With the win over the Wizards, the Rockets had three days to recuperate.

People are unlucky, and they stuff their teeth when they drink cold water. This sentence is a perfect description of the current Rockets, and Maddy's bizarre injury has had a huge impact on the team.

On the surface, the Rockets also have a trio of Coronna Azubuke, Bunch Wells, and Luthor Hyde who can play shooting guard.

Bunch-Wells, in particular, is quite luxurious.

However, once the Rockets offered the Knicks a trade in exchange for Punch Wells for David Lee, only Hyde, who could not defend well, and Azubuike, who had average offensive ability, were left to replace Maddy.

The Rockets' original idea was to recall Jacobson, who was cut in the preseason, but the proposal was strongly opposed by Jeff Van Gundy, who is a very non-characteristic forward who can't help the team at all, and they need an impactful, point-stealing striker who can fill Maddy's void, or a shooting guard who is good at defense.

Last season's failure reminded the Rockets that if they want to stand on the big stage of the Finals and even win the championship, the Rockets must overcome injuries and take precautions in advance. Maddie's injury isn't serious, but if there are any more injuries to the back line in the near future, there will be big problems with their lineup.

At that time, even if the interior line is strengthened through trades, what will they use to compete with other strong teams? Let Hayes play defender?

In order to alleviate the shortage of backcourt manpower, the coaching staff decided to let scouts go to the NBDL to select people.

The NBDL, also known as the NBA Development League, is a second-tier league of the NBA and a talent pool in the NBA, which is mostly composed of players who have participated in the NBA draft or preseason. There are also people who have played in the NBA but have not performed well, and have been sent down to work out and wait for the team to call them up.

Any team in the NBA can select players to enter the NBA in the Development League, and it can also send players from its own team to the Development League for training. Generally speaking, the NBDL and the NBA team have the same tactical play and even defensive strategy, because the NBDL is to reserve the required talent for the parent team.

Since its establishment, the NBDL has produced many excellent players for the NBA. The most typical representatives are Hayes and Azubuk of the Rockets.

With previous successes, the Rockets coaching staff is more bullish on the NBDL than any team.

The next morning the whole team was on holiday, Jeff Van Gundy called at 11 o'clock, and Hayes was still asleep.

"Good morning, Jeff." Hayes picked up the phone and said in a daze.

"It's noon. You can really sleep. Jeff Van Gundy laughs.

"I was so tired yesterday to defend James, and against that guy, I was even more tired than playing for more than 40 minutes before." Hayes sat up, looked at the time, and said.

"Tracy has to take a two-week break, and now we're going to go to the NBDL to find a few short-term contract workers, do you have anyone you would like to recommend?" The coaching staff thought of asking Hayes before looking for someone, and last year, Hayes was in the development league, and he has experience.

"Development Alliance? There's one person I'd recommend, but I don't know if he's still in the Development League, if not, let the scouts go to him, his name is Giammario Moon, and there's no need to think about anyone else but him. ”

"The person you are talking about, the name is familiar, what is the position? Are there any features? Jeff Van Gundy asked over the phone.

"Small forwards, shooting guards can also play. Features...... He used to play Harlem basketball, ran faster than Maddie, jumped higher than Maddy, dunked at the free throw line, and shot well. As long as he comes, we can train him, and it will definitely work. Hayes said.

"Harlem basketball? Do you also like this...... So I'll let the scouts go to him, Gimario Moon, right? Jeff Van Gundy asked again.

"That's right. You must let him come to the trial, you can't lose. Hayes said excitedly. No team is paying attention to this quality strongman right now, and as long as the Rockets scouts can find Moon, they will definitely bring him to Houston.

The Harlem basketball team is known as "the most popular basketball team in the world", the Harlem basketball team was established in the early days of the main domestic games and performances, living a global traveler life, so far, according to incomplete statistics, they have visited 115 countries and regions, the audience has exceeded 100 million people. They combine amazing ball skills and humorous and funny performances; Turning the fierce basketball rivalry into an organic combination of art and sports, it has attracted countless audiences of all colors around the world. Known as the "Friendly Messenger", his opening accompaniment "Lovely Georgia Brown" has become familiar to many fans. Today's Harlem basketball team has grown into a multi-team sports organization based in its birthplace of Chicago.

The Harlem basketball team is full of high-quality supermen who are good at acting, performing various basketball actions to please the audience, such as empty dunks, windmill dunks, and 360-degree dunks.

Jamario Moon became one of those in 2004 and was at the top of the team.

However, he soon grew tired of the show and quit the team to continue chasing his NBA dream.

Moon, who is older than Yao Ming, 26 years old who failed to participate in the NBA draft or even be drafted by a college powerhouse, is now struggling in the Development League, earning up to $1,000 a week.

Hayes knew that in the 2007-2008 season, the Raptors signed a two-year contract with Moon and only a partial salary guarantee. After that, Moon played at the level of the Raptors and gradually sat in the main position of the team.

In that season, Moon got 8.5 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1.4 blocks in the all-around data, and his salary was only 770,000, which is definitely a low salary and high energy.

Moon's trait is obvious, and that is his athleticism.

