"Uncle, did that very old uncle invite us to the party?" Little Lori asked, sticking her head in the middle of the two seats in the front row.

"Sit down! Be careful 1 What is a very old uncle, James is only ten years older than you, you have to call brother, otherwise he will be sad! Liu Mang couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh...... He doesn't look like his brother at all......"

On the evening of September 7, Liu Mang took Dinah, Levia, and Alexia to a house party held by James in the villa he rented in Los Angeles.

Liu Mang drove to the villa rented by James, the seaside villa, without walls, parked directly in the parking area at the door, and a Camaro parked next to it, which is very in line with James's image and temperament.

After Liu Mang parked the car, James had already come out with his girlfriend.

"Wow, Savannah, long time no see." Liu Mang was surprised to see James's girlfriend's big belly.

Savannah Brinson, James's girlfriend, has been with James since she was 16 years old, and she met her during All-Star Weekend before, but she couldn't tell that she was pregnant at that time, and now, it's estimated that she is eight or nine months old.

"Ace, long time no see." Savannah came up and hugged Liu Mang gently.

On the other side, James, who was a gentleman who didn't want it, also hugged Levia and Alexia gently.

"Savannah, you're about to give birth? Congratulations. Liu Mang thought of the future little James, and it was estimated that this was it.

"Thanks, the due date is next month, and the medical environment here in Los Angeles is better than in Cleveland, so I'm going to wait here." Savannah generously puffed up her stomach and touched it.

"I hope you have a boy, not like a guy who can only have a daughter." Liu Mang said with a smile.

"Who?" Savannah asked with interest.

"There's a player in Los Angeles, don't talk about him, he's stingy, and he's going to get angry when he hears it." Liu Mang said with a smile.

When Savannah heard this, she didn't know who it was, Liu Mang and that guy had a bickering mouth, and there were revelations on many news.

The men and women on both sides greeted each other first, and it was the turn of the men and men to greet each other.

There was no embarrassment of losing ten days ago, and James gave a warm hug: "Ace, meet again, every time we meet, there are bad memories, I hope this time it won't be like this." ”

James made a joke enthusiastically.

"Haha, it's hard to say, I'm fine, I've always been a nice and nice person, but there's a guy that's hard to say." Liu Mang said with a smile.

Before James could ask who it was, an angry roar came from the villa: "Ace-Liu! Who you say can't have a son? Who isn't friendly? ”

Boil over...... Well, the little blacksmith didn't have much hair anymore, and he roared like an angry bull.

When he said that he couldn't give birth to a son, Kobe Bryant was already angry, but he was held down by Vanessa, and this time he couldn't bear it anymore and walked out towards Liu Mang.

"Damn! This guy actually came first! Liu Mang noticed that there were already many people in the living room, Maddie and the child, Vanessa had a stroller next to her, and Iguodala and his girlfriend were also there, all snickering, including Vanessa.

It's okay to say bad things about people behind your back, but it's a little embarrassing to say it to your face! The main thing is to find an opportunity to learn from Kobe Bryant in a high position, although I feel a little bit when I practice by myself, but compared to being taught, it must be completely different, and if I am not careful, I will anger Kobe Bryant again, so I have to appease it......

"Ahem, LeBron, where did we just talk?" Liu Mang ignored what he said just now, ignored Kobe Bryant by the way, and said to James, "You have to study hard with Kobe, he is a very good player, he is a high school student like you, you can ask him for advice...... Hey, Kobe! I'm sorry I didn't see you so early. ”

“……”

Kobe Bryant and James were speechless, and everyone else couldn't help but burst into laughter, and Savannah, a pregnant woman, was holding her waist and puffing out her big belly and laughing......

……

Overall, the family gathering was enjoyable, James rented a gym, made an appointment for each day's training time, and gave the keys to everyone.

Originally, Liu Mang also made an appointment with Wang Zhizhi, but Wang Zhizhi was a center forward, and he couldn't train together, so he didn't come together.

Liu Mang, Iguodala, Kobe, Maddy, and James' training began on the afternoon of September 8 and ended on September 20.

Although the league's prescribed training camp starts on October 1st, most teams usually start team training in late September, especially strong teams with goals and ideals.

Liu Mang, Maddy, and Iguodala's Eagles are the defending champions, so naturally it is impossible to really wait until October 1 to start training camp.

On September 8th, just after twelve o'clock at noon, Liu Mang came to the arena rented by James and found that someone had come!

Liu Mang walked into the training ground and saw that it was Kobe! I am shooting in the middle of receiving the ball boy's pass.

This guy came too early! I didn't miss a drink last night!

"Kobe, you're so early~" Liu Mang greeted warmly.

