Chapter 796
Ma Long looked enviously at Stockton and Ostertag who temporarily put on their jerseys to receive the championship ring, Magic players Raheem, Liu Mang, Jason Terry and coach Kruger went to give the championship ring together. Raheem presented the championship ring.
McGrady and the five new rookies are all sitting on the bench, envious of the teammates who won the championship last season.
The Magic team, seeing this scene, was also very envious, especially an older generation of Jordan's successor who had finally miraculously recovered after being reimbursed for four consecutive years.
For the game against the Magic, an hour and a half before the start of the game, various activities have already begun on the stadium side, such as season ticket draws, merchandise gifts for the Hawks in the Rogue League, chances for stars to take photos and sign...
At six o'clock, an hour before the start of the game, the championship rings began to be awarded.
Liu Mang was the first to wear the championship ring, and he was the first. He had no other choice, because he was the leader of the team.
NBA championship rings, each NBA championship ring has to go through the manual labor of 75 to 100 people, and the average time spent on each production process is about 10 weeks, and the price of each championship ring is about 5 Between 10,000 and 100,000 US dollars, the team has a total of more than 30 championship rings. If you look at the salary of the players, it may not be very precious, but this is not something that can be measured by price.
The championship ring, whether it is the main force or the substitute, or the coach, team doctor, or trainer, as long as the members of the championship team are registered employees of the club, everyone has a share.
The championship rings of players, coaches, and owners must have names, and others may not, but because it is the first championship of the Eagles after moving to Atlanta, even the trainer's championship ring is engraved name.
After getting the ring, Liu Mang carefully studied whether it was a real diamond or not. After counting, there were 15 diamonds in total, surrounded by a small platinum frame, surrounded by a graphic of an O'Brien cup, and the ring of the ring One side is written with the Eagles team name, and the other side is the player's name. When Liu Mang looked carefully, he found a little "secret". There are very small words next to the small platinum frame next to each diamond. Take a closer look. , It seems to be the names of the 15 players who played to the end of the team last season!
This is really thoughtful! Liu Mang couldn't help kissing the 15 diamonds clustered in a circle.
After Liu Mang put the championship ring on his index finger, Rahim took over the microphone from the host: "Thank you very much for the team, thank you very much for coming back here when I am already a player of another team , I can still hear your cheers. Last season, we were the strongest lineup in NBA history. No one is stronger than us. However, starting today, we are no longer a team. We are opponent……"
Yesterday afternoon, Liu Mang and Jason Terry met with Raheem. They didn’t talk about the team or basketball. They talked about how Raheem went to Orlando. The maximum salary continued. I'm not happy about it...
Jason Terry and Raheem talked more about the difference between the nightclubs in the two places...
There were tears in Raheem's eyes when he said these words. From the moment he won the championship ring, it will be difficult for him to have anything to do with the Eagles from a player's point of view.
Maybe one day, Raheem finished his big contract, returned to the Eagles to sign a contract for one game before retiring, and then retired, relying on several All-Stars and a rebounding champion and the best team, first defense, and most importantly 16 The championship with 1 win and 1 loss has the opportunity to retire the jersey in the Eagles, a team with an unglamorous team history, but if there is still strength, Raheem will not come back. For this, give the ring to Raheem After wearing it, Liu Mang knew it very well.
After the championship ring was distributed, Liu Mang, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Raheem, the four starters from last season, plus Jason Terry, Stockton, Muhammad, Kevin Willis, Korver, Calderon, and Kwame Brown, who replaced Ratliff in the starting lineup, together, ten people flicked their palms, turned their backs to the camera, and put rings on their fingers. The picture is displayed, and the cameraman wants to take pictures.
When the photo was over, Liu Mang looked at the picture of his teammates wearing rings, and when he saw a man with small hands, he couldn't help but say, "Wow, Kwame, your hands are smaller than Jason's." ah!"
Kwame Brown felt his chest was pounded, and it was still the boss's poisonous hands!
