Liu Mang came to the gym in the morning, planning to come early to practice shooting more. Little Lolita and Alexia started their dream 20-day double-day holiday again. Classes started again on January 8th, and then they started again in February.

The holidays are about to start, and classes will only start in March, which reminds Liu Mang of his own elementary school days. At this time every year, Liu Mang would be envious and jealous: Elementary school students should take more extra classes and study more, and play on computers to trick their teammates!

There was no need to prepare breakfast in the morning, so Liu Mang called Emmanuel to prepare a nutritious meal and come to training early.

As the saying goes, if you don't sharpen your weapon quickly in battle, it will be useless. What's more, Liu Mang also trains regularly. It's always good to practice more, and he doesn't worry about physical problems.

However, when he came to the arena at seven o'clock, there were already a lot of people there. Some were eating breakfast bought by themselves, some were eating nutritious meals, and were talking about something. When he saw Liu Mang coming, he called

Say hello and continue the lively conversation.

Liu Mang went to get breakfast with Emmanuel, who seemed to have lost a few pounds three months after the start of the training camp, and sat down with his teammates, only to learn that voting for the Denver All-Star Weekend will be held on December 19

The number will be activated at nine o'clock this morning!

At 6pm yesterday, the All-Star candidate lists for each team were announced.

For the Hawks, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, and Muhammad were selected to the 164-person All-Star candidate list.

Seeing this list, Liu Mang expressed his condolences to Prince. This guy will always be ignored...

There's really no way to help it. Prince's character is too calm, his playing style is too simple, and his defense is not the kind of defense that involves yelling and flying around. He doesn't even talk trash when he's defending.

Such silent defense makes him basically non-popular except for being the lead dancer in the square dance. Due to his poor statistics, averaging 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, the media have forgotten about him.

And his performance is mainly on the defensive end, and it is impossible for the coaches to select him into the All-Stars. The data is too bad, and he is not the MVP of last season's finals.

However, in order to give McGrady a greater chance of being selected as an All-Star, the league moved McGrady to the small forward position.

Liu Mang holds the All-Star record for the highest number of votes in history. In terms of popularity, Iverson is still worthy of McGrady. When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. Iverson has a higher chance of winning, so the league put McGrady on the list.

The small forward position is the most popular team in the league right now. Without two All-Stars, the league may not be able to handle it.

Mainly because of the other candidates from the Hawks, Kwame Brown has little chance. O'Neal has come to the East and is not as popular as Yao Ming. He is more popular than Kwame Brown, who is loved by everyone. Just like Francis, even if

With Yao Ming's relationship, he can only be the second most popular guard in the Western Conference, but he still can't compare to Kobe.

Muhammad, Rasheed Wallace, and Jason Terry, in the eyes of those selection experts, have only reached All-Star "qualification". Muhammad only relied on the 2001-02 season.

He averaged a double-double once and gave the media the impression that he was "qualified" to become an All-Star.

However, several candidates don't care so much about being an All-Star, because except for Liu Mang and Tracy McGrady, everyone else knows that they have nothing to do with the All-Stars.

Liu Mang is definitely stable. Tracy McGrady has moved to the small forward position and is also very stable. His popularity has surpassed that of his older cousin.

The teammates came to the arena so early just because All-Star Weekend voting was about to begin and to have fun. Of course, the most important thing was that they were discussing who on the team had a chance to be on the bench.

There are also Kwame Brown and Jason Terry, and Rasheed Wallace said that if he is selected as an All-Star, he will treat him as much as possible.

When Liu Mang heard that the guests were here, he quickly stuffed the delicious nutritious meal into his mouth, and then ran to the lounge to read the Knicks' scouting report, narrowly escaping the disaster.

After resting for half an hour, at 8:30, Liu Mang first ran two kilometers on the treadmill in the gym to warm up, and then went to the physical therapy room to stretch, preparing to continue practicing mid-range shots and turn-over jump shots. He should not slack off in training for one day.

When Liu Mang finished stretching, he saw that some teammates had been pulled to do strength training, mainly rookies and second-year players, some were practicing shooting, mainly role players, and some had already started working with the exclusive trainer.

There is training there, mainly for the stars.

Seeing that his teammates were no longer gathered together, Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief, took a ball, and called Emmanuel to start training.

As soon as I walked to the training ground, the system prompted me.

"Ding... The challenger series of missions is triggered: the peak counterattack of the number one parallel importer."

When Liu Mangqiu saw the mission content, he was so frightened that he dropped the ball to the ground. Damn high school student! Where did you get the courage to have such great ambitions! Are you Malaysian?

…

"Kwame Brown followed his host and achieved glory that he no longer dared to dream of. Kwame Brown now has a luxury, hoping to be selected as an All-Star and win a jump ball for his host during the All-Star Weekend. Challenger series tasks:

The parallel import number one pick’s peak counterattack is triggered.”

"The peak counterattack of the parallel import No. 1 pick: Help the famous parallel import No. 1 pick Kwame Brown be selected for the 2004 Denver All-Star Weekend. Mission reward: Kwame Brown's extreme admiration. Failure punishment: share the joys and sorrows, such as Kwame Brown is not selected

To be selected into the All-Star lineup and selected as an All-Star substitute, the host must take the initiative to give up the All-Star position to other All-Star substitutes. If the penalty is not implemented, 1 point from the shooting ability evaluation of a certain aspect will be randomly deducted."

Liu Mang felt a headache from this task!

