Liu Mang came to the arena in the morning, ready to come early to practice shooting, little Lori and Alexia started a dream 20-day double day holiday, January 8th, before starting to re-class, and then in February to start the holiday, March to start classes, let Liu Mang think back to his primary school, every year at this time, Liu Mang is envious and jealous: primary school students should make up more classes and read more, play what computer pit what teammates!

There was no need to prepare breakfast in the morning, Liu Mang called and asked Emmanuol to prepare a nutritious meal and come to train early.

As the saying goes, it's not fast to grind the gun, not to mention that Liu Mang usually has training, it's always good to practice more, and he doesn't worry about physical problems.

However, when he came to the stadium at seven o'clock, there were already a lot of people, some were eating the breakfast they bought, some were eating nutritious meals, and they were talking about something.

Liu Mang went to get breakfast with Emmanuor, who seemed to have lost a few pounds for three months after the start of the training camp, and sat down with his teammates, only to know that the Denver All-Star Weekend voting will start on December 19th, that is, at nine o'clock this morning!

And at six o'clock yesterday afternoon, the all-star candidates for each team have been announced.

On the Hawks' side, Liu Mang, Maddy, Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace, Kwame Brown, and Muhammad were selected as All-Star starters for a total of 164 people.

Seeing this list, Liu Mang expressed his silence to Prince, this guy will always be ignored......

This is really no way, Prince's personality is too calm, his style of play is too simple, and the defense is not the kind of defensive way of yelling and flying around, and even when defending, there is no trash talk, just silently defending, which makes him basically no other popularity except for being the square dance leader, due to bad data, he averaged 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, and the media forgot about him.

And his performance is mainly on the defensive end, and the coaches can't select him as an All-Star, the stats are too bad, and he is not the MVP of last season's Finals or anything.

However, in order to give Maddie a greater chance to be selected as an All-Star starter, the league put Maddie in the small forward position.

Liu Mang is the all-time highest-ranking vote-getter record, Iverson is still worthy of Maddie's popularity, the two tigers are fighting, there must be an injury, Iverson's chances of winning are a little higher, so the league put Maddie in the small forward position, the league's most popular team now, without two All-Star starters, the league is estimated to be unacceptable.

Mainly the other candidates of the Hawks, Kwame Brown has no chance, O'Neal is coming to the East, just Yao Ming, and Kwame Brown, who is loved and black, can still win steadily, just like Francis, even if there is a relationship with Yao Ming, he can only be the second most popular guard in the West, and he still can't compare to Kobe.

Muhammad, Rashid Wallace, and Jason Terry are just "qualified" as All-Star starters in the eyes of the experts who drafted them, and Muhammad only averaged a double-double per game in the 01-02 season, which kept the media under the impression that he was "qualified" to be an All-Star starter.

However, several candidates don't care so much about whether they can start as an All-Star, because except for Liu Mang and Maddie, everyone else knows that they have nothing to do with All-Star starters.

Liu Mang must be stable, Maddie has moved to the small forward position, and he is also very stable, and his popularity has surpassed that of his eldest cousin.

The teammates came to the arena so early just because the All-Star Weekend voting was about to begin, and the main thing was, of course, to discuss who on the team had a chance to come off the bench.

And Kwame Brown and Jason Terry, Rasheed Wallace said that if they were selected as All-Stars, how would they be treated.

When Liu Mang heard that he was invited here, he quickly stuffed the unpalatable nutritious meal into his mouth, and then ran to the lounge to read the Knicks' scouting report, and narrowly escaped the disaster.

After resting for half an hour, at half past eight, Liu Mang first ran two kilometers on the treadmill in the gym to warm up, and then went to the physiotherapy room to stretch, ready to continue to practice mid-range shooting and turn-over jumpers.

When Liu Mang finished stretching out, he saw that some teammates had been pulled to practice strength, mainly rookies and second-year players, some were practicing shooting, mainly role players, and some had already begun to train at the exclusive trainer, mainly stars.

Seeing that his teammates had not gathered together, Liu Mang breathed a sigh of relief, took a ball, and called Emmanuol to prepare for practice.

As soon as I walked to the training ground, the system prompt came.

"Ding...... Challenger series mission trigger: the peak counterattack of the parallel trade champion. ”

Seeing the content of the task, Liu Mangqiu fell to the ground in fright, this damn high school student! Where did you get the courage to give you so much ambition! Malaysian?

