From today on is the king

Chapter 451 449. What is your dream?
On December 12th, in Seattle, a small city with highly developed science and economy in the United States, at noon on the day of the game between the Eagles and the Sonics, just after the combat meeting, Liu Mang checked the newspaper to see if there was any news today.

In terms of game news, O'Neal is about to make a comeback. The Lakers have dropped to seventh in the Western Conference and were overtaken by the Jazz. O'Neal, who has gained another five or six pounds, feels that he should play the regular season to lose weight, so he is making a comeback.

In addition, there is news in Los Angeles. The Clippers broke out in the team. The position of the power forward is overcrowded, and no one wants to play the center. Even the small forward is full of people. Odom applied for a trade, but this year Odom’s contract reached 370 million dollars, which is more difficult to trade than last season’s salary of 286 million dollars. Yes, Danny Ferry, who came back from the trade, also has a salary of more than 800 million. Although he does not have to pay the luxury tax this year, it is also above the salary cap.

Although the Clippers' salary is below the salary cap, they are definitely not willing to eat rubbish contracts. Their boss Sterling and the Rockets boss Alexander are pissed.

Coach Kruger also saw the news, but now the Eagles have enough inside manpower. If you want to replace Odom, the most suitable bargaining chip is Boozer plus a cheap backup center. But Odom has almost made it clear that he will become a free agent in the summer.

But with Boozer, a powerful rookie who was unexpectedly happy, the Eagles have little demand for the two positions of forward and small forward, and more need for a backup point guard and center. Coach Kruger does not think so deeply about Odom for the time being.

Liu Mang continued to turn the news. After seeing the news of the previous two days, the NBA official really gave himself a dunk contest. The official invitation was to wait until the All-Star voting ended to determine the candidates for each competition. Leante, Treyi McGrady ... and other more than ten players put on the list of candidates, and now they are just a gimmick.

Sports news seems to be nothing to watch recently, just like the middle of the season when the fans have little desire to watch the game, and the players have no idea of ​​​​doing things. January is often the most dull month in the NBA, and there are basically no records. It was born in January. The biggest news in these two days is probably that Rasheed Wallace threatened to strangle the referee.

Liu Mang turned to the entertainment page, but unexpectedly found interesting news on the entertainment page.

"..." Liu Mang was speechless.

"shock!The next Kittles?The king of technical fouls and his wife pay homage to Taoism in San Francisco...》

The headline of the standard American Globe gossip magazine section.

When Liu Mang saw the news, Rasheed Wallace actually became a believer!

Liu Mang didn't expect that Rasheed Wallace would take it seriously when he said it casually!Americans are too honest!

Liu Mang recalled two days ago...

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On February 2th, that is, in the early morning of yesterday, after playing the Trail Blazers and being besieged by reporters, Liu Mang returned to the hotel. It was already past 24:1 in the morning. He had just taken a bath and was about to take a good night's sleep. There are still four games to play this month. Now the Eagles are 18 wins and 20 losses, and they are almost back to [-]%.

Before going to bed, Liu Mang looked at his system panel, and there was a lot of information that angered Portland fans. By accident, Liu Mang really became the public enemy of Portland fans, and his rogue value increased by 10,000+. Basically, all Portland fans became enemies.

The superstar value has increased by more than 1700 points in this game against the Trail Blazers, accumulating [-] points.

Nothing else.

Just when Liu Mang sighed that the road to superstar is a bit long and was about to go to bed, his cell phone rang.

It was already two o'clock in the morning, and Liu Wei wondered who would call at this time?
He looked at his phone and yelled at Big Brother Grasheed Wallace.

Liu Mang has a ghost in his heart, could it be that he came to Xingshi to inquire about his crime?
Liu Mang still picked up the phone, Rasheed Wallace is a good person, of course he must maintain the relationship well, the other party is angry?It doesn't matter, Liu Mang can fool things around with his mouth.

However, after answering the phone, the other party was unexpectedly calm and gentle.

"Ace, I'm sorry to disturb you so late, but you must not be asleep yet?" Rasheed Wallace's tone on the phone was very gentle and calm.

