Chapter 385 Player No. 383.8 Will Never Admit Defeat!

Yao Ming went to New York to prepare for the upcoming public trial training specially organized by NBA officials for him alone.

It is estimated that this is the first time in the NBA that a joint trial training is held for a player alone.

And there are twenty-eight teams participating in this tryout on June 20th, a beautiful day to show love.

Even the Eagles want to see Yao Ming's trial training after he is ready.

As for the special case among the 29 teams in the league, the Huskies said that they really have the same nickname as their own team. They lost five first-round picks a bit. They didn’t have a first-round pick until the 2005 draft. I don't know what drafting means.

For Liu Mang, since the Eagles have to conduct a lot of trial training before the draft, and since they have already decided who to choose, the subsequent trial training is only to select some people to play in the summer league, so it is okay to ask Liu Mang's vision Everyone has been confirmed, and those more talented eagles have been invited, and Liu Mang has his eyes on them, but he can't choose them.

This year and the next year are both big draft years, and it is impossible to exchange next year's draft picks for this year's. Next year is a super draft year that has long been targeted by bad teams, although this year is also a draft It's a big year, but next year's late first-round pick can catch up with this year's mid-first round.

In order not to make Liu Mang unhappy, the coach to regret, and himself to be troubled, Steven Price told Liu Mang to rest for a while, and the training ground would be open for him to train after the draft.

Although the Eagles still have three rounds of tryouts and even many tryouts, it's all to deceive people. There will always be people who the team wants to announce that they will be cut off by other teams early.

And the secret trial training of the three rookies who decided to be drafted will also be carried out frequently, mainly to give them peace of mind and let them not go to other teams for trial training.

Yes, it's just a meal.

Many black players who are basically impossible to be selected will go around to buy air tickets, hotels, and meals. Sometimes the biggest pursuit of people at this stage is to have food.

Only then did Liu Mang know, no wonder Raheem, Jason Terry, and Mohammed made an appointment to go to Miami for vacation and train together, and they already had experience.

In fact, in the entire NBA at the stage of realization, Liu Mang is the special case. Only he will still train in the arena in the summer when his career is already clear, he is confirmed to be the star of the team, and he has a big contract in the future.

Now it’s not like more than ten years later, if you win the best rookie, you may be traded immediately, and you will not be able to play in two years. Now you can win the best rookie, even if it is Mike Miller in 2000, if you change teams There are a lot of teams vying for it. These days, after the rookie contract of the best rookie ends, it is at least six to seven million a year, and most of them start with an annual salary of tens of millions.

After many players enter the NBA, even if they are only late in the first round and are not well-known, they will take out loans to buy cars and houses, and most of them will go bankrupt without being able to play.

After Liu Mang became famous like this, he didn't rush to sign endorsements to make a fortune, which is really an example within an example.

It is also the place where the Eagles management is funny and appreciates that Liu Mang is very worthy of training. Apart from the fact that Liu Mang is Chinese, hard work and strength are also very important. Battelle and Wang Zhizhi are not Chinese, but they cannot Bring economic benefits.

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Sitting on the plane to Los Angeles, Liu Mang despised those three guys who went to Miami for vacation without him.

Isn't it because the young master can't drink and can't go to nightclubs! These three bastards.

However, Liu Mang was very depressed. He wanted to go to Los Angeles to find McGrady, who was training with Kobe, and Carter, who was recovering from his injuries in Los Angeles. Why Mao had two girls and a oil bottle to go with him.

Dinah's school had just finished Children's Day, had classes for a week, and then went on summer vacation.

And the summer vacation is from June 15th to September 15th, a full three months.

frenzied.

Liu Mang remembered that when he was a child, he didn't have a holiday until the date of July, and then he had to go to the Children's Palace during the summer vacation... People are more popular than others.

Children should study hard and make up lessons every day! What a holiday!

Then I heard that Liu Mang was going to Los Angeles to find Maddie, Dinah also clamored to go, Levia also wanted to go to Los Angeles to buy clothes, and Alexia also wanted to come with her when she heard about it.

Then Liu Mang's originally planned trip as a lonely prodigal son turned into a family dragger in the eyes of others.

"Aida, have you been to Los Angeles before?"

"I went there once on a high school graduation trip, and I work part-time in college every day, so I don't have time to go out to play anymore."

"Part-time job? Didn't Ace say that you had a lot of fun in college? You seem to be a school belle!"

