Yao Ming went to New York to prepare for the next NBA official public tryout held for him.

It is estimated that this is the first time that the NBA has held a joint tryout for a single player.

And there are 28 teams going to participate in this trial on May 20th, a beautiful day to show love.

Including the Eagles, they all want to see Yao Ming's trial after he is ready.

As for the exceptions among the 29 teams in the league, the Huskies said that they really lost five first-round picks just like their team's nickname, and they didn't have a first-round pick until the '05 draft, saying they didn't understand what the draft meant.

Liu Mang's side, because the Eagles have to conduct many trials before the draft, and because they have already determined which people to choose, the subsequent trials are just to select some people to play in the summer league, it is useless to ask Liu Mang's vision, everyone has been determined, those more talented Eagles have been invited, Liu Mang has taken a fancy to it, and he can't choose it.

This year and the next year are both draft years, and it is impossible to exchange next year's picks for this year, and next year is a super draft year that has long been targeted by various bad teams, although this year is also a draft year, but next year's picks at the end of the first round can catch up with the middle of this year's first round.

In order not to make Liu Mang unhappy, the coach regretted, and he was also upset, Steven Price informed Liu Mang to rest for a while, and then open the training ground for him to train after the draft.

Although the Eagles still have three rounds of trials or even a lot of trials, they are just to hide people's eyes, and there will always be people who the team wants to announce that they have been cut off by other teams.

And the secret tryouts of the three rookies who decided to be selected will also be carried out frequently, mainly to reassure them that they will not go to other teams' locations for trials.

Yes, it's just rubbing rice.

Many black players who are basically impossible to be selected will go around rubbing air tickets, hotels, and meals, and sometimes people's biggest pursuit at this stage is to have food.

Only then did Liu Mang know that it was no wonder that Rahim, Jason Terry, and Muhammad had made an appointment to go to Miami for a vacation and train together, and they already had experience.

In fact, at this stage, the entire NBA, and Liu Mang is a special case, only he will train in the arena in the summer when his career is already clear, he has been confirmed to be a star of the team, and he has a big contract in the future.

Now it's not like more than ten years later, if you win the best rookie, you may be traded immediately, and you won't be able to play in two years, but now you can win the best rookie, even if it's Mike Miller in 2000, if you change teams, a lot of teams are rushing to ask for it, this year, after the rookie contract of the best rookie ends, it is six or seven million a year, and most of them start with an annual salary of tens of millions.

After many players enter the NBA, even if it is only a late first round, they are not famous, and they will take out loans to buy cars and houses, and then most of them will go bankrupt if they can't play.

Liu Mang is not busy signing endorsements to make a lot of money after becoming famous, which is really an example of an example.

It is also the place where the Eagles management is funny and feels very appreciative and feels that Liu Mang is very worthy of training, in addition to the fact that Liu Mang is Chinese, hard work and strength are also very important, Battle and Wang Zhizhi are not still Chinese, but they cannot bring economic benefits.

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Liu Mang sat on the plane to Los Angeles and despised the three guys who went to Miami for a vacation without him.

Isn't it because the master can't drink and can't go to nightclubs! These three bastards.

However, Liu Mang was very depressed, and he was going to Los Angeles to find Maddie, who was training with Kobe, and Carter, who was recovering from his injury in Los Angeles, and Mao had two girls and a drag oil bottle to go with.

Dinah's school, just after Children's Day, had a week of classes, and then it was summer vacation.

And the loser was put from June 15th to September 15th, a full three months.

In a frenzy.

Liu Mang remembered that when he was a child, he didn't have a holiday until the day of July, and then he had to go to the Children's Palace during the summer vacation...... Comparisons are odious.

Children should study hard and make up lessons every day! What a holiday!

Then I heard that Liu Mang was going to Los Angeles to find Maddie, Dinah was also clamoring to go, Levia also wanted to go to Los Angeles to buy clothes, and Alexia heard about it and wanted to come with her.

Then Liu Mang's planned trip to a lonely prodigal son turned into a drag in the eyes of others.

"Aida, have you been to Los Angeles before?"

"I went on a high school graduation trip, and I worked every day in college, so I didn't have time to go out again."

"Part-time job? Didn't Ace say you had a lot of fun in college? You seem to be the school girl! ”

"How can Ace say so exaggerated! I just like to dress up and go to parties......"

Levia and Alexia began to talk about the gossip they had in college, and Liu Mang felt that the two women were like a flock of ducks making noise together, and they would not sit next to each other if they knew it.

