"Steve, didn't your two daughters come with you?"

"Bella and Laura? They are only four months old. It is too inconvenient to take them out."

"What a pity..." Liu Mang remembered that Nash would become a national father-in-law in the future, and wanted to take a look early.

"Next time you come to Phoenix, I'll treat you to dinner so you can see it."

"That's great. Twins are great. Having two at a time doesn't have to be so troublesome."

"Haha, you are right Ace, but don't you know what fun you have here?" Nash looked at the Georgia Tech Jackets players training in front of him speechlessly. He and Liu Mang finished lunch.

Later, he asked Liu Mang to take him around Atlanta. Who knew that Liu Mang took him to the training ground of the Georgia Tech basketball team, signed a bunch of autographs, and then watched a group of people come to watch the game because of the two MVP favorites.

And the excited boys performed dunks.

Don’t you know I can’t dunk? The dunk king is amazing!

"There isn't much fun in Atlanta..." Liu Mang thought for a while, but he really couldn't think of anything particularly fun in Atlanta.

"How about the Martin Luther King Memorial? I haven't been there yet."

"What fun is there? It's just a bunch of red walls. You are white and I am Chinese..."

"Where's Stone Mountain Park?"

"A pile of rocks is not as beautiful as the central square in Phoenix."

"There seems to be your NBA court dance performance over at the Olympic Plaza. Let's go and see it together?"

"It only happened that night, and there's nothing interesting to see. Tyshawn dances every day, let him perform it for you. There is a tattered Holy Fire Cup. No one has polished it in several years. It's full of ashes...

"

"Where is CNN's television headquarters?"

"Dolan hates me so much. Last time I took Dinah to visit and they asked me to buy a ticket! I won't go!"

"...How about the aquarium?"

"I've seen enough of those few fish..."

"..." After listening to Liu Mang's explanation, Nash really lost interest in Atlanta's attractions.

Nash couldn't help but ask: "Ace, you don't like Atlanta here?"

"No, I like it very much, but I have taken Dinah to those places too many times." Liu Mang responded.

Just like ordinary people who stay in a place for a long time, they will feel that everything there is normal. Liu Mang is also like this.

Nash was speechless: You've been there, but I haven't! I only come to Atlanta once a year, and it seems like you've never received me well!

But Nash is used to it, Liu Mang has always been like that.

After watching Liu Mang's training for a while, and then walking around the school twice, Nash felt that it was pretty good. When he was with Liu Mang, he was not as impetuous as when he was playing with other NBA players.

Although Liu Mang can easily make people angry with his words in private, in general, it is easier to stay with Liu Mang.

The main reason is that Nash's mentality has changed now. After a star reaches a high position, opponents, teammates, media, and fans will all have too strong feelings for the star. This is what Nash is like now.

Nash himself did not expect to become the favorite for MVP. This gave him an overwhelming sense of psychological accomplishment, but with it came pressure.

It's just that Nash didn't feel too much pressure on Liu Mang, who was also the favorite for MVP, and it wasn't the first time he became the favorite for MVP and had already won the MVP once. This was something Nash envied Liu Mang.

I walked around Georgia Tech for a while. The school is not big. It is considered very small among first-class universities. It doesn’t even have its own football field or soccer field. It only took an hour to watch the training and visit the school. Liu Mang and Nash

They were all uninterested and planned to go to Phillips Arena to train together.

Although they are rivals, there is no problem in training together.

The two arrived at the parking lot at the school gate and prepared to drive to Phillips Arena.

"By the way, Ace, why isn't Tracy here? I thought he would come to have lunch with us." Nash asked after getting in the car, he had wanted to ask before.

"Tracy hates you. If it weren't for you, he would be the assist leader with 11.6 assists per game." Liu Mang forced a wave of blackmail.

"..."

…

The meeting between Liu Mang and Nash was very harmonious. They didn't dislike each other like the two biggest MVP rivals, nor were they particularly enthusiastic. They were just like a friendship between gentlemen, as plain as water.

When they meet, they can chat. When they don't meet, they won't deliberately contact each other.

During the training with Nash, the two did not conduct one-on-one training. They were both wary of each other's strength. They only practiced three sets of shooting, 50 balls per shot, and spent an hour training.

After training, Liu Mang sent Nash back to the hotel.

The Eagles did not practice today because they had just played five consecutive home games. Although it was a home game, there were no other back-to-backs except the first game. However, there was only one day of rest between each two games, so the physical exertion was still there.

It's relatively big. In order to play against the Suns, the Eagles have a rest today and will conduct tactical training tomorrow.

However, the Hawks have been planning their tactical plans against the Kings and Suns since they played the Celtics. The main tactical plan against the Suns has been prepared for a long time.

When Liu Mang saw Nash walking into the hotel door, he did not drive away immediately, but asked the system: "System boss, what is Nash's ability evaluation?"

"Steve Nash, ability evaluation 96, offense 98, defense 70, three-pointer 92, mid-range shot 91, layup 90, speed 93, strength 77, endurance 99, passing 100... Talent skills: Son of the Wind."

Too strong! Liu Mang noticed something was wrong and asked the system: "System boss, hasn't Nash reached his peak yet? He will be 31 years old next month!"

