Chapter 1489 1488. Two Consecutive Championships on the Strength List!

With the end of the preseason, the top few team strength rankings and player strength rankings of major media have also been released.

In terms of the team strength rankings, the Lakers have returned to the top of the strength rankings after three years since they ranked first when the Big Four was formed before the start of the 2003-2004 season.

Authoritative media such as Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and T.N.T all ranked the Lakers first.

But since the third place was announced on the 24th, some media have been making trouble. T.N.T and Sports Illustrated both ranked the Hawks third, ESPN and ABC TV, and American Cable TV ranked the Hawks second and the Cavaliers third.

The second place ranked by T.N.T and Sports Illustrated is the Cleveland Cavaliers!

Originally, James had a bad relationship with T.N.T and Sports Illustrated, but Liu Mang had an even worse relationship with them.

Liu Mang was a little unhappy that he was not the first in the team rankings for the first time in four years, but when the top five players were released on the 26th, Liu Mang immediately put those unpleasantness aside.

Liu Mang has won the Player Strength Ranking for two consecutive times!

When he won the first championship, he was only in the top five. The second championship was also only in the top three. He ranked first in the Player Strength Ranking after winning three consecutive championships. This time, he failed to win the championship, but he is still ranked first.

Liu Mang feels that the FMVP does not seem to be of much use except for triggering a task. Instead, it reminds him all the time that he lost the championship. But it must be said that the FMVP is indeed a manifestation of strength, which has a great positive effect on the media and fans in judging his personal strength.

This time, James failed to rank second in the personal strength ranking. The second place of major media is Kobe. Some James ranked third and some ranked fourth. The same is true for Garnett. Some ranked third and some ranked fourth.

However, Duncan, the mysterious man, suddenly returned to the top five.

Iverson ranked sixth to eighth with his excellent performance last season, and Nash was the same. Yao Ming ranked ninth in almost all lists, and McGrady dropped to tenth because of his poor performance in the regular season last season.

There is one team in the East and West with two players in the top ten of the league.

As for O'Neal, except for his rookie season, he was in the top ten of the strength rankings for the previous 16 years. This is the first time in 17 seasons that he has fallen out of the top ten of the strength rankings and is only ranked 19th.

The Hawks also have a player in the top 20, Kwame Brown, who is ranked 18th... This is a bit hateful, just one place higher than O'Neal.

As luck would have it, the Hawks' opening opponent is the Suns.

However, at this time, O'Neal and Kwame Brown are not afraid at all, and are very excited. Finally, O'Neal is old!

The Hawks still have two players in the top 50, Marion is ranked 25th, and Jason Terry is 41st.

Liu Mang knows from the ability evaluation that Marion has a downward trend, but it is not obvious for the time being. It's just that his offensive performance last season was not so good. This is related to the team role, but it is also closely related to the decline of Marion's personal offensive ability. The Suns also saw this when they traded Marion for Josh Smith. In the original time and space, the 06-07 season was the last peak of Marion's offense.

After all, the new season is about to start. Marion will be 30 years old when the playoffs come. His physical fitness will inevitably decline. Marion has no injuries, but he is old. He is not a player with good skills. Jordan, Kobe, James and other players can continue to maintain their peak after they are over 30. It is not that their physical condition is as good as before, but that their skills are getting more and more sophisticated.

Marion's defense can be maintained by mobility and exaggerated arm span, but the decline in explosiveness will cause a serious decline in the offensive end for players like him who only play the role of opening up space with three-pointers and run and cut as the main offensive means.

But in the Hawks, Marion's decline in offensive ability will not have much impact on his performance. What the Hawks need is his mobility and physical condition to switch from power forward to point guard. The only thing to consider is that Marion may decline in rebounding. Liu Mang tried his best to recruit tall inside players, which is also one of the reasons for consideration.

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"Mom, let's go to the gym!" Liu Mang shouted upstairs.

"Go, go, go, you go, I won't go, I want to stay at home with my grandchildren." An impatient voice came from upstairs.

"..." Liu Mang looked at the stairs speechlessly, and he had less and less human rights!

Don't want sons anymore after having grandchildren?

On October 20, Liu Mang's parents came to Atlanta, and celebrated the birthdays of the two children on the 23rd. This year, the two old people plan to live in the United States for a few months to celebrate the New Year together, one year in China, and one year in the United States. This is the plan of the two old people.

As time goes by, the two old people's ideas are also changing. Their son is capable. At first, they thought about saving money for their son to marry a wife. Now that their grandchildren are two years old, they are also happy to retire early and enjoy.

However, the two old people did not live in Levia's villa this time, but rented a small villa nearby to live in a world of two people...

