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With Stephen's last shot being blocked by Yao Ming, the Sonics ended their Southwest season with two wins and two losses. If the loss to the Dallas Mavericks was due to their overall strength being inferior to the opponent, after the whole game, the Mavericks scored in double figures with seven players , and the Sonics only have Stephen and Durant.

Then the loss to the Houston Rockets was due to Yao Ming alone. Yao Ming scored [-], [-] rebounds and blocked three shots in this game. After the break, no matter who went up, Yao Ming couldn't be stopped.

After being dominated by the Rockets on the inside, the Sonics have to accept another test on the outside. The Rockets are indeed one of the best defensive teams in the league, especially the Rockets have Sean Battier in their lineup. defensive master.

Sean Battier is outside, Chuck Hayes is inside, Sean Battier is responsible for entangled Stephen, Chuck Hayes is responsible for blocking Stephen's offensive line, Stephen's strength advantage is easy to use in front of others, but in Hayes It's not easy to use in front of you.

Hayes' height is even a little lower than Stephen's, but his strength, especially the strength of his lower body, is very strong. He can't resist if he uses too little force, and he will fall to the ground when he exerts too much force. Sean Battier is also defending in this way. , so that Stephen did not dare to use his strength advantage at will.

I don't know if this kind of technique is also contagious. Once Stephen pushed Yao Ming, and Yao Ming fell to the ground exaggeratedly. I don't know if a big man who weighs two hundred and ninety pounds is so easy to overturn , Stephen can already compete for the title of the world's number one Hercules.

Under this kind of tight defense, Stephen can only try to reduce the number of times he hits the basket and choose outside shots, but Sean Battier's defensive experience and defensive skills are very good, and he has made some adjustments to Stephen's shooting habits and technical style In addition to targeted research, although Stephen scored 41 points, the number of shots far exceeded the average number of shots, and the shooting rate was also lower than usual.

McGrady did not start this game. Because of the impact of his knee, McGrady has only played halftime in recent games and did not participate in away games. This situation has proved that his knee is Something is wrong.

If it weren't for his injury, the Rockets' record would not have fallen to the current level. There is a monster-level center who averaged 25 points, [-] rebounds, and [-] blocks per game. The Rockets' outside line is slightly better. This will not be the case now. Alston and Sean Battier's three-point shooting percentages are both at the highest in their careers, but McGrady's performance is close to a career low.

For a sport like basketball that focuses on running and jumping, knees represent a player's athletic ability. For players who don't rely on their bodies, knee problems may not be so important, but for McGrady As far as the player is concerned, the knee has affected his performance in all aspects.

If it was changed to before, no matter how hard McGrady was, he would come over and face up with Stephen in person, whether it was offense or defense, but today, not only did he not face up with Stephen when defending, even if Stephen defended him, he would Always avoiding Stephen.

For a player at the top of the league, such a performance is not in line with his status, and it also makes his status among fans more and more declining. The most important thing in competitive sports is a word of competition, and competition means Confrontation, a player who dare not fight, how can the fans like it.

Iverson, who is also declining physically, is still working so hard on the court, and has no intention of saving his energy at all. Although the performance of the Denver Nuggets is not very good, the problem of coexistence between him and Anthony has never been resolved, but It doesn't affect the fans' liking for him. Stephen's performance against the heavens has not surpassed his All-Star votes so far as evidence.

However, after Stephen won an all-round victory in the king's duel with Kobe, although the new voting data has not yet come out, some insiders have revealed that Stephen's votes have increased significantly, surpassing Iverson.

If a player has not entered the All-Star lineup, no matter how powerful you are, then you are still only a capable player, not a star player. When it comes to actor, it is never considered a success.

Although Stephen's performance last season was outstanding, he was only able to enter the All-Star Game as a substitute at most. Later, he was unable to participate in the All-Star Game due to the suspension, but his strong performance this season has already given people a clear impression. I feel that if such a player can only participate as a substitute, that is the biggest unfairness.

