After losing to the Jazz on the road, the Rockets went straight to Seattle, and on the plane to Seattle, the atmosphere was a little dull.

Garnett sat next to Olajuwon and whispered, "Hakim, why didn't the coach let us play last game?" ”

Olajuwon closed his eyes and heard Garnett's question, opened his eyes and whispered: "Kevin, you must know that this is the club's arrangement, we just need to execute it." ”

Garnett was still a little puzzled, and continued to ask: "The club's arrangement, why is it arranged like this, is there any plan?" ”

Olajuwon said indifferently: "Maybe some people are about to leave. ”

Garnett was stunned when he heard this, and said: "Leave, who is leaving, Bus, Rossi, Crohill, Sboga, or Antonio, who of them is leaving." ”

Olajuwon looked at Garnett and said with a smile: "Kevin, what are you kid doing in a daze, can't you kid still see it after so many years?" ”

Garnett reacted at this time, and said helplessly: "Someone is leaving again." ”

Olajuwon shook his head and said: "Kevin, this is business, you must know that the current rockets can only bring people who can keep up with them for a goal, and some people who are not suitable or unable to keep up will be thrown off, you must have such mental preparation when you start playing professional games, if you don't have such psychological preparation, you don't want to play professional games." ”

Ganeji nodded and said, "I know, Hakim, I just didn't expect it to come so quickly, I always thought that this kind of thing would not happen until after the end of the season." ”

Olajuwon patted Garnett and continued to close his eyes.

Garnett only shook his head bitterly, then closed his eyes and began to rest.

On April 5, 1999, the Rockets challenged the supersonic on the road, and the rested Rockets faced the supersonic team full of energy.

In this game, the bus was continued to start, Garnett returned to the main lineup, Crohill still occupied the starter, Ray? Aaron and Bodi Roga are also back in the main facelift.

After the start of the game, Daba continued to use his physical advantage on the inside, attracting defense for his teammates, tearing up space, and then passing, and also showed his best on the defensive end, he covered a lot of space under the basket, and the activity area was also large, coupled with excellent physical strength, and superior strength, so that the supersonic interior line was always under strong pressure.

The excellent performance of the bus made Olajuwon, who was doing it off the field, very happy, and it was very gratifying to see this excellent young man grow to such a point.

Lao Tang is also very happy to see the excellent performance of the bus, although he knows that the bus will leave the Rockets this year, but seeing that his subordinates can go out with such an excellent player, as a coach is also very happy, after all, the bus can only join the Rockets as a free agent, and it is already a miracle to be able to reach such a level with a base salary player.

The Rockets controlled the tempo on the court and ended the first quarter.

After a short break, the second quarter of the game began, and the Rockets still didn't replace the bus and Crohill, but replaced Garnett and replaced Malik? Rose, under Bodi Roga, the Rockets' three benches have shown great competitiveness.

Crohill and Ray? Allen's two big pitchers are constantly biting the supersonic perimeter guard, and Payton doesn't have many ways to face Bodi Roga, you can prevent others from scoring, but you can't prevent others from assisting.

Now the Rocket's offensive power on the court is still quite strong, and there is no need for a point guard like Bodi Roga to make a move, all he has to do now is to get the ball into the hands of open players.

The entire second quarter of the game was simply the Rockets' half-court offensive and defensive drills, Bodi Roga's scheduling, the bus's response, mid-range shooting and offense under the basket, Malik? Ross has solid fundamentals under the basket, and from time to time he comes to a miniature version of the 'Dream Dance', Crohill and Ray? Allen's accurate projection on the outside, for a while, the supersonic people were like a group of high school students, and they were stupid by the Rockets' passing and scheduling.

By the end of the second quarter, the Rockets had stretched the score to more than 12 points.

At halftime, Lao Tang praised happily, and the Rockets' bench players heard Lao Tang say to the bus: "Hey, Daba, you played really well, I thought it was the 'African Mountain' standing on the court, well done." Malik, you're doing a good job, making up for the gap left by Kevin, you have to know that your kid is facing Wen? Baker, although he is an alcoholic now, his strength is still very good, and I hope you will continue to maintain it. Austin, you're a great kid too, your shot was perfect today, and it looks like Larry taught you a lot when you were on the Pacers. ”

Crohill said with a smile: "Larry didn't teach me a lot, but it's a bit expensive, every time I shoot, he can win 8 times out of 10, 100 dollars each time, and I lose more than 500 dollars a week." ”

Everyone chuckled in the Rocket, everyone still knew a lot about this matter.

However, Crohill changed his words and said: "However, after Cassel went, Larry met his opponent, and the two were absolutely evenly matched in terms of shooting, you must know that generally when Larry shoots in a game with a person, he will not lose if he presses on Larry's body, but after Sam went, it was not like this, and only God knows whether he wins or loses." ”

When Lao Tang heard this, he laughed and said, "Yes, Kenny's stinky boy was not less soaked by Sam back then." Okay, let's not talk about anything else, I'll tell you about the precautions for the second half of the game. ”

After speaking, he picked up the tactics board and explained the specific tactics loudly.

