On the afternoon of April 30, Yao Ming asked Bill Duffy to officially notify the Rockets that he refused to exercise his player option for next season, and postponed the contract negotiation with the Rockets until after the free agency market opened in July.

Then Yao Ming rushed back to China overnight and asked Ye Li to help fire most of the agents in the domestic part of Yao's team, and asked Ye Li to re-establish the brokerage team responsible for domestic commercial operations and contact Bill Duffy to deal with it.

In his 8-year NBA career, Yao Ming is so decisive for the first time.

On Labor Day, Yao Ming attended the Labor Day party in Shanghai, and when asked in an interview after the party whether he really wanted to reduce his salary and renew the contract of the Rockets, Yao Ming replied:

"I really want to be a Rockets player until the day I retire, but Bully made me realize that I have given enough to the Rockets, and the biggest thing to pay is health and time, and I gave my best years to the Rockets, and I think that's enough.

At my age, it's the end of my career, and I'm ready to enter the free market.

After talking to Xiaobawang, I knew that I should think more about the situation and choose a team that can actually compete for a championship, and unfortunately, I have never come close to a championship with the Rockets.

I also want to be like the little bully, the Grizzlies have always been thinking about him, finding a better fit for him, and I hope the team will think about me.

I want to be respected enough that I can accept a pay cut to build a championship team, but if I can, I hope I make that choice myself. ”

When Yao Ming jumped out of the player option, sports reporters in China and the United States were waiting for Yao Ming's next move.

Stepping out of a contract doesn't mean entering free agency, and it's likely that a verbal extension will be completed before the offseason begins.

When he said this, it meant that he publicly announced that he was testing the free market, and detonated the free market that would have been crazy in advance!

By the way, he also dragged Sun Ce into the water......

The domestic black fans instantly became excited, and they didn't know what some domestic fans thought, and began to scold Yao Ming for being disloyal to the Rockets and Houston, as if they were Houstonians.

And Sun Ce is also a black physique, many domestic black fans can't find the point of black Sun Ce in this year's playoffs, and they have all reached the second round, and there have been 50+ triple-doubles, and his personal performance is against the sky compared to the rookies of the same year.

Finally, now there is a chance for Black Sun Ce!

But...... Most people are still sensible, knowing that leaving the Rockets, for Yao Ming, is equivalent to the possibility of continuing his career for a few years and staying in the Rockets, the Rockets will always be the only one on the inside, the Rockets have just ended this season's interior lineup is not as good as the previous season, Yao Ming can still play 77 games a year last season, and the number of appearances this season has dropped directly to 70 games, and it is clear that he is even more tired than last year.

If this continues, Yao Ming will be able to hold on for two years!

As long as it is an individual, it can be seen that Yao Ming will not be used like this by any team other than the Rockets, and the most suitable teammate for the inside partner will not be just Kenyon Martin, who is on the verge of retirement, and the Bobcats' Muhammad can have Tyson Chandler and Ratledge as a substitute, and the best substitute Yao Ming has ever had is Mutombo......

Is this something that people can do?

Many fans think that Sun Ce "saved" Yao Ming!

Sun Ce's reputation in China skyrocketed for a while!

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Yao Ming's answer was discussed between him and Bill Duffy, and he originally planned to inform Sun Ce that he would say this first, and he was going to owe him a favor, but Bill Duffy said that he could help inform him.

But Bill Duffy ......

"Noah, listen to me......" Bill Duffy on the other end of the phone racked his brains to think of a valid excuse.

Before Yao Ming publicly stated that he was testing the free market, he had planned to tell Sun Ce in advance, but he forgot about it......

This is not the first time he has been forgetful, and he once lost 2 million US dollars to the players under his hands because of forgetfulness......

After thinking about it for a long time, Bill Duffy couldn't think of a legitimate excuse, and replied honestly: "Sorry, Noah, I forgot to inform you in advance." ”

"......" Sun Ce listened to Bill talk to himself for a long time, so speechless.