Hell, the first class seats on this flight were sold to the four of them, and half of them were still empty, so Levia and Alexia just drank coffee at the table in the middle of the first class and chatted unscrupulously, without worrying about arguing with others.

The first class of the airlines that still retain the first class is quite different, although the price is about the same, but some are large planes are very spacious, and some just get a separate seat that can lie down like a train sleeper separated by a door, of course, there is only one person in a small compartment, the absolute kind, just use the curtain to separate the first class and the economy class, and the sound of speech can be heard......

Liu Mang was very lucky on this flight, there was no one on the big plane, just the four of them.

The women couldn't stop talking, and Liu Mang and their topic couldn't be inserted, and their chattering Liu Mang wanted to sleep for a while but couldn't sleep, so he could only pass the time by flipping through magazines.

Liu Mang suddenly heard a brisk hum, probably the kind that can't remember the lyrics and only remembers the tune, the sound is not loud, Liu Mang can just hear it here, Liu Mang walked to the front, and saw a little Lori twisting excitedly in the seat, humming a children's rhyme while twisting.

"Dinah, what are you doing?" Liu Mang is full of black lines.

"Dinah is so excited! First time going out on vacation with uncle! "Dinah was delighted.

"Uncle, I came to Los Angeles for something, not a vacation, and I don't have time to play with Dinah." Liu Mang said speechlessly.

"Uncle...... Why don't you play with Dinah when you're done? Dina grabbed the corner of Liu Mang's clothes and began to sable again.

If you don't agree, you will sell cute! Is it useful to sell cuteness? Is Liu Mang the kind of person who will give in!

"Okay, then Dinah will accompany her uncle to Hollywood, I haven't been to Hollywood yet, let's go and see it!"

"Dinah hasn't been there either! Let's go! Wait, I heard that there are a lot of beautiful sisters in Hollywood, what does the uncle want to do! ”

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The pleasant conversation passed the time very quickly, and when they arrived in Los Angeles, Liu Mang and his entourage first arrived at the booked hotel to check in, a family apartment hotel located in Manhattan Beach, the house is a villa type, the price is naturally not cheap, 499 US dollars a night.

Liu Mang looked at the beautiful landlady who had to book such an expensive hotel, but when it was time to check in, he only gave out his passport and didn't plan to pay, and his heart was bleeding......

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Why did you choose such a high-priced area in Manhattan Beach, because Kobe Bryant has a property here, Maddie and his wife live here temporarily, Lerenda is about to give birth, Orlando's medical technology Maddie and his family are not very relieved, and there is definitely no way to compare with Toronto, so they came to Los Angeles to give birth.

By the way, Maddie has to train with Kobe for a while, so he borrowed Kobe's seaside villa, the scenery is good, and it is free, and the blacksmith brother wants to save face, and even the Filipino maid is paid for by him.

In the evening, Maddie drove, of course, in Kobe's car, and came to the hotel where Liu Mang lived to pick up their group.

Liu Mang heard Maddie say yesterday that Kobe Bryant's family dinner called him too, and he called hell, the blacksmith's head is Watt!

However, seeing Liu Mang, who had changed into a formal suit, appeared at the door of the hotel with three people, Maddie was a little sluggish.

"Uh...... Hi Ace, long time no see! Maddie came up and hugged Liu Mang, and directly skipped the matter of wanting to ask who Liu Mang's wife or girlfriend was, how embarrassing, "Ace, is your daughter?" It's beautiful. ”

Maddie was a little puzzled, didn't Liu Mang say that he didn't bring a female companion, saying that he would come alone, but now he is not only dragging his family, but also bringing two women and a daughter.

"Thank you......" Liu Mang was already desperate to explain this kind of thing, "This is Levia, this is Aida, this is Dinah......"

Say hello, get in the car, and drive to the private villa area on the other side of Manhattan Beach, a ten-minute drive.

The location of the hotel where Liu Mang lives is a resort area, so the price of the hotel in downtown Los Angeles has more than doubled.

When he arrived at Kobe's villa, Liu Mang looked at Kobe's house.

It's not an exaggerated villa like Beverly Hills, a small garden, a swimming pool, a house, surrounded by walls, all of them are just a place to stay once in a while.

Of course, it's not the kind that ordinary people can afford.

When Kobe Bryant received a call to pick them up, he saw Liu Mang getting off the car with two big and one small beauties, and he was as sluggish as Maddie.

