"It's a pity that in the end, supersound still lost."

"Yes is good enough."

"This is the most amazing first playoff trip I've ever seen in NBA history, more magical than the Magic's first championship."

"Rookie Yes can do what rookie magicians do, but magicians can't do what Yes does now."

June 2, 2007, Houston, Rockets Training Complex.

The crowd was crowded and the voices were boiling.

Since being eliminated by the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference semifinals half a month ago, the Rockets' training hall hasn't been so lively for a long time.

It's just that none of these reporters and fans at the scene are talking about the Rockets, but about the supersonic on the other side.

Listen to the chatter of fellow American media and Rocket fans at the scene.

As a reporter for Sports Weekly in Houston, Wang Yuanyuan is now sighing a little.

And Yang Huahua, a Chinese colleague from the Basketball Herald next to him, also frowns from time to time.

As journalists in China, both supersonic and rockets are their home teams.

Their home team can have such attention, Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua are of course quite happy.

This year's NBA is known as the Chinese Year of the NBA in China.

Yao Ming was once only a few centimeters away from the regular season MVP trophy.

Yes is also only a short time away from the position of the first man in the league.

Among the top ten superstars in the NBA, two are Chinese.

One of them also looks like the main character of the NBA.

Ye Si and Yao Ming's madness in the NBA this year has made domestic fans and ordinary people ecstatic.

As reporters based in the United States for many years, Yang Huahua and Wang Yuanyuan felt the status of valued masters in the NBA for the first time this year.

It doesn't matter if they're in Houston or Seattle.

They are all the focus of their media peers.

Everyone knows that they are fellow journalists.

Everyone also knows that they are not the kind of person who likes to chase attention.

If you want to get first-hand news from the body, it is impossible.

They can only start with the people around them.

The person next to Yes is CCTV reporter Wang Han.

Yao's people are Yang Huahua and Wang Yuanyuan.

Establishing a good relationship with Yang Huahua, Wang Yuanyuan and Wang Han has now become a compulsory public relations course for many media reporters in the United States and even around the world.

Two of the biggest superstars who make it right now!

Especially Yes!

He is the most watched sports star in the United States.

His name stands for traffic.

His news is a sign of sales.

Everything about him is so valuable.

Crazy value!

Because they follow Yao Ming most of the time, Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua are okay, and the public relations around them are not so crazy.

But Wang Han next to Yes is completely different.

As the most 'close' person around Yes, as long as Wang Han is willing, black, white, yellow, brown, a bunch of handsome guys are waiting for her to PR.

It's just that I've never heard of anyone who has successfully publicized Wang Han.

Because of Yes and Yao Ming, the status of Chinese journalists in the NBA has been greatly improved.

Their current status in the NBA beauty and sports industry is completely different from the shameless stammering and public relations of those American reporters in order to interview those superstars.

In the past, because they were excluded by their American counterparts, they could not cover first-hand news, and they always needed to create some original news by themselves

Yang Huahua has not been short of original Maddie news before.

Maddie is a player of the Rockets, Yang Huahua can't get first-hand information, and needs to be original, which shows that other superstars are even more difficult to get.

What now?

There is no need for them to look for first-hand information about those superstars, and those colleagues in the United States who excluded them at the beginning will exchange first-hand news with them.

They can't do it if they don't want to!

That's the reality.

It's all because of Yes and Yao Ming.

Mainly because of Yes.

Because of Yes, they went from being really fucked up before to being really comfortable now.

Since they are so comfortable, they should be happy.

But now I can't really be happy.

Half a month ago, Yao Ming was eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals.

Last night, Ye Si was also out of the Western Conference Finals,

The Seattle SuperSonics lost 96-108 at home to the Phoenix Suns.

In the end, the SuperSonics ended their playoff journey this year with a score of 2-4.

In yesterday's game, Nash insisted on playing with 6 stitches on his eyebrow bone to move the world.

Even as Chinese journalists, they are very moved.

It is not the Chinese team that represents the west to enter the finals!

Alas!

Almost at the same time, Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua sighed.

They certainly don't blame anyone, yes and the supersonic are good enough to get to the finals, it's just a fantasy.

Before the game, most experts thought that the supersonic would be swept by the sun.

The two teams are indeed too different, can the Suns force this way is very rare.

The performance of the supersonic has far exceeded their expectations and those of domestic fans.

Originally, they, experts and domestic fans thought that the superSonics would be eliminated by the Mavericks in the first round.

I really didn't expect hypersound to come this far.

Yes's performance in the playoffs has left journalists and fans like crazy.

