Time flies, and before you know it, 43 games have been played in the season. The Eagles have a record of 30 wins and 13 losses, but are still 1 game ahead of the Nets. The Nets lost again and were defeated by the Celtics at home.

A week ago, after the Celtics used modern Jordan and a 17th or 18th pick in exchange for two extremely powerful inside and outside players, they further downplayed the role of Antoine Walker and improved their strength.

It will definitely improve. In the past game, they narrowly defeated the Nets at home, which "helped" the Hawks secure the first place in the Eastern Conference.

All-Star voting ends at 12pm New York time on January 28th.

At 12 noon on December 29, the NBA officially held a press conference to announce the All-Star roster for this season!

Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Hotel, a group of people from the Eagles didn't even go back to their rooms to put away their luggage. Instead, they came to Raheem's room together and watched ABC Sports TV, eagerly awaiting the announcement of the NBA All-Star results.

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The first to be announced is the All-Star center.

O'Neal surpassed Kobe Bryant with 1.22 million votes and became the Western Conference All-Star vote leader. There was no doubt that he was elected as the Western Conference All-Star center.

Mutombo narrowly defeated Jermaine O'Neal with 550,000 votes and became the Eastern Conference All-Star center with 590,000 votes.

Next is the striker.

Tim Duncan of the Western Conference ranked first among the forwards with 890,000 votes, and Garnett ranked second among the forwards with 870,000 votes. The competition between the two No. 21s has been fierce. The final record is about to top the Western Conference and he has been dominant from the beginning of the season.

Duncan, who has never been ranked first in the MVP rankings, is slightly better.

The competition for the top spot in the Eastern Conference is not that fierce.

Vince Carter won the All-Star vote king with 1.51 million votes! Without any suspense, he once again won the All-Star vote king.

The second position is also very stable, Sharif Rahim won the Eastern Conference forward's second All-Star position with 750,000 votes.

In terms of guards, Kobe Bryant of the Western Conference ranked first with 1.15 million votes, and there was a huge gap between him and second place. Francis ranked second among Western Conference guards with 570,000 votes. The two partnered with All-Star Western Conference guards.

The competition for the second guard spot in the Western Conference is fierce, with Gary Payton getting 520,000 votes, Michael Finley getting 440,000 votes, Stephon Marbury getting 410,000 votes, etc.

Eastern Conference guard, as the Wizards completely gave up on Kwame Brown and put him on the bench without giving him occasional playing time. After the Wizards did not train rookies, their record improved slightly. God is a God after all. He is still 39.

He was able to win occasionally in the Eastern Conference, and his record was ranked eleventh in the Eastern Conference. Jordan overtook Iverson at the last moment and became the player with the most votes among Eastern defenders with 980,000 votes. Iverson ranked 920,000 votes.

In the second, the two team up.

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Raheem is an All-Star!

The Eagles teammates who came to Raheem's room cheered loudly, especially Jason Terry. Although Raheem's vote has been basically stable since he was ranked second among the Eastern Conference forwards more than ten days ago, it is really confirmed now.

All-Star, Jason Terry, don’t get too excited!

To maintain this record, when the coaches vote, it is impossible not to consider that there is only one All-Star player in the Eastern Conference, and this is still the problem. The chance of selecting another All-Star substitute from the Hawks is very high!

Raheem doesn't speak much, and he didn't say a word when he was selected as an All-Star...he jumped up and danced a black tap dance, and a pair of leather shoes made a thumping sound on the carpet.

"Sharif, it's agreed! You become the All-Star hotel in Philadelphia, and you cover all the girls' overnight expenses!" Emmanuel reminded Rahim of his promise in a timely manner.

"It's guaranteed! I'll rent a car for you! You can choose the car rental agency you want!" Rahim threw away 200,000 US dollars in one sentence.

But that doesn’t matter! A clause in Rahim’s contract with Nike was triggered. His contract changed from a 1 million ordinary star contract to a main star contract! The endorsement fee will be increased from 1 million to more than 3 million and extended

Three years!

Ninety percent of NBA players have signed endorsement contracts with Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Jordan and other sneaker brands, ranging from US$10,000 to 20,000 a year plus several pairs of sneakers, to signature shoes plus tens of millions of endorsements.

All expenses are paid.

As long as there is a slight possibility of NBA players becoming popular, there will be sneaker brands signing contracts with them. Of course, the less famous and less valued players are, the less reasonable the endorsement contracts they sign, such as Emma

Nuor only earns 20,000 US dollars a year, but he will not be able to change the endorsement brand for a long time. Of course, if he enters the All-Stars, becomes the main force of the team, is selected for the All-NBA Team, etc., the endorsement fee for that year will be

Directly increase, and sign a new contract with an extension of at least three years.

On the contrary, the contract terms signed by players who are regarded as main players from the beginning and who are very popular from the beginning are more relaxed. They are usually signed for several years, and at most there is a matching clause after the contract expires.

This has something to do with strength, because the NBA is a place where star strength is king. No matter how much hype there is, it won't work without strength.

Seeing his teammates celebrating like crazy, Liu Mang said he didn't want to sit with them, and they didn't want to play with him anymore.

