"Bill, you have to believe us, we will definitely bring the championship to Yao......" Dawson said this, he was not confident.

Bill Duffy didn't answer, just looked at Dawson like that.

Bill Duffy's character, as an old friend, Dawson knows it all too well.

Bill Duffy doesn't want his players to suffer, Dawson used to eat Bill Duffy because Yao Ming has a gentle personality.

But now Dawson found that in addition to perfunctory Yao Ming's request for reinforcements, he didn't seem to have really eaten Yao Ming!

Yao Ming just endured it all the time and didn't get angry, and when it came to this critical time, Yao Ming began to exert his power!

Dawson could only play the family card: "Yao, we have been working together for three years, Houston is your home, the fans here love you very much, our team loves you very much, we can play happily together, I will definitely do my best to help you build a championship team." ”

Hearing this, Yao Ming didn't believe it at all.

Yao Ming didn't feel anything in his rookie season, and it was so cool to join the NBA with Francis, an All-Star teammate.

But in the second grade, Yao Ming was stronger than Francis and discovered the NBA All-Star ...... That's what happened, after being easily eliminated by the opponent in the first round of the second year, Yao Ming asked for reinforcements and the team did not make effective changes, and Yao Ming began to hold his breath.

Last season, the Rockets missed Antoine Walker and Nash in a row, and even the Timberwolves tried to peddle Kassel, and the Rockets management was indifferent.

After Yao Ming and Liu Mang talked, they decided to continue to hold back, just to give Team Rocket a ruthless shot now!

As for the statement that the Rockets have been using to perfunctory Yao Ming that there must be reinforcements, after the Rockets did not sign Nash but signed Sula, Yao Ming didn't believe it at all.

Yao Ming raised his head and exhaled: "You should be able to understand my determination, I know that you are not to blame, your boss's stinginess, everyone knows." ”

At this time, Bill Duffy began to be the villain: "Carol, if you don't trade Yao to the Lakers this summer, we won't sign a contract extension next year, we will only accept a qualification offer, and in 07, Yao is only 27 years old, and he still has a chance, and he doesn't want to waste the next six years on a stingy team." ”

At this point, Dawson knew that Yao Ming and Bill Duffy were ready to tear their faces!

The parent team's limited renewal clause, also known as the restricted free agent clause, is very beneficial to the parent club, and correspondingly, there is also a clause that is beneficial to the player, that is, the qualification offer clause.

One of the details of the qualification guarantee clause that is extremely unfavorable to the parent club is that the player who signs a one-year qualification contract offer will have the discretion to decide whether or not to agree with the team to trade him for the following season.

This is a little different from the trade veto clause, the player only has two choices, make a decision when signing the qualification offer, whether to open the trade or reject any deal, there is no other choice, as long as the decision is made, basically the future is decided.

The most feared situation for Dawson now is to wait until next summer, and if Yao Ming really does this, then he will really not get anything.

Even if Yao Ming signed a qualification contract and agreed to open the trade, in the 06-07 season at that time, other teams would not give 100% good chips after knowing about the situation, and the Rockets could only watch Yao Ming leave after playing for a season.

The main thing is business value!

If you tear your face with Yao Ming, who will suffer more in terms of commercial value?

Yao Ming?

Dawson didn't think so, Yao Ming might have been infamous at that time, but Yao Ming really left one day and went to Los Angeles, as long as he won, everything would not be Yao Ming's problem.

On the Rockets' side, it's hard to say.

Dawson took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said: "Bill, Yao, I can't decide this kind of big thing, I want to discuss this matter with the boss, Yao, you talk to the boss......"

"No, Carroll, I don't want to talk to Alexander, you guys contact Bill, I'll fly back to China at night, and Bill will be in charge of this time," Yao Ming stared at Dawson's eyes and said very sincerely: "Carol, I really want to win." ”

Although Dawson didn't have any commendable trades, after he took over the Rockets in 95, the Rockets were at their peak, that is, he was always in the "trough" period of the Rockets, and he didn't make any good trades.

But Dawson's reputation is very good, just because he is good.

Bill Duffy and Yao Ming grasped Dawson's weakness, Dawson wanted to play the family card, and Yao Ming also played the family card.

The trade request has been made, the Lakers have also made an offer, and Yao Ming and Bill Duffy are ready to wait next.

Wait for Team Rocket's response, and then see the move!

……

……

"What did you say, Carol? Yao asked for a trade to go to the Lakers? How can it be! Absolutely not, I will never trade him! He's a cash cow, you know? You just have to refuse this kind of thing! Don't ask me! Alexander said he refused, outright refused.

