here we go again!

Youzhan felt uncomfortable all over when he saw Liu Mang's strange look.

Even though James had a strong "mature heart" after undergoing training and practice, he couldn't withstand Liu Mang's strange eyes.

James felt deep in his heart that the senior in front of him wanted to "play" with him. He felt a chill in his heart and felt that inviting Liu Mang to lunch was a wrong choice.

However, building a good relationship with the league's superstars was a decision that James had already made before entering the NBA, even in 2002 when he announced that he would enter the NBA directly after high school.

"Ace, I may go to your country next summer to promote sneakers. Can you tell me about any interesting places in your country? I want to visit then." James forcibly diverted his attention and racked his brains to think of something.

Topic, put aside this uneasy feeling now.

The topic that James thought of this time was good, and Liu Mang's attention was immediately diverted: "Traveling to our country? You should get the places recommended by the tour guide, but I don't recommend you any of the famous scenic spots recommended by the tour guide.

Go, for example, go to West Lake in Hangzhou. You have heard of it. That’s good. If you go to Hangzhou, you don’t have to go to West Lake. It’s better to go to Lingyin Temple next to it. There are too many people in West Lake. You must go to the Great Wall, but you have to go there.

Remember not to steal the bricks there. Three-year starting point. What is a three-year starting point? It’s just reform through labor. I don’t know about reform through labor? Then I have to tell you about our country’s superior reform-through-labour system and give you food and drink.

Raising criminals for free is different..."

After Liu Mang finished ordering the food, he looked at James's face, which looked the same as it would be ten or twenty years later, and couldn't help but start planning how to deal with the young James in front of him the day after tomorrow.

The abuse of the little emperor was probably only possible in the first year. When James' second season, the 2004-2005 season, the league began to enter the No-Hand-check era. Coupled with the soaring strength of James, James' second

It will be difficult to stop him at the beginning of the season, and it will not be easy to abuse James by then, so Liu Mang looked at James with a strange look.

However, everyone is happy to discuss the good points of their own country. They can say that their own country is not good, but when chatting with foreigners, they always point to the good points.

When James saw that Liu Mang finally lost his look, he felt relieved and began to discuss China with Liu Mang.

James attaches great importance to China. His agency team told him that China will be the market that the NBA attaches most importance to in the future. He naturally wants to occupy a place in the Chinese market and understanding China with real Chinese people is of course the best choice.

However, if Liu Mang knew what James was thinking, he might feel sorry for James. As far as Liu Mang knows, even if James becomes extremely popular in the United States in the next few years, in China, people only know the four major shooting guards... mainly Kobe.

, together with Yao Ming, O'Neal, James and the future beasts, they all became well-known to domestic fans after one won the MVP and the other won the best defensive player and entered the finals in the 2008-09 season. During the 2008 Olympics, James

The cheers he received were not as much as those of Anthony who partnered with Iverson.

Liu Mang and James' first private get-together was a little awkward at one point, but overall it was very pleasant.

After lunch, Schwartz, Liu Mang's agent, and Rich Paul, James' agent from the largest sports agency in the United States, picked them up and took them to Nike's largest sneaker store in Atlanta.

James came to Atlanta a day early, mainly to get together with Liu Mang, have lunch, and enhance friendship. At three o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them went to Nike's sneaker promotion to help promote James' first-generation boots in Atlanta.

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Regarding this point, Liu Mang felt strange. There had never been two Superman balloon stars promoting sneakers together before. The main ones were the most popular Koaika, one from Adidas, one from Reebok, and one from Nike.

They are all regarded as mortal enemies.

Kobe Bryant's image has collapsed this year. This unlucky kid who doesn't know how to use money to stage off-court events still goes to Colorado once or twice a month to file lawsuits. Adidas doesn't want him anymore, and Nike won't be able to help him for a while. Fortunately,

On Adidas' side, Tracy McGrady has stood up in the past two years and was selected as an All-Star last season.

