Johi put the Jazz's trade offer on hold for Carlos Boozer for the time being, and he accompanied Gary Payton and Jeff Schultz to Anaheim in the Los Angeles suburb.

The Rockets' Summer League team was preparing for the Los Angeles Summer League in a stadium in Anaheim.

Bernie Bixduff led the team with the season's three rookies, Dwyane Wade, Kyler Korver and Boris Dio, plus sophomores Carlos Boozer and Darius Sangueira, as well as Devin Brown, who signed on a training camp contract.

Qiao Hai also assigned Bernie Bixduff a task, sitting on such a lineup, Bernie Bixduff must lead the team to win the Summer League championship trophy, otherwise it will be a failure!

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Bixduff picks up Joe Hai and Gary Payton at the entrance of the arena.

This time in Anaheim, Gary Payton got Qiao Hai's permission to stay in the Rockets' summer training camp for a week, so he also brought his own training team and brought several famous trainers in North America.

In the stadium, the shouts of training continued.

Gary Payton and Jeff Schultz followed Joe to the side of the court, Jo Hay approached Bernie Bixduff to ask about the situation, and Gary Payton stood on the sidelines, observing every player on the court.

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"The team played a simple pick-and-roll attack, focusing on Dwayne and Carlos's pick-and-roll attack, and now the tactical training has come to an end, and now the focus is on individual training."

Johi was getting a sneak peek at the team's situation from Bernie Bixduff as Gary Payton slowly stepped aside.

Qiao Hai then remembered that Gary Payton was going to join the training, and he turned around and began to introduce Gary Payton.

"Bernie, this is Gary, you should know, he's going to train with us for a week, you arrange it, give him a little bit of a chance to practice together."

Bernie Bixduff nodded, and after greeting Gary Payton, he began to arrange for Payton to join the practice.

Gary Payton's own training team was also mobilized by Bernie Bixduff, and the training began!

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Gary Payton has been paying attention to Wade, and he also knows that whether the Rockets have the power to win the championship next season depends on what Wade can bring.

On the court, the training that the Rockets are doing is individual training, Wade constantly controls the ball and breaks through the shots, looks fast, and his physical fitness is also very strong.

But just looking at the non-confrontational training of these individuals, in fact, there is not much to see.

So, Gary Payton quickly challenged Wade, one-on-one heads-up, and everyone was excited! Whistles and screams rang out.

Bernie Bixduff glanced at Qiao Hai, who waved his hand and motioned for him not to interfere.

Gary Payton's one-on-one heads-up with Dwayne Wade soon began.

This battle is of great significance!

For the first ball, Gary Payton threw the ball directly to Wade, allowing Wade to attack first.

Wade didn't give in, he took the ball directly, and after a tentative step, Wade directly came to a large change of direction, and the speed was together, and he directly passed Gary Payton!

Rush to the basket, make a light layup, and score straight away!

Jeff Schultz's eyes were crossed, as Gary Payton's agent, Jeff Schultz knew very well that Glove Payton was definitely the best outside defender in NBA history, and he could remove "one"!

Wade's one-on-one breakthrough through Gary Payton's defense so easily, which shows his strength, although Gary Payton is already 35 years old at this time, although the defense has declined a little, but if you focus on defense, Gary Payton is still quite powerful.

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Wade and Gary Payton's one-on-one bullfight continued, and it was Gary Payton's turn to attack the frame with the ball.

Gary Payton attacked, Wade's defense, Wade's footsteps kept up with Gary Payton's outside line changed direction, Gary Payton couldn't break in, and he had no choice but to resist Wade's pressure and rush to the basket.

But after two steps, Gary Payton stopped.

Wade's strength is not weak, even stronger than the current Payton, the confrontation between the two is very fierce, and Jeff Schultz keeps nodding.

Jeff Schultz turned his head and glanced at Qiao Hai standing next to him: "Dwyanwade did a great job. ”

Qiao Hai smiled: "Of course he is not bad, Dwayne should be the three best rookies in this draft, and he is a perfect fit for the Rockets." ”

Jeff Schultz nodded, not knowing if he really understood.

Gary Payton misses a ball, and the ball is back in Wade's hands, Wade's offense.

This time, Gary Payton tried his best to defend and blocked Wade's several impacts in a row, and Wade continued to change direction sharply, but he still couldn't pass Payton.

But in the end, Wade suddenly soared to his fastest speed, and suddenly a sprint, Gary Payton couldn't react, pulled Wade, and didn't hold it.

Wade rushed straight in!

Three steps, two steps, the next second!

With a bang, Wade once again broke through Gary Payton's defense with a violent dunk!

After this ball was played, Jeff Schultz understood a little more.

Qiao Hai once told the media that Wade is the player that the Rockets said they needed to be able to break the bag, and many reporters also ridiculed: "How can a player who can't even attract the bag break the bag?" ”

Now, Jeff Schultz is sure that once Dwayne Wade protrudes, he can definitely attract a pinch shot!

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The bullfight soon came to an end, with Gary Payton defeated and Wade victorious.

After this bullfight, Gary Payton and Jeff Schultz had some confidence in Wade's strength, but it was not enough, one-on-one bullfighting can only prove the individual strength of one player, not more.

Many rookies have very strong one-on-one ability, but they can't integrate into the team, because they only know singles, they don't know cooperation, but they don't know that basketball is a five-person sport, and teamwork is the most important thing.

So, both Gary Payton and Jeff Schultz felt that they needed to look at Wade further.

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Johi didn't stay in Anaheim for long, and he left soon after.

However, before leaving, Joe Hai pulled Bernie Bixduff and gave him a face-to-face lecture: "Bernie, arrange more matchups and let Gary Payton and Dwayne play against each other." ”

Bernie Bixduff naturally nodded constantly.

Qiao Hai knows very well whether Gary Payton will reject the Lakers and finally choose the Rockets, it depends on whether Wade can conquer Gary Payton.

And next season, whether the Rockets can win the championship depends on whether they can sign Gary Payton.

If the Rockets can sign Gary Payton as they wish, then on the outside, the Rockets have three 80+ star players of Gary Payton, Dwyane Wade and Ron Artest!

So, Gary Payton's week of training on the Rockets Summer League team is very important!

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Joe went back to Houston and after taking care of some business, he asked Darryl Morey to send an email back to the Jazz.

The email reads: "Because of the return of general manager Qiao Hai to the Celestial Empire, the transaction of Carlos Boozer is temporarily put on hold. ”

The gist of it is that the trade will still take place, but during Qiao Hai's absence, the trade will be on hold, and the significance of this email is that the Jazz don't have to worry.