Chapter 1310 1309.24 Debut! (8/10 Monthly Ticket Request)
Chapter 1310 1309.24th on stage! (810 for monthly votes)
Looking at Nowitzki who was very satisfied with the nickname of Silver Horn King, Liu Mang was puzzled. Was he making fun of him?
I didn’t expect that Nowitzki, a German who usually behaves strictly, actually has a heart of being a comedian!
The program recorded with Nowitzki yesterday was broadcast on ESPN Sports this morning and in China. Nowitzki became popular all of a sudden. Compared with a No. 24 player of the same age, Nowitzki is particularly good at operating new technologies. I also checked the Chinese search engine and found many posts discussing his video that was broadcast in the morning, which was also broadcast in China in the evening.
Nowitzki was very happy. He was also a "popular star". When he was warming up in the afternoon, he came to find Liu Mang and asked Liu Mang to think of him in the future...
Nowitzki actually regarded this as a good thing!
Liu Mang felt a deep sense of defeat... He accidentally created a comedian...
It was too frustrating, and there was a huge gap compared to the sense of accomplishment when he teased LeBron James and another No. 24.
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October 26, 2006, Atlanta's big day has arrived!
The championship banner of the three consecutive championships and the fourth championship banner in the team's history will be raised in this opening game!
Compared to the first time he saw Chinese characters on the championship banner, Liu Mang was much calmer the second time. Looking at the Chinese characters on the championship banner, Liu Mang was full of a sense of accomplishment.
This time, the Mavericks became the foil.
Nowitzki looked at the Chinese characters on the championship banner and wished that he would have such a day. If the Mavericks won the championship, according to the league's habit of not stopping after tasting the sweetness, German might appear on his championship banner!
As usual, Liu Mang gave championship rings to his teammates who stayed on the team last season.
This year, the Hawks have not yet strengthened the 15th position. The Hawks are not very satisfied with the players invited to the training camp and preseason. The veteran players who want to cling to the thighs have all gone to strong teams.
However, the Hawks are not in a hurry. They still have so many first- and second-year players to train. At this time, they don’t know whether they should give playing time to a veteran. It is better to wait until the middle of the season like two years ago. Maybe someone will take the initiative to join. The two veterans, Persson and Mourning, are good examples.
Although there are not many players who are optimistic about the Hawks continuing to win the championship this season, if they play well, someone will definitely come to join.
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After the pre-match activities, Liu Mang made the final pre-match preparations while observing the Mavericks players.
In the summer draft, the Mavericks had no draft picks and traded them out. In addition to signing undrafted player JJ Barea and Greg Buckner with a 5-year, $19 million contract, the Mavericks got the last year of Devin George's mid-level contract almost for free when the Lakers needed space, filling the gap left by Marquis Daniels who went to get a big contract. The main lineup did not change much.
If there is any change, it is that Nowitzki has become stronger!
"Dirk Nowitzki, ability rating 95 (peak), offense 99, defense 75, rebounds 95, three-pointers 93, mid-range shots 99, layups 90, speed 79, strength 86..."
When Liu Mang saw Nowitzki's rebounds at first, he thought it was strange, but when he thought about Nowitzki's average of nine rebounds per game despite having almost no offensive rebounds, he knew that he could not cooperate with the future triple-double king...
Nowitzki is the strongest mid-range shooter Liu Mang has ever seen except Jordan, and he is even better than Kobe. His height is too unsolvable!
Crawford, ability rating 83; Devin Harris, ability rating 82; Josh Howard, ability rating 88; Stackhouse, ability rating 81; Dampier ability rating 79...
The Mavericks' lineup is still so coquettish. These players each have their own shortcomings, and they are obvious, but the strengths are more obvious. Except for Dampier, the core lineup of the Mavericks are all singles players!
The Mavericks lost the Western Conference Finals last season. The Mavericks did not make much reinforcement in the summer because there was no space and famous stars were unwilling to go to Dallas, but the Mavericks still claimed to win the championship in the new season!
Liu Mang knew that Nowitzki would play MVP in the regular season this season, and the Mavericks' regular season record would be crazy, but under the current situation, what would be the result, Liu Mang couldn't figure it out, everything changed too much!
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At 7:55 pm, the season opener of the Atlanta Hawks against the Dallas Mavericks at home, broadcast live on Chaoting TV and ESPN nationwide, was about to begin!
The lights on the scene dimmed, and the long-lost roar of the Heavenly Lord ignited the whole audience!
Seeing Liu Mang wearing the No. 24 jersey and throwing magnesium powder into the air before entering the court, the cheers of the fans on the scene reached a boiling point!
Liu Mang also appeared in the preseason, but Liu Mang did not have much performance. He only played for more than ten minutes in each game, not counting Liu Mang wearing a new jersey number.
This is the first time that No. 24 Liu Mang appeared in the minds of the fans!
Rasheed Wallace was a little sad that he was not traded away. Every time the Hawks wanted to put him in the trading chip, they didn't want him. The Rockets were scared and sent him back to the first round. He felt that his little heart was seriously traumatized.
But it's good to stay and play with familiar teammates.
It's a pity that he is no longer a starter now...
After a shout, Rasheed Wallace returned to the bench and sat with Battier, watching Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Marion, Kwame Brown's lineup of one big and four small players.
On the Mavericks side, Devin Harris, Crawford, Josh Howard, Nowitzki, and Dampier appeared in the starting lineup.
This year, the Mavericks changed the starting lineup again, bringing Crawford back to the starting lineup, allowing Stackhouse to focus on playing the sixth man. The young general Johnson has given up any tactical cooperation, and the organizer is not needed. The four outside players take turns to play singles.
Amid the cheers of the fans, the starting lineups of the two teams came to the court. At 8 o'clock, the referee blew the whistle to start the game on time and threw the ball into the air.
Kwame Brown won the jump ball, and the Hawks took the lead in attacking.
Liu Mang received the jump ball and advanced to the frontcourt, but he still felt strange.
The change from Rasheed Wallace or Josh Smith to Marion has greatly changed the playing style, and the inside line does not have a good passing ability!
With the fans shouting "Skaifakeer", Liu Mang did not attack the first ball himself. He faced Josh Howard, a defensive stalwart with a sawed-off leg and a wingspan as long as the center's arms, and he passed the ball to McGrady.
McGrady received the ball, faced Crawford, and shot a three-pointer without hesitation!
"So wasteful!"