On February 10, the day after the Eagles slaughtered the Cavaliers at home, all the arrangements for the All-Star Weekend were announced.

All-star bench lineup.

Over in the West, Rasheed Wallace of the Trail Blazers; Stephon Marbury of the Suns; Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki of the Mavericks; Shaquille O'Neal of the Lakers; SuperSonics

Seven people including Ray Allen of the Kings and Chris Webber of the Kings were selected to the All-Star reserve team.

The very next day, February 10th, Liu Mang got up in the morning and checked the news online for the first time in a few days. When he wanted to see who was selected for the All-Stars, he saw Chris Webber and Stephen Mabb.

News that Lee has withdrawn from the All-Star Weekend due to injury.

Then David Stern asked Marion to replace Marbury in the All-Star selection, and Peja replaced Webber in the All-Star selection.

Liu Mang saw that Chris Webber, who had been vigorously torturing his team a few days ago, "retired from the game due to injury." It was really a slippery slope. An All-Star position was achieved by two people.

He won the title of All-Star player and forced the Kings to have two All-Stars.

The Suns should have had an All-Star berth, either Marbury or Marion. The two had similar statistical performance, and their scoring was almost the same. It was just that their rebounding and assists data were basically swapped.

In the East, Sharif Raheem of the Hawks; Michael Jordan of the Wizards; Jason Kidd of the Nets; Jamal Mashburn of the Hornets; Paul Pierce of the Celtics,

Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers; Ben Wallace of the Pistons.

When he saw Rahim being selected, Liu Mang thought it was too normal. This year's Eastern Conference All-Star players, except Latoureff and Ben Wallace, were the only All-Star players who looked like inside players.

There is no serious striker.

The Eastern Conference's defensive line is simply too strong.

But seeing Jordan on the All-Star bench...Liu Mang felt weird.

Wait, Liu Mang suddenly thought of a question!

You are an all-star!

Depend on!

This year’s Eastern Conference All-Star head coach is not Coach Kruger, but Coach Carlisle of the Pistons! He can’t just let himself play casually like he did last season. Coach Carlisle hates the Hawks so much, how can he let himself play blindly again?

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Yao Shou Lite...

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After watching the All-Star lineup, many guards in the Eastern Conference missed out on the All-Stars. For example, Payton, who was just traded here, was because there were too many All-Star-level guards in the Eastern Conference. Although he played well, he was not convincing.

But Ray Allen is different. He is pretty good in the Eastern Conference back line, but he does not have the performance to be a solid All-Star. But it is different when he goes to the Western Conference. There is no one in the Western Conference defensive line! Ray Allen is happy.

Selected as an All-Star substitute.

Liu Mang continued to look at other things.

In the Rookie Challenge, I made it to the second-year lineup.

The second-year lineup also includes Pau Gasol and Shane Battier of the Grizzlies; Gilbert Arenas and Jason Richardson of the Warriors; Richard Jaffer of the Nets

Sen; Andrei Kirilenko of the Jazz; Tony Parker of the Spurs; Tyson Chandler of the Bulls.

First-year players: Yao Ming of the Rockets; Amar'e Stoudemire of the Suns; Nene Hilario of the Nuggets; Jay Williams of the Bulls; Drew Gurren of the Grizzlies

Den; Carlos Boozer and Tayshaun Prince of the Hawks; Manu Ginobili of the Spurs; Caron Butler of the Heat.

The rosters for the All-Star Game and Rookie Game did not exceed Liu Mang's expectations. In the Rookie Game, except for Eddie Curry, who has shown potential, Kwame Brown's life trough continues. In the past two years,

The best rookies are basically on this list.

Originally, both Liu Mang and Yao Ming planned to withdraw from the rookie game, but the league did not agree. Even if the two of them walked around and took a look, they could also boost domestic ratings. In order to reassure the two, a

The head coach of the senior team is Howard Chen, a Chinese who was originally the videographer of the Rockets. Since Yao Ming came, in order to help Yao Ming integrate into life in the United States, the Rockets let Howard Chen, who can speak Chinese, join the coaching staff and be responsible for Yao Ming's diet.

Health management.

Basically every player from the CBA to the NBA, the first step when entering the NBA is diet management. CBA clubs are really unprofessional in this aspect.

The second-year team's head coach is Eagles defensive assistant Mike Woodson.

These two people must first respect the decision of Yao Ming and Liu Mang for how long they want to play, so Liu Mang and Yao Ming did not force them to withdraw from the game.

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In terms of the three-point contest, the list is Rick Barry of the SuperSonics, Pat Garrity of the Magic, Peja Stojakovic of the Kings, Antoine Walker of the Celtics, and the Hornets

David Wesley.

Since both Liu Mang and Ray Allen refused to participate, the league could only persuade two "substitutes" with similar functions. Peja replaced Ray Allen and Antoine Walker replaced Liu Mang. Peja originally

I have no interest in this competition anymore, but I guess I agreed because of the All-Star substitute. Antoine Walker is very interested in this competition, but no one has invited him. This time I invited him directly.

accepted.

For the slam dunk contest, Liu Mang, Carter, Jason Richardson, Amar'e Stoudemire, Richard Jefferson, and Draymond Mason participated. This lineup is quite gorgeous.

