From today on is the king

Chapter 1489 1488. Two consecutive tops in the power rankings!

With the end of the preseason, the final top few of the team strength rankings and player strength rankings of the major media have also been released.

In terms of team strength rankings, the Lakers have returned to No.2003 in the strength rankings for the first time in three years since they ranked first when they formed the Big Four before the start of the 2004-1 season.

Sports Illustrated, ESPN, TNT and other authoritative media all ranked the Lakers first.

But since No.24 was announced on the 3th, the media has been making troubles. Both TNT and Sports Illustrated ranked the Eagles third. ESPN, ABC TV, and US Cable ranked the Eagles second and the Cavaliers third.

No. 2 in the row of TNT and Sports Illustrated is the Cleveland Cavaliers!

Originally, the relationship between James and TNT and Sports Illustrated was not very friendly, but the relationship between Liu Mang and them was even worse.

It was the first time in four years that he was not number one in the team rankings. Liu Mang was a little unhappy, but when the top five player rankings were released on the 26th, Liu Mang immediately put those unhappiness aside.

Player Strength Ranking, Liu Mang dominates for the second time in a row!
When he won the first championship before, he only entered the top five, and in the second championship he only entered the top three. After winning the three consecutive championships, Hao ranked first in the player strength rankings. This time he failed to win the championship and still ranked first.

The FMVP Liu Mang felt that apart from triggering a mission, it didn't seem to have much special use. Instead, he kept reminding him that he had lost the championship, but I have to say that the FMVP is indeed a manifestation of strength, and it has a great positive effect on the media and fans in judging his personal strength.

This time James failed to rank second in the personal strength rankings. The No.2 of the major media is Kobe.

But Duncan, a bewildered man, suddenly returned to the top five.

Iverson ranked sixth to eighth due to his excellent performance last season, Nash is the same, Yao Ming is ranked ninth in almost all lists, and McGrady fell to tenth because of his poor performance in the regular season last season.

Each team in the East and West has two top-[-] players in the league.

As for O'Neal, except for his rookie season, he was in the top ten of the power rankings for the previous 16 years. This is the first time in seventeen seasons that he has dropped out of the top ten of the power rankings, ranking only No.19.

The Eagles also have a top 18 player, Kwame Brown, No. [-]... This is a bit of a hatred, just one place higher than O'Neal.

It's hard to die, the opponent of the Eagles' opener is the Suns.

But at this time, O'Neal, Kwame Brown was not afraid, and was very excited, and finally made O'Neal old!

The Hawks still have two of the top fifty players, with Marion at No. 20 and five, and Jason Terry No. 40.

Liu Mang knew from his ability evaluation that Marion had a downward trend, but it was not obvious for the time being. It was just that last season’s offensive performance was not so good. This was related to the role of the team, but it also had a lot to do with the decline of Marion’s personal offensive ability.

After all, in the new season that is about to start, Marion will be 30 years old by the time of the playoffs, and his physical fitness will inevitably decline. Marion has no injuries, but he is not a skilled player at his age.

Marion's defense can be maintained by mobility and exaggerated wingspan, but the decline in explosive power, for a player like him who only uses three-pointers to open up space and runs and cuts as the main means of offense, the decline in explosive power will make the offensive decline very serious.

But in the Eagles, Marion's offensive ability declined, which would not have much impact on his performance. What the Eagles needed was his mobility and physical condition from power forward to point guard. The only thing to consider was the possible decline of Marion's rebounding.

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"Mom, we're going to the arena!" Liu Mang yelled upstairs.

"Go, go, you go, I won't go, I want to stay at home with my grandchildren." An impatient voice came from upstairs.

"..." Liu Mang stared at the stairs speechlessly, feeling more and more powerless!

If you have grandchildren, you don't want a son?

On October 10th, Liu Mang's parents came to Atlanta. On the 20rd, they celebrated the birthday of the two cubs. This year, the two elders plan to live in the United States for a few months to celebrate the New Year together, one year in China and one year in the United States.

As the years passed, the concepts of the two elders were also changing. Their son was capable, and at first they wanted to save money for his son to marry a wife. Now that their grandchildren are two years old, they are also happy to retire early.

However, the two elders did not live in Levia's villa this time, but rented a small villa nearby to live in the world of two...

Liu Mang felt that his parents were going too far. After learning English for two or three years and going abroad a few times, and being able to communicate in simple English, he didn't care about his son. He only came to his house to see the two cubs, the little loli and the daughter-in-law...