Seeing Liu Mang coming in, Kobe Bryant just glanced at it, snorted arrogantly, and continued to train.

I really offended the little blacksmith!

Liu Mang is a little sad!

asked the system: "System boss, how long does it take to learn from Kobe Bryant?" ”

"Ding...... Kobe Bryant's high-post back body technique reaches the mastery level, consumes 50,000 superstar points, takes a week to learn to reach a small level, and then can conduct a complete training on his own, because the host has used Kobe Bryant's 2004-2004 version of the star card, the learning time is shortened to three days. ”

Depend on! It's so expensive!

Moreover, that guy may not be willing to teach!

Ignore people! Excessively! Cheapskate!

Liu Mang scolded his stomach and went to the locker room to change his training clothes.

James is really a careful person, he prepared three sets of training clothes for Liu Mang, and they fit very well, put this basket next to the wardrobe, and put the dirty training clothes inside after training, and someone cleaned them.

There's no way, I've already offended others, I have to find a chance to please and please, and now I haven't thought of a way to please, Liu Mang can only practice first, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and there will always be a chance to learn.

And you can't wait for the little blacksmith to appear when he is in a happy mood, Liu Mang still has training himself.

When Liu Mang changed into his training clothes and came out, a caddy had already arrived.

James didn't spend less money this time......

Seeing that Kobe Bryant still ignored him, Liu Mang didn't pay attention to Kobe anymore and began to practice three points.

In terms of shooting, Liu Mang mainly practiced right-handed three-point shooting and left-handed layups.

Even if the left hand has become a dominant hand, but Liu Mang's left hand is mainly practiced dribbling and layups, the middle shot and three points of the right hand have not broken through 90, and the left hand of the middle shot and three points can be kept above 70, layups and dribbling are the aspects of the left hand that should be quickly improved, anyway, he is still young, Liu Mang did not want to eat fat in one breath, step by step progress, when it is time for the peak, the peak will naturally arrive, and he is not in a hurry.

Liu Mang practiced and practiced, and at about one o'clock in the afternoon, James and Iguodala, the two guys who had just met and found that they smelled like each other, came, and Maddie came right after.

They all started their respective training, James and Iguodala were playing physical confrontation, that is, one-on-one, Liu Mang, Kobe Bryant, and Maddie were polishing their basic skills.

Everyone's training is well underway......

……

Liu Mang started the last wave of hard training before the season, and on the NBA side, some small transactions in the NBA in August were all covered by the Olympic Games, mainly because the United States team played too badly this time, except for 1980, the American men's basketball team did not win a medal for the first time in the Olympic Games.

It wasn't until September that the NBA news came alive again.

The Dallas Mavericks' soap opera, it's the end of the show.

The main reason is that the Mavericks began to make big signings after the season ended and freed up more than 10 million salary space.

First of all, in mid-August, Eric Dampier, who had 12 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks last season, was given a seven-year, 73 million contract, poaching Dampier from the Warriors.

It was as if Cuban was tired of running out of money.

However, when it came to Nash's contract renewal, Cuban suddenly became extremely "stingy".

Nash never thought that he had been selected twice in '02 and '03, and had been selected as an All-Star twice, but he couldn't get a contract of 10 million, so he went out on a trip in July, and then came back halfway through and started to fight with Cuban.

Cuban is only willing to give a five-year, 40 million contract, and the final year is still a team option, worried that Nash, who will turn 30 in February this year, will no longer be able to do it, even if Nash is the only player on the Mavericks who has been in full attendance for the past three seasons.

Nash was certainly not happy with such an offer, but Nash didn't think about playing anywhere else, and he has been in Dallas for six years.

Nielsen Jr., the son of a mad scientist, suggested that Cuban give him an average annual contract of 10 million, and after Nash and Nelson Jr. talked privately, they also accepted the contract, but Cuban finally ripped off for a month and only increased the contract to 45 million for five years.

Finally, on September 10, Nash completely rejected the Mavericks' contract and announced that he would not return to the Mavericks and enter the free market.

This time, Nash felt that he was not put in the future plan by Cuban at all, and he was unwilling to give a contract of 10 million, and the contract of 9 million was 1 million.

The meaning is obvious: you're old and the team doesn't want you anymore.

On September 12, Nash and the Suns reached a six-year, 66 million agreement, and the Suns approached Nash almost as soon as Nash announced his entry into the free market.

Nash, who felt humiliated from Cuban, agreed without hesitation after seeing the Suns' offer for a contract.

In the snow, this is Nash's current situation, the Suns gave an average annual contract of 11 million, which helped Nash save face.

