Chapter 952: Yao Ming's Way Out
On Friday, November 6, 2009, the sky in Houston was cloudy and raining, and the whole city seemed to be shrouded in a haze of unknown and horror.
The Seattle SuperSonics had five days off after beating the Portland Trail Blazers on Nov. 1.
In the middle of the season, such a long break would be precious.
But at the beginning of the season, the Seattle SuperSonics had such a long break, which was really painful.
At the beginning of the season, everyone's physical strength was strong, and it was when they were eager to compete and fight, so they were given five days off at once, which was really uncomfortable.
However, the five-day holiday, as well as the terrible weather in Houston, did not affect the Seattle SuperSonics' current heat throughout the United States.
YES and the Seattle SuperSonics arrived in Texas two days ago, and Durant, Tucker's alma mater, the University of Texas, is almost equivalent to the Seattle SuperSonics in the United States.
Texas is different from most states in the United States, Texas is not a single NBA team in the state, nor is it a team without NBA, Texas has three NBA teams, and these three teams are all traditional powerhouses.
It's a fairly mature place for the basketball market.
Many people say that just look at a team, what a player's popularity is in the United States, just look at how the team is treated in Texas.
As long as this team can fight its way out of the encirclement of the top three in Texas, then this team, this person is definitely the hottest team in the United States and the hottest player in the United States.
Yes and the SuperSonics used to be the hottest teams and hottest players in the NBA, but compared to this season, it really has some different meanings.
This has something to do with the fact that YES and the Seattle SuperSonics have never had such a crazy start in the past few seasons.
After all, no matter how nice the NBA is, it is actually a league that belongs to the winners.
Madness needs to be supported by victory.
No matter what the opponent is, win every game, and win every game by at least 20 points, who can withstand this?
A team composed of civilian players such as Milicic, Millsap, Durant, Rondo, Gasol Jr., Ibaka, James Harden, etc., was brought out by Yes with such results, which is stronger than the Lakers, Heat and Grizzlies, which is really shocking.
Even a player of Rondo's level of scoring ability is at the top of the league's scoring charts.
This plot is too fantasy and too popular.
Of course, the Texas basketball market will change so much this year.
Except that this season's supersonic speed is truly incredible.
The Texas top three have a relationship with the top two suddenly pulling their hips this season.
The Mavericks, one of the top three, have been relatively stable this season, and after getting Marion and Kidd this season, they have not lost for the time being, and like the Seattle SuperSonics, they are tied for first place in the West with a four-game winning streak.
But compared to the Mavericks, the Spurs and Rockets pulled their hips.
As soon as the Spurs season came up, they were unexpectedly killed by the Thunder led by Chris Paul and Griffin Spencer, Hayes Peja and others, and the Bulls led by Rose.
Won one of the four games at the start of the season and are now the most popular Jazz team in the West.
As for the Rockets, it was even worse than the Spurs, who won a Jazz game.
The Rockets really didn't win a game, the Spurs could still win the Fish Belly Jazz, and the Rockets faced the Warriors, the Fish Belly team, not only lost, but were also ruthlessly drained by the Warriors out of garbage time.
The Seattle SuperSonics have had a brilliant start to the season, and it seems that the shine of many teams and many players has been severely overshadowed.
In fact, this season, under the public opinion of the Seattle SuperSonics and Yes, there are several teams and stars this season that have performed very, very amazing.
In addition to the Bulls, who rose last season and rose even more rapidly this season, the Thunder who played the Spurs and the Warriors who played the Rockets are two of them.
After the Thunder got two rookies, Spencer Hawes and Griffin, these two rookies who were a perfect match for Chris Paul's style took off directly with the Thunder.
Spencer can shoot and pass, and Yao Ming, a white man at the University of Washington.
Griffin is a dunk version of Malone who can control, run, pass and jump, Goose City's dunk version.
These two rookies can not only cooperate with Paul, but also cooperate with each other quite tacitly, and they are extremely compatible.
So much so that this season, the Thunder is now the fourth-best team in the West with a 4-1 record after the Seattle SuperSonics, the Mavericks and Grizzlies, two winning teams, but because the Mavericks and Grizzlies in the same district won all, the Thunder can only rank fifth.