Extreme admiration for Kwame Brown?

This guy’s admiration is of no use!

As an All-Star substitute, Liu Mang feels that Kwame Brown has a chance, which is higher than Jason Terry. Jason Terry will not be so favored by other team coaches because he scores too many points.

I got it by playing as the opponent's substitute.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The sixth man, even the best sixth man, has a very small chance of being selected as an All-Star substitute. He only has the chance to become an All-Star. Liu Mang knows this very well. In the future

Ginobili was not selected to the All-Stars when he won the Best Sixth Man Award, but he was selected to the All-Star reserve team in the only two full-time seasons.

Liu Mang was selected as an All-Star in the season when he won the Sixth Man of the Year award. Once he was selected by David Stern and once he was an All-Star.

In Liu Mang's memory, the only player who won the Sixth Man of the Year award and was selected as an All-Star substitute that season was the King of Jingdezhen who he highly respected after the 21st century.

The king is different. Liu Mang silently praised the little fat man who was still fighting asthma.

Like Jason Terry last season, he played very well, but he didn't get to be an All-Star substitute.

But Kwame Brown is a rare inside player in the Eastern Conference. He averages 13.8 points, 12.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game. He is quite outstanding. His performance among centers in the Eastern Conference is second only to O'Neal and Ben Wallace. He has a high chance of being selected for the All-NBA Team.

Star substitute.

But even if Jason Terry is second in scoring for the Hawks this season, averaging 19.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, his chances of being selected as an All-Star substitute are slim.

And with Liu Mang and Iverson, Jason Terry has no chance.

However, even if Kwame Brown has the opportunity to be an All-Star substitute, it will be too difficult for him to become an All-Star!

Unlike Ratliff, who was in the All-Star Game, O'Neal is now in the Eastern Conference!

This bastard parallel import champion, do I need you to help me jump the ball?

But the punishment for failure made Liu Mang feel so bad. This was an All-Star. How could Liu Mang be willing to give it up?

This unlucky parallel import champion!

…

What else can be done?

Liu Mang thought about it carefully. If Kwame Brown is selected as an All-Star, it will be a good thing for the Eagles. For example, during the game, Kwame Brown has the title of All-Star, which will inevitably attract the envy of his opponents.

Hate, the defense against Kwame Brown is tighter. Those guys who feel that they can play according to Kwame Brown before are mentally unbalanced and want to guard Kwame Brown. Then the rest of the Eagles may have better solutions.

Scoring opportunities.

Liu Mang thinks it is feasible to set up a living target to make it easier for him to score...

But it's hard!

Liu Mang thought for a long time and decided that he should make trouble!

To be selected as an All-Star, you have to be popular.

Kwame Brown is also quite popular this season. Firstly, he got rid of the title of parallel import No. 1 pick. Secondly, he is by Liu Mang's side, and he is getting more attention than this season's No. 1 pick, Dwight Howard.

But compared with O'Neal, it's far behind.

Regardless of strength or popularity, O'Neal is the strongest center in the league. Yao Ming was able to defeat him and be elected to the All-Stars because of the unconditional support of domestic fans.

Although Kwame Brown has gained Liu Mang's popularity, Rasheed has not been selected as an All-Star in the past two seasons after Tracy McGrady's popularity has soared. Instead, he has been selected as an All-Star substitute. Kwame Brown can be expected.

It is difficult to be selected as an All-Star. It would be a good thing if O'Neal did not come to the Eastern Conference. If O'Neal, who is still at the tail end of his peak, comes to the Eastern Conference, it is basically impossible for Kwame Brown to become an All-Star.

Therefore, the only thing left to do is to find ways to increase Kwame Brown’s popularity!

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Mang had an idea!

…

Liu Mang came to the gym. After Kwame Brown had finished a set of light lower body strength training, he was leaning on a chair and receiving a relaxing massage from a physical therapist.

Today, everyone only has one or two groups of training in the morning, and there is a competition in the evening, which is just regular training.

"Kwame, are you afraid of O'Neal?" Liu Mang asked, leaning on the chair where Kwame Brown was sitting.

"O'Neal?" Kwame Brown thought of the feeling of being crushed when confronting O'Neal, and replied without hesitation: "Afraid!"

"..." Liu Mang's hand softened and he almost slipped to the ground.

Can this damn parallel high school student have some ambition?

Liu Mang didn't expect Kwame Brown to say so decisively that he was afraid, and asked angrily: "Then every time you play against O'Neal, you still fight as hard as you do when you see the enemy who killed your father?"

What Liu Mang wants to ask most is: If you are so coward, where do you get the courage to be selected as an All-Star?

"Of course! If you can't beat me, you have to fight! Isn't this what you taught me, boss?" Kwame Brown asked strangely.

"Uh..." Liu Mang didn't know what to say. Should he say that this guy has no ambition or that he has ambition?

Liu Mang feels that Kwame Brown has a very good mentality. He fights with all his strength when he gets past, and fights with all his strength when he gets past. That's why he averages more than 13-12 per game now, and he also does a good job on the defensive end.

However, he was a little too "stable". His mentality has been adjusted and he has clearly defined his position as a super blue-collar worker. Liu Mang is very satisfied with this, but now... Liu Mang is a little dissatisfied.

If Kwame Brown knew what Liu Mang was thinking, he would definitely want to cry: How can we, the younger ones, not be steady? The boss is so promiscuous, we can only be steady!
To be continued...