In the opening match, Levia and Alexia are of course going to watch the game. There are two elders who are taking care of their children, and they can watch the game more easily and freely. Levia first drove Alexia to the arena. Liu Mang went to Pace College, which is the private middle school where little Lolita is currently studying, to pick her up with the sadness of being "abandoned" by her parents.

I drove to Pace College on the outskirts of Atlanta. I have been here several times. Liu Mang and Levia brought the little girl to sign up. I still think it is exaggerated. It is almost the size of a large university. The campus covers an area of ​​264 acres, which is about 100 hectares, just like a miniature city.

And it was indeed the original site of Pace University, a private university. It was only in 1992 that Pace University moved to Manhattan, New York. The boss of Pace Education Group renovated and rebuilt the original university and established a private middle school, which is why the scale is so exaggerated.

The scale is large, but there are not many students. There are less than 300 students in Xiao Luoli's seventh to ninth grades, and the four grades of high school, but there are more than [-] teachers...

The 100-hectare campus has less than 300 students and more than [-] teachers, which naturally brings expensive tuition fees.

But Lolita is rich. Pace Middle School is the best private middle school in the southeastern region of the United States. After all, it is the best private middle school in the richest city in the southeastern region of the United States. All the teachers are graduates and started with a master's degree, and the security is very good. Even the bodyguards brought by the rich have a special rest area, and they are not allowed to enter the teaching area.

Liu Mang drove into the school gate with the parents' certificate, and Christine Wagner was already waiting there with little Lori.

Although the school is large and has more than a dozen student apartments, Pace College has a large number of day students. Just for safety reasons, someone with a parental certificate must pick up and drop off the children. Liu Mang finds it troublesome that even bodyguards cannot take the children out of the school.

It seems that after the seventh grade, that is, junior high school, the little Lolita has grown up a lot. She didn't jump into Liu Mang's arms when she saw Liu Mang come to pick her up like before. Liu Mang felt that the little Lolita knew how to be shy, and the little Lolita had really grown up...

Feeling relieved and regretful, Liu Mang drove to the arena with little loli and bodyguards.

Leaving school...Little Loli immediately became very active, holding Liu Mang's arm everywhere to buy snacks...

"Hey, what kind of ice cream will you eat in winter? It's not good for your health. Levia said that your relatives are here, so you can't eat cold drinks!" Liu Mang stopped little Lolita from buying ice cream.

"My relatives? Did any of my relatives come? They are so annoying. Many relatives bully my mother for being a woman." Little Lolita asked suspiciously, and complained by the way.

"Uh..." Liu Mang didn't know how to explain it. Regarding Levia's family, Liu Mang knew a little bit about it. In the United States, there are three uncles and six masters who don't want women to inherit the family property. Levia has no brothers... This Liu Mang can't care about it, and the topic of relatives is shameful. He quickly said seriously: "It's okay. You don't have relatives here. You heard it wrong. In short, you can't eat cold drinks, just buy something else!"

Seeing that Liu Mang refused to buy it, little Loli felt distressed by paying for it herself, so she had no choice but to give up, bought a bunch of nuts and a few cups of hot drinks, and took the bodyguards to the VIP lounge to find her mother and teacher. They met for dinner first.

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Liu Mang went back to the locker room, changed into his training clothes, and came to the training ground. Several teammates had already arrived, and it was only ten minutes before 04:30. There were still more than two hours before the multi-country live broadcast of the opening game of the regular season at [-] o'clock.

The 27th is today. The opening game between the Eagles and the Suns is also the opening game of the NBA. Today there are only two games. The Eagles play the Suns at home, and the Lakers play the Cavaliers at home. The game between the Eagles and the Suns is the season opener.

Such a game, of course, excited the participating players. At 04:30, the teammates arrived one after another, had a nutritious dinner together, rested for a while, and began to warm up for tonight's game.

Over the past two days, the Eagles have been fully prepared for this game.

Looking at Gasol, who seemed to be exaggerated in size, excitedly talking to Luis Scola and Gortat, two non-American players, Liu Mang patted Gasol on the back: "Mark, don't get too excited, go up and perform well, let the coaching staff see your talent, do you know how many times I was scolded by the media for asking you to be selected?"

But Gasol was even more excited when he heard this: "I know, Boss Ace, I will work hard!"

Liu Mang felt so ashamed, he didn't look like his brother at all!

But Liu Mang is full of expectations for tonight's game, Gasol Jr., Kwame Brown, Brad Miller, Gortat, four types of centers "serve" the Sharks!
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