Chapter 821 820. Cooking Wine Again

"What's wrong, BIG-YAO? You came alone and came to eat breakfast so early in the morning?" Liu Mang teased.

This morning, when Liu Mang was woken up at around 7 o'clock, it was Levia who woke up Liu Mang and Alexia, who had opened the quilt without any worldly things, because Yao Ming came.

After getting up, Alexia immediately turned into a good wife because there was a guest. She didn't learn how to make Chinese breakfast as she said she would. After mixing the dough that Liu Mang had mixed and sealed with plastic wrap, she started to make omelets, fried eggs, salads, etc.

"..." Yao Ming took a bite of the omelet, which tasted like his hometown. Jiaxing and Shanghai are next to each other, and many flavors are similar.

"You really came to eat breakfast!" Liu Mang was speechless, and the little loli on the side was speechless. Alexia was continuing to make pancakes with the dough that Liu Mang had mixed, and Yao Ming was eating a little more.

Yao Ming silently ate a few more pancakes, burped after eating, then drank a large glass of milk, burped again, and the bodyguard next to him immediately handed Yao Ming a tissue.

"..." Liu Mang and the little girl looked at each other: Is this guy here to eat our family down after losing the game?

Yao Ming slowed down, looked at Liu Mang and asked seriously: "Ace, I came here to ask you something."

Seeing Yao Ming so serious, Liu Mang put away his teasing thoughts and nodded.

"How did you get the management to listen to your instructions to recruit players?" Yao Ming's tone was both confused and envious.

This is a good question. Liu Mang thought about it. It was because he had "vision". Liu Mang thought about it, but this was not the most important thing. The most important thing should be that he had the initiative!

If it weren't for the strength he played, and the fact that he and his agent Schwartz were both tough and willing to take risks, Liu Mang felt that he would not have such a high voice in the team.

The most important thing is that strength and personality bring initiative!

Liu Mang felt that the relationship with the coach and his own vision only strengthened his initiative.

Instead of answering directly, Liu Mang asked, "Dayao, did you encounter anything?"

"To be honest," Yao Ming sighed, "After I attended BJ's celebration party with you, I went back to Houston. I learned that Nash and the Mavericks had fallen out. I immediately asked my agent to find Alexander and said that he wanted to partner with Nash. As a result, he refused, saying that a 31-year-old veteran with no defense was not worth a million-dollar annual salary."

"To save money?"

"Yes, my agent said so too. The Rockets never paid the luxury tax." Yao Ming directly asked the question he wanted to find the answer to.

The purpose of Liu Mang taking out the wine was to make Yao Ming more direct and communicate better. It was the same last time. The effect seemed to be pretty good. Yao Ming would at least take the initiative to talk to the management about this matter.

Liu Mang is not thinking about others for no reason. It is mainly because he has a good relationship with Yao Ming. Of course, personal reasons are also very important. Yao Ming's stronger and longer career is very important to Liu Mang. Another point is that there are only a few Chinese who can play in the NBA. If you can help one, it's one.

However, after hearing Yao Ming's direct answer, Liu Mang's mouth twitched: "Your general manager is poisonous..."

How brainless is this? Bob Sura is 31 years old and still injured every year. Can't he just defend? At least solve the offense! With Richard Jefferson, Yao Ming, and Jim Jackson, only the Rockets can play the offense so badly.

"Toxic?"

"You can understand what I mean."

"I think I can understand..."

The three girls who were quietly eating breakfast next to him could understand the previous conversation between Liu Mang and Yao Ming, but the last part without any reason showed the profoundness of Chinese culture. The three girls were confused.

Liu Mang mourned for Yao Ming, but that was Nash!

Even though Nash is not as good at positional warfare as he is at running and gunning, Nash is still an All-Star when he is playing positional warfare. Moreover, it is because Nowitzki is not good at pick-and-roll, the Mavericks do not often play pick-and-roll, and the young general Johnson only wants to play singles with five players in turn on offense, so Nash can only play at the All-Star level.

Nash is not only a run-and-gun master, in other words, before he and D'Antoni teamed up this season, who would have thought that he was a run-and-gun master?

Nash used to be a star who was famous for single shots and pick-and-roll passes!

The Rockets, a group of players who can play pick-and-roll, Jim Jackson, Richard Jefferson, Juwan Howard, Yao Ming, are all pick-and-roll weapons, and they only lack a pick-and-roll ball handler. In order to save five or six million a year, they chose Bob Sura instead of Nash. What poison is this? Yao Ming joined the Rockets. In more than two years, the Rockets' market value has soared from 130 million to 500 million!

