Chapter 298: We Have No Regrets.
The All-Star weekend is over, O'Neal and Duncan get the MVPs, and Garnett is a little blushing. But Tiger said something in his ear, Garnett didn't say anything with a smile, Tiger whispered in Garnett's ear: "Kevin, I guess if you go to trade that MVP with them with your championship ring now, I guess Duncan and Shaq will definitely come over with a fart." ”
When Garnett heard this, it was the same thing, and immediately the little caution in his heart was completely gone.
And seeing Carter's dunk, all the players of the Rockets are sighing, jumping really high, hehe, that is, jumping high, and other things are very ordinary.
The Rockets players quietly left Orlando, and the Rockets' special plane took away all the families of the Rockets players, and everyone returned to Houston together.
The Rockets are back at home to take on the visiting Pistons at No. 16. However, back in Houston, Tiger welcomed a pair of visitors.
On this day, Tiger was in his office dealing with some ordinary things, when he heard a knock on the door, and Tiger didn't look up and said, "Please come in." ”
After pushing the door open, the two people who came in made Tiger stunned, and Bodiloga and Saullius walked into the office together, and Tiger asked strangely, "Dejan, Sboga, do you have any business?" Don't go to Rudina to train, come to me, you really want to double your training. ”
Looking at Tiger who was still confused, Bodiroga said with some bitterness: "Boss, I and Sboga are here to discuss something with you." ”
Tiger looked at the two who were still standing, raised his hand and motioned for the two to sit down, and the two sat on the sofa, looking at each other, waiting for the other party's first Tiger to speak.
However, in the end, Tiger opened his mouth first, and Tiger said with a smile: "You, what do you two big men mean by your eyebrows flirting with me, don't come to tell me today that you are Brokeback Mountain." ”
Listen to Tiger jokes. Both of them smiled wryly, it was really hard to say. However, in the end, it was Bodi Loga who spoke first: "Boss, Sboga and I have come to you today without any other thoughts, just to talk to you about something." ”
Tiger shrugged and said, "Say, I'll listen, why do I think you two are so verbose today, it's not refreshing at all, let's talk about it quickly." ”
Bodiloga took a long breath and whispered, "Boss, Sboga and I are going to go back to Europe to play after this season." ”
Bodiloga's words were like a bolt from the blue to Tiger, and Tiger was shocked and looked at Bodiloga and Saullius in a daze.
After a long while, Tiger trembled and picked up the cigar that had been placed in his seated position, lit it with great difficulty, and then took a big puff.
A large amount of smoke was inhaled into Tiger's lungs, possibly due to the excessive smoke, and Tiger coughed violently. Seeing Tiger like this, Bodiloga and Saullius quickly stood up, stood up anxiously, and said loudly: "Boss, are you okay?" ”
As he spoke, he was about to come over and take a look, Tiger raised his hand to stop them, signaling that there was nothing wrong with him, and after a moment of silence, Tiger said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Why do you want to go back to Europe, is it that you are not having a good time in the rocket, or do you feel that you are not valued." ”
Bodi Loga hurriedly said: "Boss, we have a very good life in the Rockets, whether it is the coach or the players, whether it is the general manager of Dawson or the owner, there can hardly be a team with such an atmosphere in the whole league, it is even more impossible to say that it is not taken seriously, I am now the starting point of the Rockets, and Sboga has also become the best substitute for the team, if you feel that this is not taken seriously, then we are really too greedy." ”
Saullius on the side also nodded very solemnly, in the past few years since he came to the rocket, the rocket really didn't treat these two brothers badly.
Hearing this, Tiger was even more strange, and suddenly he remembered a reason, Tiger said with a solemn face: "Is there anyone who has put pressure on you." When he said this, Tiger said in a calm tone.
Listening to Tiger Senran's tone, Bodiloga and Saullius hurriedly shook their heads, shaking their heads so loudly that they felt that they were using some force, and their heads went out. Yes, if they don't show it accurately, I don't know how many people will be unlucky.
Saullius hurriedly said: "Boss, don't think crooked, no one puts pressure on us at all, it's our own problem, to be honest in the United States in the past few years, we still haven't been able to adapt to the rhythm of the United States, Dejan and I have always wanted to go back to Europe to play, you see we have everything we should have now, the championship ring, this year is over, it's three consecutive championships, we can be called the players of the first dynasty of the rockets, I may be worse, but Dejan is definitely one of the cores." All we feel like we don't have anything to pursue in the United States, we want to go back to Europe to live the life we are used to, we have made a lot of money in the past few years, and we are homesick. ”
Saullius's words made Tiger speechless, especially when they first came, Dejan let himself fool him, and Saullius was also half-coaxed and half-deceived to abduct, and they all wrote in their contracts that they could go back to Europe at any time to develop, and Tiger really had no reason to stop others.
