The playoffs are in full swing, and the Eagles are nervously watching the live TV broadcast in Toronto where spring has just begun.

After playing the second game of the series against the Raptors, the Hawks came to Toronto on April 24 to first adapt to the colder weather here than in Atlanta.

After arriving at the hotel in Toronto in the afternoon, everyone on the Eagles crowded into Coach Kruger's room and stared at the TV.

This is a live press conference from NBA headquarters in New York!

David Stern was speaking slowly on the TV with some opening remarks and cold jokes, without paying any attention to the nervousness of the candidates in front of the TV.

Although it was basically confirmed before, the Eagles were still very nervous before it was officially announced. They all wanted the rookie to win the first Rookie of the Year award in the history of the Eagles, and they all wanted their head coach to win it.

To the best coach, the Eagles have a very good team atmosphere and everyone is united because they are a team of counterattackers!

Including Coach Kruger who was interviewed at the end of the regular season was very nervous. Maybe an old coach who has been an NBA head coach for many years does not matter even if he does not win the best coach, because this thing does not mean good record, coaching.

If you are first in level, you will definitely get it. Opportunities are more important. It is easier for coaches like Carlisle and Kruger, because the first time they coached was so outstanding, just like Larry Bird and Doug before -

Same as Rivers.

But Coach Kruger is still a rookie in the NBA coaching world, and it is false to say that he does not care about this award that can be noticed in NBA history at any time.

"OK, I think everyone has been waiting for a stick to pry my mouth open. I will now announce the winners of several major awards in this season's regular season!"

David Stern opened the four boxes in front of him one by one, and opened the envelopes containing the names of the winners of several awards that were supervised by American notaries, voted for by the media and coaches.

"The best manager of the 2001-2002 regular season was the Nets' general manager, Mr. Rod Thorn of the New Jersey Nets!"

"The best coach is Mr. Lon Kruger of the Atlanta Hawks!"

"The best rookie is liumang, a talented young man from China of the Atlanta Hawks! I hope he can work harder to become the best player!"

"The first team of the All-Rookie Team is..."

Liu Mang's best rookie!

Coach Kruger's best coach ever!

When the two names were announced, Coach Kruger's room erupted! The players were cheering loudly!

Coach Kruger smiled so hard that his head was shining.

I don't know who suddenly said coach's treat, and everyone started to boo.

“Coach’s treat!”

“Coach, the nightclubs in Toronto are great!”

"Coach, let's go play without that rookie!"

"..."

"..."

"Okay, okay, treat me. If we beat the Raptors the day after tomorrow, I'll treat you! If not, let me go back to Atlanta to train! By the way, no rookies!" Coach Kruger made a rare joke, by the way.

Got the military order!

"Hahaha……"

"Oh...oh...yes, no rookie..."

"..."

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Liu Mang felt hurt when he looked at these unscrupulous teammates and an unscrupulous coach. The accent of the cheating president was also second to none. He was not a good person!

How could I, a pure, kind and innocent young man, have such a group of teammates?

Sigh... God is about to give a great responsibility to this person. He must first have a group of teammates like this to hone himself. It is really not easy for me!

After winning the Rookie of the Year award, Liu Mang felt a bit unreal. At the beginning of the season, his goal was to make the All-Rookie Team. Unexpectedly, he has now become the unanimous first-ballot and leads the All-Rookie Team first team.

The best rookie!

Theoretically speaking, there are still two days left to announce the best sixth man, and Liu Mang feels that he can definitely win it.

Best Sixth Man, Best Rookie, one is the best player among the substitutes, and the other is the best player among the rookies. Liu Mang has already won two of the three major individual awards in the NBA regular season.

"MVP..."

Liu Mang came to the window and looked at the sky outside the window. It was still a little cool in Toronto, and the blue sky was filled with white clouds. He looked at the white clouds in the sky, and the shape of his bronze MVP trophy appeared in his mind.

If so, it should be similar to what I thought!

Sure enough, winning awards is addictive! No wonder those guys are so obsessed with the championship.

The core players who have the opportunity to hit the championship are naturally not short of money, so honor is the biggest pursuit!

Liu Mang's desire is getting bigger and bigger, and he finds more and more shortcomings in himself, so his motivation is getting stronger and stronger!

