From today on is the king

Chapter 623

If there are really people on Mars who can play basketball and challenge the people on Earth to basketball, there is no doubt that the candidates for the challenge on Earth will be selected from the NBA.

The NBA wants to form a lineup to play basketball games with the Martians and promote friendly communication between the Earth and the Martians. First, it must satisfy the Martians’ appearance preferences, so Chris Bosh will definitely be selected for this big list.

A bad netizen started a post like this on the Internet, and then formed a "five ugly" combination from more than 400 active players in the NBA that can be regarded as having a chance to compete for the championship in the NBA.

Marquis Daniels and Josh Howard of the Dallas Mavericks; Sam Cassell of the Minnesota Timberwolves; Sean Marion of the Phoenix Suns;

And these five people have played very well this season, so they have come into the eyes of the fans.

The five were jokingly dubbed an alien combination by a post that popped up on the Internet, and the two in Dallas were directly given the nickname Dallas Double Ugly.

In just a few hours, this post swept the basketball circle.

In the past, I used to comment on who is so handsome in the NBA, who plays domineeringly, who has picturesque moves, or forcibly compares two players who are not from the same era and basically have no matchups in their prime. Then a group of opposing fans quarreled non-stop.

And this time when this topic came out, it was like a clear stream in the fan circle!
In the past, the fans loved to fight for the first place for their favorite star, but this time, everyone was very humble, and the reply posts were harmonious, and there was no desire to compete at all.

At the beginning, the fans were just joking, but later on, players like Garnett, James, Antoine Walker, etc., who had scary expressions, anxious looks, or weird appearances, were all included in the discussion by fans. Even the fans of these players themselves were trying their best to blackmail their own stars.

"Giggle... Uncle! You are too bad! You hurt people like this. If they know that Uncle posted the post, they will definitely want to beat Uncle!" Little Lolita sat in Liu Mang's arms, covering her mouth and laughing non-stop.

"Hush...! Keep your voice down! We have a lot of big mouthers on our team!" Liu Mang squeezed Dana's face and looked around. There was almost no one in the NBA. There is no impenetrable wall in the NBA. If only one person knows that he did it, the whole world will know!
"Uncle, don't worry! Dinah is not a mother-in-law!" Little Lolita said solemnly.

"...What kind of Hong Kong drama do kids watch! Don't say this word in the future!" Liu Mang was so tired, the little loli had learned it badly!
That's right, the instigator of all this is Mr. Liu who is currently shopping around the forum with a little loli eating tofu.

On Christmas Day, after the Eagles’ morning training and team meeting, everyone had a nutritious meal together. There was no training in the afternoon, and the game was about to start at 02:30. Some Eagles players were watching videos, some were playing games, and some were just taking a nap. Every player has a way to relieve their pressure before the game.

In Liu Mang’s words, he has strong confidence in playing against the Pistons. A team that has been swept by him for two consecutive years, he seriously despises the opponent strategically. As the team’s leading scorer, Liu Mang must first show his self-confidence to his teammates and let his teammates feel his self-confidence.

And yesterday and this morning for the Pistons game, I have already prepared a lot for Zunlian and the pre-game meeting. The game will start soon, and I will do research in an hour or two. After all, it is just a regular season.

For the Christmas game, the Eagles are playing at home, which is much luckier than the Pistons. The family and friends of each player can celebrate the holiday together and come to the home court to watch the game.

Fortunately, it was the first game between the Eagles and the Pistons. The Pistons had already booked their air tickets for the evening. After the game, they had to travel a long distance to fly back for the holidays. Although it was a bit troublesome, they could spend Christmas Eve with their families. Maybe they could catch up to the Christmas game between the Nets and the Lakers. Americans had become accustomed to watching the Christmas game.

Dinah, Alexia, and Levia were definitely going to watch the game. The two beauties went shopping and came in before the game started. Liu Mang was fine here, so he took the little girl to the forum together. Seeing that the post he posted when he woke up in the morning had received tens of thousands of replies, he was quite surprised and a little proud.

Liu Mang has always maintained a skeptical attitude towards Bosh's height, the neck is too long!When he was watching the Pistons video in the morning, he found that the shoulder heights of Bosh and Ben Wallace were not much different!
The more he looked at Bosh's appearance, the more Liu Mang felt that the Raptors were the most suitable team for Bosh, but it was a pity that Bosh was already a member of the Pistons.

So, in the morning, Liu Mang quietly used his trumpet to post about this on the largest forum in the NBA fans circle, and then found four other players with weirder looks than Bosh, forming the NBA's Big Five!
Dallas' two ugly strikers, Marquis Daniels and Josh Howard, one at the end of the first round and one undrafted, actually both averaged double figures per game. They became the only two rookies in the 2003 rookie class who averaged double figures per game except for the top five picks and the seventh picks.

Kassel, who was originally nicknamed Alien, has played in the top six of the guards in the league this year. Sean Marion is already a super power forward with an average of 20+ per game.

And the No. 2 pick of the Pistons, the Eagles' opponent, Chris Bosh, also showed a very good strength. In the Pistons, a team that lacks scorers, he played his two strengths of speed and shooting very well.

In 2003, perhaps from an overall point of view, this rookie class could not be compared with the 84 and 96 generations. In addition to the core-level superstars of the team, the 84 and 96 generations also had mainstay stars, ordinary starters, and high-quality role players.

But the top five picks of the 03 generation really exploded in talent.

