All-Star Weekend is over!

The carnival in Atlanta continues, and Liu Mang won the All-Star Grand Slam, setting NBA history and allowing Atlanta fans to see what a rising young superstar looks like.

Generally speaking, low-pick rookies, no matter how well they play, will be said to be instant combat power, no talent, just like after last season, people have a high evaluation of Liu Mang's rookie season, but the evaluation of various media has a feeling that the rookie is the peak.

But a slam dunk king arrived, so Liu Mang was immediately crowned the title of the most talented player in the class of 2001.

On February 17th, the morning of the second day of the All-Star Weekend, Liu Mang drank skim milk and made cereal, looking at the comments about himself in the news, Liu Mang felt that these media were really strange.

However, he has completely become the leader of the rookies in the same class, and Liu Mang feels good.

It's a pity that this kind of leisurely breakfast time with milk cereal and vegetable salad is difficult to enjoy again for a while.

In the afternoon, Liu Mang will follow the team to Houston to continue the brutal and unsolvable schedule.

Liu Mang thought that this leisurely breakfast might be the last leisurely breakfast in the next month or so, and suddenly felt cold in his heart.

But watching the news, I suddenly felt that Liu Mang was very strange, as if something was wrong.

By the way, Uncle Ben is going to fight the Western Sixth Guest, Dinah! Shouldn't you come to sell a cute gift or something?,Why don't you see anyone in the morning?

When I was just making cereal, I saw this little Lori sneaking up and down the stairs.

Liu Mang went to Dinah's room to take a look, there was no one, and when he went to the kitchen, there was still no one...... Finally, I found this little Lori in a room that I thought was an empty room.

I don't know when, this room was "rebuilt" into an honorary "museum", Liu Mang's All-Star Weekend trophies, best rookie trobes, best sixth man trophies, etc., were neatly arranged, and there was a card in front of the trophy with some similar comments written in crooked Chinese.

Seeing that little Lori was writing something in front of the trophy of the slam dunk contest she just got two days ago, she didn't even notice that she came in, that kind of serious look...... Sure enough, the serious little Lori is the cutest!

Liu Mang watched quietly for a while, then closed the door gently, preparing not to disturb the serious Dinah.

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After the seven-day All-Star weekend break, the Hawks embarked on a six-game road trip.

First of all, the Hawks came to the space city of Houston, and the first game of the six-game road trip was the away game against the Rockets.

The Rockets have been in good form lately, gaining the upper hand in the race for eighth place in the West with the Suns, and although Yao Ming has been a bit sluggish lately, the rookies are like this, and the Suns' Stoudemire has also been targeted for not shooting and falling into the rookie game.

However, Francis and old cat Mobley are in good shape, and it looks like the Rockets have hope of returning to the playoffs this year.

In the case that Yao Ming and Stoudemire have similar data and the team's record is similar, it can basically be determined that whoever enters the playoffs will be the best rookie, and the whole vote is because the Suns entered the playoffs, and Stoudemire won the best rookie, and the two are only less than ten first votes.

In Liu Mang's memory, the Rockets have always been a magical team, obviously they didn't deliberately put it badly, they had inexplicably high picks and stars, and the rebuilding was completed before they knew it, and they became a competitive team.

Just like now, the trio of Francis, Old Cat Mobley, and Yao Ming have talent and strength.

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On the night the Eagles came to Houston, Yao Ming came to the hotel and picked up Liu Mang at his house.

Yao Ming is really a standard domestic man, diligent and thrifty, bought a villa, actually bought a middle-class villa in Houston, the price is 450,000 US dollars, the house covers an area of very ordinary, said to have two floors, in fact, there are three rooms, two living rooms, a kitchen and a dining room, plus the bathroom that Americans inexplicably love very much.

The house is generally big, and there is no yard or anything, just a flower bed at the door of the house, not so much a villa, but a single-family house is more suitable......

Liu Mang feels that this kind of life is also great, mainly because there are neighbors and it is closer, Levia's home is good, but Yao Ming's life Liu Mang feels more suitable for himself.

But...... If Liu Mang was to be replaced, he would not be willing to be killed.

Just kidding, everyone will sigh a little hypocrisy, just like Jack Ma hypocritically said that he prefers to be a college teacher and receive a salary every month, just like pretending to be hypocritical.

But it's not bad to get a feel for it once in a while.

Yao Ming is really a standard domestic bachelor, and he actually invited guests to order takeout, which is simply ...... It's too much for Liu Mang's appetite, they are all big old men, and there is no girl, it is embarrassing to go to that kind of high-end restaurant, and ordering takeout is too in line with the living habits of Chinese.

Liu Mang asked Yao Ming to order a vegetable salad for himself.

Eating takeout, the two chatted.

Yao Ming fell into a period of confusion after experiencing the rookie wall in January that he was pitted by his compatriots and did not know it, whether it was to gain weight to increase his ability to card and dominate in the low position; Or do you want to be a flexible pitcher and a tall pitcher in your future?

This needs Yao Ming to decide by himself, Yao Ming asked Liu Mang, although Liu Mang is young, he has many ghost ideas, and he entered the NBA a year ago, Yao Ming attaches great importance to Liu Mang's opinion.

Liu Mang wouldn't tell Yao Ming directly what he should do so hastily, he just analyzed the pros and cons of the two development directions for Yao Ming, and let Yao Ming make his own decision.

Weight gain, with Yao Ming's height and this height's surprisingly good flexibility and feel, he can have a strong dominance and rebounding ability second only to O'Neal on the inside, and become a dominant center.

But the downside is that it's injury-prone, and it's best to take a dozen games off in the regular season each year, just like O'Neal.

In addition to the world-class competitions, that is, the Olympic Games and the World Championships, there are other miscellaneous Asian events that can be guaranteed in order to ensure health.

This is Liu Mang's analysis of Yao Ming's original career.

Yao Ming has been reimbursed continuously and retired before the age of 30, which is definitely not just a problem for the national team, nor just for the team.

It's a question of how to use it.

Liu Mang didn't know exactly how to give Yao Ming's advice, so he directly referred to O'Neal to give Yao Ming's advice, Yao Ming trained harder by himself, if he could participate in less irrelevant games like O'Neal, not be destroyed under Adelman, the original Thibodeau, and pay more attention to rest, even if his career would definitely be longer.

And the second development direction, similar to Gasol and Nowitzki, does not gain weight, plays outside flexible offense, Yao Ming can play, he is now that way of playing, this style of play can have a long career, and it is estimated that there is no big problem in playing the national team game, just like Gasol Nowitzki's European Cup, World Championships, and Olympics almost all over but without any major injuries, this style of play is not easy to get injured.

But this style of play is basically not so-called dominance, and Yao Ming does not have Gasol's organizational ability, so he may become a better scorer who can score inside and outside, but just like Nowitzki and Gasol have been called soft eggs all year round, there is no dominance at all.

Liu Mang told Yao Ming his views on the two development directions, the pros and cons, and how to choose, mainly depends on Yao Ming himself.