"Ding... Steve Nash is past his prime. After he came to the Suns, he released his restricted strength, but he is already past his physiological peak."

"..."

The ability evaluation of 96 is past its peak... How many people are you going to piss off?

Looking at Nash's shooting measurements, it's enough. Except for directly attacking the basket, which is slightly worse, he is "only" at the top level. The mid-range shot of 91 is top-notch in any era. Only three players in this country have 90 three-pointers.

The age of ability evaluation is also strong enough, especially endurance, 99,...passing is full value...that is, the defense is too poor, such a good offense and such a good passing, which lowers the overall ability evaluation.

Regarding the fact that the peak is past, Liu Mang is right when he thinks about it. At the age of 31, a player may have better skills, playing mentality, and playing experience than when he was 27 or 28 years old, but physical talent is the most important thing in basketball.

What's important is that Nash's physical talent is his physical fitness, ball feel, touch, speed, etc. However, the 31-year-old Nash's body is not as good as when he was at his strongest...

Even Jordan was the strongest at the age of 28. His average of 31.5 points per game was not his highest scoring season, but his field goal percentage of 53.9% was the highest in his career, and his overall efficiency, or PER, reached 31.6.

The highest in his career, the offensive efficiency was the best year of his career. The offensive efficiency reached 14.9, and the defensive efficiency of 5.4 was also the best defensive player level. However, the Bulls already had Pippen at the time, and Jordan's defensive role was ignored.

few.

Including Kobe and James, both were at their peak around the age of 28. Kobe averaged 35 points per game at the age of 28. The reason why James' seasons in the second half of the 28th year and the first half of the 29th year are regarded as his strongest years is that

It was because his offensive efficiency was as high as 14.6 and his defensive efficiency was as high as 4.7 that year, second only to Marc Gasol, the best defensive player of the season.

These era-level superstars are still playing very well even at the age of 31 or even 32 or 33. Jordan started his second three consecutive championships at the age of 33. Kobe almost won the scoring title at the age of 33 but suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon. James was 33

At the age of 28, they forcibly dragged the Cavaliers into the finals and had their heads shaved... But no matter how strong they were later, they were not as strong as they were when they were 28 years old. It's just that when they were not that strong, they were better than others, and they were at their peak.

There is still a gap in comparison.

Once you reach the peak, even if you only fall a little, you have already fallen.

Liu Mang was inexplicably regretful that he didn't see Nelson use running and gunning to let Nash lead the team when Nash was at his peak. There was nothing he could do about it. Nash went to the Mavericks later. When he arrived at the Mavericks, Nowitzki had already

He is one of the strongest power forwards in the league. He has cultivated an inside core and a point guard that has been abandoned by other teams. Even Nelson would not dare to give up the style of play that Nowitzki is good at and let Nash be the core.

Insiders are always more popular than outsiders. If Nelson did that, he would probably be strangled to death by Cuban.

It is a pity that Nash, who was theoretically at his strongest, could not see him play on a team that is truly suitable for him. Liu Mang was a little regretful.

But considering that Nash still won the assists title in 2011, Nash's decline was extremely slow, and there was still a long time to play, Liu Mang didn't feel so unhappy.

Nothing can be perfect, there will always be some regrets.

…

Liu Mang returned home. It was Saturday today, so Dinah was at home. When she saw Liu Mang coming back, Dinah played a little song for Liu Mang on the guitar she had just learned.

"How's it going, uncle, isn't Dinah amazing?" The little Loli looked forward to encouragement.

"It's not that good, Dinah, please change the instrument..." It's not that Liu Mang doesn't want to encourage, but what is he playing! He didn't hear it as a piece of music at all...

"Uncle! Dinah will never play guitar to uncle again!" Dinah angrily threw the guitar into Liu Mang's arms and ran upstairs...

A few minutes later, Dinah came down with a flyer and came next to Liu Mang: "Uncle, do you think it's okay for Dinah to learn piano?"

"I remember Dinah, you seem to have learned piano, right?" Liu Mang thought of the piano that had been moved to the warehouse.

"Dina didn't like music then, but she does now."

"Then learn from it, come on, don't disturb the neighbors."

"Then uncle, help Dinah pay to go to the piano class to learn piano!" Dinah handed the flyer to Liu Mang.

"Okay..." Liu Mang didn't care too much about how much it would cost to learn a musical instrument. After paying a month's tuition for a guitar class, it was only two thousand dollars... "Holy crap! Five lessons a week, one lesson.

2,000 yuan for 40 minutes? Why not grab it! What kind of piano classroom is there for a pianist who has performed at the Golden Hall in Vienna? A bad old man in his 60s is so greedy for money..."

Seeing the tuition fee of 10,000 US dollars per week, Liu Mang felt like he was going to vomit blood!

This thing is really for rich people! The tuition fee for two more months of study is more expensive than some very good pianos!

Liu Mang thought about it, it seemed that learning the guitar for two more months would be more expensive than the guitar, but a slightly better guitar would not be more expensive... Of course, this was considering Dinah's living environment.

"I have no money, go to your mother!" Liu Mang decisively broke his promise.
To be continued...