Compared with Milicic's fragile heart, Bosh is obviously more mature. Before playing brother basketball, he played tough and loved to cut inside. As the legendary second Garnett, of course he has excellent mid-range shooting ability, and he can even shoot three-pointers!
As an absolute core training, Bosh may not be able to bring the team's record to such a good level, but if he is used as the second and third leader, and does not need to weaken his inside role to float outside and play for a top team in the league, Bosh's career start is even better than Liu Mang imagined!
Although the defensive end is far inferior to Rasheed Wallace, his offensive ability has given Larry Brown a different choice, and his physical fitness is very good, and he is also a good block threat at the basket. Since his rookie year, he has averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.5 blocks per game.

This surprised Liu Mang who paid attention to the Pistons because they were going to play the Pistons!

From the perspective of others, the Pistons just made the right choice by choosing a center with Garnett's athletic ability and better shooting range. With the Pistons' lack of scorers, Bosh seized the opportunity and perfectly fit with Ben Wallace, a player who can only defend but not attack.

In Liu Mang's view, taking away Rasheed Wallace on his side has actually contributed to a win-win situation for the Pistons and Raptors!
Liu Mang knows that Bosh is obviously not the type to be trained as the core of the championship. It is not that he is not good enough, but that his style of play is not suitable. He has almost no single-defense ability, only assist defense.

But helping defense and scoring is very suitable for the Pistons. Bosh is almost the same as the original Rasheed Wallace joining the Pistons. He cooperated with Ben Wallace almost from the beginning.

Milicic, on the other hand, just went to the Raptors who are willing to train traditional centers for a long time, so they can slowly tap their potential.

Liu Mang didn't expect that the Pistons and Raptors would have a win-win situation in this draft. He thought Bosh would be crippled by Larry Brown!
This made Liu Mang very curious. While watching Little Lolita shut down the website and play a Q-version 2D game called Theme Hospital, he asked the system in his heart: "Boss Bosh and Milicic are a balanced combination that changed the trajectory of their careers?"

"Ding... Darko Milicic is Kwame Brown's match. Chris Bosh just played what he already had. He became better than the host remembered, only because of the Pistons' system."

"Is that so..." Looking at the lineup of the Pistons, Liu Mang felt that this opponent was a bit tricky!
Billups, Ben Wallace, two field control masters, and Hamilton, a running shooter, plus Bosh and Stephen Jackson, the defense must be much worse than the original Pistons, but it has become very variable!
But regardless of his variables, Liu Mang is confident that his side is better than the Pistons!
Liu Mang's surprise is only because of his appearance, the alliance seems to have become better as a whole!
This year's rookie of the year has become confusing, unlike the original only Anthony and James competing for the best rookie, this time the top five picks are all favorites for the best rookie!
The emergence of a strong player can often put pressure on other players and force other players to make themselves better, just like Magic Bird and Jordan. In the 80s and 90s, they respectively promoted the qualitative development of the overall strength of the NBA.

Liu Mang still doesn't have the self-awareness of being a strong player to promote the development of the overall strength of the NBA, but his appearance has begun to slowly promote changes in the NBA.

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Christmas is the biggest holiday in the United States, and most people have very long holidays, like Dinah, from December 12 to January 18, a total of 1 days of holidays. Except for the service industry, police industry and sales industry, many people have 5 days of holidays, from December 19 to January 15. Of course, these holidays only account for less than 12% of the working population in the United States, because the service industry and sales industry basically account for 22% of the jobs except students.

But the [-]% of people who have holidays are basically rich people.

Atlanta fans were so excited that the Hawks participated in the Christmas game for the second year in a row, and tickets were sold out long ago.

Atlanta is a big city, but the Eagles have always been a small-market team. As a small-market team, the Eagles have never played Christmas games for two consecutive years, just like Cleveland is a small city in the future but has a top-five NBA market.

The appearance of Liu Mang brought the Eagles attention. Coupled with Liu Mang's hot performance this year, he has completely conquered Atlanta, becoming the most popular athlete in Atlanta, and once again crushing the Falcons.

In the few games after scoring 65 points, Liu Mang's performance was not particularly outstanding. Of course, compared to the terrifying performance of scoring 65 points against the Spurs in that scene, he has always scored more than 20 points and 30 points, not particularly outstanding.

However, people found that Liu Mang's scoring average hovered around 28 and 29 points per game. Without a significant improvement, the average scoring between Liu Mang and McGrady, who ranked first in the scoring list, was getting closer and closer!
Liu Mang averaged 28.7 points per game, McGrady's scoring average has dropped to 30.3 points, the difference is only 1.6 points!

This made Eagles fans come up with an exciting but scary thought!But this kind of thought can't be suppressed at all!

When Liu Mang entered the stadium to start the final preparations before the game, he saw the fans' thoughts at a glance.

Because the fans are too high-profile!
Many fans held signs saying: Ace, we want to be the scoring champion!

Or: Score No. [-], Ace Liu.

The words expressed by each fan may be different, but the meaning is basically the same.

The scoring champion of the third grade!

After the NBA entered modern basketball, only Dominique Wilkins, Jordan, Iverson, and O'Neal were able to win the scoring champion in the third year of their careers. Other scoring champions like David Robinson played for many years.

Seeing the high-profile fans, Liu Mang was a little excited, but suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Soon, the ominous premonition was confirmed!

(End of this chapter)