Houston, the largest city in Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, and the largest economic center on the Gulf Coast. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When it comes to Houston, Yang Long's first reaction is rockets. After all, in Da Yao's not-so-lengthy career, he led the Rockets to bring too many vivid memories to Chinese fans.

However, Houston is not civilized because of the NBA's Rockets, Houston is a real aviation city, the location of the Johnson Aviation Center and the Mission Monitoring Center in the United States. When man landed on the moon for the first time, he said 'Houston' because he had to get in touch with the staff at the mission monitoring center.

If he could stay here, Yang Long would definitely have to go to the Aerospace Science and Technology Center to browse, but now Yang Long's purpose is no longer that, he is now going to the training venue of the Rocket Team.

It was July 2003, and the Toyota Center Arena was not yet the home of the Rockets, and it was the offseason, which made the Rockets' training venue even more bleak.

After explaining his intentions, Yang Long was allowed to enter the training hall, and it was obvious that Dawson had already greeted him in advance.

Yang Long saw a black buddy who was close to his height, but looked much tougher, wearing a Rockets jersey and shooting casually on the court, that person used his left hand, plus some memories of his own, Yang Long knew that the person in front of him was the person he was looking for - Catino Mobley.

Catino Mobley, 193 cm tall, 96.5 kg in weight, plays as a scoring guard, nicknamed Old Cat. The Old Cats are an inspirational model, selected by the Rockets in 1998 with the overall 41st pick in the second round, and a year after entering the league, he averaged 17.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in the just-concluded 02-03 season.

"Hello, Mobley!" Gathering courage, Yang Long shouted towards the basketball court.

Mobley stopped dribbling and looked at the comer, it was obvious that the person standing in front of him was Yang Long, yellow-skinned guys are not common, "Hello, Yang." ”

Seeing Mobley directly call out his name, Yang Long didn't feel strange, just like the general manager Dawson said, he had already greeted the old cat, "Dawson told me that you would take me to do some tests, so I came over." ”

"yes, I know." The old cat threw the ball to himself again, "He asked me to take you to do boring things like a lower body test." ”

"Haha, it's boring." Yang Long glanced at it, there were still a few staff members in the venue, and they were probably there for the timing of the test later, the venue layout, etc.

"I was just passing through here, and you know it's offseason, so everybody likes to go out and have fun." The old cat looked helpless, "I didn't expect to be caught by Dawson to do these boring things, it's really unlucky." ”

Yang Long had nothing to say, after all, he was the culprit who brought this experience to the old cat.

"Why don't we do something interesting." The old cat seemed to be suddenly interested, looking at Yang Long in front of him, his eyes flashed with relish.

"What's the matter?" Yang Long felt a chill in his spine, and thought to himself that this thing doesn't like what kind of broken back wind, Long Yangzhi is okay? Do you want to subtly rule yourself...... Absolutely not!

"Let's go head-to-head, if you can beat me, I'll tell Dawson that you passed the test."

"This ......" Yang Long is stupid, after all, the old cat is a macho man who has averaged 20+ per game in the past season, if he agrees, the probability of losing is a bit large, it is better to take the formal test channel to be more stable.

"You don't have to worry about Dawson's side, these buddies on the sidelines are also waiting to go home and play with their wives after the test early." The old cat thought that Yang Long was worried that there was no way to explain if he didn't test Dawson.

"So what if I don't win you?"

"If you lose, go to the test, don't worry, I just want to play with you, it's too boring here."

"Well, where's the locker room?" Having said that, Yang Long didn't know how to refuse. Yang Long knew that he might be able to use it, so he carried a jersey in his luggage.

How do you define this bullfight? When changing clothes, Yang Long thought in his heart, in the face of an old man of the team, his big brother in the future, will he do his best or do his best? But what if you are lucky enough to win, then how will you mix in the team after that, will you be excluded by this veteran?

"You go first!" As a newcomer, Yang gave up the opportunity to fight for the first offensive possession.

"Then you're welcome!"

Yang Long was stupid, he thought that he would retreat into advance, and the old cat, as the old man of the team, could return the ball to himself, but he didn't expect this guy to be so straight and not humble.