"God is unjust!" Emmanuol looked up to the sky and sighed.

"I'm sorry, we don't believe in God there, we only believe in Guan Erye, the God of Wealth." Liu Mang threw a ball and gave Emmanuol a blank look.

"That's even more unfair, in the entire NBA, you are the only one who is blessed by the God of Wealth, there are too many people to be blessed by God, and it is not my turn." Emmanuol continued to sigh: "Think about the past, we guarded the water cooler together, and now you are an all-star, and I am still guarding the water cooler. ”

"I've got a way for you to be an All-Star." Liu Mang said helplessly.

"What a way! Can I become an All-Star like Sharif? Emmanuol asked excitedly.

"It's much easier than that." Liu Mang said with a smile.

"Tell me! What a good brother, Ace has been brothers all our lives! Emmanuol jumped up in excitement.

"Go buy a piece of tofu and die and be reincarnated, and it is possible to enter the next life." Liu Mang couldn't help but laugh.

"What is tofu?" Emmanuor's focus is always bizarre.

"Well, let's change it to pudding."

“…… Ace, you die! ”

After making a fuss for a while, Liu Mang's training was almost over.

Yesterday afternoon, the NBA announced that the Timberwolves' handsome man Szebiak and the Hawks' Ace Liu respectively replaced the injured East and West ticket kings to enter the All-Star Game, not only dropping nuclear bombs at home, but also causing an uproar in the United States.

These two players, if they say that their strength is weak, they are not weak, but when it comes to the All-Star level, Szzebiak averages 18+4+3 per game, Liu Mang averages 16+1+3 per game, and in terms of data, only Alonzo Mourning, who has entered the All-Star with a mixed face, can fight.

Of course, it is from the weak side.

Liu Mang was selected for the All-Star Game as a second-round rookie and as a substitute for the team, which can be regarded as setting many records.

First of all, Liu Mang was the first player to be selected as an All-Star substitute in his rookie year as a second-round rookie, and secondly, Liu Mang was the first player to be selected as an All-Star substitute in the club team.

It's not that there has never been a club team that has become an All-Star off the bench, that is, Kobe Bryant in 1998, but at that time, Kobe Bryant was an All-Star starter selected by fans, and he was not selected directly by strength by non-coach or official.

Liu Mang became the "first person" in history in this regard! Moreover, there is also a feeling that there is no one before and no one after him.

For a while, there were more and more doubts about the two candidates for the All-Star bench selected by the NBA headquarters, especially for Liu Mang, a rookie, and at the same time, many people felt that there was no big problem with this selection, on the grounds that Liu Mang's appearance had made the Hawks change dramatically.

It's noisy anyway!

No matter which country there is, there is no shortage of people who love to join in the fun, and when they get together, they quarrel.

But there are also people with clear brains.

A very novel post appeared in the largest fan forum.

"Has anyone noticed that almost all of the Western All-Star starters have a grudge against Ace Liu?"

Soon this post, which is different from noisy, saliva, etc., became popular all of a sudden.

"This point of view is very interesting, you don't say I didn't even find it!"

"Oh my God, Liu is so pathetic, it seems that he has defeated two of the most paranoid guys in the West! These two high school students get together, Liu will be sprayed and crying! ”

"It's hard to say, Liu's mouth is also very poisonous."

"It's so interesting, this all-star, will Liu also put on a magical performance on the all-star? It's a pity that this time it's Iverson's All-Star. ”

"What to do, I'm an Iverson fan, but I also want to see Liu defeat Kobe Bryant again!"

"Wait, it looks like Rahim taunted OK too, oh my god, I'm looking forward to it!"

"Haha, I'm ...... too"

“……”

“……”

No matter how sinister the world is, there will always be some people in your world, like a clear stream, which may not bring you warmth, but will always bring something different to your world.

In these years, when a person is going to be hacked, as long as he blacks Kobe, it is right, anyway, no matter what is pulled to Kobe and the Lakers, the hatred is instantly pulled away by this team and this player.

The direction of public opinion has always become confusing......

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……

At noon on February 7, the NBA announced the roster for the All-Star Rookie Game and eventing.

