Chapter 1132 1131. Let’s Help Tracy Win the All-Star MVP!
Happy like a god...
Saint mode on...
The shoulder was full of teeth marks. The two girls had gone back to the room to sleep. Liu Mang was going to take a bath and think quietly.
If three consecutive championships are not the end, then more championships are the goal to strive for.
There is also the honor of the national team. Liu Mang felt very excited when he reached the semi-finals once before. Although there are many black fans when he returned to China, he has the title of national hero.
The king's path to hegemony... The king's path... is not the king's map, the meaning is very different.
The king's map means that the last goal has been reached.
And the king's path is just the beginning!
Three consecutive championships are the beginning of the king's path!
Just like my dad said, O'Neal won three consecutive championships and three consecutive finals MVPs, just to reach the threshold of the top ten in history. There are too many great players in NBA history, Jordan, Magic, Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, Bird, Oscar Robertson, West, Duncan, Olajuwon... too many great people.
Liu Mang doesn't have to be the first in history, but trying to surpass again and again makes Liu Mang excited again.
Maybe it's four consecutive championships?
Maybe it's three consecutive championships more than two?
These are all goals that make Liu Mang excited.
For now, let's first strive for three consecutive championships!
But after three consecutive championships...four consecutive championships?
Liu Mang found that many defending champions, in the second year after winning the championship, the core players did not find that their teammates began to slack off, nor did they think about how to solve these problems.
But... there is no way to solve it!
If Liu Mang hadn't learned from the Haixiao brothers, he would not have thought of how to solve the team's slack problem this season.
For a team that has won three consecutive championships, no matter how it strengthens, the regular season record should be worse year by year. This is the case with the three consecutive championships of the Bulls and the Lakers.
The Hawks should have been the same, but the large-scale substitutions last season temporarily stopped that trend. Even if the young substitutes improved this season, the veterans did not age. On the contrary, one of the starters was at his peak, one was at the tail end of his peak, and three were still in the rising period. Theoretically, the improvement of the substitutes could not affect the general direction of the team, and there should be a decline.
But the Hawks went against the trend and played better than the previous two seasons.
The biggest change is that Liu Mang's average points per game dropped sharply, falling below 30 points per game, setting a new low in average points per game since Liu Mang started.
But after this season, Prince will enter the fourth year of his career and will definitely seek a big contract. Liu Mang does not want to use teammate relations to ask his teammates to reduce their salaries. The results he and his teammates have achieved are worthy of high salaries, and the team's money is not his. When Prince asks for a high salary or changes teams to seek a big contract, Liu Mang can understand.
Iguodala and Josh Smith are also in their third year, and they will definitely ask to take on more tasks and need more playing time. These are inevitable situations.
Liu Mang thought it was really painful. After having a more ambitious goal, he had so many troubles.
However, Liu Mang still thought it was quite interesting. If the goal was not troublesome or difficult, there would be no so much motivation.
Let's work hard on the goal in front of us first!
Three consecutive championships, start the road to the king!
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"This is the jersey that Yao Ming wore in the first game!"
"Mangzi, come and take a picture for me. This is Yao Ming's first All-Star jersey..."
"This is Yao Ming's last Rockets jersey... Mr. Dawson, can you give it to me? Thank you so much..."
On the morning of February 13, Liu Mang received an invitation from Rockets General Manager Dawson, inviting him and his father to visit Toyota Center. Liu Mang happened to have a promotional event for the new version of the sneaker, the fourth generation special edition, at Toyota Center this morning, so he agreed.
Originally, Toyota Center refused any commercial sponsorship related to Nike, but now that Yao Ming has left the Rockets, they have reopened a Nike store in Toyota Center.
Just in time for the All-Star Weekend, the new Chinese red Ace IV special edition combat boots were promoted in this arena where some Chinese fans still prefer the team.
Liu Mang watched his father's behavior of taking bribes at the Toyota Center, and even spoke his broken English that he usually dared not speak, feeling so sad.
His father was not so excited when he went to the Phillips Arena for the first time!
Other people's children...
Liu Mang knew that his father had a special preference for centers, and he always told him that his national team's performance was so good because Yao Ming helped him in the interior.
Liu Mang knew this was the truth, but he was so unhappy!
After taking his father to visit the Toyota Center for a while, Schwartz came to find Liu Mang, and they were going to prepare to start the various activities of the All-Star Weekend.
Not only the promotion of sneakers, but also many activities.
