1399. The whole team is full of high school students
The Hawks have announced the signing of 2000 No. 10 picks Stromeyer Swift and Mark Jackson, filling the 15-man roster.
Those championship-contending teams are scolding the Heat, Grizzlies, Hornets and SuperSonics, giving the Hawks a chance to reinforce.
But Liu Mang was very disgusted here, which made the Eagles management feel weird.
It's already a good leak, Swift's side is fine, just a 28-year-old physical man, and Mark Jackson is a veteran center with good experience.
To get Mark Jackson, it all depends on the Hawks' side is very active, he was bought out at noon, and Chip England, who stayed in Atlanta in the afternoon, went to Miami and met with Mark Jackson just after being traded, so that Mark Jackson, who had just experienced a confused situation, was stunned and signed a contract with the Hawks for the remaining half of the season.
This season, due to O'Neal's journey to the west, after Wade was reimbursed, the God Operator was much more cautious in the use of Stoudemire, and to put it badly, Mark Jackson became the main inside, averaging 13 points and 6 rebounds per game, both of which were new highs except for his rookie season.
Mark Jackson is really weird, the rookie of 97, he only entered the NBA in 2000, averaged 13+7 per game in his rookie season, and almost stole Mike Miller's best rookie, but unfortunately he was reimbursed for the season before the All-Star Weekend and failed to extend the entire season, when he was rated higher than the champion Kenyon Martin.
After his rookie season was reimbursed, Mark Jackson became a vagabond, and now in his seventh year of career, he is already on his seventh team.
The management of the Eagles felt an inexplicable sense of shame because of Liu Mang's dislike, but the other teams felt a little threatened.
These two, no matter how bad they are, can give Marion and Kwame Brown a few more minutes to rest.
From last summer to now, those championship-contending teams, and teams that don't want the Hawks to strengthen, have done everything possible to keep their own interior line, and even raise the price of other teams that want to trade the inside line, anyway, not to give it to the Eagles, just to weaken the Eagles' interior strength.
These two joined the Eagles, and in the eyes of others, the Eagles are undoubtedly profitable, and they can make good money if they sign and play, and if they don't play well, they just need to be cut, but Coach Kruger didn't have much joy when he saw Liu Mang's disgusted expression......
Obviously, when these two transactions were just completed, he was very happy......
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In the No. 16 Rookie Challenge, the limelight was stolen by the Hawks signing two free agents.
It may not be a great player, but it was the Eagles who signed them, so it's different.
In the Rookie Challenge, the Trail Blazers' best rookie favorite, Blanton Roy, led the first-year team to defeat the second-year team 144-136, and Roy, who had 33 points and 7 assists, won the MVP of the Rookie Challenge.
Sophomore Paul didn't play, and sophomore Delon is really no match for rookie Roy, at least in this kind of game of individual ability.
On the 17th, in eventing, Granger participated in the three-point contest.
Granger felt embarrassed about being invited to participate in the three-point contest, and said in an interview: "I originally wanted to participate in the slam dunk contest, but I don't know why it ended up being this ......"
As for why he said that, it was mainly because he only scored 10 points in the three-point contest......
The Heat's Jason Capono beat Korver, Fisher, Granger, Wang Zhizhi, and Nowitzki to win the All-Star Three-Point Contest.
The slam dunk contest is still bleak, and the only thing to watch is Dwight Howard, but Howard failed to make it to the finals and was won by Timberwolves small forward Gerald Green.
In terms of the Shooting Star Challenge, Liu Mang originally planned to continue to participate with Bosh, won the championship last year, and continued to rush this year, but in mid-January, Bosh will miss four to six weeks due to injury, and he will definitely not participate in the All-Star Weekend, so Liu Mang also refused the invitation of the league.
The Skills Challenge was the most eye-catching, with Kobe, James, and Kidd participating, but none of them made it to the finals and were eliminated in the first round, with Mavericks guard Devin Harris winning the Skills Challenge.
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Liu Mang, Garnett, and James sat together, and just seeing the three sitting there, the media felt a deep embarrassment.
Some media broke the news that James took the initiative to recruit Garnett, and Garnett expressed that he wanted to partner with James, but was unwilling to play in Cleveland.