After halftime adjustments, the Seattlemen tried to start a counterattack. Baker's repeated attempts to punch Marik? Rose, but in Malik? With Ross' strong defense, the supersonic attempt failed.

Payton was also lost in Bodi Roga's defense, and Schramf didn't have much to do against Crohill, who was more than 10 years younger than him.

After the third quarter of the game, the SuperSonics lost the ability to resist.

In the fourth quarter of the game, it can only be regarded as an offensive and defensive drill between the two sides, 111:99, after the Rockets lost to the Jazz, the Rockets once again opened their own way to victory.

After beating the supersonic Rockets, they returned to Houston to face the Warriors and Spurs on their home court.

Golden State is easy to deal with, but Spurs are not so easy to deal with.

After returning to Houston, the bus received a call from Tiger, who said, "Bus, can you come to my office after training tomorrow?" ”

The bus was a little strange, but still promised: "Okay, boss, I'll be on time, do you want to do something?" ”

Tiger smiled and said, "Here, you'll know." ”

With doubts, after the next day's training, the bus came to Tiger's office, knocked on the door, and Tiger's voice came from inside, saying, "Please come in." ”

The bus pushed the door in, Tiger looked up and saw that it was the bus, stood up with a smile and said, "Sit down, bus, I haven't talked to you for a long time, I see that you have been doing well recently, drink something." ”

The bus hurriedly said, "Let's have a cup of tea." ”

Tiger smiled, picked up the phone, and had two cups of tea delivered.

After taking a sip of the teacup, Tiger opened the conversation and listened to Tiger say, "Bus, you've been coming to Rocket for a few years." ”

The bus said without hesitation: "I have been in the United States for 4 years, and I have been in the Rockets for 3 seasons. ”

Tiger nodded, and said with some emotion: "Yes, it's been 4 years, I remember that you were only 20 years old when you came, and now you are 24 years old, time is really fast." ”

The bus also said with some emotion: "Yes, I remember when I first came to the United States, I was a rookie who didn't know anything, and now I have won the championship ring." ”

The bus shook his head a little self-deprecatingly, looking at the movements of the bus, Tiger smiled and said: "Okay, don't be emotional, we are not 7.80 years old, this time I called you to actually have something to ask for your opinion." ”

The bus paused for a moment and said, "Ask for my opinion, what's the matter." ”

Looking at the bus, Tiger's face gradually became serious and said, "Man, the Eagles have asked the Rockets to apply for a trade, and they want to trade you." ”

The bus was a surprise at the time, but a few years of foreign life have also honed the surname of the bus.

Surprised to surprised, Daba knew that in this alliance, there was no one who could not trade, just to see if the chips were enough.

The bus groaned for a moment and said, "What does the club mean?" ”

Tiger said: "Bus, what the club means is what you mean, we respect your ideas, if you don't want to leave the Rockets, I won't let you go." ”

Daba was silent, pondered there for a long time, and said, "Boss, who am I going to trade as a bargaining chip?" ”

Tiger looked at the bus and expressed his thoughts, Tiger said: "Bus, we want to get the top pick in the '99 draft, our chips are you, Malik and Crohill, I hope you understand that all this depends on you, you are different from others, you are personally brought out of China by me, we are more like friends." That's why I came to you to discuss. ”

The bus didn't squeak, silently took a sip of tea, and then said, "Boss, can I know who your target for next year is?" ”

Tiger said in a deep voice, "It's Da Yao." ”

The bus looked stunned and said, "You mean Da Yao." ”

Tiger nodded very calmly and said, "Yes, I'm talking about Da Yao." ”

The bus thought for a moment and said, "The place I'm going to is the eagle, right?" ”

Tiger said: "Yes, they are very sincere, they decided that after you go to the Hawks, they will trade Mutombo away, and they will leave you with the main position, if they don't have such an idea, I will let you Hawks at all, you can get a main position after leaving the Rockets, I think your performance will be even better, to be honest, the position of the Rockets bench is already a loss for you, you have the ability to play the main force in the league." ”

The bus thought for a long time and said very calmly: "I agree with your suggestion, boss, but I want my trade to be after this year's competition." ”

Tiger looked at the bus with a calm face, his heart was very uneasy, Tiger said: "I'm sorry for the bus, I can only do this for the future of the Rockets, and you are also an eagle, this stage of the Rockets is not suitable for you, you are waiting for you to play on the bigger stage of the Eagles, I agree with their offer, the most important thing is that I don't want to delay your future, you must know that in the Rockets, you can only continue to substitute, you can become an All-Star player if you go to the Hawks, I believe in your strength very much." ”

Tiger said these words very sincerely, looking at Tiger with a sincere face, the bus smiled, and listened to the bus say: "Boss, I understand your thoughts, don't worry about it, we are all friends." ”

With tears in his eyes, the bus left the office.

Looking at the somewhat gloomy back, Tiger sighed, not knowing what to say.

However, for the sake of the future of the rocket, Tiger can only go on with a hard heart, sorry, bus.

(To be continued)