Say yes, come alone!

Kobe Bryant is ready to show his affection and abuse to Vanessa, although this little blacksmith's extremely sinister intentions are unknown to others, but he still feels like a slap in the face.

They brought women with them, too! And it's two! Not only that, but also children!

Maddie is also about to have a baby, and the due date is the middle of next month.

Depend on! The little blacksmith suddenly realized that he had not yet made a child by himself!

Is the little blacksmith the kind of person who is willing to admit defeat? He's ready to work hard to get out with Vanessa's whole kid, or he'll lose too badly!

Vanessa, who was smiling next to Kobe, didn't know that his husband was going to toss her enough to be competitive.

The heart is turbulent, Kobe Bryant is still very calm on the surface, looking like I only studied in high school, but I have money, I have culture, and I have culture: "Hello, Ace, long time no see." ”

Liu Mang was a little cowardly before he came, and he didn't want to fight when he didn't meet, but he didn't expect the blacksmith brother to be so calm and enthusiastic, as if the unhappiness of the two had never happened before.

In fact, Liu Mang wondered why this iron-striker would ask him to attend a family party, he had seen the news before, Kobe Bryant until he retired, and only invited Maddy, Gasol, Ariza, Odom, these NBA players to his house, and even his closest comrade-in-arms Fisher never went to his house.

However, the other party is so personable, Liu Mang can't lose his face, as if the two have never had any unhappiness, they went up and hugged him: "Hey, Kobe, long time no see." ”

"This is my wife Vanessa, this is Tress's wife Lerenda, you should know each other." Kobe Bryant introduced himself and Maddie's wife.

Liu Mang also introduced: "This is Levia, this is Aida, and this is Dinah." ”

"Hello......" Kobe Bryant came up and shook hands with the three girls brought by Liu Mang, which can be regarded as acquaintance.

As for the surname, Kobe Bryant didn't ask, he thought that maybe the surname was Liu......

Liu Mang and Vanessa and Lelunda also shook hands gently, the kind that was very polite, that is, the kind where boys only held the fingers of girls.

Brother Blacksmith unexpectedly likes children, and when Dinah also reached out to shake hands, Kobe Bryant laughed and shook Dinah too, and made a gentleman's salute.

Dinah seemed to have been holding back for a long time, and finally couldn't hold it anymore, opened her mouth and said, "Uncle, didn't my mother say that you and Kobe Bryant would fight when they met?" Why haven't you hit yet? ”

Everyone at the scene was stunned for a moment, and then except for Kobe and Liu Mang, everyone else couldn't help but start laughing......

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The family gathering was very simple and relaxed, and there was no drinking or anything, after all, Maddie's wife was in labor and couldn't drink, so it was just a matter of eating something and chatting.

After dark, a table was set up in the yard, and the chef was hired to make a barbecue, which was accompanied by soda and cocktails that Brother Blacksmith and Maddie said were not alcoholic drinks at most, and it felt good.

The chat is mainly a few women chatting, two women, already chattering very noisy, now four women plus a little Lori who loves to interject, is even more noisy than a play.

Liu Mang, Kobe Bryant, and Maddie moved to the edge of the courtyard away from the hustle and bustle, and when no one else around could hear what they said, the three of them stared wide-eyed, and the scene was embarrassing for a while.

"Ahem," Maddie couldn't help but break the deadlock: "Ace, you said you had something to talk about with me, what's the matter?" ”

Liu Mang remembered something at this time, and he was forgotten by the strange behavior of the little blacksmith.

"Yes, Tracy, your team lacks a power forward, right?" Liu Mang then remembered that in addition to coming to Los Angeles for a walk this time, the important thing was to help Wang Zhizhi find a job.

Yao Ming was responsible for communicating with Wang Zhizhi, and when Liu Mang determined that he could help Wang Zhizhi find an opportunity for a trial, Yao Ming informed Wang Zhizhi.

Liu Mang remembers that after Maddie came to the Magic, he has been quite miserable, of course, referring to his team lineup.

The big forward is that the Lakers don't want the former Bulls big forward Hores Grant, and at his peak Grant was also a top power forward with an average of 15+11 per game, or when the team had Jordan and Pippen and others, but now he is 37 years old, and his data performance is far inferior to his peak, and he went to the Magic after the Lakers won the championship in the 00-01 season, purely to get the 3-year 10 million contract for retirement.

