From today on is the king

Chapter 854

Chapter 854

Liu Mang came to the arena in the morning, ready to come early to practice shooting more. Little Lolita and Alexia started their dreamy 20-day Shuangdan vacation. Classes resumed on January 1th, and then the holiday began again in February, and classes only started in March. This reminded Liu Mang of his elementary school. At this time of the year, Liu Mang was envious and jealous: elementary school students should make up more lessons and read more, and play with computers to cheat their teammates!

There is no need to prepare breakfast in the morning, so Liu Mang called Emmanuel to prepare a nutritious meal and come to training early.

As the saying goes, it is good to grind your guns before the battle, not to mention that Liu Mang usually has training, it is always good to practice more, and he is not worried about physical problems.

However, when he came to the arena at seven o'clock, there were already quite a few people, some were eating the breakfast he had bought, some were eating a nutritious meal, and they were talking about something. When they saw Liu Mang coming, they said hello and continued to talk in full swing.

Liu Mang went to get breakfast with Emmanuel, who seemed to have lost a few pounds after the start of the training camp, and sat down with his teammates to find out that the Denver All-Star Weekend voting will start on December 12th, which is nine o'clock this morning!

And at [-] pm yesterday, the All-Star candidates for each team had been announced.

For the Eagles, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, and Mohammed were selected for a total of 164 All-Star starting candidates.

Seeing this list, Liu Mang expressed his silent condolences to Prince, this guy will always be ignored...

This is really helpless, Prince's personality is too calm, his style of play is too simple, and his defense is not the kind of defensive style that roars and flies around. He doesn't even say a word of trash when defending.

And his performance is mainly on the defensive end, and it is impossible for the coaches to select him as an All-Star. The data is too bad, and he is not the MVP of last season's finals.

However, in order to allow McGrady to have a greater chance of being selected as the All-Star starter, the league put McGrady at the small forward position.

Liu Mang holds the record for the most votes in All-Star history. In terms of Iverson's popularity, McGrady deserves it. When two tigers compete, there must be an injury.

Mainly the other candidates for the Eagles, Kwame Brown has no chance, O'Neal came to the East, just outperformed Yao Ming, and compared with a well-loved Kwame Brown, he can still win, just like Francis, even if he has a relationship with Yao Ming, he can only be the second most popular guard in the Western Conference, and he is still inferior to Kobe.

Muhammad, Rasheed Wallace, and Jason Terry, in the eyes of those selection experts, have only reached the "qualification" for the All-Star starter. Muhammad only relied on averaging a double-double in the 01-02 season, and let the media maintain the impression of being "qualified" to become the All-Star starter.

However, several candidates don't care too much about whether they can start the All-Stars, because except for Liu Mang and McGrady, everyone else knows that they have nothing to do with the All-Stars.

Liu Mang must be stable. McGrady moved to the small forward position and is also very stable. His popularity has surpassed his big cousin.

The teammates came to the arena so early, just because the All-Star Weekend voting was about to start, and they had fun. Of course, the most important thing was that they were discussing who on the team had the opportunity to be on the bench.

And Kwame Brown, Jason Terry, and Rasheed Wallace expressed how they would treat guests if they were selected as an All-Star.

When Liu Mang heard that the guests were here, he quickly stuffed the nutritious meal into his mouth, and then ran to the lounge to watch the Knicks' scouting report, narrowly avoiding disaster.

After resting for half an hour, at 08:30, Liu Mang first ran two kilometers on the treadmill in the gym to warm up, and then went to the physiotherapy room for stretching.

When Liu Mang finished stretching, he saw that some of his teammates had been dragged to practice strength, mainly rookies and second-year players, some were practicing shooting, mainly role players, and some had already started training with exclusive trainers, mainly stars.

Seeing that his teammates hadn't gathered together, Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief, took a ball, and called Emmanuel to start training.

As soon as I walked to the training ground, the system prompt came.

"Ding... The challenger series of missions are triggered: the peak counterattack of the parallel import champion."

Seeing the content of the mission, Liu Mangqiu was so scared that he fell to the ground, this damn high school student!Where did the courage come from to give you such great ambitions!Malaysian?

