Chapter 85 85. How Can I Not Make Waves?

Chapter 85 85. How can I not make waves?

"No, Ace didn't walk."

At some point, Coach Kruger also arrived.

"Didn't walk? Ace picked up the ball!" Emmanuel was very unconvinced. If he didn't walk, wouldn't the two of them be blasted together? Oh my god, although Emmanuel knows that he will not be able to compare with Liu Mang in the future, and his offensive talent is much worse, but being abused by a rookie is still a bit miserable! If you have a good relationship, you don't play like this.

The coach must be covering up this rookie!

Emmanuel asked the assistant: "Didn't walk?"

"No, Ace just changed the rhythm of the march, and you were thrown away."

"..." Emmanuel was very sad and indignant, saying that he didn't recognize Liu Mang as a younger brother, and he was actually so much better than himself as the 'boss'.

Muhammad, on the other hand, gave Liu Mang a thumbs up for his change of rhythm.

Originally, this kind of not-so-regular training ground should be organized by the assistant coach and team captain Raheem to organize two five-on-five training sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Here comes the scene of surprise.

When did this brat learn rhythm changes?

In the past, Liu Mang just kept rushing, or he just took the ball and shot. When he rushed to the basket, he had two choices. When he was in college, he was aggressive, and then he lacked physical fitness, and he was blocked when he played a better center. After entering the NBA, he changed the law and drew fouls, and the effect was not bad.

But when did you learn this trick?

The pause and restart of the middle rhythm even gave the defensive player a feeling of walking, but in the continuous three-step layup action, according to the rules, it will not be regarded as walking!

Speaking of it, Liu Mang's layup with Kyle Anderson is much more lethal than Kyle Anderson himself. Liu Mang has a speed that Kyle Anderson does not have. After the sudden slowdown, the opponent may lose his position or While double-teaming, you can immediately accelerate and make a quick shot!

In just one round, Coach Kruger saw a new skill that Liu Mang had mastered.

When Coach Kruger brought Liu Mang into the NBA, he only expected Liu Mang to be a qualified three-pointer from the bench. Unexpectedly, this kid got the hang of it! The more he plays, the smarter he is, and now he still uses rhythm changes to attack inside!

You must know that some players can't change their rhythm even if they spend their careers. Players who go straight will go straight all their lives, and those who just hold the ball and do it will play that way all their lives. If you change the rhythm, you will no longer know how to play!

This is also the reason why many superstars who were the top players in the league before the age of 30 can't keep up with the ball after they are 30.

Coach Kruger now has a new positioning for Liu Mang. His body is a little weaker, his explosive power and jumping are a bit poor, but his speed is fast enough, his body is stronger, his hand feels good, and his rhythm changes are starting to look good. Liu Mang's template can be positioned as a version of Andre Miller from the University of Utah with enhanced outside shooting ability!

A player like Andre Miller is the type of player that all coaches like. He is young and old, has a stable style of play, and plays extremely reasonably...

Coach Kruger thought of the last two points, and then looked at Liu Mang, uh...how about changing the template?

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Two days passed quickly, and on November 23, two national live broadcasts of Thanksgiving came.

The first game was the Eagles away game against the Pistons.

This game is probably regarded by the league as an appetizer for the Thanksgiving game. Thanksgiving is only celebrated by Americans, and it is a rare original festival for them. Most of the American festivals are left over from the previous colonial period.

In the eyes of the older generation, Thanksgiving is an important holiday not inferior to Christmas. Many famous American Christmas songs were originally used to sing Thanksgiving, but they all became Christmas songs in the end.

This is the second time for the Eagles to broadcast live in the United States this season. The first time was to play against the 76ers. As the Eagles and Pistons have been in the first and second positions in the league for a long time, their attention has also increased a lot. When the Eagles' team bus arrived at the Palace of Auburn Hills, a large number of reporters surrounded them, and the Eagles players felt flattered!

"May I ask if you have maintained a record of 8 wins and 1 loss in the league, are you sure about defeating the Pistons in the future?"

"Ace, you have performed very well in almost all of the previous nine games. Will this match against the Pistons continue your previous performance?"

"Mr. Theo Ratliff, you and Ben Wallace of the Pistons rank first and second in blocked shots respectively. Do you have the confidence to win the blocked shots this year?"

