After playing the Timberwolves on January 30, the Hawks returned to Atlanta the next day, and they didn't have time to rest, and on the morning of February 1, the NBA officially announced the All-Star bench selected by the coach.

The Eastern Conference All-Star bench lineup is: Alonzo Mourning of the Heat, Paul Pierce of the Celtics, Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers, Jason Kidd of the Nets, Tracy McGrady of the Magic, Ray Allen of the Bucks, and Jason Terry of the Hawks.

The Western Conference All-Star bench lineup is: Gary Payton of the SuperSonics, Chris Webb and Peja Stojakovic of the Kings, Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash of the Mavericks and Michael Finley, Elton Brand of the Clippers.

Jason Terry finally squeezed into the All-Star bench!

But the Hawks players didn't give Jason Terry time to celebrate, with No. 1 and No. 2 back-to-back games against the Warriors and Raptors at home.

The future old injury Gilbert Arenas is also one of the popular players in this rookie, a rare player who averages a double-double per game in this rookie, but his knees are really brittle, and he is basically reimbursed after playing 37 games in his rookie season, and he withdrew from the competition for the best rookie team, and the prediction is to return in April, but by then it will be too late.

In addition to Arenas, the Warriors, who were also No. 1 in the West last season and second-to-last in the league, also had Jason Richardson, who was drafted with the No. 5 pick.

Speaking of the 2001 draft, the Bulls and Warriors really poured blood mold for the team that was rotten for a year last year, the first three picks of the Warriors did not get any of them, fell to fifth, and the Bulls did not get the top pick - Kwame Brown, so look at it, the Bulls are not bad, and the boxing champion is not bad.

There's really nothing to say about Kwame Brown's physical gifts and high school ball intelligence, especially defensively.

Jason Richardson had a miserable start to the season and was suppressed by the expressive Arenas, but after Arenas was injured in early January, Jason Richardson had absolute possession of the ball and averaged 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, which was very powerful.

But Jason Richardson's performance in the first two months or so was very average, except for dunks, resulting in an average of 10 points now, and may have an average of 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game by the end of the season.

However, although Jason Richardson has good statistics recently, it is a bit difficult to threaten Liu Mang's reputation as the first rookie guard in this year, and the gap in record is too big.

Especially when the two teams played each other directly this time, the Hawks did not make the same mistake as they lost to the Bulls last time, no matter whether they felt good or not, they had a firm belief in defense from the beginning, and they could not be despised because their opponents were weak.

No. 1 in the East! With a rare sitting, how can a Hawks player give it back to the Nets or Pistons?

From the beginning, the Hawks did not give the Warriors a chance, Liu Mang did not keep his hand in the face of the opponent of the same class, scored consecutive points after coming on the court, and scored 15 points in the first half to firmly suppress Jason Richardson.

The current dunk king is not the sharpshooter in the future, and the scoring depends on wild shooting, of course, this is also the way the Warriors cultivate rookies, anyway, they are all rotten, so they will give the two rookies crazy, but unfortunately the season with better talent that can be seen by the naked eye will be reimbursed less than half of the season.

At 116-87, the Hawks slaughtered the Warriors at home to win two straight games, improving their record to 32-13, and gradually widening the gap with the Nets, who have lost 15 games, and the Pistons, who have lost 16 games.

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Sitting first in the East and having two more players on the All-Star bench, the Atlanta media finally couldn't help but praise the Hawks, blowing a gong, drum, and firecrackers......

You can't do this character-ruining thing!

Everyone thinks that in the face of a Raptors who Carter is basically going to be reimbursed this season, the Hawks can win easily, but the Raptors who come to Atlanta with the mentality of mourning and winning are a group of dragons roaring and overturning the slackened Hawks.

Carter didn't really reimburse again, and he only applied for reimbursement just to get an extra spot and an injury exception to sign that Bourro Rican player Carlos Arroyo on a short contract.

If Carter recovers from knee surgery two months later and then comes back, it is enough to say that the injury recovery exceeds expectations, which is a common thing in the NBA, and the league also turns a blind eye, and it is impossible not to even sign a ten-day short contract space for others, which is a compliant operation.

After losing to the Raptors, the Hawks came to Oakland with grievances and did the Warriors again, and the Warriors were also unlucky, meeting the Hawks who had just lost, and were killed by more than 20 points, 121-97, and the Hawks were away from the Warriors.

The Warriors probably saved up character for the selection of a few superstar players in a row after the Black Eight, and it will probably take several years.

After playing the Warriors, the Hawks flew to Phoenix again, and in the final game of the first 5 days and 4 games, they played away against the Suns, who are 10th in the West.

