Chapter 1483 1482. The Founder of Basketball?
"The sky is spirited, the earth is spirited, Lord Guan bless you..."
Liu Mang sat in the middle of the balcony, feeling the heat of the sun and trying to clear away distracting thoughts...
The onlookers, the two boys and the little girl, looked at Liu Mang sitting cross-legged on the ground with his heart in the sky. They didn't know what Liu Mang was doing, but he seemed to be very powerful.
Liu Mang opened his eyes and saw the two bastards sitting on the floor with their bare buttocks, and the little loli who was leading the crowd. He didn't bother to care, and asked in his heart: "System boss, what are the characteristics of the high-level gangster lottery?" "
"Ding... The advanced rogue value lottery is divided into three categories and the only fixed option. The only fixed option: If you have complete talent skill fragments or talent skill buds, you can specify the talent skill category.
1. Randomly obtain professional abilities and start matching professional tasks.
2. Props related to various professions.
3. Others.
Since the host does not have complete talent skill fragments or talent skill buds, it can only choose random draws. "
"I have used the only fixed option twice. New profession? I am already 25 years old. How about a new profession? After retirement, it will be the same, 2 and 3... Anyway, the only option is lottery. It is not like you will not be able to get rogue points in the future. , System boss, smoke it!”
"The host uses high-level rogue points to draw a lottery, which consumes 100,000,000 rogue points..."
Liu Mang used this lottery for the first time, and when he saw the virtual huge crimson box appearing in front of him, he felt a mysterious beauty...
As if it was bursting with flames...or rather, it was swallowed up by the flames and turned into a wisp of red smoke. The lottery was over!
"Ding...congratulations to the host for starting the reputation series mission: celebrity."
"Celebrity: The host has made indelible achievements in the field of basketball. It needs to uphold the style of a celebrity, promote the character of benevolence, righteousness and nobleness, promote the development of basketball culture, and become a new generation founder of the basketball field. The celebrity series of tasks has been started, and the exclusive task is to be started. "
"What the hell? It's actually a mission?" Liu Mang's eyes widened. Fortunately, there were three loli and shota beside him, otherwise he really wanted to curse.
"Promote the development of basketball culture? A new generation of founders in the field of basketball?"
Liu Mang looked at these words. The former is an arduous task and the ultimate dream of his generation of basketball players. The latter...the founder of basketball...
After getting angry, Liu Mang thought of a lot of things: "Think about the history of basketball, which is only a hundred years old. Compared with football, which has a history of more than a thousand years, from a macro perspective, it is true that basketball is only in its infancy. David Stewart Well, he can be regarded as the founder of basketball. The next joke is completely incomparable. In terms of his contribution to basketball, Jordan cannot compare to David Stern. Of course, Jordan is also one of the founders. Kennedy or the first Superstars McCann and Lord of the Rings also count, but Magic, Big Bird, and Zhang Erwan probably don’t count..."
The more Liu Mang thought about it, the more he became overwhelmed. He felt that the burden was too heavy on his back.
"Originally I just wanted to draw a big one, and I have been excited for so long. How could it end up like this? Even if it is a task, what about the reward? I won't talk about the reward. I don't know what kind of task it is..."
Liu Mang put his elbows on his thighs and put his fist on his chin. He looked at Mr. Guan and complained crazily in his heart. He felt that Mr. Guan had paid his respects in vain.
"But I should be a pioneer in the world of basketball, right? Unlike football, which had a similar version of Cuju in the Song Dynasty, basketball was invented by Dr. Naismith in modern times. There was nothing similar in ancient times. This type of basketball The movement should never disappear for a long time...
Then three or four hundred years from now, if I can be remembered by someone when people mention basketball...my God..."
Liu Mang had never considered this aspect before. At first, he just wanted to play well and make money. Later, he developed a desire for honors and wanted to achieve a career on this road. If he had the opportunity, he would not fight for it. What's wrong is that my brain is not working well.
But considering what will happen a few hundred years later... Liu Mang doesn't know what this "celebrity" is like, but if a person lives for a lifetime, if he can help the people around him, the whole world, and even people hundreds of years from now When it comes to basketball, you can think of him...Liu Mang has an inexplicable feeling of blood boiling, and he has goosebumps!
"Wait a minute, I remember that famous people refer to people who are famous but have not yet become officials...but it can also refer to famous people in general!"
Liu Mang thought about his reputation and felt that the problem was a bit big. The mission didn't say whether it was a good reputation or a bad reputation! Just because you have a bad reputation doesn’t mean you can’t be a founder!
"A celebrity can be as famous as Mr. Guan and go down in history, but can he also be as infamous as Qin Hui?"
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"Desmond Mason?"
Liu Mang felt so ashamed as he looked at the burly man in the lounge who was painting a watercolor painting on Cathy Jelica, the shy-looking captain of the team's cheerleading team...
The legendary heart has a tiger sniffing the rose?
Liu Mang remembers that this guy was the dunk king before he entered the NBA, and was the 2001 dunk contest champion after Carter.
But Liu Mang's impression of this guy... This guy played like that. He relied purely on physical fitness. In the early years, he was still thinking about defense. Later, he only had to rush and cut for dunks. Instead, he worked hard to gain some status in the literary and art circles. An abstract plum blossom painting he painted was sold for a whopping $1.5 million in 2003, making him famous in one fell swoop. It was higher than his rookie contract salary at the time.
Liu Mang didn't know how abstract plum blossoms could be. He searched the Internet and couldn't find any ideas.
The American Painting Association also helped Desmond Mason organize a public welfare fund award called the "Desmond Mason Golden Plum Blossom Award". The income from the annual award-winning paintings and the exhibition of outstanding paintings is specially given to the most outstanding paintings in the United States. In order to help children in impoverished places realize their dreams of becoming painters.
