Chapter 639 The Cancer of the Rockets
In his previous life, the vast majority of Rabbit people even were not basketball fans, they would choose to watch NBA because of the pride of Yao, and even regarded the Rockets as their home team, including the same as the Pearl of the East, Wanwan, Australian Archway, and Southeast Asian Chinese-speaking regions.
Without Yao Yao, to be honest, the NBA would not attract so many fans of the Rabbit Country. Of course, compared to the NBA who used to watch and pick and look for them, only looking at where the stars were, the Rockets are definitely the team that the Rabbit Country people care about the most.
Fans can feel the joy of the team winning and the loss of the team losing. This is something they didn’t have before. Watching the football seems to be watching the performances of the black and white stars. Watching the stars’ data, even if the team they are in lose, as long as the stars they are following have good performances, they will not feel lost in this game.
How many people have become loyalists of the Rockets because of Yao Day. The team is about to advance. They can cheer, drink and celebrate, and stay up late to watch the game.
The Rockets lost the game, and they complained that the opponent who made the Rockets lose the game, even if the opponent has the stars they liked before, from the Rockets' standpoint, it would be better for him to feel a little more comfortable.
To be honest, a large part of the reason why Andy acquired the Rockets was because of Yao Yao. He also knew very well that Yao Yao would enter a period of frequent injuries in the next few years. At the beginning, he felt sorry for Yao Yao's retirement.
Speaking of Yao Day's retirement, we have to say that Andy complained about Adelman before. Adelman is indeed a tactical master. There is no doubt that Princeton's offensive system is also a proven awesome system. Every team in the league can more or less see part of Adelman's offensive system.
The Rockets played the top five defense in the league during the Van Gundy era, while the offense was terrible. Andy knew that the Rockets management was looking forward to Adelman's Princeton offensive system taking the Rockets to a new height.
But Andy once saw a data that he could not tolerate taking over the Rockets, and it was also a characteristic of Adelman's employment. Once a player plays well on the court, he will always use the player. This is fully reflected in the use of Yao Yao.
In the 2007-08 season, Yao Ming's playing time suddenly increased to an astonishing 37.2 minutes, setting a career high. Moreover, in Adelman's system, the offensive rhythm of the game is relatively fast, and the offensive rounds of the game has increased a lot. Yao Ming's number of running back and forth naturally increased significantly.
Stress fracture - it's just tired! The next three games of the 2009 preseason, Yao Yu played more than 38 minutes in each game. It's unimaginable that hard-working players like Yao Yu could not stand this.
"I feel that if I do this, I can't hold on to this season. If I have 40 minutes of every game, I can't run anymore. After all, I didn't have a good rest in the summer. I came off for a long time last season and was injured in February." Yao once said so bluntly.
In Andy's opinion, to put it bluntly, Yao Yao was used by Adelman. Damn, for a money tree like Yao Yao, it is said that there is a big market of more than 1 billion yuan behind him. These foreigners don't understand at all. The market behind Yao Yao is targeting him alone, and other players in the Rabbit Country will definitely not have the effect of him. Yao Yao is playing with the expectations of 1.3 billion people.
Andy will never let this tragedy repeat the same mistakes, and Yao is loyal and will never choose to change the team easily. Andy doesn’t have to worry about being poached, so Adelman is so awesome, and Andy will never let him be the head coach of his team and kill his money tree mascot!
Before Granada, the head of his sports investment company, left his office, Andy also said something to Granada to stunned the other party, which made Granada think Andy was crazy.
"You have to know what you know. After the Rockets acquisition is completed, the season will end at the latest. While McGrady is still valuable, trade him for me. Of course, the benefits must be maximized!"
Granada looked at the young boss with a shocked look, a little dazed. Damn, that's McGrady, the superstar of the NBA. The highlight of 35 seconds and 13 seconds McGrady was shocked at the basketball world. Such a superstar chose to trade when he was playing. Isn't the boss crazy?