Liu Mang felt that his parents were getting more and more excessive. After learning English for two or three years, going abroad several times, and being able to communicate in English simply, they no longer cared about him, their son. When they came to his house, they only saw the two children, the little loli and the daughter-in-law...

In the opening game, of course Levia and Alexia were going to watch the game. With two parents taking care of the children, they could watch the game more easily and freely. Levia drove Alexia to the game first. Liu Mang, feeling sad about being "abandoned" by her parents, went to Pace Academy, the private middle school where little Loli currently attends, to pick her up.

I drove to Pace College on the outskirts of Atlanta. I have been here several times. Liu Mang and Levia brought little Loli to register. I still think it is exaggerated. It is the size of a large university. The campus covers an area of The area reaches 264 acres, which is about 100 hectares, just like a mini city.

And this was indeed the original site of Pace University, a private university. However, in 1992, Pace University moved to Manhattan, New York. The boss of Pace Education Group renovated and rebuilt the original university and established a private university. Middle school, that’s why the scale is so exaggerated.

It is large but has not many students. The total number of students in the seventh to ninth grades and the four grades of high school that Little Loli studied is less than 2,000 students, but there are more than 300 teachers...

The 100-hectare campus has less than 2,000 students and more than 300 teachers, which naturally brings expensive tuition fees.

But Loli’s mother is rich. Pace Middle School is the best private middle school in the entire southeastern region of the United States. After all, it is the best private middle school in the richest city in the southeastern region of the United States. All the teachers started with master’s degrees, and the security is very good. Even everyone The bodyguards brought by the rich man have a special rest area and are not allowed to enter the teaching area. Loli's mother doesn't feel bad at all for spending this money.

Liu Mang drove into the school gate with his parents' certificate, where Christine Wagner was already waiting there with little Loli.

Although the school is large and has more than a dozen student apartments, most of Pace College's students are day students. For safety reasons, someone with a parent's certificate must come to pick up the children. Bodyguards cannot take the children out of the school, which Liu Mang finds more troublesome.

It seems that after entering the seventh grade, which is junior high school, the little Loli has grown up a lot. She doesn't jump into Liu Mang's arms like before when he saw Liu Mang coming to pick her up. Liu Mang feels that the little Loli is now shy, and the little Loli is also shy. Really grown up...

With a feeling of relief and regret, Liu Mang drove to the arena with his little girl and bodyguard.

After leaving school... the little Loli immediately became very active, holding Liu Mang's arm and asking for snacks everywhere...

"Hey, it's almost winter. What kind of ice cream should you eat? It's not good for your health. Levia said that your relatives are here and you can't have cold drinks!" Liu Mang stopped the little Lolita from buying ice cream.

"My relatives? Which of my relatives are here? They are so annoying. Many relatives bully my mother for being a woman." Little Loli asked doubtfully, complaining by the way.

"Uh..." Liu Mang didn't know how to explain it. Liu Mang knew something about Levia's family affairs. There are also situations in the United States where uncles and uncles do not want women to inherit family property. Levia has no brothers... this Liu Mang couldn't care less, and the topic of relatives was embarrassing. He quickly said seriously: "It's okay, you don't have any relatives here. You heard wrong. You can't have cold drinks anyway. Buy something else!"

The little Loli felt distressed when she saw that Liu Mang refused to buy it and paid for it herself. She had no choice but to give up and bought a bunch of nuts and a few hot drinks. She took her bodyguard to the VIP lounge to find her mother and teacher. They would meet up for dinner first. .

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Liu Mang returned to the locker room, changed into training clothes and went to the training ground. Several teammates had already arrived. It was still more than ten minutes before 4:30, and there were still two days until the opening game of the regular season, which would be broadcast live in many countries at 7 o'clock. Many hours.

The 27th is today, the opening game between the Hawks and the Suns, which is also the opening game of the NBA. There are two games today. The Hawks will play the Suns at home, and the Lakers will play the Cavaliers at home. The game between the Hawks and the Suns is The season opener.

Such a game is of course very exciting for the participating players. At 4:30, the teammates arrived one after another, had a nutritious dinner together, rested for a while, and began to warm up for tonight's game.

The Eagles have been well prepared for this game over the past two days.

Seeing Gasol, who seemed to have an even more exaggerated figure, talking excitedly to two African-American players, Luis Scola and Gortat, Liu Mang patted Gasol on the back: "Mark, Don't be too excited, go up and perform well and let the coaching staff see your talent. Do you know how many times I was scolded by the media for asking to be selected?"

But Gasol was even more excited when he heard this: "I know, Boss Ace, I will work hard!"

Liu Mang felt so bad, he looked nothing like his brother!

However, Liu Mang is full of expectations for tonight's game. Gasol, Kwame Brown, Brad Miller, Gortat, four types of centers "serve" the Sharks!

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