After a few seconds of silence for Yao Ming, Liu Mang thought of a solution.

Of course, such an important matter, how can we talk about it so casually?

Liu Mang said to the little girl: "Dina, go get that half bottle of vodka, the half bottle!"

"Got it!" The little girl went to get the wine.

"Could it be..." Yao Ming's face was full of black lines.

Levia also rolled her eyes and followed the little girl to get two Luo cups.

Then, Yao Ming watched Liu Mang pour half a glass of wine into each of the two cups. Liu Mang didn't drink it because he was going to drive in a while. Yao Ming took a big sip himself. He called the car rental company. After taking a big sip, his face flushed when he swallowed it, then he gritted his teeth and took a deep breath, and then released it all.

"Dayao, do you like the Rockets?" Liu Mang asked a very important question.

"At first I liked it, but now, every time I see the Suns' battle report and see Alexander, I feel uncomfortable." Yao Ming became more arrogant after drinking, and he was much more direct. He did not hide his dissatisfaction with the Rockets.

If Yao Ming was the only player in China who had a firm foothold in the NBA, Yao Ming would not say such a thing, but now with Liu Mang, the pressure he bears is much less, especially after Liu Mang joined the national team. Liu Mang is the representative figure in the Chinese sports world, representing Chinese basketball, and Yao Ming's pressure is further reduced.

This will not affect Yao Ming's commercial value, but it can make Yao Ming more "willful".

Originally, Yao Ming would not bring up the matter of Nash, but now he has "dared" to bring it up, and he is not afraid of being criticized by the media for interfering with the team's operations.

Because there is Liu Mang standing in the way, Liu Mang's reputation is as bad as it can be, and Yao Ming is not making any extraordinary suggestions, and his suggestions can make him appear more assertive.

"Will you consider changing teams?" Liu Mang continued to ask.

"If possible, I hope to convince the management to recruit players." Yao Ming answered honestly.

"Ah?" This answer was beyond Liu Mang's expectations. What about the willful attitude just now?

"I just opened a restaurant in Houston, and they won't trade me. My commercial value is too high." Yao Ming still has a lot of concerns.

Liu Mang reorganized his thoughts and found a way.

"Da Yao, now, there are three ways in front of you." Liu Mang thought of three possibilities.

"So many?" Yao Ming's eyes lit up.

"Of course, the person in front of you is me, who is handsome and smart." Liu Mang coquettishly touched the short flat head that Alexia helped him shave in the morning.

"...Speak human language."

Liu Mang said seriously: "Okay, no more jokes, the first way is that you accept the reality. Of course, if you are really stupid enough to accept the reality, you won't come to me.

Then, now you can go to the second way, try to force the management to recruit players, threaten them with applying for a trade, and fight to the death.

The third way is partly the same as the second one. You can first force the management to recruit players, but don't apply for a trade, and see what they will do. If they are still reluctant to spend money in the end, you don't renew the contract, play out the four-year rookie contract, and then force them to choose, or you can't renew the contract with them. You sign a qualification contract, or sign you first and then trade you. The third way is safe but requires patience, and be prepared to get less top salary for one year... Anyway, you have so much endorsement fees, so you don't need to worry about a few million. I remember that the qualification contract of the No. 1 pick was more than 8 million, which is only 4 million less. You just need to sign two more endorsements.

Moreover, I think your team can't win the championship anyway. There are eight or nine players on our team with rookie contracts who have to pay luxury tax. Your salary is only 48 million, which is less than the salary cap. You are already amazing enough to make it to the playoffs. "

"So direct..." Yao Ming felt hit hard.

"What do you think?" Liu Mang pursed his lips.

"Well, this is also what I am worried about. I can't see any future at all." Yao Ming smiled bitterly.

"Da Yao, you can choose these three ways. Of course, if there is a better way, you can also try it." Liu Mang just gave suggestions. It depends on Yao Ming himself to choose.

"I understand. Thank you Ace." Yao Ming said sincerely.

"We are brothers, why are you saying this?" Liu Mang looked like this is what I should do.

"Yes, brother!"

The two unkind and unjust guys became brothers again.

"By the way, I'm hungry again. I haven't tasted the taste of my hometown for a long time. Aida, can you help me make a few more egg pancakes to take away?" Yao Ming was really rude!

"Of course no problem, I'm so happy that you like it. Wait for me for a while." Alexia replied in Chinese with a strange tone.

"..." Liu Mang couldn't help but look at the little Loli again: This is brotherhood!

"By the way," Liu Mang suddenly thought of something and said to Yao Ming: "Da Yao, I have a suggestion. During the regular season, you can learn from O'Neal during the Lakers period."

