Louis. Scola, the Argentine, is the backbone of the Argentine men's basketball team, like Ginobili.

As a power forward, Scola is very flexible and solid on the inside, and has been known as a diamond by Chinese fans, and is indeed a very strong basketball player.

But as a traverser, Wang Chao is very aware of Scola's situation, the three seasons of 09-12 are the peak of Scola's career, and in the past three years, Scola has averaged 17 points and 7.7 rebounds per game in the NBA.

But after 12 years, Scola's form has declined rapidly with age.

There is no way to do this, Scola was born in 1980 and did not officially enter the NBA league until 2007, when he was 27 years old, and by 2012, Scola was over 32 years old.

The Rockets renews Scola in July 2010, with a five-year contract of 47 million, close to 10 million annual salary.

But at the end of the 11-12 season, the Rockets used the amnesty clause to waive Scola who was bid by the Suns, but the career in the following years was not smooth, fully proving that the Rockets were right to abandon him.

And now, Scola is still a good value, at least in the eyes of many.

So when the Rockets traded the good Scola for two role players from the Bulls, Houston fans didn't understand it again.

What the hell is this? finally got Wang Chao, shouldn't you work hard to strengthen the team and move towards the goal of winning the championship? Why does this look more and more like a bad bidding champion?

Of course, the management of the Rockets doesn't understand why they want to trade Scola, but these are Wang Chao's requirements, and today when Mogou has been kicked away by Wang Chao, the entire Rockets can be said to be Wang Chao alone, and the team attaches more importance to him than the future Harden, after all, even the future Harden, who enjoys countless privileges in the Rockets, has not achieved Wang Chao's previous achievements in the Magic team.

The current head coach of the Rockets is Kevin. McHale, whose coaching style is already known for in the future, is simple and intuitive, kneeling and licking the stars.

Harden's style during the McHale era couldn't bear to look at it directly, only attacking and not defending, going his own way, completely like a spoiled child.

But even if he was willing to lick the dog for Harden, he still couldn't avoid the fate of being expelled from the team by Harden himself.

Wang Chao likes McHale's coaching style, to be exact, any player who wants to be a ball bully will not hate this kind of head coach who kneels and licks superstars.

On the contrary, it is a famous coach like Popovich of the Spurs, Wang Chao will definitely not consider it, it is too militarized and dictatorial, and Leonard will be scolded for making too many shots in the game.

Forehead...... How to put it, in fact, this kind of thing is a matter of position.

No one wants to be in a weak position in any position, as a player, Wang Chao wants to be a ball bully, and it is best for everyone to listen to him, because he can lead the team to victory.

If Wang Chao is not a player, but the head coach of a team, then he must govern the whole team of players obediently, and ask everyone to listen to his own arrangements and instructions.

This is actually a relatively double-standard behavior, but people are selfish, Wang Chao has never felt how selfless he is, as long as he can do it, then he will definitely face difficulties without hesitation.

It's like playing a game, whether it's masturbation or pesticides, like to eat economy, take heads, the number of players in the Carry audience is far greater than the number of people who are willing to be auxiliaries and are willing to be green leaves for others, after all, everyone wants to be the most dazzling person in the spotlight.

Of course, that's the case, when he first arrived, Wang Chao still had to coach McHale a face, and he would see each other in the future.

Therefore, after Wang Chao asked for a management transaction, he made a special call to explain the purpose of his transaction to the head coach and the acting general manager of the team's management.

In the new season, I plan to play the team's power forward position, so there is no place for Scola in the team, and Scola's contract amount is not small, which will also affect the team's subsequent recruitment work.

As soon as Wang Chao explained this, everyone in Team Rocket suddenly realized.

When he first arrived at the Magic, Wang Chao mainly played the power forward position in the team, because Turkoglu was still on the team and served as a small forward.

It's just that Wang Chao said that he was a big forward at that time, but in fact, he still played as a small forward, and he didn't do what a big forward should do at all, and the rebounding and defensive problems on the inside were thrown to Howard.

Now in the Magic team, if Wang Chao is still like when he was in the Magic team, he will hand over all the dirty work on the inside to Da Yao...... Da Yao is not Howard after all, can he hold on?

As soon as this doubt surfaced, McHale was stunned.

Wait, one of the two players Scola traded back was named Omir. Asik's, in McHale's impression, Asik is 2.13 meters tall, although he is not very strong, but he was a blue-collar player when he was with the Bulls. Noah's bench was involved in the Bulls' defensive system last season.

