From today on is the king

Chapter 86 86. A New Mission Arrives
This TV commentator looks familiar!
"Hi, Ace, I'm Jeff Hornacek, wow, you're more handsome than what you see on TV, young guys nowadays are much more handsome than we were back then." After finishing speaking, Hornacek extended his hand to shake Liu Mang's hand.

No wonder it looks so familiar!It turned out to be the future Huo Shuai!

It seems that ESPN doesn't want to make trouble!Hornacek's character is very patient and friendly. This is not what ESPN, which always enjoys doing things, should do!

After Hornacek retired in 2000, like many celebrities, he was invited by the TV station to be a commentator, but probably because his personality was too calm and academic, his performance in the commentary position was mediocre.

"Jeff Hornacek, former Suns and Jazz star, his career masterpiece is the elite level data of 91 points, 92 rebounds and 20 assists per game in the 5-5 season with the Suns. The Jazz has reached the finals for two consecutive years.

Looking at the information about Hornacek introduced by the system, Liu Mang didn't expect that this future excellent NBA head coach would be so good as a player. Didn't it mean that a star coach is not good enough?

And that CPA?Liu Mang has heard that the pass rate of the initial test for this certificate in China is less than 15.00%, and the chance of actually passing the exam is only about one-tenth.

This guy is really amazing.

"Hi, Jeff, nice to meet you." Liu Mang and Hornacek shook hands.

"I really want to chat with you, Ace. I feel that we are very similar. We are both players who are not optimistic about their physical fitness, but they have both played amazing performances." Hornacek said.

"Cool, I feel very honored to be on par with you, Jeff. If I can average 20+5+5 per game one day, I can really be on par with you." Liu Mang said with a smile.

"Haha, your ability to hold the ball is better than mine, and your shooting is much more confident than my rookie year. I believe you can do it." After Hornacek finished speaking, the official interview was about to begin: "Okay, let's start the interview. The pre-match activities will start in a while. I'm curious. Are your shots arranged by the coach or your own choice?"

I'm coming!Finally started asking questions.

Generally speaking, players will answer this kind of question in a more subtle way. Even if they are confident, they will generally answer in a relatively humble way, even if it is Jordan and the magician.

After all, this is a pre-match interview broadcast live across the United States, and it is being broadcast live now. It is estimated that people in the TV studio are evaluating what the two said.

When I came to the interview before, the press officer and coach Kruger also taught Liu Mang some skills in answering questions. In a word, he blamed the coach on matters of play, and boasted about his opponents.

The questions Hornacek asked were indeed in line with his personal image, and he didn't like making trouble.

Hornacek had a good impression of Liu Mang from the moment he saw Liu Mang to the time Liu Mang answered the first question, he was a nice young man.

"Shot selection? I think the shots I make are all good opportunities. As long as I can make shots, the coach can't say anything." Liu Mang acted very arrogantly.

This answer... Hornacek frowned. He is a standard academic. Although he played the best performance of his career when he was in the Suns, he was once a top player with an average of 20+5+5 per game, but he still likes playing under Coach Sloan most.

He was noncommittal to Liu Mang's answer, and Hornacek continued to ask: "OK, there is one more question. What do you think of today's opponent, the Pistons? Can you continue to maintain the number one record in the league?"

"Of course, we are much better than the Pistons. Who else in the Pistons besides Ben Wallace? Stackhouse? He was defeated by a high school student. We have Theo, Jason, and Sharif. We will definitely win, and our coach is better. The Pistons are destined to lose..."

Seeing Liu Mang's arrogant disregard for the Pistons, Hornacek didn't know what to say, and continued to ask: "Ace, the Pistons are the eighth-ranked defensive team in the league. Are you confident that you can maintain the previous efficiency today?"

"Of course, there is no doubt that I also scored more than 20 points against the Heat, which is third in defense this year. I can also perform well against the Pistons!"

"OK..." Hornacek said the interview was over, and then turned to face the camera: "I just interviewed popular rookie Ace Liu...Ace is very confident..."

Hornacek doesn't know how to comment, this is a live broadcast across the United States...

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"Ding... the host is hostile by Detroit fans, and rewards the hooligans with 3000 points..."

"Ding... The host is regarded as an arrogant rookie by a large number of fans across the United States, and the reward is 5000 for the hooligans..."

"Ding... the host is regarded as a confident rookie by a large number of fans across the United States, and the reward value of rogue is 2000..."

Whoa whoa whoa!Liu Mang returned to the locker room after the interview, probably because the live broadcast was delayed for a few minutes, and the rewards arrived after a while!
Sure enough, pissing off the fans of the visiting team got more hooligans!
At Atlanta's home court, Liu Mang's performance at this stage can't be better. As a sixth man, Liu Mang's average of 14 points per game has surprised the Eagles fans. More than one-tenth of the people at home are here to watch him.

But this is like Liu Mang’s skill, which has reached a bottleneck. After all, even if he is a popular rookie, he is still just a rookie in a young draft, and he is still in a team like the Eagles that has not been noticed. These days, Chinese players have no market value. Wang Zhizhi and Battelle are good examples, so the fan base is relatively small.

But the last time he played against the Raptors, he gave Liu Mang some inspiration.

That is to provoke the away fans!
But how to provoke, there is no channel!The Pistons are not as glass-hearted as Raptors fans, nor are they as sad as the Cavaliers' drafts in recent years. The Pistons are a traditional strong team, so they don't want a rookie at all!
At this time ESPN came to send warmth and did Liu Mang a big favor.

Sure enough, when the live broadcast screen was sent to the fans who bought the live broadcast of the game, the Pistons fans immediately became upset. What was unexpected was that there were fans who hated him and fans who liked him at the same time across the United States.

Sure enough, basketball is just like what Kobe said, as long as there is strength, as many people love a star, as many people hate him!

Liu Mang is considered quite capable, and his statistics are very impressive for this year's rookies, so there is such a situation.

Just when Liu Mang was excited to get 10000 rogue points for such a simple interview, the system sound came again.

"Ding... The host arrogantly expressed that he wanted to blow up the Pistons, and issued a temporary mission: Shine the Palace of Auburn Hills: Score 20 points in the next game against the Pistons. Reward for completing the mission: Pistons player Joan Barry's running skills, failure penalty: Selfie only wearing swimming trunks, and the video of pole dancing is posted online."

"...Your sister of the system!"

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The ESPN booth at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

"Peter, why do we have to interview a rookie? I admit that Ace Liu is not bad among this year's rookies, but it's only good." Hornacek asked suspiciously.

Pete Hill, one of the associate editors of ESPN Sports.

"It's just a business decision, and Liu's answer is good, isn't it? Today's game finally has a topic. The big man in China is about to enter the NBA. The NBA and all the basketball media want to seize this opportunity, and we are no exception." Pete Hill explained.

Originally, the interview scheduled today was for Raheem, but Pete Hill decided to interview Liu Mang on the spur of the moment.

(End of this chapter)