At Nike, Carter's popularity has declined significantly in the past year or so. People's aesthetic fatigue has appeared. Carter does not have Kobe in the playoffs. Not to mention Iverson's performance, there is no outstanding performance like Tracy McGrady in the regular season. But now there are

Liu Mang and James were replaced, and the popularity of Liu Mang and James, and Carter's ability to overpower Kobe during the two years when his popularity was at its peak, there is still a clear gap in Iverson's popularity, so Liu Mang and James were put together.

Promotion, used to fight against Reebok's Allen Iverson and Adidas' Tracy McGrady.

Originally, James teamed up with Wade and Anthony to fight against these two people. The latter two are owned by Jordan and can be considered as stars under Nike. But now there is Liu Mang, who is more popular than Wade and Anthony combined.

Naturally, Liu Mang and James were used to compete with the other two brands.

Liu Mang really admires James in some aspects. This time, it's not like Liu Mang has never participated in promotions with other stars, but James didn't behave like an 18-year-old child, speaking official language to the media skillfully.

Getting along well when interacting with the fans made Liu Mang look aloof. When Liu Mang was promoting with Carter in Shanghai Station in the summer before, he didn't feel that he was so "aloof", but now, compared with James,

Come on, I really don’t know how to manage my own image.

However, Liu Mang doesn't have much desire to imitate James. Everyone is different. Liu Mang feels that he can never learn James's social butterfly-like ability. He can do whatever he feels comfortable with. After all, everyone is different.

Have different pursuits and habits.

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Time, November 24th, location, Phillips Arena.

"Ace, you are studying that rookie No. 1 pick! Do you want to play again?" Rasheed Wallace was a little excited.

Liu Mang is studying the few game videos of the Cavaliers' more than a dozen games this season from preseason to regular season. Even some game videos from high school were obtained by the team's editor. He must be torturing them.

The food is gone!

Jason Terry, who was practicing his strong shooting ability, also came over: "Ace, are you ready to teach that guy who lied about being a high school student a lesson?"

"Lied that he was a high school student?" Liu Mang was a little surprised by this title.

"OH, look, that guy looks as old as my dad. He doesn't look like a high school student. And he actually plays better than Ricky Davis. He must be lying about his age. I estimate he is at least three years old.

It’s time to be fifteen or sixteen..." Jason Terry was very unhappy. Another guard who was so strong in his rookie year came, which made him very unhappy.

Liu Mang didn't expect that whether it was Chinese fans or American fans, they seemed to make fun of James in the same way.

After all, they were friends. Of course Liu Mang had to complain for James! Liu Mang said: "Jason, I'm just a little older. Don't look at me with colored glasses. It's okay to bully a rookie, but it's OK to bully an old person."

Scolding us for not respecting the elderly!"

"Haha, Ace, your mouth is more annoying than mine..."

Liu Mang, Rasheed Wallace, and Jason Terry discussed how to deal with James, attracting other teammates to come over, including Prince, Raheem, and Barnes, the forwards of the Eagles.

After hearing that they were going to deal with James, the three defensive heroes immediately became interested, including Kwame Brown, who was also the No. 1 pick from high school, and they all joined in with interest.

Ratliff, Stockton and other veterans smiled and shook their heads and joined in.

Bullying rookies, especially guys like James and Milicic who look like they will become terrifying opponents in the future, bullying them when they are rookies is something veterans like to do.

The most famous example is that Isaiah Thomas was isolated from the All-Stars in Jordan's rookie season because Jordan did not take the initiative to say hello. Of course, Isaiah Thomas may not have expected that Jordan was such a tough guy, and finally put himself into the greatest league.

The dream team's chance was ruined.

Although the Cavaliers started this year with a poor record, James has been in the news every now and then, mainly because he is completely different from other high school students who entered the NBA before. When Kobe, Garnett, and McGrady entered the NBA, they all played only well in their rookie year.