Jason Terry looked at Liu Mang alone on the side, came over and put his arm around Liu Mang's shoulder and said, "Ace, are you sad? Oh, don't be sad, we will bring you milk after we come back from playing!"

Damn your jungle milk! Damn! I am 19 years old and I am proud! Liu Mang said with disgust: "Don't be sad, just find a woman to drink your milk. I am now the best rookie, and you are the best rookies."

Guys who can't get it are not on the same level, why should I play with you!"

"It's amazing that the brat won the Rookie of the Year Award! Sharif, Nazr... Let's all help loosen the rookie's bones. The rookie's skin is itchy!"

Jason Terry became so angry that he called his friends and the food abuse operation began!

"Suppress..."

That's how misfortune comes. Amid Liu Mang's pitiful screams, Coach Kruger watched the team members "ravage" the rookies. He was so happy that his coaching career was bright!

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Liu Mang was excited about the superstar value he would gain after being selected for the All-Rookie First Team and being upgraded to the award for Best Rookie. He did not expect that Best Rookie would be classified as such an important award by the system.

Liu Mang thought about it, and it seemed quite normal. The Rookie of the Year award is not just about talent. Talent must be quickly transformed into strength and shown in the rookie season to have the opportunity. And this opportunity only comes once.

If you can’t get it, you won’t get it for the rest of your life!

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! For example, for a No. 8 player who will never win the Rookie of the Year Award, winning the Rookie of the Year Award is exponentially more difficult than MVP.

Looking at the 590,000 rogue value and the full 110,000 superstar value, Liu Mang is ready to upgrade all the existing and usable skills to level 5. Maybe the hot pot feast and fancy dunks at full level will not make him obvious now.

His strength has improved, but as long as his physical fitness improves, Liu Mang believes that there will be a substantial improvement!

After Liu Mang won the Rookie of the Year Award, he was already imagining the scene where he would block all the major centers on the inside and lock down the scoring masters on the outside. The road is a bit long, but he is young! In three to five years, he has only reached his physical peak.

!

By the way, Liu Mang also imagined that in the future, some people wearing size 3, some wearing size 6, some wearing size 35 or size 1 would come to hug him, and he could easily win the championship, that kind of leisurely life

Dai, the scene of rising up and commanding thousands of troops made Liu Mang drool.

At this time the doorbell rang.

Liu Mang opened the door and saw Jason Terry and Raheem sneaking around.

"Sharif, Jason, what are you doing?" Looking at the two men who were sneaking around like thieves, Liu Mang felt that these two brothers must have done something bad!

"Ace, come on, I bought it secretly, don't let the coach see it!" Jason Terry closed the door and stuffed a bag into Liu Mang's hand. Rahim also had another bag.

Liu Mang opened it strangely and took a look...

Depend on!

this……

You two are breaking the law!

"How about it, brother! Don't tell us that we went drinking without you after we eliminated the Raptors. You are only 19, you little brat. There is no chance of using that thing! This is what we went to Chinatown to buy.

Chinese wine, I’m afraid you won’t be used to our wine.” Jason Terry looked like a brother and raised his head.

Not to mention, Liu Mang really felt that these two brothers were really loyal this time!

It’s Maotai! Although this thing is about 40% cheaper than the official domestic selling price, because wine products require tax rebates, the production tax and consumption tax on domestic high-end wines add up to 35%.

If you export these things, you will get a tax refund. It is not expensive to buy them, but it took a few hours to buy a pound of wine. Liu Mang was really touched by this feeling.

Rahim also took out the wine, which was two bottles of whiskey, a strong drink that Americans often drink.

There is also a large bag of common American snacks for drinking: potato chips, crackers and some nuts such as pistachios.

Liu Mang took out three wine glasses from the cabinet at the door of the room, and took out the hotel's regular ice box from the refrigerator.

Rahim, who has a relatively calm personality, poured out the wine and put ice cubes in it.

Even though the weather in Toronto is cold, they still add ice to the whiskey. By the way, Liu Mang's liquor also has ice.

Liu Mang felt that adding ice to white wine seemed a bit wrong, but he didn't know much about it, so he just added it. It would be better to dilute it.

"cheers!"

The three of them... took a sip.

Drinking, chatting, not drinking to death, Jason Terry and Raheem didn't plan to finish a bottle of whiskey.

We drank a few sips first, ate some snacks, and started chatting.
To be continued...