……

"Kwame Brown followed the host and achieved the glory he never dared to hope for. Kwame Brown now has a luxury, hoping to be selected as the All-Star starter and win the jump ball for the host at the All-Star Weekend. The challenger series of tasks: the peak counterattack of the parallel import champion is triggered."

"The peak counterattack of the parallel import champion: help the famous parallel import champion Kwame Brown to be selected as the starter of the 2004 Denver All-Star Weekend. Task reward: Kwame Brown's extreme admiration. Failure punishment: share the joys and sorrows. If Kwame Brown is not selected for the All-Star starting lineup and is selected for the All-Star substitute lineup, the host must take the initiative to give up the All-Star starting position to other All-Star substitutes.

For this task, Liu Mang felt a pain in his head!

The cult of Kwame Brown?

It's useless to ask this guy's worship!

As an All-Star substitute, Liu Mang feels that Kwame Brown has a chance, which is higher than Jason Terry. Jason Terry will not be so favored by other team coaches, because he gets too many points by playing the opponent's substitute.

The sixth man, even the best sixth man, has a very small chance of being selected as an All-Star substitute. Liu Mang is very aware of this. The future Ginobili was not selected for the All-Star bench when he won the best sixth man, but he was selected for the All-Star bench for the only two full-time starting seasons.

Liu Mang was selected as the All-Star in the season of the best sixth man, one time was hand-picked by David Stern, and the other time was an All-Star starter.

In Liu Mang's memory, the player who won the best sixth man was selected as an All-Star substitute in the season. After the 21st century, only the JDZ king he highly respected.

The king is different, Liu Mang silently praised the little fat man who was still struggling with asthma.

Like Jason Terry last season, he also played very well, but he missed the All-Star bench.

But Kwame Brown is a scarce insider player in the Eastern Conference. He averaged 13.8 points, 12.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.

But even if Jason Terry is second in scoring in the Eagles this season, averaging 19.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, the chances of being selected as an All-Star substitute are not high.

There are Liu Mang and Iverson in the starting lineup, and Jason Terry has no chance.

However, even if Kwame Brown has the opportunity to be an All-Star substitute, it would be too difficult for him to become the All-Star starter!

Unlike Ratliff lying in the All-Star starter, now O'Neal is coming to the East!

This bastard parallel import champion, do I need you to help me jump the ball!

But this punishment for failure, Liu Mang felt so painful, the All-Star starter, how could Liu Mang be willing to hand over to others?

This unlucky champion of parallel imports!

……

What else can be done?

Liu Mang thought about it carefully. If Kwame Brown was selected as the All-Star starter, it would be a good thing for the Eagles. For example, in the game, Kwame Brown has the title of All-Star starter, which will inevitably attract the envy and hatred of his opponents. The defense against Kwame Brown is stricter. Those who feel that they can play like Kwame Brown before are psychologically unbalanced and want to prevent Kwame Brown. Then the rest of the Eagles may have a better chance to score.

Set up a live target to make it easier for him to score, Liu Mang thinks it is feasible...

But it's hard!

Liu Mang thought about it for a long time, and decided to do something!

To be selected as an All-Star starter, you have to be popular.

Kwame Brown's popularity this season is also pretty good. First, he got rid of the title of parallel importer's No. [-] pick. Second, because he is by Liu Mang's side, he has more attention than this season's No. [-] pick, Dwight Howard.

But compared with O'Neill, it is far behind.

Regardless of strength or popularity, O'Neal is the strongest center in the league. Yao Ming was able to defeat him and be selected as the All-Star starter because of the unconditional support of domestic fans.

Although Kwame Brown gained Liu Mang's popularity, Rasheed was not selected as an All-Star starter after McGrady's popularity soared in the past two seasons, but was selected as an All-Star substitute. It can be expected that it will be difficult for Kwame Brown to be selected as an All-Star starter.

Therefore, we can only find a way to increase Kwame Brown's popularity!

After thinking about it, Liu Mang has a solution!

……

When Liu Mang came to the gym, Kwame Brown was leaning on a chair to receive a relaxing massage from a physical therapist after finishing a set of light lower body strength training.

Today everyone’s training in the morning is only one or two groups, and there will be competitions in the evening, it’s just regular training.

