"Nazr, are you sure you weren't born in Africa, growing a tree from a young age......"

"I'm a Chicagoan! 77 years! Just turned 25! Muhammad shouted angrily.

Muhammad is so depressed today, he was originally the oldest captain of the Eagles, not to mention the white people looking young, he is the oldest face among the blacks, even the 29-year-old Ratliff looks younger than him.

Now Muhammad is even more depressed, and there is a 40-year-old old-timer, but he looks older than the 40-year-old......

Looking at Kevin Wesley, who is still very active in cutting and grabbing rebounds at the age of 40 on the court, the Hawks players are full of admiration, this body is too well maintained, 40 years old looks the same as thirty-five or sixteen years old, although the game is garbage time, and the Hornets sent out a lineup of water cooler administrators, but Kevin Wesley's positivity is indeed very infectious, mainly because he is a 40-year-old veteran, which makes people have a kind of heartfelt admiration.

With the Hornets' Byron Davis not returning until January, they got off to a mediocre start to the season, relying on Mashburn and David Wesley, and are now ninth in the East.

The Hornets, now called the New Orleans Hornets, are a magical team that is placed in the Southwest Division of the West, but plays the Eastern schedule and ranks in the Eastern standings.

The league's statement is that the East is preparing to build a new team, and it will join the Southeast Division where the Hawks are located as early as 2003 and 2005 at the latest, so in order not to have too much impact on the competition system, although New Orleans is divided into the Southwest Division, it is still the identity of the Eastern team for the time being, and the playoff restructuring in advance is just to let the team with a better record have a better playoff ranking, in order to reduce the inability of strong teams to play against strong teams in the playoffs due to accidents.

Today back-to-back Hornets, if Byron Davis is there, his combination with Mashburn is still very competitive, but now only Mashburn is left, even if Mashburn is indeed physical, technical and excellent, but still can not match the ferocious firepower of the Hawks, the Hawks continued the ferocious momentum of the last game, Jason Terry opened with his teammates to play a wave of 14-9, and laid the advantage at the beginning.

After coming to the bench lineup, Liu Mang came up with a group of newly formed bench bandits and quickly stretched the difference to fifteen points, and at halftime, the Hawks led the Hornets 55-40.

The Hawks are now playing every game, and Hornets head coach Paul Silas feels that it is better not to play with the Hawks, who have already injured a core, and Mashburn is a glass cargo, so forget it.

As a result, the second half of the third quarter began to be garbage time, with Jason Terry taking Barnes, Prince, Boozer, and Kevin Wesley on the court to play against the opposing team's second team.

Kevin Wesley returned to the Hawks after an eight-year hiatus, and when he appeared in the red and white jersey on the Eagles' home court again, he ushered in the tears of excitement from the old fans.

Speaking of Kevin Wesley's style of dressing, he is very distinctive in wearing a jersey, with a blue ribbon tied around his shoulder, full of anger, and the standard person is not old-fashioned.

The Hornets don't have to fight hard with the Hawks, the gap between the fourth and ninth in the East is not big, the fourth Magic team is only 13-12, the fifth 76ers are 14-11, the Hornets also have a 12-12 record, stabilize the winning rate of fifty percent, and wait for Byron Davis to come back to catch up.

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Hornets 109-101 and won two in a row!

After the game on the 23rd, most teams in the league have two to three days off, Christmas Eve is the entire league will not arrange games, and there are five games in the Christmas game this year, the first game is the Hawks at home against the Houston Rockets.

The second game was Iverson leading the 76ers to challenge the Orlando Magic away, and Maddy and Iverson faced off.

The third game is the Nets and the Celtics again, which was originally a continuation of the Hawks and Nets matchups last season, but the Hawks want to play the "Chinese Derby".

The fourth game is the Dallas Mavericks' home game against the Timberwolves, a matchup between the league's best offensive power forward and the top all-around defensive power forward.

The finale is the Lakers' home game against the Kings, a matchup between the two strongest teams last season.

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"Wow, uncle, this uncle is much taller than uncle......" Dinah looked at the giant in front of her and couldn't help but exclaim!

At noon on Christmas Eve, Liu Mang was decorating the corridor with Dinah again for Christmas, unfortunately Alexia went back to Apilin County, a two-hour drive from Atlanta, for the holidays, and Alexia, who had not been home for Christmas Eve for several years, was called back by her parents this time.

