Liu Mang received a text message from Levia, saying that he had returned to the hotel, and Dinah was eating chocolate and watching TV...

The tone of the text message was very calm, but Liu Mang felt that the clear sky outside the car window seemed to contain murderous intent...

The cafe is not far from the hotel, but it seemed a little awkward with three men on the road, so I took a taxi.

Magpie Cafe, a coffee shop in Philadelphia that has been ranked among the top 10 coffee shops in the United States since the 1990s.

After arriving, Kobe, a native of Philadelphia, ordered a cup of Blue Mountain, which is a specialty of Jamaica and is known as one of the three largest coffee beans in the world. It is produced at an altitude of at least 1,800 meters.

Liu Mang prefers mochas with cream, milk, chocolate, etc. that are less bitter.

Maddie... I want a cup of freshly squeezed juice...

"Um...I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep after drinking coffee." McGrady said sincerely.

Seeing McGrady's deep dark circles and his sleepy expression, Liu Mang and Kobe nodded. For the first time, they had the same opinion.

Let this guy have a peaceful sleep! He looks like he hasn't slept in a lifetime.

In addition to coffee, Liu Mang ordered a sandwich, Tracy McGrady ordered a cream cake, and Kobe... ordered a vegetable salad with no sugar and only skimmed milk, and a boiled chicken with only salt... This is really thanks to

The three of them are celebrities, otherwise they wouldn't go out of their way to make such food.

"Eating sweets and fried foods is not good for body fat." Kobe said seriously.

"..."

This time Liu Mang and McGrady had exactly the same idea.

This guy is so paranoid! He is so cruel to himself even if he takes a vacation.

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Seeing Kobe chewing grass like a sheep, Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady thought it would be a big deal to train a little longer to gain some weight.

McGrady felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward. The food that Kobe ordered was too ruined the atmosphere, so he found a topic: "Ace, are you going to participate in the rookie game tomorrow? Some media said that you may be selected for the main game like Duncan.

Rookie game.”

"Of course I'm going to play! I want to win the MVP of the Rookie Game... I tell you, you don't know what it is, have you never won it? My buddy is going to win it tomorrow!" Liu Mang was so proud that McGrady was a rookie.

The year was not too dazzling, but Kobe was snatched away from the MVP by Iverson, and he was the only one who still had a chance to win it.

"You're just a rookie MVP, what's there to be proud of?" Kobe muttered.

"Hey, what MVP have you ever won? It seems like you haven't ever won any MVP. They all belong to O'Neal." Liu Mang counterattacked decisively.

"..." Kobe was choked up. It seemed like he had been in the NBA for five or six years. He had never won an MVP in the rookie game, the All-Star game, the regular season, the finals...

"We will get everything from now on!" There was going to be a fight again, so McGrady quickly acted as the peacemaker.

"Then let's go watch the rookie game together tomorrow! Kobe." McGrady suggested.

"No." Kobe refused decisively.

"Of course, someone is afraid of seeing me win the MVP before him." Liu Mang continued his attack.

This weirdo who likes to ask people what Los Angeles looks like at four in the morning, that public enemy of the West, is most likely the one who is inciting people from the West to fight against him. Want to know what Los Angeles looks like at four in the morning? Ask the sanitation worker

It’s okay, uncle! Are you stupid?

How could Kobe be so excited? He immediately countered: "It's just that you may get it, not that you have already got it. I scored 31 points in my rookie game! This is a historical record!"

"Well, the record will be mine right now!"

"Will others listen to you in the rookie game? You can't score without the ball!"

"Then we'll see!"

McGrady looked at the two people staring at each other and covered his forehead helplessly. These two people really love to compete!

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Tracy McGrady had a cousin-style get-together. What is a McGrady-cousin-style get-together? These two cousins ​​habitually forget to pay after finishing their food. They are both NBA players and others don't have to pay for it directly.

Oh, I forgot to buy tickets when I went to the amusement park, and someone else bought them. I forgot to pay the seat fee when I took a girl to a nightclub, and someone else paid...

Fortunately, the big buyer today is Kobe, and he is very accustomed to McGrady's habit, so he paid directly.

Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant, two adults, also went to play with other familiar NBA players. Before they went to play, they remembered to ask Liu Mang out for a cup of coffee. They were very loyal. They didn't want those evil teammates to come to Philadelphia.

They all came in a group, leaving Liu Mang alone with two beauties and a lolita.

Liu Mang returned to the hotel alone. It was already past seven o'clock. When he returned to the living room of the suite, two beauties were eating.

The food looked so familiar...and there was a pitiful little loli next to it.

When Dinah saw Liu Mang coming back, she ran to Liu Mang with a sad face and asked for a hug.

"Uncle, Dinah's chocolates were taken away by her mother and teacher!" Dinah said pitifully.

