"Uncle, uncle, get up..."

"Dina, don't make trouble. Uncle, I didn't sleep all night last night. I was so sleepy."

"Uncle, did you go to the nightclub last night? Bad guy! Get up soon, someone is calling you to hold a press conference..."

"I didn't go to the nightclub or the press conference? By the way, today is an event event. It seems to be called a comprehensive competition day now. There will be a press conference at two o'clock in the afternoon..." Liu Mang looked at the clock on the bedside.

Is it 12 o'clock?

Fortunately, the morning ended early and he came back to sleep all morning. Liu Mang got up, washed his face, brushed his tooth, and felt awake.

Liu Mang came to the living room, where the waiter was serving food. Levia called the hotel restaurant to bring it.

Liu Mang took a piece of bread to pad his stomach.

"Ace, it's time for you to find an agent. The phone calls have been made to the hotel room. They will pick you up at one o'clock. You have lunch and change your clothes." Levia said speechlessly.

Liu Mang was also a little lucky. If he hadn't left the hotel address before, the 76ers, the All-Star organizer, wouldn't even know where to call someone.

"I also want to find an agent, but well-known agents cannot contact players who are not under their own ownership during the season. If you want to find capable agents, you probably have to wait until the summer and after the season." Liu Mang responded.

Liu Mang had also gone to learn about these things before, and after asking about it, he found out that, unlike the rules of other professional leagues, NBA players’ agents sign contracts either when they participate in the draft in college, or in the offseason, or during the season.

During this period, agents cannot have formal business dealings with non-own players who have team contracts. For example, they can fire agents, but they can only find new agents during the offseason, or like James, open one by themselves.

A brokerage company turns a big-name broker into an employee or shareholder of its own company.

Because those big-name agents almost all have the stars of a certain team, and some of them can be considered to represent a certain team, and the management or related personnel of a team cannot communicate with players who have contracts.

, especially talking about changing teams or signing contracts, is an illegal operation, with a minimum fine of $500,000 and a maximum penalty of 5 first-round draft picks.

James' actions would not violate these regulations. They are considered loopholes in the rules. Every rule has loopholes. NBA regulations do not stipulate that players are not allowed to do NBA-related business.

Levia thought for a while and said: "That's right. It's better not to find an incompetent agent for the time being. When I have free time one day, I will help you collect information on outstanding athletes' agents in North America. Maybe some of them have not entered the NBA.

Maybe there are suitable agents from the other three major leagues in this regard.”

"Yes, Ace, you must choose carefully. Don't choose an agent like Pippen, otherwise you will be unlucky." Alexia also felt that Liu Mang did not need to be so anxious, "Anyway, your endorsement contracts are all over.

I signed the contract with the season, so I’m not in a hurry now.”

"Yes, I think so too. Making money is important, but don't be so anxious. I don't have time to get commercial endorsements in the remaining half of the season. Let's wait until the offseason." Liu Mang responded and started eating steak.

, I ate too much grass, and the medium-rare steak felt pretty good. It was always more delicious than the various vegetables and boiled white meat prepared by the team.

Dietary experts divide meat into red meat and white meat. Red meat refers to meats with high fat content such as pork, beef, and mutton. White meat mostly refers to poultry and fish, which are rich in delicate fiber and have high fat content.

Low meat.

Among them, beef is relatively good, with a high protein content. Pork and mutton are more likely to gain fat after eating them. The fat in them is too fine and easily absorbed.

As a professional athlete, the first hurdle you have to pass is to get used to eating white meat.

Of course, for most athletes who come from poor families, they are not picky eaters when they first get free meat from the team, but they just get tired of it after eating it.

…

After lunch, they made an appointment to pick them up to watch the comprehensive competition in the evening. Liu Mang put on the new clothes he bought. After Dinah was not skilled at all and almost strangled Liu Mang to tie the tie, Liu Mang came to Waqiao.

Via Center attends a press conference.

I got to know the people who will be playing together tonight. Some of them have already met, played in the game or been temporary teammates.

The four contestants in the dunk contest are second-year player Desmond Mason, rookies Jason Richardson and Gerald Wallace, and the only famous star Steve Francis.

The Three-Point Contest includes Liu Mang, Ray Allen, who is known as the strongest three-point shooter in active service, second-year players Mike Miller and Quentin Richardson, and the Mavericks' Steve who always believes that people who love to laugh will have good luck.

Jeff Nash, the immortal Paul Pierce, former All-Star Steve Smith, and the Kings leading scorer Peja Stojakovic.

