Yuanfei was in a dilemma at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Maddie's contract is still very long, and if he degenerates into a second-rate player early as he did in his previous life, it is better to make a move early while he still has a high value. But once the MVP player is sold, I am afraid that the saliva of the media and fans will drown the Rockets. Old Dawson has always been obedient to Yuan Fei, but this time Yuan Fei had just said his thoughts, and the two had a fierce dispute.

"Never think about selling Tracy!" Dawson said angrily, "We must keep him!" Unless after a while, the fans feel that he is really worthless, and we have the advantage of public opinion, we can sell him. ”

"But at that time, his trade value will be gone." Yuanfei argued.

"I know!" Dawson yelled: "But have you ever thought about it, the team should not only see the benefits, but also maintain dignity!" If a team becomes an ungrateful representative in the eyes of the fans, does not remember the contributions of the players, and only focuses on the immediate benefits, then the team will lose all the fans! There are not only champions on the basketball court, but also people's hearts! ”

Yuanfei was silent. He was also reluctant to sell Maddie from the bottom of his heart, and selling Maddie would mean that he would ask Jason for him. Buzz bowed his head. It proved that he was a bad move, and he lost. He couldn't completely convince himself to sell the MVP he had single-handedly supported.

But old Dawson suddenly relented, and he sighed: "But why don't I know that you are for the good of the team?" If the boss is still Mr. Alexander, he will definitely keep Tracy as a box office guarantee. Even if he doesn't play well, there will be a large number of fans who are willing to pay to watch him play. You are an ambitious and responsible young man, I know it very well. You want to start a rocket dynasty, so you can't afford Maddie to become different from the previous Maddie. ”

Yuanfei's eyes blurred all of a sudden, and he endured it so that he didn't cry. Dawson touched the soft spot in his heart, he had been straining the strings all these days, and it was too much pressure.

"Well, this year's trade deadline is February 24, so there's plenty of time. I can try to ask for offers and see if any team is willing to pay a premium for Tracy. But it has to be high, and we can't replace him without a superstar! Dawson finally backed down, and it looked like that was his bottom line.

"Thank you, sir!" Yuanfei finally got Dawson's support and was grateful. "Most teams don't have to ask for an offer, and I don't have any leverage on them. The superstars in the league who can replace Maddie alone are Duncan, Bryant, Garnett, and Nowitzki in my eyes. For example, O'Neal and Kidd are a little older, and the conflict with the existing stars in the position does not meet our needs. Among the young stars, count James Wade, and the others count. ”

"This ......" Dawson was speechless for a while, "I'm afraid these 6 are not for sale from each team, right?" Almost like Elton. Brand, Jermaine. What about O'Neill? ”

"I don't like these two. If you have to broaden the conditions, then Ginobili and Ray. Aaron and Gasol. The conditions couldn't be lowered! ”

"Okay...... I'll give it a try. ”

"Remember that the inquiry process is strictly confidential, and we don't want to be drowned in saliva yet."

***

In the following period, the Rockets were in good shape, first beating the Philadelphia 76ers. ushered in Maddie's comeback again. In the comeback game, Maddy showed his real strength and cut 40+13+4, and the Rockets also narrowly defeated the Timberwolves by 6 points and won three consecutive victories. Just when fans thought the team was gradually getting back on track, an unexpected incident arose.

There was no Rockets game scheduled on Feb. 5, and the players started practice at 11 p.m. and ended at 1 p.m. There are already a large number of journalists waiting in the media lounge, and they are interested in the Rockets, who have had a good record recently, especially to interview the superstar Maddie, who has just made a comeback.

The door to the training hall finally opened, but Luiz, the team's press spokesman, who came out, behaved unusually, looking nervous and did not take the initiative to greet the media. Immediately after that came out was the team doctor and vice president Keith. Jones, the Rocket's decorated veteran, was equally anxious. Jones and another staff member carried a stretcher on which Maddie lay on it. Media reporters stepped forward to take pictures, and Maddie was holding her waist with her hands, looking very painful.

It wasn't until everyone scrambled to lift Maddie into an ambulance and take her to the hospital that Louis released the information to reporters. It turned out that Maddie had physical contact in the air while training with his teammates, and Maddie fell to the ground at that time. This back injury is an old injury for Maddie, which is different from the back injury she suffered some time ago.

