"Rocket's 'sky-high' contract extension player, Alexander's crazy decision"

"Morey is crazy, 8 million short-term contract player to renew"

"Crazy Rocket Higher-ups, Crazy Decisions"

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Naturally, when the Rockets' press conference ended, such headlines dazzled people in newspapers, television, and websites. Almost everyone thought the Rockets hierarchy was crazy enough to spend $8 million to sign a player on a short-term contract. Even Houston's own media, the Houston Chronicle, is not without irony:

The calculating Morey has extrapolated his entire career achievements based on the data of less than 10 games in Chinese, and even calculated that he can help the Rockets win three consecutive championships. So he suggested to Alexander that he extend the contract for $8 million, which just a few days ago was only on a short contract. They also happily felt that they had picked up a big bargain. Gosh, is Morey crazy or Alexander crazy, or is the whole rocket crazy up and down?

Some media even made a "ranking of the stupidest decisions of the year", in which the renewal of the Rockets Wen Hao was ranked first, calling it "the stupidest decision of the year".

In short, the entire United States is scoffing at the Rockets signing a player on a short-term contract extension for 8 million. One reason is that two years ago, the Heat extended the contract of Birdman Anderson, the champion of the championship, until the end of the season, and only spent $1.52 million. Although the current Wen Hao is more beautiful than Anderson's stats, his important surname to the Rockets is far less important than Anderson's to the Heat. Isn't it crazy that the Rockets actually renewed Wen Hao's contract with a contract that is more than 5 times that of Anderson?

"Let's just look forward to the birth of a superstar in Morey's mouth."

"Morey's numbers have always played well, and hopefully this time it will be the way he wants."

"The crazy game of Jew Alexander must be exciting, let's wait and see......"

Almost all of the media ended up with this kind of sarcastic remark, and what they were expecting was the look on their faces after seeing the Rockets' general manager and owner miscalculate.

There is even such a sarcasm in the media: Maybe in the next game of the Rockets vs. Jazz, Morey will prove how smart his choice is, Alexander will prove how wise his decision is, and the Rockets have finally dug up the treasure......

In short, the media paid far more attention to this "stupid" decision than to Wen Hao. There are even many people who only know about the rocket's decision, but do not know who the protagonist of this decision is.

What made Morey and Alexander's chest even tighter was that not only from the outside world, but also from within the Rockets, there were many voices expressing doubts about this decision, especially those bench players, who were full of jealousy that Wen Hao, who was far inferior to them before, got a big contract in a short period of time, and some players even asked the Rockets to trade themselves.

Sitting in his office at the Toyota Center, Alexander looked out at the sky through a huge glass window and said, "People think I'm crazy, or stupid donkey, what do you think?" ”

Morey took a sip of coffee and chuckled softly, "You once said to take a long-term view. In 1993, you bought a rocket for $85 million with your entire net worth, and everyone else thought you were crazy, but it turned out that you were right. It's the same this time. ”

"Hahahaha......" Alexander couldn't help but laugh when he heard Morey mention the events of that year, "so you guessed?" ”

"Of course, when you buy the Rockets, you immediately become the poorest boss in the entire NBA. But with the selection of China's No. 11 No. 11 pick, within a few years, you became one of the richest owners in the NBA. What you were interested in was not only his strength, but also the business value behind him. So the same is true for signing Wen Hao now, not to mention that his potential is definitely worth this price, even if he is not worth this price, as long as he can hit the medium level, his commercial value is far more than 8 million many times. ”

"You know me best, hahaha," Alexander laughed again, "but there's one thing you don't know, I can be said to have started from scratch in the beginning, and the process has gone through a lot of ups and downs, and suffered from countless people's eyes. And this Chinese Wen Hao, his situation is almost exactly the same as mine, which reminds me of my own struggle. So I want to help him too. ”

"I see, I didn't expect that. But the words of those media are really unbearable, and I really expect him to give full play to his potential against the Jazz in the next game and slap those people in the face. Morey said.

"It's not going to happen overnight, let's take our time," Alexander said with a smile, "Actually, if I can, I'd expect him to explode with Jazz and show everyone who is stupider." ”

At this, the two looked at each other and laughed.

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The next day, Team Rocket assembled at Toyota Center, boarded a bus, and headed for the airport. After the home game against the Mavericks, they are next three in a row. The first away game in a row was against the Jazz.

The old grudges between the Rockets and the Jazz can be said to be numerous. In the two seasons when Jordan retired, the Jazz led by Malone and Stockton had the best chance to compete for the championship, but lost to the Rockets led by Big Dream in the Western Conference Finals, thus missing the championship. In the 21st century, the Rockets led by Yao Mai are always blocked by the Jazz in the playoffs and it is difficult to break through the first round. In such a situation, the Rockets going to the home court of the Jazz are undoubtedly in the wolf's den. And what's more, the Jazz's home stadium is located on a plateau above 2,000 feet above sea level, and other teams will inevitably be uncomfortable here, plus the Jazz home fans are the noisiest fans in the entire NBA, so this is recognized as the devil's home court. Although the team's record in the past two seasons has been poor, their home win rate is as high as 70%. This shows how difficult the Rockets are in this battle.

On the plane, the other teammates had already slept, but Wen Hao and No. 11 had not slept yet. Wen Hao is studying the video of the Jazz team's game, which is his necessary homework before each game, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other can win all battles, he must know the habits and playing style of the opposing point guard, so that the game will be easier.

After watching for more than 20 minutes, Wen Hao raised his head and wanted to take a break, and saw that the game that No. 11 was watching next to him was not the video of this season, but the playoffs of the Rockets and Jazz in the Yao Mai era. At that time, for two consecutive seasons, the Rockets were blocked in the first round by the Jazz......

Wen Hao moved his gaze from the computer to No. 11's face, and saw No. 11, who had always been very calm, and there was a faint trace of indescribable emotion on his face at this time. Wen Hao understood No. 11's mood after a little thought, he looked at it for a moment, and said to No. 11: "Tomorrow night, we will definitely hand out Sir Sir." ”

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[Today's fourth watch, thank you for your big rewards and your recommendations. 】

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