"Leslie, we're ......very passive now," Dawson explained in detail what he had negotiated with Yao Ming and Bill Duffy in the afternoon.

When Alexander heard Bill Duffy threaten to sign a qualification offer, he was so angry that he said he wouldn't trade Yao Ming anyway.

But upon hearing that Yao Ming and Bill Duffy might be ready to tear their faces, Alexander calmed down.

When Dawson was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat, that is, the "seven deadly sins" listed by Bill Duffy, Alexander was not calm.

Just past this season, Yao Ming has actually been constantly asking for good guards, Alexander has not cared, Alexander only remembered at this time, after the start of this season, Yao Ming asked for a trade several times, and they were all reasonable deals, all of them were guards!

Now Bill Duffy has documented all these requests for reinforcements, completely throwing the blame on the Rockets.

The point is to be reasonable!

Judging from these things, Yao Ming has long had the heart to leave the team, but he has not said it, he has been trying, and now it is the right time to break out!

Alexander was afraid of Yao Ming's "scheming" that had endured for a year before it broke out!

If Yao Mingzhen waited until the end of his four-year rookie contract to refuse to renew his contract, and things fell apart, the Rockets would be completely finished!

Chinese fans like the Rockets because of Yao Ming, not because of Yao Ming, and Alexander knows that.

Alexander understood why Dawson didn't say no outright.

Yao Ming didn't make a temporary decision, looking at this, he was already preparing!

Even if he insists on keeping Yao Ming, as long as Yao Ming makes his multiple applications for transactions public, from the perspective of public opinion, it will be a lose-lose situation!

After calming down, the Jewish boss still wants to make amends, and will not give up until the last moment.

"Carol, I'm going to talk to Yao in person." Alexander dialed Yao Ming's number.

However, the tip is not in the service area!

"Damn! Something is wrong with this mobile phone carrier, right? Alexander angrily slapped the phone back.

"Leslie, Yao should be on the plane to China right now." Dawson said.

"Carol, why don't you stop Yao from going to China......"

“……”

“……”

After saying this, Alexander himself shut up and glanced at Dawson, this kind of thing, they are not the immigration bureau, how can they stop it?

After the most irritable time, Alexander began to think about the crisis.

Yao Ming applied for a transaction, and the last person who dared to make this matter public was Alexander!

Bill Duffy, in line with his character, did not play tricks, but even the time was accurate to a certain day of a certain month, and recorded that every time Yao Ming suggested reinforcements, it was perfunctory.

Although these contents are simple, no matter how you look at it, they are all problems of Team Rocket, of course, Yao Ming also has problems, but the key is that Team Rocket officials can't throw the pot on Yao Ming.

The collapse is a complete break with the Chinese fans for the Rockets!

And it is impossible to hide Yao Ming in the snow, Yao Ming's commercial value is there, Yao Ming is hidden in the snow, relying on the endorsement of the team that Yao Ming gets, it is estimated that it will disappear.

Yao Ming is so determined, obviously ready to make it public directly after the negotiation fails!

At this time, Alexander felt that Dawson did not refuse directly, but it was a good thing.

Alexander found out that Yao Ming had studied badly after three years in the United States! He didn't expect Yao Ming to be so tough all of a sudden!

It's not about what to do, but when it's time to play a scoundrel, you have to play it, and when you meet a rogue boss, you have to use a scoundrel's method.

As for the issue of face...... Yao Ming thought about Liu Mang, sometimes he is a little shameless, so he can mix better!

Yao Ming asked for a trade before, and Alexander saw that Yao Ming's tone was not too intense, in the past three years, the Rockets have been used to perfunctory Yao Ming, and they didn't expect Yao Ming to be a ruthless man who doesn't talk much.

But now it's a ruthless one, which makes Alexander a little confused!

It's so scheming!

Or the stupid big guy who didn't have many skinny words when he entered the NBA? Alexander felt that this cash cow was not as simple as he thought...... Or rather, he felt that he was underestimating this cash cow!

……

On July 1, 2006, the free market began.

Although the free agent signing will not be until after the 7th, contacts can already begin.

As for the trade, you can do it right now.

On July 2, Rockets owner Alexander, general manager Dawson, and head coach Jeff Van Gundy came to the Toyota Center in Los Angeles and were invited to watch the Lakers' practice.

Looking at the familiar stadium logo, Alexander felt so bored for the first time.

The relationship between the Rockets and the Lakers has always been good, and the two teams have traded a lot of times, and there is a very important reason that the Rockets' home court and the Lakers' training hall are the same sponsor.

Lakers owner Jerry Buss brought Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak to the door of the training gym and waited for them to arrive.