After staying at home for a few days, except for the first day or two, my parents were still excited, and then they slowly ate together as usual, and then went their separate ways.

This is life, although there is money that seemed astronomical before, but the lives of Liu Mang's parents have not changed much, and they have not even hung Liu Mang's photos on the signboard to attract customers or anything, or live how they should live, children have their own lives, and parents have their own lives.

Liu Mang took Dina and his party to play in familiar places around their hometown for a few days, wandering around, although the road has changed, but the attractions here have not changed much, and the protection is better, Nanhu, Xitang, Qiantang River, Meihuayuan, Haining Yanguan Resort...... And so on, the foursome is indeed very eye-catching, three foreigners who can speak Chinese plus a big tall Chinese, this combination is difficult not to attract attention.

Although the sports stars with Chinese faces are not as eye-catching as those with European and American faces, there are occasionally people who know Liu Mang who ask for a group photo, but not to the point where they can't travel.

After playing for a few days, Liu Mang said goodbye to his parents and went out to travel with luggage that had changed from eight large boxes to simple luggage.

Dinah's visa is only for one month, and they can't stay that long, about half a month, and by the end of July, Liu Mang will resume training and prepare for the next commercial promotion.

On July 12, Liu Mang and Dina left their homes and set off for Leshan and Xi'an, which had been planned before, to see the world's largest Buddha and terracotta warriors......

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When Liu Mang returned to China for tourism, the free market in the NBA became more and more popular.

The overall structure of the Eagles has been completed, and only minor repairs remain, but the reinforcements of other championship teams continue.

The Los Angeles Lakers, the most high-profile and active team of the summer, continue to do things.

On July 15, Karl Malone rejected a two-year, $16 million contract offered by the Spurs and the Kings, and joined the Los Angeles Lakers with a veteran base salary of $1.5 million a year.

Malone thought for a long time and made a choice among the four teams of the Lakers, Hawks, Spurs, and Kings, and when Payton really joined the Lakers, compared to the inexperienced Hawks, Duncan's direct rival in the power forward position, and the Kings who eliminated them in a row in the past two years, Malone chose the Los Angeles Lakers, who had just formed a triumvirate combination.

When the Lakers held a press conference to welcome Malone to join, the whole basketball circle went crazy!

Kobe, O'Neal, Payton, and Malone, four All-Star-caliber players on one team, the sensation is unprecedented in NBA history, and some fans chant that his grandmother can win the championship with this team.

People want to see what Stockton decides next when he goes to the Lakers as well, and he won't be able to play in the NBA next season.

But when the media inquired about Stockton's decision, they found that Stockton seemed to have disappeared, as if he had no contact with the outside world at all.

Stockton's sense of presence is not strong, and sometimes when he goes out to play for the national team, others regard him as a fan or a reporter, and his presence is too low.

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Liu Mang was having fun in China, and since it was a trip to relax, Liu Mang put aside other things and took the girl to have a good time.

The Eagles, on the other hand, are too busy.

After Malone joined the Lakers, the Hawks' pursuit of Stockton became more intense.

Whether you can get Stockton or not, but at least it's better than not letting Stockton join the Lakers!

Now the NBA can contact Stockton, in addition to Stockton's wife and children, only Malone and the Hawks are on their side.

In addition to the Nets, the sworn enemy, the Hawks want to reach the top, and the final stage is the Finals.

Coach Tomjanovic's phrase "don't underestimate the heart of a championship" has become a warning in the hearts of this group of players, perhaps this sentence is the most impressive for players in the early and mid-90s before the salary of players has not increased significantly, when the vast majority of players only had a salary of one or two million, no more than the money to go to Europe to pan for gold.

But now the legacy of the 90s is still there, and there are countless examples of many stars cutting their salaries in order to win the championship, such as Ma Long, who still had a salary of more than 19 million last season, and if he wants to play next season, eight or nine million is normal, such as the 76ers, who directly gave them the 1 year 14 million salary they could give to dig Ma Long, but Ma Long still chose 1.5 million, just for the championship.

And Ma Long's 18-year career has actually only taken 4 years of top salary.

The championship is the most important thing for today's players, of course, in this era when the team is generally not profitable, many team owners are running the team with the mentality of loving basketball, anyway, they don't rely on the team's box office to make money, so except for the special exception of the team next door to the team in Los Angeles that has just formed the Big Four, most teams are working hard for the championship, no matter how far away they are, there is always a long-term plan, such as the "process" of the 76ers in the future.

Of course, the same is true for the Hawks, who are only one step away from the Finals, and the goal of next season is definitely not only to cross the Nets, but more importantly, to win the championship!

Therefore, after Liu Mang left the United States, the Hawks did not stop the pace of reinforcements, the center position is basically alive, Ratliff, Kwame Brown, and Muhammad can all play center, although Rashid Wallace rented a house after reporting and went back to Portland to pick up his wife, and he hasn't come back for a while, and the coaching staff has not communicated with him about occasionally playing center, but the center position has Kwame Brown, a physical champion, and it may be enough to ask a personal trainer to guide it this summer.

In the power forward position, Rasheed Wallace, Boozer, and Mohammed are completely adequate.

Raheem at the small forward position, Prince, Barnes, and Korver at small forward and shooting guard, and Jason Terry at shooting guard, these two positions are also enough for multiple rotations.

The biggest problem has fallen to the position of point guard, in addition to Liu Mang, there is a rookie Willie Green, and judging from the performance of the summer league, Willie Green is more suitable for impacting the basket, and the opponent's height is generally higher than after college.

Therefore, Liu Mang's backup point guard is very important, and Stockton has no suspense as the first reinforcement target.

Therefore, after Liu Mang left the United States, Coach Kruger did not stop communicating with Stockton, and took Raheem and Jason Terry to Spokane to talk to Stockton, and he traveled twice in more than ten days.

Coach Kruger gave Stockton enough respect, the age difference between the two is not much, in 1989 he joined the Georgia Institute of Technology jacket team as an assistant coach, the old coach is too old to retire, coach Kruger showed outstanding coaching ability, widely popular with local fans in Atlanta, became the head coach of the jacket team in 1992, joined the NBA in 2001, is considered a young coach, although the NBA often refers to the head coach under the age of 50 as a young coach, in fact, he is only in his 40s, four or five years older than Stockton, for a veteran like Stockton, Coach Krueger has the same respect for the team's veteran Kevin Willis, after all, he is his age.

It's July 17th, it's been two days since Malone signed with the Lakers, after the Lakers formed the Big Four, other championship teams have become more hungry for free agents, and the Hawks don't have much time to wait, Coach Kruger decided to go to Spokane to visit Stockton again, if it can be done, if not, you can only give up, the Hawks have always reserved the position of the first backup point guard for Stockton, and they respect Stockton very much, but they can't do it like this, seeing that high-quality benches are snatched up by other championship teams.

Coach Kruger once again contacted one of the core members of the team, this time with Mohammed, and Coach Kruger was about to take Muhammad, a good old man, to Spokane for a final discussion with Stockton, and was about to call to make an appointment for a meeting, when the phone in Coach Kruger's office rang.

Coach Kruger picked up the phone, and within minutes, the team staff outside the office heard Coach Kruger's ecstatic cheers......