With only about ten days to go until the All-Star break, the Rockets traveled to Los Angeles and Orlando to play two games.

Petrus is still not in shape, and Morrow can't go up all at once, plus the away race, the Rockets have suffered two defeats in a row.

It was also the first two-game losing streak of the season for the Rockets.

Fans are worried that the team's players have also taken some hits.

Back in Houston's morning training session, Tang Tian called Petrus aside and chatted with him alone for a while.

The content of the conversation was similar to before, nothing more than to untie the knot in Petrus's heart.

However, judging from the effect of the conversation, it is not too good.

Tang Tian couldn't really open up and say that you are a contract year, I promise to give you a lot of playing time and something like that, if it is really heard by other players, his prestige as a coach will be gone.

In the end, he couldn't do it, so he could only put this matter aside and go to the office to continue to study the competition.

That afternoon, Morey was in his office studying the team's lineup when a phone call from Memphis interrupted him.

After answering the call, he directly called the team's deputy general manager Keith Jones and Mutombo, who was in charge of interior training, in.

"Darrell, what's the hurry?" Jones was working on a trade deadline reinforcement when he was called over by Morey in a hurry.

"You sit down first." Morey didn't answer him right away, but turned to look at Mutombo.

"Deacon Bay, how is DeAndre Jordan's training going? Does he have what it takes to be a backup interior for the team? Morey asked directly.

'He's improved a lot in training and should be able to help the team next season.' Mutombo didn't know why Morey suddenly asked this, but he answered truthfully.

"No, not next season, I mean now." Morey said directly.

"Now?" Mutombo was stunned for a moment, then finally thought about it and said, "It's very reluctant, his defensive habits are still relatively poor." ”

"Reluctantly? You can just fight, right? Alright, you go out first. Morey didn't explain anything at all.

Mutombo nodded suspiciously, and then walked out of the general manager's office.

……

Tang Tian came out of the coach's office, he was worried about the matter of Petrus, just in time to see Mutombo walking from the other side of the passage with his head down.

Mutombo has been in charge of the team's internal training since retiring last season, and the two usually only meet in the training gym.

"Hey, Deacon Bay." Tang Tian shouted.

Mutombo looked up and saw that it was Tang Tian, put aside the doubts, and greeted Tang Tian with a smile: "Tang, why haven't you gone to eat yet?" ”

"Isn't this waiting for you, let's go, together?" Tang Tian made a joke.

Mutombo was amused by Tang Tian, nodded, and the two of them chatted as they walked.

"By the way, how has DeAndrew's training been lately?" Tang Tian turned his head and asked.

Gasol Jr. is playing well right now, and with the troubles coming this season, he hasn't had time to take care of Jordan Jr.

"Strange, why are you all asking this question today?" Mutombo muttered.

"What?" Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, "Who else mentioned it?" ”

"Darrell, he called me and Keys in front of me and asked me if DeAndre was capable of playing inside bench." Mutombo muttered, and then said what he had been wondering about before, "Isn't it strange that you think this is a matter that the general manager cares about a rookie on the team?" ”

Tang Tian was also stunned for a moment, but his mind was spinning quickly, and he quickly guessed a possibility.

"You went in with Keith?" Tang Tian asked.

Mutombo nodded: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's fine." Tang Tian waved his hand, didn't say anything, and then diverted the topic and talked about something else.

But he already knew in his head that something was going to happen.

It would be a strange inquiry if it was just to call Mutombo, but if the deputy general manager of the team was also called, it would mean something else entirely.

Morey, it's likely that Gasol Jr. will be traded away!

……

When Mutombo was gone, Morey turned to look at Jones, and then said in a calm tone: "I have received an offer that I can't refuse. ”

"Something to do with Marc Gasol?" Jones realized it hindsight and probably guessed it.

Morey nodded: "Memphis offered to trade the 2009 first-round pick Gadonalfoyer for Marc Gasol. ”

"Next year's first round!" Jones was a little shocked when he heard this.

The Grizzlies have an unusually bad record this season, and now they are ranked fourth from the bottom in the West.

I didn't expect them to trade it out for the sake of a backup interior line of the Rockets!

There is a high probability that the champion will be signed, and a manager will be excited.

"It's just a little bit risky, if Mark goes to the Grizzlies, if the Grizzlies play out, the value of the first-round pick will depreciate, and the trade won't be worth it." Morey went on to say that he had always been shrewd, and that he had become more cautious after suffering in the affairs of Gazuric.

"This probability is very low, although Mark's strength is good, he has not yet turned the tide." Jones continued.

After listening to Jones's words, Morey knew that the latter was also impressed by this trade plan.

"The question now is, what does Tang say? Mark is a big part of his system right now, and if he doesn't agree, it's going to be a tough deal. Jones said thoughtfully.

Morey frowned visibly as he listened.

Tang Tian led the team to win the championship for two consecutive years in the Rockets, and he, the general manager, only accepted it last season, and the people below seemed to subconsciously regard Tang Tian as the most powerful person in this team.

"Deacon Bay said just now that DeAndre can play, if this is not done well, it is a problem of Don's own ability." Morey said with some unhappiness, on the one hand, because of Jones's attitude just now, and on the other hand, from the beginning of this year's draft to whether to sign Matt Barnes, he felt very constrained.

Jones was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Morey, only to realize that the latter's face was not very good.

"I think it's better to talk to Don, he knows more about this team and ......," Jones said after a moment's hesitation.

"Case, I'm the general manager of this team!" Morey directly interrupted Jones.

Jones was stunned for a moment and didn't speak, looking at Morey with some astonishment, but slowly, he also knew the reason why the relationship between Morey and Tang Tian was getting stiffer and stiffer.

A head coach is used to having a voice, while a general manager wants to regain the status of a general manager.

"I'll take care of it over there, you just say it's better than trading, if it's feasible, I'll go back and have a meeting to discuss it." Morey noticed Jones's eyes and softened his tone.

"Well, from the team's selection perspective in the past year, and what Deacon Beckon Berg just said, I think it's worth doing." Jones gave the opinion.

"Okay, I got it." Morey nodded, that was the only thing he wanted to hear.

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