Talent can be seen, but O'Neal's kind of talent is even more talent that no one has a chance to see. James, on the other hand, is quite mature when he enters the NBA and is very versatile. He can do well in scoring, rebounding, and assisting.

Just like Kidd feels the pressure brought by Liu Mang, most of the famous swingmen in the league feel the pressure brought by James, and this is still a rookie!

The most important thing is that before James even entered the NBA, he had already signed the second largest sneaker endorsement contract in history. Compared with the largest endorsement contract in history that Liu Mang got after showing his talent and strength in his rookie season, James

He didn't even play in the preseason, he was just selected as the No. 1 pick, and within a few days he got an endorsement fee that can't be matched by many famous stars' career salary plus endorsement fees combined. This taught even more famous stars a lesson.

Look at James.

Seeing that his teammates who originally had little interest in playing against the Cavaliers were now swarming up to abuse young LeBron James, Liu Mang held a moment of silence for little LeBron, and then decisively began to build an iron-clad defense and targeted offense for James.

James really feels what the NBA is...

It's just that after James entered the NBA, his ability evaluation dropped a bit, from 82 to 79.

Liu Mang did some research and understood this. It was still a matter of adaptation. When James played in the McDonald's All-Stars and played with those high school students, he was able to show an ability value that could be rated as 82 in the NBA, but entering

After the NBA, it is inevitable that there will be some adaptation problems, so he only showed an ability value of 79.

Of course, this does not exclude factors such as teammates, coaches, etc.

The Cavaliers' strength is indeed poor. They originally had the combination of Boozer and Big Z in the paint, but now only Big Z is left. Big Z's offense is okay, but his defense and rebounding are terrible, forcing him to still play point guard.

James threw himself inside to grab rebounds. Against such an opponent, it would be difficult for the Hawks to regard them as opponents of the same level.

As for rape, Raheem, who has the most similar body shape to James, should be the one who wants to torture him the most, but Rahim is not such a hot-tempered person. No one brought it up, and he was not interested.

After participating in the promotion with James, Liu Mang devoted himself to the next duel with James, discussing with Mike Woodson how to defend, and discussing with his teammates how to attack.

Liu Mang attaches great importance to this match with James. Suppressing James in the early stages of his career is the most difficult part of Liu Mang's task as the king of new generation players. Everyone else can say that James is the most difficult.

James, who is currently training in the hotel gym, still doesn't know that the friendly older brother who told him about good places and interesting things about China yesterday is now thinking about Hua's plan to deal with him.

However, James' training attitude is also admirable. As the youngest member of the Cavaliers, he trains the hardest. The rest of the Cavaliers came to Atlanta, a big city, and had already gone to have fun. Only James was left.

A person is practicing more.

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The day flies by, and on November 25th, the game day between the Eagles and the Cavaliers has arrived!

The showdown between Liu Mang and James had begun to build momentum in the league several days ago!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Finally, the appearance has a new point to build momentum for Liu Mang. At the same time, James has lived up to expectations after entering the NBA. In the first 14 games, he averaged 16.0 points per game.

He scored 6 rebounds and 4 assists. As the season progresses and James becomes more familiar with the NBA, his performance will inevitably get better and better. People can already meet a historical rookie who averaged 20 per game in his rookie season.

This time David Stern personally took the initiative to plan the promotion of this rising star showdown.

After obtaining the consent of Nike, the day before the game between the Hawks and the Cavaliers, David Stern used a photo of Liu Mang and James participating in a promotional event. The title of the official NBA website was "This Second Brother"

, the enemy in the next second”.

Compared with Adam Silva who only forcibly creates public opinion, and the future kind of forcibly creating continuous battles between the two teams in the finals in an attempt to recreate the 1980s Magic Birds duel between their old rivals, which makes people look embarrassed.

David Stern is indeed a true promotion master who single-handedly created the Magic Birds Showdown, the Jordan Dynasty and the OK Combination.
To be continued...