Chapter 515 514. The Official Debut!

Finally home!

When Liu Mang came home, Little Lolita Dinah heard the sound of a car driving into the yard, and ran out in a panic. When she came to the garage and saw Liu Mang coming out of the parked car, she jumped on him.

During the flight, Dinah exclaimed excitedly: "Uncle, you are finally back!"

Liu Mang quickly hugged the little loli who was growing bigger and bigger.

Children in the United States have been exercising more since they were young, and when they get older, their size increases. Last year, they didn't reach their waists, but this year they are almost full!

Liu Mang was too busy this past winter, so he didn't notice that Dinah had grown so much taller.

After being caught by Liu Mang, Dinah jumped on the ground and pulled Liu Mang towards the direction of the house, urging her all the time.

"Uncle, hurry up, Dinah watched your talk show, it's great! I didn't expect Uncle to perform on TV..."

In the living room, Dinah asked Liu Mang to sit on the sofa first, and then ran away.

When Liu Mang came back, he met this startled little loli, and smiled helplessly. He knew that he was on the entertainment channel, and his family would definitely be fried. He didn't expect that Alexia and Levia The two people who looked more like they would pay attention to entertainment programs didn't have much reaction, but Dinah was the most surprised.

Although Dinah likes to watch soap operas, she doesn't seem to care much about the stars in the entertainment circle, but likes sports. Liu Mang didn't expect Dinah to be the one who is most excited.

After a while, Liu Mang saw Dinah carrying a lot of autograph books and football cards downstairs.

"What is this?" Liu Mang had an ominous premonition.

"This is a classmate from our school asking Dinah to help find uncle's autograph! Uncle, you don't know. After your talk show was broadcast a few days ago, the students all came to ask Dinah when the next show is, and they all like uncle. !" Dinah put a signature pen directly into Liu Mang's hand, and said excitedly, with a little anticipation, a little joy and a little joy.

"..." Liu Mang looked at the stack of autograph books and star cards, there must be hundreds of copies! This little loli is really strong!

Wait, Liu Mang remembered something, and asked strangely: "Dinah, aren't you trying to prevent your classmates from knowing that you know me?"

"Uncle, don't care about these things. Quickly sign for Dinah. Dinah promised her classmates, saying that uncle will definitely sign for them. Come on, uncle, can you sign for Dinah..."

Well, it was this trick again, it was really effective, Liu Mang reluctantly signed the autograph book and the star card.

While signing Liu Mang's name, he chatted with Dinah. During the chat, Liu Mang found that Dinah not only grew taller, but also began to grow up psychologically. She began to be like ordinary girls in the third and fourth grades of elementary school, and began to save face , because the "family" is more healthy, and she will show off some things like ordinary girls, such as Liu Mang, which is what she likes to show off most.

Moreover, Liu Mang did not expect that Dinah's favorite thing to show off was himself... Wait, Liu Mang realized that it seemed wrong to use things to describe himself, and he was not a thing... Wait a minute, he found himself It seems to scold myself...

Liu Mang thought that Dinah would be 9 years old by the end of the year, how time flies! I also thought that after the start of this season, I seem to have very little time to chat with Dinah or play games together. During training at home, I also hired little Jimmy for $10 an hour to help pick up the ball. Unexpectedly, Dinah has grown up slowly!

Time is a wonderful thing...

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After returning to Atlanta yesterday, Liu Mang accompanied Dinah at home in the afternoon to sign autographs for her classmates, and took a few group photos, which Dinah wanted to use as the school's commemorative handbook for the end of this semester.

School students in the United States are very mobile. Some parents have high job mobility for three days, so their children often change schools every semester. Some parents feel that their children are not good at studying at such a young age. There are various reasons, so it is possible that in the next semester, another group of students will be changed. The activities at the end of each term in elementary, middle and high schools in American schools, whether it is children, teachers or parents, attach great importance to it. Commemorative handbooks are the main ones. For junior high school, it’s just an outing or something. For high school, there are more things to play, and American high school students are very good at playing...

I had a relaxing day at home yesterday, and today, April 4th, the Eagles ushered in a game against the Philadelphia 76ers at home.