……

"Kwame Brown followed the host and achieved the glory he once dared not hope for, and Kwame Brown now has the luxury of being named to the All-Star starter and winning the jump ball for the host at All-Star Weekend. Challenger series of missions: The peak counterattack of the parallel trade champion is triggered. ”

"The pinnacle of parallel traders: Helped the famous parallel top Kwame Brown be selected as the starter of the 2004 Denver All-Star Weekend. Reward: Kwame Brown's Extreme Adoration. Failure penalty: share the joys and sorrows, such as Kwame Brown in order to be selected to the All-Star starting team and selected to the All-Star bench lineup, the host must take the initiative to give up the All-Star starting position to other All-Star substitutes, if the punishment is not implemented, randomly deduct 1 point from the evaluation of shooting ability in a certain aspect. ”

In this task, Liu Mang felt that his brain hurt!

Kwame Brown's extreme adoration?

I want this guy's worship to be useless!

All-Star bench, Liu Mang feels that Kwame Brown has a chance, and the chances are higher than that of Jason Terry, and Jason Terry will not be so favored by the head coaches of other teams, because he has too many points to score by playing the opponent's bench.

The sixth man, even if he is the best sixth man, has a very small chance of being selected as an All-Star substitute, and only has the opportunity to start as an All-Star, Liu Mang knows this very well, and the future Ginobili was not selected as an All-Star when he won the best sixth man, but the only two full-time starting seasons were selected for the All-Star bench.

Liu Mang was named an All-Star for his Sixth Man of the Year season, once hand-picked by David Stern and once as an All-Star starter.

In Liu Mang's memory, the player who won the best sixth man was selected as an All-Star substitute that season, and after the 21st century, only the king of Jingdezhen that he admired.

The king is different, Liu Mang silently praised the little fat man who was still struggling with asthma.

Like Jason Terry last season, he also played well, but he missed the All-Star bench.

But Kwame Brown is a scarce interior player in the East, averaging 13.8 points, 12.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, which is quite good, and his performance in the center of the East is second only to O'Neal and Ben Wallace, and he has a good chance of being selected for the All-Star bench.

But even if Jason Terry is the second highest scorer on the Hawks team this season, averaging 19.2 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, he has little chance of being selected as an All-Star bench.

And the starters are Liu Mang and Iverson, and Jason Terry has no chance.

But even if Kwame Brown has a chance to be an All-Star substitute, it will be too difficult for him to become an All-Star starter!

Unlike Ratliff lying in the All-Star starter, now O'Neal is coming to the East!

This bastard parallel goods champion, does the master need you to help the master jump the ball!

But this failure punishment, Liu Mang feels that it hurts, the all-star starter is this, how can Liu Mang be willing to give it up?

This unlucky parallel goods champion!

……

What else can be done?

Liu Mang thought about it carefully, if Kwame Brown is selected as an All-Star starter, it will also be a good thing for their Hawks, for example, in the game, Kwame Brown has the title of All-Star starter, which will inevitably attract the envy and jealousy of the opponent, and the defense of Kwame Brown is stricter, and those who feel that they can play according to Kwame Brown before are psychologically unbalanced, and will want to prevent Kwame Brown, then the rest of the Hawks may have a better chance to score.

Set up a live target to make it easier for him to score, Liu Mang thinks it is feasible......

It's hard, though!

Liu Mang thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was better to do something!

To be selected as an All-Star starter, you have to be popular.

Kwame Brown's popularity this season is also not bad, firstly, because he got rid of the title of parallel import, and secondly, because he followed Liu Mang's side, and his attention was higher than that of this season's champion show Dwight Howard.

But compared to O'Neill, it's a far cry.

Whether it is strength or popularity, O'Neal is the strongest center in the league, and Yao Ming was able to beat him to be selected as an All-Star starter because of the unconditional support of domestic fans.

And although Kwame Brown has rubbed Liu Mang's popularity, however, Rashid has not been selected as an All-Star starter in the past two seasons after Maddy's popularity soared, but was selected as an All-Star substitute, it can be expected that it will be difficult for Kwame Brown to be selected as an All-Star starter, O'Neal is good if he doesn't come to the East, and O'Neal, who is still at the peak tail, is coming to the East, and Kwame Brown is basically impossible to become an All-Star starter.

So, the only way to increase Kwame Brown's popularity is to find a way!

