"After all, this basketball depends on me and you to play in the end."

Harden spat out these words, jumped down the stairs of the water tower, and pushed aside the three personal bodyguards he called "transparent people", leaving Yang Yiming alone to continue to mess around.

"Treat everyone else as transparent..."

Harden walked through the crowd dancing on the rooftop, causing the "transparent people" to scream again. He casually greeted a few Houston celebrities around him with a fist like good buddies, and disappeared at the exit of the rooftop.

The exit of his silk pajama jacket was lifted by the wind, and his entire bare black thighs were glimpsed. Harden obviously didn't care, he must be in a hurry to get to the next party.

Real, Harden-esque parties.

Yang Yiming stared blankly at the exit where Harden's figure disappeared, smacking the meaning of "me and you".

Me and you.

The "I" is, of course, James Harden himself. "You", judging from the conversation at that time, only Yang Yiming was undoubted. But with the addition of the word "and" between the two, Yang Yiming is a little unclear.

Listening to what Harden meant, he naturally also paid attention to the shock caused in the trade market after another "James" LeBron James confirmed his transfer to the Los Angeles Lakers. The impact of LeBron joining the NBA Western Conference not only further strengthens the strength of the West, inducing managers of various teams in the West to start an arms race, but also affects every player who has not yet made up his mind about where to go next season.

In Yang Yiming's view, Harden said that everyone including LeBron should be regarded as "transparent people", and there are only me and you in basketball, like a hint intentionally or unintentionally.

Maybe Harden wants to suggest to me that I don't have to take LeBron too seriously, and if I want to compete for a championship, it's enough to partner with him Harden. Yang Yiming thought secretly.

What Harden said is not unreasonable, after all, in the past season, he teamed up with Yang Yiming, a rookie, to break the monopoly of Yongqi and take away the championship.

But the meaning of "me and you" seems to be more than that.

Even though he can be a wonder player in the playoff series and be the team's third leading scorer, the rest of the O'Brien Cup winning squad is really hard to say "transparent".

For example, Chris Paul, the team's second movers, and Clint Capela, the Swiss who formed a black-and-yellow guard against the paint area and was nowhere to be found tonight. There's also the Rockets' version of the five-man lineup inside titan PJ Tucker, and Houston's local bench gangster Gerard Green.

It can be said that everyone is an indispensable piece of the puzzle for the Rocket championship.

And James Harden actually said that basketball is up to me and you to play in the end, has he seen the muddy waters stirred by the transfer market and is prepared for the worst to lose any of his teammates.

- As long as Yang Yiming and Harden themselves are still in the formation!

So is Harden's statement a recognition of Yang Yiming's strength, or a kind of entrapment when people are panicked? !

Yang Yiming couldn't think clearly.

But his friend Yu Xiaochun obviously thinks more.

"If Harden says that, he must already know more inside information." Yu Xiaochun swore and analyzed.

"What inside information?"

"Of course, it's inside information that you and I don't know about, and it's inconvenient to reveal."

"Aren't you a conspiracy theory?" Yang Yiming didn't quite agree with Yu Xiaochun's statement, and he tried to persuade the other party: "I think at this stage, no one can say clearly, most of them are gossip, and they are purely chasing after the wind." Harden said 'me and you,' just to encourage me to keep doing well next season." ”

"Did you see him talking to the rest of the team that day?"

"It's like... No. ”

"So there's still an inside story, otherwise Harden wouldn't have come to you specifically to talk about such a strange topic. He must have heard some movements in advance, and it is inconvenient to reveal them to you before the news is conclusive, so he can only insinuate. ”

"But what's the inside story?"

For example, Paul's contract extension negotiations with the team are in the way: Paul hopes to use his playoff performance to get the last big contract of his career, and if you refer to the amount of LeBron James's signing to the Lakers in the Finals, it may be contrary to our management's thinking. I think Morey still wants to free up some salary space for new signings and a few more reinforcements. ”

"But if Paul renews his contract with a high salary...?" Yang Yiming faintly felt uneasy.

"If that happens, the Rockets' salary space is almost completely locked up — after all, Anderson's big contract really doesn't have trade value..."

"And then Capela may not be able to keep it." Yang Yiming expressed the hidden worries in his heart.

"That's right. Based on Capela's average data of two doubles last season, although there is water to eat cakes, youth is capital. It is easy to put it to other teams in the league and sign a contract with an annual salary of more than 10 million. But with such a salary level, it is completely impossible for the Rockets to match the offer at the moment. In the end, it's not Capela himself who wants to negotiate with the Lakers..."

"It's that he has to consider this possibility..."At this moment, even Yang Yiming was secretly worried about the fate of his teammates.

"That's it!" Yu Xiaochun was completely immersed in his theoretical analysis, and said: "So if the team is really about to undergo such a big change, such as Paul's contract renewal negotiations are not going well, or last season's main center is about to leave, do you think Harden, as the team's boss, will be kept in the dark?" Even if the management doesn't take the initiative to say that Harden, one of the league's top stars, his agent team will ask the team to ventilate in turn! That's the power of a star player and his agent! ”

After doing it for a long time, it turned out that Yu Xiaochun was looking forward to his future as an agent.

He continued: "That's why I think Harden must have an ulterior motive when he told you that." Ariza is leaving, Paul's contract renewal is not effective, Capela is leaving, he may have prepared for the worst, and if he wants to defend his title next season, he can only fight side by side with you and rely on each other. ”

"What do you mean by 'only'?"

"It's not 'only', it's 'must'. Alas, it's not a 'must', it's a 'last resort'. It's all wrong-" Yu Xiaochun's mouth was still a little stupid, but fortunately, Yang Yiming knew this and would not misunderstand. The former continued: "Yiming, I mean, this is your chance. ”

"What chance?"

"It's not obvious?! In this situation, if Harden recognizes you, you can hold the thigh of the team boss and get on the top in one fell swoop. ”

"Superior? What's on it? Yang Yiming subconsciously thought of the domestic palace fighting dramas, as well as the messy rumors in the entertainment industry.

"Now that Harden has said 'me and you', why not take this opportunity to be the second leader of the Rockets?"

A combination of James Harden and Yang Yiming.

Boss Harden, Yang Yiming is the second leader.