The game wasn't as easy to play as bullying the Warriors, with the inside and outside duo of Stephen Marbury and Sean Marion, and a second team led by Penny Hardaway on the bench, the Suns gave the Hawks, who were exhausted from consecutive campaigns, a head-on blow.

Stephen Marbury exploded with 17 points and 15 assists, and Sean Marion had 23 points and 19 rebounds as the two led the Suns to a 97-83 home win over the Hawks.

Liu Mang saw that Marbury's organization of offense was so strong, and it was not as independent as he imagined, and he was even quite selfless, giving the ball when he had the opportunity, except for making more mistakes, he really couldn't see where he was alone.

Say okay lone wolf!

Liu Mang handed over this doubt to Rahim, who is also the 96 golden generation, Rahim wondered why Liu Mang had such an idea, before Nash had not risen, Marbury was the best assist player in the 96 golden generation, although Marbury had the nickname of a lonely wolf, but there was no nickname of a selfish wolf.

The "du" in the understanding of Chinese fans translates into English as selfish.

Liu Mang learned about it and learned that Marbury and the Timberwolves collapsed to seek a trade in order to get a big contract, and in the eyes of Americans, the wolf king candidate who left the wolf pack was the wolf who failed, the lone wolf.

Lone wolf, lone wolf...... Liu Mang feels that his IQ is not enough, or the language art of the Chinese people is too explosive, and a name can actually "change" the characteristics of a player's playing style. ”

In fact, if you have seen Marbury's style of play when he was almost 40 years old, it should be clear that this product is not unique at all......

In China, in fact, many media reported on the NBA after Yao Ming entered the NBA, and even didn't know that there was an NBA before, thinking that Yao Ming was the invincible one in the world of basketball, and directly abbreviated the lone wolf as a lone wolf......

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Finally, after the first five days and four games, the Hawks returned to Atlanta to get two days off, and counting the flight, it was actually just over a day, and on the 8th and 9th, the Hawks will play back-to-back home and away games in what the media called a "preview of the Eastern Conference Finals".

Back in the parking lot of the Atlanta airport, Liu Mang, who was exhausted and mainly mentally exhausted, just wanted to take the bus home, and after receiving a phone call, Coach Kruger directly pulled Liu Mang into his car.

"Coach, what's the matter?" Liu Mang asked.

"Good thing, follow me to the arena." Coach Krueger seems a little excited.

"A good thing? Could it be that Uncle Callahan brought his precious granddaughter to me as a girlfriend? "Liu Mang has been following Emmanuol for a long time, and he has learned badly.

"Dream on! If Steven knew that you had the idea of beating his granddaughter, he would probably fight with you, and the cow would still want to stick his head out when he graze, so don't harm someone's granddaughter. Coach Kruger said helplessly.

Cows eat grass and want to stick their heads out? Liu Mang didn't understand it, but he probably understood that the American version of rabbits doesn't eat the grass next to the nest.

But what a scourge! Could it be that the master is a scourge of other people's daughters in your mind?

Liu Mang was also joking, but he was really curious about what was the good thing?

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An hour later, Liu Mang and Coach Kruger came to the Phillips Arena, and Coach Kruger took him to the office of the owner, Steven Price, who came to the team today.

In addition to Steven Price, Liu Mang also saw a man who seemed to be a little familiar, but his painting style was somewhat strange.

"Oh, Ace, Lang, you're finally back, this is the official CEO Adam Silva." Steven Price was excited and enthusiastic to introduce Adam Silva, who had a lot of hair, to the two.

It was the first time Coach Kruger had officially met the VP and shook hands politely.

It was Liu Mang, who was a little incredulous when he shook hands.

The school flower actually has hair!

This......

What will the future school flower experience?

Manu, you're not alone!

"Hello, Ace, I'm going to fly to Los Angeles in a while, so I'll get straight to the point, congratulations on becoming an alternate All-Star for the 2002 Philadelphia All-Star Weekend, replacing Vince Carter, who retired due to injury." After Adam Silva finished speaking, he handed Liu Mang the trophy engraved with the English name of Ace Liu.

Liu Mang, who was studying the hair of the school flower, didn't react for a while, took the small trophy, took a look, and was not as handsome as the All-Star MVP, and habitually said when he took other people's things: "Thank you." ”

It came a little suddenly! Liu Mang reacted for a while, and when Adam Silva was gone, and the boss excitedly pulled Coach Kruger to discuss something, Liu Mang walked to the parking lot and found that his "car" was not there, only to remember that he seemed to be riding in Coach Kruger's car, and his bicycle was still at home!

In the eyes of the other three, Liu Mang's performance was not very exciting, very atmospheric, very future "superstar" demeanor, and his mental endurance was awesome, worthy of the "hidden genius" who climbed up from the second round.

In fact, Liu Mang didn't react for a while because this thing that he had never considered came too suddenly......