Chapter 788: 787. The Tsundere Little Blacksmith

"Uncle, is it that very old uncle who invited us to the party?" Little Lolita asked with her head between the two seats in the front row.

"Sit down! Be careful! What is a very old uncle? James is only ten years older than you. You have to call him brother, or he will be sad!" Liu Mang couldn't help laughing.

"Oh...he doesn't look like my brother at all..."

On the night of September 7th, Liu Mang took Dana, Levia, and Alexia to a family party hosted by James in the villa he rented in Los Angeles.

Liu Mang drove to the villa that James rented, a seaside villa without walls, and parked directly in the parking area at the entrance, with a Camaro parked beside it, which fit James' image and temperament very well.

After Liu Mang parked the car, James came out with his girlfriend.

"Wow, Savannah, long time no see." Liu Mang was surprised to see James' girlfriend's big belly.

Savannah Brinson, James' girlfriend, has been with James since she was 16 years old. I met him at the All-Star Weekend before, but I didn't see that she was pregnant at that time. Now, it is estimated that they are eight or nine months old. up.

"Ace, long time no see." Savannah came up and hugged Liu Mang gently.

On the other side, James, who was a gentleman, also hugged Levia and Alexia lightly.

"Savannah, you are about to give birth? Congratulations." Liu Mang thought of the future little James, probably this is him.

"Thank you. The due date is next month. The medical environment here in Los Angeles is better than that in Cleveland, so I am going to wait here." Savannah generously patted her belly.

"I hope you guys will have a boy, don't be like a guy who can only have a daughter." Liu Mang laughed.

"Who?" Savannah asked with interest.

"There is a Los Angeles player, let's not talk about him, he is stingy, and he will be angry if he hears about it." Liu Mang laughed.

When Savannah heard this, she still didn't know who it was. The bickering between Liu Mang and that guy was revealed in many news reports.

The men and women on both sides greeted first, and it was the men's and men's turn to greet.

Without the embarrassment of losing ten days ago, James gave a warm hug: "Ace, we meet again. Every time we meet, there are bad memories. I hope this time will not be like this."

James cracked a joke enthusiastically.

"Haha, it's hard to say, I'm okay, I've always been a friendly and good person, but it's hard to say that there is a guy." Liu Mang laughed.

Before James could ask who it was, a furious roar came from the villa: "Ace Liu! Who do you say can't have a son? Who is not friendly?"

Angry... well, the little blacksmith doesn't have much hair anymore, he roars like a raging bull.

When he said that he could not give birth to a son, Kobe was already angry, but was held down by Vanessa, this time he couldn't bear it anymore, and walked out towards Liu Mang.

"Damn! This guy actually came first!" Liu Mang noticed that there were already many people in the living room, Maddie and his wife and children, there was a stroller next to Vanessa, Iguodala and his girlfriend were also there , everyone was laughing, including Vanessa.

It's okay to speak ill of people behind their backs, but it's a bit embarrassing to say it face to face! The main reason is to find an opportunity to learn from Kobe in a high position. Although I feel a little bit practicing by myself, it is definitely different from someone teaching me. If I accidentally pissed off Kobe, I have to comfort him... …

"Ahem, LeBron, where did we talk just now?" Liu Mang ignored what he said just now, ignoring Kobe by the way, and said to James, "You have to study hard with Kobe, he is a very good player, just like you. He's a high school student, so you can ask him for advice... Hey, Kobe! You came so early, I'm sorry I didn't see you just now."

"..."

Kobe and James were speechless, and everyone else couldn't help bursting into laughter. Savannah, a pregnant woman, was laughing non-stop with her back on her back and her big belly...

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Generally speaking, the family gathering is still very pleasant. James rented an arena, made an appointment for daily training time, and gave everyone the key.

Originally, Liu Mang also made an appointment with Wang Zhizhi, but Wang Zhizhi is a center forward, and he didn't come together until he was training together.

Liu Mang, Iguodala, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady and James' training started on the afternoon of September 8th and ended on September 20th.

Although the start time of the training camp stipulated by the league is October 1, most teams usually start team training in late September, especially strong teams with goals and ideals.

Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, and Iguodala belong to the Hawks team, which is the defending champion. Naturally, it is impossible to really wait until October 1 to start the training camp.

On September 8th, just after noon, Liu Mang came to the arena that James had rented, and found that someone had already arrived!

Liu Mang walked into the training ground and saw that it was Kobe! Shooting in the ball boy's pass practice.

This guy came too early! Didn't drink less last night!

"Kobe, you came so early~" Liu Mang greeted warmly.

