Beijing time, on June 4, 2002, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball national team Wang Fei announced that Liu Mang would unfortunately not be able to participate in the current World Championships in the United States due to injury.

At the same time, it was announced that Wang Zhizhi was unwilling to play for the country and wanted to stay and play in the United States.

When the Lan Xie sent people to negotiate with Liu Mang, there were also other Lan Xie officials who directly sent a notice to Wang Zhizhi to go back. It was an order. Wang Zhizhi was naturally not happy at this time.

When these two news came out, most people were attracted by Wang Zhizhi's unwillingness to play for the country and wanted to stay in the United States and play in the summer league.

The Blue Association still has a strong ability to guide public opinion. Unfortunately, Wang Zhizhi's "treason" scandal has begun.

On the contrary, not many people care about why Liu Mang cannot participate in the World Championships, because Liu Mang made it clear in his first interview during the All-Star Weekend and in many subsequent interviews that as long as the National Basketball Association is willing to let him join the national team, he will

It is obligatory.

Wang Zhizhi is still in the struggle period of his career. Of course he is willing to join the national team, but Wang Zhizhi does not want to join the training team so early. He wants to perform in the summer league and strive to improve his already good data this season.

To be able to win the next contract, they had 5.6 points, 2 rebounds and a 41% three-point shooting rate in the season, averaging 1 three-pointer per game. They were favored by many teams, but the Mavericks did not choose to compete with them.

He renewed his contract because he tried it and it was of no use to the Chinese market. The relationship between Wang Zhizhi and the Blue Association is very tense, which makes it impossible for him to create revenue for the NBA until the Blue Association makes changes.

Wang Zhizhi also has to think about himself. It is important to play for the country, but after the national team retires and the glory is gone, there are many people who have no financial income. There are even world champions who go to the streets to make a living by performing Kung Fu skills after retiring.

Of course, the worst case was that of a street vendor who had his stall smashed by urban management officials.

Now that Wang Zhizhi is having a hard time playing a good season and has some room for development, the Blue Association has come to add to the problem.

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Liu Mang failed to enter the national team.

Let’s not talk about the issue of handing over 50% of NBA salary next year. This is a strange rule that Yao Ming also experienced, but the final result of the negotiation was 5%, plus an annual training fee of US$900,000.

After Wei Yuanli came to power in February 2003, the training fee was refunded to Yao Ming, and only 5% of the salary was charged as a blue association fee. Yao Ming's career salary was more than 93 million, and 5% was taken after tax deduction.

About two million dollars in eight years.

Five percent is completely acceptable. As for membership fees, the basic national conditions of the country are like this. In a decade or so, the Internet Novel Writers Association, which will be in the dark, will all charge membership fees.

Even if Liu Mang fails to reach an agreement, next season's salary will be 520,000 US dollars, and half of it after tax will only be 100,000 US dollars. Liu Mang's heartache is not unacceptable.

This is not the point. The point is that the training camp designated by the Blue Association actually lasted for two full months from June 15th to August 15th! During this period, there were six friendly matches from countries whose names Liu Mang had never even heard of.

Liu Mang said hell! Who has the time to lose weight with those pot-bellied national team teammates? In March, the CBA, whose full name is also called Motorola, has finished the playoffs of the Chinese Men's Basketball League A. Those who did not enter the season

Those who competed in the post-season competition even started taking holidays in February during the Chinese New Year, and now all of them have big bellies and thick necks.

Liu Mang said that it was understandable that the training schedule of the Blue Association was so long. The Blue Association probably took this aspect into consideration and came up with this kind of devilish training, but it was impossible for him to follow him to lose weight.

The key is the selection and training camp. It wasn’t until July when the list of participants was submitted that it was determined who would be there. A total of more than 30 people would train together.

Failure to participate in the selection training camp means not accepting the call-up to the national team!

Wang Zhizhi was brutally banned in the name of not accepting the national omen!