The All-Star Rookie Game lineup is:

First Grade Team: Jason Richardson, Jamal Tinsley, Pau Gasol, Sean Battier, Brendan Haywood, Ace Liu, Tony Parker, Joe Johnson, Gilbert Arenas.

Gilbert Arenas withdrew due to injury and was replaced by former player Andrei Kirilenko, the first time a rookie who had been drafted but didn't make it to the NBA that year played in the All-Star Game.

Second Grade Team: Quentin Richardson, Mike Miller, Kenyon Martin, Lee Nairon, Chris Meeme, Marcus Fetzel, Darius Myers, Desmond Mason, Siddo Turkglou.

The first-year lineup is miserable enough, look at the second-year, it's even worse than the first-year, and Kenyon Martin, the best second-year player, only averages 14 points and 5 boards per game, which is the level of Sean Battier.

There are not many people who pay attention to the All-Star Rookie Game, firstly, the standard of the rookies in the past two years is so poor that just looking at the lineup knows that it must be the performance time of first-year players.

What's more important is that since 2000, when the East and West rookie competition suddenly became a first- and second-year competition, there was not much to watch, at that time, it was to make up for the lack of All-Star Weekend in 1999, and the rookies in 1998 failed to appear in the All-Star Weekend, so make up for them, because 98 and 99 were still draft years, so the fight was very intense, and then the NBA officially determined this kind of confrontation between the first and second grades.

As a result, the rookie in 2000 had to pick his feet, and the sophomores of the class of 99 had no power to resist when they played the first grade in the slam dunk contest, which disappointed the fans.

After taking a look at this year's rookies, except for two or three who were eye-catching, there were no other highlights at all.

Among them, the high-profile Ace Liu was selected for the All-Star Game again, and the last rookie selected for the All-Star Game was Duncan, and the rookie Game Duncan retired directly.

After that, the announcement of the slam dunk contest list attracted much more attention than the rookie game, but unfortunately the final list was very disappointing to the fans.

The final four participants in the slam dunk contest were Desmond Mason, Jason Richardson, Gerard Wallace, and Steve Francis.

Francis was the only one who participated.

The three-point contest was a pleasant surprise for Ray Allen, along with Ace Liu, Mike Miller, Steve Nash, Paul Pearce, Quentin Richardson, Steve Smith, and Peja Stojakovic.

The three-point contest, which was originally the least watched before the All-Star Game, has become one of the most interesting projects, except for Pierce and Big Q, the others are all super shooters with a three-point shooting rate of more than 40% and an average of at least two three-pointers per game.

When all the NBA rosters are announced for the weekend.

The people who were arguing about Liu Mang's entry into the All-Star Game were speechless all of a sudden.

Don't say that it's not what to watch, don't say that so-and-so didn't participate in a certain event, it's so frustrating, I see that almost every list has the same name, and even two entertainment events have ......

This rookie really participated in 5 out of 6 games in three days in addition to the slam dunk contest!

……

……

Liu Mang's teammates are also shocked, this rookie really participates in any game, and wants to dominate the rhythm of the TV screen during the All-Star Weekend!

Liu Mang was selected for the All-Star Game, and the happiest were Jason Terry and Rahim, while the others were happy, but for Liu Mang and NBA players to sign up for such a game as shooting, the league also agreed, and laughed so badly.

Teased by some bad teammates, and singing black songs similar to "Believe in a Family in Love" with Jason Terry and Raheem, Liu Mang huddled in the corner of the training ground at Phillips Arena, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

"Ding...... The system issued a reward mission: Five-Star Shine Philadelphia. ”

"The host relied on his own efforts and good luck to successfully be selected for the All-Star Game in his rookie season, setting a number of records, so the system issued special reward tasks."

"Five Star Yao Philadelphia: The host has signed up for and successfully selected for the five events, and for each best, the number of random intermediate lottery draws in the whole system will be rewarded once (Note: All props including the Rogue Value Draw and the Superstar Value Lottery.) If you successfully collect the five best, the five-star shine will be completed, and the five system-wide random draws can be exchanged for one designated prop lottery. Failure Penalty: None. ”

It's a lot of benefits to be unexpectedly selected as an All-Star substitute! This quest equals a free reward! Although it is said that all random is a little worse than the superstar value lottery, it is a little better than the rogue value lottery, as for the five-star shine......