There are also media reports that before the Hawks applied for a trade to get him and was rejected, Garnett had excitedly called his friends to tell him that he was going to play in Atlanta, and finally went to Chicago.
Even without the 1-1 regular season tie between the Hawks and Bulls this season, and without the clashes that have occurred between the Bulls and Cavaliers in the same division in the four regular season matchups, it would have been embarrassing for the three to sit together for an interview.
Howard sat next to the trio and looked even more embarrassed!
Coincidentally, Howard was also sprayed by Garnett, and Garnett scolded Howard for being "ridden every day" as genetic......
This vicious remark made Howard elbow at that time and was ejected, and the Bulls almost lost the game to the Magic, and after Howard was sent out, the Bulls finally turned the tables.
There is only one person whose painting style is very strange......
Tracy McGrady, always so different.
The other four had embarrassment written all over their faces, and Maddie answered the question with a smile......
All-Star Weekend is always changing, and this year's All-Star Game roundtable highlighted the five All-Star starters in the East and West, who want to create a confrontation between the East and the West.
Unexpectedly, on the eastern side, they were opposed to each other.
Moreover, three of them are aimed at the same person......
That man was Garnett......
In fact, the West side is similar, Iverson and Kobe Bryant were selected as All-Star starters together, and the two are incompatible, but the Lakers in the West have three starting positions, Iverson and Duncan have a very poor relationship, and the two have conflicts in the national team, so they ...... The embarrassment of an All-Star starter on the Western side is no worse than that in the East......
The Lakers and Spurs, the championship favorites, and the Nuggets, although their record is not as good as the top three in the West, the goal is definitely to win the championship.
The league wanted to create a gimmick of confrontation, and as a result, from the beginning, the All-Star starters on both sides disliked each other......
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"Ace, how do you play this time?" Seeing Garnett being interviewed alone, James leaned next to Liu Mang and asked, and Maddie also got together at this time.
"I want to think about it...... Call Darko and Vince too! Garnett definitely won't play with us, if we win, he will definitely grab the MVP with us, it doesn't matter if you win or not, the MVP can't be given to him! Liu Mang said what he thought.
"That's right!" James and Maddie agreed with Liu Mang's idea.
"But if you lose to the West, maybe Kobe Bryant will win the MVP, and this result is also annoying." Liu Mang continued.
"Ace, what do you mean?" James felt a sense of dread that he had once felt......
Back then, when he was a rookie, the Eagles did those excessive things to him......
But now it's the No. 24 jersey that will be targeted, and James wants to beat the No. 24 jersey the most......
Howard watched Liu Mang, Maddie, and James hooking shoulders and discussing something, because the three of them had a nest of snakes and rats and got together, Howard didn't hear what they were talking about, but seeing the three of them smiling from time to time, Howard was so envious.
When Howard was selected as an All-Star for the first time, he felt like his teammates were so far away from him......
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All-Star starters for five consecutive years, counting the rookie year when David Stern was designated to replace Carter as an All-Star player, Liu Mang has played the All-Star Game for six consecutive years since his rookie season.
The all-star weekend in Las Vegas is quite distinctive, and the biggest feature is that there are many scantily dressed girls on the scene, sitting in the front row seats with high prices and ready to fish for a Kaizi.
However, Liu Mang's attention is still on the "black pearl" Beyoncé, the most important thing in Las Vegas is money, the all-star weekend they hosted, the hot guest is the popular female singer Beyoncé, according to the process, after the intermission, halftime, and several big-name singers perform, in addition, the sidelines are also full of celebrities who want to catch those girls and courtesans.
It's a mess, it's this All-Star Weekend, it's too chaotic, there have been many shootings in the past few days, Liu Mang has stayed in the hotel for the rest of the time except for the necessary outings to participate in the event, as well as today's All-Star Game, to avoid accidents.
Schwartz pushed off a lot of jobs, and the reason for this is also important, Las Vegas...... It's really messy.
But when it comes to the game, it's not a big problem, and the security in the NBA arena has always been good.
has played the sixth All-Star Game, and it is in this chaotic place, Liu Mang feels that it is better not to be too showy.
At the same time, in line with the original intention of being friendly and helping each other, Liu Mang is ready to let another No. 24 feel it......
