Originally, Liu Mang just wanted to have fun. As long as he didn't pole dance, this activity would still be fun.

As a result, the NBA took it so seriously, and he also took it seriously.

Liu Mang didn't want to lose in a competition that was like a "promotional video" for a dance competition that the whole world would pay attention to.

Originally, on the 18th and 19th, the two days of the Rookie Game and the Three Events, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, and James had to more or less participate in some NBA activities, but this time the NBA did not arrange activities for them.

The warm-up performance of "Lord of the Dance" is also the "Battle of Dance within the NBA". The NBA also attaches great importance to it. It is a performance that helps kick off the finals of the National Dancing Championship. In addition to taking makeup photos, this round table

The conference alliance did not arrange for three people to participate.

It's all about mystery.

The matter of advertising for "The King of Dance" is a confidential matter, in order to surprise the audience in front of the TV during the All-Star Game.

The All-Star Game does not need to rely on this to warm up and increase ratings. On the contrary, for the "Four Dance Kings", it is a matter of increasing their popularity in this aspect.

That's why James and Prince, the two kings of dance who have made a lot of money from dancing, are so excited, and that's why Maddie, who wants a share of the dancing pie, is so excited.

The four major dance kings and their dance teams began to rehearse intensively.

The current situation for the four of them is not very optimistic. The time is too short. The good news is that the dancers arranged for them are all professional level and are familiar with the dance style of each "Dance King", except Liu Mang.

Bian wanted to change the dance style willfully, but everything went smoothly for the other three.

On the night of the 18th, we played the All-Star Rookie Game and the Celebrity Shooting Challenge.

The 2007 rookies... When the 2007 rookies were promoted last season, they were compared with the rookies from 1984, 1996, and 2003. However, after playing more than 50 games in the new season, their performance was average.

Except for the Hornets' Kevin Durant, who averaged 17.9 points and 6 rebounds per game, and the Grizzlies' Al Horford, who averaged 13.3 points and 10 rebounds per game, the overall performance of the first-year players was not as good as the performance of the 2006 rookies in their rookie year.

Although the rookies in the 2006 class did not score as high as Durant in their rookie season, nor did they average a double-double like Horford, there were as many as five players who averaged 10 points per game.

Now that the players from the 2006 class are in their second year, the gap in performance between the players from the 2007 class is even greater.

Both Roy and Aldridge were almost selected as All-Star substitutes, as well as Rondo, Gay, Farmar, Brewer...

Although Kevin Durant of the first-year team scored 40 points and 9 rebounds, under the leadership of second-year Rondo's 15 points, 17 rebounds and 18 assists, the second-year team beat the first-year team 144 to 115!

There are teammates like Gay, Shannon Brown, Sef Rosa, and Tyrus Thomas who can run and jump; there are teammates like Roy, Aldridge, and Redick who can shoot. The opponent is a

A weak team composed of senior players, Rondo is simply invincible!

Rondo is also quite small-minded, and he managed to get 18 assists during garbage time, breaking the historical record of 17 assists in a single game set by Chris Paul last year in his rookie game.

There were three players who won the attention of the fans in this game. There is no doubt that Rondo has no way to score, which is not his strong point. He had a game-high 17 rebounds and a historical record of 18 assists.

The second one is Durant. Apart from Liu Mang, Durant was the only one who scored 40 points in the rookie game and performed very well.

The other was Brandon Roy, who scored 29 points on 10-for-10 shooting. He was not as stable as a second-year player.

On the 19th, something different from previous All-Star weekends came. This time, the three-event competition day was particularly grand.

There are a total of 6 competitions. In addition to the three competitions, there are also the Shooting Star Challenge, the Mixed Shooting Contest, and the first Development League All-Star Game in NBA history arranged during the All-Star Weekend.

This year's event is quite interesting. Kobe and Nash, Peja, Nowitzki, Kapono and Korver participated in this competition.

The fact that Kobe, Nash, and Nowitzki are participating in the Three-Point Contest at this age is inseparable from the nature of this All-Star weekend. Popular superstars like them are needed to participate in the competition. Who are Liu Mang and Lei?

-Alan is not interested at all.

One interesting thing about this game is that except for Kobe, the other participating stars all shot above 40% from three-point range.

Can Kobe break the record of 5 points set by Michael Jordan, the strongest record in history? This record has been there for so many years. Except for Payton, it is difficult for anyone else to come close.

But surprisingly, Nash only scored 9 points in the preliminaries and was eliminated. Nowitzki and Korver both scored only 14 points. None of the three were suitable for a game of this nature. Kobe, on the other hand, entered the finals with 15 points...

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Peja and Kapono both reached the finals with 26 points.

In the finals, Kobe was the first to lose hope of winning the championship without any suspense. He scored 9 goals and finished last with 11 points.

Kapono narrowly defeated Peja with 24 points in the final with 25 points to defend the three-point contest championship!

Peja felt that something ulterior happened with the Huskies. He participated in the three-point contest back then and met Ray Allen in 2001. In 2002 and 2003, Liu Mang competed for the championship there. Now Liu Mang and Ray Allen

They were no longer interested in the three-point contest, so he came to participate in the three-point contest again to win the championship, but met Kapono two years in a row!

