Chapter 9 is over

With 12 seconds left in the first half, Brooks dribbled in the first half and waited for the final attack.

The Houston Rockets led the New Orleans Hornets by four points at 45-41.

"Jason, the Rockets' offense doesn't seem to be working, huh? The lead is not huge. Scarlett Duff wondered.

Jason Walker laughed twice, pointed to the Hornets players on the court and said, "Don't underestimate that little guy on the side of the Rockets." You see that the Hornets players are already very tired, because they are all big men, and every time they are all out of defense, such a fast offensive and defensive rhythm is something they have never been exposed to. And the reason why the Hornets were able to stalemate with the Rockets in the first half was the team's super high shooting rate, but once their physical strength decreased in the second half and the shooting rate could not be maintained, then it was over. ”

"Also, several of the Hornets' main players have committed five or six fouls, and if it weren't for the high number of fouls in the summer league, they would have gone down a long time ago. For Brooks and Scola, who are good at making fouls, the Hornets may be sent off shortly after the start of the half, so the Hornets are even less of an opponent. David Adelman, this kid is not simple. ”

At this time, there were 4 seconds left before the end of the first half of the game, Brooks, who had been dribbling the ball outside the three-point line and looking up at the stopwatch, suddenly jumped up and shot without any signs, and the Hornets guard had no time to react, and before he turned back, he heard a "swish" from the back of his head, and could only look at Brooks who was shrugging his shoulders in amazement.

"Yo, this is a confident type!" David grinned that Miyagi's shooting was a weakness, so the "distribution system" didn't add the slightest bit of shooting ability to Brooks.

But with these 4 games, Brooks's whole state and confidence are at a peak, even without the blessing of the system, he is very confident in his shooting.

In the arena, self-confidence often leads to victory!

The first half of the game between the Houston Rockets and the Hornets ended with Brooks' dry shot from beyond the NBA three-point line, and the Houston Rockets successfully ended the first half with a 48-41 run.

In the 8 minutes of the intermission, David didn't bother about anything, he is not a mother-in-law, and he likes to say a few words when he has nothing to do like the Huaxia leader.

The second half of the game was just as predicted by Slam_Studios_Sports special issue reporter Jason Walker, with Hilton Armstrong being sent off for 10 fouls on a Brooks feint shot less than six minutes into the second half, and Cedric Simmons, who had been linked to him a minute earlier, saw two of the New Orleans Hornets' most important interior players drawn off.

The Hornets interior players who came off the bench were completely unable to compensate for the role of Hilton Armstrong and Cedric Simmons, and the Hornets began to collapse.

The Houston Rockets gradually opened the score under the leadership of Brooks, and an 18-4 attack wave completely shattered the hope of the Hornets, and the Rockets led 76-48 after three quarters.

After seeing the team seal the win, David waved his hand in the fourth quarter, and all the team's fringe players were substituted.

Looking at the marginal people of the team who were alive and well on the court in the fourth quarter, David also sighed a little.

It's also pitiful to say, while it was his last game as head coach of the season, it was also their last NBA game of the season for these fringe members of the Rockets' summer league roster.

They are just water cooler managers in the summer league, and they are already destined to miss out on the NBA this season, and even the preseason games of the fish belly teams will not contact them.

Fortunately, even though these summer league cooler managers can't get a job in the NBA, they are extremely popular in overseas leagues, and it's not difficult to get a salary to support their families.

In the end, after X***D in the fourth quarter, the Rockets won with a score of 92-63 and became the best performing team in the Las Vegas Summer League with a best-of-five record.

Brooks was limited by playing time in this game, and with 25 points and six assists in 27 minutes played, he was once again named the most valuable player of the game.

David just smiled in an interview with Slam_Studios_Sports after finishing the summer league with five straight wins, and didn't have much pride.

Because he knows that this is just the beginning, and when he leads the team to win the championship as the head coach of the team, he will have the capital to be proud of.

While David boasted before the summer league that he would ask the Rockets to sign any player who showed his character, Mike Harris was the only one who got the olive branch.

Mike Harris, 24, averaged 7.6 points and 4.2 rebounds in less than 20 minutes per game in five Summer League games, making him the brightest player outside of the Rockets' four rookies and Novak.

David is not optimistic about this signing, because Mike Harris's ability value is only 60 points, which is the average level of water cooler managers of NBA teams.

However, Harris's rivals are Scola, Landry and Hayes, and unless the Rockets fall into trouble, Harris is unlikely to play.

Morey is apparently aware of this as well, so he signed Mike Harris on a 2-year, non-guaranteed contract. This also means that as long as the Rockets find a suitable candidate, they can fire Harris, who is only 1.98 meters tall, at any time.

Morey spent half a day scouring the free agent market, and in addition to Mike Harris, whom David scouted from the summer league, he only signed back an old acquaintance - Steve Francis.

The day after the end of Summer League, Morey announced that he had signed Francis, signing a two-year contract with a salary of just $2.4 million for the first year.

Last season, Francis averaged just 11.3 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game with the Knicks, which was widely believed to be due in large part to injuries and unhappy times with the team.

"Daryl has finally made a wrong choice, and he can make fun of this old boy next year!" Before Francis signed the contract, David also went to see it for himself, and now Francis, who has an ability value of only 74, is no longer as brave as he used to be.

With an ability value of 74, it seems that Francis is still worthy of a fight, but in fact, he has fallen to the edge of the summer league in terms of physical fitness, endurance, agility, speed, etc., but the old foundations such as free throws, strength, offensive awareness and defensive awareness make his total ability value relatively high.

"No wonder in the previous life, whether Francis returned to the Rockets, switched to the Grizzlies, or was in chaos in the CBA." David shook his head, "If the body is gone, the heart is dead." ”

After the successful signing, Mike Harris called David as soon as possible to express his gratitude.

There is no doubt that he is the first batch of "descendants" that David harvested in the NBA.

Unfortunately, unlike other reborn head coaches who are supergiants from the beginning, David's first generation of descendants currently seems to be second-rate stars such as Brooks and Landry, which is far from being of the grade, and it is worth mentioning Marc Gasol.

With the summer league out and the preseason not kicking off until at least October, David can finally have some time to relax.

As for work such as the transfer of the Rockets, what does it have to do with him as the first assistant coach?

However, before leaving his job behind completely, he called Brooks, Marc Gasol and Landry.

Naturally, the explanation to Brooks is to increase the core strength in the past two months, and the explanation to Marc Gasol is to lose weight, and the advice to Landry is to improve his defensive ability by watching videos and other methods.

David, who left the "summer vacation homework" for the three descendants, was completely light, "Then, happy summer vacation!" ”

(End of chapter)