"It's not as exaggerated as what Ace said! I just like to dress up and go to parties..."

Levia and Alexia began to gossip about their college days. Liu Mang felt that the two women together were like a flock of ducks making a fuss. If he had known, he would not have sat next to each other.

Heck, today, the first-class seats on this flight were sold out to the four of them, and half of them were still vacant, so Levia and Alexia just drank coffee and chatted unscrupulously on the table in the middle of the first-class cabin. Get up, don't worry about disturbing others.

The first-class cabins of airlines that still retain first-class cabins are quite different. Although the prices are similar, some of them are large planes that are very spacious, and some of them just have a separate seat that can lie down, separated by a door like a train sleeper. Of course, there is only one person in a cubicle, and for the absolute ones, just use curtains to separate the first-class cabin from the economy cabin, and the voice can be heard...

The flight that Liu Mang took was very lucky. There was no one on the big plane, just the four of them.

The women couldn't stop talking, and the topic between Liu Mang and them couldn't get in the way. Their chattering Liu Mang wanted to sleep for a while but couldn't, so he could only pass the time by flipping through magazines.

Liu Mang suddenly heard a brisk humming sound, probably the kind who can't remember the lyrics but only remembers the tune. Loli twisted excitedly on the seat, humming a nursery rhyme while twisting.

"Dinah, what are you doing?" Liu Mang's head was full of black lines.

"Dinah is so excited! It's the first time to go on vacation with uncle!" Dinah was very happy.

"Uncle, I came to Los Angeles for business, not for vacation, and I don't have time to play with Dinah." Liu Mang said speechlessly.

"Uncle...you can play with Dinah when you're done with your work!" Dinah grabbed Liu Mang's clothes and began to turn into a dick again.

If you don't agree with each other, you will be cute! Is it useful to be cute! Is Liu Mang the kind of person who will give in?

"Okay, when the time comes, Dinah will go to Hollywood with uncle. I haven't been to Hollywood yet, let's go and see it!"

"Dinah hasn't been there either! Let's go together! Wait, I heard that there are many beautiful sisters in Hollywood, what does uncle want to do!"

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The pleasant conversation quickly passed the time. When they arrived in Los Angeles, Liu Mang and his party first checked into the hotel they had booked. It is a family apartment hotel located in Manhattan Beach. The houses are a set of villas, and the price is naturally different. Cheap, $499 a night.

Liu Mang looked at the beautiful landlady who insisted on booking such an expensive hotel but only gave out her passport and did not intend to pay for it when she checked in, her heart was bleeding...

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Why did you choose Manhattan Beach, an area with such high prices? It’s because Kobe has a property here, and McGrady and his wife live here temporarily. Don't worry, there is definitely no way to compare with Toronto, so I came to Los Angeles to wait for delivery.

By the way, McGrady has to train with Kobe for a while, so he borrowed Kobe's seaside villa. The scenery is beautiful and it's free.

In the evening, McGrady drove, of course, Kobe's car, to the hotel where Liu Mang was staying to pick up their group. In the evening, there was a family dinner at Kobe's house, and Liu Mang was also invited.

Liu Mang heard McGrady say that Kobe had invited him to a family dinner yesterday, and he exclaimed, the blacksmith is out of his mind!

However, seeing Liu Mang appearing in front of the hotel with the three of them together, Mai Di was a little sluggish.

"Uh... Hey, Ace, long time no see!" McGrady came up and hugged Liu Mang, and skipped asking who is Liu Mang's wife or girlfriend, how embarrassing it is, "Ace, Your daughter? She's beautiful."

Mai Di was a little puzzled, didn't Liu Mang say that he would not bring a female companion, and that he would come alone, but now he not only brought his family with him, but also two women and a daughter.

"Thank you..." Liu Mang was desperate to explain this kind of thing, "This is Levia, this is Aida, this is Dinah..."

I said hello, got in the car, and drove to the private villa area on the other side of Manhattan Beach, a ten-minute drive.

Liu Mang's hotel is located in a resort area, so the price of the hotel in downtown Los Angeles is more than doubled.

Arriving at Kobe's villa, Liu Mang looked at Kobe's house.

It's not an exaggeratedly large villa like Beverly Hills, a small garden, a swimming pool, a house, surrounded by walls, living together, after all, it's just a place to live occasionally in summer.

