Chapter 39 Telephone
After defeating the Suns, the Rockets are still away. The next thing they are going to is Chicago, a city that witnessed the "miracle" that year, challenging the Bulls.
The pressure on this game is not very high. The Bulls, who are in the reconstruction period, are currently ranked third from the bottom in the East and have only won three games so far. In two of them, the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers, the current last in the East, and the Clippers, the second to last in the West, have no value.
Tom didn't even make any tactics, and it was not until the start of the game that he made some arrangements against Jaylen Ross, the core of the Bulls.
It’s really not that Tom is so careless, because even though he didn’t make any arrangements, they finally played “trash time” in the game, winning 13 points 100 to 87.
Yao Ming once again scored "20 plus 10" data in this game: 21 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.
I got more than 15 rebounds in the second consecutive game, and it was really great to have a "crackback"!
The number of games that Yao Ming got in this game was also continued to reach the 7th game with "20 plus 10".
There is no need to say more about this performance. The Bulls' inside group is the same as the inside of the teams the Rockets encountered before, and they can't do anything to Yao Ming.
Speaking of which, there is also a "old acquaintance" of Yao Ming in the Bulls' inside group: Tyson Chandler.
Two years ago, Yao Ming participated in an American training camp. At that time, Tyson Chandler, as a highly anticipated American high school freshman genius, also participated in this training camp. In the team group, because he and Tyson Chandler were both centers, the coach assigned them to different groups and arranged them to become opponents. Before the game, the coach also specifically reminded Yao Ming that that guy must be a superstar in the NBA in the future, and you must deal with it with it extra serious!
As a result, Yao Ming beat Tyson Chandler very seriously...
It was also the training camp experience, and this guy was selected by the Clippers in the first round in 2001, which strengthened Yao Ming's confidence in going to the United States.
In his opinion, if a person like Tyson Chandler can still be selected with such a high pick, then there is no reason why he will lose the election, and there is no reason why he can't play in the NBA!
It's also a relationship.
In order to thank Tyson Chandler, Yao Ming met him again today and beat him up again. Yao Ming failed to score a goal in front of Tyson Chandler, and even took Yao Ming a big hat.
In terms of style, Tyson Chandler, like Xiao Si now, is a "rough guy". The only difference is that Xiao Si later practiced mid-range shots, and Tyson Chandler, with his physical tolerance, waited for the "small ball era" and became the top defensive insider in the league.
Of course, Tyson Chandler also had his spring before the arrival of the "Little Ball Age", but his spring had to wait for him to go to New Orleans to join forces with the man who had not yet entered the league and was 183 in height.
The alliance's "top cake eater" needs a "cake feeder", which is basically the truth.
"The Rockets have won five consecutive games, and this guy has won 20 plus 10 games in a row, and has reached 8 games! In my opinion, Yao has been fully adapted to this league and is already a top inside player in this league! The Rockets have bet right that this big man from the mysterious East is worth the No. 1 pick. Even if he is 22 years old, his instant combat power makes up for his disadvantage in age. He doesn't need time to realize his potential, because his potential has been fulfilled. The only thing that makes me feel a little regretful is, if this guy came to the NBA for 2 years and received NBA-level training, how much could he grow to..."
MSG TV commentator Mike Bryn, who commented on this game, also gave a very high evaluation of Yao Ming's performance in his post-match summary.
Mike Bryn is a veteran NBA commentator. He began to comment on basketball in 1985. It is enough to make him say such words, which shows that Yao Ming's performance is indeed amazing.
After the game, Yao Ming was naturally surrounded by reporters again.
In terms of number, it is even the guy who has been blocked by reporters after the game.
More than Francis.
However, Francis was not angry. When he saw Yao Ming surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, he smiled with relief and muttered: "Boy, it's all because of me! It's great, I didn't let my god down!"
The No. 2 pick was drawn by Francis. With an 8.8% chance, it was not considered amazing, but his luck was amazing, so Francis always said that Yao Ming was here because of him, including when he first met Yao Ming, he also said so.
Now that he sees the person he chooses to achieve results in this league, how can he be unhappy?
"fxxk, damn it, you can't do that, this team is on track, are you planning to ruin this team? Don't tell me, it's to save money again, fxxk, fxxxk!"
Maybe no one expected that at this moment, just as Yao Ming was surrounded by three layers of inside and three layers of inside, head coach Tom was in a remote corner, lowering his voice and cursing quietly at the phone.
Although the voice was very low, he could tell that he was very angry!
The person on the other end of the phone was nothing but the general manager Dawson. Tom was also the reason for his anger.
Tom was very happy to have easily defeated the Bulls and the team won five consecutive victories. However, after accepting the interview, he took out his phone and saw an unread text message from Dawson.
——Man, if, well, what I said is, if, if I trade James Posey, will it affect the team's current state?
Look, is this human language?
Tom became popular at that time. He finally finished the reconstruction with the Rockets. He had just had a little hope, so this guy gave him this. I wonder if the head coach has to rely on his grades to speak?
Then Tom couldn't help it, and immediately found a remote corner and called Dawson. As soon as the latter answered the phone, he cursed at the other end of the phone.
Dawson was also very aggrieved: "Man, you know, if it weren't for the embarrassment, I wouldn't have done this at all..."
A few days ago, James Posey's agent called him and asked him to renew his contract in advance. He also asked for a contract with an annual salary of no less than 6 million, otherwise he would be traded as soon as possible.
6 million!
This is not a small amount of money, and he just gave Mutombo a three-year contract of 12 million, so the team's salary space is really not abundant.
"Sure enough, Mr. General Manager, you're just trying to save money..."
But Tom got even more angry after hearing him.
Dawson quickly interrupted him, and before he cursed something even more ugly, he said what he really wanted to say: "This way, man, let's take a step back. Give James more playing time, and I'll try my best to comfort James..."
James Posey is a contract year this season, but he is currently positioned as the main player of the Rockets in the third position. Tom will arrange him or Jim Jackson as the starting lineup based on the opponent's third position style in each game, which seriously affects his playing time. He cannot play fixed data in each game. In this game, he will get 15 plus 7, and the next game may only be 6 plus 3. This is the reason why he will let his agent force the palace.
"no, no, no, hey!" But when Tom heard it, he became even more angry: "Man, are you teaching me how to do things?"
"I am the head coach, OK! What you have to do is to help me keep James Posey, or find a player with the same function for me, that's the point!"
Tom said the last sentence no longer with a voice.
When Dawson heard this, he knew that his wishful thinking was impossible: "I think we all need to calm down and we will talk when you come back!"
Chapter completed!