"This guy used to play for the Bucks. It seems that the future Larry Sanders is also a fan of this guy's paintings... Is this misleading? Or is he an ambassador of painting culture that makes people obsessed with art?"
Seeing Liu Mang coming, Mason smiled and nodded towards Liu Mang, and then continued to draw, which was totally incompatible with Liu Mang's image of Mason always causing trouble and having a hot temper on the court!
Before Liu Mang came to the arena this morning, he received a call from Stockton, saying that the team's final fifteenth player had been confirmed. Liu Mang arrived at the arena at around eight o'clock. Unexpectedly, someone came earlier and went to the lounge. Look, it was the new teammates who dragged the cheerleader to become a model.
"Desmond, it's against team rules to pick up pretty girls on the cheerleading team..." Liu Mang couldn't help but joke.
Not only did Mason not feel ashamed, "Ace, the coach allowed Cathy to be my model, are you jealous? We will go to my newly rented office for a full-body photoshoot soon, without clothes. Look, Cathy Akane’s figure…”
"..." Liu Mang didn't expect this guy to be exposed so directly. He was speechless and said: "Go on, Cathy, the opportunity has come to hang out with a talented and wealthy young artist, so seize it..."
Liu Mang said hello and left the lounge. When he closed the door, he saw Mason who was immersed in painting again. Liu Mang felt so bad...
"The people on our team are all weird. Now that we have a painter, it's even weirder. Except for me, I don't have any normal people..."
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How to become a celebrity, Liu Mang doesn't know if the mission is not triggered, but to become a real celebrity, Liu Mang thinks it won't be that simple.
Liu Mang believes that he already has a place in NBA history, but at most he is similar to Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Olajuwon, and Magic, and there is a clear gap compared with Jordan.
Liu Mang can't care about this for the time being. Anyway, it's right to play hard. Now he has a new goal, which is to become a benchmark in the industry!
When he came out of the conference room, Liu Mang saw Stockton and immediately said hello.
Stockton also responded: "Ace, it's better for you to meet Mason so early. He pestered Lang yesterday and insisted that Cathy be his model. It's really nerve-wracking..."
"Is Mason our last reinforcement? I thought you would choose a veteran, but he has been playing for seven years and entered the NBA earlier than me, so he can be considered a veteran..."
Liu Mang and Stockton walked to Coach Kruger's office together. The other coaches hadn't come yet. After all, it was just a tactical meeting. The players would not gather until the 20th, and the training camp would start early on the 21st.
Liu Mang asked Stockton about the reason for the signing and learned why they were able to recruit Mason.
Since the Bucks chose to trade Reid, they chose to get rid of Bo O.J. Mayo, the most famous high school student in the United States. Naturally, they would not keep this hot-tempered detained player like they did in the original time and space. Come down.
Desmond Mason's career is not short, but it is not long either. He averaged around 15 points per game in his two peak years before the age of 30. However, after he turned 30, he only averaged 9+ points per game last season. 4, his physical fitness is still great, but he has not grown much at the age of 30. He has no shooting, no ball-handling, and has no advantages except cutting in and second offense. Especially his defense is bad and he likes to fight too much...
A series of shortcomings caused his contract to start to decline sharply when he was 30 years old. He was a rookie in 2000. After the rookie contract ended, he signed a three-year contract worth 21 million, but the second contract ended and he won the contract at that time. The talent shown by the dunk king has been exhausted, there is no progress, he will always play the same way, he is 30 years old, and the Bucks do not pursue record, so of course they will not keep him.
Of course, his fiery temper and playing style make him very marketable, and strong teams want such a player who can boost morale.
These characteristics of Mason fit well with some of the tactical concepts that the Eagles coaching staff had communicated with Liu Mang a long time ago. After the Eagles contacted Mason, the other party had a strong tendency to join. At the age of 30, he knew that his career was not long. If he also wants to touch the championship before retiring, the Hawks are undoubtedly one of the two best choices. As for the team in the Western Conference... Although he was offered a contract, he almost ended up with No. 8 in his rookie season. The fight started and I didn’t want to go there at all.
In contrast, Liu Mang, who has a good relationship with Reid, has a much better impression of Mason. The signing went smoothly, with a salary of 2.8 million a year.
Liu Mang thought that the 8 million injury exception would be used on some powerful players or veterans, but signing Mason would also be good.
Liu Mang learned from Stockton that there were many veterans who wanted to join. However, the Eagles acquired two veteran insiders, O'Neal Jr. and Brad Miller, as well as Grant Hill through transactions and signings. I am no longer so attached to experience.
Originally, they wanted to keep Swift, but the Swift Lions wanted to be in the middle class. In last year's playoffs, averaging 7 points and 4 rebounds per game gave Swift the "confidence".
And here in Mason there are less than 3 million...
Both were rookies in 2000. Mason has averaged 13.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game so far in his career. With similar playing styles, the Hawks will certainly choose the cheaper one.
Anyway, it's just an injury exception. Use it when you use it. It will expire and become invalid when Wade comes back. Sign it first and then talk about it.
By the middle of the season, if there are players on the team who are not suitable, you can choose to trade or lay them off at that time. You can also make a decision by the middle of the season to see which veterans are maintaining good condition but are not satisfied with the current situation of their team.
It is true that it is easier to sign veterans in the summer, but the reason why veterans are veterans is that their status is difficult to say. They may have a lot of experience and can adjust, but in fact most veterans cannot adjust.
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After playing for a few days, I will go back to Chengdu tomorrow. Tomorrow I will resume writing about 30,000 words a day, and at the same time continue to prepare a new book~ I hope to have a hundred thousand words saved before starting a new book~