Of course, it is not the kind that ordinary people can afford.

When Kobe received the call and came out to pick them up, he was just as dazed as McGrady when he saw Liu Mang getting off the car with two beauties, one big and one small.

I promised to come alone!

Kobe is ready to show off his love and abuse the dog with Vanessa. Although the little blacksmith's extremely sinister intentions are unknown to others, he still feels slapped in the face now.

They also brought women here! And there are two! Not only that, there are children!

Maddie is about to have a baby too, and the due date is the middle of next month.

Depend on! The little blacksmith suddenly realized that he hadn't produced a child by himself!

Is the little blacksmith the kind of person who is willing to admit defeat! He is ready to work hard to come out with Vanessa's whole child, otherwise he will lose too badly!

Vanessa, who was smiling next to Kobe, didn't know that his husband was going to torment her enough in order to be competitive.

Inside the ups and downs, Kobe is still very calm on the surface, a look like I am rich, educated and self-cultivated although I only went to high school: "Hello, Ace, long time no see."

Before Liu Mang came, he was a little timid, and they started fighting without meeting each other. He didn't expect Brother Blacksmith to be so calm and enthusiastic, as if the unhappiness between the two of them had never happened before.

In fact, Liu Mang was very puzzled why this blacksmith would ask him to attend a family gathering. He had read the news before, and Kobe had only invited McGrady, Gasol, Ariza, Odom and other NBA players to him. Home, even his closest comrade-in-arms Fisher has not been to his house.

But the other party was so graceful, Liu Mang couldn't lose face, as if the two had never had any unhappiness, he went up and hugged: "Hi, Kobe, long time no see."

"This is my wife, Vanessa, and this is Tres's wife, Lerenda. You should know each other." Kobe introduced himself and McGrady's wife.

Liu Mang also introduced: "This is Levia, this is Aida, and this is Dinah."

"Hello..." Kobe came up and shook hands with the three girls brought by Liu Mang, and they knew each other.

As for the surname, Kobe didn't ask, he thought it might be Liu...

Liu Mang, Vanessa and Lerenda also shook hands lightly, very politely, that is, the kind where boys only hold girls' fingers.

Brother Blacksmith liked children beyond Liu Mang's expectations. When Dinah also reached out to shake hands, Kobe laughed and shook hands with Dinah, and made a gentleman's salute.

Dinah seemed to have been holding it in for a long time, and finally couldn't hold it anymore. She opened her mouth and said, "Uncle, didn't mom say that you and Kobe would fight when they saw each other? Why haven't you fought yet?"

Everyone at the scene was stunned for a moment, and then, except for Kobe and Liu Mang, everyone else couldn't help but burst out laughing...

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The family gathering is very simple and relaxed, and there is no drinking or anything. After all, Maddie's wife is expecting to give birth and cannot drink, so it is simply eating and chatting.

After dark, the table was set up in the yard, and the chef was invited to make a barbecue. The barbecue was served with soda and the cocktails that Brother Blacksmith and McGrady said were not alcoholic drinks at most, and it was not bad.

The chat was mainly between a few women. Two women were already chattering very loudly, but now four women plus a little loli who loves to interrupt, it was noisier than a drama.

Liu Mang, Kobe, and McGrady moved to the edge of the yard away from the hustle and bustle. When no one else could hear what they said, the three stared at each other, and the scene was awkward for a while.

"Ahem," McGrady couldn't help it anymore, and broke the deadlock: "Ace, you said you have something to talk to me about, what is it?"

It was only then that Liu Mang remembered that there was something wrong, but was forgotten by the little blacksmith's strange behavior.

"Yes, Tracy, your team is short of power forwards, right?" Liu Mang remembered that besides visiting Los Angeles this time, the most important thing for him was to help Wang Zhizhi find a job.

Yao Ming was in charge of communicating with Wang Zhizhi, and when Liu Mang confirmed that he could help Wang Zhizhi find a trial training opportunity, Yao Ming notified Wang Zhizhi.

Liu Mang remembered that McGrady had been miserable since he came to the Magic. Of course, he was referring to his team lineup.

The power forward is the former Bulls power forward Horace Grant who was not wanted by the Lakers. At his peak, Grant was also a top power forward with an average of 15+11 per game. He got it when the team had Jordan, Pippen and others. But now he is 37 years old, and his statistical performance is far from the peak. In the 00-01 season, after the Lakers won the championship, he went to the Magic purely to get the 3-year 10 million contract for retirement.