However, the All-Star voting results surprised him. Originally, there was still a slight gap between his and McGrady's votes, but when the voting ended, he actually got 690,000 votes, which was much more than McGrady's 610,000 votes!

The recent popularity of the Hawks has not only boosted Raheem's popularity, but Liu Mang, who was already very controversial, has also attracted more and more attention, especially after ESPN and the NBA official website spared no effort to promote him as the youngest 40-year-old player in the NBA.

, the popularity is rising rapidly!

It seemed that Liu Mang just felt that he had underestimated his popularity.

If Jordan hadn't come back, would he have been an All-Star?

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The main thing is to have confidence! After a year of hard work, many players have greatly improved their strength and statistics. They were selected as All-Star substitutes by coaches or selected as All-Stars by fans or voted into the All-NBA Team by the media. Later they became stable.

After this performance, it is mainly because of the recognition of others that gives them confidence.

Some players broke out for a season but did not receive any honors. Many of them suddenly collapsed and slowly disappeared from the NBA. Although it is not conclusive, it must have a lot to do with the lack of recognition.

Another month has passed and Liu Mang's ability value has improved slightly, and his comprehensive ability has increased from 63 to 64.

There are not many big improvements. The comprehensive shooting ability has increased from 73 to 75, and the strength will reach 60. It has finally reached the passing line. The speed has also increased from 87 to 88. Before reaching the uncanny valley, the stronger you are, the faster the speed will continue to increase. According to Liu Mang

With your physical condition, the speed should become faster and faster.

On the other hand, his weight is still 82 kilograms. He plays games every day and does a lot of training on rest days. If he didn't deliberately eat high-protein foods, even if he eats junk food, it would be difficult for Liu Mang to gain weight.

For some things that cannot be improved immediately, such as weight, strength, and jumping, the trainer's advice is to ignore it for now and just practice the things that can make you better now without affecting your strength, such as expanding your offensive methods and stability.

Previous offensive methods, practice shooting, etc.

Liu Mang now sees that he is ranked third in the Divisional Guard All-Star votes. He feels recognized by others and his motivation becomes stronger!

To have strength, you must have hype, and Raheem is a well-known example.

Seeing that the day to promote himself to the world was only half a month away, Liu Mang was a little excited!

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On January 30th, the last game of the Eagles' five consecutive away games was against the Timberwolves. It was also the last game in January. Next came the brutal schedule in February, with 14 games in 20 days. What the Eagles will think about

They all feel that the alliance is a scourge of heaven.

The February schedule was sent to players before playing the Timberwolves.

Although this comprehensive schedule is sent to the players before the start of the season, some players also have endorsement activities, business contacts, etc., and their agents must arrange their time reasonably, but when it comes to players, there are really not many players.

Remember who to fight after a week.

The opponents I study change every day, so how can my brain pay attention to so much.

Take a look at the Eagles' schedule next month, and you'll know why they are calling the league a damned evil!

From February 1st to February 12th, the Eagles have three back-to-backs, eight games in 12 days!

Then the winter break starts on the 13th, the All-Star weekend is from the 15th to the 18th, the last day of the winter break is on the 19th, and there are 6 games in 9 days from the 20th to the 28th!

No human rights!

They can only use this season's record to get the league to arrange a better schedule for them next season.

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At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Eagles came to the Target Center in Minneapolis to prepare for the next game.

The Timberwolves, one of the top five in the Western Conference! They will get stronger and stronger in the next two years, until they reach the top of the Western Conference in their heyday and reach the Western Conference Finals. Then they will flourish and then collapse.

The Timberwolves are still on the rise, but their strength is already impressive.

Due to the recent high popularity of the Hawks and the fact that the Timberwolves have always been a high-profile team since acquiring Garnett, this game between the two teams attracted a lot of attention from fans and media.

Although there was no national live broadcast, Time Warner, which loves regional broadcasts, broadcast the game live in Minnesota and Georgia, which is not bad.

Regarding Garnett during the Timberwolves period, Liu Mang always felt that Garnett was cheated!

Completely cheated!

If the Timberwolves hadn't committed suicide, they would have risen long ago, but they were trapped by themselves.

That is the famous "tragedy of prosperity" of the Timberwolves.

In the summer of 1998, because the Timberwolves first signed a super-maximum contract with Garnett for 6 years and 126 million, which was unprecedented at the time, there was no salary space, but they wanted to have the same rookie contract expire at that time, and

At that time, Joe Smith, the No. 1 pick in 1995, who had no restricted free agency, signed, and Joe Smith also wanted to partner with Garnett.

But at that time, the salary cap was only 26 million. Garnett's salary for the new season alone reached 16 million, and the Timberwolves only had 1.5 million room.

So at that time, Timberwolves general manager and former Celtics star Kevin McHale used his brain and agreed with Joe Smith to give him a maximum salary in three years and ask him to sign a three-year minimum salary contract so that he could have Joe Smith in the future.

German terms are signed above the salary cap.

McHale's "flawless" plan was finally discovered by the league when he was preparing to renew Joe Smith's contract in the summer of 2000. The Timberwolves were fined five first-round picks and directly released the contract between the Timberwolves and Joe Smith.
To be continued...