"Kwame, what are you doing?" Liu Mang felt his head grow bigger as he watched Kwame Brown walking around.

After arriving in Miami, Liu Mang took a nap and went to the hotel gym to train his back muscles. As soon as he stretched his waist muscles, Kwame Brown wandered in and out.

"Boss, I'm going to beat O'Neal tomorrow!" Kwame Brown said excitedly, and now he was beeping in panic!

"I know, you think we are here for tourism when we come to Miami! The coach has banned us from going out tonight."

"Boss, I'm going to beat O'Neal!" Kwame Brown said it again like a repeater.

"I know! It's not me and him, it's none of my business!" Liu Mang said impatiently.

"Uh..." Kwame Brown felt like his heart had been stabbed.

However, he can't blame Liu Mang yet, because Kwame Brown, besides being panicked, is also very surprised!

At 9 o'clock this morning, the vote statistics for the first phase of All-Star Weekend voting, which ends on January 2, were announced.

In terms of votes for Western Conference centers, Yao Ming ranked first with 970,000 votes. He is also the current All-Star ticket, just like Liu Mang last season, who exceeded one million votes in the first stage.

After O'Neal traveled east, Yao Ming is undoubtedly the best center in the Western Conference. The key is that he doesn't know when he started to become more "self". He doesn't play blindly like he did before.

Work hard, play more when you feel good, and ask for rest when you feel tired. Although the playing time dropped from 33 minutes last season to 31 minutes, the data increased to an average of 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists per game.

Among active players who truly play center in the NBA, only Yao Ming, O'Neal, and Duncan can average 20 points per game. There is no fourth player. Even since the new century, they are the only three players who are truly centers and have averaged 20 points per game.

Averaged 20.

Mourning suddenly encountered kidney disease in 2000. At first, he mistakenly thought it was a common kidney disease. He failed to receive timely and correct treatment and delayed kidney transplantation for three years. It was indeed a pity, otherwise he would have had a fourth kidney.

Yao Ming ranked first with 970,000 votes. Brad Miller, Marcus Camby, Wang Zhizhi, and Dampier from second to fifth place together did not have more votes than Yao Ming.

Wang Zhizhi did make the roster this year. The Lakers really couldn't find a few players who were listed as All-Star candidates. However, with Yao Ming here, Wang Zhizhi didn't get many votes from Chinese fans.

As for the Western Conference forwards, Double 21 dominated the screen again. Both of them had more than 700,000 votes. The third was Richard Jefferson with 550,000 votes. After that, there was no one with more than 300,000 votes. Nowitzki,

Anthony's votes are all over 300,000.

Richard Jefferson got on Yao Ming's car, and like Francis in the previous two years, his popularity soared in the country. That is to say, his popularity was stable during Double 21. Similar to Francis's inability to shake Kobe, neither could Richard Jefferson.

Shake Double 21.

In terms of Western Conference guards, Kobe Bryant ranked first among Western Conference guards with 790,000 votes. Francis was second with 410,000 votes, Nash was third with 390,000 votes, Ray Allen, Ginobili, Tony Parker,

Baron Davis... and others all have more than 200,000 votes. Except for Kobe, the competition for the other position is fierce.

After Francis left Yao Ming, his popularity became less stable.

As for Eastern Conference defenders, Liu Mang ranked first with 920,000 votes, Iverson ranked second with 860,000 votes, James ranked third with 560,000 votes, and Jason Terry ranked fourth with 540,000 votes.

Liu Mang and Iverson are still very stable All-Stars. Liu Mang is defending his title and is the scoring champion. Iverson is still as stable as an All-Star until the last season of 2009-2010, when he was 35 years old.

As for forwards in the Eastern Conference, cousins ​​continue to occupy two positions. Tracy McGrady is also the temporary vote leader in the Eastern Conference with 940,000 votes. Carter ranks second with 740,000 votes. Raheem and Grant Hill both have more than 600,000 votes.

After Carter.

Here at the center of the Eastern Conference, Kwame Brown was surprised and panicked. Kwame Brown ranked first among the centers in the Eastern Conference with 790,000 votes! He beat O'Neal with 620,000 votes! Ben Wallace was third.

There were only 190,000 votes cast, and the votes for the center position in the Eastern Conference were basically concentrated on Kwame Brown and O'Neal. The fans were causing trouble.

According to unreliable gossip media, this number of votes has a lot to do with the unusually enthusiastic participation of California fans in the All-Star voting. There were waves of sinister laughter in the training hall of the Toyota Center in Los Angeles early in the morning.

But no matter what the reason was, it was Kwame Brown who benefited. His words in the previous interview were the trigger for all this.

When Kwame Brown saw that he had won the vote over O'Neal, he felt like the hair on his body was standing on end!

At that time, I had the urge to become an All-Star, but I was fooled by Liu Mang. Now when I breathe the air in Miami, I feel like I can feel O'Neal's anger.

Seeing Liu Mang's unconcerned attitude, Kwame Brown was so sad and angry, but the pirate ship was already on board, and even if he jumped into the river, the other party would probably chase him, and he might even chase him more fiercely.

Kwame Brown can only grit his teeth and carry on.

Kwame Brown continued to shamelessly say to Liu Mang: "Boss, don't say that. I was defeated by O'Neal, so what should I do if I can't make the All-Stars? Our team doesn't have three All-Stars!"

