"Ace, your publicity is great! Many Chinese fast food brands in Atlanta and the San Francisco Bay Area have found me and asked me to contact them with Very Coca-Cola! Wow, I didn't expect you to do a talk show, Ace...

…”

Schwartz was very excited on the phone. Compared with many balloon stars, although Liu Mang has good exposure, he does very little in terms of publicity. Other balloon stars have a full schedule even during the season. Today

He went to this store to do activities, and he even went to the flagship store to promote it even when playing away games. And Liu Mang, since he signed a seven-year, $90 million and one-dollar endorsement contract with Nike, has developed an appetite for old favorites.

Although the endorsement contracts continued to be fulfilled, new endorsement deals were only agreed to if the endorsement amount was at least one million US dollars, and many endorsement opportunities were lost.

The main reason is that there are very few commercial promotions of this kind, and the commercial exposure is far less than that of most All-Stars. Even Duncan has three or four commercial promotions a month, while Liu Mang doesn't have one most of the time.

Some sponsors are hesitant to hire Liu Mang as an endorsement, worried that he does not have that kind of publicity talent.

I didn’t expect Liu Mang to be so talented in entertainment, and even had a talk show broadcast live across the United States!

Although there was only one scene, and it looked like there would be no next one at the end, at least it was a good sign. Schwartz felt that Liu Mang had an open mind and no longer resisted publicity as before, and he was so slippery.

Oral broadcasting suddenly became popular in the United States!

Moreover, there are TV stations in Hong Kong and Taiwan who want to buy the copyright of this talk show. As for the mainland... there are already websites that have started broadcasting it.

"...Ace, you know, ESPN really wants you to continue this talk show. You can do it every half a month or even once a month. The price they gave is 200,000 per episode! God, Ace, you can even do it after you retire.

Go join the entertainment industry!" Schwartz exclaimed. He fully expected Liu Mang to have more opportunities to perform and showcase his talents, and then there would be more exposure and more endorsements...

"...Actually, it was an accident that I started playing basketball. My original goal was to become an excellent actor." Liu Mang said speechlessly. He didn't expect the ratings to be so high! After rubbing it, he didn't know which teammate almost missed him.

The ear that was pulled off still hurts when touched for most of the day.

These beasts! Specialize in hitting places that are painful and will leave marks but will not actually hurt. There are marks around the two eyes that were drilled by electric drill punches, and these bastards actually scratched the soles of their feet! It is simply crazy!

Liu Mang was surprised that this show was so popular.

Ratings of 8.3! A morning talk show on a sports TV station actually reached the average ratings of last season’s finals! Damn it!

The main reason is that Liu Mang is a very topical character, and the program is only ten minutes long. It happens to be April Fool's Day and Sunday, and various factors are combined together.

But this is an exaggeration. Talk shows in the United States appeared very early. The average ratings of very popular talk shows are only 3.00 to 4.00. Although Liu Mang’s program only lasts for

It's more than ten minutes, not really a show, but it has already surprised ESPN. Not only ESPN, a friendly cooperative unit, wants Liu Mang to start a real talk show, but also some professional entertainment channels.

I need to discuss this matter with Liu Mang's agent.

But Liu Mang was not that interested in this.

In Liu Mang's opinion, if you are in the entertainment industry, you are either doing it for money or fame.

In terms of fame...is there anything more famous than him becoming an NBA superstar? In the future, Kobe, Jordan, Yao Ming, and James will all remain globally famous after retirement. Even people who don't understand basketball will know their names.

Money... For the sake of money, Liu Mang has little interest in being in the entertainment industry, so he might as well invest. When this season is over and the first year's endorsement fees are all settled, he will have money to invest in something.

After chatting with the excited Schwartz about the success of this talk show, Liu Mang didn't pay much attention, packed his things and left New York early with the team.

The Eagles' schedule is so strange, starting from mid-January to March, it's hopelessly tight.

But in April, it suddenly became extremely easy, giving the Eagles a perfect time to prepare for the playoffs.

I have a break on the 1st and 2nd of April, and I have an away game against the Grizzlies on the 3rd. It’s a pretty comfortable schedule, so I won’t rest too long and won’t be too tired.

Originally, the Eagles planned to rest in New York for a day before going to Memphis. It was all about rest. New York is of course much better than Memphis.

But a man whose face, neck, arms, legs and other exposed parts were covered with "scars" after being ravaged by his teammates did something again. He actually secretly recorded a talk show, showing controversial and even uninteresting topics.

The superstars were all over the place and the media blocked the Hilton Hotel. The Eagles had to run away and come to Memphis in advance.

New York is the largest city in the world and the world's financial center. Naturally, there are a large number of media from all walks of life stationed there. But when we arrived in Memphis, not many media came. After all, it was just a small April Fool's Day event. It was indeed very eye-catching.

, but it’s over. They don’t have the free time to put too many resources on an off-court chore at the end of the regular season, one of the time points when fans pay the most attention to the NBA. It’s okay.

It's important to go to the Ba Jing for interviews.

However, Liu Mang's incident created a new idea for many media. This kind of black-and-white program not only attracts attention, but also seems to be a win-win situation!