Tiger thought for a moment and continued to persuade: "Dejan, Sboga, I know what you think, and I don't want to stop your thoughts, but you have to know this, then the attention you receive in the NBA and the attention you receive when you play in Europe are absolutely two different things, you are value-added in the NBA, and you are depreciated in Europe." This will be a huge blow to your income. ”
Bodiloga and Saullius looked at each other and smiled, Bodiloga said to Tiger: "Boss, do you think we are players for money, you should know that there are many NBA teams, we even offered a very high price, but we refused, we can definitely make our rich life for a lifetime with the income from playing for a few years, money is no longer a problem for us." ”
Tiger thought about it, it's the same thing, Bodiloga has been in the NBA for 5 years, the salary income of these 5 years plus the advertising expenses of sponsors, is definitely a not low number, and Bodiloga has no bad habits, the money is basically saved, and it is all invested in Tiger's fund, although the expansion of the Tiger financial consortium in the past five years, he has not made less money, Saullius is relatively less, but the net worth of tens of millions of dollars is still there, and no matter how much money there is, it is already a number for them.
Looking at Bodiloga and Saullius, with firm and clear eyes, it seemed that Tiger should not find a reason to refuse them, and after thinking for a while, Tiger finally said: "Okay, Dejan, Sboga, I agree to what you said, but I have one condition. ”
Bodiloga and Saullius were stunned, not knowing what conditions their boss was still using.
The two thought for a moment, and Saullius said, "Boss, I want to hear your conditions and see if we can accept them." ”
Tiger smiled very brightly and said: "My condition is that after you go to Europe, it is best to play in my club, I don't want to see you beat my team in Europe, but I promise you that your income is definitely the same as your current income, you can rest assured." ”
The two of them listened to Tiger's words, laughed loudly, and listened to Bodi Loga say: "Don't worry, boss, there is absolutely no problem with this, but you can break the bank, our current value is definitely super players in Europe." ”
When Tiger heard this, he waved his hand indifferently and said, "Your boss, there is not much else, but there is a lot of money, there is no way, now I am poor and have money left." ”
Tiger's casual self-deprecation drew laughter from Bodi Loga and Saullius, but the most pleasing thing was that their problems were resolved satisfactorily, and the two could return to their familiar Europe to play next season.
And after promising that Bodiloga and Saullius will be in Europe, they will definitely cause a lot of passivity to the Rockets on the guard line. However, the current rocket soldiers are more general, not so much that they will not hurt their muscles and bones, although it will cause a decline in combat effectiveness, but it will definitely not deal a blow to the complete surname of the rocket, and the only thing to do next season is to find a qualified backup guard.
Thinking of this, Tiger was a big head again, thinking about the scum-like 2000 draft, and finding a suitable good guard.
Pressing Tiger headache aside, the Rockets finally won their first opponent since the All-Star Game after a few days of rest, the Pistons.
The spirited Rockets faced the Pistons at home, and before the game began, many media felt that there was no big suspense in this game, but an unexpected scene appeared.
After the start of the game, under the leadership of Hill and Starkerhouse, the Pistons who were fighting away began to put up a stubborn resistance, and Hill exploded into unprecedented combat power in the face of this Horry's kraft-like defense.
His first step like the wind really made the opponent very difficult to guard, and today's Hill is even more difficult to defend, Hill, who is in very good condition, looked at Horry in front of him, and said softly: "Robert, you can't stop me today." ”
Horry smiled faintly and said, "Grant, come on, trash talk is not your forte, you are a good boy, your best way to hit your opponent is to attack, you know?" It's not trash talk like the villains in the league. ”
Listening to Horry's words, Hill smiled kindly. However, laughing back to laughing, the offense can't be left behind, just see the basketball in Hill's hand slammed down, the first step that is known as the fastest in the league was stepped out, really fast, fast is difficult to prevent, such an opponent is really a nightmare for all defenders.
Horry could only look at the opponent, go away, break through Horry's Hill, and enter the rocket's penalty area with one big stride, holding the ball in one hand, facing the big Ben that has been made up, jumping up like a big peng bird with wings spread, his legs provide him with huge energy for his flight, and the powerful waist and abdomen strength also provide him with enough time to stay in the air, facing the vicious Big Ben, Hill's handsome face showed unprecedented perseverance, and he met it without flinching, staggering the big hand that Big Ben tried to block, The bodies of the two collided in the air.
With a loud bang, the powerful power of the two erupted, and Hill, whose face was a little distorted because of the impact with Big Ben, smashed the basketball in his hand into the basket behind Big Ben without hesitation.
With a bang, as the loudspeaker on the rebound spread throughout the court, the fans at the Rockets' home court screamed, and even some home fans began to applaud Hill's dunk.