Since they are all professional athletes, they don't know what time it is until the night after the game, so Rasheed Wallace still calls at this time.

Hearing that Rasheed Wallace's tone was very calm, Liu Mang didn't seem to come here to inquire about the crime, he was relieved and asked, "What's wrong Rasheed?"

"It's nothing, I was punished by you again today, I'm a little depressed." Rasheed Wallace said with resentment.

"..." Liu Mang felt that this guy didn't play his cards according to the routine!I thought I wouldn't bring it up, but I didn't expect to be so calm and still asking the teacher for the crime. Liu Mang resolutely and forcibly argued: "Even without me, Rashid, you will be called technical fouls twice every day!"

"Yes, Ace, you are so right!" Rasheed Wallace actually agreed with Liu Mang's statement! "Ace, just now Avidas came to drink with me and told me about it, but I really don't know what to do. Whenever I am on the court, if something goes wrong, I will be very irritable. Avidas asked me to find a way to adjust my heart. I can't think of it, so I want to ask Ace, you are smarter."

"...Rashid, wait a moment, let me think about it."

At this time, Liu Mang suddenly didn't like the adjective "smart" at all, so he called in the middle of the night just because the young master was smart?
However, as a reward for his apology for pissing off this friend, Liu Mang began to think, how to calm down Rasheed Wallace?
Shouldn't this be Sabonis' thing?Why did it finally fall on the young master's head!

Liu Mang recalled carefully, how did Rasheed Wallace become calmer?At least the fight with the referee has become calmer?

Regulate the heart, that is, the kung fu of self-cultivation and self-cultivation has become better.

Self-cultivation... It seems that Rasheed Wallace will believe in Jesus in the future?In other words, he became a believer, or let Rasheed Wallace believe in Jesus like this...

Wait, Liu Mang had a flash of inspiration, why should he be asked to believe in Jesus? Isn’t Taoism the same as self-cultivation!

Inherit Chinese culture!

Well, Liu Mang's bad taste has come again.

"Ahem, Rashid, are you still there?"

"Hey, Ace, have you figured out a way?"

"Wait, Rashid, I have a question to ask you, what is your dream?" Liu Mang turned into a man who would never grab the headlines.

"My dream is to win the NBA championship! Enter the Hall of Fame!" Rasheed Wallace still has lofty ambitions.

"Uh... the champion," Liu Mang thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "Rashid, do you know the Daode Tianzun?"

"Tao Dao Tian Zun? Is he a very moral person?" A negative and curious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I don't know, that's good... No, then what, Daodetianzun is a very famous god in Asia. His name is Li Er. Do you know Taoism? You know! You actually know, oh, I have heard of it. Just know it. Daodetianzun is called Li Er, also called Laozi. The name is a bit strange? Isn't it a god? Look at your European and American Jesus. Isn't the name also strange? You know Phil Jackson! That's right, the 9-time champion coach, the first in history, do you know his Chinese nickname? Zen master! Zen master is Taoist... You said that Zen master believes in Buddhism? No, no, no, you haven’t heard it! Buddha is Tao, and Buddhism is a branch of Taoism.”

"Master Zen has learned the cultivation of Buddhism and Taoism in our country. You can see that he is so calm no matter what happens every time. It is because he has started to practice Zen. What is Zen practice? It is the way you want to cultivate your sentiment. You always feel that the referee is unfair to you. You are a fool, right? Someone will come to make trouble for them, so why bother to make trouble with them and get blown away..."

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After Liu Mang made Rasheed Wallace dizzy with nonsense, he almost fainted himself, and then completely forgot about it when he woke up. When he came to Seattle yesterday afternoon, he saw that Rasheed Wallace was suspended for seven games. He couldn’t play games before the All-Star weekend. He didn’t care too much.

Unexpectedly, news from the entertainment sector said that after the suspension, Rasheed Wallace did not play until February 2th, that is, 19 six days of "unpaid leave". After receiving the suspension ticket yesterday, Rasheed Wallace and his wife went to the location of the American Taoist Association, the headquarters of the American Taoist Association in San Francisco, California, and announced that they would join Taoism... This is so fast!Americans are so efficient in doing things?
Taoism was introduced to the United States at the end of the 100th century. It has a history of more than 50 years. The Continental Taoist Association of the United States has also been established for nearly [-] years. This is the first time that a big star wants to join Taoism.

