Chapter 1481 1480. America's Best Players Are Out
James went to the hotel with Kobe, Durant, 58 and Duoduo, who were destined to become enemies.
As both emerging point guards of the younger generation, Rondo and Paul will inevitably see each other frequently, especially...the two are from the same company.
This is not a bad thing for Liu Mang. If anyone can't help but want to change companies, Liu Mang can still make another person's money...
McGrady was retained by Liu Mang.
McGrady heard Kobe honking the horn downstairs and asked: "What's wrong Ace? I just came back from China the day before yesterday. Don't I have to train tomorrow? I'm sleepy and want to go to bed first. Is there anything wrong?"
"Uh...it's nothing. Be careful not to catch a cold. It's windy in Miami at night." Liu Mang didn't say much, just rambled on.
"Oh...thank you, you are still so attentive." After speaking, McGrady turned around and waved and left.
Liu Mang looked at McGrady's leaving figure and felt that McGrady seemed to be looking forward to training and wanted to take a good rest to prepare for tomorrow's training, which was a bit strange.
Originally, Liu Mang planned to have a serious discussion with McGrady on the issue of fighting spirit.
We didn't talk about it last year because Liu Mang is also a professional player and knows that some things are related to personality. If you don't suffer a little, it will be useless if you remind him. On the contrary, it may cause a rebellious mentality.
Don't they all say that men will always like 18-year-old girls... No, men are always children who will never grow up. Men's rebellious psychology will still exist when they are 80 years old.
But unexpectedly, McGrady was already very motivated before even talking about anything.
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Maddie, who was walking down the stairs, couldn't help but smile.
How could he not guess what Liu Mang wanted to say, but Liu Mang did not continue. Maddie felt that Liu Mang should understand.
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On August 1, 2007, the training of Liu Mang, Kobe and others began.
Liu Mang mainly focuses on the one-on-one application of basic facial skills and triple threat stance.
Rondo is mainly responsible for defending Liu Mang and practicing free throws.
Chip Engelland, who flew from Atlanta to help Liu Mang and others train on the 1st, is not looking forward to Rondo in other aspects. As long as Rondo can practice free throws to an average level, his strength will definitely improve a lot, and he is not afraid of rushing in. Got chopped.
The point guard has been cut off, and other teams except the Hawks are really hard to find.
McGrady and James were sparring, and Kobe was practicing shooting with his eyes closed like a lunatic...
Paul is practicing cooperation with Durant. Durant did not play in the summer league, but he experienced a stronger NBA atmosphere in the American training team. The worst people there are Rondo, so Durant can get to know him well. I looked at the gap between myself and NBA superstars.
After Liu Mang and others started training, a few days later, on August 6, 2007, the United States Blue Association announced the list of superstars who will represent the United States team in the BJ Olympics next year after this year's training camp.
On the basis of this topic, the NBA official website specially gave a topic.
"The American Basketball Dream"
Referred to as the American Dream, the American Basketball Association announced that the four veteran superstars Kobe, Kidd, Tracy McGrady, and Carter are determined to participate in the 2008 BJ Olympics with the United States team if they are not injured.
The 2003 generation of James Williams, Kwame Brown, Boozer, Howard, Iguodala, Josh Smith, Paul, Reed... and many other young talents all agreed during the Pan American Basketball Championships Joined the training team before the 2008 Olympic Games.
This time...the American team has lost its dignity!
After the Chinese team won the championship in the 2006 World Championships, Kobe, Tracy McGrady, Carter, and Kidd announced that they would definitely participate in the 2008 BJ Olympics. This time they fulfilled their promise and joined the candidate list.
With US Blue Association Chairman Colangelo asking for help and David Stern helping to promote it, for the first time in more than ten years, NBA superstars have so enthusiastically joined the ranks of the national team.
Of course, the point is that the United States has failed to reach the finals in three consecutive World Series.
Liu Mang and Kobe Bryant, the two No. 24 players in the NBA, represent the superstars from China and the United States. Basketball fans' expectations for this Olympics have skyrocketed.
This already hot summer has become even hotter after the NBA and USA Basketball Association announced the first version of the roster for the 2008 BJ Olympics U.S. training team.
Time Magazine also joined in the fun and gave the headline - "America's Best Players Take Action": The two best basketball players in the world will face off in the largest Olympics in history!
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"When Americans lost in the past, they said: We haven't sent our best players. Now, America's best players are sending out."
Liu Mang shook the international version of Time magazine in his hand, and said to McGrady and James who were dancing: "Hey, LeBron, Tracy, are you talking about that guy? America is the best Players are dispatched? Doesn’t it mean that you are not as good as him?”
Kobe was sitting on an armchair at a table across from Liu Mang, drinking a cocktail and almost choked to death.
"Aren't you going to turn your back on others when you stir up discord?" Kobe wanted to strangle this bastard to death.
