Super Basketball Manager

Chapter 333 The Cycle of Life... (Harden Appears!)
"Uh...sir, I don't want to put a black mark on the great work you've done, but we bought James Harden, and the SG position will be oversaturated...When Yao Ming returns..."

"I have to send one person away..." When Ron said this, his heart became cold for a long time...

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The locker room after training...

Brent Barry was as meticulous as ever with his knees, his old waist…

He stuffed half of his leg into the ice... closed his eyes and closed his mind...

"Hey~~~ If I have a bottle of good wine at this time... I might feel better..." He joked with the trainer beside him in a humorous way.

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"No...no...you don't want to know the dilemma when we lost McGrady and Yao Ming in the second round in the 09 season...At that time, everyone was full of confidence to win the championship...Yes..." He and the rookies beside him narrated and recalled the past youth: "Yes, last year was the most amazing year for us...Keep out the Nuggets...and eliminated the Spurs...Alas...It's a pity that the luck is not good...But even if God helped us, we were lucky enough to pass the Lakers, and we couldn't pass the Celtics later..."

He's right on point, and he's always been a tireless textbook encyclopedia of locker room history...

"Hi, old Barry..." When Ron walked up to him resentfully, there were some tears in his eyes...

"Hi, Ron..." Seeing Ron sitting across from him filled with righteous indignation, and today is the trade deadline, it's hard not to imagine something about the trade...

Old Barry also knew that such a day would definitely come...

He was originally in the Spurs system, but he was incompatible with Adelman's system... His physical condition could not allow him to make as many three-pointers as before...

It's just that this seems to have come a little too soon... because at least he didn't know that the last game may have been the last game of his career...

"...You know I've struggled recently...But in the second half of the season, I will definitely find my hand again...The Houston Rockets and I will still..." Although he said a lot of things that he didn't believe, the dull eyes almost made it difficult for Ron to breathe...

Unlike JR, Jermaine Taylor, and even Nicolas Batum who were sent away before...Brent Barry was not only one of the few players who stayed on the team last season, but also waited for Ron's contract extension with all his heart and soul, and never left the Rockets...

According to his words, although the Rockets have changed, but sitting in the Rockets locker room, he can still feel the joy and tears of the previous seasons...

Because of this, even Ron, who made up his mind not to watch a game in order to become "more cold-blooded" this season, will inevitably feel a little bit hard to let go...

He closed his eyes, rolled his eyes, feeling filled with emotion...

"Hey old Barry...Maybe I need you to take off your jersey...Yeah...I'm terribly sorry about that...But you know..." He opened his eyes, warm and bright...

He deserves my compliments… Ron said to himself.

"...deal?" After choking for a long time, old Barry suddenly said with a smile, as if he had said it when joking with others...

Ron watched, his nose felt sore for a while, and after a long time of turbulence in his heart, he still couldn't speak...

He just shook his head at Barry, then his eyes dimmed...

"..." It's hard to imagine what kind of mentality a small role player who has entered the late stage of his career persisted until the end... Like them, they have never been famous in their lives, but they have also become the most important part of the team. Really, if there is something to persist...It can only be the belief in dreams and the love of basketball...

When Brent Barry began to twitch on his back, Ron's mood was also extremely frustrated...

But it's also a fact that there's no way out of it...

Every season in the league, there are many unknown old players who spent the last year of their careers in a bleak way. Not every manager, like Ron, is full of respect and affection for veterans...

"I'm sorry...I'm really sorry...I'm sorry to bring this bad news...I know it hurts..." Ron kept looking at the old Barry, and the corner of his mouth kept swallowing...

Old Barry struggled to reveal a smile he could understand, but that smile looked like a sharp knife at this moment, piercing deeply into Ron's heart...

"Brent... half of the roster cannot be played by SG... When Yao Ming comes back, we will be overstaffed... I hope you can understand... I know you have worked so hard in the league for so long, and usually when you receive a trade or release, maybe not the manager of every team, come and talk to you in person... because I really appreciate you treating this place as your own home... and thank you for the sacrifices you made for the team during the offseason last year... Thank you... Brent Barry..."

"I get it... I get it..."

"Okay...thank you..." He could hardly suppress his emotions, turned and left...

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Although the little news at the bottom of the box after the transaction was not so eye-catching, it also made many old fans who had witnessed "white people can fly" back then heartbroken...

Headline: Houston Rockets player Brent Barry, 38, announces retirement…

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Walking out of the locker room, he quickly changed his mood, because he had already seen a silly × with a thick beard, looking around with wretched eyes. When it comes to women in the Toyota Center, he always deliberately slows down the rhythm of scanning and speeds up the frequency of looking back...

"Hey! Mr. James Harden! Let's see who is here!" Ron smiled cordially, and sent him a hug...

"Shit! You are not authentic, you made me wait for a year in vain, and you even sent a few job grabbers... Not happy! Mr. Beard is not happy!" Harden handed over his fist to fight once...

"So it feels good about everything here?"

"Uh... no... I don't know yet..." Harden smiled jokingly: "Is the environment here in Houston good? (Are the nightclubs in Houston the best?)"

"Oh! You will know if you go around... (You dare to go before the game, see if I don't break your leg...)"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and bumped their chests again like brothers.

"I guess you must have been taken aback?"

"It's okay, but when Sam was sending me on the plane, he said he didn't want to see me at the game tonight...he said he made it with you...it was a verbal agreement..."

"Fuck the deal..."

"Ahaha...I like it..."

"Ha ha…"

One is a rogue manager, the other is a lecherous player...

The real core of Houston in the future finally officially met today...

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Before the game, it was a reminiscence of Barry Sr.’s contributions to the Houston Rockets...

Under the spotlight of the Toyota Center, the old Barry in a suit and leather shoes finally shed tears amid the cheers of tens of thousands of fans and some heartfelt shouts of "We will never forget you"...

"James Harden came off the bench! This is the first time he's faced his former team after 24 hours..."

"Wow! He's getting revenge! The fourth three! Listen to what he said? What did he say to the Thunder bench?"

"Bullshit! Do you know what it would be like without me at last! Idiots!" Harden said passionately...

When the final whistle came, Harden spread his hands and roared disdainfully, accepting the cheers and worship of the new fans...

He came off the bench and scored 32 points and 7 assists. He perfectly fit the Rockets' rotation lineup and deepened the depth of the Rockets' bench...Houston's second team composed of Iverson, Bledsoe and others is also enough to challenge the entire league...

No wonder, Barkley called Sam Pressley an idiot on TNT...

His move not only caused him to lose a player, but also sent the Rockets into the favorites to win the championship...

21 straight wins...yes, the magic continues...

Both O'Neal and Tracy McGrady hugged Harden after the game. The joyful smiles of all the Houston players, accompanied by flying colored bars, and Barry's relieved smile were the most beautiful silhouettes on that day...

Yes, birth, old age, sickness and death... Welcome to the new life... There is Brent Barry's lonely farewell, and there is James Harden's breakthrough...

It's all about the cycle of life...

　"Uh... no... I don't know yet..." Harden smiled jokingly: "Is the environment here in Houston good? (Are the nightclubs in Houston the best?)"

　　"Oh! You will know if you go around... (You dare to go before the game, see if I don't break your leg...)"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)