15 consecutive 30+ games in the playoffs, breaking the playoff half-time scoring record and breaking the second-highest scoring record in the playoffs...... Wait a minute.

Now both domestic and American fan experts applaud Yes and the Hypersonics.

The key is the Houston Rockets!

The Rockets' performance in the regular season was too good, which made the Rockets one of the favorites for several championships this year.

And because the lineup is balanced and the strength is strong enough, the team has no obvious shortcomings, and even the Rockets once thought that they were the biggest favorites to win the championship.

Therefore, you really can't blame them for blowing, and you can't blame the domestic fans for their high hopes.

The Rockets shouldn't have been eliminated in the second round!

Yes has done his best to help the Rockets take out their biggest opponent, Mavericks.

As long as the Rockets beat the Suns, and the SuperSonics will meet in the Western Conference Finals.

When the time comes, no matter who enters the finals of the Rockets and the SuperSonics, they will be happy, and the domestic fans will also be happy.

But in the end, the rocket actually fell off the chain again.

This is not the first time!

Blame the Rockets' shitty head coach Jeff Van Gundy.

It's so clumsy!

At home, Van Gundy has even been sprayed to the ground, and even the Earth has been expelled.

Even in the United States, Van Gundy has been heavily criticized.

In terms of the strength of the rockets, even if they lose to the Suns in the end, it shouldn't be this way.

Fortunately, Jeff Van Gundy is also interesting.

Immediately after the Rockets were eliminated, he asked Dawson, the general manager of the Rockets, to resign.

The reason the Houston training complex is so lively now is because it is the day when the new head coach of the Rockets, Rick Adelman, takes over.

"Anyway, I don't have to see Van Gundy anymore!"

Wang Yuanyuan and Yang Huahua are full of resentment towards Van Gundy.

In the click-click photo shoot, Adelman appeared in the training hall accompanied by Dawson, the general manager of the Rockets, and the three leading players of the Rockets, Yao Ming, Maddie, and Roy.

The Rockets are now the league's powerhouse, and Adelman is the league's leader.

The impact of the combination of the two is still very large.

Although the focus of the whole United States is now on Seattle, it is all about comforting Yes, the chosen one, who has just been eliminated.

But Houston is still very lively.

Looking at the reporters and fans below who were quite lively, Yao Ming had a smile on his face, but he was very sad in his heart.

He was reluctant to leave Van Gundy.

Van Gundy's poor performance in this year's playoffs was indeed one of the culprits behind the Rockets' elimination by the Suns.

But Van Gundy was the teacher who nurtured him.

Van Gundy was really good except for the fact that he had a problem with the on-the-spot strain.

Although he was very reluctant to let Van Gundy leave, Yao Ming was still very polite to accompany the new head coach Adelman to complete this appearance.

"Da Yao, did you talk to Ye Si on the phone yesterday?"

"It's through, Xiao Yezi is in good condition, and he asked Ah Lian to accompany him for a morning run this morning."

After Yao Ming finished communicating with domestic reporters, he walked to the conference room of Team Rocket.

"When Jeff leaves, I'm afraid the team will change a lot."

Yao Ming thought secretly in his heart.

There will certainly be no change in his and Maddy Roy's status in the team.

But it's hard to say for others.

Van Gundy is the defensive head coach, while Adelman is the offensive head coach.

Uncle Mu, Second Uncle Huo, Hayes, Ariza, Alstom...... Wait a minute

The Rockets' rotation next season may change dramatically.

It's not that he doesn't like Adelman.

As a conservative person, Yao Ming has always felt that the current situation of the rocket is actually not bad.

The Rockets should give Van Gundy another chance.

The Rockets do have plans to give Van Gundy another chance.

It's just that Jeff couldn't think about it himself and resigned.

I can't stand being ridiculed.

“Yao？”

"I have no problem with trading Artest."

Yao Ming recovered from his sadness.

Now that it's June, the Rockets are already thinking about the new season.

A lot of lotto teams are now pretty much done to rebuild for the new season.

Even the eliminated playoff powerhouses have entered the preparation period for the new season early.

The Rockets have just confirmed a new coach now, which is relatively slow.

Because of the change of head coach of the Rockets, the team's rebuilding is a bit large, even if the positions of the three core players remain the same, the workload is still huge.

And after a while, the players will have to go on vacation.

So the team's general manager Dawson and the team's head coach Adelman brought several key players together for a working meeting for next season.

The first meeting was about trading Artest.

It's also the Rockets' number one offseason mission.

The trade for Artest was offered by the team's new head coach Adelman.

Artest is a well-known thorn in the league.

