Chapter 50: Post-Match Press Conference
After the match, Yao Ming appeared at the press conference, and too many people expressed anticipation for his comeback. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
A reporter asked, "Yao Ming, you played about 24 minutes in this game, 20 points and 12 rebounds on 9-of-16 shooting, although your state seems to be recovering very well, but you played so long in the first game of your comeback, is this your own decision or the coaching staff's recovery plan." ā
"In terms of playing time, we are all according to the original recovery plan, of course, this game did play a little longer than the original scheduled plan, of course I hope it is a gradual process, but this game I feel that my body reaction is very good, I will continue to find my own NBA game reading, body feeling and coordination, I hope to bring you a more enjoyable game, thank you."
"So how are you preparing and looking forward to the new season? With the Heat, Celtics, and Bulls in the East and the defending Lakers, Spurs and the newly rising Thunder in the West, what do you think of the Rockets' goals this year? ā
As for his preparation for the new season, Yao Ming said, "Recovering from form will be like a climb, which is very difficult. Basically, I probably need more than 10 or 20 regular season games to recover, and hopefully those can get better and better, and it's definitely not enough to rely on the preseason, including training. "I hope it's a climb and eventually I'm going to climb to the top." Yao Ming is still optimistic about his recovery.
ESPN reporter Traola suddenly stood up and asked, "I want to ask the head coach of the Rockets, Mr. Adelman, last season's Rockets became a very fast team during Yao Ming's injury, a bit similar to running and shooting, although last season the Rockets only finished with 42 wins and ranked third in the Southwest Division and missed the playoffs." Now that Yao Ming has returned, will Coach Adelman still stick to the speed-driven style of play that he did last season? ā
"First of all, I'm very satisfied with the Rockets' state of play tonight, and Yao Ming's first game after his comeback was remarkable." Adelman said, "Yao Ming and the team are still in tune with the current pace, and the team has no plans to slow down. Our games will be no different from last season, Yao Ming has missed a season, but he was not the focus of attention last season. Whether he's playing on the team or not, we're going to play according to the plan, just like the Lakers did in the '80s, and we're not going to change our rate of advancement. ā
"I would like to ask you, Coach Adelman, in the new season, as the leader of the team, will Yao Ming's newly operated foot support his 7-foot-6 height and 310-pound weight?" Still Traura, very acute question.
Coach Adelman gave Traura a deep look, he didn't like the female reporter very much, but he still responded directly to the question, "There is no doubt that I hope Yao Ming can always be so healthy, and this kind of surgery is not without precedent, NBA player Zajunas Ilgoskas had the same surgery as Yao Ming in 2000, but he eventually became one of the most durable players in the league." It's an exciting precedent, but one thing I have to admit is that no one can say that a player of Yao Ming's physique can do what he can do like Ilgoskas, and it is with this in mind that the Rockets signed center Brad Miller as Yao Ming's backup in the offseason, intending to share Yao Ming's playing time, and we are making an offer to center Eric Dampier in the hope that he will accept our offer contract. ā
Speaking of this, Adelman couldn't help but glance at Maverick Carlisle, who was sitting on the sidelines, after all, the center player the Rockets are quoting Eric Dampier played for the Mavericks last season, and played for the Mavericks for six seasons before.
Adelman is also a little helpless when he thinks of this, the Rockets have long stated that Yao Ming can only play about 24 minutes per game in the new season, so there will definitely be a certain degree of vacuum in the position of center.
In fact, the Rockets continued to make an offer to Eric Dampier after signing Brad Miller for three years, $15 million, and they really didn't want to repeat last season's dilemma of having 1.98-meter-tall Chuck Hayes top 82 games at the No. 5 position. The question is, what if Miller, the 34-year-old Sr. who was in the regular season, also can't play due to injury? In other words, for the Rockets, it is still necessary to sign another center spare tire.
What happened to the Boston Celtics last season taught the NBA a wise saying: Don't be too big at any time.
The reporters' questions at the press conference all revolved around Yao Ming and Rockets coach Adelman, and Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle and Mavericks star Nowitzki did not feel uncomfortable.
One is because Yao Ming has his own influence in the league, as long as there is a place where Yao Ming exists, there will be no shortage of news hotspots, and the first game after returning from injury The media threw all the hot spots on Yao Ming, which was not surprising to Rick Carlisle and Nowitzki.
Maverick Carlisle head coach Rick Carlisle was a little out of the world because of his leisure, but suddenly a reporter asked, "Excuse me, Coach Rick Carlisle, as we all know, the Mavericks have made a lot of moves this offseason, Tyson Chandler, Dominic Jones, Steve Novak and Lin Hao, etc." But not many people are optimistic about them, although Tyson Chandler was the main force of the Bobcats before coming to the Mavericks, he only averaged 6 points and 6 rebounds per game, Dominic Jones is a scoring guard with a three-point shooting rate of less than 20, not to mention Lin Hao, just a draft loss. But in just two games, we found that Lin Hao and Tyson Chandler had a very good chemistry, and this game was a magical air catch to kill the Rockets with a point behind, so at the last moment of the game, Coach Rick Carlisle sent them on the court to prepare for this, and what is your position for Chandler and Lin Hao in the team? ā
'We're a defensive-minded team and that's my personal style. After the hard lessons of last season's playoffs, we learned the hard way and traded in boxing champion Tyson Chandler to strengthen our interior line, Chandler is a very tough player, both height and athleticism, as one of the league's top defensive interior players, Chandler is not only excellent in individual defense but also excellent in assisting, and he will occupy a very big position in my defensive system. ā
"As for Lin Hao, to be honest, the player that Donnie Nielsen, President of Mavericks Operations, has a fancy to was not in my player map originally. But in these two games, Lin Hao's defense didn't look as weak as I thought, on the contrary, his defense was beyond my expectations. Plus, he's a pretty smart player, a bit like Jason Kidd. Adelman chuckled here, "Lin Hao is characterized by fast speed and sharp breakthroughs, but his shortcomings are also obvious, his jump shot is unstable, and his handling of the ball is still not delicate enough in the face of multiple people, of course, he is still a newcomer who has just entered the NBA, but I still hope that he can grow up more quickly." ā