Speaking of the Warriors, many teams are not optimistic about the future of this young team after the Warriors' Saint Beasley angrily beat up Dream Green before the start of the season.
Last season, the Warriors were at the bottom of the league.
Three controversial rookies were drafted this season, a controversial free agent was signed, Jamal Crawford was signed, and Barbossa, a sixth man from the Suns, wanted to take off?
This one seems to be a bit difficult.
What's more, before taking off, there was an accident of infighting.
It's just that what people never expected was that for the young team, the most fatal infighting accident was easily solved by this young team.
Beasley, the saint who thought he was a good man, has incredible mass support in the Golden State.
This support is not only from teammates, but also from local fans.
Beasley's roots in the Golden State after the infighting are incredible.
But after the Golden State Warriors are now taking off, it's not hard to understand.
As an NBA player, who wouldn't want to have such a perfect leader?
Good personality, simple, don't make trouble, don't bully people, don't be such a good leader, replace it with Green, who knows it's thing B at a glance, Nima's brain is wrong, right?
Since Beasley doesn't retreat, they retreat and follow and it's over.
As Beasley said, the reason why we are not arrogant is because I was tired of being arrogant before you were arrogant.
It's all NBA players, who hasn't fought and sucked beeps yet, it's not like this kind of thing is just coming up, you don't really think that most NBA players are good boys, right?
In the end, the development of the Golden State Warriors' infighting was really unexpected by everyone.
In addition to the first evil dream chasing Green rumors that Matt Barnes took some Warriors players to 'whip' every day.
The two big backers behind Dream Green, Curry and Klay, are simply intimidating.
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directly chose to surrender, and it is rumored that after Curry invited his good buddy Durant out, the rift between Curry Clay and Beasley was not only repaired, but also as good as brothers.
"KD's mom is my mom, KD's child is my child, KD's old, uh, KD's brother, of course it's my brother!"
When Beasley and Curry appeared in the training hall together, not only did they want to see the lively reporters, but even the Warriors players who were already gearing up to knock down Curry and Klay, the two big bad guys.
What is this Nima unfolding?
Especially seeing the innocent smile on Curry's face, the Warriors players are even more blindsided.
Nima, so cowardly, you make a pi to eat!
Seriously, Curry was also wronged, and when he and Klay rebelled, he and Klay really didn't know.
When Dream Chaser did this kind of thing before, he never told them, but this time he ran into hard stubble.
When you encounter such a hard stubble, don't you be beaten like chasing your dreams?
Before calling KD, when he returned home from the team to Golden State, he was a 'greeting' from Warriors fans along the way.
In the end, the Warriors' infighting incident did not turn into a big fight between the Yes Department and the University of Washington Department and the local snakes, but simply became a simple personal rebellion with the wrong intentions of Dream Chaser Green.
After the Warriors suppressed Dream Green, they are still the same Warriors who united around Beasley last season, and they have even gotten stronger because of the addition of Curry and Klay.
In particular, Curry, a player who was considered unfit for the NBA before entering the league, has been quite incredible in the games he played in his rookie season.
As a rookie player, the three-point shooting rate actually exceeded 45% as soon as it came up, and as his teammate at Washington University, Klay didn't perform much worse, and the three-point shooting rate was more than 40% as soon as it came up.
The whole world knows that the Warriors led by Beasley were the worst three points last season, and Beasley's mid-range singles really have a little bit of invincible taste, but the team's defense is not good, three points are not good, and the middle distance does not quench thirst.
With Curry and Klay, the Warriors have really been shining this season.
Of course, the new season in the league is in addition to these young teams and young players.
For example, the Grizzlies, who are mainly veterans, are also quite amazing.
With the start of the regular season, speculation about whether Maddie has fallen has finally stopped.
Maddie rested for a season's hard injury, and thanks to a blessing in disguise, some of his previous dark injuries have also been alleviated, and his condition is even better than two seasons ago.
He is in great physical condition, coupled with a hunger for the game and a sense of revenge for his distrust of the Houston Rockets.
This made Maddie's start to the season quite incredible.
At the same time, the Grizzlies led by him and Oden, Carter and Pau Gasol, Batile Lowry and others are also one of only three teams in the West to win all.
