Chapter 472: 470. The All-Star King

When you meet a person who dares to challenge the bottom line of the law, it is best not to offend him.

For a guy who draws his gun at the slightest disagreement and brings him to the locker room of an NBA team, Liu Mang thinks it’s better not to offend him. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. You don't need to be on guard, you don't need to pay too much attention to etiquette and polite words, you don't need to be too humble, you can be relaxed and natural, and your mood is as clear and transparent as water.

But in a broad sense, the acquaintance of gentlemen means-acquaintance, not familiarity.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Mang finished a round of training. Mike Woodson found Liu Mang and wanted to conduct joint training with the second-year team.

Liu Mang followed Mike Woodson to the Eagles' daily home team training ground. Everyone has already arrived, and everyone they know is chatting.

For example, the two dunkers Jason Richardson and Richard Jefferson who have a good relationship have nothing to do with each other, but Liu Mang feels that the two have an inexplicable relationship between sisters-in-law Seeing the two physically fit men, Liu Mang couldn't help but think of many unspeakable things.

When Jason Richardson saw Liu Mang coming, he immediately greeted Liu Mang enthusiastically.

"Wow, who's here! Oh, our Eastern Conference champion! Haha, Ace, long time no see!" The enthusiastic Jason Richardson came up and hugged Liu Mang.

"NONONONO, Jason, you are wrong, I am not only the champion of the Eastern Conference, but also the slam dunk champion, yes, to win you!" Liu Mang also clamored and hugged Jason Richardson .

"Impossible. Although you and Carter are both very strong, I am the current dunk king. Just wait, I will use the dunks I didn't have the chance to use last year!"

"I also had a lot of dunks, let's see who can have the last laugh?"

"Hahahaha, well, let's see who can... have the last laugh..."

Why are they talking so exaggeratedly? Because a reporter was there and was filming it.

It's just that Jason Richardson couldn't understand the last phrase of Xiaodao. If you don't figure out how to translate this sentence into English, if you analyze it from the literal meaning, it will become Liu Mang's expression. What Jason Richardson heard: At the end of the smile...

"Hello, Ace." Richard Jefferson was not so friendly to Liu Mang, but he still hugged him, a polite hug with his left shoulder touching his left shoulder.

"Hi, Ace, long time no see." Gasol and Shane Battier both shook hands, until Liu Mang actually didn't like to hug so much, they asked why, and the answer made them stare blankly.

Parker, Chandler, and Kirilenko, who were not so familiar, also hugged and gave each other face.

Last but not least is Arenas.

"Hey, Ace, it's a pity that we didn't play against you last season, but we will be able to play against you soon this year." Arenas' face was full of confidence, and he wanted to challenge this player who was known as the leader of the younger generation .

"Oh, that's cool." Liu Mang responded, also expressing his fighting spirit.

Without too much politeness, Liu Mang viewed each other as a future competitor. He didn't want to get too close, and he didn't deliberately alienate him. He could be regarded as a friend of gentlemen, and what he had was just friendship as an opponent.

Just like Francis was the player most wanted to challenge on the perimeter in Jason Terry's rookie class, Liu Mang was also the person most wanted to be challenged by rookies in 2000 and 2001.

Judging from the current stage, Liu Mang is undoubtedly the best-developed rookie in the same class. Just like the previous superstars when they were young, they started as All-Stars in the second grade. Arenas and Gasol are considered to have developed similarly. All good, Gasol averaged 19+9+3 per game, just like an all-around core center.

Liu Mang and Gasol haven't seen each other for a long time, and they haven't played against each other this season. After the All-Star Weekend, one of the six games in the Western Conference will be against the underdog Grizzlies.

After getting to know each other, everyone warmed up and started training.

There are no special tactics, just some simple small coordination. Everyone is a temporary army. It is impossible to run a good tactic. Just make do with it. Mike Woodson has formulated a few tactics based on the characteristics of the players. A small tactic, that is, to put on a show, and when the time comes to the game, maybe none of them can be played.

Especially for Liu Mang, there is not a single tactic planned, Liu Mang just shows his face when he goes up, throws two three-pointers at most, and dunks a basket.

Liu Mang saw other people practicing tactics, so he looked at the comparison of the lineups of the two teams. He didn't pay much attention to it before. He didn't want to play, so he didn't pay attention.

It's hard to win in the second grade! Especially in this era of play!

Just as Liu Mang was about to mourn for the provisional army he was in and was about to be detained to death, at this moment, the reminder that Liu Mang had been waiting for finally came.

"Ding... All-star weekend mission released, long-term mission: King of All-Stars. Optional mission: In the name of guidance."

"King of the All-Stars: Get all the best in the Rookie Game, the All-Star Official Game, and the All-Star Regular Triathlon in your career. Completed: All-Star Rookie Game MVP, All-Star MVP, Three-point Contest Champion. To be Completion: Slam dunk contest champion, skill challenge champion. Task reward: 1 talent skill fragment."