"Kwame, are you afraid of O'Neill?" Liu Mang asked while leaning on Kwame Brown's chair.

"O'Neal?" Kwame Brown thought of the feeling of being crushed when confronting O'Neal, and replied without hesitation: "Afraid!"

"..." Liu Mang's supporting hands softened, and he almost slipped and fell to the ground.

This damn parallel high school student, a little ambition is okay!

Liu Mang didn't expect Kwame Brown to say so decisively that he was afraid, and asked angrily, "Then every time you face off against O'Neill, you still work as hard as you see killing your father and enemy?"

What Liu Mang wants to ask most is: You are so cowardly, where do you have the courage to want to be selected as the All-Star starter?

"Of course! If you can't win, you have to fight! Isn't that what you taught me, boss?" Kwame Brown asked strangely.

"Eh..." Liu Mang didn't know what to say, should he say that this guy has no ambition, or does he have ambition.

Liu Mang thinks that Kwame Brown has a very good mentality. If he just wins, he will fight with his life, and if he just doesn't pass, he will fight hard. That's why he has an average performance of more than 13+12 per game, and he also does a good job on the defensive end.

However, he was a little too "stable", and his mentality has been adjusted, and he has clearly defined his position as a super blue-collar worker. Liu Wei is very satisfied with this, but now... Liu Wei is a little dissatisfied.

Kwame Brown would definitely want to cry if he knew Liu Mang's heartfelt thoughts: Can we youngsters be okay if we don't keep our focus?The boss is so turbulent, we can only be cautious!

Liu Mang organized to fool around for a long time... No, it was the wording that inspired Kwame Brown's fighting spirit, but Kwame Brown's current very good attitude made him unable to speak at all.

This can't be done!

After making a sharp turn, Liu Mang had another idea.

After the physical therapist left, Liu Mang stopped Kwame Brown, who was about to take a shower, and asked, "Kwame, who do you think is the best center in the East?"

Kwame Brown felt a little baffled by this question. It should be said that he thought Liu Mang was a little weird all the time, but he still answered, "O'Neill?"

"No, no, no, no..." Liu Mang turned on the head of state mode, looked Kwame Brown up and down, and said, "I think the best center in the Eastern Conference is here."

"it's here?"

Kwame Brown didn't understand what it meant at all. He looked around and found that there were only him and Liu Mang in the gym. Liu Mang was a point guard, so he had nothing to do with the center. After a while Kwame Brown realized that he pointed at himself in astonishment and said, "Boss, are you talking about me?"

"Why, aren't you?" Liu Mang asked back.

"Boss, stop joking..." Kwame Brown thought Liu Mang was teasing him.

Speaking of which, Liu Mang was really teasing him, but if you don't fool him... no, if you don't convince him that he is the strongest center forward, the plan cannot be implemented!

Liu Mang hinted that he believed that the top pick in front of him was the strongest center. He lied to himself first, and then said seriously: "Kwame, in my opinion, you are the best center in the world. You have the highest shooting percentage in the NBA. You are the main center of the team with the best record in the Eastern Conference. We are the strongest team. There is no center that is more suitable for us. O'Neal and Yao Ming can't beat you in the game. You are the strongest one. You have to believe in yourself. You are already the best center in the Eastern Conference. We need you more Confident, fearless in the face of all opponents..."

"Ding...Hitler's bewitching effect is triggered: the host's speech, suggestion, criticism and other language expressions have a direct psychological impact on Kwame Brown..."

Combining some real data with nonsense, yes, the skills of fanning the flames learned by Liu Mang and the reporter, together with Hitler's demagogy, produced very good results.

Kwame Brown listened to Liu Mang's "encouragement" and felt his heart surge, as if Liu Mang had spread out a pair of wings behind him.

Liu Mang said to Kwame-Brown, who had already been fooled to the point of dizziness, "Then Kwame, you can compete with O'Neal for the All-Star starting! I believe you can succeed, as long as you do what I say."

"Okay, boss, I'll listen to you... huh? Boss, what are you talking about? Compete with O'Neal for the All-Star starter?"

"Yes, I believe you can."

(End of this chapter)