From today on is the king

Chapter 1483 1482. The founder of basketball?
"The sky is lingling, the earth is lingling, Second Lord Guan bless..."

Liu Mang sat in the middle of the balcony, feeling the heat of the sun, trying to clear away distracting thoughts...

The onlookers, the two cubs and the little Lolita, looked at Liu Mang sitting cross-legged on the ground with his heart turned upside down. They didn't know what Liu Mang was doing, but he seemed very powerful.

Liu Mang opened his eyes and saw the two cubs sitting on the floor with bare buttocks, and the little loli who was taking the lead to watch. He didn't bother to care about it anymore, and asked in his heart: "Boss of the system, what are the characteristics of the high-level rascal lottery?"

"Ding... There are three types of advanced rogue value lottery draws and the only fixed option. The only fixed option: If you have a complete talent skill fragment or a talent skill bud, you can specify the talent skill category.

1. Obtain occupational abilities randomly and start matching occupational tasks.

2. Props related to various occupations.

3. Others.

Since the host does not have complete talent skill fragments or talent skill germination, only random lottery can be selected. "

"I've used the only fixed option twice. New profession? I'm 25 years old, so I'll come to a new profession? It's almost the same after I retire, 2 and 3... Anyway, the only option is lottery. It's not impossible to get rogue points in the future. Boss of the system, let's draw!"

"The host uses high-level rogue points to draw a lottery, and consumes 100000000 rogue points..."

It was the first time for Liu Mang to use this lottery draw. Seeing the huge virtual crimson box in front of him, he felt a kind of enigmatic beauty...

As if it was blazing... or it was swallowed by the flames into a wisp of red smoke, the lottery draw is over!
"Ding... Congratulations to the host for starting the prestige series mission: celebrity."

"Celebrities: The host has already made indelible achievements in the basketball field. It needs to uphold the style of celebrities, promote the quality of benevolence, righteousness and purity, promote the development of basketball culture, and become the new generation of founders in the basketball field. The series of missions for celebrities have started, and the exclusive missions will be opened."

"What the hell? It's actually a mission?" Liu Mang's eyes widened. Fortunately, there were three loli and Zhengtai beside him, otherwise he really wanted to scold.

"Promote the development of basketball culture? A new generation of founders in the basketball field?"

Liu Mang looked at this passage, the former is a difficult task and the ultimate dream of his generation of basketball players, the latter...the founder of basketball...

After getting angry, Liu Mang thought of many things: "Think about the history of basketball, which is only a hundred years old. Compared with football, which has a history of more than 1000 years, from a macro perspective, basketball is indeed just in its infancy. David Stern is the founder of basketball. The next joke is completely inferior. In terms of contribution to basketball, Jordan is also inferior to David Stern. Of course, Jordan is also one of the founders. I don't think so..."

The more Liu Mang thought about it, the bigger his head became, and he felt that this burden was too heavy on his back.

"I just wanted to smoke a big one, and I've been excited for so long. How could it be like this? Even if it's a mission, what about rewards? I don't even talk about rewards. I don't know what kind of mission it is..."

Liu Mang put his elbows on his thighs and his fists against his chin, looking at Second Master Guan, he complained wildly in his heart, feeling that Second Master Guan had paid his respects in vain.

"But my lord, I should be the pioneer in the basketball world, right? Unlike football, which had a similar cuju in the Song Dynasty, basketball was invented by Dr. Naismith in modern times. There was no similar thing in ancient times. This type of sport should not disappear for a long time...

So in 400 years, if I can be remembered when people mention basketball... oh my god..."

Liu Mang had never considered this aspect before. At first, he just wanted to play well and make money. Later, he had a desire for honor. He wanted to achieve a career on this road. If he didn't fight for the opportunity, he really had a bad brain.

But considering what happened hundreds of years later... Liu Mang doesn't know what this "celebrity" is like, but if he lives for a lifetime, if people around him, the whole world, and even people in hundreds of years later can think of him when they mention basketball... Liu Mang has an inexplicable feeling of enthusiasm, and goosebumps rise!

"Wait, I remember that celebrity means someone who is famous but has not become an official...but it can also refer to famous people in general!"

Thinking of his own reputation, Liu Mang felt that the problem was a bit big, and the task didn't say whether it was a good reputation or a bad reputation!Having a bad reputation doesn't mean you can't be a Founder!
"Celebrities can go down in history like this Guan Erye, can they also be infamous like Qin Hui?"

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"Desmond Mason?"

Looking at the burly man in the lounge who was painting the shy-faced team cheerleader Cathy Jelica with watercolors, Liu Mang felt ashamed...

In the legendary heart there is a tiger sniffing roses?

Liu Mang remembered that this guy was the slam dunk champion before he entered the NBA, that is, the 2001 slam dunk contest champion after Carter.

But Liu Mang's impression of this guy... This guy played like that, purely relying on his physical fitness, and he still had the mind to defend in the early years. After that, he only had to rush and cut to dunk. Instead, he worked hard to gain some status in the literary and art circles. In 2003, an abstract painting of plum blossoms he painted was sold for a sky-high price of 150 million dollars.

Liu Mang didn't know how plum blossoms could be abstracted, and he searched the Internet, but couldn't find any tricks.

The American Painting Association also helped Desmond Mason organize a "Desmond Mason Golden Plum Award" public welfare fund award. The annual income from the award-winning paintings and excellent painting exhibitions is dedicated to the poorest places in the United States to help children there fulfill their dreams of becoming painters.