"It's okay," Sun Ce responded, "I don't really care about this, really, as long as you don't lose money." ”

Hearing Sun Ce's words, Bill Duffy was so embarrassed, Yao Ming and Nash often teased him about that incident, and now Sun Ce has also started.

"No loss of money......," Bill Duffy replied depressedly, "By the way, the Shanghai Municipal Government contacted me and wanted you to be the image spokesperson of Shanghai, which may increase your commercial value......"

"Shanghai looking for me to be an image spokesperson? I'm from Chengdu! Don't they have Brother Yao? Sun Ce complained.

"Chengdu? Oh, I remember, Noah, you said that there are a lot of Pan Dafu in your hometown. ”

"Yes, Pan Dafu......" Sun Ce somehow sounded Artest......

"Okay, I see, you have a promotional activity in Chengdu in July, and I will definitely communicate with the local government at that time, and I will tell them that Shanghai is going to find you as an image spokesperson......

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Bill Duffy's apology somehow got on with going to the Panda spokesperson.

But Sun Ce doesn't care so much, Yao has clearly entered the free market, and this summer's free market is interesting.

Sun Ce knew that their Grizzlies were purely for the fun, so he didn't mention the lineup change, just the city of Memphis...... It's hard to attract the top free agents this summer.

In addition to the 03 generation, Stoudemire, and Yao Ming, the Grizzlies will not want other free agents when they come, and finding some substitutes is the key.

As for the remarks made by the media in Houston and Texas criticizing him for stirring up Yao Ming's relationship with the Rockets...... Sun Celi didn't want to pay attention.

On the contrary, it was Yao Ming's words that Sun Ce's popularity among the Memphis fan base became higher again, because Yao Ming revealed a meaning between the lines - Sun Ce was very satisfied with the Grizzlies management, and Yao Ming was very envious of Sun Ce's treatment.

This was a great help to the Grizzlies in renewing Sun Ce's contract in the summer of 2011!

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It's May 8th, and after two days of preparation, the third game of the series for the Grizzlies to host the Suns.

Today, the NBA officially announced the MVP and the Most Progressive Award, and LeBron James of the Cavaliers got 104 votes out of 121 first-choice votes, and won the MVP with an absolute advantage.

No one else had more than 10 first-choice votes except James, with Howard having nine, Kobe Bryant having four, and Durant having three......

The last first vote, I don't know which one had an iron head, actually voted for Sun Ce! It's the same as last year, when Rose inexplicably got two MVP second votes.

Sun Ce saw that he was actually on the list in the MVP voting!

In terms of the Most Improved Award, Kevin Durant won the award......

It's been a weird season, and the scoring champion is actually the one who has improved the most.

However, May 8th was really an unfortunate day, and Sun Ce spent a valuable star experience card, that is, the "30+ triple-double random star experience card".

There were 4 times Harden, 1 time Baron Davis, 2 times Charles Barkley, N times Big O, N times James, N times Westbrook, once Jordan, once Payton, once Isaiah Thomas...... I also saw a future Curry and two alphabet songs......

I actually drew James Worthy!

It's not that James Worthy isn't good enough, it's a two-time three-time all-team player and a Finals MVP...... But it's not a core player at all, it's a role player, and it's a role player who catches the ball and attacks the basket......

James Worthy, although he is also a physical player, is not as good as Westbrook, and the ball possession is a negative bonus compared to Sun Ce...... The impact and other aspects are not the kind that Sun Ce wants.

However, it can help more or less, such as Sun Ce's second attack in this game is good.

Sun Ce had 18 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, but the Grizzlies still lost to the Suns, which was the lowest point difference in three games.

The difference in strength is obvious, not just the lack of an outside line, although Guy's strength is not as good as James Worthy, the Hall of Fame of the 50 superstar-level level, but what he can do is almost the same, more than James Worthy, one more shot, and one more Sun Ce is useless.