……

"Wow, Kuban is stupid, that's Steve! God, Mitch that guy XXXXX...... "Kobe Bryant is jealous and jealous of the Suns, but they Lakers didn't expect this to happen, it's September, who knows that an All-Star will be put into the free market!"

And this player has a good personality, and he doesn't compete for the position of the boss, and he doesn't even care about the data, and he really wants to stay in the parent team, he is still an All-Star level player, and he is highly efficient, so when Cuban and Nash fought for 1 million US dollars, other teams didn't care too much about it, after all, there was an extra million US dollars a year, and Cuban was not like a person who picked the door, and they all thought that the Mavericks would eventually keep Nash.

Who knows, the Mavericks really won't renew Nash's contract!

On the Lakers' side, it was hard to get rid of a bunch of middle-class people and free up more than 10 million space.

The Lakers have space in the summer, but they didn't catch big fish, or they have personality problems, there is already a Kobe, and then there is a personality problem, the Lakers management feels that the team is going to explode, or it is not suitable, and the position overlaps with Kobe, so after the powerful free agents have a home, the Lakers signed some free agents, signing Chaggi Atkins for 10 million in two years, signing Divac for 4.9 million a year, trading Chris Meem, 3 million and Medvidenko to renew his contract...... All of a sudden, the space filled up again.

So, when the contract extension between Nash and the Mavericks broke down in early September, even if they wanted to get Nash, there was no way!

On the night of the 9th, after Nash and the Suns reached a contract extension, Liu Mang and others, who were eating nutritious meals together, learned the news from their agents, and Kobe Bryant immediately exploded.

Others don't know how good Nash is, but Kobe Bryant doesn't?

But after scolding, Kobe Bryant didn't feel anything, he felt that it was no problem for him to lead the team alone, he didn't get Nash, just right, otherwise with Nash, others would say that he hugged his thighs.

Looking at Kobe's tangled look, everyone else is used to it.

If the personality wasn't so eccentric, it wouldn't be Kobe.

James is also envious, but Nash ...... It's not like they might go to Cleveland at all, it's not that they don't have an offer, but they don't respond at all.

Liu Mang thought about suggesting that the team pursue Nash, but it may not be in tune, and there is no space, and there is no position, even if there is space, the team will not pursue Nash.

It is impossible for Liu Mang to play as a substitute, Prince is the pillar of the outside defense, and Maddie is even more unlikely to be a substitute, so Nash can't be allowed to play as a substitute.

In addition, Liu Mang thinks that Nash and D'Antoni are the best match, Liu Mang wants to compete with Nash during the run-and-bomb period, and is looking forward to it, how strong is the team that does not have many superstars, but can still play gorgeous offense?

Liu Mang wanted to know this.

However, for Liu Mang, it doesn't matter, it's been four days!

Kobe Bryant hasn't talked to Liu Mang for four days, and Liu Mang thinks that even if the two quarrel, four days is enough! It's still an opponent who trains together and "loves each other" in the game!

Liu Mang couldn't help it, after eating the nutritious meal, everyone was ready to go back to their own places, Liu Mang pulled Kobe Bryant to the training ground.

"What for?" Kobe Bryant had an expression that I won't tell you too much if he didn't apologize, he felt that Liu Mang must be apologizing, and he had ignored this guy for several days, he must be in a hurry.

...... "Tsundere, your sister, Liu Mang looked at Kobe's tsundere, as if he was stimulating him, but he couldn't help it!"

"Kobe, I think you're very skilled, the best you've ever seen." Liu Mang patted a sycophant first.

"I know." Bryant replied immediately, quite confidently.

Isn't "......" an expression that can't talk to the master? Liu Mang found this guy, so shameless! When you hear compliments, you immediately disregard the "principle".

It's too troublesome to communicate with Kobe, or it's more fun to stimulate him, Liu Mang simply said directly: "I want to learn from you to play with a high position and teach me." ”

Liu Mang felt that he would be rejected ten out of ten, one hundred percent, he was ready to give up, and later learn from Jordan, although Jordan's back play was much different from Liu Mang's own characteristics, Jordan's physical fitness was too irritable, and the turnover jump shot was like leaning against the wall behind him or even like sitting in the air to throw, and his physical fitness was a little higher than that of Liu Mang and Kobe, and it was this small grade that was destined to bring about the gap between Kobe and Jordan with the same style of play from the beginning.

Just when Liu Mang broke the jar, Kobe Bryant actually said: "Okay, see you at four o'clock tomorrow." ”

"Huh?" Liu Mang watched Kobe Bryant leave without looking back, this guy actually agreed? Hell, so direct?

After Kobe Bryant left Liu Mang's sight, he began to sneer, if this guy doesn't come at four o'clock in the morning, he won't teach, and if he comes, he will practice this guy to death!