If it was just this task, Liu Mang would not have cried and laughed again.

"Ding...... The host has a grudge with more than 5 all-star players in the west, and successfully collects the hatred of most of the all-star players in the west, and the task trigger condition is reached, triggering the mission: public enemy in the west. ”

"Public Enemy of the West: The most powerful All-Star player in the West will win over all the All-Stars in the West against the host, Mission 1: The host needs to lead the Eastern All-Stars to defeat the Western All-Stars. 2: Win the All-Star MVP. Complete 1 mission to get a random star card for this year's Western All-Stars, complete two tasks to get a random star card for the Western All-Stars and a random star card for all players in this year's All-Stars. Failure Penalty:. T Sports TV commentator Charles Barkley asked to join us in pole dancing. ”

What about the pit daddy, this is!

Only then did Liu Mang find out that in the top eight in the west, it seemed that except for the calf and the king, all the others had been offended! The Spurs don't seem to be offended, but Duncan is a sincere man! All-stars want to play more seriously, he is really more serious! And the All-Star players of the Kings and Mavericks, except for Chris Webb, are at most out playing soy sauce, and they can't have too much time to play.

And almost all of the All-Star players in the West are from the top eight teams, and the only ones who are not the top eight teams are Francis and Brand, Brand seems to have come out to mock himself when he had an affair with Jessica Alba, not to mention Francis, Liu Mang feels that the future is bleak......

This is still considering that he has a lot of playing time in the All-Star Game and is targeted by the opponent and cannot complete the task, Liu Mang thought about it carefully, these factors may not be able to meet the task at all and fail! How can I have so much time to play and compete for any MVP!

"Ding...... In view of the fact that it is too difficult for the host to complete the mission of the public enemy in the west, and there is almost no possibility of completing it, the system specially provides temporary skills: 1. Absolute Leader (temporary). 2. On-field coach (temporary). ”

"Absolute Leader: Have the absolute voice and leadership spirit of your team. (Valid until 23:59 on February 17, 2002.) ）”

"On-field coaching: Coaching authority and execution in the game. (Valid until 23:59 on February 17, 2002.) ）”

Liu Mang shrank in the corner, what this system gives is really powerful! But what's the use! You have to have an All-Star coach who is Coach Kruger...... Well?

Liu Mang, who was heartbroken and happy, suddenly remembered that if there were not too many accidents, wouldn't the Eastern coach of the All-Star Game be his own coach!

The Hawks are now 33-15 and have four games left before the All-Star Weekend, and in second place is the 32-16 Nets, who are worse than the Hawks after entering January, and are directly overtaken by the Hawks.

But after the Hawks' last 6 games, 3 wins and 3 losses, the Nets have chased the record gap to only 1 win, and they are not far from the Hawks!

And the Hawks will go back to back next, first home and then away against the Nets!

These two games! Liu Mang's eyes flashed, he had to win!

Beat to death and didn't fit the fat man Barkley to pole dance together...... No, Liu Mang's voice is that we must maintain the first position in the east!

"System boss, those two skills provided are valid now, right?" Liu Mang asked in his heart.

"Yes, it is valid for a long time until the skill validity time is reached."

Liu Mang feels that there is nothing that cannot be solved by one skill, and one skill cannot be solved...... Then the only option is to pole dance with a masked face.

"Whew, try absolute leadership first!" Liu Mang is a little afraid, he is just a rookie! If you come out like a boss and make your teammates obedient, will you be beaten to death? Or will they be killed?

Give it a try!

Liu Mang came to the center of the training ground, and his hands were a little trembling and clapped his hands, attracting the attention of his teammates.

"OK, everyone come and listen to me!" Liu Mang's voice was a little weak.

However, what made Liu Mang's heart feel a little relieved was that although his teammates were puzzled, they all surrounded him, including Jason Terry and Raheem.

In fact, Liu Mang himself has a certain amount of leadership, and with the temporary skill of absolute leadership, his words have become very valued by his teammates when it comes to the game.

