356. Rush, boy!
The playoffs are in full swing, and the Hawks are nervously watching live TV in Toronto, which has just entered spring.
After playing Game 2 of the series against the Raptors, the Hawks arrived in Toronto on April 24 to get used to the colder weather conditions than Atlanta.
After arriving at the hotel in Toronto in the afternoon, everyone on the Eagles crowded into Coach Kruger's room and stared at the TV.
Here's a live press conference at NBA headquarters in New York!
David Stern was slowly talking about the opening remarks and bad jokes on the TV, ignoring the nervousness of the candidates in front of the TV.
Although it was basically a nail in the coffin before, but before the official announcement, the Eagles were still very nervous, they all wanted the rookie to get the first best rookie in the history of the Eagles, and they all wanted their head coach to get the best coach, the Eagles team atmosphere was very good, and everyone was united because they were a team of counterattackers!
Including Coach Kruger, who was interviewed at the end of the regular season before, is very nervous, and it doesn't matter if the old coach who has been an NBA head coach for many years doesn't win the best coach, because this thing doesn't mean that you can get it if you have a good record and the first level of coaching, the opportunity is more important, and it is easier to be like Coach Carlisle and Coach Kruger, because the first coaching is too prominent, just like Larry Bird and Doug Rivers before him.
But Coach Krueger is still a rookie in the NBA coaching world, and it is fake to say that he doesn't care about this award that can be noticed in NBA history at any time.
"OK, I think you've got to wait for a stick to pry my mouth open, and I'm announcing the winners of several of the regular season awards this season!"
David Stern opened the four boxes in front of him one by one and opened the envelopes containing the names of the winners of several awards voted for by notary oversight, the media and coaches in the United States.
"The best manager in the 2001-2002 regular season was the Nets, and the general manager was Rod Thorne of the New Jersey Nets!"
"The best coach is Mr. Ron Kruger of the Atlanta Hawks!"
"The best rookie is the Atlanta Hawks' talented teenager from China, Liumang! Hopefully he can work harder to be the best player he can be! â
"The first team of the best rookie team is ......"
Liu Mang's best rookie!
Coach Kruger's best coach!
When the two names were announced, Coach Kruger's room was boiling! The players are cheering loudly!
Coach Kruger laughed so hard that his brain was shining.
I don't know who suddenly said that the coach invited a treat, and everyone followed suit.
"Coach treat!"
"Coach, the nightclubs in Toronto are great!"
"Coach, let's go play without that rookie!"
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"Okay, good, treat, if we beat the Raptors the day after tomorrow, we will have a treat! If not, send me back to Atlanta to train! That's right, no rookie! "Coach Kruger made a rare joke and issued a military order by the way!
"Hahaha......"
"Oh...... Oh...... Yes, without a rookie ......"
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Liu Mang looked at this group of unscrupulous teammates and an unscrupulous coach, feeling so injured, and the accent of the cheating president is no one, they are not good people!
How can he have such a group of teammates as an innocent, kind and innocent good boy.
Alas...... The sky will descend on the Si people, and you must first let the master have a group of such teammates to hone himself, it is really not easy for the master!
Won the best sixth man, Liu Mang felt an unreal feeling of loss, at the beginning of the season his goal was to get into the best rookie team, but he didn't expect to become the best rookie in the first team of the best rookie team with the unanimous first vote!
Theoretically, there are still two days to announce the best sixth person, and Liu Mang also feels that he can get it safely.
Best Sixth Man, Best Rookie, one is the best player on the bench, the other is the best player among rookies, and Liu Mang has won two of the three major individual awards in the NBA regular season.
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Liu Mang came to the window, looking at the sky outside the window, Toronto is still a little cool, the blue sky is floating with white clouds, he looked at the white clouds in the sky, and his head appeared in the style of his bronze MVP trophy, if anything, it should be similar to what he thought!
Sure enough, winning prizes is addictive! No wonder those guys are so obsessed with championships.
The core players who have the opportunity to impact the championship are naturally not bad for money, and that honor is the biggest pursuit!
Liu Mang's desire is getting bigger and bigger, and he finds more and more places where he is lacking, and his motivation is getting stronger and stronger!
Jason Terry looked at Liu Mang alone on the side, came over and hooked Liu Mang's shoulder and said, "Ace, are you sad?" Oh, don't be sad, we'll bring you milk when we come back from playing! â
your wild milk! Depend on! I'm 19 years old and I'm proud! Liu Mang said disgustedly: "No sadness, you find a woman to drink your milk, I am the best rookie now, and the guys who can't get the best rookies in your group are not of the same grade, why do you want to play with you!" â
"It's amazing that the stinky boy won the best rookie! Sharif, Nazre...... Let's help the rookie loosen his bones, the rookie's skin is itchy! â
Jason Terry is annoyed and angry, calls friends, and the food abuse operation begins!
"Crush ......"
In Liu Mang's miserable screams, Coach Kruger watched the players "ravage" the rookies, and he was so happy that he felt that his coaching career was bright!
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Liu Mang was excited about the 50,000 superstar points he received after being selected to the first team of the best rookie team and promoted to the best rookie award, he didn't expect the best rookie to be classified by the system as such an important award.
Liu Mang thought about it, it seems quite normal, the best rookie is not just a good talent can be obtained, a good talent can be quickly transformed into strength and shown in the rookie season to have a chance, and this opportunity is only once, if you can't get it, you can't get it in your life!
For example, for a player No. 8 who has never won the best rookie in his life, the difficulty of getting the best rookie is geometrically more difficult than the MVP.