Liu Mang and Dina got those pendants, it was quite troublesome, the key was to hang the ceiling, the ceiling of their apartment was relatively high, two meters eight to two meters nine in height, Liu Mang had to step on the stool, and he saw a little giant walking back and forth outside the small courtyard downstairs who seemed to be very puzzled and seemed to be looking for something, and hurriedly went to pick him up.

Yao Ming had already asked for the address from Liu Mang, but after taking a taxi to this apartment area, Haomeng, why are all apartments here, and I didn't find a villa or anything for a long time.

When he saw Liu Mang coming out of the door of an apartment, Yao Ming felt a little incredible, this is a star with the highest endorsement fee in the league second only to Jordan, and he still lives in an apartment?

Since he came, people were still busy decorating for Christmas, and Yao Ming also came to help.

Then Dinah looked at Yao Ming, who could put stickers on the ceiling without stretching her hands, and couldn't help but marvel.

The key is that Yao Ming is thin now and looks taller, Liu Mang is already very tall, 1.93 meters, but Yao Ming is the kind of height that can touch the ceiling without stretching his hand.

"Okay, okay, Da Yao, let's go in and sit down." Liu Mang was very embarrassed, people came to be guests, and they had to help hang decorations, so he quickly took Yao Ming to the living room of the beautiful landlady on the sixth floor, his living room was so small, it was really inconvenient to have guests.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm okay when I get here, so I'll visit you." Yao Ming said with a smile.

Looking at Yao Ming's huge body sitting on a normal-sized sofa, Liu Mang always felt weird.

It's easy to say that it's only a few meters and nine, that kind of more than two meters, more than two meters, and even more than two meters like Yao Ming, it's really too many things to be inconvenient.

Liu Mang is very curious, when the smartphone comes out in the future, how will Yao Ming's huge hand play?

"Hello, damn it, my name is Levia, this is the cake I just went to buy with Ace in the morning, please try it." Every time Liu Mang's friends came, Levia seemed very enthusiastic, and took out the coffee and snacks in three or two clicks, now this is already a standing item, and now Liu Mang's friends are more and more, and they are all football stars.

This time Levia actually used Chinese, although the tone is a little strange, but it is really decent, to Liu Mang's surprise, it seems that she usually learns really seriously.

Liu Mang remembered that it seemed that Alexia usually took Dinah back to the apartment where he lived directly after class, and it was estimated that there was a conversation every day.

Yao Ming was surprised to hear a white beauty speak Chinese, this is a brother-in-law? Not bad! I also learned Chinese!

"Thank you, Levia, I'm Yao Ming, just call me Da Yao." Yao Ming hurriedly thanked him.

"I didn't expect Ace to live in an apartment, but it feels good here, I'm afraid no reporter would think that you still live here, I can see the reporter's car on the road every day in Houston as soon as I come out of my house." Yao Ming said and smiled bitterly.

"I've lived here since I first came to the U.S. for college, and this apartment belongs to Levia, so I've always lived here." Liu Mang explained.

Liu Mang didn't care so much about where he lived, but Levia felt a little embarrassed for Liu Mang, and said: "We live here for the time being, and when the weather is warm in a few months, we will sell this place and go to Danbury Manor or Alley Hill to buy a new house, it is not convenient for guests to come here." ”

"Sell here? Levia, you didn't tell me! "The apartment is going to be sold? Liu Mang hasn't heard of it! I just paid my rent! New landlords won't raise their prices, right?

"Rest assured, there is a room in the new house that is yours!" Levia gave Liu Mang a blank look, didn't she know what Liu Mang was thinking? Think about Levia and a little bit of a little woman's little depression.

Liu Mang was relieved when he heard this, that's it! Stay in a villa! Liu Mang thought about it, it seems that except for the more than a month of training in Los Angeles, it seems that he has not lived in a villa at any other time, and the feeling of being a single family is really good, and he must discuss it when the time comes, and buy one with a basketball court and a gym.

"Da Yao, you're still used to playing in the NBA!" Liu Mang asked.

"It's great, Team Rockets are good, like you said, Francis is a nice guy." Yao Ming felt that he was quite lucky, if he went to the dire environment of the Knicks, he would probably be squeezed to death.