Seeing Liu Mang coming in, Kobe just took a look, snorted proudly, and continued training.

Really offended the little blacksmith!

Liu Mang is a little sad!

Asked the system: "Boss of the system, how long will it take to learn from Kobe?"

"Ding...Kobe Bryant's high post back technique has reached the proficient level and consumes 50,000 superstar points. It takes a week to learn to achieve a small achievement, and then he can conduct complete training by himself, because the host has used Kobe Bryant 2004-2004 version With the star card, the learning time is shortened to three days."

Depend on! so expensive!

Moreover, that guy may not be willing to teach!

I don't care about anyone anymore! Excessive! Cheapskate!

Liu Mang sneered, and went to the locker room to change into training clothes.

James is really a careful person. He prepared three sets of training clothes for Liu Mang, and they fit well. He put this basket next to the closet. After training, put the dirty training clothes in there for someone to clean.

There is no way, I have already offended him, I have to find a chance to please him, and I haven't thought of a way to please him yet, Liu Mang can only practice first, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, there is always a chance to learn.

And you can't wait for the little blacksmith to show up when he's in a good mood, Liu Mang still has training himself.

When Liu Mang changed into his training uniform and came out, a caddy had already arrived.

James spent a lot of money this time...

Seeing that Kobe was still ignoring him, Liu Mang ignored Kobe and started practicing three-pointers.

In terms of shooting, Liu Mang mainly practiced three-pointers with his right hand and layups with his left hand.

Even if his left hand has become his dominant hand, Liu Mang mainly practices dribbling and layups with his left hand. The mid-range shots and three-pointers of his right hand have not broken through 90, and the left-handed mid-range shots and three-pointers can be kept above 70. Basketball and dribbling are the aspects that the left hand should improve quickly. Anyway, he is still young, and Liu Mang did not expect to become fat in one go, and gradually improve. When it is time to peak, the peak will naturally arrive, and there is no rush.

Liu Mang was practicing, and when it was around one o'clock in the afternoon, James and Iguodala, who had just met each other, came, and McGrady came soon after.

They all started their own training. James and Iguodala are playing body-to-face, that is, one-on-one. Liu Mang, Kobe and Tracy McGrady are all polishing their basic skills.

Everyone's training is going on in an orderly manner...

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Liu Mang's side started the last wave of hard training before the season. On the NBA side, some small deals in the NBA in August were all blocked by the Olympics, mainly because the US team played too badly this time. In addition to 1980, the US men's basketball team did not win a medal in the Olympic Games for the first time.

It wasn't until September that the NBA news started to come alive again.

The Dallas Mavericks soap opera has come to an end.

The main reason is that after the Mavericks ended the season and freed up more than 10 million salary space, they started signing big money.

First of all, in mid-August, Eric Dampier, who scored 12 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks last season, gave him a seven-year contract of 73 million yuan, poaching Dampier from the Warriors.

That kind of feeling, as if Cuban thinks the money can't be spent.

However, when Nash renewed his contract, Cuban suddenly became extremely "stingy".

Nash never thought that he was selected to the third team twice in 2002 and 2003, and he was selected to the All-Star twice, but he could not get a tens of millions of contracts. He went on a trip in July, and then halfway I came back and started wrangling with Cuban.

Cuban is only willing to give a 5-year 40 million contract, and the last year is still a team option. He is worried that Nash, who has turned 30 in February this year, is no longer good, even though Nash is the only full-time player of the Mavericks in the past three seasons.

For such an offer, Nash must be dissatisfied, but Nash has not thought about playing elsewhere. He has been in Dallas for six years.

Nelson Jr., the son of a mad scientist, suggested that Cuban give him an average annual contract of 10 million yuan. Nash and Nelson Jr. also accepted the contract after a private chat, but Cuban finally wrangled for a month and only increased the contract to 5 years. 45 million.

In the end, on September 10, Nash completely rejected the Mavericks' contract and announced that he would not return to the Mavericks and join the free market.

This time Nash felt that he was not put in Cuban's future plan at all, and he was unwilling to give a contract of 10 million yuan. The difference between the contract of 9 million yuan and the contract of 9 million yuan was 1 million yuan. In this case, Nash still didn't understand Cuban's thinking. .

The meaning is obvious: you're old and the team doesn't want you anymore.

On September 12th, Nash and the Suns reached a six-year, 66 million agreement. The Suns approached Nash almost immediately after Nash announced that he would join the free market. Anyway, this is an All-Star player , and their new head coach, Mike D'Antoni, really wants to get Nash.