More than once, he heard shooting coach Chip Englander say that his small hands are not conducive to shooting and second offense, so he should choose direct dunks and direct tip-ups, and don't take the ball down, which is easy to be intercepted.
Kwame Brown was already frustrated, and finally developed a pie-eating style of play. Liu Mang, Calderon, Tracy McGrady, Iguodala, and Rasheed Wallace can give him a lob and a direct lob , so that he almost forgot about it, now the boss is here to beat the scar open!
Kwame Brown feels out of place with teammates because of small hands...
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"Grant, why don't you come to our team to play after your contract is over, and we can win the championship together."
"Wow, that will have to wait for many years, and I may be in a wheelchair by then."
"Uh, Grant, you have to believe in modern medicine. Medicine is still very reliable now. I think you are doing well now. Let's bet a hundred yuan that you can play 60 games during your rotation this year."
"Haha, if I really played 60 games, I'll treat you to dinner!"
When the final championship flag is hoisted, the pre-match activities are over, the staff remove the props, the two sides start the final warm-up or chat with the opponent, and the family and friends of the players can come up to take a group photo before the game begins.
Liu Mang greeted the comeback Grant Hill. Seniors, as juniors, they should show off their championship rings. How could a player as good as Hill not hook up in advance?
During the preseason, Grant Hill came back, miraculously recovered from the injury, but there was still a risk of recurrence, so the Magic announced that Hill would not play back-to-back, but he was already able to play in the NBA.
Liu Mang remembers that this was the year when Hill's body began to recover, and of course, it was also the year when he began to transform from a star player to a role player.
Liu Mang chatted with Grant Hill, and Little Lolita ran over.
"Uncle, ring ring!" Little Lolita wanted to grab something again.
But this time, Liu Mang did not agree: "Uncle really wants to keep this ring for himself."
"Hmm..." Little Lolita saw that Liu Mang was so serious about these trophies for the first time, as smart as little Lolita, she immediately understood the significance of this ring. She is almost 10 years old, and she can probably understand the meaning of friendship. Things, so I entered: "The uncle gave the ring to Dinah, and Dinah helped the uncle hold it."
"I want to show off to your classmates! Here it is, be careful not to lose it, it's a real diamond! This ring costs tens of thousands!" Liu Mang emphasized.
Seeing the little Lolita get the ring and run to pretend to be aggressive, Liu Mang really doesn't know what to say to this kind of child who has reached the age of showing off... In short, appearance is justice.
But there is one thing that Liu Mang was kind of embarrassed today. His other nine teammates’ girlfriends or wives from last season all came up to take a group photo. Only Levia and Alexia refused to come. They all want to be famous. These two girls don't want to be famous.
Liu Mang went to shoot the ball helplessly, warming up for the game.
However, there was a scene that made Liu Mang feel weird. Josh Smith and the champion Lang Dwight Howard on the opposite side were chatting shoulder to shoulder!
Looking at Howard's hearty smiling face, this guy is so happy!
After the two chatted, Liu Mang called Josh Smith over: "Josh, are you familiar with that high school student?"
"Of course, boss, Dwight and I were teammates in high school!" Josh Smith replied, "What's the matter? Boss, don't you like Dwight? He's a good guy, he has a great personality. Look, who does he treat? All smiling."
"Uh, I forgot that you are also a high school student." Liu Mang remembered this, and he said why Josh Smith was waived by the Pistons in the future, so he immediately ran to serve as a substitute for Howard, "It's okay, I Just curious..."
Yes, happy beast, how could it not like to laugh.
A guy like Raheem who can play without a break in the first six years of his career, maintains excellent health. In his early years, he was called the iron man of the 96 generation. He originally stopped playing in his thirties because he lost too much against basketball. I lost my love, but now I keep my love. It is not certain that I can still play well in the last year of my seven-year contract. Will I still play for the Magic when I was in my early thirties?
Raheem and Howard, after three or four years, it's a bit tricky!
However, Liu Mang was also very happy that Rahim would have a good next home.
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It was almost seven o'clock, and the referee signaled the people who should leave the field to leave, and the game was about to start.