"This guy used to belong to the Bucks. It seems that the future Larry Sanders is also a fan of this guy's paintings... Is this a mistake? Or is it an ambassador of painting culture that makes people fall in love with art?"

Seeing Liu Mang coming, Mason smiled and nodded towards Liu Mang, and then continued to draw, which did not match Liu Mang's image of Mason on the court who was always troublesome and hot-tempered!
Before Liu Mang came to the arena this morning, he received a call from Stockton, saying that the team’s final No. 15 had been confirmed. Liu Mang arrived at the arena at [-] o’clock. Unexpectedly, someone came earlier. When he went to the lounge, he found that it was a new teammate who dragged the cheerleader to be a model.

"Desmond, it's against the team's rules to pick up girls on the cheerleading squad..." Liu Mang couldn't help joking.

Instead of feeling ashamed, Mason said, "Ace, the coach allowed Cathy to be my model. Are you jealous? We'll go to my newly rented office to take full-body photos later, without clothes on. Look, Cathy's figure..."

"..." Liu Mang didn't expect this guy to be exposed so directly, and he said speechlessly: "Go ahead, Cathy, the opportunity to have a talented literary and artistic youth has come, hurry up..."

Liu Mang said hello, left the lounge, and when he closed the door, he saw Mason who was concentrating on painting again, Liu Mang was so sick...

"The people in our team are all weird. Now that there is an extra painter, it's even weirder. Except for my young master, I have no normal people..."

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How to become a celebrity, Liu Wei doesn't know if the task is not triggered, but to become a real celebrity, Liu Wei thinks it will not be that simple.

Liu Mang thinks that he already has a place in NBA history, but at most he is similar to Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Olajuwon, and Magician, and there is a clear gap compared with Jordan.

Liu Mang can't care about this for the time being, anyway, it's always right to play hard, and now he has a new goal, which is to become a benchmark in the industry!

When he came out of the conference room, Liu Mang saw Stockton and immediately said hello.

Stockton also responded: "Ace, it's still so early for you to see Mason, right? He pestered Lang yesterday and insisted on letting Cathy be his model. It's really nerve-wracking..."

"Is Mason our last member to reinforce? I thought you would choose a veteran, but he has played for seven years and entered the NBA earlier than me, so he is considered a veteran..."

Liu Mang and Stockton walked to Coach Kruger's office together. The other coaches hadn't come yet. After all, it was just a tactical meeting. The players didn't gather until the 20th, and the training camp started on the 21st.

Liu Mang asked Stockton about the reason for signing, and learned why they were able to dig Mason.

Since the Bucks chose to trade Reid, they chose to deal with Bo OJ-Mayo, the famous No. [-] high school student in the United States. Naturally, they would not keep this hot-tempered dunk as they did in the original time and space.

And Desmond Mason's career is not short, but it's not long either. In the peak two years before the age of 30, he still averaged about 15 points per game, but after the age of 30, he only averaged 9+4 per game last season. His physical fitness is still amazing, but he has not grown at the age of 30. He has no shooting, no ball holding, no advantages except cutting in and second offense, especially poor defense, and likes to fight too much...

A series of shortcomings caused his contract to decline sharply when he was 30 years old. He was a rookie in 2000. After the rookie contract ended, he signed a three-year 2100 million contract. But the second contract ended, and the talent he showed when he won the slam dunk king was exhausted. There was no progress. He will always play like that. He is 30 years old.

Of course, his fiery temper and style of play make him very marketable, and all strong teams want such a player who can boost morale.

These characteristics of Mason fit well with some of the tactical ideas that the Eagles coaching staff had communicated with Liu Mang long ago. After the Eagles contacted Mason, the opponent had a strong tendency to join. At the age of 30, he knew that his career was not long, and he also wanted to touch the championship before retiring. The Eagles were undoubtedly one of the two best choices.

Compared with Liu Mang, who has a good relationship with Reed, Mason has a much better impression, and the signing went smoothly, 280 million a year.

Liu Mang also thought that the 800 million injury exception would be used on some powerful players or veterans, but signing Mason is also good.

Liu Mang learned from Stockton that there are many veterans who want to join, but the Eagles got two veteran insiders, O'Neal and Brad Miller through trades and signings, as well as Grant Hill, so they are not so persistent about experience.

Originally wanted to keep Swift, but the Swift Lions wanted to be middle class. Last year's playoffs averaging 7 points and 4 rebounds gave Swift "confidence".

And Mason's here is less than 300 million...

Both were rookies in 2000. Mason has averaged 13.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game in his career so far. With a similar style of play, the Eagles will of course choose the cheap one.

Anyway, it's just a special case of injury, use it if you use it, and it will expire when Wade comes back, so sign it first.

Wait until the middle of the season, if there are any unsuitable players on the team, you can choose to trade or lay off at that time, or you can wait until the middle of the season to see which veterans are in good condition but are not satisfied with the current situation of your team, and then make a decision.

It is easier to sign veterans in the summer, but the reason why veterans are veterans is that it is hard to tell their status. They may have a lot of experience to adjust, but in fact most veterans cannot be adjusted.

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After playing for a few days, I will go back to Chengdu tomorrow. I will start to resume writing about 10,000 characters every day. At the same time, I will continue to prepare new books~ I hope I can have a manuscript of [-]+ words before opening a new book~
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