Gao Dazhuang's brilliant performance in the Rockets' preseason games has once again ignited the enthusiasm of domestic basketball fans, and after Gao Dazhuang joined the Houston Rockets as Yao Ming's 2002 to 2011 role as a "flower show" this summer, the Rockets have once again become the NBA team that Chinese fans pay the most attention to.

"I think Gao's impact is far-reaching," NBA commissioner Stern said in an interview with China Daily, saying that Gao's preseason performance proved that it's not just big players like Yao Ming who can thrive in the NBA, but also small Chinese players who can succeed in the NBA with their solid skills.

"It's a very important statement that small players can show themselves at the highest level and perform at their best in the league by improving their skills," Stern continued, "It's often said you need height to play in the NBA, but that's not true, we have a lot of great players who aren't big guys. ”

Due to poor form, Yi Jianlian returned to play in the CBA league this season, and Gao Dazhuang became the only remaining Chinese player in the NBA, but Gao Dazhuang, who first arrived in the NBA, performed better than Yi Jianlian and even Yao Ming in the preseason.

"It's a great opportunity for Chinese basketball and the NBA to develop in China, whether it's a high school league, a summer camp, a college league or a problem with the Chinese basketball system, but we'll see how Chinese players achieve their NBA path," said Sturt at the end of the interview, adding that he also launched a plan to expand the Chinese market for the next 15 years.

"The most important thing is the development of basketball in China," Stern said, "I think Yao Ming is the first and greatest player in China, and now the greatest basketball player in China is tall and strong."

Not only Chinese fans are looking forward to the performance of tall and strong, many American fans are also paying attention to this "flower show" from China, the famous American expert James Emilio wrote an article pointing out that the new season Rockets will play a performance that will surprise everyone, and tall and strong, Jeremy Lin and Asik are the three secret weapons of the Houstonians:

Few expect much from the Rockets for the new season, but head coach McHale is an exception, and they have made major roster changes this summer, signing Jeremy Lin and Asik with a lot of money, especially in the draft, and if the team's chemistry is right, the Rockets have a good chance of playing the dark horse of the league and shocking the league with their actions.

The first thing to say is Asik, as we all know, the Turk is a very outstanding defensive player, his rebounding efficiency deserves everyone's respect, he was only a small role in the Bulls before, but the stats don't lie, Asik played 7.6 points, 13 rebounds and 2.3 blocks in 36 minutes last season, of which the rebounding efficiency is second only to Howard and Love.

In the offseason, the 26-year-old Asik was working frantically on his offensive skills under the guidance of Dawson, and his potential was obvious, and McHale was a good low-post player when he played, so he will definitely be able to give Asik more and better points and teachings, if the latter can learn a few real passes of McShuai, it will become terrible on the court.

In fact, Asik is not the kind of big man who is good for attacking anything, he just hasn't had many opportunities to perform before.

As for point guard Jeremy Lin, we don't seem to need to say too much, he has a lot of mistakes, but there is no doubt that McHale's system will be tailored to Lin.

In other words, the Rockets' offensive system will maximize Lin's strengths and strengths, and the Harvard genius has the potential to become a top-10 point guard in the league.

Tall and strong is the third and most important reason why Emilio is bullish on the Rockets: he is a rare offensive genius who will occupy a place in the main lineup of the Rockets.

Tall and well-rounded in the preseason, ranking first on the team in a number of stats, dribbling and attacking in any area, he could even be one of the best performers in the rookie class.

The biggest feature of tall and strong is to break through and score, and the Rockets are not short of big men who play blocking and dismantling, and tall and strong will naturally be like a fish in water in the Rockets' tactics.

As the regular season approaches, and with personal trainer Tim Grover by his side, Tall Strong's daily life is "two points and one line": home and training arena.

Gao Da Zhuang needs to adjust to his best shape before the regular season begins, as he has promised to repay the domestic fans who have always supported him with a good performance.

However, in the quiet life, there is an undercurrent surging within Team Rocket.