In addition to Randolph and Battier, Conley, Gaye Jr., Gasol Jr., Jordan Jr., among the eight rotation players, plus Sun Ce, who broke out today, and the oldest Guy is still in the rookie contract, and the five are very tender compared to their opponents.

Anthony Parker played in the playoffs at this age, and he was still a little worse, and he was not an experienced player, so he didn't perform well in the first round, but Conley and Sun Ce performed better when they played dual point guards.

After losing to the Suns and falling behind 0-3, Yao Ming made a phone call to comfort Sun Ce, who was going to lose the playoffs, and Yao Ming was worried that Sun Ce would not be able to stand it if he lost the playoffs for the first time.

Sun Ce had already been mentally prepared, the Spurs were abused like that, and he wanted to win when he played, but he lost after the game...... There's nothing to regret, the boss did his best, teammate CBA.

Sun Ce asked Yao Ming which team he was going to, and he wanted to suggest that Yao Ming go to the Mavericks.

Sun Ce remembered that the Mavericks would have brought in Chandler, but Chandler played 278 minutes in a game, mainly responsible for defense at specific moments, and Chandler didn't play so well offensively on the court, no shooting, no basket skills.

And the Mavericks have the conditions to find a backup center with similar ability.

But Sun Ce didn't say it, he didn't want to affect the judgment of Bill Duffy and Yao Ming, after all, it didn't mean that which team you want to go to, which team happens to be suitable, you have to go there, there are a lot of things to consider.

Everyone knows that Kobe Bryant and James can play a stronger version of Pippen and Jordan, but the two can't join forces.

However, after falling behind 0-3, on May 10, the Grizzlies broke out after falling behind 0-3, defeating the Suns 99-91 at home to avoid being swept away.

But on May 12, the Grizzlies' journey this season came to an end, losing to the Suns away, 1-4, and the Grizzlies officially fished!

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What's life...... It's always fickle.

Just like now, Sun Ce began to slump on the couch in his apartment and watch James on TV being ravaged by the Celtics' Big Four.

On May 13th, after yesterday's loss to the Suns, the Grizzlies returned to Memphis early this morning, the season has ended, and the team is ready to hold an end-of-season event in two days, giving back to fans and rewarding players.

Reaching the second round and playing a total of 4 home games in this year's playoffs, the Grizzlies made a big profit on tickets for the first time in team history......

In the five games of the second round, averaging 10.4 points, 8.6 boards, 6 assists and 1.4 steals per game, although Sun Ce's performance was far inferior to the first round, it was generally very good, relying on the third and fourth games to score 15+ in two consecutive games, and the average score per game in the second round was also double-doubled.

For a rookie, no one has too much hard criticism of him.

And the Grizzlies fans are satisfied, and the media has a high overall rating of the Grizzlies' season.

The Grizzlies made the playoffs, reached the second round, Sun Ce won the Rookie of the Year, and set a new record for the highest triple-double in the regular season and playoffs...... It's been a fantastic season for Grizzlies fans!

And to win one game against the Suns is wonderful for Grizzlies fans, the Grizzlies have a better season overall rating than the Spurs, who have lost four games without suspense, and have failed to win even one game in the second and third games against Nash.

On the contrary, it looks like an iron-blooded Grizzlies, with a tough style of play but not dirty.

Watching the battle between the Celtics and the Cavaliers on Tianwang Mountain on TV, the Cavaliers lost 88-120......

Sun Ce feels really incredible, can there be such a big gap between these two teams? So big that the difference in the battle of Tianwang Mountain reached 32 points?

But that's the case, Sun Ce only paid attention to the score occasionally before, and now he feels incredible that the Cavaliers can chase down from 1-2 down to a 2-2 draw after the first three games.

But in the playoffs, there's always magic happening on and off the court.

The East and West are waiting for the Cavaliers and the Celtics to split the winners, the first four games of the Cavaliers and the Celtics are tied 2-2, and they all thought they would tie seven, but they didn't expect a sudden bloodbath, and the series seemed to have no suspense.

