Yu Xiaochun, who was ransacked by a female thief during her vacation in Vietnam, finally returned to Houston in the United States nearly a week later than originally planned.

The NBA preseason season has all ended. The Houston Rockets went four wins and one loss in the preseason. They beat the Memphis Grizzlies, their rivals, and lost to the Indiana Pacers, but immediately rebounded to beat the San Antonio Spurs, who had replaced the old and the new, and defeated the Shanghai Sharks in China.

While the front line has lost Ariza and Anderson, the team's third-tier Carmelo Anthony has been seamlessly linked to Harden and Paul, and the team's attacking power seems to be increasing unabated. Even Anthony himself seems to have regained his three-point shooting touch, hitting 12 of 24 three-point attempts against NBA teams in the preseason, a whopping 50 percent shooting percentage. In an interview, he confidently said: "The Rockets' goal for the new season is reasonable and possible. ”

Probably in the entire career of "Melon", he has never expressed such confidence in the championship.

Although the biggest rivals, the Golden State Warriors, have gathered an unprecedented Big Five, Anthony's speech probably represents the determination of the entire Rockets: defend the title!

After all, Tom Janovic, the Rockets' decorated coach back then, once said: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion." "Wasn't the 1995 Rocket, which achieved two consecutive championships without being favored?

This Rockets team has long been used to being looked down upon and treated as a weakling. The biggest favorites in last championship season were not the Rockets, but that doesn't prevent them from continuing to aim high and aim great!

All of this is a self-evident thing for everyone in Team Rocket.

But there are still uncertainties compared to the championship goal. Yang Yiming is still unclear about the team's coaching staff and management's personal goals for him. In the first year, coach Mike D'Antoni used a radical tactic to stimulate Yang Yiming with the goal of best rookie, and although he failed in the competition with fellow rookie Ben Simmons, he also put on a performance that shocked the world.

Overall, the "best rookie" set by coach D'Antoni is more meaningful than practical - strictly speaking, as a temporary supplement to Zhou Qi's unexpected injury before the season, the Rockets have hard to say what additional expectations Yang Yiming has. Coach D'Antoni's goal is not really a goal.

But this season is completely different.

The team is going to defend the title, and Yang Yiming, who played a super rookie performance last season, will definitely be given more expectations. The team's willingness to let go of the past few seasons' forward Trevor Ariza at the beginning of the offseason is also an important factor in Ariza's personal wishes, and the Rockets are confident in Yang's future and ready to make room for the development of newcomers. In this case, Yang Yiming's shoulders on the team's journey to defend the title are bound to be heavier.

The Rockets then brought in Carmelo Anthony in the summer, and the No. 7, who had been directly opposite Yang Yiming many times last season, the NBA's most offensive small forward in many years, and is obviously regarded as the most important piece of the puzzle for the Rockets to defend the title, will undoubtedly only complicate the situation that was originally clear at the beginning of the summer of the 17th sophomore year.

Head coach Mike D'Antoni and general manager Daryl Morey agreed with Yang Yiming to discuss his personal goals separately before the start of the new season, so it is particularly crucial for Xiaochun as an agent to get out of Vietnam and finally return to Houston in time.

On the morning of this day, Yu Xiaochun got off the plane and went directly to the Rocket Team base to meet Yang Yiming. Before the two had time to say hello for half a month, they pushed open the door of the manager's office, and the general manager Morey and Coach D'Antoni on the opposite side were already sitting in suits and leather shoes, waiting for them!

Everything seems to be the posture when the two parties were in the same office a year ago, agreeing on the contract between Yang Yiming and Yu Xiaochun.

The only difference is that the owner of the Rockets, Leslie Alexander himself, is also seated this time!

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