The first to speak out is Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, as the league's young elite experience, Morey is still selecting suitable talents for the Rockets before the start of the season, and recently Morey has frequently "privately" met with big-name stars.

In fact, the Rockets executive has been dealing with "Warcraft" Howard before.

Recently, there have been rumors that Lakers management is ready to accelerate contract extension negotiations with Bynum, which is undoubtedly a signal that the Purple and Gold are ready to give up competing for Howard, before that, the Nets have announced the renewal of center Lopez, according to the league's relevant regulations, the Brooklyn will not be able to put Lopez on the shelf until January 15 next year.

In other words, the Rockets are currently the most likely team to get Howard, and although the latter has repeatedly said that he does not want to play in Houston, Rockets general manager Morey has always believed that if he can get "Warcraft" through a trade, then he is confident that he can convince Howard to renew his contract with the Rockets.

"Hoop World" has recently broken the news: Dwight Howard recently once again seriously warned the Rockets management that he will not consider playing in Houston for a long time.

"Yahoo Sports" expert Vojnarowski also revealed that the Nets are still Howard's first choice to join, and he made it clear in a recent face-to-face communication that Magic General Manager Hennigan sent him to the Nets in the middle of next season, of course, he is willing to consider joining the Lakers, but Howard firmly said that he is not willing to play for the Rockets.

The Howard camp even threatened that if he was forced to the Rockets, he would definitely jump out of his contract next summer to test the player market.

But in the opinion of expert Eric Pincus, Morey will not stop his progress because of the warning of "Warcraft", and his goal is only one Warcraft - Howard, Pinkus believes that Howard's warning cannot shake the Rocket's determination to chase him.

Judging from the current situation, the Rockets' offer is the most exciting for Orlando, and Morey is willing to send Martin's expiring contract, multiple future first-round picks and a number of potential rookies, and even willing to eat the garbage contracts of Turkoglou, Glenn Davis, Jason Richardson, Dujon and others, if the Lakers then withdraw from the Howard race, then Houston's hopes of getting "Warcraft" will greatly increase.

Despite signing Jeremy Lin and Asik with high salaries this summer, the Rockets still have plenty of flexibility and mobility in their salary space.

In order to welcome Howard, Morey even spared Scola in advance to make room, and if nothing else, Kevin Martin and Patterson will be the chips of the Rockets chasing Howard.

Morey is willing to pay any price for Howard, which is something that no other team has ever had, and Magic management will obviously seek to maximize the benefits in the trade, and this is precisely the potential advantage of the Rockets to get the "Monster".

"Focus, focus, run, move the ball," Rockets head coach McHale yelled in the gym.

This is a full-court five-on-five intra-team practice game, although the regular season is approaching, although the head coach is on the sidelines, many players in the Rockets are still affected by trade rumors, especially Martin, Parsons, and other players who continue to appear in trade rumors.

After another low-level mistake by Martin, head coach McHale blew his whistle in reluctance and then announced a ten-minute break.

"Did you get any message?" As soon as the panting tall and strong man sat down, Patterson appeared next to the tall man and asked in a low voice.

"No, I've already asked my agent, and he doesn't have any specific news there," Gao Dazhuang replied after taking a sip of water.

"I don't have any specific information yet, but what is certain is that this time the management is determined to bring in a big player," Patterson continued as he took the water handed by the tall man.

"Warcraft Howard?" Gao Dazhuang glanced at the center forward Asik who was sitting on the other side and said slowly.

"Probably, anything could happen before the final news comes out," Patterson said worriedly.

"It's not something we can decide, let's take it one step at a time," said the tall man, patting Patterson on the shoulder.

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In a dazed wait, the Rockets finally ushered in the long-rumored "big deal".

Early in the morning, the tall and strong mobile phone rang with a rapid ringtone, "Fagan? Looking at the name on the caller ID, Gao Dazhuang's heart tightened.

"The Rockets have completed negotiations and the team will hold a press conference this morning....... Fagan's hurried voice came from the phone.

"Is that him?" The tall man who hung up the phone fell silent for a while.