"Didn't I tell you to hide it and eat it in the room?" Liu Mang said painfully, as if he felt the foreshadowing of being beaten.

"The TV signal in Dinah's room is broken. Beautiful Neighbors has just started. Dinah will watch it in the living room..." Dinah is still pitiful.

"I just said that children can't watch soap operas. Just watch it. You will be in trouble if you watch soap operas!" Liu Mang strongly denounced watching soap operas. A good little loli learns to become more and more weird.

"How can you not watch it! Uncle knows more and more beautiful aunties, the teacher is stupid, and the mother is cruel, so we can only rely on Dinah to attract uncle!" Dinah said plausibly.

"..."

The atmosphere in the room was awkward for a moment. Levia wanted to tease Liu Mang with this disobedient tenant who bought sweets for her daughter, but she didn't expect her daughter to come and say something like this.

"Ace, why didn't you go to the nightclub with Kobe, McGrady and the others? You came back so early." Levia changed the subject.

Alexia was also a little embarrassed and said: "Levia, you forgot, Ace is only 19 years old and still a child. He can't enter a nightclub."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes, Ace is still a child, come and feed you jelly beans..."

"..." Liu Mang is so sad!

Who are these people!

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On February 15, 2002, the annual NBA All-Star Weekend officially began!

Liu Mang left the hotel early in the morning. The 76ers staff drove to the Hilton Hotel to pick Liu Mang up to the Wachovia Center. The process of the All-Star Rookie Game started with a group photo of the rookies in the morning.

The most famous group photo of rookies in NBA history is probably the group photo of the 1996 golden generation. Originally, there was no such thing. It was only from 1996 that there was such a tradition.

The enthusiasm for the rookie game was already very high. Fans from each team with rookies and second-year players came to wait outside the Wachovia Center early, including many Eagles fans.

There is no doubt that Liu Mang, who may be the strongest among the rookies in the past two seasons, is the player most likely to win the MVP of this rookie game. This is the first time in the history of the Eagles that they have the opportunity to win this award.

It may not be that important, but it is very exciting for Eagles fans who have not won any awards in the past ten years!

This was the first time Liu Mang saw such a huge crowd of people, and a large number of them came for him. When he entered the arena in his car, he became excited.

All-Star!

Liu Mang felt the hot feeling of an All-Star!

"Hello, Ace, good morning!"

Liu Mang just got out of the car and heard a familiar greeting. He turned around and saw Gasol who also got off the car at about the same time. Next to him was Sean Battier, a man who was nicknamed the President by fans after entering the NBA.

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"Hi, Paul, it's good for you. This is Mr. President, right? We have faced each other before." Liu Mang also responded enthusiastically, and by the way said hello to Shane Battier, who was meeting in private for the first time.

Today we are teammates! So, the relationship must be good. Among the first-year rookies, the strongest ones are probably Liu Mang and the Grizzlies. Although Battier is low-key, in terms of data, it is indeed

A rookie is at his peak, from scoring, to rebounding, to assists, Battier's rookie year was the highest in his career, averaging 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game.

Both of them are nice gentlemen who are easy to talk to. Battier was a little flattered to see Liu Mang being so enthusiastic. Gasol and Liu Mang have a good relationship. Battier doesn't think it's a big deal. They are the only two rookies in this year's draft.

It can be seen that there are future players with at least All-Star level in 2018, especially Liu Mang, who is already an All-Star, but he, a rookie who has the third-highest scoring average among rookies but has never been famous, has no reputation.

Thinking of Liu Mang, he still remembered him.

According to the rumors Battier has heard, this is a rookie of the same class who can't deal with all the All-Stars in the Western Conference and has conflicts and troubles.

"Hello, I'm Sean Battier." Battier is a little embarrassed. He is a rookie and is not yet the leader of the future championship team on and off the court.

After saying hello, the three of them went to the second-year rookie's locker room under the guidance of the staff to change their jerseys. Although the jerseys were still the jerseys of each player's own club, they were customized All-Star versions and were placed in the locker room.

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The three of them arrived at the locker room. It seemed that they were the last to arrive, and the other six people had already arrived.

Jason Richardson of the Warriors, Jamal Tinsley of the Pacers, Brandon Haywood of the Wizards, Tony Parker of the Spurs, Joe Johnson of the Suns, Andre Anderson of the Jazz

Rei Kirilenko.

They are all young people, all rookies, and this may even be the only time for everyone. At least now that the future is still unclear, many people think that they can make a mark in the All-Star Weekend, and they should only have one or two All-Star Rookie Games.

, everyone was discussing something enthusiastically.

However, when Liu Mang and Gasol, who stood out among the rookies this year, entered the locker room, the atmosphere suddenly cooled down.
To be continued...