Chapter 139

Chapter 139

Somebody's gotta win why not me?

These words make an ordinary game very different!

Soon this word spread throughout Tennessee, and through the national media in New York, it spread throughout the basketball circle!

Although the New York media hates Liu Mang, this shameless rookie who once humiliated their "gentleman" Alan Houston.

But I have to say that Liu Mang has an innate advantage in public opinion, that is, his draft pick and obvious talent!

The low pick represents a counterattack and represents the aspirations of many people.

The physical talent is average, and it can even be described as poor. After Garnett, Kobe, and Tracy McGrady have talented high school students entering the NBA for three consecutive years, the draft has begun to change. No star is willing to play in college for too long. I don’t want to go to college, I want to enter the NBA early, earn a salary of several million a year, and let the draft pick a Jordan, Olajuwon, Duncan, Barkley, O’Neal, etc. to change a game. The team as the goal has become to choose a talented person and cultivate it slowly.

So visible talent has become the first choice of NBA teams. This is why Gasol can only be ranked third in such a poor draft year.

People have begun to disbelieve the results of universities or overseas leagues, and are willing to gamble on talent. Like Duncan, he played for four years before participating in the election. Now, people will be regarded as "insufficient potential".

Of course, this is just an example. The Wake Forest Flying Devils like Duncan who showed NBA All-Star level just after entering college, as long as there are no guys like O'Neill, James, and Oden who have not yet participated in the election, they are sure to be the number one pick. In the year when he ran for the election, Duncan was 100% the No. 1 pick even after playing in college for four years.

Just looking at the physical talent draft, it has become popular since the last lockout.

Therefore, for a person like Liu Mang who can't see talent and has a low draft pick, no matter how shameless he plays or how bad he is on the court, the mainstream media's evaluation of him is still mostly positive! As far as Liu Mang's physical talent can be made like this, there is no need for the media to publicize it. Liu Mang seems to have the word hard work written on his face.

The media wants to create a topic of positive energy, so that 99.999%... of basketball fans with poor talent can find a sense of identity.

The interest factor is of course the main factor here, what a great topic, a representative of inspiration!

If there is a topic, people will read the news, people will buy newspapers, and websites with little traffic will also have traffic.

For a while, someone always wants to win, why not me? This sentence has become synonymous with Liu Mang in the minds of American basketball fans! Started to spread.

This point, when Liu Mang said this sentence, he never expected that people could understand this sentence so passionately that it has become a cry of unwillingness to the world...

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"Ace, what you said is great! Someone has to win, why not me!" Emmanuel walked around Liu Mang excitedly.

Liu Mang left a drop of cold sweat, and the rest of the Nima team were not moved, as expected, only this clown was moved!

But it's good, if Emmanuel can train hard and be stronger, it will be good for the team. Liu Mang can have a better helper.

"Come on, Emmanuel, it will definitely work!" Liu Mang suddenly began to exude an aura of "inspirational" like the totem buff in the game.

"Yes, I can do it! My Warhammer ladder points will definitely break 1000!" Emmanuel clenched his fists and swore!

"...Warhammer?" The fat man was actually talking about games! This seems to be the most popular real-time strategy game in the United States. American online games seem to like to use a point system no matter what.

I really want to beat this dead fat man to death. Liu Mang just turned into the Madonna mode and turned on the nanny state. He felt that he was the Madonna who changed the soul of a depraved young man. This bastard actually said it was a game!

Hopeless!

After the warm-up was over, Liu Mang followed the team into the competition field of the FedEx Center.

The newly built arena is just fine!

Since the owner of the Grizzlies, Michael Heisley, began to apply for a city change and contacted the mayor of Memphis in 1999, the arena began to be repaired. , cost 275 million US dollars, and took 28 months to complete the construction. This price is really rare in arenas of this era! There are very few arenas that cost so much, and the Staples Center, which costs 300 million, is more expensive than here.

American knives are worth more these days than they will be in the future.

In addition to the fact that the city is a little smaller and the entertainment is not as good as other places, Memphis is a city with a well-developed textile industry and air transportation.

Before the game, Pau Gasol, who was very surprised, came over to greet Liu Mang and get acquainted.

"Hi, Ace, I finally see you. I've always wanted to see our best rookie this year." Gasol said politely.

If Liu Mang gave Americans the impression that they rarely see the toughness of the Chinese, then Gasol is completely regarded as a soft guy by American fans.

If you really want to talk about playing, Gasol is not soft, mainly because of his personality. He is too gentle and can easily be suppressed by hot-tempered opponents on the court. This is the fixed impression most Western European and Northern European players give to Americans. Temper, everyone is a hooligan.

However, the impression Liu Mang gave to the Americans was much different from the reserved, quiet, and easy-going feeling they used to feel, and he was unexpectedly tough.

Just like now, when Gasol saw Liu Mang's "tough" words in the interview before the game, he admired him very much, and he did not rely on himself as the No. 3 pick.

Gasol really wanted to see what kind of person Liu Mang was. Even though he was the opponent, and the biggest opponent for the award that the fans wanted most, Gasol did not show any hostility.

Wow! Sister-in-law!

Regarding this Mr. Haohao who may have a soft style of play but has always had a good reputation, Liu Mang is very polite: "No, no, Paul, you are better. I want to become the best rookie. Probably the only obstacle is you."

Gasol was quite surprised by Liu Mang's answer. He thought Liu Mang was just like Kwame Brown and Tyson Chandler. He was not happy to see him, the European who is currently ranked No. 1 among rookies. Liu Mang is quite easy to talk to, and he is much different from the hot-tempered, shameless, and constant trash talker in the news.

"Ace, you have the same thinking as me. To become the best rookie, the biggest obstacle in my opinion is you, Ace!" Gasol laughed.

The two chatted for a while, both are non-American players, and the two are the two best rookies so far in this year's class. They seem to have a similar taste. The two chatted for a while and exchanged contact information. The game is about to start .