Powerful, but with a very bad head.

At the beginning of this season, Artest was exposed to the news of dog abuse by the media, and an NBA star did something bad to abuse dogs.

Don't know how crazy animal protection groups are in the United States?

Finally, the dog abuse thing is over, this time I don't abuse the dog, I change the abuse.

At the beginning of the season, when the Kings were still doing well, Artest was exposed to the news of domestic violence.

And in the end, Artest was arrested for domestic violence, which is a real hammer!

Not only was he sued, but he was also banned from the league.

It can be said that in this season, Artest brought the death of the Kings Pit back to life.

This season's Kings are actually quite a strong team.

Even if the Wild West doesn't make the playoffs this year, it definitely shouldn't be what it is now.

Obviously a team with very good strength, it was stunned by Artest to get into the lotto.

After the season, the first thing the Kings did was to fire head coach Musselman, and the second thing was to peddle Artest.

With Artest's strength, if it weren't for the pit in his head, as long as the Kings let out the wind to trade, a large number of teams would come to the door.

Where they are needed to peddle.

What's more, even if the king was peddling everywhere, he couldn't find a suitable receiver.

Don't just send Artest away with chips and it's a loss, and it's not easy to send chips if you want chips.

The weak team can't cure Artest, and the strong team doesn't want to add a time bomb to their own team.

Artest's current situation is quite embarrassing, compared to that of Rodman back then.

Artest pits the Kings and Rodman pits the Spurs, which are actually similar.

In the end, the Kings went around half a circle and found out that the Lakers and their former head coach Adelman were interested in Artest.

However, the Lakers are now mulling a more significant trade and can't offer Artest any valuable leverage.

"The Kings have made an offer to us for Alston, Kirk Schneider, Bunch Wells and our first-round pick for the year."

It's an offer from the Kings, constantly too outrageous, but it's definitely not cheap either.

Alston is the Rockets' most important bench.

Schneider was the No. 16 rookie in the first round in '04 and has a lot of potential.

Bunch Wells is a former Kings powerhouse, playing one season for the Kings in the 05-06 season, facing the Spurs in the playoffs, averaging 23 points and 12 rebounds per game in six games in the series.

In order to get a bigger contract at a higher price, Bunch Wells rejected the King's offer to come to the Rockets.

Because of the intermittent injuries last season and Roy's reasons, the playing time is limited, and the statistics are of course limited.

Still, the king seems to be obsessed with him.

After all, Wells was the one who almost killed the Spurs on his own.

"Yao?"

"I have no opinion."

Roy in the conference room looked at Yao Ming.

Could it be that Yao is worried about Ye right now?

When supersonic was eliminated yesterday, he made a condolence call to Ye.

There is no problem with Ye's mood.

You don't need to worry about it, right?

Just when Roy was a little curious, Dawson, the general manager of the Rockets, continued to speak.

"The next thing is about the draft, so let's talk about Darrell for everyone."

"Regarding the Rockets' draft goals this year, we will focus on supplementing the power forward position, but because of Alston's departure, the backup point guard position is also essential, and I am ready to use the first-round draft pick to sign Aaron Brooks, the second-round pick I am ready to sign Purdue's star power forward Carl Landry, and we are talking with the Spurs about trading the signing rights of Argentine star power forward Luis Scola ."

"It's Aaron Brooks, Luis Scola and Carl Landry, you can take a look."

Yao Ming picked up the information in his hand and frowned tightly.

Sure enough, a water of attacking players.

In contrast to Van Gundy's emphasis on defense, Adelman's arrival has changed the Rockets' draft style.

It's not that Yao Ming doesn't look down on these players, it's just that he ......

In the NBA, defense wins championships!

"If all the trades and signings are completed, here will be the team's provisional roster, and the remaining four spots will be added from the undrafted and free agency."

"If you have any candidates, you can also recommend them, and I will recommend them as appropriate."

Centre-forwards: Yao Ming, Hayes, Mutombo

Power forwards: Scola, Landry, Novak

Shooting Guards/Small Forwards: Maddy, Artest, Ariza

Point guards: Roy, Aaron Brooks

Yao Ming looked at the extra document in his hand, his face was expressionless, but he was full of regret in his heart.

The fifteen people of the Rockets this season may not even be half of them next season.

That's a bit of a big change.

However, this is the NBA, constantly in and out, and it is the norm to divide and merge.

The Rockets he used to be in the NBA are now the only ones left.

With all kinds of mixed feelings, Yao Ming ended the team's preparation meeting for next season, and Yao Ming was ready to leave with Maddy Roy.

Maddie and Roy are recovering well right now.