Don't look at his stats, but if he is used as a blue-collar center, he shouldn't be bad.

And the Rockets now have a blue-collar center Jordan. Hill, like that......

McHale, who had pondered the taste, began to realize that Wang Chao might not be fooling around.

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On December 15th, Wang Chao officially arrived at the Houston Rockets, and the airport was crowded that day, and countless fans spontaneously gathered outside the airport to welcome the team's biggest signature star in the next few years, holding high "Wang Chao welcomes you!" and other welcome slogans.

When Wang Chao appeared at the airport, the deafening cheers even drowned out the roar of the plane's landing.

A day later, Wang Chao attended a press conference and confirmed that the new season will wear the No. 1 jersey worn by Maddie.

Coincidentally, Maddy, the outside core of the Rockets, also played for the Magic and wore the No. 1 jersey during the Magic and Rockets.

Wang Chao's previous choice for the Magic team was also the No. 1 jersey.

Fooled at the press conference, even if a reporter asked this question.

Wang Chao thought for a while and replied: "How to say, I chose No. 1 because I like this number, as a basketball player, I want to be the best in this field, that is, the first, so I prefer the No. 1 jersey." Also, Tracy is really one of my favorite players, and I've emulated his style of play, and it's a privilege to play in Houston with the number he once wore. ”

Wang Chao replied lightly, so that the reporters of the local media couldn't help but hold their breath.

As a basketball player, I want to be the best in this field, which is the first!

Say it! Wang Chao spoke out about his ambitions!

Wang Chao, who currently has four championships, two MVPs and three FMVPs, does have the qualifications and ability to attack the best in the league's history, after all, he is still very young, and the age of 28 means that he has room to improve and grow in the future.

How long has it been since the Rockets have had such a strong and confident top star?

Maddie, who has never proven himself in the playoffs, is not counted, and joined as a champion, but because of his low-key and humble personality, Da Yao, who lacks a trace of domineering, is certainly not counted.

If you go back further, I'm afraid that only Olajuwon, who has led the Rockets to two championships and has a regular season MVP, can be counted?

At this moment, many media reporters have already figured out how to write the headline of today's headlines.

"Mr. Wang Chao, what is your reason for choosing Houston? What kind of change do you want to bring to the city, to this team? Another reporter asked.

"I chose Houston, of course, because of Da Yao." Wang Chao replied: "Da Yao is my compatriot, he has good ability, but he has never won a championship for such a long time in his career for various reasons, he is now 31 years old, I want to take advantage of his peak to help him win the championship and make his career more complete." ”

McHale, who was sitting next to Wang Chao, kept a smile on his face, but his expression was already a little stiff.

“？？？”

Wang Chao's reason for choosing to join the Rockets is this?

Even the head coach McHale had heard of it for the first time.

Joined the Rockets to help Da Yao win the championship? Who gave Wang Chao this confidence? Does he really think that with him and Da Yao, the Rockets can directly enter the ranks of the championship-winning teams?

At least from the perspective of McHale, the head coach, the current Rockets roster does not look like a championship at all.

The team is now negotiating with Da Yao about the contract, and the management hopes that Da Yao can take a pay cut and sign a short-term contract, after all, with his current competitive state, the team's team doctors are not optimistic about the length of his future career, once the contract with Da Yao is renewed with a high salary, and then Da Yao has a serious injury, this contract will become a garbage contract.

But now, Da Yao's agent team, Team Yao, and Bill Yao, the agent in the United States. Duffy, however, refused to back down and demanded at least a four-year contract extension.

If this requirement is followed, Da Yao's contract will reach about 90 million for four years, with an average annual salary of $22.5 million, which is higher than Wang Chao's price.

But this is also a matter of course, Da Yao, who joined the league in 02, is two years older than Wang Chao in 04, and there is a 10.5% salary increase under the Bird clause under the maximum salary.

It's just that as soon as this contract is signed, in the next four years, the Rockets will have two players with an annual salary of 20 million, and Wang Chao and Da Yao alone will occupy the team's salary space of nearly 45 million.

The same suspicions exist among Houston reporters.

"Wang, do you think that with Ling and Da Yao, the Rocket team can have the strength to win the championship? Now the team is in addition to Aaron. Outside of Brooks, there is no player with the ability to start, and the regular season is about to start, how can the Rockets bring in reinforcements to attack in the direction of the championship? ”

"Can't find any player other than Brooks who can start?" Wang Chao was stunned and looked at the reporter who asked the question. "The Rockets' current roster structure is getting more complete, and there won't be any major trades going forward, as for the lack of starters...... Why not? Aren't the four players selected in the draft, Kawai, Jimmy, Chandler and Isaiah, all of them strong players with great development potential? ”

"Huh?"

