Vol 2 Chapter 385: Yao Ming, Yes, Rockets, Supersonics and the Future

"It's a pity that the Supersonics still lost."
"Yes' performance is good enough."
"This is the most amazing first playoff trip I have ever seen in NBA history. It's even more amazing than the Magic's first championship."
"Rookie Yes can do the things of rookie magicians, but magicians can never do the things that Yes does now."
Houston Rockets Training Hall, June 2, 2007.
The crowd is full of people, and the voice is full.
Since being eliminated by the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference semifinals half a month ago, the Rockets Training Hall has not been so lively for a long time.
However, none of the reporters and fans on the scene were talking about the Rockets, but about the supersonics on the other side.
Listen to the twitter of the American media colleagues and Rockets fans on the scene.
As a sports weekly reporter in Houston, Wang Yuanyuan now sighs a little.
And Yang Huahua, a Chinese colleague of the Basketball Pioneer, beside him, will also frown from time to time.
As Chinese journalists, the Supersonics and Rockets are their home teams.
Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua are certainly very happy that their home team can have such attention.
This year's NBA is in China, known as the NBA's Chinese Year.
Yao Ming was only a few centimeters away from the regular season MVP trophy.
Yesi is only a short time away from the position of the league's first person.
Among the top ten NBA superstars, two are Chinese.
One of them looks like the protagonist of the NBA.
Yesi and Yao Ming's madness in the NBA this year has made domestic fans and people ecstatic.
As reporters stationed in the United States for many years, Yang Huahua and Wang Yuanyuan felt the importance of being the kind of masters in the NBA for the first time this year.
Whether they are in Houston or Seattle.
They are the focus of the media counterparts.
Everyone knows that they are fellow journalists.
Everyone knows that it is not the kind of person who likes to chase attention.
It is impossible to get first-hand news from the body.
They can only start with the people around them.
The person around Yes is Wang Han, a CCTV female reporter.
Yao's people are Yang Huahua and Wang Yuanyuan.
Having a good relationship with Yang Huahua, Wang Yuanyuan and Wang Han has now become a compulsory public relations course for many journalists in the United States and even the world.
Who makes the most popular superstar now two!
Especially Yes!
He is the most watched sports star in the United States.
His name represents traffic.
His news represents sales.
Everything about him is so valuable.
Crazy value!
Because most of the time is with Yao Ming, Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua are okay, and the public relations around them are not so crazy.
But Wang Han around Yes is completely different.
As the closest person near Yes, as long as Wang Han is willing, black, white, yellow, brown, a bunch of handsome guys are waiting for her public relations.
It's just that I never heard of anyone who succeeded in publicizing Wang Han.
Because of Yesi and Yao Ming, the status of Chinese journalists in the NBA has been greatly improved.
Their current status in the NBA's body and sports world and the shameless stubbornness and public relations of the American journalists in order to interview the first-hand news of those superstars are completely different.
In the past, because they were crowded out by their American counterparts, they did not have access to first-hand news, and they always needed to create some news themselves.
Yang Huahua had no original news of McGrady before.
McGrady is a Rockets player. Yang Huahua can't get the first-hand information. It needs to be original. It can be seen that other superstars are even more difficult to get.
now what?
There is no need for them to find the first-hand information of those superstars. Those Americans who crowded them out in the first place held the first-hand news to exchange with them.
They ca n’t do it!
This is reality.
This is because of Yesi and Yao Ming.
Mainly because of Yes.
Because of Yers, they have really up before and now they are really comfortable.
Since they are so comfortable, they should be happy.
However, I am really not happy now.
Half a month ago, Yao Ming was out in the Western Conference semifinals.
Yesterday evening, Yers was also out of the Western Conference finals,
The Seattle SuperSonics lost to Phoenix Suns 96-108 at home.
In the end, the Supersonics ended their playoffs this year with a big score of 2 to 4.
Yesterday's game, Nash's eyebrows were sewn with 6 stitches and he insisted on last game to move the world.
Even as Chinese journalists, they are very moved.
It is not the Chinese team that can represent the Western Conference in the finals!
Ugh!
Almost at the same time, Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua sighed.
Of course they didn't want to blame anyone. Yes and Supersonic have performed well enough to enter the finals. This is just fantasy.
Before the game, most experts thought that the supersonic speed would be swept by the sun.
The difference between the two teams is indeed too great. Can the Sun force it to be so rare now?
