Joe Hai was transferred back to Houston from New Jersey.

Individual tryouts before the Rockets draft also began, with the first to arrive in Houston for a separate tryout for the Rockets was Keller Korver.

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Inside the Compaq Center, Tang Yi and Brad Stevens stood on the sidelines in training uniforms.

Qiao Hai stood at the entrance of the players' tunnel, and next to him stood David Falke.

Keller Korver is David Falck's new client, and David Falke is still more serious about the white shooter, although Keller Korver's prediction pick is only in the middle of the second round.

Keller Korver stood in the middle of the field and Brad Stevens gave him a pass.

Then, Cele Korver started shooting three-pointers!

Take the ball, jump slightly, slowly raise your hand to throw, smack, hit accurately!

David Falke smiled, and Qiao Hai immediately commented: "Very soft shooting touch, shot far enough, parabola is high, and very stable, but the shooting speed is a little slow, if it encounters a confrontation, his shooting rate will not be too high." ”

"So, he should be better at shooting in open positions."

David Falke nodded, indeed, this is where Keller Korver's shortcomings lie.

If it weren't for the poor matchup, slow shooting, and the poor NCAA results from elementary school, Kyler Korver would have more than a second-round prediction pick.

At the very least, he will have a template for Larry Bird and then go to the lotto.

Khaler Korver's steady three-pointers, almost every shot he made, showed off his long-range shooting ability, and that alone was enough to help him enter the NBA.

"In this new era, long-range shooting is already a very important attribute, and to tell you the truth, David, next season, we do need some outside shooters, and Keller meets our requirements, so I think we can give him a second-round guarantee."

"If he's not drafted before the 15th pick in the second round, we'll select him."

Keller Korver made about 30 or so three-pointers, and Joe Hai was already sure.

The main reason is that the Rockets do need a three-point shooter, and Keller Korver is the top three-point shooter.

David Falke was also very pleased, before this trial, Keller Korver did not get any draft warranties, and even did not get many invitations to individual tryouts.

As a result, in the first leg of the individual trial, Keller Korver got a second-round guarantee, and David Falke was naturally very satisfied.

Keller Korver's solo tryout ended quickly, and Joe Hai was sure that the Rockets' first target was Keller Korver, the 15th pick in the second round.

Camero's tryout went well, and on the sidelines, the conversation of Joe Hay and David Falke had turned to another player.

"Dwyane Wade will be in Houston the day after tomorrow for your individual tryout, but there's one thing I can't figure out, what do you think? How did you think of trying out Dwayne, he was bound to be drafted by the team in the lotto zone, do you have a picks in the lotto zone? ”

David Falke asked about Wade's individual tryouts and the Rockets' draft strategy.

It is worth mentioning that at Qiao Hai's suggestion, David Falke won agent contracts for rookies such as Wade, Anthony, and David West before the draft, and finally got the agent contracts of Wade and David West.

And at the same time, Tang Zhendong and Xue Yuyang's American agent is also David Falck.

Moreover, Qiao Hai spent 5 million US dollars, plus his vision and his connections in the Celestial Empire, to join David Falck's brokerage company and get a 20% stake in David Falke's brokerage company.

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Regarding Wade's draft issue, Qiao Hai smiled: "We have completed a deal, and the trade has been signed to the Pistons, but it has not been announced yet, because the deal includes James Posey, who is signed first and then traded, and the deal can only be completed after July 1, after the signing is completed." ”

David Falke immediately understood: "So, will the list pick Dwayne Wade or Carmelo Anthony?" ”

"It's pretty much certain now, if Dwayne's tryout doesn't go wrong, the list will definitely pick him." While speaking, Qiao Hai gave David Falke another draft promise.

David Falck smiled and left the Compaq Center with Keller Korver.

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In the afternoon, Josh Howard and others arrived one after another to complete the individual tryout.

Then the next day, Tang Zhendong and Xue Yuyang completed the separate trial of the rocket together.

In fact, at this stage of the solo tryout, Qiao Hai has basically determined the selection target in the draft.

On the third day of the solo tryout, David Falke showed up at the Compaq Center with Dwayne Wade.

Wade's solo tryout, he showcased his ability to control the ball, his ability to break through with the ball, and his athleticism.

Overall, Qiao Hai was satisfied with Wade's tryout.

Therefore, after the trial, Qiao Hai also made a promise: "We have obtained the Pistons' No. 1 pick through a trade, if the Cavaliers don't pick you with the first pick, we will pick you with the second pick!" ”

In fact, Qiao Hai's entire commitment is equivalent to Wade has locked up the top spot, because it is impossible for the Cavaliers not to choose LeBron James!

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In the solitary tryout phase before the draft, Qiao Hai gradually discovered one of the Rockets' shortcomings - they lacked a coach.

It's time to expand your coaching staff!

Qiao Hai made a few phone calls, and the Compaq Center Houston immediately had a few more coaches.

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In addition to the original Bernie Bixduff, ***.Bixduff father and son, Stan Love, Brad Stevens and Tang Yi.

Qiao Hai wants to poach Chip Engelland back from the Spurs as the team's shooting coach, but Chip Engelland signed a single contract with the Spurs with two years left on the contract, and Chip Engelland cannot leave the Spurs unless the contract is bought out.

Considering that he only had one year to go with the Rockets, Qiao Hai finally chose to give up poaching Chip Engelland, and wait until he went to Charlotte next season to poach Chip back with his own money.

But the team can't be short of shooting coaches, so Joe Hai hired retired Jeff Hornacek from his hometown in Illinois through David Falke as the shooting coach of the Rockets.

Hakeem Olajuwon left the Rockets, and Qiao Hai found Kareem Abdul-Jabbar through the relationship of Byron Scott as the team's interior coach to train Yao Ming's development full-time.

Elvin Gentry, who had just stepped down from the Clippers, also joined the Rockets at the kind invitation of Qiao Hai and became the offensive coach of the Rockets.

Stamford is still the chief assistant coach and part-time interior development coach, the elder Bixduff is the team's outside development coach, the defensive coach is Brad Stevens, Bixduff Jr. will also be in charge of the team's defense for the time being, and Tang Yi is still in charge of the team's video editing.

In Joe's second season in Houston, he assembled an entire coaching staff as quickly as he could.

Chief Assistant Coach Stan Loreford, Offensive Coach Elvin Gentry, Defensive Coach Brad Stevens, *** Bixduff, Outside Development Coach Bernie Bixduff, Inside Development Coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shooting Coach Jeff Hornacek and Video Editor Tang Yi.