The participant on the WNBA side of the WNBA and NBA Mixed Shooting Challenge is women's basketball superstar Theresa Witherspoon, a superstar of the New York Liberty who has led her team to the WNBA Finals for two consecutive years.

"Ace, wow, wow, wow, you are here today, I wish you the first chance to win the three-point contest!" Jason Richardson greeted him warmly and spoke very directly...

Speaking so loudly in front of the three sharpshooters Peja, Nash, and Ray Allen!

Liu Mang just wanted to tell Jason Richardson not to be so high-profile, because it would attract too much hatred, but then he turned around and thought, why not be high-profile! Today is the day to be high-profile!

"Haha, of course, I have no interest in anything other than first place! Jason, you also have to win the slam dunk contest! Otherwise, don't say you know me!" Liu Mang said louder.

The scene was a kind of free interview similar to that of a rookie interview, and Liu Mang's voice attracted all the attention at once.

Liu Mang is a topic maker, he can make something happen in anything, but he doesn't have an agent. This makes the media love him... but he can't find anyone to love him. If he wants to schedule an exclusive interview, he can't find anyone! That's it.

Only China's Chaoting Sports Channel has the ability to let the Eagles' stubborn rookie coach bring a message to Liu Mang for an interview. It is completely impossible for anyone else to do an exclusive interview.

Originally, there were Francis, the Western Conference All-Star, and popular stars such as Peja, Ray Allen, and Witherspoon today, but Liu Mang's voice immediately attracted the reporters.

In terms of popularity, except for Witherspoon, a WNBA superstar who is very popular in the United States, and Francis, Peja, and Ray Allen, none of the other players participating today can compare with Liu Mang's popularity. Except for these few athletes

There were still some reporters left, and all the other reporters gathered around Liu Mang.

Moreover, the reporters who stayed next to those players also changed the content of their questions.

"Lei, Peja, what do you think of Ace Liu Haoyan winning the three-point contest?"

"Steve, are you confident that you can beat Jason Richardson and win the dunk contest? His dunks in the rookie game yesterday were amazing!"

"Teresa, are you confident that you can beat Ace Liu in terms of shooting that you are good at? He is also a master of shooting..."

This question made it clear that these reporters did not surround Liu Mang and Jason Williams, who suddenly started to tremble when so many reporters were talking around him for the first time. It made it clear that it was not because of them, but because they wanted to find a topic.

!

Witherspoon is not a WNBA star. It is unrealistic for WNBA stars to compete with NBA stars in popularity. Witherspoon responded normally that he would work hard to prove that women are no worse than men.

Ray Allen is somewhat mellow and tolerates it, but Peja is different. He is a Yugoslav. Although Yugoslavia has been disintegrated, and in a few years it is estimated that the last one that will retain the Yugoslav flag is still called Serbia and Montenegro, which means that it will be in the future.

The two countries that were split into Serbia and Montenegro still retained the name Yugoslavia, and the other joining countries became independent.

But for those athletes who experienced the dominance of Yugoslav sports in those years, they still call themselves Yugoslavs, especially in the next 2002 World Championships in Indiana. Peja, a Croatian, will continue to represent Yugoslavia in the World Championships.

The Yugoslavs have always had a fiery temper. Peja is indeed a charity ambassador off the court, but when it comes to games, he is not as gentle as his scholarly face.

"Tell that rookie! He has no chance! He has no chance!" Peja roared.

Francis was also furious. In his opinion, Liu Mang's words were aimed at him!

This rookie actually asked another rookie to deal with him and win against him. Francis felt humiliated!

"I will definitely win this slam dunk contest!"

…

Liu Mang didn't know that he was hated even more by someone who already hated him, and he didn't know that he had offended the Kings this time.

But what can you do if you know it? Make them angry again? How tiring!

Moreover, he is just showing off, purely showing off!

"Ace, you mean you will definitely win the first place in this three-point contest?"

"Of course, that's what it means literally. I have no interest other than being number one."

"But today's game has three-point masters like Peja Stojakovic, Ray Allen and Steve Smith..."

"Maybe they can come and compete for runner-up. I will definitely win! Just like Jason, I think his dunk is the strongest among the players participating."

"Ace..."

"Ace..."

After Liu Mang finished pretending to be cool, he really couldn't find any new content to show off, so he chose to leave directly when the media still wanted to ask questions.

Jason Richardson looked at Liu Mang's back and was completely stunned. My eldest brother is awesome!

Wait, what did the elder brother say when he left? It seems that he praised the younger brother that my dunk is the best... No! Brother, why are you praising me at this time? Aren't you trying to attract hatred...

Sure enough, Jason Richardson glanced in Francis' direction, and he was indeed furious!

God!
Chapter completed!