James came over and read the passage that Liu Mang just read. It was really written like that!
Silently handing the magazine back to Liu Mang, James continued to think about the dance steps.
McGrady then came over and took a look at the magazine without saying a word. He put it back in Liu Mang's hand. McGrady was so speechless... "Are you even angry with your teammates? Are you going to do whatever it takes to win the national team?"
"You weren't provoked?" Liu Mang was so sad. He thought he could start to stir up conflicts between the three main players of the US team early.
Rondo, who was sitting next to Liu Mang, watched Liu Mang do these things. He felt that he had a miserable life. His boss's character had not changed at the age of 25...
Paul and Durant at another table didn't know what to say. Liu Mang and Kobe were recognized as deadly enemies in the NBA world. From the 1999-2000 season to the present, in the past eight seasons, except for the Spurs who snatched one championship, all other championships were won by these two.
In the past four years, the two had wins and losses. Liu Mang won three championships, Kobe won one championship, and they played against each other three times in the finals. They were incompatible...
But the two of them could still sit together on the beach, drink cocktails, watch McGrady and James dance, and train together...
But the two of them acted as if they wanted to piss each other off to death...
But Liu Mang's girlfriends... and Kobe's wife Vanessa seemed to have a good relationship. On the first rest day after they started training, Kobe and McGrady and James' wives all came to Miami and went shopping everywhere in a group.
This puzzled the new talent duo of Paul and Durant...
Paul also participated in the training of Liu Mang, Kobe and others for the first time. He felt this strange atmosphere for the first time and was confused like Durant...
"How did these two guys become the top two in the world and win so many championships? Are all the champions weird? Wait!"
The two suddenly thought that O'Neal and Duncan were not "normal humans" either!
Moreover, these four people won all the championships after Jordan retired!
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Train for two days and rest for one day. This is the training schedule set by Chip Englander and Mark Madsen for Liu Mang and others.
In addition to the training of basic basketball skills, other training is arranged by these two trainers of the Hawks.
Even Kobe and James, the two training maniacs, stick to the matter of relaxation and tension. They pay great attention to the maintenance of their bodies.
If it weren't for this, Kobe would not be able to maintain his level for a while in the 17th year of his career, and James would not be called the first person in 2020.
After two days of training, Kobe and James would take a day off with the others. Kobe was more withdrawn. When he wasn't training, he would stay in his room watching game videos or playing with his daughters. American women were also tough. Vanessa's third child was already more than seven months old, but she still went shopping like nothing happened, leaving her two daughters to Kobe.
James preferred to go out with his training partners. Miami was a good place.
But... Liu Mang had to practice for half a day during his break in addition to spending time with his family... He drank a little and was the first to arrive at the training ground the next day...
Kobe, James, and McGrady were already used to it. Kobe and Liu Mang had fought for training time but never won, let alone the other two, who had already gotten used to it.
But the three young players in the first, second, and third grades of next season felt too exaggerated...
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Time passed quickly. The 20-day training time that Liu Mang and others had expected, that is, 30 days of training together, passed quickly.
On August 30, except for Liu Mang, McGrady, and Rondo, everyone else had to leave.
During this period, Liu Mang's three threats... were practiced very hard, and he also tried to learn from Kobe.
But after pestering for a long time, on the 26th, which was Liu Mang’s birthday a few days ago, Kobe finally agreed to teach him. Liu Mang also spent 50,000 superstar points to learn quickly...
As a result, Liu Mang found that he was almost the same as himself! It took only three days to master the basic moves of the three-threat, which originally required time to practice.
The three-threat style focuses more on practical experience. Kobe, Anthony, Pierce and other three-threat masters have used this move as a common offensive means since high school or even junior high school.
McGrady learned it after entering the NBA, and the effect of using it is similar to these three people, but McGrady can’t say how he practiced it so well.
Rondo’s defense is very good, McGrady’s defense is not bad, and he occasionally practices with Kobe... But Liu Mang’s three-threat performance in sparring is very average.
He can only slowly polish his experience in real games against various opponents.
Liu Mang is dissatisfied with his progress, and others are going to collapse!
Mainly Kobe, he saw with his own eyes that Liu Mang's skills in this area before learning from him were very raw except for his fast shooting speed, but after three days of practice... ignoring the hit rate and temporary reaction, Liu Mang's movements in the three-threat stance and the changes in the response when there is time, are almost the same as Kobe's...
On the evening of the 30th, as in the past years, a family party was held after the training. This time it was Liu Mang's turn to host.
Kobe, who was a little drunk, shouted to the sky in front of the stunned eyes of James, McGrady, and the three young players in the first, second and third grades on his way back to the hotel not far away: "I, Kobe Bryant, will never train with him again, even if I am annoyed to death by that bastard Ace, even if I jump into the sea and drown!"