Nash, who felt humiliated from Cuban, agreed without hesitation after seeing the Suns' offer contract.

Sending charcoal in the snow is Nash's current situation. The Suns gave an average annual contract of 11 million to help Nash save face.

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"Wow, Cuban is so stupid, that's Steve! God, that Mickey guy xxxxx..." Kobe envied the Suns, but they, the Lakers, didn't expect this to happen at all. It's September, who knows that another All-Star will be put into the free market!

Moreover, this player has a good personality, doesn't compete for the boss position, and doesn't even care about the statistics. He really wants to stay on the home team. He is an All-Star player with high efficiency. Other teams didn't pay much attention to this matter. After all, it was an extra million dollars a year. Cuban was not like a stingy person. They all thought that the Mavericks would eventually keep Nash.

Who knows, the Mavericks really won't renew the contract with Nash!

On the Lakers side, they finally got rid of a bunch of middle-class players and freed up more than 10 million space.

The Lakers have space in the summer, but they didn't get any big fish. Either there is a personality problem. Kobe already has a personality problem. The Lakers management feels that the team is going to explode, or it is not suitable. The position overlaps with Kobe, so after all the powerful free agents have their next homes, the Lakers signed some free agents, signed Chucky Atkins for 10 million in two years, and signed Divac for 4.9 million in one year , traded to get Chris Mihm, 3 million and Medvedenko to renew his contract... The space was filled again all of a sudden.

Therefore, when the contract renewal between Nash and the Mavericks broke down in early September, even if they wanted to get Nash, they had no choice!

On the night of the 12th, after Nash and the Suns reached a contract extension, Liu Mang and others who were having a nutritious meal together learned the news from their agent, and Kobe immediately became violent.

Others don't know how good Nash is, but will Kobe not know?

But after scolding, Kobe didn't think there was anything wrong. He felt that it would be fine for him to lead the team alone. It was just right that he didn't get Nash.

Seeing Kobe's tangled look, everyone else got used to it.

If his personality wasn't so eccentric, it wouldn't be Kobe.

James is also very envious, but Nash... It's not like he might go to Cleveland at all. It's not that they didn't offer an offer, but they didn't respond at all.

Liu Mang thought about suggesting that the team pursue Nash, but it might not be a good match, and there was no space, and no position. Even if there was space, the team would not pursue Nash.

It is impossible for Liu Mang to play as a substitute. Prince is the pillar of perimeter defense, and it is even more impossible for McGrady to be a substitute. It is impossible to let Nash play as a substitute.

In addition, Liu Mang thinks that Nash and D'Antoni are the best match. Liu Mang wants to compete with Nash in the running and bombing period. powerful?

Liu Mang wanted to know this very much.

However, to Liu Mang, this is not important, it has been four days!

Kobe hadn't talked to Liu Mang for four days. Liu Mang felt that even if the couple quarreled, four days would be enough! At any rate, we are still training opponents who "love each other" in the competition together!

Liu Mang couldn't bear it anymore. After eating the nutritious meal, everyone was ready to go back to their own places. Liu Mang took Kobe to the training ground.

"What are you doing?" Kobe looked as if he didn't apologize and I wouldn't tell you too much. He felt that Liu Mang must have apologized. After ignoring this guy for several days, he must be in a hurry.

"..." Tsundere sister, Liu Mang looked at Kobe's arrogant look, as if to stimulate him, but hold back!

"Kobe, I think you are very skilled, the best among the players I have ever seen." Liu Mang flattered him first.

"I know." Bryant replied immediately, quite confidently.

"..." Isn't it an expression that doesn't know how to talk to the young master? Liu Mang found this guy, so shameless! Hearing words of praise, he immediately disregarded the "principle".

It was too troublesome to communicate with Kobe, and it was more fun to stimulate him. Liu Mang simply said, "I want to learn high-post back-up from you, teach me."

Liu Mang felt that he would be rejected 100% and 100% of the time. He was ready to give up and learn from Jordan in the future. Too irritable, turning over and jumping like leaning against a wall or even sitting in the air, his physical fitness is a little higher than that of Liu Mang and Kobe, and it is this little level that was doomed from the beginning. The gap brought about by Jordan's use of the same style of play.

Just when Liu Mang broke the jar, Kobe actually said, "Okay, see you at four o'clock tomorrow."

"Ah?" Liu Mang looked at Kobe and left without looking back. This guy actually agreed? Heck, so direct?

After Kobe left Liu Mang's sight, he began to smile slyly, if this guy doesn't come at four o'clock in the morning, he won't teach, if he comes, he will practice this guy to death!