Chapter 40: Morey's Troubles
Morey's whole morning was spent in blissful troubles, Jones's agent called, and a lot of crooked chatter, but those polite words can't be said by Morey, he himself says every day, and the core abstraction is nothing more than "Jones feels that his position in the team is unstable, and if the Rockets can guarantee his playing time and tactical position, then the contract renewal should not be a big problem"
But Wang Xiaoer's side he couldn't abstract such a logical answer anyway, McHale came to his office in the morning, because of Canberra's problems and Morey made a stinky face, and then dropped the sentence "Prepare a short-term contract for Wang Xiaoer, he won't go anywhere, of course you can not give it, after all, he also relies on defense to eat"
Morey wasn't sure if McHale's words were watery, his face was so long, who knows, but Saifei brought him a special report from the Houston Sports Newspaper, "It seems that this young man is quite capable of spraying" Morey said to Saifei, he was angry that Wang Xiaoer actually talked to the media about his contract first instead of with the management, but what made him unable to attack was that people were willing to suffer dumb losses and stay in the rocket, and then he went to spray people without talking about procedures, wouldn't it be too much?
Morey asked Saifei to call Wang Xiaoer to confirm the accuracy of the message, but Wang Xiaoer didn't answer, and it took a long time to reply to the text message "I'm playing 2K, I don't want to talk now, if he doesn't give me a short-term job, you can contact me again" A big-name style, Morey laughed when he heard it, "Cheng, this temper, the ability should not be small"
On this afternoon, Morey contacted Jones's agent in a hurry and started contract renewal negotiations in advance, the other party's meaning was very simple, "Guarantee Jones's 30+ time, and tactical position, let the Asian go, and then sign a 1-2 year contract around 3.5 million", Morey is not in a hurry to make a statement, he can't be in a hurry, with the Rockets entering the Western Conference finals last season, McHale's coaching ability has been greatly recognized, and the owner Alexander praised him, In last season's playoffs, Howard single-handedly supported the Rockets' interior defense, which is quite a dream of returning to the top, and to make decisions, these two cannot be avoided. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Compared with McHale's ambiguous statement, Howard directly threw a bomb "You have already taken Canberra, and then you have taken an interior defensive player from me, I will ask for a trade, not for anything else, for the championship", which made Morey have a splitting headache, and he himself knew that Wang Xiaoer put 300 middle class don't want to take a short-term job, if the Rockets don't sign someone, this is not kind, Howard's attitude, he didn't dare to make a decision at all, Saifei reminded him if he could ask the boss what he meant, and Morey held back the fire for a day, It erupted directly and sprayed Saifei's face
"Are you a pig man?! We're not talking about Wang Xiaoer, it's Howard, I don't care what ESPN ranking, every coach in the NBA knows that healthy is the No. 1 center and a playoff ticket! How many times have I told you to communicate more about Howard and Jones' relationship? Did you do it?"
"But they just won't call... Howard..."
"I know! I know Howard is a stubborn B, I didn't say he liked Jones, I just made him accept, is Jones that bad? He has a block in every game, and his defensive problems are magnified, and they are magnified by the Asian who can only play ten minutes a game! ā
There was silence in the office, and the secretary came in, wanted to hand in the materials, and quietly went out and closed the door. After a few minutes, Morey calmed down, he was angry, he knew, he walked up and patted Saifei on the shoulder, "Dude, you understand me, I'm not targeting you"
Saifei didn't speak, only nodded faintly
"Going to play away tomorrow?"
"Golden State Warriors"
"You tell McHale, show all his skills, tomorrow, just tomorrow, I'll give him a chance, he will arrange the lineup at will, tell him, I want to win, win last season's NBA championship!"
"A winner?" Saifei's words mean something, this ball is a grudge ball, the Warriors stepped on the corpse of the Rockets last season and approached the Finals, and now the Rockets are complete, Motai is back, Beverley is back, upgraded star PG Lawson, by the way, and Wang Xiaoer, Morey hopes to see how big the gap between the Rockets and the NBA championship is, he wants to see whether the current Rockets need to attack or defend, and this ball also determines the fate of the two players.
This afternoon, a big-name visitor came to the hotel where Wang Xiaoer lived, this person was Harden, Wang Xiaoer didn't know what Harden was dreaming of, how did he come here, but Harden himself came to say goodbye to Wang Xiaoer.
"Brother is like God, he is the messenger of the gospel" When Harden said this, he also deliberately made God's open arms and accept all beings, he was dressed in camouflage and sunglasses, Wang Xiaoer damaged him like a terrorist. Wang Xiaoer also wanted to talk to Harden about his contract, so in this way, he didn't beat around the bush
"Someone gave me 3 million for the middle class, right?" Harden took off his glasses in surprise: "You know? ā
Wang Xiaoer shook his head indifferently and put down the handle in his hand, "Frankly, don't you want me to go?" ā
"Why do you ask?" Harden looked surprised, whether it was pretending or real, Wang Xiaoer didn't bother to care, he couldn't make up his mind himself, Daisy said that yesterday, he felt that the team relationship was very complicated, everyone had their own ideas, but he didn't, he just wanted to play in the Rockets, but he was involved and became a weight.
"You, Coach McHale, Howard, Jones and I are wandering around in your hands, and we have become the weight of your mutual containment and attack" Wang Xiaoer wanted to make it clear, he thought that if the talks with Harden collapsed today, then even if he had no way out, he would have to get out of the Rockets if he didn't want to, but if he didn't talk about it, he couldn't get over this hurdle in his heart.
Wang Xiaoer is a bit of a logical cleanliness, something happened to him, he is bound to find out the reason, even if he knows the reason, he can't change the result, then he is willing, "It's okay to die at night" This sentence is quite high, but it is in line with his consistent style.
In his freshman year, Wang Xiaoer had a girlfriend, and the two of them were as good as glue, but at this time, Luo Guo didn't know where he heard the news, saying that the girl was looking for Wang Xiaoer to take revenge on her boyfriend, so Wang Xiaoer, in the spirit of scientific discovery, persevered and asked this girl, "Is this the case?" From the library, chased to the classroom, chased from the classroom to the hotel, and in the end, the two of them had a stiff quarrel on this issue, and broke up half a month later. The other party told him "not at all", after which he was relieved, the stone that had been pressed in his heart for a long time fell to the ground, he excitedly reported to Luo Guo, and then Luo Guo asked him, "Why didn't you follow the Internet?" Wang Xiaoer was playing Dota with great interest, and said that it was early to part. Luo Guo's thinking was a little short-circuited, stupidly stunned, listening to Wang Xiaoer still happily say, "I finally understand"