"By the way," Liu Mang suddenly thought, "Da Yao, why didn't your Ye Li come?" ”

Da Yao was still young, and his face turned red when he heard Liu Mang say this, and he hurriedly said: "Ye Li and I are just ordinary friends, and he is still playing CBA, who will come to see me play." ”

CBA is a women's basketball league formed in the summer of 2001, and in the summer of 2002, it was renamed CBA with reference to the NBA in the United States.

“yeli？” Levia hadn't heard the name before, so she asked curiously.

"It's Yao's girlfriend, surnamed Ye, named Li, Ye's Ye." Liu Mang explained to Levia, who had learned some Chinese.

"Ye Li and I are just ordinary friends." Da Yao's huge body blushed and weakly explained, looking like an inexplicable contrast and cuteness.

"Oh? Yes, Da Yao, although I don't know Ye Li, but she is also a basketball player, she should be able to watch NBA news, and when I was interviewed, I said that you brought an American girlfriend to my house to play......" Liu Mang smiled evilly.

"Don't, don't...... We haven't gotten a glimpse yet, and as soon as you say this, she probably won't answer my phone directly! Yao Ming hurriedly begged for mercy.

Liu Mang and Yao Ming spoke a little faster, and Levia couldn't understand it, but there were guests there, and Levia looked quite ladylike, just sitting next to her and not talking.

It's just that Dina couldn't help it, came to Liu Mang's side, got out from under Liu Mang's arm, and stretched out her hand towards Yao Ming: "Hello, Uncle Yao, I'm Dinah, Wishing you prosperity, bring the red envelope!" ”

Seeing that although Dina spoke a little slower, but the more standard Chinese pronunciation, the key is to say the red envelope more standardly, Liu Mang covered his forehead in pain, this little loli is embarrassed again!

Yao Ming was stunned, the American little loli who spoke Chinese did not surprise him, the key is to ask for red envelopes! This is not the Chinese New Year...... Wait, Yao Ming remembered, it seems that today is indeed the New Year of the Americans......

Yao Ming took out his wallet, fortunately, there were more than 5,000 US dollars in it, not a little, not ashamed, all of them were taken out and handed over to Dinah: "Hello Dinah, thank you for your blessings." ”

At this time, there are very few people in China who really give out red envelopes, they are all directly given money, and many traditional cultures have been slowly lost since the reform and opening up, but they are not as important as many foreign Chinatowns or something.

Looking at the money handed over by Yao Ming, Dinah felt very strange and emphasized: "Uncle Yao, Dinah wants a red envelope!" ”

Seeing that Yao Ming was embarrassed to stretch out his hand in astonishment, Liu Mang hurriedly said: "Da Yao, you just go back and find a piece of red paper to wrap it for $10." ”

Yao Ming is so embarrassed, it turns out that he really wants a "red envelope"!

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Yao Ming had lunch at Liu Mang's house, of course, he still asked the restaurant to send it, Alexia was not there, this group of people had no ability to survive, he could ask Liu Mang to cook, but he was too troublesome.

After eating and chatting for a while, Yao Ming went back to the hotel.

The Eagles are also on holiday today, after all, Christmas Eve, training or something is too inhumane, Liu Mang cleaned up the dining table, and then took Dinah to watch TV together.

It's sports news.

Today is the result of the first installment of the All-Star Vote.

On December 10th, the all-star voting has begun, but at that time, Liu Mang had no time to care about that.

But now it's different, the team is regular, and personal honors or something are still very important!

Seeing that he now only averages 12+2+3 data per game, Liu Mang feels that David Stern will not dare to make such a big mistake by relying on this All-Star substitute.

Even if he maintains an average of 20+3+5 data per game in the next month, he averages the data of the first two months, at most about 15 points per game, which is still far from the All-Star performance.

So Liu Mang's expectations are all on the all-star vote.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the results of the first round of the All-Star Voting were announced!

In the west, Yao Ming ranked first in the center's votes, with 470,000 votes, the highest in the league's center, and O'Neal, who held 330,000 votes, probably didn't know how many times he scolded Yao Ming.