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Mang has a way!

……

Liu Mang arrived at the gym, where Kwame Brown was leaning back in a chair to receive a relaxing massage from a physiotherapist after a set of light lower body strength exercises.

Today, everyone only has one or two sets of training in the morning, and there are competitions in the evening, which is just regular training.

"Kwamei, are you afraid of O'Neill?" Liu Mang asked, propped up in the chair where Kwame Brown was sitting.

"O'Neill?" Kwame Brown thought of the feeling of being crushed when he confronted O'Neill, and replied without hesitation: "Afraid! ”

"......" Liu Mang's hand was weak, and he almost slipped to the ground.

This damn parallel high school student can't do it with a little ambition!

Liu Mang didn't expect Kwame-Brown to say that he was afraid so decisively, and asked angrily: "Then every time you confront O'Neill, you are as desperate as you are when you see the enemy who killed your father?" ”

What Liu Mang wants to ask most is: Where did you get the courage to be selected as an All-Star starter when you are so cowardly?

"Of course! If you can't beat it, you have to fight! Isn't this what you taught, boss? Kwame-Brown asked curiously.

"Uh......" Liu Mang didn't know what to say, should he say that this guy has no ambition, or is he ambitious.

Liu Mang thinks that Kwame Brown's mentality is very good, he plays hard when he just gets it, and he plays hard when he just gets it, so he has an average performance of more than 13+12 per game, and he is doing well on the defensive end.

However, it is a little too "steady", the mentality has been adjusted, and his positioning is clear, a super blue-collar worker, which Liu Mang is very satisfied with, but now he ...... Liu Mang was a little dissatisfied.

If Kwame-Brown knew Liu Mang's heart, she would definitely want to cry: Can we little brothers be unstable and focused? The boss is so profligate, we can only be steady!

Liu Mang organized a flickering for a long time...... No, it's the wording that inspires Kwame Brown's fighting spirit, and it is completely unspeakable by Kwame Brown's very good attitude now.

This won't work!

Liu Mang's brain turned sharply, and he had an idea again.

After the physiotherapist left, Liu Mang stopped Kwame Brown, who was about to take a shower, and asked, "Kwamei, who do you think is the best center in the East?" ”

Kwame-Brown felt a little inexplicable about this question, it should be said that he felt that Liu Mang had been a little weird today, but he still replied: "O'Neal? ”

"No, no, no, no......" Liu Mang turned on the mode, looked Kwame Brown up and down, and said: "I think the best center in the East is here." ”

"Here?"

Kwame Brown didn't understand what it meant at all, looked around, and found that there were only two people in the gym, Liu Mang was the point guard, and it had nothing to do with the center, and it took a while for Kwame Brown to react, and he pointed at himself in astonishment and said, "Boss, do you mean me?" ”

"Why, aren't you?" Liu Mang asked rhetorically.

"Boss, don't be kidding......" Kwame-Brown thought Liu Mang was teasing him.

Speaking of which, Liu Mang is really teasing him, but he doesn't fool him...... No, if you don't convince him that he is the strongest center, the plan can't be implemented!

Liu Mang hinted that he believed that the parallel champion in front of him was the strongest center, deceived himself first, and then said very seriously: "Kwamei, in my opinion, you are the best center in the world, you have the highest shooting rate in the NBA, you are the main center of the team with the best record in the East, we are the strongest team, there is no center more suitable for us than you, O'Neal and Yao Ming can't win you in the game, you are the strongest one, you have to believe in yourself, you are already the best center in the East, we need you to be more confident, Fearless in the face of all opponents......"

"Ding...... Hitler's demagogic effect triggers: the host's remarks, suggestions, criticisms, and other linguistic expressions have a large direct psychological impact on Kwame Brown......"

Combining some real data with nonsense, yes, it is the ability to fan the flames that Liu Mang and the reporters learned, together with Hitler's demagogy, has produced very good results.

Kwame Brown listened to Liu Mang's "encouragement" and felt excited, as if she felt that Liu Mang had spread another pair of wings behind him.

After Liu Mang's big fool, he said to Kwamei Brown, who had been fooled: "Then Kwamei, you and O'Neal will compete for the All-Star starter!" I'm sure you can succeed, just do what I say. ”

"Okay, boss, I'll listen to you...... Yes? What do you say, Boss? Competing with O'Neal for an All-Star starter? ”

"Yes, I'm sure you can."