"Why can't you make it to the All-Stars? Don't you already have more votes than O'Neal? You can definitely do it." Liu Mang gave Kwame Brown a little encouragement.

"But I know myself very well, and I am no match for O'Neal..." Kwame Brown is quite self-aware.

Really, Liu Mang glanced helplessly at Kwame Brown. This guy was self-aware and had a very good mentality, but he was too impulsive and "whimsical" like a young player.

After thinking about it, Liu Mang had an idea and said: "Kwame, it doesn't matter if you are beaten by O'Neal. Just try your best. Don't give in even if you are beaten. That's enough!"

"Huh?" Kwame Brown didn't understand.

"You are stupid! Don't those fans who voted for you know that O'Neal is the number one center? What they like is your mentality of not being afraid of O'Neal, and your fighting spirit that you keep fighting even if you are beaten by O'Neal, otherwise

Why did they vote for you?" Liu Mang got to the point.

The increase in votes that Liu Mang brought to his teammates was mainly concentrated on McGrady and Jason Terry. McGrady had higher votes than Liu Mang, which made Liu Mang unhappy when he saw McGrady, and Jason Terry also

Ranked fourth among Eastern Conference defenders.

Kwame Brown also received some bonus votes due to Liu Mang, but it was mainly due to his trouble-making interviews, Kwame Brown's gratifying progress, and his efforts to do his best every time he met O'Neal.

The gesture made those fans want to see how Kwame Brown would be tortured by the angry O'Neal...

As long as Kwame Brown keeps his momentum, even if he falls behind in the matchup with O'Neal, he will always try his best to face O'Neal and let O'Neal go all out to abuse him. Fans will always want to see this scene.

…

Although it is slightly different from what Liu Mang said, fans may not really like Kwame Brown, but Kwame Brown believes this ambiguous statement!

"I understand, boss, I will definitely try my best not to disappoint you and the fans!"

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The next day came, January 5th, when the Hawks challenged the Heat away from home.

Liu Mang attended the team meeting in the morning. After the tactical training in the afternoon, he discussed with Tracy McGrady, Prince, Iguodala, and Calderon how to deal with the Heat's back line. Prince focused on singles.

On defense, Mourning, like Ratliff last season, brought several young teammates together to discuss how to deal with O'Neal.

Mourning will not show mercy when dealing with his old club.

Especially regarding O'Neal, Mourning racked his brains to teach Kwame Brown how to deal with O'Neal.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, after eating a nutritious meal, the Eagles came to the American Airlines Center to prepare for the game that would be broadcast live by ABC TV, China's Chaoting Sports Channel, and Time Warner Cable TV starting at 8:30 p.m.

When the Eagles were warming up, a huge fat man was stopped outside the visiting team's training ground and kept yelling.

Yes, this person is O'Neal.

After O'Neal came to the arena, the first thing he did was to find Kwame Brown.

It was impossible to fight, he just wanted to scare Kwame Brown to vent his resentment.

But when he arrived at the door of the visiting team's training ground, he was stopped by security!

"Let me in! This is our team's arena." O'Neal said angrily. The two security guards actually stopped him and refused to let him in.

"This..." The security also has a headache!

"Let me in! Or I'll have Pat Riley fire you!" O'Neal yelled.

"us……"

Someone on the Eagles side told them not to let O'Neal in. If they let O'Neal in, and the Eagles complained to them, they would be fired. But if O'Neal was not allowed in, and O'Neal complained to them, they might also be fired.

Dismissal.

Now the two security guards don't know what to do, so they can only stop O'Neal. If O'Neal complains, they can still argue that it was the Heat management who arranged for them to protect the Eagles players. The Eagles players are now them.

The protected person must listen to the words of the protected person. If O'Neal is allowed in, he will definitely be fired if he is complained, because it violates the work content.

But if O'Neal complains to them, they can still have a say, and the possibility of being fired is lower.

"Ah, hello, Shaq."

Liu Mang came at this time. He had already expected this scene. He asked the security to stop O'Neal, which was what he ordered. However, in order to prevent the two innocent security guards from being retaliated by the petty fat man, he kept waiting, as long as there was a noise at the door.

, he immediately went over to open the door and said hello to O'Neal.

Sure enough, when O'Neill saw Liu Mang coming, he forgot about the two security guards.

"Ace, what do you mean, you don't want me to go in and catch up with you and Tracy?" O'Neal spat at Liu Mang.

Liu Mang hid aside and pointed at the door: "Shaq, look over there!"

O'Neill hadn't noticed anything on the door before.

O'Neal looked at what was written on the paper on the door and read: "The Eagles' temporary training ground, people weighing more than 310 pounds are not allowed to enter - Kwame Brown... Damn guy, I'm going to blow him up tonight

You! Let you lose your dream of basketball!"

310 pounds... Before Yao Ming gained the most weight, O'Neal was the only one in the NBA who weighed more than 310 pounds. It was obviously targeting him!

After watching it, O'Neal roared toward the training ground.

After O'Neal yelled angrily, he vented his anger and began to calm down a little. He felt that something was wrong, but before he could think about it, Liu Mang spoke again: "Shaq, how much are you going to take tonight?"

What’s the score? Let’s be mentally prepared!”

"Ah?" O'Neal didn't expect Liu Mang to react like this when his teammates were threatened. He had always felt something was wrong, and now it felt even more wrong.
To be continued...