According to the thought of the rhetoric, Liu Mang took a deep breath and said: "OK, now we are the first in the East, but our recent game situation is not good, the opponent we are about to face is the biggest enemy who is competing with us for the first place in the East, we can't relax a little in the next two games, I hope everyone can work with me to defeat the Nets and open the gap with them!" Sit firmly in the first place in the East! ”

Liu Mang's words...... It's not uplifting at all, it's not infectious, it's just a very ordinary statement of goals, and sure enough, there is no sound of piapiapia clapping after the legendary team leader finishes speaking.

To be honest, Liu Mang can do a good job as a leader on the field, but off the field, he can't lead it when he is given absolute leadership.

But the effect is still good.

"Ace is right! The first one is already ours, so we can't let people snatch him away! Just like the woman we fancy must not let the opponent's players snatch it away, brothers, kill the Nets! Jason Terry raised his arms and shouted, and the whole team began to yell at the Nets.

Fuck you sister! Liu Mang looked at Jason Terry's vulgar words, which brought a completely different effect, people are more popular than people!

Say yes to absolute leadership!

"Jason Terry was infected by the host's words, and his response is also one of the manifestations of the host's absolute leadership."

The system said coldly.

"......" Liu Mang felt that he had suffered internal injuries......

"Eh, Ace, are you trying to make sure the team is No. 1 in the East and have Coach Krueger as an All-Star coach?" Emmanuol leaned in front of Liu Mang, who was suffering from internal injuries, and said.

This fat man is really smart! It's a pity that the cleverness is all about how to make rich teammates invite guests to nightclubs to help pay the bill, instead of putting it on basketball, and I am blind to such a good physical fitness.

This is after entering the 90s, NBA income began to skyrocket after a lot of negative effects, unlike the seventies and eighties, players play purely for honor, the 80s are slightly better, in the seventies, NBA players and ABA players income is not as high as a more powerful lawyer or doctor, and even some very good accounting salaries are higher than the NBA and ABA players at that time, playing is really for dreams, only when you become a superstar, can you have endorsement and money.

At that time, the NBA and the ABA were both so poor that they were going bankrupt, and finally the two leagues merged to form the current NBA.

Now the worst in the NBA is four or five hundred thousand dollars a year, and millions of dollars a year can be seen everywhere, of course, for the dream still continue to fight for the dream, but it is inevitable that many players will not care about playing after having more money, and play just to make money.

"Bingo, Emmanuol you guessed it!" Liu Mang said helplessly, you are very smart.

"Haha, I knew Ace wanted to be an All-Star starter!" Emmanuol laughed.

Forehead...... So that's the case, no wonder, Emmanuol thought so, but ...... It is absolutely impossible for Liu Mang to play the starter!

"No, even if our coach becomes an All-Star coach, I will let Jason be the starter, I don't deserve." Liu Mang refused quite decisively.

"Ace, you're such a brother! But I'm not going to start either, the coach probably won't let us start, maybe Kidd, they're old-timers, we can't compete with him for a place. Jason Terry reminded Liu Mang, "It's still very important to talk about seniority in the NBA, don't offend people if you don't have to, anyway, the coach is our team, don't offend the careful eye for the name of a starter, we just need to play more time." ”

Liu Mang didn't expect Jason Terry to have such a delicate side!

That's right, a big mouth like Jason Terry, with a poisonous mouth, as a rookie, he can endure it on his own, and finally became so good because of some unexpected relationship.

But Jason Terry has always had a good relationship with the team boss, and will have good relationships with the Mavericks, Rockets, and Nets in the future.

At the same time, Jason Kidd is indeed not a person with a big heart, don't be deceived by looks, what Dallas 3J robs women, and Byron Scott does not agree, and the Russian boss of the Nets, etc., all show that this is not a trouble-free person, the evaluation in the United States is that the ball skills are high, and the character is not very appreciated, but the Chinese people have the innate "old man is highly respected" The idea is infused.

In fact, many things in reality are not that the old man has become bad, but that the bad man has become old!

It seems that the teammates do have the fighting spirit to compete for the first place in the East, and if you think about it, they are all young people, and they should not want to admit defeat.

However, with the fighting spirit, Liu Mang still hurts the schedule.

Another 5 days 4 races! No. 8 and No. 9 played the Nets successively, and No. 11 and No. 12 played the Suns and Heat at home!