"Emmanuel, you are so energetic today!" Liu Mang joked.

When Liu Mang came to the gym at seven o'clock in the morning today, Emmanuel had already prepared the things he needed for training.

"Of course, it's my honor to help you train Ace." Emmanuel's eyes flashed and he rubbed his hands and said, "By the way, Ace, after today's training..."

When Liu Mang saw Emmanuel like this, he smiled and said, "Tell me which store you want to go to tonight. I'll call them and ask them to charge my account. You can bring your friends there, and you can have fun as you like."

"Ahem, it's not because of this, I love my job!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

On the morning of the second day of the game against the Nets, Liu Mang came to the arena early for defensive training.

On the last day of training, Liu Mang went to bed at 11:30 last night and woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning. He didn't even let the little girl wake him up.

After completing the warm-up and stretching with the help of Emmanuel, Liu Mang began his last training session.

At about eight o'clock, teammates came one after another. At about nine o'clock, Liu Mang completed a quarter of the training tasks. While he was resting and eating to replenish energy, he saw his teammates gathering in the lounge and followed him in to take a look.

Take a look.

Seeing his teammates surrounding Kwame Brown, who looked nervous and expectant, Liu Mang listened to what his teammates said for a while, and then he remembered that today is the day when the All-Stars are announced!

At ten o'clock in the morning, the NBA's official press conference, broadcast live on ESPN Sports Channel, began.

This year’s Houston All-Star lineup is announced!

Since the All-Star voting time is getting shorter year by year, and NBA officials have become more strict in screening online voting, Liu Mang's historical record of breaking 3 million votes is probably impossible to break.

Yao Ming, who newly joined Los Angeles, won this year's All-Star vote king with 2.42 million votes.

Liu Mang won the Eastern Conference voting crown with 2.21 million votes.

It's not that Liu Mang's popularity is not high enough, but that Chinese fans want Yao Ming, who is going to Los Angeles, to win the vote once, including domestic fans who love Liu Mang.

Just like in the 1995-96 season, when the Bulls' record was so good, Jordan did not win the vote and was won by Grant Hill. People want to see a challenger. Domestic fans hope that Yao Ming can win the same vote as Liu Mang.

Get a lot of honors and become stronger.

This is the best thing for the national team. After all, domestic sports are almost all national sports, with national honor as the first priority. This concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Yao Ming ranked first in the Western Conference with 2.42 million votes. The second vote-getter for the center position was Yao Ming's substitute, Chris Mihm, with only 520,000 votes...

The Western Conference forward ranked first is Kevin Garnett with 1.47 million votes, Duncan ranked second with 1.41 million votes, and third was Wang Zhizhi... with 1.33 million votes. Because of the addition of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi was placed as a forward.

The position almost knocked down both Duncan and Garnett.

In terms of defenders, Kobe ranked first with 2.06 million votes, and Nash got another All-Star position with 1.02 million votes. The competition for the second position of Western Conference defenders is fierce. Ginobili has 960,000 votes, and Francis has 930,000 votes. Nash is far behind.

The difference is very small.

In terms of Eastern Conference defenders, Liu Mang ranked first among guards with 2.21 million votes, Iverson ranked second with 1.49 million votes, Wade ranked third with 970,000 votes, and Jason Terry ranked fourth with 610,000 votes.

Eastern Conference forward, Tracy McGrady ranked first with 2.01 million votes, James ranked second with 1.65 million votes, and Carter ranked third with 1.51 million votes.

When Eastern Conference center Liu Mang saw this, he felt that O'Neal had to imitate a certain Los Angeles player and hide in the toilet and cry for four consecutive years.

Whether in the West or the East, Chinese fans are angry at them. Kwame Brown ranks first among centers in the East with 1.44 million votes, and O'Neal ranks second among centers in the East with 1.3 million votes.

As still recognized as the league's No. 1 center, O'Neal has missed the All-Stars for four consecutive years.

Players from the Hawks and Lakers, even role players, received a lot of votes in the All-Star voting, and almost every player ranked among the top ten at their respective positions.

After Liu Mang watched the voting, he went back to training.

All-star is no longer what Liu Mang pursues. He will definitely make it. Whether he is the top vote-getter or not, he doesn't care that much.

This time Liu Mang didn't even receive an angry system prompt from O'Neal. I guess O'Neal is used to it...

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It finally arrived at six o'clock in the afternoon. Liu Mang had trained in the morning until 11:40, started warming up at one o'clock in the afternoon, and continued training at nearly two o'clock. At six o'clock in the training, the system prompt finally came.

"Ding... Congratulations to the host for completing the Gary Payton defensive training card training task and obtaining the defensive characteristic: Glove Level 1."

"Glove level 1: When the host is engaged in one-on-one defense, it will give people a kind of psychological pressure that is completely enveloped. When the host triggers a pressing press and a hot pot feast, there is a 5% chance of being able to hit it accurately.

Ball. Note: The skill level of this characteristic is related to the host's defensive ability. As the defensive ability increases, the skill level will also increase. To reach level 5, you need to have the best defensive player's defensive ability.

When the host is fully defensive, according to the system's judgment, the defensive ability evaluation can reach 88, and he is qualified to be selected for the second team of the All-Defensive Team."

Upon hearing this system prompt, Liu Mang spat out "Fuck".

Emmanuel, who was packing his things excitedly, was so frightened by Liu Mang's roar that he almost fell down.

"Ah, Emmanuel, it's okay. You are going to Charming City, right? I have already called them at noon. You and your friends can go and play. They will send me the bill tomorrow."

"Oh! Ace, I love you so much!"

"Go away! I'm not interested in fat men... No, I'm not interested in men!"

Emmanuel left without acknowledging his relatives. This guy could really show off to his group of friends tonight.

After sending Emmanuel away, Liu Mang repeatedly looked at the characteristics introduction and he was evaluated by the system as having a defensive rating of 88 when fully defending.

Although this is not included in Liu Mang's comprehensive ability evaluation, Liu Mang's comprehensive ability evaluation is still based on speed, strength, jumping, shooting and other offensive evaluations. He has an ability evaluation of 96, but he estimates that if defense is included,

The effect he plays is about 98, which is about the same as Tracy McGrady going all out one-on-one when he is physically fit.

And maybe even better!

Liu Mang feels closer and closer to becoming the true number one player in the league!

Relying on the training of Gary Payton's defensive training card, Liu Mang has reached a level close to the top from being a close to first-class defender. In the past, he could only do excellent defense and assist defense against speedy and running shooting opponents.

It's okay, but he is not particularly proficient in single defense and assist defense, but now Liu Mang's single defense has improved a lot, and he is getting closer and closer to a true superstar who can combine offense and defense!

Originally Liu Mang was tired of defensive training, but now he has regained his motivation!

In the history of the NBA, only three or four guards have won the best defensive player award. After the 1990s, only Payton was awarded. Liu Mang looked at his estimated defensive ability evaluation and found that it was still a bit far behind. Even if the defenders were not compared to centers, they were still far behind.

Compared with small forwards, it is particularly difficult to win the best defensive player award because of the limitations of the position.

Liu Mang envisioned that when he reached his peak, he might become an era-level superstar with an ability rating of over 100... He thought he should train hard.
Chapter completed!