The Western Conference matchup was already in place after the Grizzlies lost, with the Lakers, who swept the Jazz 4-0 to advance to the Western Conference finals, followed by the Suns, and the two MVPs of the 96 Golden Generation will meet again in the playoffs.

In the East, the Magic swept the Hawks to reach the Eastern Conference finals, but there seemed to be a little problem on their team, and Big Van Gundy and Howard seemed to be starting a cold war.

Because Howard has not played well in the playoffs so far, he averaged 14 points and 11 boards per game in the two rounds of the series, especially only 9 points and 9 boards per game in the first round.

But Howard was not happy anymore, he felt that he was being despised and that he was not happy to play......

Off the court, the Rockets tried to re-offer Yao Ming for a while, but Bill Duffy insisted on putting the time to negotiate a new contract after the free agency market opened.

In the past ten days, Sun Ce thought that the trading market was being speculated, but after Yao Ming's remarks about testing the waters of freedom were published, he fell into a strange calm.

When that remark first came out, it was very hot, and all major media were predicting which teams would pursue Yao Ming, how the free market would explode, and what kind of pattern change Yao Ming would trigger as the best center in the West.

But the strange thing is that except for the Rockets who find out that something is big and want to renegotiate, there are no other authoritative trade rumors.

This is even more bizarre, as there are not even a few minor trade rumors, which is quite different from the trade rumors that have gone viral during the playoffs in the past few years.

It's so quiet!

The trading market was too quiet throughout the regular season to the end of the draft and ahead of the draft!

Although no trades can be made during this time, most of the trades made after the Finals and before the draft are negotiated during this time, rather than being completed with a pat on the head as soon as the Finals are over.

The quieter this time, the bigger things tend to be!

No one wants to leak the news, and they all want to reduce the interference of off-site factors as much as possible, especially in favorable circumstances, and they don't want to have off-site interference.

For example, those teams that have had the opportunity to get Yao Ming for the first time in 4 years are unwilling to be disturbed by rumors and other things outside the field.

On the contrary, it was the Rocket Team that kept releasing the news that they regretted and wanted to have a good talk with Yao Ming.

Sun Ce, as a melon eater, felt okay when he was still playing in the playoffs in the past few days, and he didn't pay so much attention, and now that his season is over, he can't wait to call Bill Duffy 100 times a day to ask about the progress, and he can't help but not play.

He finally knows what it will be like for future Lakers fans to wait for a trade every summer......

Just when Sun Ce saw the Cavaliers' 32-point defeat to the Celtics and was about to practice erhu and cultivate his sentiments, his mobile phone rang.

Bill Duffy called, and Sun Ce answered the phone.

"Noah, Yao's deal has reached a multi-party agreement, and the deal can be completed after the playoffs!" Bill Duffy on the other end of the line was excited.

Sun Ce asked strangely, "Deal?" Isn't it a free agent? ”

"We won the opportunity to keep the bird rights, and the other party also promised to give more chips to help Yao keep the bird rights...... I'll take care of the follow-up, next time we talk ......."

After hanging up the phone, Sun Ce felt that Yao Dasha was developed!

It's a calf to really step on a horse!

Sun Ce just suddenly thought that the Mavericks lineup was very suitable for Yao Ming, but he didn't expect the Mavericks to really do it!

Wait, Sun Ce suddenly thought of Bill Duffy's words......

Multi-party trading?

These two teams need to sign first and then change Yao Ming, and still need to trade in multiple ways?

"By the way, what's the name of the combination of Da Yao and Nowitzki?"

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PS: For the unstable alliance leader, there are still 2,000 words left, and in the afternoon or evening, this _ leaf's reward will be added to a chapter of more than 3,000 words!

It's almost 8 o'clock before 1 o'clock in the daily update of a chapter of the groove, bye-bye, go to the subway, I hope I won't be late.

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