"In the name of guidance: try to be the head coach once today, and lead the second-year team to defeat the first-year team in an unfavorable situation. Task reward: Gilbert Arenas peak star card. Failure penalty: None."

"Peak version of Gilbert Arenas: ability value 91, offense 97, defense 69, three-pointer 85, mid-range shooting 89, layup 86, speed 93, strength 82..."

Fuck! Although this task came a bit suddenly, it finally came!

King of All Stars! A talent skill fragment!

Liu Mang already has a talent skill fragment. If he wins the best sixth man twice in a row, there will be one more. In addition, if this task can be completed this year, there will be three. Then there are still two short, just You don't need 1 million superstar points to activate your talent skills!

If the talent skill fragments are enough, and there are 1 million superstar points, then... there will be a double talent skill that no one has ever had!

Well done for this mission!

Optional missions... Not bad, the Arenas peak star card is also a good thing! Although the defense is really eye-catching, but the top three-pointer, the near-top mid-range shot, the good layup, the strength and speed are very strong, it is simply the ability of a perfect scoring point guard.

Originally, Liu Mang had no interest in this game, but now he was shocked, and quickly called the group of temporary teammates together. Seeing the curious and puzzled eyes of the eight teammates, Liu Mang said: "Hey, brothers, you guys Do you want to win a rookie game? Is it a bit big!"

"We have Ace, how could we lose!" Jason Richardson has always admired Liu Mang very much.

"It's fine with Gilbert. I won't be able to play for long today. This is the decision of the coaching staff and the management." Liu Mang shrugged helplessly and put the responsibility on the management first. "But don't worry, the tallest big man on the opposite side It won't be long, but even if the big man on the opposite side only plays for a while, we have a big problem, you look at the lineup, we only have two big men, Tyson and Paul, have you noticed this?"

Hearing Liu Mang's words, everyone looked around, only to realize that it really seemed to be the case!

The second-year team, without Heywood and others this year, only two big centers, Gasol and Chandler, are left. Even if Gasol can play power forward, the problem is that there is no substitute insider!

As for the rookie team, even if Yao Ming only came up to play soy sauce, there are still four insiders, Nene, Stoudemire, Gudeng Master, and Boozer. They are too strong, and these four insiders make people jealous , receiving these four people into a team is definitely the strongest inside combination in the league. Of course, on paper, if they really get together to play for a season, it is true that one ball is not enough, and the playing time is not enough. .

If Liu Mang and Yao Ming don't fight, it doesn't make any sense. Liu Mang can't get the MVP of the second rookie game. Yao Ming is a big center, and he is not a high-scoring scorer like Stoudemire and Duncan. And also the All-Star starter. In addition, this year's sophomore team's back line exploded, and the rookie team's inside line also exploded. The two of them still played, which delayed the performance of others. They have already been selected as the All-Star starters. Media criticism.

Of course, most of the second graders don't care about winning or losing such a game. This time, the first and second graders are not as hostile as last year, and the relationship between the players is pretty good.

But Arenas is different, Arenas really wants to win! Arenas just wasn't happy with Jay Williams.

Seeing that the others seemed to have no motivation, Arenas hurriedly said, "Brothers, if we win today's game, I... invite everyone to go to the nightclub tonight!"

This is a lot of money for Arenas, who is still holding a cheap rookie contract. During the All-Star weekend, Atlanta's "price" is not cheap.

This kind of extra motivation is obviously more useful. The second graders were shocked and expressed that they would work hard.

Especially Arenas' teammate Jason Richardson, he came up and hugged Arenas' shoulders and said: "Gilbert, don't worry, we will help you get the rookie game MVP, everyone is brothers, then Why are you being polite... By the way, which store should you go to?"

"We'll talk about it later." Brother and sister! The corner of Arenas's mouth twitched, a group of animals thinking from the lower body, they would not do anything unless they benefited.

Arenas asked Liu Mang, "Ace, what can you do?"

"No." At this moment, Liu Mang's expression became quite cold in an instant.

"Uh..." Arenas was at a loss, what's wrong?

Arenas was at a loss when he saw Liu Mang suddenly become so indifferent. Although he was a bit cynical now, he hadn't reached the domineering arrogance of the one who became an All-Star starter and a top star. Now seeing Liu Mang suddenly showed an expression of displeasure, a little scared.

Where did I say something wrong?

Arenas' head is about to explode, it seems that he didn't!

Arenas looked at the others, and they also looked blank. Why did Liu Mang's face suddenly stink?

At this time, Gasol seemed to understand, and came to Arenas and whispered a few words, Arenas looked at Liu Mang in disbelief.

It's actually because I can't go to the nightclub, so I'm upset!

Not being able to go to nightclubs is definitely an annoyance, the key is not being able to go to nightclubs, which surprised Arenas, that is... this guy is not yet 21 years old... This makes Arenas a little frustrated, he is younger and more successful than you Work harder than you...

Liu Mang glared at Gasol.

The sister-in-law is the eighth woman!