Supersonic performance has far exceeded their expectations and domestic fans.
Originally, these experts and domestic fans felt that the Supersonics would be eliminated by the Mavericks in the first round.
I really didn't expect that supersonics would come to this point.
Yers' performance in the playoffs made them journalists and fans crazy.
In the playoffs, there are 15 consecutive 30+ games, breaking the playoff half-time scoring record, breaking the second highest scoring record in the playoffs ... and so on.
Whether it is a domestic fan expert or an American fan expert, they are applauding for Yes and Supersonic.
The key is the Houston Rockets!
The Rockets performed too well in the regular season, which makes the Rockets one of the top favorites this year.
And because the lineup is balanced and the strength is strong enough, the team has no obvious short board, and even the Rockets once considered it as the biggest favorite to win the championship.
Therefore, we can't blame them for blowing, nor can we blame the high hopes of domestic fans.
The Rockets should not have been eliminated in the second round!
Yesi has done his best to help the Rockets kill the biggest opponent Mavericks.
As long as the Rockets beat the Suns, the Supersonics will compete in the Western Conference finals.
When the Rockets and Supersonics reach the finals, they will be happy, and domestic fans will be happy.
But in the end, the Rockets fell off the chain again.
This is not the first time!
Blame the blame coach Jeff Van Gundy of the Rockets.
Too bad!
In China, Van Gundy has even been sprayed out, and even the ball of the earth has been expelled.
Even in the United States, Van Gundy also encountered a lot of accusations.
As far as the strength of the Rockets is concerned, even if they lose to the Suns in the end, this should not be the way.
Fortunately, Jeff Van Gundy is also interesting.
Immediately after the Rockets were eliminated, the Rockets general manager Dawson resigned.
Now the Houston Training Center is so lively because it is the day when Rockets new coach Rick Adelman takes office.
"Anyway, I don't need to see Van Gundy anymore!"
Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua were full of resentment against Fan Gandi.
In the click sound, Adelman appeared in the training hall accompanied by Rockets general manager Dawson, the Rockets' three headed players Yao Ming, McGrady and Roy.
The Rockets are now the league's strongest, Adelman is the league's famous coach.
The impact of the combination of the two is still great.
Although the focus of the United States is now in Seattle, they are consoling the recently eliminated son Yes.
But Houston is still very lively.
Looking at the reporters and fans who are still busy, Yao Ming has a smile on his face, but he is very sad.
He was reluctant to leave Van Gundy.
Van Gundy's poor performance in this year's playoffs is indeed one of the culprits of the Rockets' elimination by the Suns.
But Van Gundy trained his mentor after all.
Van Gundy is really good except for the on-the-spot problem.
Although Van Gundy left very unhappy, Yao Ming was very polite to accompany the new head coach Adelman to complete this appearance.
"Dao Yao, did you talk to Yesh yesterday?"
"Passed, Xiaoye's condition is very good, and I let Ah Lian accompany him this morning."
After communicating with domestic reporters, Yao Ming went to the Rockets' conference room.
"After Jeff leaves, I'm afraid the team will change a lot."
Yao Ming thought secretly in his heart.
Of course, he and Maduro Roy's position on the team will not change.
But others are hard to tell.
Van Gundy is a defensive head coach, while Adelman is an offensive head coach.
Uncle Mu, Uncle Huo, Hayes, Ariza, Alstom ... etc.
The Rockets' rotation roster next season may be very different.
He didn't dislike Adelman.
As a person with a conservative personality, Yao Ming has always felt that the current Rockets are in good condition.
The Rockets should give Van Gundy another chance.
The Rockets did intend to give Van Gundy another chance.
However, Jeff couldn't think of it and resigned.
Can't stand being laughed at.
"Yao?"
"I have no opinion about trading Artest."
Yao Ming recovered from his sadness.
Now that the time has come to June, the Rockets are already thinking about the new season.
Many lottery teams are now almost done for the reconstruction of the new season.
Even those eliminated playoff teams have entered the preparation period of the new season early.
The Rockets have just decided the new coach, which is relatively slow.
Because the Rockets have changed the head coach, the team's reconstruction is a bit larger. Even if the position of the three core players remains unchanged, the workload is still huge.
And after a while the players have to go on vacation.
Therefore, the team's general manager Dawson and the team's head coach Adelman called together several headed players to hold a working meeting on next season.
The first meeting was about trading Artest.
This is also the No. 1 mission of the Rockets offseason.