Of course Andy is not crazy. He knows better than anyone else. McGrath only has one season of superstar time. After that, he will be a waste McGrath. McGrath always makes Andy extremely excited and crazy, but if he doesn't train, he will be lazy and will only play back to back. When it will take a game, he will not spend 23 million to raise the waste every year.
Moreover, the Rockets' locker room has always been a big problem. In terms of fame, McGrath is naturally the undisputed locker room boss at present, and Yao Yao is not interested in being the boss, but McGrath is not good at being the boss. This person's personality has serious flaws, and the locker room is even more messy.
Of course, there is also the indulgence of the head coach Adelman. Adelman is the kind of head coach who never interferes in locker room culture. He is in the spring breeze and rain, and he is ineffective. If you say you are tired, then you should rest. If you are not tired and want to play, then you will be the starting lineup immediately. If you say you only play back to back, then you will only play one game, and you will only play one game if you are willing to play in these two games.
Adelman let it go, but his teammates couldn't stand it anymore and his teammates were anxious.
McGrady is indeed not popular. She doesn't like making friends, doesn't like talking, and she seems to be sleeping in a daze all day. Not to mention these, McGrady doesn't have the same superstar style in the locker room. She earns the most money in the team, with more than 20 million US dollars, and she doesn't have the attitude of a superstar at all.
Superstars are generally generous. For example, O'Neal, when he was in the Lakers, he was good with Madson. When he was happy, he would give Madson a Mercedes-Benz; for example, Kobe, Kobe, doesn't like to make friends, doesn't get close to anyone, and his daughter doesn't come to his teammates after the full moon. However, after Kobe took the MVP, he gave each teammate a famous watch. It's not about getting close to each other or not, at least he's thinking about his teammates; for example, Marbury, in the NBA, is nicknamed "Lone Wolf", but when a rookie joins the team, Marbury also pays for a suit for the rookie.
McGrady is not, she is not generous at all. It would be fine if she just doesn't deliver things, but she never pays the bill for dinner. It would be fine if she doesn't pay the bill for dinner with Yao Da. McGrady doesn't pay the bill for dinner with Brooks and Hyde. Sometimes Uncle Mu is anxious and rushes to pay the bill, feeling sorry for Bu and Hyde. After all, they are both high-end hotels and are expensive to spend. Once, Uncle Mu was really anxious and said, "McDy, you have to pay the bill today. Do you have calculated this season? Have you ever paid the bill?" McGrady was also very unhappy, and stood up and took $200 from her pocket and put it on the table, saying, "This is my money." After that, he left. At this point, it can be seen how cold McGrady gets with his teammates.
Moreover, the relationship between Yao Dayi and McGrady is not as good as the fans think. To be honest, even ordinary friends are not considered to be. They can only be said to be a team member who plays together.
In the 2008-2009 season, McGrady had gone from a superstar to the target of the Rockets. Before the game, everyone was just squeezing him, regardless of whether he came or not today or whether he was fighting.
A reporter interviewed Yao Ming before the game: "What do you think of today's game?" Yao said: "You wait a moment, I will throw the coins first, and decide whether I will play today. I will answer your question after I decide." This is alluding to McGrady.
McGrady always plays whenever she wants, and doesn't fight when she doesn't want to, and she decides only before the game starts. Bathil said: "Why can we finish the work every day, but McGrady can't?" Alstom also said: "I live so big, I have never seen such a thing. Before the game, I know the opponent's starting lineup, but I don't know our own starting lineup." Because I have to wait for Brother Mai, Brother Mai will play or not fight today, I don't know.
According to many foreign media reports and well-informed people, the Rockets locker room has almost evolved to the point of "eating, sleeping, and scolding McGrady".
The Rockets had actually had enough of it. Unfortunately, McGrady's reputation at that time was already so bad, and her salary was so high. Such high-paying and low-cap players who were not enterprising and without competitive spirit, no sucker would have wanted. To put it bluntly, the Rockets were smashed into their hands.
In the last year, Andy will let the Rockets squeeze McGrady's final value out, then make a perfect deal to exchange for some practical players, and then spend money to poach people, form the Big Three to compete for the championship.
Chapter completed!