The moment he stepped out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport, he breathed in the hot and humid air, felt the subtropical temperature of Houston, and looked at Morey, the general manager of the Rockets with a smile on his face.

Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest city in the United States, and is known for its energy (especially oil), aviation industry, and canals

The Port of Houston is also the sixth largest port in the world and the busiest port in the United States.

Houston's official nickname is "Space City" because it is home to the Johnson Center for Aeronautics, where the American Aviation Surveillance Center is also located, and as a result, "Houston" is the first word Americans say on the moon after landing on the moon.

Houston is the largest economic center in the Gulf of Mexico, with 15 of the 500 largest companies in the country headquartered in Houston, while many other large companies also have their U.S. headquarters in Houston.

Houston is also one of the world's financial centers, with 629 commercial banks, 220 credit institutions, 659 mortgage agencies, and 905 securities trading institutions in the greater Houston area.

Houston is also a cosmopolitan city, with more than 70 countries having consulates or honorary consuls in the city, second only to New York and Los Angeles in terms of consular size.

"A cosmopolitan city full of charm" was Gao Dazhuang's first impression of Houston.

Houston Rockets - Most people would think that the Houston team was called "The Rockets" because NASA was here, but interestingly, the team was named not in Houston, but in the original San Diego, and like many other teams, the name was chosen from a name contest because it fits San Diego's nickname "City in Motion."

The Rockets were undoubtedly fortunate compared to the troubles of other teams' names, as the name was fitting and became even more true after moving to Houston, the seat of NASA, in 1971.

The Houston Rockets can be said to be the NBA team that Chinese fans are most familiar with, because the tall and strong former owner Yao Ming played for the Rockets as the champion show, and the Rockets brought too much love and hate to Chinese fans, Yao Ming, Maddy, Francis, Battier, Mutombo, Artest, Mobley, Scola ...... One by one, familiar names compose the rise and fall of Team Rocket.

In fact, the current Rockets are in the rebuilding stage, in the 2011-2012 season, the Rockets 34-32 in the regular season, ninth in the West for three consecutive years, and once again missed the NBA playoffs, but Houston is a charming city, and the Rockets' top management is also very capable, which also makes Gao Dazhuang full of expectations for this team.

And the Rockets did show enough sincerity, and team owner Alexander quickly met with Gao Dazhuang at the Toyota Center, and completed the signing with "Tanhua" Gao Dazhuang as soon as the signing opened.

Under the negotiation of the devil's agent Fagan, the Houston Rockets signed a 3+1 contract with Gao Dazhuang, the first three years of Gao Dazhuang is a restricted player If the team has no intention of exchanging him, he must reach 3 years in the team, and the last year after 3 years is a restricted free agent, the team has the priority to renew his contract, if the team does not need to contract him, Gao Dazhuang can leave freely.

The total amount of Gao Dazhuang's first contract reached $18.98 million over four years, with a salary of $4.12 million in the first year, $4.47 million in the second year, $4.81 million in the third year, and a whopping $5.58 million in the fourth year.

"This is going to be a multi-millionaire?" The moment Gao Dazhuang signed, he himself was in a trance and sighed.

"Welcome to join" When Houston Rockets owner Alexander and Gao Da Zhuang's hands were tightly clasped together, it officially represented Gao Da Zhuang's smooth entry into the Houston Rockets.

"Gao Fu Shuai" Gao Dazhuang officially began his life in Houston, and the first thing to solve was undoubtedly the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Houston has two Chinatowns, the old one is south of the city center, south of Highway 59, due to the recession of the downtown area, and most of the new Chinese immigrants do not live in the downtown area, in the nineties, due west of the city center to the junction of Bailey Avenue and Highway 8, a new Chinatown was gradually formed, and the scope is quite large.

Gao Dazhuang rented a three-bedroom and two-living room high-end apartment in the new China Town, the location of this apartment is quite complete in terms of transportation and surrounding supporting facilities, and more importantly, Yao Restaurant is next to the park, a large number of Chinese restaurants can not only solve the problem of tall and strong diet, but also contact more Chinese can alleviate the pain of homesickness of Gao Dazhuang.

After solving the problem of living, Gao Dazhuang decided to buy the first car in his life, and after a whole day of selection, Gao Dazhuang finally chose the Hummer H2 that was very suitable for the American western style, which cost Gao Dazhuang 130,000 US dollars, and later Gao Dazhuang told his friends that this car should be regarded as a gift from him.

"This car is good," said the tall agent Fagan, sitting in the passenger seat, with a smile, "but I think it will be possible to change to a better one soon."

"I love this car and will keep it until I am old," says Tall and Strong with a smile, "I've been looking forward to owning a car like this for a long time."

Although he did not accept Fagan's advice in terms of housing and travel, in other professional aspects, Gao Dazhuang still respected this capable agent, and under Fagan's recommendation, Gao Dazhuang hired American Tim Grover as his personal trainer.

Grover was once Jordan and Kobe's professional trainer, and has helped many top NBA basketball players to recuperate, including Jordan, Kobe, Maddy, Wade, etc., this time the famous conditioning master in the sports world is ready to help the tall and strong recover their physical and mental condition.

Grover's first words when he saw Gao Dazhuang touched Gao Dazhuang: "Talent is flowing in the blood, and all that is waiting is release"

Charles Barkley once said of Grover: "No one knows more about cutthroat rivalry, killer instincts and how to run over your opponents than Tim, he's a master at building championships."

Scottie Pippen once said: "Tim Grover made his athletes realize that no matter how talented they are, hard work is always the only secret to success"

Hakeemola commented that "Tim Grover's training has given me a lot of confidence in my abilities"

Under Grover's guidance, Gao Dazhuang began to prepare for the season, during which he visited the famous Houston Space Center, Herman Park, Miller Amphitheater, Rice University,

The ancient battlefield of San Gicinto and much more.

During this time, the Houston Rockets' top brass was not idle: they first successfully intercepted Jeremy Lin from the New York Knicks with a staggering four-year offer of $28.9 million.

Last season, Jeremy Lin played in 35 games for the Knicks, including 25 starts, he averaged 14.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 44.6%, according to ESPN statistics, Jeremy Lin's scoring and assist data per 36 minutes is even better than Lowry and Dragic, he has the ability to play a good role in the Rockets' main control, and this year's "Tanhua" rookie is tall and strong to form a very potential guard line.

After acquiring Jeremy Lin, the Rockets' move is not over, and they have poached Turkish center Asik from the Chicago Bulls on a three-year, $25.1 million contract.

Rockets head coach McHale said in response to the signing: "I really appreciate the physicality he's shown over the last two seasons, he's proven himself to be a good defender in the low post in his limited playing time, and we'll help him continue to improve, O'Mill knows how to defend, he knows how to run off the ball, and I think he's a good fit for what we need in the low post." ”

Rockets general manager Morey also said, "Omir has proven his defensive ability at every stage of his career, his protection of the box, his rebounding, his defensive spirit, these assets are exciting for us."

At this point, the Houston Rockets' new season lineup is about to come out, although the two main guards Lowry and Dragic have left one after another, but the Rockets have successfully recruited Gao Dazhuang, Jeremy Lin and Asik through a series of operations, and I believe that the goal of the Rockets in the new season is not just to make the playoffs alone.