In terms of Western forwards, Duncan with 310,000 votes and Garnett with 290,000 votes continue to occupy the two starting positions, and this time Nowitzki is not bad, with 250,000 votes, ranking third, and more and more media and fans are beginning to recognize Nowitzki's style of play, which is indeed efficient and powerful.

There has always been a fierce competition for the Western Conference forward position, followed by Webb, Peja, Gasol, Rasheed Wallace, Brand......

Western defender, Kobe Bryant led the entire league with 550,000 votes, and the popularity of the little blacksmith began to explode this season, mainly because O'Neal was injured in the first month, Kobe Bryant supported the team alone, averaging 30.5 points per game, second in the league, second only to Maddy's average of 32 points per game, this year is the year when Kobe Bryant really began to overtake O'Neal's position.

Except for Kobe Bryant, who dominates the Western guard position, the other votes are more scattered, and the forward position is different because there are too many stars, and the Western guard really has no top stars except Kobe, Francis 210,000 votes, Nash 200,000 votes, Mike Bibby 180,000, Payton 160,000 votes, Doug Christie 120,000 votes, and even Parker has 100,000 votes.

There is no change in the votes in the west and Liu Mang's memory, Liu Mang mainly wants to see the east! This is what really has a bearing on him.

After the western votes were sung, the host on TV began to sing the votes for the first phase of the eastern part.

In the center position, it was surprising that Ratliff actually ranked first in the center of the vote! The 440,000 votes led Ben Wallace's 390,000.

In terms of forwards, cousins dominate, Maddie is temporarily the king of Eastern Strikers with 480,000 votes, Carter ranks second among Eastern Forwards with 410,000 votes, and Raheem ranks third with 290,000 votes at Eastern Forwards.

In terms of guards, Liu Mang ranked first among Eastern defenders with 450,000 votes, Iverson ranked second among Eastern defenders with 400,000 votes, and Jordan ranked third among Eastern defenders with 340,000 votes.

"Wow! Uncle is going to be an All-Star starter this year! Dinah cheered excitedly.

"Uh...... Thank you to my Celestial Empire fans ......"

Liu Mang was really surprised, Yao Ming crushed O'Neal, this is a matter of course, the main star in China, the league is also supporting Yao Ming, in order to open the Chinese market, but Liu Mang here, the league from mid-November after seeing that the Eagles seem to be very bad, they don't dare to praise it, and the media and fans who blew Liu Mang and the Eagles for a summer in the domestic side have also died down, and they are the world of black fans.

Unexpectedly, I still ranked first among the Eastern defenders! really underestimated the identity of his Chinese player!

Liu Mang is really grateful that he is a Chinese player, and this time he was able to stabilize so many votes at the beginning, all because he was Chinese!

With the support of the Chinese people and such a good start, Liu Mang made up his mind that he would rely on his performance to complete the votes in the next two stages! I can't let down the people of the country who still support me when I am fighting so badly!

But...... Liu Mang mourned for Old Man Joe, the original history was that Maddie won the first vote on the guard line, Iverson continued to maintain his popularity, Jordan was squeezed to the third and could only be selected as an All-Star substitute, this time the league moved Maddie to the forward, and as a result, Liu Mang squeezed Jordan to the third ......

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When the results of the first round of voting came out, the whole United States was shocked.

Chinese fans are terrible!

A rookie with an average of 12+8 per game actually pressed O'Neal!

Ratliff and Liu Mang, with such a bad record and such a poor performance, can still occupy their respective positions in their respective divisions with the highest number of votes!

Old man Joe didn't say anything, it's the last year, he announced at the beginning of the season that he would retire permanently this year, and he didn't care much about the All-Star starter or something, no, it wasn't his turn to play in the Christmas war.

Moreover, Mr. Qiao also announced in a high-profile manner that he was canvassing for his "apprentice".

Ben Wallace and O'Neal are upset! They all said that this vote does not count!

O'Neal, in particular, publicly declared that he would torture Yao Ming to death next time, and the last time Yao Ming took advantage of his absence to score 20 points to let Barkley kiss the ass of the donkey will never happen again.

Seeing the two news of Old Man Qiao's cheekiness and O'Neill's anger, Liu Mang is still very grateful to Old Man Qiao, and he can be regarded as an apprentice.

But O'Neill, Liu Mang really wanted to say to him: "You will also be a substitute next year ......"