On December 4th, Chamberlain asked Nelson Sr. for leave and took a plane to Houston, Yao Ming invited him to come together for a small gathering, and Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue also came over, mainly to visit Liu Xiang, who was going to have ankle surgery at Herman Memorial Hospital.

At the Olympic Games in August, Liu Xiang did not stand up on the track after falling to the ground, and later after examination, it was found that the problem was more serious and needed to be solved by surgery.

Dr. Ranton has a good reputation, and his surgery appointment has long been full, and the Basketball Association has worked hard through Yao Ming and the embassy to find a way to insert a team, otherwise according to Clanton's surgical arrangement, Liu Xiang will not be able to operate until December 20.

The plane landed in Houston, Yao Ming personally went to pick up the plane, Chamberlain went directly to the parking lot through the VIP channel, Yao Ming's BMW 760 was waiting there, and Liu Xiang came out with him.

Although Liu Xiang and Chamberlain are not familiar with each other, they also know each other, the two have eaten together at the Olympic State Banquet, and they are both brand spokespersons of Lenovo, so they can be familiar with each other.

Chamberlain and the two hugged in turn, he looked at Liu Xiang and asked, "How are your ankles?" Why don't you stay in the hospital? We still want to see you. ”

Liu Xiang smiled bitterly: "I can't stay, in fact, I just can't run now, it's no problem to move around normally." ”

After caring about Liu Xiang and Yao Ming, because Maddie is absent, Yao Ming has been under a lot of pressure recently, and the Rockets are both offensive and defensive cores, although Artest is known as a giant, but that's what it is, no one really takes him seriously.

Chamberlain persuaded Yao Ming bitterly: "Why are you working so hard? I'm telling you, your team just messes up, you take care of your toes and calves this season, and you can do it all over again next season. ”

Yao Ming shook his head and said helplessly: "Unless Maddie comes back, I can't rest for the time being, and I can't stop the two cores hired by the team with high salaries, right?" Besides, that's not good for our image. ”

Although it was not specifically mentioned, Chamberlain knew that Yao Ming said that he was worried that his truce would be talked about by fans and experts, which in turn would affect the image of Chinese. Yao Ming may be one of the most tired players in the NBA, and the others are here to play, and he has to win glory for the countrymen, and his every move is regarded as a role model for the Chinese.

Chamberlain scoffed and sneered, "We're just athletes, man, don't think of yourself as a savior." Listen to my Yao, if you want to win a world champion, then you have to stay healthy for at least another four years, let's surprise the whole world at the London Olympics! Besides, if you are worried about the image of our nation, don't you still have me? ”

Yao Ming was a little moved by this, he sighed, nodded and said: "What you said also makes sense, I can't take a break, but I can ask for a reduction in playing time, and I will protect myself when I am on the court." ”

Some people want to play more time but don't have the opportunity, some people want to play less but can't, the world is so strange.

Yao Ming was very envious of Chamberlain, and said that Howard was a monster, that Chamberlain was simply a divine beast, he played a higher intensity of the game, and when Billups was injured and Iverson didn't come, the pressure of the game was on his shoulders, but this kid didn't have any, and the degree of endurance made Yao Ming envious and jealous.

Chamberlain mainly communicated with Liu Xiang, after all, the purpose was to come to see this famous compatriot, and he was going to see Liu Xiang again on the 17th, because at that time it was said that Liu Xiang planned to have surgery on the 20th, but he didn't expect the operation to be advanced.

Hearing Chamberlain's question, Liu Xiang explained: "The recovery of wounds in winter is slow, and after the 20th, the United States will soon be a long Christmas holiday. ”

Chamberlain was surprised, why does it still have something to do with Yao Ming?

Yao Ming didn't know what to say, so he said simply: "Didn't Maddie say that he had a knee injury and planned surgery?" He also found Clanton, who had knee surgery before, but Dr. Clanton needed to prepare for Liu Xiang's surgery, and the two were not very happy, Dr. Clanton thought that Maddie's knee was fine, but Maddie insisted that his knee was uncomfortable, alas, damn, now the team is really a mess. ”

The more Yao Ming talked about it, the more depressed he became, and he thought that the team would have a chance to win the championship this season with Artest's reinforcements in the summer, and now it seems that there is a fart opportunity.

One thing Yao Ming didn't say to Chamberlain that the Rockets might want to trade Maddy, and both Morey and Adelman have talked to him, although they haven't said specifically, but they have been asking his opinion and asking him what kind of outside line he wants to partner with. Yao Ming really wanted to find someone to pour out his inner depression, but unfortunately the ugliness of his family should not be publicized, he was introverted, and this matter could only be held in his heart.