Looking at the 590,000 hooligan value and just 110,000 superstar values, Liu Mang is ready to upgrade all the existing and usable skills to level 5, maybe any hot pot feast and fancy dunk full level will not make him have a significant improvement in strength now, but as long as the physical fitness comes up, Liu Mang believes that there will be a significant improvement!
After Liu Mang won the best rookie, he was already imagining the picture of the big centers with crazy hats on the inside and locking the scoring masters on the outside, the road is a little long, but he is young! In three or five years, I have only reached the peak of my physiology!
By the way, Liu Mang also imagined that the ring would be soft, and in the future, some people would wear No. 3, some would wear No. 6, and some would wear No. 35 or No. 1 guys to hug their thighs, and they would easily win the championship.
That's when the doorbell rang.
Liu Mang opened the door and saw that it was the sneaky Jason Terry and Rahim.
"Sharif, Jason, what are you doing?" Looking at the two of them who were sneaky like thieves, Liu Mang felt that these two brothers must have done something bad!
"Ace, come, I bought it secretly, don't let the coach see it!" Jason Terry closed the door, and the thief stuffed a bag in Liu Mang's hand, and Rahim had another bag there.
Liu Mang opened it strangely and looked at it......
Depend on!
This......
You two are going to break the law!
"Well, enough brothers! Don't say that we won't take you to drink after we eliminated the Raptors, who called you only 19, little brat, that thing doesn't have a chance to be used! This is the Chinese wine we bought in Chinatown, I'm afraid you won't be used to drinking our wine. Jason Terry had a very righteous look on his buddy's face, and his head was up.
Don't say it, Liu Mang really thinks these two guys are really righteous this time!
It's actually Moutai! Although this thing is about 40 percent cheaper than the official price in China, because the production of alcohol has to be refunded, and the production tax and consumption tax of domestic high-end wine add up to about 35 percent, and these are all tax refunded for export, and it is not expensive for them to buy it, but it takes a few hours to buy a pound of wine, and Liu Mang is really moved by this intention.
Raheem also took out the wine, two bottles of whiskey, a spirits that Americans often drink.
There's also a big bag of snacks that are common to Americans: potato chips, crackers, and some nuts like pistachios.
Liu Mang took out three wine glasses from the cabinet at the door of the room, and took out the hotel's usual ice box from the refrigerator.
Rahim, who had a more calm personality, poured out the wine and put ice cubes in it.
Even if the weather in Toronto is cold, they will still add ice to whiskey, and by the way, Liu Mang's liquor is also added with ice.
Liu Mang felt that it seemed a little wrong to add ice to the liquor, but he didn't know much about this thing, so he added it, and it was good to dilute it.
"Cheers!"
One person for three people...... Take a sip.
Drinking, nagging, not dying, and Jason Terry and Raheem weren't planning to finish a bottle of whiskey.
After a few sips, I ate some snacks and started talking.
"Jason, Sharif, why are you so idle today? You don't play until the day after tomorrow, shouldn't you try the cool swimming pools and beautiful women in Toronto? Liu Mang asked.
"That wait for the coach to treat, things here in Toronto are too expensive." Jason Terry complained, "Just looking at the rookie you're bored, so I'll come to talk to you." â
Raheem drank more urgently, drank a big glass of wine and drank most of the big glass, the wine was in a hurry and it was easy to get up, at this time he said a little dazedly: "It doesn't matter if the money is not money, the main thing is that I don't care so much about playing now, Ace, do you know, I seem to have returned to the feeling of just entering the NBA from college, I don't know when I started to become particularly motivated, at the beginning of the season I was going to retire after playing this contract, and now I actually want to give it a try, Let's see if we can be the best player. â
"That's good! But the best player? That could be me, you don't have a chance! No chance! Liu Mang was a little dizzy after only a few sips, when he could drink, all he drank was beer, and he really couldn't afford to drink Moutai.
"Haha, Ace, I just like your self-confidence, it's because of you that I have become more confident, I believe we can create greatness! Here, cheers! Raheem took another big gulp.
"Cheers."
Liu Mang and Jason Terry took a big sip.
Jason Terry also got a little upset, "By the way, Ace, do you have any goals to play in the NBA?" I've never heard you say what you're playing in the NBA for, I'm simple, I'm for the money! I used to be poor, but now I want to earn a lot of money, if I can, I want to fight until I am 40 years old, and I don't want to live that kind of slum life. â
This is from the heart, and a person suddenly popped up in Liu Mang's mind: Yao Ming's eldest brother, Boss Fu, after retiring, admitted that he had a black history of drug trafficking, just because he was afraid of poverty.
"Me?" Liu Mang didn't want to respond: "I want to be the best in NBA history, I want to score 30,000 points, five or six championships and five or six MVPs, and I want to leave my name in the history of the NBA!" Just like Jordan and Russell, names that will never be forgotten! â
This rookie ...... Drink too much!
Jason Terry and Raheem laughed and teased Liu Mang a few times, Liu Mang didn't say anything, returned a few words, and then ...... The three of them drank all three bottles of wine......
And then...... The toilet in the bathroom was full of ......
"Ding...... The host receives an injury with nerve palsy and liver function that is impinged, and requires 1 primary injury agent for treatment, which can completely eliminate the impact of the injury after 12 hours. Instant healing costs 500 Giants. â
Nima, this is the pit host! Liu Mang complained: "This is also an injury? Well, system boss, you're right, injuries and illnesses, a general term for injuries and illnesses, drinking too much and drinking too much is also considered an injury ......"
Sent the two teammates back to the room, one of them used a primary injury potion to eliminate their hangover after waking up, and Liu Mang also went back to the room to take a shower and sleep......