The game between the Hawks and the 76ers, which has received considerable attention, is seen as a preview of a possible second round of this season's playoffs.

When the title of this live preview was released by T.N.T, two teams were not happy. One was the Pistons, which is now No. 1 in the East, and the other was the Hornets, which is now No. 4 in the East.

The Hornets are okay, their record is not as good as the 76ers, but they are lucky to sit in the fourth position in the Eastern Conference. When they faced the 76ers in the first round, they did not have home court advantage.

The main upset is the Pistons. The Pistons feel like the whole world thinks they are going to lose to the Eagles. They are number one in the Eastern Conference!

Liu Mang calmed down when he saw this hate-inducing live broadcast preview, this T.N.T just can't get along with them! Forcibly pull hatred.

But there are too many people who hate him. The Pistons already hate them enough. A little more... doesn't matter.

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A championship is the dream of most players.

Yes, it is the dream of a star.

Ordinary players, unless they are playing with the boss in a championship-level team, most people's ideals or dreams have not yet reached the point of desperately fighting for the championship.

Basketball and life are actually the same. First of all, the basic needs must be met, so that more thoughts can be given to spiritual pursuits.

Of course, there is no shortage of people in this world who would rather make less money for their dreams, and there is no shortage in the NBA.

Like Allen Iverson, for his basketball dream, for his brother, for love, he scattered all his family wealth, and there is not much money left in his bank card.

There are dozens of people in the family who are not working and reach out for food, clothes, women, and cars...

Is Iverson an idiot?

Is he a man with no financial acumen?

Is he so stupid that he gives money when people ask for it?

Yes, yes, he is...

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The above is Liu Mang’s teasing of Iverson in the talk show. On the one hand, it is based on the fact that Iverson was exposed last year to advance his salary for this season, and the remaining money in his bank card is less than $50,000. You know His 2001-2002 season salary plus endorsement fees was close to 20 million dollars after tax. His income in the league was second only to Garnett and Carter, and more than Kobe, Duncan, and O'Neal. He actually spent only 50,000 dollars Beauty Knife is gone! At that time, the media made a lot of noise. In addition, when he drove his wife out without clothes, it was also because of financial problems that the two had a fierce dispute.

At the same time, Liu Mang also wanted to remind Iverson in a teasing way that not all "brothers" are really brothers. It is not wise for him to raise a group of brothers so generously.

However, since this incident has long been hyped by the media, live TV and news media often use this incident to make fun of him. When Iverson saw Liu Mang making fun of him in the talk show, he was not too angry. They couldn't stop laughing.

In addition, Iverson felt deep down in his heart that his practice of spending all his money as a brother was an expression of generosity, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, and he was a little proud of it.

Before the game against the 76ers, Iverson came to the Eagles locker room to have a chat with Liu Mang. Iverson is a person who wants to save face. He doesn’t know whether his team will win or lose against the Eagles. Well, he will definitely leave immediately after the game, and will not accept interviews. If he wins, he will be very arrogant, and he will not come to chat with Liu Mang, so let's chat before the game.

Liu Mang thought that Iverson was here to seek revenge, but he didn't expect that Iverson himself would be so happy with the teasing of the talk show, and let Liu Mang call him for such fun things in the future.

After learning about the other party's thoughts from Iverson, Liu Mang was speechless.

That’s right, during Iverson’s career, the news and public opinion that ridiculed and ridiculed him for raising a group of brothers and even his wife ran away was not once or twice, but Iverson knew that he was retired and bankrupt, and his friends had all run away, so he didn’t respond to it. What is the "reflection" here.

This is a person's attitude towards life. Iverson likes this. At most, Liu Mang reminded him, but he found that the reminder was useless, so he didn't bother with this kind of thing anymore.

Everyone has everyone's life, you can try to influence other people's life, but never hold the idea of ​​manipulating other people's life, otherwise everyone will be unhappy.

