Chapter 237 235. I Have No Interest in Anything Other than Number One

"Uncle, Uncle, wake up..."

"Don't make trouble, Dinah. Uncle, I didn't sleep all night last night. I was so sleepy."

"Uncle went to the nightclub last night? Big villain! Get up soon, someone called you to hold a press conference..."

"I didn't go to the nightclub, the press conference? By the way, today is a triathlon. It seems to be called a comprehensive competition day now. There is a press conference at 2 o'clock in the afternoon..." Liu Mang looked at the clock beside the bed. 12 o'clock?

Fortunately, the morning ended early, and after returning to sleep all morning, Liu Mang got up, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and felt sober.

When Liu Mang came to the living room, the waiter was serving the food, and it was Levia who called the hotel restaurant to deliver it.

Liu Mang took a piece of bread to cushion his stomach.

"Ace, it's time for you to find an agent. The phone call has already been made to the hotel room. They will pick you up at one o'clock. You have lunch and changed your clothes." Levia said speechlessly.

Liu Mang was also a little lucky. If he hadn't left the hotel address before, the 76ers, the host of the All-Star Games, wouldn't even know where to call.

"I also want to find an agent, but those well-known agents during the season can't contact players who are not under their own. If they want to find those capable agents, they probably have to wait until the summer. Let's talk about it after finishing this season." Liu Mang replied.

Liu Mang has also learned about these things before, and after asking, he found out that, unlike other professional league rules, NBA players’ agents sign contracts when they participate in the draft in college, or during the offseason, during the season. During this period, agents cannot have formal business relationships with players who are not under their own team contracts. For example, they can fire agents, but they can only find new agents during the offseason, or they can open one by themselves like James did. A brokerage company turns a big-name broker into an employee or shareholder of its own company.

Because those big-name agents almost have the star of a certain team under their hands, and some of them can be regarded as representing a certain team, and the management or related personnel of a team cannot communicate with players who have contracts. , especially talking about changing teams or signing contracts, is an illegal operation, with a minimum fine of $500,000 and a maximum penalty of five first-round picks.

However, operations like James will not violate these regulations, which can be regarded as loopholes in the rules, and any rules have loopholes. There is no provision in NBA regulations that players are not allowed to do business related to the NBA.

Levia thought for a while and said: "That's right, it's better not to find an incompetent agent for now. When I have nothing to do, I will help you collect information on the agents of outstanding athletes in North America. Maybe some of them have not yet entered the NBA." In this regard, the agents of the other three major leagues may be suitable."

"Yes, Ace, you must choose carefully. Don't choose an agent like Pippen, that would be bad luck." Alexia also felt that there was no need for Liu Mang to be so anxious, "Anyway, your endorsement contracts are all It is signed with the season, and there is no rush now."

"That's right, I think the same way. Earning money is very important, but don't worry too much. I don't have time to get commercial endorsements in the remaining half of the season. Let's talk about it in the offseason." Liu Mang responded and started eating steak , I ate too much grass, and the medium-rare steak felt good. It was much more delicious than the various vegetables and boiled white meat prepared by the team.

Diet experts divide meat into red meat and white meat. Red meat refers to meat with high fat content such as pork, beef, and mutton. White meat mostly refers to poultry and fish that are rich in cellulose and rich in fat. low meat.

Among them, beef is relatively good, with high protein content. Pork and mutton have a high chance of gaining fat, because the fat in it is too thin and easy to be absorbed.

As a professional athlete, the first hurdle to pass is to get used to eating white meat.

Of course, for most athletes from poor families, they are not picky eaters when they have free meat from the team at the beginning, and they just get tired of eating.

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After lunch, we made an appointment to pick them up to watch the comprehensive competition in the evening. Liu Mang changed into the newly bought clothes. After Dinah was not skilled at all and almost strangled Liu Mang to tie the tie, Liu Mang came to Waqiao Via Center participated in the press conference.

Get to know the people who will be playing with tonight, some of them have met, played or been temporary teammates.

The four players in the slam dunk contest are second-year Desmond Mason, rookies Jason Richardson and Gerald Wallace, and the only famous star Steve Francis.

In the three-point contest, there are Liu Mang, Ray Allen, who is known as the strongest three-pointer in active service, Mike Miller and Quentin Richardson in the second grade, Steve, the Mavericks who always believe that people who love to laugh will not be bad luck. Steve Nash, the undead Paul Pierce, former All-Star Steve Smith, and the king's leading scorer Peja Stojakovic.

The WNBA side of the WNBA and NBA Mixed Shootout Challenge features women's basketball superstar Teresa Witherspoon, the New York Liberty superstar who led her team to the WNBA Finals two years in a row.

