I'm the boss in the NBA

Chapter 84 The Vigorous New Teammate
The league quickly issued a notice approving the deal between the Rockets and the Nuggets.

On the second day, on the Rockets' official website, President Su issued a signing announcement, and the Rockets signed Charles Barkley with a one-year veteran's minimum salary.

The media exclaimed that the Rockets had recruited another former superstar. President Su seemed to like to collect these old players, and half of the team was occupied by the old guys.

At this time, the Rockets' 15-man roster was filled again.

PG: Su Yi, Troy Hudson, Stephen Kerr
SG: Michael Jordan, Tracy McGrady, Dell Curry
SF: Artest, James Posey, Grant Hill (injured)
PF: Zach Randolph (suspended), Charles Barkley, Charles Oakley

C: Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Brad Miller
When President Su and the Nuggets finalized the trade plan, the Rockets had already played three games against the Spurs, Mavericks, and Seattle SuperSonics. Competitors, the Rockets have all suffered defeats without accident.

Su Yi's bad touch still hasn't improved much. It just changed from 18 of 2 to 18 of 3 and 18 of 5. Every game will improve a little, but it still can't help the team win, but it is holding back.

What puzzled the media was that in these two games, Su Yi only shot 18 balls before requesting to leave the field, even if it was the last garbage time, he didn't go to collect points. This is very unsatisfactory.

In the face of the rival Sonics in the third game, the Rockets finally won back a victory, and they won the game 102 to 93.

The Rockets attached great importance to this game and sent new additions to the team, Artest and Brad Miller.

After all, they had already lost three games in a row before this. The key to victory in this game was not Su Yi, but Ron Artest, who had just joined the team, showed strength beyond expectations. Shad Lewis, let him only get 11 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 turnovers.

On the offensive end, Artest completely crushed Rashard Lewis. He scored 29 points, 18 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in 3 minutes of starting time. All three steals were from Rashard Lewis. arrived.

This unruly player who was considered untamable by the Bulls found Michael Jordan as soon as he arrived at the Rockets and bowed to the pier excitedly.

This made Su Yi, who had made some preparations for Artest, useless. In his mind, Jordan had two ribs broken by Artest. Shouldn't they hate each other?Why is the relationship better instead? This relationship is really strange.

Su Yi didn't know that Artest didn't break Jordan's ribs on purpose.

According to what Artest said later, it was Michael Jordan who invited him to a heads-up match because Jordan thought Artest was a good player.

And Artest knew that Jordan was preparing for his comeback, so he defended him desperately, showing his full strength, and used some relatively big moves for this.

He believes that this is the best respect for Jordan, and it also helps him find his status.

But his help was a bit too much. After he knocked down Jordan, Jordan did not speak ill of him. Instead, in the subsequent offense, he hit a mid-range shot on Artest's head, and then a People walk off the field.

Until the next day, Artest learned from media news that Jordan was injured because of his defense. At that time, Artest called Jordan to apologize, but Jordan just comforted him: "It's okay, everything will be fine. of."

This sentence has always been in Artest's heart. In his heart, Jordan is the greatest player in the NBA, and no one can compare with him.

This injury delayed Jordan's comeback plan for several months, but Jordan has gained Artest as a loyal younger brother. Maybe Artest will be very unconvinced when he is with other people, even Su Yi. Let him change his personality a little, but by Jordan's side, he is the most obedient follower.

And Artest is also valued by the old guys, and is willing to help him develop new offensive methods.

Judging from this game alone, he is indeed very capable.

The Supersonics sent Gary Payton to defend Jordan and Su Yi in this game, but Gary Payton not only failed to guard Jordan, but also Su Yi, allowing Su Yi to hit 7 shots and played a stable Performance.

In fact, Su Yi had a feeling that there seemed to be a powerful force in the dark, which had already determined his hit rate in these few games.

The goal that should be scored, no matter how difficult the action I use, it will definitely score.

It shouldn't be scored, even if it is open, it can't make it, so Su Yi has already accepted his fate. In this game, he just shot 18 balls. better.

In this game, Su Yi's scoring efficiency has risen again, and he no longer only takes 18 shots. In this game, his 22-for-7 shooting rate has reached his usual level.

In this game, Su Yi played 42 minutes and scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 6 turnovers. He temporarily lost the accuracy of the open three-pointer. He made 6 of 5 free throws.

Su Yi knew that this was the reason for the reduction of the curse. If he was one-tenth of the strength of rookie James in the first game, in this game, he had forty percent of the strength of rookie James.

But even if it is [-]% of the strength in the rookie period, it has already been trained for so long, and it is even worse. This makes Su Yi very embarrassed. James is worthy of being a future Hall of Fame superstar, and a rookie like himself. A starting point!

And the team's other new aid, Brad Miller, also performed well. Miller, who played as a guest power forward in this game, unexpectedly made three three-pointers from beyond the three-point line. Shuai arranged tactics, but as a good guy on the team, Tang Shuai didn't bother about Miller's personal behavior. After all, even Su Yi only made 18 of 2 wild shots per game. , not to mention the ball was scored.

Therefore, Brad Miller was not only not criticized, but was encouraged by Tang Shuai to let him try to shoot three-pointers when he had the opportunity, which moved him for a long time.

After all, when he was in the Bulls, he tried to shoot three-pointers from the outside, but in the end he was criticized by the head coach, and he was warned not to play.

Tang Shuai seemed to let go of his hands and feet, allowing him to enjoy the joy of basketball freely, which made Miller extremely excited. He could display his strength wantonly instead of relying on his unreliable defense to restrict him. Opponents score, that's not my strong point. He was always considered a defensive black hole when he was in the Bulls, so they couldn't wait to trade him.

And Tomjanovich of the Rockets is his Bole. He allows himself to fully focus on the offensive end, and even gives himself the right to control the ball, which is unimaginable in the Bulls.

Brad Miller played 28 minutes in this game, scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, 6 of 3 three-pointers, and a 50% shooting rate. It can be regarded as a super-level performance. McGrady, who is currently the most accurate three-pointer in the Rockets, also It's only 36% shooting, and Walter, who can reach 42% three-point shooting, has just been traded.

After hitting three three-pointers, Brad Miller relied on shooting threats and frequently tricked the opposing players with shooting fakes before breaking through for a layup. This trick gave the Sonics a headache.

After all, Brad Miller is a big man with a height of 2 meters, but his speed is not slow at all, at least a little faster than Supersonics power forward Wen Baker.

It seems that with Wen Baker's bloated figure and slower and slower pace, it seems that even Olajuwon can't catch up.

Of course, it is also possible that Wen Baker was not in the right condition for this game. Anyway, Su Yi always looked at this star player as if he was unconscious, as if he had drunk too much.

Su Yi originally didn't believe that there would be players drinking before the game, but during a misplaced defense, he smelled brandy from Wen Baker's mouth, this guy really drank, how addicted to alcohol is this? !Will you die if you don't drink?

Relying on stronger offense and defense, the Rockets won the game without bloodshed.

(End of this chapter)