I'm really not a superstar

Chapter 206
The Rockets lost three games in a row, ending the 2008 journey.

What is even more disturbing is the decision made by the team's top star Tracy McGrady not to play the second game of back-to-back.

On January 2009, 1, the first thing the Rockets uniform team did was to close the door for a meeting.

The secret meeting lasted for an hour, and every participant came out of the meeting room with a dignified expression.

During training in the morning, Dorsey noticed that Dayao had been frowning, seeming to be worried.

After the training, Dorsey approached Dayao and asked, "Is there something on your mind?"

Dayao glanced at Dorsey, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's go for a walk together."

The two came to a park not far from the training hall and strolled on the tree-lined road. Although it was winter, the sunshine in Texas was still warm.

Dayao spoke first, "Today, Daryl talked to me and asked me my opinion on the Tracy McGrady incident, and...whether I support his trade."

Teams sometimes seek the opinion of their stars before making major decisions.What's more, it's a cash cow like Yao Ming.His opinion is very important in the eyes of management.

Dorsey laughed, "Haha, you're just worrying about this!"

Dayao gave Dorsey a strange look, and said to himself, "There is no doubt that McGrady is a genius, one of the most talented players I have ever seen. But his problems are also obvious, his fighting spirit, spirit Strength and attitude towards training and competition, it is really... Alas, it is hard to describe!"

"So you are in favor of trading him away!" Dorsey asked with a smile.

"How can I make this kind of decision! I said that this kind of thing should be considered by the management and the coaching staff. As a player, I obey the decision of the management."

"Hey, so you still support trading him away?" Dorsey smiled hippie, as if he didn't take this shocking inside information to heart at all.

Dayao got a little angry, "Joy, now is not the time to joke, don't you understand the importance of this matter? Tracy and I have been partners for four years, but we haven't broken through the first round of the playoffs so far. Looking at his state, it's hard to tell.

I have nothing against Tracy personally, and I respect and appreciate his talent, but I can't wait any longer.

I have suffered several serious injuries in a row, and no one knows how long I can last under the high intensity and high confrontation of the NBA.I don't want to fail to break through the first round of the playoffs throughout my career, leaving a lifetime of regrets! "

Seeing that Dayao was in a hurry, Dorsey said seriously: "Brother Ming, you misunderstood me. I laughed not because I didn't pay attention to this matter, but because I felt that the management and you put the cart before the horse."

"?" Dayao looked at Dorsey in puzzlement.

"The question now is not whether you want to trade McGrady, but whether anyone dares to take him!"

Dorsey has memories of previous lives, and was deeply impressed by McGrady's farce from late 2008 to early 2009.

McGrady's competitive state is deteriorating, and the injury itself and the psychological fear of injury make him afraid to be timid on the court.

After the team communicated with him many times, he made a decision not to play back-to-back games, and at the same time rejected the team's suggestion for a comprehensive inspection, which was severely criticized by the outside world.

McGrady and the team did not trust each other, and the relationship fell to a freezing point, and even reached the brink of rupture.

This also directly led to McGrady's unilateral statement announcing the decision to reimburse the season without notifying the team.

During the entire incident, the Rockets have been trying to trade McGrady, but after various efforts, they sadly found that no one wants McGrady now!
It's not that McGrady is bad, but that his current situation is too low compared to his salary.

McGrady's salary this season is 2037 million US dollars, and next season, which is the last year of the contract, will be paid 2324 million US dollars!
You know, this is an era when wages haven't exploded, and Kobe's salary this season is only 2126 million US dollars!
The manager of any team is not a fool to spend tens of millions to hire a man who hurts here and itches there every day, and may not play at any time.
Of course, next year will be different. Many teams that are committed to rebuilding will happily accept McGrady's contract.

Dorsey pointed out the man in his dream.

It was only then that Dayao realized that he was a fan of the authorities, and suddenly realized, what's the use of worrying about it?Whether to trade or not to trade, it is not something that I, McGrady or even the team can control. What I can do now, and the only thing I should do, is to win and lead the team out of the trough as soon as possible!

On New Year's Day, the league did not arrange any games.

The Rockets' 2009 season began on January 1, against the Bucks.

McGrady went into battle again today, and Ci Shiping also made a comeback.

The Rockets have restored the "Big Three" lineup.

Dorsey was squeezed into the forward position again.

The Bucks' previous record was 15 wins and 17 losses, and the winning percentage could not even reach 50%.

For such a broken team, some people attributed their failure to win last season to Yi Jianlian, saying that the UAE dragged them down!
EXCUSE ME!Ah Lian was a rookie last season, and he can't even guarantee the main force. How can he influence an NBA team.

Besides, the reason why he didn't want to go to Milwaukee after the draft was instigated by unscrupulous agents, apart from the lack of small Chinese in the market, it was mainly because the opponent was a bad team, not because he went to him to become bad!

Therefore, as a fan of the UAE in his previous life, Dorsey is not too "cold" with the Bucks. More importantly, their center Bogut is an annoying guy.

Dorsey was a troll, but he was a sane, out-of-the-ordinary troll. Bogut was a delusional, racist, mad dog.A dirty horse on the court, who speaks without thinking.

This guy has made a lot of stupid remarks, such as "Australia should cut off ties with China and cooperate more with Japan", "China is a densely populated country with sewage flooding the streets", and "Go to the podium with Sun Yang The athletes should have smashed the podium" and the like, and even yelled, "FXXK Huaxia" in the interview, blatantly insulting China!

This guy probably has some serious illness. In order to confront Chinese fans on social media, he even learned Chinese Internet slang, and wrote "NMSL" to Chinese fans on his Facebook.

In his previous life, as a keyboard warrior, Dorsey wanted to teach Bogut how to be a man, and today he finally got the chance!
However, Dorsey and Bogut are not in alignment, so they can only wait for the opportunity slowly.

The game was uneventful.

Although as soon as they came up, Reid, Jefferson and others continued to attack the outside line, taking advantage of the defensive loopholes of Alston and McGrady to score outside.

But the damage it caused was extremely limited.

Although Alstom and McGrady are soft, they are NBA proven fighters after all, and they still have defensive strategies and skills.In addition, after a few days of rest, McGrady has recovered a bit, and he is not a soft persimmon on the court.

In addition, Ci Shiping, Dorsey, and Yao Ming are all defensive champions, and the Bucks' already inferior and sharp offense is greatly reduced.

The Rockets' own offense played well today, especially Yao Ming, who was like a duck to water in the interior and killed the Quartet.

After the first two quarters, the Rockets led by 47 points at 36:11.

In the third quarter, Dorsey got a chance to compete with Bogut.

(End of this chapter)