"Ace, wow, you will come today, I wish you the championship of the three-point contest!" Jason Richardson greeted him warmly and spoke very directly...

In front of Peja, Nash, and Ray Allen, the three sharpshooters spoke so loudly!

Liu Manggang wanted to tell Jason Richardson not to be so high-profile, it was too much hatred, but he turned around and thought, why not high-profile! Today is to be high-profile!

"Haha, of course, I'm not interested in anything other than number one! Jason, you also want to win the slam dunk contest! Otherwise, don't say you know me!" Liu Mang said louder.

The scene was a kind of free interview similar to rookie interviews. Liu Mang's voice immediately attracted all the attention.

Liu Mang is a topic maker, he can make troubles about anything, but he doesn't have an agent, which makes the media love it...but he can't find anyone to love him, and he can't find anyone when he asks for an interview! Only China's court sports station has the ability to let the stubborn rookie coach of the Eagles bring a message to Liu Mang for an interview, and it is completely impossible for others to have an exclusive interview.

Originally, Francis, the Western All-Star starting today, and popular stars such as Peja, Ray Allen, and Witherspoon, but Liu Mang's voice immediately attracted the reporters.

In terms of popularity, except for Witherspoon, a WNBA superstar who is very popular in the United States, Francis, Peja, and Ray Allen, the other participating players today cannot compare with Liu Mang in popularity, except for these few athletes There were still some reporters left, and all the other reporters surrounded Liu Mang.

And the reporters who stayed next to those players also changed the content of their questions.

"Lei, Peja, what do you think about Ace Liu Haoyan's plan to win the three-point contest?"

"Steve, do you have the confidence to win the slam dunk contest against Jason Richardson? His dunks in the rookie game yesterday were amazing!"

"Teresa, do you have the confidence to beat Ace Liu in terms of shooting you are good at? He is also a good shooter..."

This question made it clear that these reporters didn't want to surround Liu Mang and Jason Williams, who suddenly started trembling when so many reporters talked around him for the first time, made it clear that it wasn't because of them, but because they were looking for topics !

Witherspoon is nothing in the WNBA. It is unrealistic for WNBA stars to compare their popularity with NBA stars. Witherspoon responded normally that he will work hard to prove that women are not inferior to men.

Ray Allen is quite self-cultivated, bear with it, Peja is different, Yugoslavs, although Yugoslavia has been disintegrated, and in a few years it is estimated that the last one that will retain the Yugoslav flag is still called Serbia and Montenegro, that is, it will be called Serbia in the future The two countries that split into Serbia and Montenegro still retain the name of Yugoslavia, and the other joining countries are independent.

But for the athletes who experienced Yugoslav sports dominance in those years, they still call themselves Yugoslavs, especially in the next 2002 Indiana World Championships, Peja, a Croatian, will continue to represent Yugoslavia in the World Championships.

Yugoslavs have always had a hot temper. Peja is indeed a charity ambassador off the court, but in terms of competition, he is not as gentle as his scholarly face.

"Tell that rookie! He has no chance! He has no chance!" Peja roared.

Francis was also furious. In his opinion, Liu Mang's words were aimed at him!

This rookie actually called another rookie to deal with him, and he wanted to win him. Francis felt humiliated!

"I will definitely win this slam dunk contest!"

...

Liu Mang didn't know that he was hated even more by a person who already hated him, and he didn't know that he offended the Kings this time.

But what can we do if we know it? Annoy them again? How tired!

Moreover, he was just pretending, purely pretending!

"Ace, do you mean that you will definitely win the first place in this three-point contest?"

"Of course, it literally means that I have no interest other than being number one."

"But today's game has three-pointers like Peja Stojakovic and Ray Allen and Steve Smith..."

"Maybe they can compete for the runner-up. I will definitely win! Just like Jason, I think his dunk is the strongest among the participating players."

"Ace..."

"Ace..."

Liu Mang had finished pretending to be coercive, but he couldn't find any new content to pretend to be coercive, so he chose to leave when the media still wanted to ask questions.

Jason Richardson was dumbfounded looking at Liu Mang's back, my big brother is awesome!

Wait, what did the elder brother say when he left? It seems that I praised my little brother for dunking the best... No! Brother, why are you praising me at this time? Isn't it hatred...

Sure enough, Jason Richardson glanced at Francis, and he was really angry!

God!

Jason Richardson looked at the reporters who couldn't catch up with Liu Mang and gathered around him. For the first time, he felt that being surrounded by reporters was such a sad thing...

Well, I was banned for 90 days for maliciously brushing the building. As a writer, it is really a tragedy, and I can’t check in.