However, he still needs a few more days to adjust his mood.

Now he has yet to recover from the mentality that he was eliminated in the semi-finals and the team is about to fall apart.

“Yao！”

Well?

"Is there anything wrong with Mr. Adelman?"

Yao Ming, who was about to leave, looked at the new head coach Adelman who stopped him in confusion.

"Yao, I watched the series between the Sun and the Rockets, and I also watched the series between the Sun and the Sonics, with an incredible rhythm of offense and defense."

“…？ …”

Yao Ming still had a question mark on his face.

"Yao, I hope you can lose weight next season."

Weight loss?

Looking at the extremely serious expression on Adelman's face, Yao Ming's face sank.

Losing weight, that's not his priority, or even that's never been his concern.

For him, losing weight is about reducing his dominance on the inside.

Seattle, Yas's Mid-Lake Villa.

After losing to the Suns last night, Yes hasn't been out again.

It's not something to hide in a corner and lick your own wounds.

The result of losing to the Suns was regrettable, but it didn't reach the point where Yes licked his wounds.

In this series, he did his best.

In this series, his teammates did their best.

Since he has tried his best, he is willing to accept any result.

It's just to avoid the limelight.

Now the Finals matchup has come out, but the NBA news still revolves around him.

Wang Han came to Ye Si's house early this morning.

She was very worried about Ye Si's emotions.

After all, Yees has been so good in this year's playoffs.

In 15 games throughout the playoffs, Yes averaged 43 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

Cut 30+ in 15 consecutive games!

Average 40+ per game for two consecutive series!

According to USA Today, it was one of the greatest individual performances in NBA history.

Before this year's playoffs, the American media has been boasting about 'no championship over Kobe, one crown over Jordan'.

Such a hype by the American media is also Yes's biggest black spot in the United States.

Now, even those extreme Black Leaves people on the Internet will no longer use this sentence to Black Leaves.

It's not moving!

Let's not talk about the future.

At least it's dark now!

Yese's performance in this year's playoffs really didn't have any black spots.

Those coconut blacks are suffocating very hard now.

They were very uncomfortable, and they also wanted to see Ye Si's sad and sad appearance after being eliminated.

can be used as a person who records Ye Si's daily life in the villa in the middle of the lake, and after she sent the edit of Ye Si's activities on the YouTube pipe, she was quite surprised whether it was coconut powder or coconut black.

Running, practicing, running, practicing, and doing weird things every now and then.

That's what Ye Si used to do every day.

After the loss to the Suns, Yass was no different than usual.

"Yes, you're really not sad?"

"Not sad."

"You're really not sad?"

"Don't be sad."

"And do you want a championship?"

"Yes."

With his head down, Yes was looking at the rookie tryout list that the team's general manager had sent him.

This year, the SuperSonics have three draft picks on their hands.

The second pick in the first round, this is a draft pick from the Bucks.

The 22nd pick in the first round and the 39th pick in the second round, both of which are SuperSonics' own picks.

After the series between the SuperSonics and the Suns, the offseason strategy for the SuperSonics was officially launched.

Because there are too many supersonic garbage contracts right now, the space is locked quite dead, and the draft is the most important job of the supersonic offseason.

And almost all of the talents who are now participating in the 2007 draft are in Seattle.

In Yes's list, there are almost all the hot rookies.

Except for a few, like Oden......

Oden is currently not participating in any team-organized tryouts.

Oden, who has always been depressed, has been wandering around.

Yesterday Jerry West finally found him, and was fooled by Jerry West to go to Memphis early this morning.

With the exception of Oden, all the rookies who participated in this year's draft have a chance to enter the superSonics.

High-end rookies can compete for the SuperSonics' first-round pick and No. 2 pick.

Mid-range rookies could compete for the SuperSonics' first-round pick with the 22nd pick.

Low-end rookies could compete for the SuperSonics' second-round pick with the 39th pick.

Getting into the supersonic is a huge opportunity for any rookie right now.

Especially after this playoffs, the desire of the rookies of the class of 2007 to enter the supersonic has skyrocketed.

The city is good, the team is good, the boss is good, the competition within the team is low, according to the American expert media, the supersonic is short of people, there is a shortage of people, as long as you have the ability, you can kick Rondo away and squeeze David Lee away.

Even SuperSonics' general manager, Presti, was surprised that the team had received so many requests for trials.

The current supersonic training camp has a larger tryout than the rookie training camp in Orlando every year.

It turns out that there are more people who come to participate in the trial, and there are more people to choose from.

Yees is looking forward to seeing these guys at training camp tomorrow.