In terms of statistical performance, Stephen far surpasses Kobe in scoring. In terms of comprehensiveness, he can compete with LeBron James. In terms of team, he ranks second in the Western Conference and is attacking the first in the Western Conference. They chased, but did not lose their current position.

The distance between Houston and Dallas is not far, so the Sonics arrived in Houston from Dallas on the same day. After this game, the road trip is over, and if you fly back, the travel time is too long , So the team did not return to Seattle that night, but rested overnight in Houston.

After the game, at Yao Ming's invitation, Stephen followed him to Yao's restaurant for supper. After eating, Yao Ming discussed with Stephen.

It is still a matter of joining the Chinese national team. Yao Ming very much hopes that Stephen can work with him to compete in the Olympic Games and win honor for the country.

"Brother Yao, don't mention the country to me. I'm really not interested in this. Although I really want to play with you as a teammate, it's better to be here. I don't like going there to compete with some Play with people you know." Stephen shook his head, he really wanted to cooperate with Yao Ming, Yao Ming has a good personality, has the temperament of a big brother, but is very humble, if the two of them cooperate, there will be nothing wrong Disputes, but cooperation does not necessarily mean playing for the Chinese national team. Stephen really has no interest. It is really not that easy to play Stephen just relying on family affection.

"Didn't I hear that you are ready to agree?" Yao Ming asked strangely. Could it be that the news from the country is fake news? Everyone has heard that negotiations have already started. Why hasn't Stephen said anything yet? Yao The famous source of news has always been the National Basketball Management Center, but this time the news came from the consulate. Could it be that there was a communication problem.

"They didn't agree to my conditions." Stephen looked at Yao Ming, and really wanted to draw Yao Ming to his team. With Yao Mingzuo as his assistant, there is no need to worry about the championship, but it is not so easy to let the Rockets let go, especially now that McGrady is seriously injured and his condition is declining, while Yao Ming is in full swing.

"Can I hear what the conditions are?" If it is the basketball management center, Yao Ming is really not sure. Although he is already the No.1 basketball player in China, he is nothing compared to those officials. Yes, the two sides often argue about some things, and Yao Ming is annoying, but this time it was passed from the consulate, because Yao Ming has a good reputation in Houston, including the United States, and the work of the consulate has been done a lot better. He attaches great importance to Yao Ming.

"Now this condition is gone, so there is nothing that can impress me." Stephen spread his hands with a helpless expression. In fact, he is a little loose about joining the Chinese national team now, but in order to fight for the necessary benefits , it must be done.

"For people like us, nationality is not important, so why can't we come here? Let's help each other." Yao Ming also knows that this kind of thing is not so easy to solve, but the Summer Olympics is only a few years away. It has been half a year, and this matter must be settled.

"Benefits, my agent has assessed that if I change my nationality, I will lose at least hundreds of millions of dollars in interests, so I have been hesitating." Stephen made a counting action. This data is true and true, because Stephen is likely to be affected, but it is also possible that the impact is positive, but this does not prevent Stephen from using it as an excuse.

"[-] million dollars, that's a lot." Yao Ming paused, thinking that Stephen was a bit arrogant. Although Stephen's business value is very high, it can't reach the impact of [-] million dollars. After all, this is a change of nationality. , It’s not that he won’t play anymore.

"I can't help it. My agent assembled a group of professional teams and analyzed it." In the United States, there are so many people doing weird research, even researching whether an egg is laid by a rooster or a hen. There are people, not to mention these commercial things.

Yao Ming’s career business plan was made by a team at Stanford University and kept by Yao Ming’s agent team. Except for Yao Ming and his leader Zhang Mingji, no one else can see all of it, including Rockets included.

Although Stephen didn't have such a professional team to plan for him, Modans and the team he now owns are not inferior to anyone in terms of professionalism, so the figure of [-] million US dollars is not just said casually, but a large number of people Data obsessed with evidence.

"If you make up for this benefit, you will agree." Yao Ming looked at Stephen with sly eyes, understanding that only at this time can the greatest benefit be won. After this time, there is no way to fight for it up.

"It's not enough to make up for my loss, and more is needed to impress me." Stephen smiled lightly, not feeling how despicable this behavior was at all.