Chapter 155

Chapter 155

The NBA officially announced the invitation list for the NBA triathlon and two entertainment events.

Three-point contest invites: Kings' Peja Stojakovic, Three-point contest defending champion Bucks' Ray Allen, Pacers' Reggie Miller, Nuggets' Wash Lehner Germany, Gary Payton of the Sonics, Eagles rookie Ice Liu, Raptors Vince Carter, Lakers Kobe Bryant, Magic Tracy McGrady.

Slam dunk contest invitation list: Warriors rookie Jason Richardson, SuperSonics Drummond Mason, Rockets Steve Francis, Kings rookie Gerald Wallace.

WNBA and NBA Mixed Shooting Challenge NBA invites: Bulls' Brad Miller, Trail Blazers' Rasheed Wallace, Hawks' Toni Kukoc and Ice Liu.

The NBA invitation list for the Crossover Shooting Star Challenge: Rodney Rodgers of the Suns, Aaron McGee of the 76ers...and Ice Liu.

In the three-point contest, the NBA has always wanted to create a peak duel between Ray Allen and Reggie Miller since Ray Allen changed his style of play two or three years ago to become the strongest three-pointer in the NBA. Participated, but Reggie Miller did not participate, Ray Allen easily won the championship, this year Stern still did not give up, and continued to invite two people, but in order to avoid two people not participating, so many people were invited.

In the dunk contest, since Carter became invincible in 2000, superstars are reluctant to participate.

Why is the slam dunk contest invitation list so extreme, either superstars or rookies?

The reason is very simple, the dunk is not as good-looking as Carter, and the superstar of the outside player will be compared with Carter 100% when he participates in the game. The slam dunk contest between Kobe, Carter and Tracy McGrady serves as an eye-catching gimmick.

But half of them are rookies and men with unknown physical fitness. The official estimates that the final participants will be a few rookies and role players.

For the two entertainment events, it is enough for someone to participate, sign up voluntarily or just find a few shots.

When the Eagles officially received an application from the Eagles for Liu Mang to participate in almost all events, the NBA officials agreed without even thinking about it. In order to open up the Chinese market, Stern has always spared no effort. Although he was very puzzled, why the league already has two There were three Chinese players, but there was no response from China at all, but a Chinese player who played well, wanted to participate in this kind of competition, and he immediately agreed.

In the three-point contest, Liu Mang's three-pointers are very good, with a 42% three-pointer shooting rate and a large number of three-pointers, he is almost becoming the league's three-pointer king.

Those two entertainment events were originally used to delay time during the three-point contest and dunk contest. Well, the All-Star Weekend, you can’t play for three or four hours on Friday and Sunday, and just one or two hours on Saturday. It's over, there are always more projects, and by the way, invite some celebrities from all walks of life to increase popularity.

Ever since, Liu Mang was domineering!

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The All-Star Weekend is a life-saving medicine for the already boring regular season. The fans are really enthusiastic again. After the announcement of the start of voting, they are eagerly looking forward to the candidates for the next games.

The main thing is the slam dunk contest!

Although Carter achieved himself and ruined the game in 2000, people are still looking forward to it. Dominique Wilkins and Julius Erwin, the best human movies of the year, were both regarded as dominating the dunk contest. If Carter is lost, what if a better dunk comes out?

When the invitation list came out, the fans really rejoiced. Even if no newcomers came out, it would be great to watch the matchup between Carter, McGrady and Kobe.

Fans are really naive these days, unlike when they saw this list later and didn’t believe it at all. Many years later, NBA officials didn’t even have the idea of ​​inviting famous stars, because after the Internet is fully developed in the future, fans can see everything.

However, after the fans read the invitation list for the slam dunk contest first, when they took a look at the list of other events, the more they looked at it, the more they felt something was wrong...

Why is that legendary shameless rookie having his name everywhere!

Liu Mang is in the limelight again!

Liu Mang participated in the three-point contest. According to people's impression of his accurate shooting, it is not surprising, but the shooting star is basically played by veterans and fringe players. It is a mixed challenge that is similar in nature to the shooting star. It doesn't seem like a project that a rising star should participate in!

There is a misunderstanding among the fans. Most fans equate official invitations with player registrations! Just like the slam dunk contest invitation list they understood, they felt that this was the player who was going to participate.

Of course, Liu Mang signed up by himself, and the fans did not misunderstand this point.

According to the performance of this year's rookie, the fans feel that Liu Mang will definitely be selected for the rookie game, that is to say, except for the slam dunk contest, the king of dunks, who will not participate, and the All-Star game if he wants to participate, the rookie will participate in all other games!

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Looking at Alexia's expression, she seemed to say: You want to be famous and crazy.

Liu Mang was a little ashamed.

It’s really a bit crazy. At that time, I called Coach Kruger on an impulse. Coach Kruger’s brain circuit is also very magical. He was probably led astray by Liu Mang. Find something for Liu Mang to do during the rest of the day. This uneasy disciple might train himself to a disability in the arena, so he really signed up for all the competitions.

But coach Kruger also has a childlike innocence, so he signed up for the slam dunk contest.

As the president of the NBA who decides the candidates for the competition, he was speechless when he saw the application for all registrations for the four competitions. Like Alexia, this rookie wanted to be famous and crazy!

However, Stern is not disgusted with this matter, but actively promotes it. He also wants Liu Mang to participate in this kind of competition that the world pays attention to. He discovered a problem. One-third of the season in China has passed. On which TV station, not a single Eagles game was televised.

Stern has seen more than many American media and professionals. He knows something about Wang Zhizhi and Ma Jian, and he knows that it is probably a similar situation.

However, ruthless people have a ruthless approach. In the 1980s, Stern was able to shamelessly go to the Lanxie and Chaoting Sports to wait for a few hours in the cold wind before waiting for the reception, forcibly opening the foundation for opening the Chinese market.

Now since a certain association seems to not allow the broadcast of this Chinese player's game, Stern decided to forcefully bring Liu Mang in front of the Chinese fans!

"Ace, aren't you tired of playing so many games during the winter break?" Alexia was speechless.

"Crazy, must be crazy." Dinah said with certainty.

There is no such thing as a winter break in the NBA, but in the eyes of many fans and players, the All-Star Weekend is equal to the winter break. At least eight days of rest is a time for many veterans to relieve fatigue and work hard for the second half of the season. .

When driving home to pick up Dinah and Alexia to watch the game, Liu Mang was teased by the beautiful landlord who just came back from shopping, and now Liu Mang was teased again.

Liu Mang was also a little injured, and now he suddenly realized that it was enough to show his face once in the two-day competition, it seemed that he really wanted to be popular and crazy.

But this is an voluntary application, and now I regret that it was too late. Liu Mang was teased by his teammates during training in the morning and afternoon, and was teased by the landlord when he returned home. Now the senior sister and the little girl are teasing...

Not surprisingly, there are still four chapters of monthly ticket additions today~ I will write another chapter during my lunch break~ I will ask for monthly tickets once a day