From today on is the king

Chapter 514. 513. The Grizzlies Really Want to Win
"Ace, your promotion is great! Many Chinese fast food brands in Atlanta and the San Francisco Bay Area approached me and asked me to contact them with Coca-Cola! Wow, I didn't expect you to be able to do talk shows, Ace..."

Schwartz was very excited on the phone. Compared with many balloon stars, although Liu Mang has a good exposure rate, he has very little publicity. Other balloon stars have a full schedule even during the season. Today, I went to this specialty store for an event, and even went to the flagship store to promote a wave of away games. Liu Mang, since he signed a 7-year 9000 million dollar endorsement contract with Nike, his appetite has picked up. After starting with a million dollars, he agreed to sign the contract, and lost many endorsement opportunities.

The main reason is that there are very few commercial promotions of this kind, and the commercial exposure rate is far less than that of most All-Star starters. Even Duncan has three or four commercial promotions a month, while Liu Mang has none most of the time.

Some sponsors are hesitant when they want to find Liu Mang as an endorsement, worrying that he does not have that kind of publicity talent.

I didn't expect Liu Mang to be so talented in entertainment, and even had a talk show that was broadcast live across the United States!

Although there was only one episode, and it seemed that there would be no next one from the end, at least it was a good sign. Schwartz felt that Liu Mang had opened up his mind and no longer resisted propaganda as before. That slick oral broadcast became popular in the United States all of a sudden!

And there are TV stations in Hong Kong and Taiwan who want to buy the copyright of this talk show. As for the mainland... there are websites that have already started broadcasting it.

"...Ace, do you know, ESPN really wants you to continue this talk show, one half a month or even a month is fine, and the price they give is 20 an episode! God, Ace, you can even join the entertainment industry after you retire!" Schwartz exclaimed, and he was full of expectations that Liu Mang would have more opportunities to show his talents in this way, and then there would be more exposure and more endorsements...

"...Actually, I started playing basketball purely by accident. My original goal was to become an outstanding actor." Liu Mang said speechlessly. He didn't expect the ratings to be so high!Rubbing the ear that was almost torn off by some teammate, it still hurts after most of the day.

The herd!Picking places that hurt and will leave marks but will not really hurt, there are marks around the two eyes that have been drilled by electric drills, and these bastards actually scratched the soles of their feet!It's crazy!
Liu Mang was surprised that this show was so popular.

8.3 ratings!A morning talk show on a sports TV station actually reached the average ratings of last season's finals!Damn it!

The main reason is that Liu Mang is a very topical character in the first place, and the program is only about ten minutes long, and it happens to be April Fool's Day plus Sunday, all kinds of factors are combined.

But this is also exaggerated. American talk shows appeared very early, and the ratings of very popular talk shows are only [-]:[-] to [-]:[-]. Although Liu Mang’s show is only about ten minutes long, which is not a real show, it has already surprised ESPN. Not only ESPN, a friendly partner, wants Liu Mang to start a real talk show, but also some professional entertainment channels want to discuss this matter with Liu Mang’s agent.

But Liu Mang is not that interested in this.

In Liu Mang's opinion, if you are in the entertainment industry, it's either for money or for fame.

In terms of fame... Is there anything more famous than him becoming an NBA superstar?In the future, Kobe, Jordan, Yao Ming, and James will all be famous around the world after retirement. Even people who don't know basketball will know their names.

Money...For the sake of money, Liu Mang is not very interested in the mixed entertainment industry, so he might as well invest in it. After this season is over and the first year's endorsement fees are all settled, he will have money to invest in something.

Chatting with the excited Schwartz about how successful the talk show was, Liu Mang didn't care too much, packed up his things and left New York early with the team.

The Eagles' schedule is so strange, from mid-January to March, it is desperately tight.

But in April, it was all too easy, giving the Hawks a perfect time to prepare for the playoffs.

On the 4st and 1nd of April, we rested, and on the 2rd, we challenged the Grizzlies in an away game. It was quite a comfortable schedule, neither too long nor too tired.

Originally, the Eagles planned to take a day off in New York and then go to Memphis. It's all a rest. New York is of course much better than Memphis.

However, a man whose face, neck, arms, legs and other exposed parts such as face, neck, arms, and legs were ravaged by teammates did something wrong again. He actually secretly recorded a talk show and blackmailed those superstars who were controversial or even had little attention. The media blocked the Hilton Hotel, and the Eagles had to run away and come to Memphis early.

New York is the largest city in the world and the financial center of the world. Naturally, there are a large number of media from all walks of life stationed here. But when they arrived in Memphis, there were not many media who came with them. After all, it was just a small event on April Fool's Day.