Except for Liu Mang and Carter, who had fewer dunks, everyone else is one of the players with the most dunks at their respective positions this season.

In terms of the Legend Challenge, the active player in the Eastern Conference is naturally Jason Terry. He will host the All-Star Weekend. This small matter can still be decided by default. In the Western Conference... Liu Mang feels that Jason Terry is going to be killed and selected.

It's Maggette of the Clippers...

Liu Mang thinks the above list is pretty good. If you want to watch something interesting, the competition will probably be fierce.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But when it came to the list of the skills challenge, Liu Mang was not calm anymore.

Liu Mang, Payton, Kidd, Marbury...

Looking at his three opponents, Liu Mang really wanted to quit the competition!

What is David Stern going to do? I wonder if these three guys have been unhappy with me for a long time! It’s time to die again...

Liu Mang was a little strange. Did he forget something? Why did he add another one?

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I woke up in the morning and saw the All-Star Weekend game schedule on the news, and then received a call from my agent. Schwartz informed Liu Mang to go to the team for a press conference. Liu Mang, Rahim, and Ratliff were selected to the All-Star Game.

The press conference for the star game, as well as the press conference for Prince and Boozer to be selected for the Rookie Game, and Jason Terry and the famous Dominic Wilkins to be selected for the Legend Challenge.

It's a pity that the essence of the human movie was not there, otherwise Liu Mang would have loved to get close to this team star who is not only a contestant on the event day, but also a judge of the slam dunk contest.

A little disappointed.

But when he thought of the dunk contest, Liu Mang thought of today's newspaper he saw after arriving at the arena. After the dunk contest entry list came out, a little thing happened. According to the source, the disagreement between Carter and the Raptors management was revealed and deepened!

After Carter came back this year, he has been protected. His playing time reached a career low, averaging 27 minutes per game, 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. All statistics fell to a career low.

However, during this protection period, Carter had to participate in the dunk contest, which was regarded as a scourge by various teams. This made the Raptors management very dissatisfied. They negotiated with Carter many times, but nothing could stop Carter from wanting to have a relationship with Liu Mang.

Duel of hearts.

The Slam Dunk Contest is an event for teams. If the players are still relatively unknown rookies, the teams are very happy and very active in wanting their stars to participate, so that the players can become famous and popular, and can sell tickets and have live broadcasts.

But for established superstars, the team doesn't want them to participate because it doesn't make much sense. This is the case with the Raptors. They are afraid that if Carter loses? Then Carter's title of "the strongest dunk king in history" may be lost.

He was affected to a certain extent and ignored their box office, while at the same time taking the risk of Carter being injured again while recovering from his serious injury.

Although the Raptors claimed to the outside world that they believed in the doctor's statement that Carter had fully recovered to his pre-injury diagnosis, they were still very worried, just like the media and fans questioned Carter's diagnosis.

The gap between Carter and the Raptors has finally arisen. With this psychological gap, Carter's career in the Raptors may have begun to count down.

But this has nothing to do with Liu Mang. It's not just once or twice that the Raptors have been unable to retain stars. Their management has always been weird, and the decisions they make always make people confused.

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Driving back home from the arena, Liu Mang looked at the old bicycle in the garage that was no longer used and was covered with a layer of dust.

I couldn't help but get a bucket of water and wipe the bike, then I found a big piece of cloth to cover the bike and moved it to the attic to prevent it from being covered in dust. After all, it was an old guy who had been using it for almost four years.

However, after moving to a new home, everything has a new beginning. Let this old guy remain in the memory of his first season and a half when he first arrived in the United States and entered the NBA!

Moreover, Liu Mang did not plan to buy a car anymore. When he saw the seven cars in the garage, he could summon the dragon. Liu Mang, Levia, and Alexia made three trips together to buy this car.

Seven cars drove back to the villa.

Therefore, in order to commemorate the unique second-hand bicycle in his mind, Liu Mang decided not to buy a car! Firstly, it was for environmental protection, and secondly, it was to commemorate those years of poverty... It was definitely not because of picking...

If you already have a car, why buy it yourself? Isn’t it a waste to park so many cars and not use them...

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After cleaning and storing the bicycle, it was already noon. Liu Mang returned to the living room. Alexia, who was on winter vacation, was making lunch. Levia was helping, mainly responsible for "testing dishes", while Dinah was

While watching TV, I saw Liu Mang coming, and I jumped up out of habit to give him a hug.

Liu Mang quickly hugged the little loli: "Hey, Dinah, you are eight years old! You have grown up! You can't hug me casually anymore!"

The little Loli didn't care and said with a fierce expression: "You're still talking about it! My uncle wasn't here during Dinah's birthday! That's too much!"

"Uncle was playing away at that time..." Liu Mang was a little weak.

This is the fate of professional players. Whether it is their own birthday or the birthday of a family member, they may not be able to celebrate it.

Fortunately for Liu Mang, his birthday was August 26, 1982. During the offseason, he celebrated his 20th birthday with three beauties. However, he did not invite his teammates that time, mainly because his family was too small.

There will probably be a party next time.

Dinah's birthday is December 22nd. Unfortunately, Liu Mang has been playing away games on that day for the past two years.
To be continued...