Liu Mang looked at the face of Rasheed Wallace, wearing Taoist robes, and his wife also wore Taoist robes, and was very happy. Liu Mang felt weird. Co-authored, Rasheed Wallace became the first NBA player to inherit and carry forward Chinese traditional culture?

Depend on!I, together with four Chinese players, Yao Ming, Battelle, and Wang Zhizhi, might as well co-author a Roaring Tianzun?

The point is, Rasheed Wallace would have started to have faith, and then he became more peaceful inside. Although his style of play was still irritable, technical fouls began to decrease. There was no difference from believing in Jesus to being religious, so Liu Mang didn't even get the reward.

Of course, Liu Mang said that he is definitely not regretful because there is no reward, but as a Chinese, he is not happy that he did not take the lead in promoting traditional culture, and it is definitely not because of the reward!

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In the evening, the Eagles came to Seattle's Space Key Arena, the arena sponsored by Boeing Aircraft, to challenge the Sonics away.

After the Sonics traded away most of the team's main players, they actually played well after the trade!
In the last dozen games, the Sonics have finally started to win. Although the winning percentage is not good, 5 wins and 7 losses, it has given Seattle fans hope. The four-pitcher lineup of Ray Allen, Radmanovich, Rashard Lewis, and Brent Barry can be superb. Of course, because there is no playmaker, Ray Allen organizes the offense most of the time.

But these four people are really accurate, and Langtou also has a record of 5 wins and 7 losses. It seems that there is only one core point guard to take off!
So the Sonics don't have the intention of playing badly. With so many top pitchers, it's not suitable to play badly. It's better to show the strength of your team to free agents and tell those point guards whose contracts are about to expire that they have pitchers who can let you take off!
Moreover, the Sonics have two first-round picks this year, and they can still be traded if they can’t. It seems that the future of the Sonics is bright, and their boss has temporarily given up thinking about moving out of Seattle. The main reason is that this is one of the richest cities in the United States. It is much higher, and many stars are unwilling to come here to play.

But with such a lineup, there are still two first-round rounds. Whether it is a trade or a sign-and-trade, it is very attractive to some star point guards who aspire to win the championship. With an additional tax of five or six percentage points, and a championship, many stars are still willing to pay more.

Of course, for NBA team owners, five or six percentage points are very important, so if they can't win the championship, there will be no more box office and sponsorship, and the Sonics will move away one day.

After Liu Mang entered the court at the Aviation Key Center, there were not many boos this time, because Payton had already left.

If the Sonics wants to trade Payton away, there must be some arguments. Payton has a high status in the history of the Sonics, second only to Dennis Johnson who led the Sonics to the championship in the 1978-1979 season.

So what the Supersonics said is that Payton took the initiative to leave to reduce the pressure on the team to be blamed by fans.

The Supersonics are similar to the Magic. They broke up with the stars in the end. Like the strongest player in the history of the Supersonics, Dennis Johnson, after winning the championship, because of contract issues, he was sold to the Celtics in the second year just after winning the championship MVP, but Dennis Johnson’s jersey was not retired by the Supersonics. However, Dennis Johnson’s jersey was retired by the Celtics. He won two more championships with the Celtics...

Fans are always easy to be led by public opinion, just like the Magic "forced away" O'Neal, Payton returned to Seattle to play away games after being traded, and was booed. The fans thought they were abandoned by Payton.

As everyone knows, Payton also feels abandoned by the fans. He has struggled here for 14 years!

So Liu Mang, who had been booed badly when he came to Seattle last season, unexpectedly didn't get booed at all this time.

One of the Eagles and the Supersonics is in the West, and the other is in the East. The team history has never had a chance to play against each other in the finals. The main reason is that the Eagles have nothing to talk about after the 50s.

In this game, the Sonics have no pressure. They can enter the playoffs now, or not. Anyway, the draft pick is in the top [-]. It is impossible for this lineup to be poor. Feeling, Buddha nature playing.