Surprisingly, the pot-bellied middle-aged official sent by the Blue Association was "very talkative" and said that if he could not participate in the training camp, he would not be able to participate in the selection of the national team. The national team valued him very much and said that he was still young and there was no need to rush to join the national team.

If you want to improve your strength, you can do it. You are still young and there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

This statement made Liu Mang confused and a little uneasy. Could it be that he just said: Is the training time too long? He has a training plan in the summer.

Is this blocked?!

I was very nervous when I took Dinah to play in the afternoon. Fortunately, Dinah hadn't been to the amusement park for a long time and had so much fun that she didn't pay attention, otherwise she would have been complained about again.

In the evening, watching the fierce first game in which the Lakers narrowly defeated the Nets 99-96 at home, Liu Mang was not attracted by the unexpectedly exciting game.

Just when Liu Mang was still uneasy the next day, the news came. The American media received the news that Liu Mang was injured and could not participate in the World Championships.

Only then did Liu Mang understand why Xu Jicheng, the sports director of Xinhua News Agency, finally came to ask him not to play in the summer league.

This Lan Xie is indeed deeply influenced by our country's traditional culture, and he is really picky about the weak! He even found such a reasonable excuse for himself!

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It's normal for Liu Mang to be a little confused. He has never experienced anything like this.

The Blue Association also wants political achievements. Liu Mang's strength is completely out of this world for domestic defenders. For the sake of future political achievements, it is impossible for them to break up with Liu Mang.

At the same time, they do not hope that the results of this year's World Championships will be very good. As the saying goes, once the emperor is the same, the ministers are the same, and the same is true for government agencies.

Director Xin loves to generate income, while Director Li behind him loves to achieve results.

One likes to exploit the players of the national team to death. In the beginning, as long as they are members of the national team, if they sign an endorsement contract, the endorsement fee will be collected by the Blue Association. The other likes to exploit the players to death and must participate in all major and small competitions.

Now the old leader is about to step down. As the saying goes, when the old leader’s wife dies, his family will be crowded, and when the old leader dies, his family will be empty. The same goes for government agencies.

The people sent by Lan Xie will also do things selectively, and they have to pick on the weak. Director Li is a veteran cadre who cares about political achievements. They will not offend Liu Mang to death, nor do they want to give him any punishment.

Wouldn't it be better for the old leader to leave good achievements when he leaves office and leave them to the next leader?

The retired leader is the same leader as before, and there is no point in trying to please him.

Director Xin has no objection to this. He has resigned now and may come back in the future.

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Liu Mang was a little regretful that he didn't get the opportunity to represent the national team in the World Championships in Indianapolis, but since he wasn't banned, it wasn't that regretful.

Even if he is added to the national team this year, it will probably not be of much use. Although the United States does not play well this year and will be beaten miserably, it is still the top three in the world. Apart from that, Yugoslavia is the last; Greece, Argentina, and Spain in the golden age

They are all about to enter their peak period.

Not to mention Nowitzki's German team and the powerful Russian team...

This year Liu Mang himself is just a rookie who has just finished his rookie season in the NBA. Yao Ming has not yet become a rookie, and Wang Zhizhi has been banned. Going to the World Championships this year will be a gift. The twelfth place from the bottom is probably not that miserable, but

I guess I will only win against my African brothers.

If you didn’t participate, you didn’t participate! Liu Mang is waiting, waiting for Yao Ming to become stronger, and waiting for Wang Zhizhi to return to China and return to the team. Then he will go and join the team in 2004 or 2006 when the US team was still at its trough!

Instead, Liu Mang relieved his burden and began to continue training hard, two days of training and two days of rest, two days of hard training, one day of rest, and one day of thinking about the experience gained in training and where he was not good enough in training, and focused on the following training.

train.

However, the boss and head coach who heard the news quickly came back from Hawaii, thinking that Liu Mang was injured and would not be able to compete in the World Championships two and a half months later. He could not recover in two and a half months. It was definitely a serious injury!