Maddie has now become almost the enemy of Houston, last week on Thursday, Maddy unilaterally announced that he would be out of action due to injury, and the Rockets sent a briefing to the relevant media, saying that Maddie was going to rest for a week, but a reporter interviewed Maddie that day, and he changed his words to say that he would rest for three weeks, which became the fuse of the conflict between him and the team.

Both the Rockets' team doctor and the doctor Maddy spoke to said that he did have pain in his knee, but it was not an injury, just a normal feedback from the offseason surgery, and that the pain could be reduced by returning to training and limiting the amount of time he played, and that he could regain muscle strength in his legs.

Maddie did have surgery this offseason, maybe many people don't know much about Maddie's injury, like his kind of injury, surgery can indeed repair the damage to the structure, but after the operation, the scar tissue in Maddie's injury will block the healing of the injury, so in the recovery stage his scar will be forcibly destroyed, which is very painful, and this pain is not a day or two can end, but Maddie told reporters that this operation takes 6-8 months to fully recover, which is also a bit too ridiculous.

Chamberlain doesn't think Maddie is deliberately avoiding the game and resting, Maddie can get about $250,000 for a game, of course, he can get this money if he rests, as long as he is suspended because of injury, the team cannot deduct the player's salary, but this is a professional league after all, Maddie is not very old, just approaching thirty before starting his golden career, he needs to think about his future career path.

He thinks that the reason why this kind of thing happened is because of Maddie's psychological quality, he is afraid of injury, and now he is afraid of the recurrence of old injuries, so under psychological inspiration, he always feels uncomfortable in his knees, and Maddie also thinks that the Rockets are too unapproachable, and overdraft his health for the box office and record.

Teams are generally measured by the physical condition of the players, and they can return to play when they have almost recovered. However, such players are generally in a state of hesitation and apprehension, they are worried that returning to the court will bring about another injury in the same position, and they themselves do not know how far they have recovered and how well they can play. It is not until they get used to the new feeling that they can play freely.

What Maddie lacks now is this kind of self-confidence, his endurance for pain and his thirst for honor and victory are indeed much worse than those of Kobe Bryant and Iverson.

The Rockets now can't stand Maddy's capriciousness, in the last season or two, Maddy's state has been erratic, sometimes he can cut 40+ if he plays well, but it is possible that in the next game, he will only score seven or eight points, which is not the purpose of the Rockets signing a player with an annual salary of 20 million.

The Rockets have put Maddie on the shelf, there is news that the Cavaliers plan to take him down to assist the little emperor, the Rockets are now very interested in Harrington, but the two sides can't talk at all, Morey wants to give Maddie to the Warriors and then exchange Harrington for Harrington and then have Morrow Evans, old Nelson doesn't even pay attention to him, is this white fat man Isaiah Thomas?

The Warriors are determined to trade Harrington, but not now, because Ellis has only been sent away for a short time, and Iverson has not yet fully integrated into the team, and if another trade is made like this, the Warriors may be completely messed up.

Richard had an open and honest conversation with Harrington in person, promising that the team would respect his choice to trade him and prioritize the team he wanted to go to, but at the cost of playing well before he left the Warriors.

The first week of December ended quickly, with the Warriors losing one of their four games to the explosive Jazz. Oku was also absent from that race, and one of his immediate family members died, forcing the Turk to return home for his funeral.

As a result, the Jazz, who lost their main center in that game, opened the perimeter, Deron Williams did not have Billups' restrictions, which was the standard God Blocking God and Buddha blocking and killing Buddha, Curry was crushed by him, Iverson and West could not limit him because of height and strength, and they lost the game 92-97 in the end.

The Jazz have treated the Warriors like the number one enemy of the new century, and when they entered the arena in Salt Lake City, the roar of the fans would be enough to shoot them all into minced meat.

Delon scored 36 points on 10-of-20 shooting and 8-of-8 free throws from the free-throw line, in addition to nine assists and nine rebounds, and recorded an excellent quasi-triple-double.

Chamberlain had 26 points, 16 rebounds, and only 2 blocks, and he played a relatively short time this time, less than 35 minutes, and Delon made two fouls in the opening game, so that he was always trapped in foul problems, and did not dare to let go of his hands and feet to attack and defend, which was the main reason for their defeat.

Sloan is indeed a character, he found the only way to defeat the Warriors, that is, to let Chamberlain go off the court early, in the first half everyone followed Chamberlain's offense, offense and defense did not let him go, the Warriors led by 9 points at 55-46 in the first half, but at the cost of Chamberlain carrying 4 fouls, he sat on the bench most of the second half, watching the team lose.

However, after this game, Billups' injury finally healed, and after the team's medical examination and internal confrontation, he basically recovered about ninety percent and was ready to officially play.

On December 8, the Warriors traveled to Miami to play against the Heat, and Billups returned to the fire line, and he will deal with Wade, the league guard informant who is now killed.