However, just such a big forward who averages 8+6 per game is the best interior teammate Maddie has, it seems that Maddie's interior teammates are either injured or garbage contracts in the next few years, although the Magic team has made the playoffs in recent years, but has been in the first round, Maddie's personal performance in the 03-04 season is still excellent, but the Magic team has a poor record and got the champion signing, Maddie and the Magic management can not agree on the issue of price increase and extension for up to three years after the first four years of the 7-year contract. and complained that Hill's injury has not been good, and wants the Magic team to use the top pick to sign the star.

The Magic team once again chose to break the wrist of the strong man and send Maddie away.

Liu Mang has always felt that Maddie's peak should be in the Magic team, although theoretically the peak of physiology and technology, that is, at the age of twenty-seven or eighteen, is in the Rockets, but Maddie in the Rockets period has been riddled with injuries, and Maddie in the Magic period is the strongest swingman in the East who is healthy and powerful.

Hearing Liu Mang's question, Maddie felt a little bitter in his heart: "Yes, we have been looking for an inside line, the Trailblazers laid off the rain man a few days ago, and we are ready to sign him, he said that he will definitely work hard to train and lose weight in the summer, I hope he can recover a little bit of his previous strength, he is only 33 years old, and he should probably recover a little strength." ”

"Tracy, I feel a moment of silence for you." Kobe Bryant said that he didn't believe in the fat man saying that he wanted to lose weight!

"......" Liu Mang was speechless when he heard this.

Someone actually grabbed the job!

That damn beer guy big fat man!

Liu Mang thinks it's better to go to the sanatorium tomorrow to see Carter, maybe Carter has a job to give.

Just when Liu Mang was a little stupid, Kobe Bryant suddenly said to Liu Mang: "Ace, do you have a big forward to introduce to Tracy?" Let's talk about who. ”

Liu Mang glanced at Kobe Bryant unexpectedly, and he asked what is this for? However, he still replied: "The core interior of our country's national team, playing in the Mavericks last season, is very accurate in three points, can shoot in the middle, can also be a single defense, has excellent low-post skills, good passing, suitable for positional battles, but unfortunately it does not match the style of our team, otherwise his skills can help us a lot." ”

Doing business, always blowing the "commodity" to the sky, Liu Mangquan picked up Wang Zhizhi's advantages and said, not to mention the shortcomings such as average mobile ability and poor defense.

Kobe Bryant's eyes lit up when he heard this, he heard about Yao Ming's amazing performance in the Hawks trial, and he had a little impression of Wang Zhizhi that Liu Mang said, three points are indeed okay, and the shooting is good.

Kobe Bryant just wants a big forward who can shoot, what was the previous one, Grant, who is aging and losing his teeth, Samagki Walker, who is full of point guards who can't shoot, a pitcher, even if you can't grab rebounds and defense, but you can shoot with skills! Just catch the ball and throw it in!

"Ace, would you like to introduce your national team center forward to our team for a tryout? Of course, if you're afraid that because of your national team center forward, we're going to be on the inside, forget it. "Kobe Bryant has always been a direct person, and he is a radical general.

But to Kobe's surprise, Liu Mang didn't think about it, and immediately said when he heard this: "Okay!" This is the contact information of his agent, his surname is Wang, and his name is Zhizhi...... Don't understand Chinese names? His nickname...... Come to think of it, his name is Bigbay! ”

BIG-BY, roughly ......

If Wang Zhizhi knew that he had such an English name, I don't know if he would be grateful to Liu Mang......

Kobe Bryant was stunned and took the card of the contact information that Liu Mang had already prepared, a little confused, why did he feel cheated?

But when it comes to this, Kobe also plans to let the team sign Wang Zhizhi, after all, shooting is really okay, the team can even play any Medvidenko, and when playing against the Mavericks, Wang Zhizhi's performance is much better than Medvidenko.

Although Liu Mang is happy for Wang Zhizhi, he may go to a team that will give him stable playing time, and the Lakers power forward has always been a comfortable position for even a passer-by to drink soup with O'Neal, but he wonders, for Mao that he feels that this blacksmith is good to him?

Kobe Bryant's affection for Liu Mang has increased greatly because...... Liu Mang's training effort! After the news that Liu Mang started training a week after the end of the Eastern Conference finals reached Kobe, Kobe Bryant's favorability towards him increased a lot.

Kobe's worldview is difficult for ordinary people to understand, anyway, Liu Mang can't feel that Kobe has a serious tendency to shake M, and the more he goes against him, the higher his favorability is.