"Learn from O'Neal? Of course, I'm slowly gaining weight now." Yao Ming thought Liu Mang wanted him to become a dominant center.

Unlike the previous summer of 2005, when the Rockets suddenly asked Yao Ming to gain weight to more than 140 kilograms to become a heavy weapon after playing with McGrady for a season, which caused his knees and toes to suddenly bear a weight increase of nearly 40 pounds, or 17 or 18 kilograms, Yao Ming now gradually increases his weight, and his knees and feet are more adaptable, which is relatively much more beneficial to his career.

"No, that's not what I'm talking about. What I'm talking about is that in the regular season, Yao Ming, if you are tired, just tell the coach that you are tired. You are the No. 1 center in the West! You have to take the privileges that the No. 1 center in the West should have! Just like me, if I want to shoot, McGrady and Jason Terry have to pass the ball to me obediently!" Liu Mang glanced at the window or something, and no one should overhear, so he pretended to be strong.

"This..."

"You can think about using your physical strength to the best advantage. Why don't you learn from O'Neal's successful example? Why learn from Ewing? Can you be the same as Ewing? You are more than ten kilograms heavier than Ewing even if you don't gain weight. It's better to learn from Olajuwon. Now that you have gained weight, learning from Olajuwon is not a good idea. I think it's okay to use it occasionally, but you should learn from O'Neal. Anyway, you can't enter the top four in the West. Why don't you let your teammates play more in the regular season? Play more when you are in good physical condition, be tougher, and ask for the ball. If you don't pass the ball to you, tell Van Gundy directly..." Liu Mang began to teach the little ones bad things... No, he taught the adults bad things.

If you want to achieve greater results in international competitions, in addition to having the light of the countrymen, which can make teammates collectively have an ability evaluation of 60-70 in international competitions, having another superstar teammate is the real key!

What Yao Ming lacks is not strength, but momentum. He needs to be a little bad. As for whether it can be done, Liu Mang said he tried his best...

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Yao Ming took a few egg pancakes and ate them while walking... No, he left Liu Mang's house with a head full of worries, ready to have a good discussion with his agent team.

Of course, the brothers of benevolence and righteousness are one unkind and the other unrighteous. Yao Ming is unkind, but he still has righteousness.

Yao Ming is organizing his words. He will say that this is his idea and he will not sell Liu Mang out. He is going to go back and discuss this with his team.

Liu Mang, after having breakfast with Yao Ming, complained with the little loli for a long time that Yao Ming was too indecisive.

Liu Mang now thinks of McGrady, who did not meet him originally, who was also indecisive and casual. It would be strange if he could play well if he met Yao Ming who was equally indecisive.

Now that the two have separated, both must shoulder more responsibilities. Without a teammate who seems to be able to shirk responsibility, Yao Ming has no way to shirk responsibility, so he is getting more and more confused, especially after losing by 36 points. His dissatisfaction with the team suddenly broke out, so he came to Liu Mang to find out.

As for McGrady... he met a certain No. 1 player and became McGrady's hard-working mother...

After complaining for a while, the team called, and Liu Mang took the luggage packed by Levia and Alexia and drove to the airport. He was about to start another five-game road trip.

The first stop was New York to play the Knicks, followed by the Celtics, Hornets, 76ers, and Pistons.

Starting from the game against the Heat, the Hawks actually started the devil's schedule at the end of November. Of course, before the start of the season, people thought it was a devil's schedule. Except for the 76ers, the six opponents of these teams were all playoff teams last season, and the 76ers were also at the playoff level after Iverson returned from injury. This schedule is the prelude to the Hawks' official entry into the NBA after the first ten or so easy games.

But no one expected that the Knicks seemed to be on the rise last season. This season, Alan Houston did not play a single game and was directly written off. The Knicks' winning rate was less than 40%, and James Dolan has begun to urge the amnesty clause.

After the Hornets were officially assigned to the West, it was unexpected that they suddenly ranked last in the league. Of course, the Celtics, 76ers, and Pistons are getting stronger, which is still a difficult problem for the Hawks.

This is also an opportunity for Coach Kruger to worry about and make up his mind to change the team.

Take advantage of playing against strong teams to try whether the new tactics are suitable under pressure. If it works, continue to go down this path. After all, the team did not have as dominant a start as last season, which is not a good thing for defending the title.

If there is no good effect, give up decisively and don't delay too long.

Liu Mang also knows about this matter, so he was so serious before that he told his teammates not to be careless.

But when he really arrived in New York... someone actually picked him up at the airport... Liu Mang remembered, New York! My home court!

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