The arena staff came up and wiped the floor, everything was ready, and the referee signaled the players to come on.
After more than five months of violation, Prince once again danced the square dance. Cheers immediately erupted at the scene, and a large number of fans danced along with him. The "NBA court dance" of "Case" has also been dabbled in, and danced along with it.
Liu Mang feels very sorry for this. It is not taken seriously in China, and the young people dislike it. It was fine when it first came out, but now the Korean Wave has taken over the lives of young people. On the contrary, it is Atlanta that puts Almost all this stuff is included in the city protection clause.
He accidentally created a "history", but Liu Mang really wanted to die. It is estimated that in the next few years, when square dancing is mentioned, someone Liu will be mentioned.
Kwame Brown grabs some chalk and walks to the other side of the court, clapping his hands for the chalk to scatter, and as the fans cheer, the lights are turned off and the horrific face of Rasheed Wallace appears On the big screen, with a roar, the whole audience started to riot!
After discussing with McGrady whether to open the game, after McGrady's quiet personality didn't like it, Liu Mang no longer designed moves for new teammates. Teammates come and go, unless McGrady has known each other for a long time. A friend who won’t be too sad even if a team changes, a new teammate, who knows who will leave one day, will not invest so much emotion anymore.
After Liu Mang put on the chalk powder, he grabbed a handful and sprinkled it in the air, and went on stage!
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The Eagles sent Liu Mang, McGrady, Prince, Rasheed Wallace, and Kwame Brown to the starting lineup.
Liu Mang looked at the starters of the Magic, Jameer Nelson, ability rating 69, Cardinal Mobley, ability rating 81, Grant Hill, ability rating 85, Raheem, ability rating 93, Dwight - Howard, ability rating 75.
Turkoglu, who has an ability rating of 84, is also on the bench. This year's Magic team is very good!
Even swapping Raheem for Francis would be nice, as if the Magic would have won nearly 20 more games this season than they did last season.
Why does Liu Mang remember it so clearly, because this is McGrady's original black material. Once he leaves, the Magic can compete for the playoffs.
Watching Kwame Brown and Dwight Howard, the two high school No. 1 picks selected after three years, walk to the center circle.
Liu Mang feels that both of them are high school students with physical fitness, but there are still many differences. Kwame Brown is more like a traditional center.
Both are two meters one by one, Howard seems to be a little shorter, and I don't know if Kwame Brown has grown taller or Howard lied about his height.
Kwame Brown is much stronger. Howard was only 120 kilograms at his peak. Kwame Brown is only 22 years old and already weighs 117 kilograms.
They all have long wingspan and strong upper limbs. The difference is that Kwame Brown has a strong upper limbs while his lower limbs are also good and full of tonnage.
Also, Kwame Brown has small hands and Howard has big hands...
Seeing Howard, Kwame Brown is very excited!
Why are you so excited, because the boss said, tortured Howard to death, so he is not the only one who has the title of parallel importer...
When Howard walked to the middle circle, he originally wanted to say hello to Kwame Brown. They are both high school students. Everyone played happily together. Who knows, the other party has a vicious look on his face!
Howard felt the strong hostility from Kwame Brown!
Howard couldn't understand it! If you didn't offend this senior, how could you be so hostile to him? Everyone is the champion of high school students!
"This guy is not a friend! We can't play basketball happily together!" Howard immediately confirmed Kwame Brown's 'hostile status'.
The referee blows the whistle to start the game and throws the ball into the air.
Kwame Brown took off with all his strength, and Howard on the opposite side also took off with all his strength. In terms of jumping height, the two are on par!
The big hand and the small hand hit the ball at the same time. The ball was hit by two forces. The force could not be offset, and the ball bounced upwards. Because Kwame Brown was stronger, the ball flew to the Eagles' backcourt and was caught. Liu Mang caught it!
"Damn!" Liu Mang was shocked by the physical fitness of the two, and the most important thing is, are the two desperate? It's just a ball jump!
"Ding... The system task is released: hip humiliation."
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