Even the commentators on the scene, the die-hard fans of the Rockets, Kenny? Smith and Drexler also applauded Hill's dunk, Kenny? Smith exclaimed, "This is Grant? Hill, once some people said that he was Jordan's successor, and he was qualified with this dunk, and today's Big Ben was a little unlucky, and he became the background of such a wonderful dunk, and he was a little depressed. ”
Drexler chimed in, "You're right, Kenny, but I've always felt that Hill is a little bit behind, he's too gentlemanly. ”
Kenny? Smith sneered: "I said Clyde, are you praising him, or praising yourself, you were also a humble gentleman in the alliance back then, how could you speak ill of the former Hill." ”
Drexler looked at his partner and said, "Kenny, you kid shut up, I was such a humble gentleman back then and didn't win the championship, didn't I have a chance to win the championship when I met you as a villain." ”
Kenny? Smith was immediately speechless, and your admit, Drexler, made a lot of sense, if there were not a few dirty players on the team, it would be delusional to want to win the final victory.
At this time, the situation on the court is in a state of anxiety, the Rockets are relying on the offense of the whole body, and the Pistons are now relying on Hill's strong combat power to maintain the offense.
This is the urgent need for someone to take on his pressure, and at the beginning of the second quarter, Stackhouse stepped up, although off the court Stackhouse felt that Hill was not yet a qualified leader, and he had always wanted to replace the opponent, but such a thing needs to be recognized by the whole team.
But now Stackhouse has not reached that level to replace Hill, but today's Stackhouse's performance is eye-catching, sharp breakthroughs, accurate three-pointers, made him Hill's most effective helper in the second quarter of the game, and the two broke out after the start of the second quarter of the game.
Looking at the anxious game between the two sides, Tiger on the sidelines didn't care at all, because he knew that Lao Tang would definitely have a way, and now the Pistons are not the opponent of the Rockets.
The biggest headache for Tiger now is that after Bodiloga leaves, the Rockets need a qualified backup guard, watching the form of the game on the court, watching Hill who is running on the court.
A flash of inspiration flashed in Tiger's mind, and a person popped up in his mind, yes, why didn't I think of him, it's amazing, if he comes, as long as he returns to 50% of his strength, then he can completely become the main substitute for the Rockets on the guard line.
The injury on his body, Tiger thought about it, this can go back and ask the group of researchers under him, it is estimated that there is no big problem, I don't want a full state, 50% is enough.
And the departure of Saullius, the Rockets made up for it with people, Bowen is about to be the bench for the whole season, and next season will also make this famous defensive expert bubble up.
And Halplin has also begun to show his face after a season of polishing, and with the addition of a Mobley, the Rockets' backcourt artillery group has been prepared.
Thinking of this, Tiger couldn't help but smirk, and Amy could only cover her eyes helplessly when she looked at her husband's appearance beside her.
Just as Tiger was giggling, the second quarter of the game between the Rockets and Pistons was over, and the two sides were tied. Players on both sides are in their own dressing rooms to receive adjustments from their own coaches.
From the second half of the game, the Rockets strengthened the defense of Team Hill and Starkhouse but with little effect, and Hill and Starhouse, who had gone crazy, were like a two-headed snake, constantly injecting venom into the Rockets' strong body.
And now the Rockets can only keep relying on eating antidote to suppress the poison, and this antidote is the Rockets' sharp offense, the Rockets players on the court, after finding that their defense has no impact on Hill and Starkerhouse, the Rockets also began their own offense.
The offensive battle between the two sides at the beginning of the third quarter made the fans at the Rockets' home court addicted, and the best performance in this one was the calm Bodi Loga.
Under the organization of Bodi Loga, the Rocket's offense began to become active, effective, ferocious, and sharp.
Throughout the third quarter of the game, the Rockets showed strong combat effectiveness, letting everyone know that the Rockets can defeat their opponents even if they don't rely on defense.
When the fourth quarter of the game began, the relationship between the Rockets and the Pistons was even more white-hot, one side of the Rockets went in, and the Pistons over there will definitely change one, and both sides are supporting to see who can survive whom.
When there were 21 seconds left in the game, the two sides played a draw again, 106:106,.
The last offensive opportunity was in the hands of the Rockets, leaving only 21 seconds left for the Rockets to make a lore, and after a timeout, the Rockets quickly sent out the ball, and all the Pistons players on the court raised their attention to the highest level.
Hill is also constantly paying attention to the situation on the court, he is also guessing who it is, just when he was guessing, the rocket suddenly made a mistake, when the ball was passed to Big Ben, Big Ben accidentally got rid of the basketball, and Hill next to Big Ben quickly hit the basketball out, and at the same time, he also started quickly, ready to kill the opponent in the end.
But at the last moment, a white figure appeared in front of him, and the basketball that was knocked away was gently taken into his arms, and he shot a three-pointer under Hill's surprised gaze.
When the basketball sounded at the red light, it accurately drilled into the basket, and the sound of "bang" basketball and basketball net rubbing was so beautiful.
109:106 The Rockets relied on Bodiloga's last-minute three-pointer to beat the Pistons.
(To be continued)