For example, everyone who Liu Mang blackmailed this time was surrounded by a large number of reporters and media. Moreover, the point of Liu Mang's blackmail was not how well they played or their personal style, but how he teased them from a tricky angle. The stars were very angry at first.

Later, I laughed out of anger. Although I was angry, there was no hatred, and it also made those stars appear in the news again, increasing their popularity...

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Memphis is a good place. It is one of the few American cities in the United States that has joined hands with domestic cities to become a friendly and cooperative city. Although Memphis is not well-known in the world, it is not actually very famous in the United States, except for the NBA team, the Grizzlies.

Outside, there is not much attention, at most there is a FedEx headquarters, but as one of the few domestic cities in the United States that is a friendly city, Memphis has brought a lot of help to Mianyang, a famous large city in the western region of China.

big.

Memphis is a well-known automobile and parts technology manufacturer in the United States. They do not produce parts, but they have great technology. The domestic automobile industry has developed rapidly in recent years, which is inseparable from the fact that Mianyang and Memphis have become sister cities.

It's open.

Friendship is friendship, and it is only friendship between governments. Every time Liu Mang goes to Memphis, he cannot feel the friendship of the Memphis people. When he enters the FedEx Center, all he feels is the boos of the fans.

Mainly because the Grizzlies have one of the three best rookies in Liu Mang's class, Pau Gasol.

As for Battier, he was an all-around rookie who averaged 14+5+3 per game last season. This year's data has plummeted, and he was dubbed by fans as "past his peak." He averaged less than 10 points per game, and all statistics have declined across the board.

Battier is really a strange man. In his rookie season, he averaged 39.7 minutes per game, the highest statistics of his career in all aspects. Later, his data deteriorated year by year.

However, the advantage is that Battier's ball possession rate has decreased, but his efficiency has not decreased too much. He is a very high-quality role player, but he is just a bit sorry for his status as the sixth overall pick.

In addition to the decline in Battier's statistics, the Grizzlies have made little progress overall. Although they drafted Drew Gooden, the 2002 T1 rookie, the team's record has not improved. On the contrary, Gooden has also affected Gasol's performance and running-in.

After the failure, Gooden was sent away after half a season. After replacing Mike Miller, a tall pitcher who could open up space for Gasol, the Grizzlies played relatively better, and with the addition of Ja

Jason Williams is playing on a bad team, and people are getting tired of those flashy passes. What's the use of just looking good if you can't win the ball? Under the pressure of public opinion, Jason Williams has gradually become more angular in the past two years.

It started to be smoothed out, and the game started to sound reasonable. In addition, the Grizzlies hired famous coach Hubie Brown to come out and began to build Gasol's system. The Grizzlies played relatively well in the second half of the season.

Quite a bit.

Of course, just because they are playing better, the Grizzlies still don't win many games, with 20 wins and 54 losses so far.

On the morning of the game against the Grizzlies, Liu Mang and Gasol made an appointment to listen to opera all morning. When he returned to the hotel for the team meeting at noon, he got new arrangements. For the next 9 games, he was

It was put into the lineup and no rejection was allowed.

Liu Mang was a little surprised that this day came so quickly, but he knew that this day would definitely come, so he didn't struggle, just let it be, and began to adapt.

The minimum requirement for playing as a substitute has also been met. For the remaining games, there is not much difference between playing as a substitute and playing as a substitute. Liu Mang feels that it is better to adapt to it in advance and play Liu Mang all the time, so that he can have more time to cooperate with the lineup.

There were no unexpected situations in the game. The Grizzlies can be said to be a one-man team. Only Gasol had a one-on-one advantage against the Hawks lineup.

Gasol's skills have been very mature since he entered the NBA. This year's personal statistics have not improved much. In fact, his statistics throughout his career are almost 18+9. The main fluctuations are the number of assists, strong teammates, and a more suitable team system.

He has a lot of assists, and the current Grizzlies team has been the worst two years in his career in terms of organizational ability.

Originally, Jason Williams might have had a certain advantage against Jason Terry, but now the Eagles' lineup has become a defensive lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, and Raheem. This lineup

The defense played a suffocating defense against the Grizzlies.

Gasol is not a particularly strong inside player. His scoring ability is first-rate but not top-notch. He is almost crying when he is defended on the outside. He also doesn't play well in the paint.

It’s not that the Grizzlies don’t want to win, it’s that they really can’t win! They really want to win, because no matter how bad their record is, the draft pick may belong to the Pistons, and the Pistons own their first-round pick.

right of exchange...

The Hawks didn't put in much effort in the game against the Grizzlies. After three quarters, they led 75-53 by 22 points. Liu Mang scored 19 points and 7 assists in the third quarter and clocked out.

In the end, the Hawks easily defeated the Grizzlies 99-75, improving their record to 39 wins and 35 losses, consolidating their eighth ranking in the Eastern Conference.

After playing the Grizzlies, the Hawks flew back to Atlanta, and then there was a back-to-back, another kind of home-and-away back-to-back against the same team.

The opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers…
Chapter completed!