However, Liu Mang's incident this time has created a new way of thinking for many media. This kind of black and white program not only attracts attention, but also seems to be a win-win!
For example, everyone who Liu Mang hacked this time was surrounded by a large number of reporters and media, and the point of Liu Mang hacking was not how they played or their personal style, but from a tricky point of view. The stars were very angry at first, but then they all laughed. Although they were angry, they did not generate hatred, and they made those stars appear in the news again, and their popularity increased...

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Memphis is a good place. It is one of the few American cities in the United States that has become a friendly and cooperative city with domestic cities. Although Memphis is not well-known in the world, it is not very famous in the United States. Except for the Grizzlies, an NBA team, there is not much attention.

Memphis is a well-known manufacturer of auto parts and parts in the United States. They do not produce parts, but they have excellent technology. The domestic auto industry has developed rapidly in recent years, which is inseparable from the fact that Mianyang and Memphis have become sister cities.

Friendliness is friendly, and that is only friendship between the governments. Every time Liu Mang goes to Memphis, he can’t feel the friendship of the people of Memphis. When he enters the FedEx Center, he only feels the boos of the fans.

Mainly because the Grizzlies have Pau Gasol, one of Liu Mang's three best rookies in the same class.

As for Battier, he was an all-around rookie who averaged 14+5+3 per game last season, but this year his numbers have plummeted. Fans jokingly called him "past his peak".

Battier is really a strange man. He averaged 39.7 minutes per game in his rookie season, which was the highest in his career in all aspects of the statistics. Afterwards, the statistics fell from year to year.

But the advantage is that Battier's ball possession rate has decreased, but his efficiency has not decreased too much. He is a very high-quality role player, but he is a little sorry for his status as the sixth overall pick.

Except for the decline in Battier's data, the Grizzlies have made little progress overall. Although the 2002 T1 rookie Drew Gooden was selected, the team's record has not improved. On the contrary, Gooden also affected Gasol's performance. People feel bored with the passing of the whistle slowly, what's the use of just looking good and not winning the ball?Under the pressure of public opinion, Jason Williams slowly began to smooth out the edges and corners in the past two years, and his playing began to be reasonable. In addition, the Grizzlies hired a coach Hubie Brown to come out and start to build his system for Gasol. The Grizzlies played relatively better in the second half of the season.

Of course, just playing better, the Grizzlies still haven't won many games, and they are now 20 wins and 54 losses.

On the morning of the game against the Grizzlies, Liu Mang and Gasol had an appointment to listen to an opera in the morning. When he returned to the hotel at noon to attend the team meeting, he got a new arrangement. For the next 9 games, he was put in the starting lineup, and he was not allowed to refuse.

Liu Mang was a little surprised that this day came so quickly, but he knew that this day would definitely come, so he didn't struggle, just let it go, and started to adapt.

The minimum number of games required to play as a substitute has also been met. There is not much difference between starting and substituting in the rest of the games. Liu Mang thinks it is better to adapt in advance and always play as the starting lineup. He can have more time to cooperate with the starting lineup.

There were no surprises in the game. The Grizzlies can be said to be a one-man team. Only Gasol has a one-on-one advantage in facing the Hawks' starting lineup.

Gasol has been very mature since he entered the NBA. His personal statistics have not improved much this year. In fact, his statistics throughout his career are almost 18+9. The main fluctuations are the number of assists. His teammates are strong and the team system is more suitable for him.

Originally, Jason Williams might have a certain advantage when facing Jason Terry, but now the Eagles' starting lineup has become the perimeter monster defensive lineup of Liu Mang, Prince, and Raheem. The defense of this lineup played a suffocating defense against the Grizzlies.

Gasol is not the kind of particularly powerful insider. His scoring ability is top-notch but not top-notch.

It's not that the Grizzlies don't want to win, it's that they really can't win!They really want to win because no matter how bad their record is, the pick could go to the Pistons, who have the exchange rights to their first-round pick...

The Eagles did not spend much effort in the game against the Grizzlies. After three quarters, they led 75 to 53 by 22 points. Liu Mang scored 19 points and 7 assists in three quarters, and clocked out.

In the end, the Eagles easily defeated the Grizzlies 99 to 75, and their record improved to 39 wins and 35 losses, consolidating their eighth ranking in the Eastern Conference.

After playing the Grizzlies, the Eagles flew back to Atlanta, followed by a back-to-back, and it was the kind of back-to-back home and away games that played the same team consecutively.

Against the Philadelphia 76ers...

In the game against the Grizzlies, the 76ers are likely to be the Eagles' opponents in the second round. Like the game against the Hornets, the Eagles attach great importance to this game!

(End of this chapter)