This season's NBA, in the frenzy led by the Seattle SuperSonics, many teams and players have taken advantage of the momentum and changed the overall situation of the entire NBA.
These teams, these players are the beneficiaries of this overall situation, the proud.
Since there are those who are proud, there are naturally those who are disappointed.
And the Houston Rockets are undoubtedly the biggest disappointers.
Unwilling to continue paying the luxury tax to gamble on his record, Artest and Ariza were released for nothing two seasons ago.
In the offseason, he trusted Maddie because he was unwilling to pay the luxury tax, and let Maddie go to the Grizzlies for nothing.
Now Artest and Ariza are the backbone of the Lakers.
And Maddie has become the new outside core of the Grizzlies.
The Lakers and Grizzlies both made a lot of money, while the Rockets could only hold their bleeding hands and legs and continue to cry.
There is no harm without contrast.
If you have enjoyed prosperity, it is impossible to endure loneliness.
On the night that Ye Si and the Seattle SuperSonics came to Texas, Ye Si received an invitation from Yao Ming and Roy to be a guest at Yao Ming's home.
When he used to come to Texas, he would party with Yao Ming and Roy.
Even two seasons ago, when the Seattle SuperSonics and Houston Rockets were at their most competitive, the three of them would not have had such a dignified atmosphere when they got together.
As good friends, Ye Si certainly knows why the two friends are getting more and more emotionally heavy now.
This season is their last fight with the Houston Rockets.
But this last fight really disappointed Yao Ming and Roy.
It is not an exaggeration to say that a horse has lost its front hooves.
Lakers, Warriors, Mavericks......
Such a losing streak at the beginning of the season made the two who wanted to fight for the last time very disappointed.
At the same time, it also made the two realize that the current NBA is really very different from the NBA they knew before.
"Ye, do you think there is still hope for rockets now?"
"Nope."
“……”
Ye Si's answer was very straightforward, so straightforward that even Roy and Yao Ming were a little speechless.
The strength of the Rockets is not weak, and it is okay to be a strong team, but if you want to compete for the championship, it is impossible.
Roy may be willing to be a strong team for the time being, but Yao Ming ......
With MVP and Olympic titles already in place, who wouldn't want to complete a career Grand Slam?
Yao Ming's ambition was no longer supported, and he held the rocket and the broken ship sank together.
So hearing Ye Si's answer, although the expressions on Roy and Yao Ming's faces were heavy, there was still a difference.
Yes could feel that Roy wanted to save the wrecked ship.
Just like he saved the rest of his teammates and the team with himself, that's Roy's character.
But Yao Ming ......
The look on Brother Yao's face was much more complicated and tangled......
A new generation replaces the old, as the old looks like it's going to be replaced.
Yao Ming's mood now is really as uncomfortable as the rain outside.
Roy left with a fighting spirit and a little stubbornness.
And Yao Ming looked at the unstoppable rain outside the window, and finally closed his eyes. ‘’
"Little Yezi, Mr. Jerry West of the Golden State Warriors has contacted me, and he wants me to go to the Warriors."
How could a player like Yao Ming, who could have jumped out of his contract in 2010, be contacted by only one team.
Yao Ming wants a championship, but not only a championship, if it is really just a championship, he can go to the group before retiring.
He needs a young stage where he can take him as the protagonist and make his dreams come true.
He's looking at the young arena of the league, and there are probably not many people in the world who know the Warriors better than he does......
"It's a very good group of young people, and as an opponent, I don't want you to go to the Warriors."
Hearing Ye Si say this, Yao Ming was stunned for a moment, but soon laughed.
"Xiao Yezi has a very high opinion of the warriors."
They deserve all the reviews.
But......
"What's wrong with Little Leaf?"
Looking at Ye Si, who was suddenly staring at him, Yao Ming was a little puzzled.
"This season, take it easy, get hurt, and there will be nothing."
Watching Ye Si's RV disappear into the darkness, Yao Ming's fists clenched tightly.
And Ye Si in the car was closing his eyes and recuperating.
Brother Yao's ambition has ......
But ambition will not change his purity.
If he really needs to, he will choose to die for the rocket, just like Roy.
Supersonic, if desired, he will also be buried for supersound.
Supersonic is worth it.
And, the rocket is really not worth ......