They didn't believe Liu Mang when he said he was not injured, so they took him to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, which took a long time.

"I just made an excuse not to participate in the World Championships. It's okay!" Liu Mang was speechless.

"That's good, I thought you lost the game and were so excited that you injured yourself in training!" Coach Kruger felt relieved, and he could accept Liu Mang's reason.

Because the American mentality is: it is an honor to represent the country in the competition, but it is freedom to not want to represent the country. Moreover, there is a comparison that may not matter to NBA superstars, but not to athletes in other sports that do not make much money.

Low allowance.

And Liu Mang said that he wanted to train and didn't want to participate in the World Championships, so he made excuses because he was injured. Americans can understand it very well. Many American NBA stars are like this.

After feeling relieved, Coach Kruger couldn't help but advise: "Ace, don't practice so much every day. Young people recover quickly, but you still have a long career. Don't really injure yourself. You're on your own."

You can’t practice alone, you can go to your teammates or Tracy McGrady, Kobe... Forget it about Kobe, I think you’ll get beaten if you go to him.”

Coach Kruger knew that Liu Mang, Kobe and Tracy McGrady had dinner together during the All-Star Weekend. At first, he thought that the relationship between his disciples was not bad, especially when Liu Mang and Kidd were playing in the Western Conference together during the All-Star Weekend.

, Coach Kruger feels that Liu Mang has grown up.

Then something like this happened in the past few days.

"I know coach," Liu Mang was quite moved. He could feel his genuine concern. "I'm going to practice for two days and take two days off. When Michael Jordan is free, I'll go to him for advice."

"That's fine, you can make up your own mind. I have an appointment to visit the island tomorrow, and I have to catch a flight back to Hawaii..."

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The world seemed to have quieted down, and Liu Mang began to practice hard alone. The road to success is always lonely, and it is even more lonely to climb from the bottom to the top.

Jason Terry and Raheem have great talents. As long as they train properly, one will naturally become a first-class star and the other will become a top star.

Blue-collar workers like Muhammad and Ratliff need more rest in the summer, and they are already tired enough during the season.

Liu Mang is neither of the two. He can only rely on hard work and hard training with a soft touch that can be regarded as talent.

This feeling is still very good, and Liu Mang also enjoys it. He trains for two days, reflects on his own shortcomings in training for one day, and then plays with Dinah for a day if it is a weekend. If Dinah does not have a holiday, Alexi

When Levia is free, we make appointments to have dinner together, go shopping, or sometimes accompany Levia to the supermarket for shopping. Alexia often comes to the apartment now. Many things need to be bought, otherwise it will be better to buy them now when the time comes.

Troublesome.

By the way, it would be good to see how Kidd was defeated in a row after being so energetic. The enemy of my enemy is a friend. The Hawks' biggest enemy next season is the Nets. The Lakers' current opponent is also the Nets, so Liu Mang is now a Lakers fan. At least he

The phrase "Lakers championship" and the "gangster style" selfie video have become popular, and fans say he is a Lakers fan.

Liu Mang is very lucky that these days there is no software to modify subtitles for videos and GIFs, and there is no such thing as emoticons. Otherwise, he would probably become the king of emoticons in the first generation.

With plans and arrangements, he still made plans and arrangements through sweat. He refused to be interviewed on the grounds of injury and did not have much contact with the outside world. Liu Mang was quietly in this simple and comfortable state.

Time passed quickly during training, and in a blink of an eye, the eight-day finals came to an end.

Except for the first game in which the Lakers broke out because Kidd scored 23 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, which made the Lakers fight hard until the end to win the game, the other three games were dominated by points differences of more than 20 points.

The Nets played the most miserable finals in history. Of course, the most miserable one was the Nets.

Although O'Neal was also swept by Olajuwon in the finals, it seemed that the big score was the same, but the four games O'Neal lost were by 2 points, 9 points, 3 points, and 12 points, except for the last game where O'Neal lost
To be continued...