Liu Mang asked his bodyguard and little Lolita to take his father around to eat and shop. During this All-Star Weekend, the Rockets officially focused on Chinese characteristics and captured the psychology of Chinese tourists. Yao Ming's jersey, used balls, first training and first game, first 20+ and other videos... all became "attractions", and many people from the catering and merchandise industries in Chinatown were invited to open temporary shops here.
In addition, the Lakers and Rockets have agreed to sell the Rockets a face and let Yao Ming serve as the chief guest to attract tourists. The Rockets and Lakers have always had a good relationship. Although the Rockets suffer most of the time, the two teams The relationship has always been good. Even if the Rockets took advantage of the Lakers in the original time and space and took away Howard, the Rockets also took the initiative to give Jeremy Lin and a first-round package to the Lakers for free when the Lakers lacked point guards. The Lakers.
Liu Mang went with Schwartz to prepare for the sneaker promotion that started at ten o'clock.
"Jeff, the Rockets seem to be very enthusiastic about me." Liu Mang said to Schwartz.
"Of course, they really want to wait until your contract expires to dig you here." Schwartz replied.
"What are they using to attract me? This is very strange. I have no reason to come here!" Liu Mang didn't know where the Rockets' confidence came from.
"There is a Chinese complex here, and their big man who has just turned 18 is so talented that he is considered the fifth-best center after the four major centers of the new generation."
"Bynum?"
"Yes, they want to use Bynum to attract you. There is a player in our company named Ryan Bowen, Ace, you know."
"That white small forward in 1999 that you signed last year?"
"Yes, he was traded to the Rockets a few days ago. Dawson asked me about your plans after the two-year contract expires."
"Jeff, I'm not interested in hairstyling."
"Hairstyling?" Schwartz asked doubtfully. Schwartz was baffled by this sudden statement, but suddenly he thought of a certain 17-year-old rookie who entered the NBA. At first, he was not famous for his potential, but for his three points. He is famous for his weird hairstyle that changes every five days. He couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, Ace, I understand."
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Starting from the 13th, for popular stars like Liu Mang, the All-Star Weekend has begun.
As he has been selected as an All-Star starter more and more times, Liu Mang has been treated like Kobe Bryant and Iverson. No matter what, it is impossible for him to fail to be selected as an All-Star starter.
Therefore, Liu Mang was even more tired this time!
Liu Mang understood why players who played more All-Star games were less interested in participating in those miscellaneous games.
tired!
There are too many endorsements. Even if there are many endorsements, it is clearly stated that they are only endorsements for image rights, and there are still as many as 13 endorsements with over 1 million US dollars that need to participate in the event.
On the 13th and 14th, Liu Mang participated in 13 promotional activities.
47 wins and 4 losses, multiple All-Star starts, MVPs, scoring champions, and possibly assists champions... All these honors have brought Liu Mang's popularity to its highest level so far, and many fans come to every event. , Liu Mang was very grateful for this, but unfortunately he was really too tired.
Not only Liu Mang is tired, the five-star Hawks are very busy with many business activities. The Hawks have seven players participating in the All-Star Weekend this time. In addition to the five major All-star players, the Hawks also have second-year players Iguodala and Josh- Smith was selected for the rookie game and also had many activities.
Lakers players also encountered the same situation. Liu Mang and Kobe met four or five times in two days, and both times they ignored each other arrogantly.
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"There are stars today, Levia, Aida, look." Liu Mang looked at the moon that had lost a piece and said to the two girls.
"Yes, there were no stars in the past two days. Although the moon is nice, I prefer stars." After Alexia gave birth to her child, she felt more like a little girl.
"Ace, I remember there is an idiom in China, the moon and the stars are sparse, that's what I'm talking about." Levia is more educated.
"Well, when the moon is at its most dazzling, all the stars are invisible. However, when the moon is full, it only lasts for a day or two. Most of the time, the light must be returned to the stars, and cannot be enjoyed by one person." Liu Mang said, thinking of himself. , if you want to be a good leader, you have to sacrifice yourself.
Just like Liu Mang's current style of play, he can't fight himself like he used to when Rahim was on top. McGrady could hold on for a while last season, but now, Liu Mang may be better than McGrady in terms of honor and strength. To become stronger, Liu Mang must now assume more leadership responsibilities.
The NBA today is very different from that of ten years ago. On the Spurs side, Duncan, Nowitzki and Garnett, the three power forwards, all took salary cuts and renewed their contracts. Especially since Duncan's two consecutive contracts were not the maximum salary and the bonus. After Nate's salary was reduced from 28 million to 16 million, the word sacrifice became the focus of the media's promotion of the so-called "team culture." Although Liu Mang disagreed, others would definitely believe it. Most people would find this statement to be true.