The main reason is that the Suns and Rockets are really fierce this year, fighting for the eighth and ninth positions in the Western Conference. The Sonics really can't compare with these two teams with a clear core.

Before the game, Liu Mang got a level 4 task, which had nothing to do with the outcome of the game. Among the players participating in this game, he scored the most three-pointers.

After the start of the game, Liu Reck watched the Supersonics throw four pitchers and made a few blind shots. Liu Reckless gave up this task.

As an NBA player, sometimes it is so helpless.

Sure enough, it’s good to play steadily in the end. The Supersonics are too good at three-pointers. In the last 12 games, Ray Allen averaged 3.1 three-pointers per game, Barry averaged 2 three-pointers per game, Radmanovic averaged 1.5 three-pointers per game, Lewis also averaged one three-pointer per game, and everyone else in the SuperSonics also made good three-pointers. There are many Eagles, and none of these four teams averaged more than 1 three-pointers per game.

Today, the Sonics scored 8 three-pointers in the first half. The Eagles mainly defended against Ray Allen. Barry's five three-pointers in the halftime surprised the Eagles.

Fortunately, this kind of play without a playmaker has obvious shortcomings. When the Eagles replaced the cavalry with a strong lineup, strengthened defensive confrontation, and played defensive counterattacks, the Sonics couldn't hold on. After the first quarter, they overtook 51 to 59, and used strong physical confrontation to contain the three-pointers on which the Supersonics depended for survival, forcing the Supersonics to score only 8 points in the third quarter.

In the end, the Eagles had the last laugh, beating the Sonics 103 to 92, winning two consecutive victories and improving their record to 19 wins and 20 losses.

刘莽全场17投8中，三分球7中3，拿到25分3板5助攻，遗憾的三分球命中数输给了巴里的6个，不过比赛赢了就是好的。

After the game, Ray Allen, the first-generation team leader who had a bright future after changing teams and was in a good mood, came to Liu Mang to exchange contact information. Although Liu Mang's 1+1 contract renewal method caused a lot of discussion at the time, and temporarily rejected the idea of ​​​​other teams trying to poach him, there is always a chance it is not.

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After playing the Supersonics, the Eagles' five consecutive away trips are finally over. Next, they will return to the home court to play a game, and then there will be two consecutive aways. The January schedule is over.

It's just that the next day's game, home and away, doesn't make much difference to the Eagles. Back in Atlanta, the family is already packing up, and they will move on February 2st.

Liu Mang seemed to have nothing but clothes and a hard-working bicycle. Alexia said to help Liu Mang tidy up, and Liu Mang was also happy to relax. He was so tired recently, the psychological kind, so he rested every day when he had time to rest, such as reading books in the hotel, playing games, watching TV, and watching video clips. Even if he was dozing off on the sofa, he didn’t want to work.

After returning to Atlanta for a night of rest, the Eagles ushered in the Portland Trail Blazers, who had just deepened their hatred again.

Speaking of hatred, there is no hatred between the players of the two teams. A team loses too many games in a year. Even Cosmos Yongqiang loses 9 games in the regular season a year, and the Invincible Bulls lose 10 games.

Generally speaking, the "hate" between the Eagles and the Trail Blazers mainly lies with Liu Mang and Portland fans.

It seems that the hatred between the Eagles and all the teams is almost Liu Mang VS fans of other teams. Liu Mang has become the focus of firepower, and he is always in pain and happiness.

Because Rasheed Wallace was suspended, it had a great impact on the Blazers. In the past, Rasheed Wallace was sent off at most. The suspension was still very small, and the attendance rate was above 90% every year. Because there is no provision for suspension for technical fouls in the current technical foul regulations, Rasheed Wallace was able to create a "glorious record" of 40 technical fouls in a single season, and no one will be able to break it in the future. In the new labor agreement in 2011, 15 technical fouls After that, the ban will start.

Rasheed Wallace is undoubtedly the core of both offensive and defensive ends of the Blazers. He couldn't play, and the strength of the Blazers plummeted. The Eagles sat at home and won the game without much effort.