The journalists were dumbfounded.

McHale was also dumbfounded.

The 4 players in the draft are all the main players?

Are you kidding? Even Leonard, the highest-pick in the draft, was only the 14th pick in the first round.

Over the years, nine out of ten players who have moved down the ladder are only worthy of playing soy sauce in the league, and even if a few scouts occasionally play with potential Mavericks, it is a rare exception.

You're a good girl, a first-round 14th pick, a first-round 23rd pick, plus two second-round picks, all of them are talents with outstanding strength and great potential to tap?

Talent is too worthless these days.

Until this time, only their own people within the Rockets knew that the four rookies in the Rockets draft were all from Wang Chao's handwriting, and at this time, McHale finally understood why Wang Chao would clean up Martin, Lewis, Scola and others from the team, so that's the case!

Vacating salary space is only one reason, on the other hand, Wang Chao also wants to make room for Leonard and others to make a starting position.

If it really goes according to Wang Chao's plan and conception, the Rockets in the new season will become a completely different team from before.

It's true that he is young and energetic, but this combat power is ......

McHale, who was sitting next to Wang Chao and continued to keep a smile, actually couldn't smile at all in his heart, he felt that it might not be long before he would be kicked out of the team as a scapegoat because of the team's poor record.

But he had just succeeded Rick. It didn't take long for Adelman to become the new coach of the Rockets! ——

Wang Chao officially arrived in Houston for duty, and the interview he gave at the press conference made headlines overnight.

And his remarks in an interview caused heated discussions.

"Wang Chao: I came to the Rocket Team to help Da Yao win the championship and realize his dream."

"I chose the No. 1 jersey because I wanted to be number one in basketball."

"I am very satisfied with the current lineup of the Rockets, and as long as the team successfully renews Da Yao's contract, the Rockets can work towards the championship in the new season!"

If you summarize Wang Chao's interview at the press conference, it can be summed up in two words - self-confidence, of course, in the eyes of some people who are unhappy with him, perhaps another two words - arrogance.

Wang Chao has just won three consecutive championships, only 28 years old has four championships in hand, not long ago O'Neal officially announced his retirement has been one of the most championship-winning players among active players, has tied Kobe, and even in the regular season MVP, the finals FMVP is still ahead of Kobe.

He does have the right to say that, no matter how arrogant it sounds.

It's just that there are already many people waiting to see Wang Chao's jokes, and waiting for him to step on his feet after he is planted in the pit.

After all, the current lineup of the Rockets makes it impossible for any non-time-traveler to look at it directly, and if the team can use the salary space to bring in another 10-million-level player before renewing Da Yao's contract, there is still a slight chance.

Many Rockets fans think the same way.

The opportunity is precious, and even if you have to pay a little luxury tax, as long as you can win the championship, the team will definitely earn more than you pay the luxury tax.

However, this idea was completely shattered after a few days.

On December 17, the Houston Rockets officially reached a contract extension agreement with Da Yao, and the two sides signed a four-year, 90 million contract, with a last-year player option.

As a result, Wang Chao's starting salary in the new season is 17.41 million, Da Yao's starting salary is 19.2 million US dollars, and the salary of the two people alone has reached 36.61 million US dollars.

The league's salary cap for the 2011-12 season was 58 million, and Wang Chao and Da Yao alone accounted for more than 60% of the salary cap.

Plus 5 million for two players, Thabit and Korver, Jordan. Hill's $3 million, and the average annual salary of other players, including rookies like Leonard, are $1 million.

With the 12-man roster, the Rockets' total salary has easily exceeded the salary cap of 58 million, although there is still a long way to go from the luxury tax of 70 million, but there is no way to do any work to bring in strong players.

The team can only use a middle-class player to sign a so-so and decent player to further strengthen it, and a mere 6 million middle-class contract...... What kind of players can be signed in the current league? I don't think there's a particularly suitable option.

In other words, although the Rockets successfully got Wang Chao, due to Wang Chao's fingering of the management's recruitment transaction, the current Rockets lineup is in tatters, and it seems that they do not have the strength to compete for the championship at all, and whether they can even be regarded as a strong team in the West depends on the health of Da Yao in the new season.

Just want to compete for the championship? Don't look at the joke, it seems that Wang Chao has won a few championships, and he really doesn't know why.

(End of chapter)