Feel the feeling of being almost autistic that LeBron James felt.
After a series of complicated opening ceremonies, the 2007 Las Vegas All-Star Game kicked off.
The starting lineup of the Eastern All-Star team is: Liu Mang, Maddy, James, Garnett, Howard.
The starting lineup of the Western All-Stars is: Iverson, Kobe, Duncan, Gasol, Yao Ming.
The main offensive rights of the Eastern Forces today were unanimously agreed to be given to James.
If Liu Mang or Maddie want to hit the MVP, Garnett will definitely steal the show, the head coach of the Cavaliers is the head coach of this year's Eastern All-Star team, and it is estimated that Garnett will be instigated by a yell.
But if James, a courtesan with excellent popularity, wants to rush to the MVP, even Garnett is embarrassed to steal the show, and James has invited everyone on the Eastern All-Star team except Liu Mang to have a good time these days.
It's embarrassing to be interviewed together on the scene, but it's much better in private, mainly because of face.
Liu Mang didn't go because he was worried about the security here.
Jump Ball ...... The West was completely unable to compete with the East, and the East was the first to get the offensive opportunity, and Howard easily won the jump ball from Yao Ming's head.
James received the ball and directly advanced to the fast attack, and at the beginning of the game, the Western troops did not defend much, and James easily and quickly scored two points.
The Western Troop is watching, observing who is the one who wants to win the MVP this year.
The candidate in the West is very sure, it is Kobe, even if it is Iverson, he is too lazy to steal the limelight in this regard with Kobe's competitive guy, after all, it is the first time to play as a Western All-Star, and Iverson is not as popular as Kobe Bryant.
Iverson pushed up front, passed the ball to Gasol, and then went to a 45-degree angle to cross his waist and watch the rest of the group attack.
Kobe Bryant saw that it was James, a young man wearing No. 23, who was the main offensive player of the Eastern Army, and he was immediately interested.
In yesterday's eventing, both of them participated in the skills challenge, and the two of them were in one round, feeling sorry for each other and couldn't help it, and today Kobe Bryant wanted to continue yesterday's showdown.
After Gasol received a pass from Iverson, Kobe Bryant cut into the inside, Duncan, Yao Ming, and Gasol all made mid-range shots, and Kobe felt that he could easily fight back against James by cutting in......
"Watts?"
When Kobe Bryant squeezed Maddy and rushed to the free throw line, he crashed into Garnett's arms!
Kobe Bryant wants to go to the left, it's Maddy's help defense contraction, and to the right, it's James's help defense contraction, and there is a Howard under the basket......
Liu Mang saw Kobe Bryant being sandwiched by the four major high school students on his side, and this picture was ...... What a pick-me-up!
Of course, the high school student who was caught felt very refreshed, and saw Gasol distribute the ball to Duncan, Duncan dribbled in from the baseline and attracted Howard to the right side of the basket after defense, Yao Ming's empty dunk, Kobe Bryant was about to vomit blood!
"Where is this defense? It's clearly aimed at me! Kobe Bryant saw Liu Mang who went to receive the serve, and the only one who didn't hit him just now was this guy.
But Kobe Bryant always felt that the deepest malice emanated from this guy!
Liu Mang looked at Kobe's "real-black question mark face" when he retreated, and couldn't help but laugh!
"You must not laugh, the master is a professional...... But our five starters and four high school students, why didn't they notice before? ”
Liu Mang pushed forward while looking at the high school student foursome who were standing in their own position, and had a very wonderful feeling.
After Liu Mang advanced to the front court, James originally wanted to ask for the ball directly, but Liu Mang motioned for him to play one, and James did not object, ran to the side, and helped Liu Mang open up space.
Kobe Bryant saw that Liu Mang didn't pass the ball, and immediately pressed out of the three-point line, and his actions were very fierce.
Liu Mang turned to the side, carried Kobe Bryant with his elbow, and said with a chuckle: "Kobe, do you know what I found?" ”
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"If you don't answer, you'll ask me."
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"Today I found out the reason why the two of us have a bad relationship......"
"Why?" Kobe Bryant finally answered.
"Yes, I found that I have always been incompatible with your group of high school students because of my high education level......"
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