From today on is the king

Chapter 381 379. This Is Purely an Accident

Today, NBA President David Stern felt that things were not going well. First, in the afternoon, the NBA’s official advertising department was working hard to promote the draft lottery. Suddenly, a video came out and stole all the limelight. As a result, the attention of the night’s draft lottery was greatly affected.

Forget it, David Stern originally expected the No. [-] pick to be selected by teams owned by the Knicks and the Bulls, the two largest cities and the third largest cities in the United States.

The Knicks selected Yao Ming, and the commercial value was definitely exploited to the extreme.

The Bulls are the most beautiful and most likely imaginable. They have the same record as the Warriors at 20 wins and 62 losses. The Bulls lost to the Warriors in two games, so they rank first in the league and have a 20.00% chance of winning the No. [-] pick.

The Bulls still have a strong basketball atmosphere left by Jordan, and Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, and the ball market is also ranked in the forefront of the NBA. Yao Ming's business value development is probably no worse than the Knicks' selection, and the Bulls' management seems to have a much better IQ than the Knicks' management.

No matter how bad it is, it's okay to be selected by the Warriors!Oakland is adjacent to San Francisco, which is the largest Chinese settlement, and can also maximize Yao Ming's commercial value.

The Bulls, Warriors, Cavaliers, Knicks, and Grizzlies with the bottom five records, the last thing David Stern wants Yao Ming to go to is the Cavaliers and Grizzlies, and any of the other three will do.

Fortunately in a certain way, neither the Cavaliers nor the Grizzlies got the No. [-] lottery, but who would have thought that the Rockets, the eighth-lowest record in the league, sent the team's star Steve Francis to draw lots, so they won the No. [-] lottery with an [-]% chance!
David Stern was about to cry at the time, he can go to the Grizzlies and Cavaliers!How could it be a rocket!

It's not that Houston is bad, Houston is so good, there are many rich people, and it is comparable to Philadelphia in the competition for the fourth largest city in the United States.

But the owner of the Rockets is a stingy guy, and the Rockets' market is also extremely poor, and the attendance rate is almost catching up with the Nets!

Although the cities of Cavaliers and Grizzlies are small, at least the ball market is good, and the boss is willing to spend money!
First of all, in the afternoon Liu Mang made the draft show less attention, the publicity of the new season got off to a bad start, David Stern was already very depressed, who knew it would happen again at night.

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't do any draft restructuring, and it would be great to get the No. [-] pick directly from the bottom!

After the draft, David Stern returned to the office and sighed for a long time. It was past 12 o'clock in the morning. He was still thinking of a way but he couldn't think of any way.

If it is a local American player, David Stern will not mind wherever he goes, because local stars do not need so much publicity, and talented stars with superstar potential can also drive the popularity of small city teams in small cities.

But overseas is different, especially in Asia, where it is rare to have two young players with good prospects in the NBA.

David Stern felt that the prospect of his Chinese market strategy was bleak. The rookies who had already played were causing trouble all day long. One of the most important little giants was picked away by a miser. This miser saw that Yao Ming’s value would not be squeezed to death. David Stern himself did not believe it, and this miser would never consider anything about the No. [-] lottery.

But there is a saying that is extremely peaceful, just when David Stern thought it was a dark day, his secretary rushed into his office excitedly.

"Boss! It's up! Boss! It's up!" The 50-year-old female secretary-general, who already had gray hair, lost her usual solemnity and calmness, and shouted excitedly.

Up?What went up?Affiliate Investing in Stock?How much can those funds go up!

David Stern took the document in the Secretary-General's hand and looked at it. Stern stood up in fright.

It's past 12 o'clock, that is, less than 500 million live broadcasts were sold in the morning yesterday. According to the first-hand information received by David Stern at 1:130 noon yesterday, the average live broadcast sales of the first four games were less than [-] million.

This is the most popular time period after the finals matchup, and there are only so many. Originally, David Stern estimated that the average viewership share of this year's finals would be 700 million.

Last year's ratings of 11.00% were the lowest since Magic Bird Contest in 1982, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to break the top ten this year.

In fact, this is also the case. This year's finals would have had a 2005% ratings, which was lower than the 1975% ratings of the 1976 finals.The previous record low was [-] percent when the Celtics beat the Rockets in [-].

Seeing the unstoppable momentum of the Lakers, who are about to win three consecutive championships, makes the NBA Finals feel dispensable. O'Neal was dubbed the most dominant center in history, but it made the game lose suspense and not many people wanted to watch it.

But now David Stern's latest live broadcast reservations have reached 2200 million!And the momentum of growth is getting stronger and stronger. From 500 o'clock in the afternoon, the number of prepaid fans began to skyrocket. Up to now, the average of the four games has more than [-] million live broadcast reservations for each game!

The finals will start on June 6, and there will be two full days and one day!
There is still such a long time, it shouldn't be a big problem to reach the ratings of last season's finals!

"Cheryl, what's going on here?" David Stern was excited but also confused. Could it be that the data is wrong?