Trading Artest was proposed by the team's new head coach Adelman.
Artest is the famous thorn in the league.
Powerful, but his head is pitted.
At the beginning of this season, Artest was exposed to the news of dog abuse by the media. An NBA star did not do well, but went to abuse dogs.
Do n’t know how crazy the US animal protection groups are?
Finally, the matter of dog abuse is over. This time, the dog is not abused.
At the beginning of the season when the King's record was still very good, Artest was exposed to domestic violence news.
And in the end Artest was arrested for domestic violence, this is a real hammer!
Not only was prosecuted, but also suspended by the league.
It can be said that in this season, Artest took the death of the King's Pit alive.
The Kings this season are actually a team with outstanding strength.
Even if this year's wild west can't make the playoffs, it definitely shouldn't be like this now.
Obviously a very good team, stunned by Artest pitted into the lotto.
After the season, the first thing the King did was to relieve employer coach Musselman, and the second thing was to sell Artest.
According to Artest's strength, if it is not a pit in his head, the Kings only need to release the wind to trade, a lot of teams will find the door.
Where to sell them.
What's more, even if the king is peddling everywhere, he hasn't found a suitable receiver.
Do n’t just chip away Artest and lose money. If you want to chip, it ’s not easy to send.
The weak team cannot cure Artest, and the strong team does not want to add a time bomb to their own team.
Artest's current situation is quite embarrassing, compared with that of Rodman.
King Artest Pit and Rodman Pit Spurs are similar.
In the end, the King made a half-turn and found that the Lakers and their former head coach Adelman were interested in Artest.
However, the Lakers are now brewing a more important deal, which does not offer any valuable chips to Artest.
"The King's offer to us is Alstom, Kirk Schneider, Bunch Wells and our first-round draft pick."
This is the King's offer, constantly too outrageous, but it is definitely not cheap.
Alstom is the Rockets' most important substitute.
Schneider was the No. 16 rookie in the first round in 2004, and the potential is very good.
Bunch Wells was the King's former veteran. He played for the King in the 2005-06 season. He faced the Spurs in the playoffs and averaged 23 points and 12 rebounds in six games in the series.
In order to get a bigger contract at a price, Bunch Wells rejected the King's offer and came to the Rockets.
Because of the intermittent injuries last season and the reason for Roy, so playing time is limited, of course, the data is also very limited.
However, the king still seemed to miss him very much.
After all, Wells was the one who almost killed the Spurs by himself.
"Yao?"
"I have no opinion."
Roy in the meeting room looked at Yao Ming.
Is Yao worried about Ye now?
Yesterday when the supersonics were eliminated, he called Ye to console.
Ye's mood is no problem.
There should be no need to worry, right?
Just when Roy was curious, Rockets general manager Dawson continued to speak.
"The next thing is about the draft, please ask Darrell to introduce it to everyone."
"Regarding this year's Rockets draft goals, we will focus on supplementing the power forward position, but because of Alstom's departure, the backup point guard position is also essential. I am planning to sign the University of Oregon with the first round of draft picks this year Star guard Aron Brooks, I am ready to sign Purdue star power forward Carl Landry in the second round, and we are talking to the Spurs about trading the signing rights of Argentine star power forward Luis Scola. "
"This is information from Aron Brooks, Luis Scola and Carl Landry, you can check it out."
Yao Ming picked up the document in his hand and frowned tightly.
Sure enough, it was an attacking player.
Compared with Van Gundy's emphasis on defense, Adelman's appointment has changed the Rockets' draft style.
Yao Ming is not looking down on these players, just ...
In the NBA, defense wins championships!
"If all the transactions and signing are completed, the following will be the team's temporary lineup. We will add the remaining 4 places from the draft and free market."
"If you have any candidates, you can recommend them to me, and I will recommend them as appropriate."
Centers: Yao Ming, Hayes, Mutombo
Power forwards: Scola, Landry, Novak
Shooting guards / small forwards: McGrady, Artest, Ariza
Point guards: Roy, Aron Brooks
Yao Ming looked at the extra document in his hand, and there was no expression on his face, but there was a deep regret in his heart.
The Rockets have fifteen people this season. I'm afraid that half of them will be gone next season.
This change is a bit too big.
However, this is the NBA, with constant entry and exit, and it is always normal to divide and combine.
That rocket he had when he came to the NBA, he is now the only one left.