He's able to make a lot of flowing dunks, and free-throw line dunks are pediatric for him. His amazing bouncing abilities earned him the title "Moon Man", which may not be a title because his last name is Moon. He's just as fast and intimidating, and he's a good fit for the Rockets, who lack passion on offense and talent on the roster.

Moon's defensive ability is not bad, Superman's physical fitness is destined to make him a good defender, and his defensive awareness certainly cannot be as strong as Battier, but when the opponent shakes him away and is ready to attack the basket, he can chase to the side with excellent explosiveness to block the opponent. So, Moon is a good defensive player, and his blocks and steals can bring new surprises to the Rockets' defense.

Moon is not the kind of player who jumps on the inside and doesn't play anymore as everyone thinks, and he also has the ability to shoot from a fixed point. He's the kind of player who often wanders around the perimeter, then slices inside from time to time, and then prepares to dunk, so Moon has a certain three-point shooting percentage when he is active on the perimeter. Playing on the outside of the Rockets, with the Big Three contained, there will definitely be no shortage of open opportunities, as long as Moon can shoot the open three-pointers, it will be an additional gain for the Rockets, and he can become a qualified substitute for Battier.

Moreover, Moon can also grab rebounds, and he grabs rebounds not by being stuck, but by bounce. His height when rushing to grab rebounds is unmatched, and if you just look at the ball-grabbing action, he is much more beautiful than Hayes and Yao Ming.

The above are the advantages, and the disadvantages of Moon are also very obvious.

Senior fans know that most of the players who are generally linked to the dunk will have a super low basketball IQ, Moon is indeed very lacking in basketball IQ, what he is good at is bouncing, it is difficult to fully integrate into the team's offensive system, he can be the team's booster, once he plays fast attack, he can drive full power, play efficiency and passion. But if he falls to the ground and attacks, Moon's role will be greatly diminished.

Moon is also prone to feints when defending alone, and it is not surprising if the opponent does a feint under the basket and Moon flies high and then smashes on the opponent's body.

Another disadvantage is that he doesn't attack with the ball. If a player can't attack with the ball, he can only take the turn of a role player, which is what the pseudo-fans call waste. Moon doesn't play with the ball at all, and his offensive methods with the ball are limited to rushing inside for dunks or fouls on fast breaks. Thankfully, the Rockets don't need him to attack with the ball, all he has to do is shoot the open ball that his teammates pass to him.

Hayes was looking forward to Moon's arrival. He can't play much role in weak teams such as the Raptors, so if he gets to the Rockets, what can he do? The Rockets have played 20 games and rarely had beautiful dunks, and Moon should be able to make up for that as long as he is on the court.

The poor Raptors, who were previously worried about Hayes as the future starting point guard Calderon, are now even the "moon man" who was supposed to belong to them next season is going to be robbed by the Rockets.

No way, who made Hayes a time-traveling man? Even if Moon is not suitable for the Rockets' offensive and defensive system, there is no loss in calling it to try.

After the call, Hayes lost his sleepiness, got up to wash, and ordered a takeaway pizza.

He finally finished playing away and had a vacation, and Taylor Swift was out for events again. This is the common annoyance of celebrities, they can make a lot of money, but most of them are too busy, so busy that they don't have time to fall in love, they don't have time to date.

If this continues, when will the relationship between the two be closer? Hayes didn't know, and he didn't want to take the time to think about it, he had to go with the flow.

After eating the pizza, Hayes watched TV for a while and felt idle. He thought about it a lot, and finally decided to go to the Toyota Center to practice.

When he feels empty and bored, playing basketball can stabilize his mood.

That's probably the biggest reason why he can play basketball well – he can't live without basketball at all.

In the NBA, it's not uncommon for mediocre people to succeed and gifted people to fail.

There are seemingly dull people who have a tenacious spirit, a determination that is as solid as a rock in any situation, a perseverance that can resist any temptation and move firmly towards their set goals.

And some people who are talented but not determined are likely to not have a clear goal and direction, and they will start to enjoy life when they have a little achievement, and they will be distracted by having fun and picking up girls, wasting their time and talent in vain.

That's the biggest difference between a winner and a loser.

Hayes had just finished his warm-up when security Kevin came in and said that a free agent wanted to see him and wanted to go one-on-one with him.

"Free agents want to go head-to-head with me? Isn't it because I'm doing too well and trying to scrap me off during the holidays? Not interested. Hayes laughed.

"Didn't you say that if you don't mix well and want to prove yourself, you can come to Houston to find you alone? I want to get a tryout in Houston. A black man walked in outside the gym and said.

This kid's ears are too good. Hayes said in his heart. The place where he and Kevin were talking was more than 10 meters away from the door.

Hayes immediately changed his smile and said, "Just kidding, can you still drive you away when you come?" Come on in. ”

The black man entered, his body thin and with an unruly face.

Hayes felt familiar to the man and asked, "What's your name?" Have we met somewhere? ”

"Of course we did, we were in the same draft, and my name is Van Weaver."

Van Weaver?!

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"Moon Man" is about to land in the NBA, and Van Weaver, who has a lot of fate with the Rockets, also appeared two years early.

Without the training of the NBDL, would Weaver, who was later called the "King of the Bats" by Chinese fans, be able to do it?

No matter who stays, the two will bring passion to the rocket!

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