunity to become famous. After all, he was a man who dared to pole dance.
However, McGrady just felt like something was wrong!
Most of the Eagles players were joking, but only one person felt "threatened"!
Prince looked at James and felt that this was a strong opponent!
Liu Mang retired from the world, and the dances of O'Neal, Wade and others had no technical content in Prince's opinion. Prince was originally the leader in the NBA dance world.
Now, there is a strong opponent!
Prince feels that he should develop more dance and cannot let James, an emerging force, shake his position!
Liu Mang was teasing his teammates about James teaching the cheerleaders to dance when he suddenly felt a fiery gaze. He knew that he should spend some money to show off his dance moves... Anyway... there are a lot of them...
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The fun off the court is an off-court thing. Liu Mang didn't expect James to be so popular, but Liu Mang didn't pay much attention. All reports didn't mention his name, so he just pretended that he didn't know anything.
What matters to him now is the game against the Pacers.
In the third game of four consecutive away games, the Hawks' restarted winning streak has reached six games. They are still five games away from getting Stephen Curry's 15-16 star card. Every opponent cannot be careless in the future. .
Especially, this team that defeated them once!
Since the All-Star Weekend is coming soon, there will be popular games almost every day in the ten days before the All-Star Weekend.
The Eagles' game against the Timberwolves was broadcast nationally because of Garnett, while the Pacers, after the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, even O'Neal has basically missed out on the All-Stars. The Pacers have lost almost all attention and are broadcast nationally. There are only three national live broadcasts in the entire season. One of them is very interesting, which is against the Pistons, but obviously there is no one against the Eagles.
At 6:40 in the evening, the game between the Eagles and the Pacers, which did not attract much attention, was about to begin. As a visiting team player, it was nothing for Liu Mang to be booed. The key was that after he entered, he saw the Pacers enter. The players were booed again!