On this day, the headlines of the sports pages of various media were all "Superstar Maddie who has just made a comeback is injured again".

The next day, the Rockets sat at home and played the Lakers again. This time, Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant has been resting for more than half a month because of a sprained right foot, and the Lakers' record has slipped to 24-20. Houston fans thought it was an easy game, but they didn't expect the Lakers to play very well, Odom hit a quasi-triple-double of 22+12+8. Williams scored 21 points on 4-of-5 three-point shooting, and even parallel Brown cut down a double-double of 18+11. The Rockets relied on Yao Ming to draw two fouls on Brown in the final 10 seconds to make two free throws to take the lead. With Brian. Cook's three-point miss made it 102-103 and the Rockets narrowly beat their opponent by one point.

The Rockets then won eight straight victories over the Bulls, Pacers, Trail Blazers and Wizards. It reached 36-17 before the All-Star break, and finally overtook the Kings, who were old rivals 33-20, and entered the top five in the West, only narrowly behind the Mavericks at 35-16. This record is second only to the 40-14 leader Heat in the East, and can be ranked second in the East. But in this era when the west is strong and the east is weak, there is no place to be reasonable.

The teams in the east are weak, so naturally there is a desire to bring in more superstars. Despite Dawson's best efforts to keep it a secret, many team managers heard that the Rockets were interested in selling Maddie, and they swarmed like flies. It's a pity that most teams simply can't get the chips that the Rockets are asking for.

Dawson and Yuanfei also seriously discussed this issue.

In fact, many teams were also frightened by Maddy's injury history, and they did not dare to take over this hot potato. In their opinion, if Maddie wasn't seriously injured, how could the Rockets sell the MVP star? Dawson analyzed.

"But most of the trading plans make people not even interested in taking a second look." Yuan Fei sighed: "Due to the unexpectedly poor performance of the Timberwolves this year, the supersonic basically locked the top spot in the Northwest Region and also locked the top three in the West. They got good grades and shot a grenade. The odds of Arlen are slim to none; In terms of the Lakers, Kobe's value is not much different from Maddy's, but Kobe's health is better, and there is basically no possibility of a single exchange; The Grizzlies just went on a 12-3 run last month and won't overhaul their roster; The Spurs definitely won't have Duncan on their side, can Ginobili talk? ”

Popovich also vetoed the deal. In fact, I observed that he was a little tempted, but Ginobili's salary was only 6.6 million, which was too big a gap with Maddie's 14.49 million. If the Spurs use a few more players to match the salary, it will inevitably break the bones. Dawson said: "Now it seems that only some Eastern teams are very enthusiastic, like the Bucks, Magic, Wizards, but their chips are too bad. ”

"It's not okay to just take out a high draft pick and want to trade for a superstar. Even if the champion wants to change to an MVP-level star, he has to show more sincerity. Yuanfei couldn't help but think of Kevin in later generations. Love, the Cavaliers took out two No. 1 picks plus a first-round pick plus a trade exception, and it took 4 for 1 to get him. Lefu is just a first-line star, but not at the MVP level.

"Danny. Angie was willing to trade Pierce for it, but then Maddie was injured and he backed down. Cuban was very sincere, but he just couldn't bear Nowitsky. He said that except for Nowitzki, the team is picky. Dawson was a little helpless.

"Anji, this old fox is really shrewd! Cuban really loves basketball and superstars, but I really can't look down on the Mavericks except Nowitzki. Howard, Harris, and Terry are all excellent, but they are not as good as our existing players, and it is easy to destroy the existing team structure. Yuanfei was even more helpless, his favorite management triumvirate all disappointed him. It can't be helped, I like them precisely because Popovich is not superstitious about big names, Angie is shrewd enough, and Cuban loves basketball enough and has faith. If Bobo pursues a superstar combination, Angie buys everything, and Kuban even dares to sell Nowitzki, they don't deserve the respect of Yuanfei.

"And there are not enough tempting offers on the part of potential stars. Not to mention the Cavaliers and the Heat, Maddie was injured this time, and even the Nuggets said that Anthony would not be replaced. Dawson continued.

"Okay, okay, it seems that we can only abandon the sale according to our previous plan. Let Tracy stay on the team! Yuanfei had to accept this fact, "But we need to talk to him in the near future." (To be continued.) )