However, just such a power forward with an average of 8+6 per game is the best inside teammate McGrady has. It seems that McGrady's inside teammates in the next few years are either injured or rubbish contracts. In the playoffs, he has been in the first round. In the 2003-04 season, McGrady's personal performance was still outstanding, but the Magic team's record was poor, and they won the No. 1 pick. They couldn't agree on the price and extend it for up to three years, and complained that Hill's injury has been bad, and wanted the Magic to replace the star with the No. 1 pick.

The Magic once again chose the strong man to cut off his wrist and send McGrady away.

Liu Mang has always felt that McGrady’s peak should be in the Magic. Although theoretically the peak of the combination of physiology and technology, that is, at the age of 27 or 8, was in the Rockets, McGrady was already suffering from injuries during the Rockets period. McGrady is the strongest swingman in the Eastern Conference who is healthy and strong.

Hearing Liu Mang's question, McGrady felt a little bitter: "Yes, we have been looking for insiders. The Blazers cut Yuren a few days ago, and we are ready to sign him. He said that he will work hard to train and lose weight in the summer. I hope he can recover a little bit of his previous strength, he is only 33 years old, and he should probably recover a little bit."

"Tracey, I feel a moment of silence for you." Kobe said that he didn't believe that the fat man said he wanted to lose weight at all!

"..." Liu Mang was speechless after hearing this.

Someone actually snatched the job!

That damned fat beer man!

Liu Mang thinks it's better to go to the nursing home to see Carter tomorrow, maybe Carter has work for him.

Just when Liu Mang was feeling a little resentful, Kobe suddenly said to Liu Mang: "Ace, do you have a power forward you want to introduce to Tracy? Tell me who it is."

Liu Mang glanced at Kobe unexpectedly, why did he ask this? But he still replied: "Our country's national team's core insider played for the Mavericks last season. He is very accurate in three-pointers, can shoot mid-range shots, and can also defend single-handedly. He has excellent low-post skills and passes well. He is suitable for positional warfare. It's a pity that it doesn't match the style of our team, otherwise his skills can help us a lot."

When doing business, the "commodity" is always hyped up. Liu Mangquan picked up Wang Zhizhi's advantages and said that he did not mention any shortcomings such as average mobility and poor defense.

Kobe's eyes lit up when he heard that. He heard about Yao Ming's amazing performance in the Eagles' trial training, and he had a little impression of Wang Zhizhi that Liu Mang mentioned.

Kobe Bryant is a power forward who wants to be able to shoot. What was it before? Grant, who is getting old and losing his teeth, is full of point guards who can’t make shots. Less than, the defense may not be good, but it is enough to be able to shoot and have skills! Just catch the ball and throw it in!

"Ace, are you willing to introduce your national team center to our team for trial training? Of course, if you are afraid that your national team center will make us stronger inside, then forget it." Kobe has always been straightforward, come up It is the aggressive method.

But what surprised Kobe was that Liu Mang didn't even think about it, and immediately said after hearing this: "Okay! This is the contact information of his manager. His surname is Wang, and his name is Zhizhi... I don't understand." Chinese name? His nickname... Let me think about it, his name is Bigby!"

BIG-BY, roughly...

If Wang Zhizhi knew that he had such an English name, he wondered if he would be grateful to Liu Mang...

Bryant took the contact card that Liu Mang had already prepared in a daze, a little confused, why did he feel cheated?

But when it comes to this, Kobe also intends to let the team sign Wang Zhizhi. After all, the shooting is really good. The team can even start any Medvedenko. When playing against the Mavericks, Wang Zhizhi showed Much better than Medvedenko.

Although Liu Mang is happy for Wang Zhizhi, he may go to a team that will give him a stable playing time. The Lakers power forward has always been a comfortable position where even a passer-by can drink soup with O'Neal, but he is very puzzled. Mao felt that the blacksmith treated him well?

Kobe's affection for Liu Mang increased because of Liu Mang's hard work in training! After the news that Liu Mang started training a week after the end of the Eastern Conference Finals reached Kobe, Kobe's favor for him increased a lot.

Kobe's world view is difficult for ordinary people to understand, but Liu Mang can't understand it anyway, thinking that Kobe has a serious tendency to shake M, and the more he opposes him, the higher his favorability will be.