From today on is the king

Chapter 1154 1153. The Poor Man's "Love Janeway" Combination

Playing against James made Liu Mang more and more excited.

The main reason is that this guy progresses really fast!
There is pressure to be motivated. James is forced to move forward because of the pressure brought by Liu Wei, because other opponents targeted him with one more layup, and because the league forced him to limit his layups to four steps and gave other opponents a chance to target.

In addition to brazenly using the league's favoritism and lack of firmness to start the peak group mode, James is indeed not black from other angles. Whether it is deliberately to build a good image or other reasons, James has done very well since the beginning of his career in terms of professional attitude, training efforts, and dealing with people.

In the original time and space, after Kobe retired, basketball fans born in the 70s, 80s, and 90s liked to recall the star most. In the future, James will also become the most cherished star of the 80s and 90s. Neither of them has one of them. Kobe and James represent the memories of fans of that era.

At this stage, fans and the media are already advocating the battle between Liu Mang and James, Kobe and James for the No. 1 American basketball competition, but whether it is Kobe or Liu Mang, the relationship with James is not bad.

The main reason is that the three of them are of the same type, and their goal is to become the strongest.

Since James became less tolerant of him at the beginning of the season because of the determination of the layup rules, his strength was once "restricted".
"LeBron James, ability evaluation 93, offense 92, defense 84, pass 86, rebound 82, three-pointer 79, mid-range shot 61, layup 94, speed 92, strength 90..."

Liu Mang looked at James who was dancing with Prince, what a scary guy!

Really - the talent is visible to the naked eye!

I just told him that I should strengthen the skills I am good at, and he really became stronger, and the three-pointer is close to the quasi-first-class!

Thinking that this guy will shoot farther and farther in the future... Liu Mang feels that the strongest opponent in the future is really this guy.

He's only turned 21... It's probably a superstar next season, it's frightening!
For the frightening James, Liu Mang still has a little expectation...

For James, playing the Hawks ... is something that makes him happy and heartbroken.

He was very excited to play against Liu Reck, and always wanted to fight against Liu Reck, and against Liu Reck and McGrady, he could learn a lot from watching them play.

Learn Liu Mang's understanding of tactics and how McGrady uses his talent.

However, Liu Mang was more excited when he saw him, and every time he beat him to death, it was too difficult to win. The Eagles may be slack in playing many teams, but playing against their top five picks in the 03 generation.

So, what James thinks now is...

Better to dance!

At first, James refused to rely on the title of "Dance King" to attract popularity and make money, but now, he feels the increase in off-court income
Even Prince relies on square dancing, and his off-court income has reached more than 700 million US dollars in the past two years, which is higher than the combined income of his 100 million US dollar sneaker endorsement and first-round show contract!

And... It is certain that Prince's future contract will not be higher than the off-site income brought by square dancing.

James is very jealous. For the time being, from a basketball business point of view, he doesn’t have to think about competing with Liu Mang. He can’t at all. In the United States, James’ popularity may be similar to Liu Mang’s, and slightly better than Kobe’s. , I want to make Liu Mang the star with the highest endorsement fee in the basketball world.

It seems that this is not important, but it is very important for Liu Mang's commercial endorsement. For the brands endorsed by Liu Mang and other stars, Liu Mang almost always has the highest endorsement fee, because Nike has made a start.

In terms of sneakers, if James does not win an MVP or a championship, it will be difficult to surpass Liu Mang. On the contrary, after James became the King of Bliss Dance this year, he has a lot more endorsements, and the sales of sneakers are even better...

Unlike fans in other places who are advocating the confrontation between Liu Mang and James, Atlanta and Cleveland fans get along very well. Hawks fans like James very much. The main reason is that the team that met this guy basically equals one more victory for the Hawks...

Seeing James and Prince dancing, the fans at the scene were booing.

On James' side, his management team hired a lot of dance teachers for him to help him design dance steps.

If a star wants to be popular, he needs a personality.

Kobe's personality is "paranoid". Although Kobe himself doesn't know why his personality became popular, especially in overseas regions, he is more popular than Jordan, but when he becomes popular, he becomes popular, and his personality is paranoid.