With a variety of complex moods, this team's preparatory meeting for the next season ended, and Yao Ming was ready to leave with McDroy.
Tracy McGrady and Roy are recovering very well now.
However, he still needs a few days to adjust his emotions.
He has not yet been eliminated from the semi-finals and the team is about to recover from the disintegration.
"Yao!"
Ok?
"Is there anything wrong with Mr. Adelman?"
Yao Ming, who was about to leave, looked puzzled at his new head coach, Adelman.
"Yao, I watched the Sun and Rockets series. I also watched the Sun and Supersonic series. It's an incredible rhythm of attack and defense.
"...? ..."
Yao Ming still has a question mark on his face.
"Yao, I hope you can lose weight next season."
Lose weight?
Looking at Adelman's extremely serious expression on his face, Yao Ming's face sank.
Losing weight is not his priority, and even this is never a question he should consider.
For him, weight loss is to reduce his dominance on the inside.
Lake Heart Villa in Yeez, Seattle.
After losing to the Sun last night, Yes did not go out again.
It's not something that hides in the corner and licks the wound.
The result of losing to the sun was regrettable, but it did not reach the point where Yesi licked the wound.
In this round of series, he did his best.
This round of series, his teammates also tried their best.
Now that he has done his best, he is willing to accept any result.
Just to avoid the limelight.
Now the finals match has come out, but the NBA news still revolves around him.
Wang Han came to Yesi's house early this morning.
She was very worried about Yesi's emotions.
After all, this year's playoffs were too good.
Throughout the 15 games of the playoffs, Yers averaged 43 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
Get 30+ in 15 consecutive games!
An average of 40+ in two consecutive series!
According to USA Today, this is one of the greatest personal performances in NBA history.
Prior to this year's playoffs, the American media had been blowing what "Kobe Bryant without a crown, Jordan with a crown".
The praise of the American media is also the biggest black spot in the United States.
Now, even those people with extreme black leafs on the Internet, will no longer take this sentence to black leafs now.
Black still!
Let's not talk about the future.
At least it's black now!
Yesh's performance in this year's playoffs really has no black spots.
Those coconut blacks are now uncomfortable.
They hold back uncomfortably, and want to see Yesi feel sad and sad after being eliminated.
As a person who recorded Yesi's daily life in the Huxin Villa, she posted Yesi's activities on the day to the oil pipe. Both coconut flour and coconut black were quite surprised.
Running, practicing, then running, then practicing, and sometimes doing strange things.
This is what Yesh did every day before.
After losing to the Sun, Yesi is no different than usual.
"Yes, are you really not sad?"
"Not upset."
"Are you really not sad?"
"Not sad."
"Then do you want a championship?"
"miss you."
Yesi lowered his head and was watching the rookie trial list sent to him by the team's general manager.
This year, the Supersonics have three draft picks.
The second pick in the first round, this is the draft picks from the Bucks.
The 22nd pick in the first round, and the 39th pick in the second round, both of which were supersonic.
After the Supersonics and Suns series ended, the Supersonics off-season strategy was officially launched.
Because there are too many supersonic garbage contracts, and the space is locked up, the draft is the most important job of the supersonic offseason.
And now the geniuses who participated in the 2007 draft are almost all gathered in Seattle.
In this list of Yesi hands, there are almost all hot rookies.
Except for a few people, such as Oden ...
Oden has not participated in any training organized by the team.
Oden, who has always been in a depressed mood, has been wandering around.
Yesterday Jerry West finally found him, and Jerry West flicked to Memphis early this morning.
With the exception of Oden, all rookies participating in the draft this year have a chance to enter the supersonic.
High-end rookies can compete for the second round pick of the supersonic first round.
The mid-range rookie can compete for the supersonic first round 22-round pick ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The low-end rookie can compete for the supersonic second round 39-round pick.
For any rookie now, entering the supersonic speed is a huge opportunity.
Especially after the playoffs, the 2007 rookie's desire to enter the Supersonics has rapidly increased.
The city is good, the team is good, the boss is good, and the competition within the team is low. According to the American expert media, the supersonic lack of people, no one is missing, as long as you can, you can kick Rondo , Squeeze David Lee away.
Even the supersonic general manager Presti felt incredible that the team received so many training applications.
Now the scale of the supersonic training camp is larger than the Orlando rookie training camp every year.
It turns out there are many people who come to participate in the trial training, so there are more people to choose from.
Yesi is looking forward to seeing these people in training camp tomorrow.