Compared with the three-point contest, fans of the slam dunk contest missed Liu Mang and Carter. Gerald Green, who only had nine fingers, defeated Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson and won the dunk king.

After seeing Nate Robinson perform one action more than 20 times, the league is ready to change the rules.

The Skills Challenge is more interesting than the Slam Dunk Contest. Kobe, Wade, Kidd, Harris, Paul, and Deron participated in the competition. Except for Harris, the other five stars are very popular.

Kobe and Wade were both eliminated in the preliminaries. I don't know what they were thinking. There was a link where they had to pass the ball. As a result, both of them dribbled the ball and rushed for layups, as if the pass button was broken.

Kidd failed in another layup. That was incredible. He only made it on his third layup...

In the end, Deron defeated Paul by five seconds and won the skills challenge championship.

The All-Star Game of the Development League... In terms of the viewing experience of the game, it is still very good, but the stars are really not famous, but the game is still very lively...

Because of the All-Star Weekend, the number of people in New Orleans began to increase on the day of the rookie game. By the day of the main game, there were tens of thousands more tourists in New Orleans.

Bars, clubs, hotels, and B&Bs near the New Orleans Arena all use discounts and promotions to compete for consumers. This is something you cannot see in other cities hosting the All-Star Weekend. Others just don't increase prices.

There is nothing here in New Orleans now. There are only a lot of rooms in hotels and B&Bs, which can accommodate more than 100,000 or 200,000 people. After many people's houses were rebuilt, they were rented directly to chain B&B companies.

On the afternoon of the 20th, Liu Mang took San Niu, Liang Zai and others to the New Orleans Arena to meet up with his dance troupe.

Levia and Alexia took their two children to the lounge to chat with the wives of the Eastern All-Stars, while little Loli followed Liu Mang for the final rehearsal.

On the 18th, Liu Mang just taught the dance moves to the dancers, and also recorded all the moves, and asked NBA officials to burn them into CDs, and the members of the dance troupe went back to learn them.

When Liu Mang returned to the villa that night, the little Lolita who woke up in the morning and knew what Liu Mang was doing kept pestering him and insisted on dancing together...

Liu Mang couldn't resist, so he agreed.

From Levia and Alexia, Liu Mang learned that the other three "Dance Kings" were very serious in the past two or three days. The two girls learned from their wives that these three guys were still studying in the middle of the night.

Liu Mang has also been very serious about dance steps these two days.

The little loli seems to have quite a talent for dancing. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the dance is not too difficult. She has practiced pretty well. There are still less than two to three hours before the All-Star Game is about to begin. Now we have to

Go to the final rehearsal.

Originally, Liu Mang was not that serious. Even if the other three were serious, he didn't really care.

However, seeing the new tasks on the task list, Liu Mang had to take it seriously...

"Celebrity Series Mission: Become a Dancer."

"As a dance partner: I won the pre-game performance before the 2008 All-Star Game in New Orleans, and became a special guest of the first "American Dance Championship", establishing my place in the literary and artistic circles."

Surprisingly, Liu Mang's "Celebrity" triggered the first mission.

A positive image is important to becoming a celebrity.

Even if he is known as "shameless" on the playing field, his image must be positive outside the field. There can be many things that are criticized, but in terms of the overall image, it must be positive.

The "National Dance King Contest" that helped rebuild New Orleans was judged by the system as something that could enhance the image.

This was the beginning of Liu Mang's desire to "leave his name in history", as the so-called culture and style blossomed...

As for the All-Star Game...

For Liu Mang, it is enough to be selected. If there is nothing else, it doesn't matter if he has fun. Since there are other things...

The four "Dance Kings" all have the same idea now...

"What's the point of the All-Star Game? It's not as fun as dancing!"

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"Ladies and gentlemen, fans in front of the TV, this year, our All-Star Weekend is completely different from the past All-Star Weekends. Today, we invite..."

After the entrance ceremony of the 24 All-Stars, the host took advantage of the frenetic atmosphere after the stars entered and began to announce tonight's surprise program. When the host said, "NBA superstars will dance tonight."

, the scene was completely exciting!

The pre-game performances of the four "Kings of Dance" were not revealed before, but now they are suddenly mentioned. Although we don't know who is going to dance, the dance shows of NBA players will always be the focus, and the fans feel so surprised!

First of all, it was a singing event for the Grammy Award winners. Amy Winehouse won the four major awards of this year's 50th Grammy Awards: Best Female Vocalist, Best Record, Best New Artist, and Best Song.

came to perform her award-winning song "Rehab".

When a certain No. 24 player was on stage performing a Grammy singer, his attention was not on the singer. He was looking for the three Eastern Conference All-Stars and found that they had disappeared!

The little blacksmith is so angry!

I don’t want to play with him!

Player No. 24 is still very confident in his dancing skills, but he has never had the opportunity to display them.

The best opportunity to show off his dancing skills is to ask Liu Mang for help, but as the same player No. 24, the little blacksmith is not as generous as Liu Mang, so he has always been embarrassed to speak directly.

But the little blacksmith felt that he had hinted it many times!

Equally angry is a fat man whose career can never be completely separated from the little blacksmith...

After Grammy winner Amy finished singing, the stage and musical instruments were all removed from the stadium. During the removal process, the host came out again.
To be continued...