"Coach Ron Kruger, people think that you and coach Rick Carlisle are the favorite candidates for the best coach of the year. They think you will be the sixth best rookie coach in NBA history after Doc Rivers. You Are you confident about that?"

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Compared with ordinary reporters, NBA players are taller and walk faster, but these reporters can keep up with cameras and microphones. Well, generally speaking, women hold microphones and men hold microphones. With the camera, it is not tiring to work with men and women.

Fortunately, the coaching staff informed in advance that they could not answer the reporters' questions before the official interview, and they were also forbidden to answer, so as not to be hyped.

How do journalists survive, news! Even if you know that those players will most likely not answer at this time, but if any rookie answers, it will be news! Even a casual statement of self-confidence can make them make up 10,000 stories.

Liu Mang looked at so many reporters, it seemed that it was the first time that so many reporters came to interview! It's true that the 76ers were also broadcast live across the United States, but the Eagles at that time were not as popular as they are now. They thought the Eagles were playing against the 76ers on a national live broadcast, but they didn't expect the Eagles to win.

I really want to be interviewed! Maybe there will be another wave of rogue values ​​all over the place. Even if the rogue value lottery is very unreliable, who would think there are too many opportunities!

It's a pity that the coach repeatedly asked clearly and was not allowed to answer. It's really a pity.

Although there will be a pre-match interview for a while, it will be either Jason Terry or Raheem, the best player of the two teams, which round will get him as a substitute...

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Sometimes, the less expected things happen to happen to you.

The team's press officer, Storz Ball, came to inform Liu Mang that ESPN Sports would interview him!

This even shocked Coach Kruger, a big TV station came to interview a rookie? Liu Mang is not a popular rookie, this treatment is a bit wrong, it should be at least the treatment for lottery players, and the Eagles are not a popular team, there is no such situation, even if Liu Mang played really well.

At the same time, as Liu Mang's status as a Chinese player, before the Chinese market has been officially opened up, there is very little hype specifically targeting him, because it is useless to hype, and now Liu Mang's main identity in the NBA is Eagles players, the market value of Chinese players has not yet been developed, and even for some reason, domestic people who don’t go over the wall and follow the NBA have no idea that there is another Chinese player in the NBA. Now that the Internet is not well developed, Liu Mang has not attracted domestic If there is any hype, Yao Ming must be able to enter the NBA. This is the consensus of Coach Kruger and the team management. situation.

Yao Ming is one of the most important links connecting the NBA and China. The future information age is an important reason for this link to be completely connected firmly, but Yao Ming's joining the NBA is the key!

Coach Kruger saw Liu Mang's excited expression when he heard ESPN's interview, and knew that he could not continue to block Liu Mang's contact with the media. Which young man does not like to show off? This is the pre-match interview broadcast live across the United States!

In this regard, Coach Kruger can only remind again and again: "Ace, you have to be careful of the language traps they set, they will guide you to say something they want, but those things are not good for you..."

Liu Mang nodded to show that he knew, that he would be honest...what the hell! How can we not wave?

The advantage of being a rookie is that you won’t be squeezed out, because on the first day this guy entered the NBA, he was his own from the beginning. He saw a news that Wade and Rose joined the Cavaliers, and only James welcomed them. One, the others are not happy, because their arrival took away the possession of the ball, and they were forced to trade away the winning teammate Richard Jefferson, who had a good relationship with him before. Instead, the Cavaliers got it from the Celtics. Ante Zizic, a rookie who was selected in 2016 and only entered the NBA this year, has been welcomed by some veterans. The metaphysics of the NBA is also very strange.

This is as strange as Xiaofeng asking for a recommendation ticket by saying something completely irrelevant...

By the way, there are friends who still remember Erica, that is, Alia, probably because of the translation of the movie that Xiaofeng watched when he was a child. When I watched Jet Li movies, I felt for the first time that there are good-looking women in black people. It says Erica Howerton. I still have the pirated VCD discs from my childhood. I miss them so much. When I went back to my hometown on the National Day, I dug them out when I was cleaning up the house.

Aaliyah Howerton, born in New York, grew up in the music city of Detroit, was destined to be a superstar, but unfortunately passed away early.