刘莽拿到14分10助攻3篮板，帮助球队以97比85轻松拿下比赛胜利的同时，还完成了2级日常任务助攻上双，拿到两千点巨星值。

Liu Mang thinks it’s really good to cheat Rasheed Wallace once in a while, once and for all, this year’s game against the Trail Blazers relied on cheating Rasheed Wallace, hey, he won both games.

At this time, Rasheed Wallace, who was reading Taoist classics translated into English that he could not understand in San Francisco, sneezed inexplicably. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and said to his wife who was dozing next to him: "Rosa, let's travel to China in summer! Go and visit their real Taoist holy land!"

Rasheed Wallace's wife, Rosa Wallace, woke up in an instant. Traveling, which woman doesn't like to go out and walk around in a fancy dress, agreed immediately.

Originally, Rosa just couldn't resist this husband who was rough on the surface and childish in heart, and came to chant scriptures together. At the same time, she really wanted Rasheed Wallace to "be good".

Unexpectedly, she could get a chance to travel abroad, so Rosa agreed without hesitation.

For Americans, China has always been a mystery. It is the only country among all the ancient civilizations in the history of the world that has not broken its inheritance. Other ancient civilizations have long since had nothing to do with the original ancient civilization...

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Returning to Atlanta to play a home game, for the teammates of the Eagles, in such a schedule, it is no different from playing an away game. They will stay for two nights and then fly away again, but it is also good to see family members who have not seen each other for ten days.

On the second day after playing the Blazers, Dinah and Alexia, who had already taken winter vacation, came to the airport to see off Liu Mang.

Looking at the cute doll wrapped in a big red down jacket, Liu Mang felt a little reluctant to leave after staying for a day. It seemed that another New Year's Eve was coming, and when Erlianke came back, it was almost the Chinese New Year.

Since I have learned Chinese and learned a lot about Chinese culture, the three girls in the family have learned a lot about Chinese customs and ideas, so they are very curious about the New Year, because the Chinese New Year is still very different from their "New Year", which is Christmas, so now they are all dressed in bright red clothes.

Liu Mang reluctantly dragged his suitcase and left the parking lot to go to the VIP passage. This time he went out and came back, he was moving, and then... moving to a new house for the New Year?Thinking of this, Liu Mang still has a little expectation!

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On the plane, Liu Mang saw that his teammates were very happy, and he was also happy.

After double-killing the Trail Blazers, the Eagles' record has finally returned to 5!

20 wins and 20 losses. After more than a month, they finally caught up with the record. Now they are ranked tenth in the Eastern Conference, behind the Washington Wizards with 22 wins and 22 losses, and have surpassed the New York Knicks with 19 wins and 24 losses.

It's tough!

Moreover, Liu Mang felt that thanks to the relaxed schedule in late December and the first half of January, the Eagles had a chance to catch up.

However, the schedule for the next February and March is dangerous and difficult, so Liu Mang, the Eagles players, and the coaching staff are very clear that the next two games must be won!Leave as much room as possible for the fierce battle in February and March!
After playing in February and March, and maintaining a winning rate of more than 50.00%, the Eagles have a chance to make it to the playoffs in the last 4 games in April!
And Liu Mang, apart from his longing for the playoffs, also wants to end the schedule before the new year with a winning streak and celebrate the new year happily!
After a few hours of flight, the Eagles arrived in Phoenix, the capital of Arizona.

Stephen Marbury, the proud son of the 96 golden generation, as Liu Mang's senior at the same university, is not so friendly to Liu Mang.

As soon as he arrived in Phoenix, Liu Mang saw the local news. Marbury said that Liu Mang was not worthy of being a candidate for Jordan's successor, and he was the one who was more qualified!

Unlike Ray Allen's pursuit of this thing, Marbury fired at Liu Mang because of this and the previous grievances!

　My mother forced me to go on a blind date. After we met, I found out that the girl and I were classmates in elementary school.Then the woman said to his mother: This is the boy who beat me up every time when he was young, forced me to do homework for him, and robbed me of my meal money to buy snacks every day, his mother and my mother have black lines on their faces.
　　
　
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