The female secretary, Cheryl Carter, turned on the computer in front of David Stern, logged into several large fan forums, and then took out a notebook and said, "According to the statistics of the TV station, there was an obvious increase in bookings around 10:11 in the afternoon, and then the growth rate became faster and faster. It didn't start to decline until late at night at [-]:[-]. There were still people booking before the suspension of paid bookings at [-]:[-], and it is estimated that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will also have great potential for growth."

Turning over a page of notes, Cheryl Carter continued: "According to our investigation, Ace Liu's video was released at one o'clock in the afternoon, which triggered an upsurge on the Internet. Comments on many websites showed that most of the fans had the idea of ​​wanting to watch this year's finals because of Ace Liu's video..."

There is no need for the female secretary to talk about the latter. David Stern browsed through various forums and saw them all.

"Wow, this year's finals are worth seeing. Kidd will be furious when he hears Ace's words! How will he prove himself? Poor Kidd, O'Neal is too strong!"

"Will Kobe want to prove that he is better than Shaquille O'Neal and cause the Lakers to lose? It's so interesting..."

"Ace Liu is stupid&, Kidd will prove that you are stupid&, I believe Kidd can win..."

"Ace Liu is such a despicable villain! He wants to shake the strength of our team! Although I can't afford the tickets, I still want to watch the live broadcast and cheer!"

"Ace has offended both of them! I really love this rookie, he always makes my boring time interesting, I must see how Kidd and Kobe will play in the game..."

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Comments like this can be seen everywhere, and of course there are many scolding Liu Mang, or Kobe Bryant teasing Kidd, but those David Stern can't control, he focuses on the key points!

David Stern, who was quite dissatisfied with Liu Mang's love for trouble just now, now feels that this rookie is really outstanding!Not only did he play well, but the fans paid a lot of attention, and he was so sensible to do things to increase the ratings when the ratings were low!
David Stern completely forgot how he scolded Liu Mang in his heart before, and now he thinks this rookie is really great!
Although no matter what, this finals could not reach the miraculous ratings of 1998, but at any rate, it will definitely break away from the bottom row!

During the times of Magic Bird and Jordan’s six championships, the ratings of the NBA Finals never fell below 15.00%, and the highest in recent years was 2000% in 13.00. Now it seems that it may fall below a record low. Suddenly, a rookie makes a strong clearance, at least has a chance to reach [-]% of the ratings. David Stern said that this rookie is really cute!

When the news came out the next day that the ratings of the finals might have been greatly increased because of Liu Mang's video, Liu Mang was dumbfounded when he saw the news, and he still has this kind of effect?

so funny!Co-authored himself to become the best paid live broadcast salesperson?
For the gratitude from the NBA official that can be felt thousands of miles away, Liu Mang feels the same as Ms. Guo who accidentally helped Mo Xiaobei get admitted to the academy. He said: You are welcome, the road to the sales champion is purely accidental...

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Liu Mang's recent behavior has become the focus of attention of NBA fans.

Although neither Kidd nor Kobe responded to Liu Mang's spoof video before, Liu Mang still attracted the attention of fans personally.

Even if Liu Mang drove the ratings of the NBA Finals, fans seem to pay more attention to him than the finals!
This situation has never appeared in NBA history.

The next day, on Children's Day, Liu Mang's return to the arena for training also attracted widespread attention.

After resting for a few days, he started training again. Not only is he a hooligan and shameless, he also works so hard and has a certain strength, which has added a lot of fans to Liu Mang.

Most employees of the Eagles have been on vacation since May 5, and many things on the playing field have been dismantled. During the offseason, the Phillips Arena will be rented out for other activities. In fact, there are occasional concerts in the middle of the season. Such a large arena cannot be idle when not in use.

There is no impact on the training ground, except that only the action personnel responsible for cleaning and organizing things are left, and even the trainers are on vacation, everything else is fine.

After a busy season, trainers, assistant coaches, head coaches, etc. have already started vacations. They were all on vacation until the start of the summer league. Coach Kruger went to Hawaii for vacation with his boss. He didn't come back to work until the finals ended and the trading market opened.

The free market of the NBA season starts from July 7st to the trade deadline at the end of February. Trades are not allowed at other times, but there are exceptions, that is, during the period from the finals to the draft, picks with this draft can be traded.

However, the transactions after the draft conference need to wait until the free market opens before they can be formally concluded. For example, the Rockets traded to get a big deal of 58.

After the opening of the free market, it doesn't mean that signing or trading can be done immediately. There needs to be a buffer period until July 7. Everything can be formally completed. Before that, only free agents can be contacted and negotiated.In the case of a trade, the management of the two teams is unlikely to regret anything, but the signing of free agents is not necessarily the case. There are still examples of Duan Guzi and Joe Shouxin.

Liu Mang's training didn't have any effect. He practiced his own skills, such as three-pointers, stepping layups with rhythm changes after breakthrough layups, and Goran Dragic's quick low-handed layup skills.