Liu Mang thinks that Iverson is probably the Iverson because of his uniqueness, and his life after retiring is not bad. When he meets a good agent, he invests part of his income in a trust fund. Before retiring, he had accumulated five million dollars, and after retiring, he would return tens of thousands of dollars in principal and interest every month. Although he could not spend as much money as he did during his career, at least he would not be reduced to the streets.

It is Iverson's freedom to choose such a way of life. Liu Mang reminded him once that it doesn't work, so it doesn't matter so much.

To make friends is to have heart-to-heart exchanges and to learn the strengths of others, rather than having to let others correct what you consider to be shortcomings.

Liu Mang has learned a lot from Iverson. Apart from Iverson's tenacity and competitiveness, which everyone can see, Liu Mang has also learned from Iverson's extremely bad attitude towards financial management. Some things, that is, money can't be spent recklessly, and people can be used as a mirror to understand gains and losses...

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The game is about to begin!

Entrance ceremony!

First, the visiting team enters the field, and the 76ers. This year, the 76ers came to the Eagles to play at home. There are a lot fewer Iverson fans on the scene. Especially now, the Eagles are likely to play against the 76ers in the second round. There are very few fans of the visiting team in each game. Except for a few die-hard Iverson fans wearing the 76ers' black No. 3 fans, almost all of them are wearing Eagles jerseys or T-shirts from the Eagles' official cooperative brand "Rogue League". T-shirt or vest fans.

When the 76ers came out, there were boos everywhere!

When it came to Iverson, the boos reached their peak.

Then the home players entered the field, and the boos immediately turned into cheers.

Watching Raheem and Mohamed come out first, then Prince also runs out.

This seems to be the first time Liu Mang participated in the entrance ceremony as a starting player, and Liu Mang was a little nervous.

It’s not that he has never played a starter, but even when he occasionally discussed with Jason Terry that he would start, the entrance ceremony was Jason Terry’s starting position, including the last game against the Grizzlies. On the court, Jason Terry also stood in the starting position, and Liu Mang stood in the two rows of substitutes outside the player tunnel.

The Eagles had a stable starting position before the game. The starting list submitted before the game was all Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, Muhammad, and Ratliff.

Even when Liu Mang played the starting lineup occasionally, the starting list received by the DJ at the scene was Jason Terry's starting lineup, but it was temporarily adjusted to Liu Mang's starting lineup before the game.

Coach Kruger put Liu Mang's "official starting debut" at home. The purpose is very simple, mainly to let the fans feel that the team values ​​them. The moment, of course, must be completed under the witness of the home fans.

Seeing Liu Mang's excitement, Rahim came up and patted Liu Mang's shoulder, signaling him not to be so nervous and relax.

Rahim was surprised that Liu Mang would be so nervous about this matter, he dared to appear on TV shows, he dared to face so many superstars in the All-Star Game, and he was so excited when this "little" starter entered the arena.

If Liu Mang knew about Raheem's slander, he would definitely slap him in the face: Do you know what a dream is?

Liu Mang also knows that the starting position is sooner or later for him. One day he will exchange the starting point guard and sixth man positions with Jason Terry. He knows that he has this ability.

but!

When he really stood at the entrance of the player tunnel as a starter, he still had a feeling of "dream come true".

For Liu Mang, who is an All-Star starter, it shouldn't be a big deal, but standing here, he really has a feeling of excitement.

Not only is Liu Mang excited, but the fans are also very excited. Eagles fans believe that Liu Mang will become "great" one day, so they are also very excited to witness the moment Liu Mang officially promoted from the bench to the starting lineup.

If Liu Mang truly becomes "great" in the future, they will be the witnesses of one of Liu Mang's steps!

When the cheers of the fans reached the highest point, the DJ shouted out Liu Mang's name: "Ace...Liu..."

Liu Mang walked out of the player tunnel, and the spotlight hit him.

At this moment, Liu Mang felt very different!

In his opinion, when he started as an All-Star, he couldn't keep up with the feeling he has now...

Here is the home field! It is my home stadium, and the people here are all fans who support me! This feeling is very different from being on the All-Star stage!

After hearing the cheers from the familiar fans at the scene, Liu Mang was no longer excited, and felt very comfortable, because this is his home stadium!