Liu Mang's character design is "shameless". Liu Mang is very annoyed by this character design, but he is closer to the behavior pattern of ordinary people and is loved by many fans. Of course, he is more controversial than Kobe and Jordan.

At the beginning, James was set up as a "future king", but he became a "crab" under the name. He is popular but not very good. People who like him say that he will definitely have a good future when he is young, and those who don't like him are black.

But now James has a new personality, "King of Blissful Dancer", which is much more pleasing. He and his management team want to maintain this personality well until the popularity in basketball can surpass this personality.

and……

After getting used to this character setting, James thinks it's pretty good...

Prince did not have so much money to hire a dance teacher. He mainly thought about it by himself. After James released a new version of the dance steps of the Pure Land of Bliss, Prince pestered Liu Mang and got some dance moves.

Now James and Prince's "Dancing King battle" has entered a fever pitch.

As for who will become the king of kings in the end, it depends on the future fortune...

……

After a wave of awkward dancing, as Rasheed Wallace's roar video detonated the already enthusiastic fans, the game between the Eagles and the Cavaliers officially began.

For the Eagles, Rasheed Wallace on the inside and McGrady on the outside, Liu Mang, Prince, Horry, David Lee, and Kwame Brown made their debuts.

On the Cavaliers side, the starting lineup of Eric Snow, Larry Hughes, James, Gooden, and Big Z debuted.

The referee blew the start whistle and tossed the ball into the air, again Kwame Brown winning the jump ball.

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. The outside defensive combination of the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference, which may be second only to the Eagles, put a lot of pressure on him.

Snow, Larry Hughes, James, two quasi-first-class defensive masters and one top defensive master, the defense of this combination is really nothing to say, it can barely be regarded as the poor version of the defensive combination that loves Janeway.

After Liu Mang arrived in the frontcourt, faced with Larry Hughes' close defense, he saw that Snow and James were oppressively defending Prince and Horry, and did not give them a chance to catch the ball. He learned that the opponent's "defensive assistant" Mike Brown had integrated the defensive style of the "Love Janeway" defensive combination he created during the All-Star Weekend into their team.

After the All-Star Weekend, the Cavaliers did a better job defensively on the perimeter. On the one hand, Larry Hughes recovered better and returned to the defensive ability of last season. On the other hand, the Cavaliers implemented an oppressive defense on the outside. With the big Z on the inside, the commanding height of the basket, the Cavaliers did a good job defensively. The overall defensive efficiency of the No.

Liu Mang dribbled the ball to the right side of the top arc. Larry Hughes did not lose his position and defended well. He stepped on the three-point line. Once Liu Mang wanted to retreat, he immediately pressed up. He would rather Liu Mang break through than give Liu Mang space to throw a super long three-pointer.

Larry Hughes didn't have a good time playing in the Cavaliers, but he got so much money, he was still playing on a stronger team, he had more chances to win than he did in the Wizards, his effort did not decrease, and he worked hard on the defensive end as before.

Facing Larry Hughes' defense, Liu Mang didn't charge directly at first, but faced Larry Hughes' defense first, and threw a three-pointer unexpectedly. Unfortunately, Larry Hughes defended very well. Focusing on defense, he predicted that Liu Mang would shoot directly, which was a good interference in place.

Liu Mang missed a three-pointer at the start, Big Z stuck Kwame Brown, and James retracted to the basket to grab a defensive rebound.

James handed the ball to Snow, and the Cavaliers slowly advanced to the frontcourt.

For James, the current lineup is a place that limits his strength, it's too slow!
Snow is old, Gooden and Big Z are slow. Even with an outside oppressive defense, it is difficult for the Cavaliers to counterattack.

Fortunately, James has an All-Star outside teammate like Larry Hughes this season. Snow pushed the ball into the frontcourt and passed it to James. James passed the ball to Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes faced Horry's defense and rushed to the edge of the three-second zone to score two points.

Hawks fans think Horry is... what a "BUG"!
(End of this chapter)