Liu Mang's goal this summer is very clear. The first is to make the three-pointer better, hoping to break through the current highest three-pointer ability value of 88 earlier.

The second is to enhance the ability to score at the basket, that is, the success rate of breakthrough layups, and the ability to learn from Jordan to play back.

Liu Mang's height is not bad for a point guard. He is 1.9 meters tall and can play as a shooting guard.

The third is strength training and strengthening confrontation. This is to learn from Jagged Marlon. How can Jagged jumper be so accurate at the same time he is so old and able to carry Duncan.

The fourth is to learn pick-and-roll skills from Stockton.

I have the miracle of a pick-and-roll master, but the method of using it is so clumsy that Liu Mang can't stand it after the Eastern Conference finals. It is far behind Kidd, let alone Stockton.

When Liu Mang and his teammates pick and roll, except that his teammates will be very accurate when they receive the ball from him in the gap, everything else is gone, and it is difficult for teammates to have a gap. Most of his ability to use the pick and roll master is to use the speed bonus and strength bonus of the pick and roll master. The ball distribution is extremely poor, and this skill is in vain.

It is unlikely that so many goals can be achieved in one summer, but at least you must learn all of them, and you can practice by yourself in the future.

Even though Liu Mang could take it easy, the defeat in the Eastern Conference Finals was not a small blow after all. Being happy and being hit are two different things.

And often people who are open-minded will work harder to improve themselves.

Being open-minded does not mean muddling through, and being submissive doesn’t mean being open-minded, it’s called being weak. Being open-minded means being clear about yourself, accepting reality, and working hard to fight back!
The impact of the Eastern Conference finals, the longing for the future, and the two strong opponents in the next few years have become even more hostile, making Liu Mang full of endless motivation for the boring training.

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After Liu Mang went out early and returned late for two days of training, it was June 6rd, the time for the first game of the NBA Finals.

Early in the morning, just after dawn, at six o'clock, Dinah ran down to wake Liu Mang up.

"Dinah! Why are you arguing with me so early..." Liu Mang was in pain, and covered his head with the quilt.

"Uncle agreed to take Dinah to Liuguo Park today!" Dinah forcibly lifted Liu Mang's quilt.

"Let me see, it's only six o'clock! Children need to sleep more to grow taller!" Liu Mang shouted angrily.

"It doesn't matter, Dinah's parents are tall, don't worry about not growing taller!" Dinah saw that Liu Mang was still lying on the bed, and began to grab Liu Mang's face with her hands.

"What are you doing up so early at noon!"

"Of course it should be early, uncle, you are going to meet the guests in the morning, get ready early, and we will go to the park early after meeting the guests!"

"Okay, I'll get up, you go wash up, let's have breakfast..."

Liu Mang was so sad, he got up and brushed his teeth and then took Dinah to have breakfast.

This day was the day when Liu Mang made an appointment to take Dinah to the Six Nations Amusement Park in West Atlanta, Georgia.

West Atlanta Six Nations Amusement Park is a park established during the colonial period. It was called the Five Nations Park at the time. It was a place for the imperialist "nobles" to play. They were Spain, France, Britain, the United States, and the Georgia Principality supported by the colonial countries at that time. At first, only the nobles played horse racing and archery.

The name was changed to Six Nations Park because of the Confederate States of America established by Jefferson Hamilton Davis during the American Civil War. Later, the four-year American Civil War ended. In order to commemorate the tens of thousands of people who died in the war, it was renamed Six Nations Park. More than 10 years later, the park next to Six Nations Park was developed, and the tourist resources here were used to develop a playground, and the passenger flow has been very good.

Dinah has always wanted to go here to play, but Levia was too lazy to take her there, so she kept pestering Liu Mang. It happened that Liu Mang had a day off after two days of training. He had an important meeting in the morning, so he could take Dinah to the playground at noon, and he could watch the finals when he came back in the evening.

The important meeting was the phone call received on the 1st. People from the 2002 World Championships special team of the Chinese Basketball Association had already arrived in the United States, and began to conduct preliminary investigation and research on Indianapolis' security and facilities.

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Liu Mang got up and took Dinah to have breakfast, and then came back and put on a suit, tie, and a handkerchief in the chest pocket, dressed very formally, at least it was a meeting with an official, so he had to be dignified no matter what.

When it was almost time, Liu Mang drove off and arrived at the Savannah Hotel. It was just after nine o'clock, so there was no problem in arriving a little earlier, and he seemed sincere.

Playing for the country always has a sense of national honor. Of course Liu Mang also wants to join the national team, so it is also a good thing to show his sincerity by arriving early.

Liu Mang went to the front desk and asked if there was a Chinese who had reserved a meeting room. The female staff at the front desk looked very excited at Liu Mang. Now Liu Mang is very popular in Atlanta, higher than Raheem and Terry.

After a friendly and harmonious greeting, Liu Mang saw that wonderful clause that made people frown.

(End of this chapter)