Liu Mang also needs to sacrifice. Of course, he will not lose a point, but he needs to make some steps back in terms of reducing the number of shots and allowing his teammates to get more performance opportunities in the regular season.
Liu Mang just accepted this and implemented it.
In such a night scene, Liu Mang looked at the two girls next to him. Yesterday, he mainly tormented Alexia. Today, Liu Mang was ready to torment Levia.
"Levia..." Liu Mang took advantage of the charming moonlight and was about to do something bad when he suddenly heard the voice of a cute girl reciting a poem.
"When will the bright moon come? Ask the sky for wine..."
"ah……"
Levia and Alexia immediately left Liu Mang's shoulders.
"Ace, I'm going to go back to bed first, Dinah! Why haven't you gone to bed so late?" Levia said to her baby daughter with a rare blush.
"Dina came to see the moon, Dinah didn't see anything, you continue." The little Loli said with an expression like "I don't know anything, I'm still young, I didn't see anything."
Little Loli originally just saw Liu Mang going up to the rooftop again, and wanted to talk to Liu Mang. Yesterday, she also saw that Liu Mang was worried, but she never had the chance to talk to Liu Mang alone. She wanted to show I comforted the adults for a moment.
But I didn't expect that my mother and teacher were both here, but since they were both here, I decided to play a little prank.
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At 11 o'clock in the evening on February 14th, Liu Mang finally finished his promotional activities before dawn, returned to Yao Ming's villa, and came to this rooftop where he could untie some small knots in his heart. He originally wanted to have sex with two girls On Valentine's Day, I was ruined by this little loli!
"Dina, please go to bed early after watching the moon. Ace, I will help you make the bed first." Levia left with Alexia. For her daughter to know about her relationship with Liu Mang, Alexi Ya is 30 years old and still doesn’t know how to deal with it.
People always have weaknesses.
Seeing the two girls fleeing, Liu Mang depressedly knocked on the little Loli's forehead.
"Ouch...Uncle, why did you hit Dinah on the head!" The little Loli's head hurt.
"When will the bright moon come out? Can you drink some wine? Go to bed quickly!" Liu Mang picked up the little Lolita and found that the little Lolita had grown so fast in the past few months. She was getting taller and taller. She was only 11 years old. He is already 1.5 meters tall. He must have grown to 1.67 meters at the age of thirteen or fourteen!
"Hmph! You're too much, uncle!" The little Loli didn't struggle out of habit, and was carried back to her room by Liu Mang.
When Liu Mang returned to his room, the two girls were not in his room. They went to sleep in another room. They probably had some whispers. Liu Mang's balls hurt...
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On February 15th, the All-Star Weekend officially kicked off.
Liu Mang met with the Eastern All-Stars and took commemorative photos together.
The four All-Star players in the top five picks in the 2003 generation were all Eastern Conference players. Looking at the four stars in the Eastern Conference in the 2003 generation, Liu Mang discovered that Anthony was once again "special". Among the top five picks in the 2003 generation, only Anthony did not make the All-Star team. star.
After three years, Anthony has a feeling that "the rookie is the peak". The lineup is getting better and better, but the record is not as good as his rookie season.
Liu Mang chatted with them for a while. Tracy McGrady and four other Eagles All-Star players also came, as did Iverson and Carter.
When Liu Mang saw everyone gathered, he made a suggestion: "Brother Allen, let's help Tracy get an MVP. It's too pitiful for him not to have an MVP."
McGrady heard the previous sentence and was very happy that this guy could still think of him.
But when I heard the last sentence, I was so angry that I wanted to vomit blood.
Carter doesn't have any objections to this. He doesn't care much about it. Neither does the other three All-Stars of the Hawks. The four-stars of the 2003 generation... They have a good relationship with Liu Mang off the court about this kind of thing. James and Wade have good relations with Liu Mang. The relationship is particularly good and I don’t have any objections.
James originally wanted to ask Liu Mang what happened that night, but there were too many people and he didn't have the nerve to ask. Now he doesn't care about the All-Star MVP thing, so he took the lead and agreed.
Iverson looked at Liu Mang, this bastard, he would only think of him as his big brother when something happens!
The update is a little late. There is still one chapter before get off work. I will definitely have a guaranteed 12,000 yuan today~