Zhiba NBA

Chapter 112 (110-[-]) The opening after the storm
McGrady finally made concessions and withdrew from the contract renewal dispute.In an interview with the media, he publicly stated that he does not care about the timing of the contract renewal. At present, he is more concerned about the upcoming new season.

And then Yuanfei has to pay, just like the story he told Alexander about buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars. What the Rockets need now is not only to renew the contract of the old players, but also to show their sincerity to pay to renew the contract to avoid a public relations crisis.

On October 10, the Rockets successfully renewed the contract with Richard Jefferson in advance with a 31-year contract of 6 million US dollars, so that Jefferson will continue to play for the Rockets until 4500.The starting salary of this contract is 2011 million, which is significantly higher than that of the middle class contract, which meets the expectations of young players and allows the team to maintain a certain degree of flexibility.

Many media reported on this, and most of them think that this signing is reasonable. Although Jefferson is far from being a big-name star, this contract is not cheap, but he is practical and diligent, and plays seriously.After the Rockets lost Gerald Wallace, Jefferson will become their main candidate at the 3rd position. Signing with a long-term contract is a good thing.

Such a signing at least blocked the negative voices of public opinion, and the Rockets management finally did not usher in the new season under the accusations of "stingy" and "stingy".As for Parker and Turkoglu, although it is inevitable that there will be some disappointment, but seeing that the team has renewed their contracts, and the renewal price is not low, they have some expectations for the future.In this way, the contract renewal turmoil in the team was suppressed for the time being under the combination of Yuanfei's Enwei.

For Yuanfei, this offseason after winning the championship exposed more problems than previous summers.The last regret is that this year's rookie Spanoulis failed to join as he wished.There is still one year left in the contract between Spann and his home team Athens Marossi, and the NBA stipulates that the team can pay a limited buyout fee to the home team of an international player. The extra fee on the basis of this limited fee must be paid by the player himself (taking the 16-17 season as an example, the league stipulates that the buyout fee payable is US$65. Assuming that the original contract between Zhou Qi and the XJ team stipulates that the buyout fee is US$100 million, Zhou Qi needs to pay US$35 at his own expense to buy out the original contract and join the NBA).Spann is only a second-round pick, and his meager salary is too extravagant to pay for the high buyout fee.Facing the hard rules of the alliance, Yuan Fei has nothing to do even if he is willing to pay.If the team takes the risk of paying a large salary for a rookie like Spann who hasn't played a game, even though it makes up for the loss of his buyout fee, it will cause dissatisfaction among the old players in the team.

However, the two sides reached a preliminary verbal agreement amicably, and Spann is expected to join the Rockets next season after the contract ends.In this way, the Rockets have only 12 players on their roster this season. Through Dawson's operation, the Rockets signed the undrafted rookie, point guard Andrew Barrett from Seton Hall University, with a one-year minimum salary contract.This player is only 1cm tall. From the perspective of physical fitness, it is difficult to be suitable for rotation. Signing him is purely for the team's weak No. 178 position to add a little more insurance.In this way, the final roster of the Rockets is determined to be:
Player/Position/Age/Salary (US$[-])

McGrady/shooting guard/25/1448.7
Billups/Point Guard/28/595.5
Redd/shooting guard/25/550
Yao Ming/Center/24/443.7
Bosh/Power Forward/20/283.4
Jefferson/Small Forward/24/233.2
Turkoglu/Small Forward/25/219.5
Wang Zhizhi/Forward/27/210
Przybilla/Center/25/200
Parker/Point Guard/22/169
Varejao/Center/22/83.6
Battle/Center/29/70
Barrett/Point Guard/22/38.5
On November 2004, 11, the new season finally kicked off.The league has always attached great importance to the two important time points of the opening game and the Christmas game, and will arrange more important games during these two days.Of course, this day is no exception. Although the league only arranges three games, they are all eye-catching.The traditional two-strong Mavericks fought the Kings, the newly rebuilt Lakers faced the new playoff Nuggets, and more importantly, of course, the repeat of the Finals-the Rockets challenged the old rival Pistons against Detroit.

Detroit is difficult to play away, especially for the enemy Rockets.The Pistons started with last season's Five Tigers lineup, while Billups sprained his ankle in training and was absent for the Rockets. The lineup was Yao-Mai dual-core plus Bosh, Jefferson, and Parker.

The Pistons strengthened their interior in the summer, signing up the former All-NBA third-team power forward Antonio McDyess and the No. 90 pick in the 37 draft and former All-Star center Derek Coleman.Dumars had hoped that these two veterans would be able to effectively strengthen the interior to contain Yao Ming and overcome the Rockets' weak No. 36 position. However, he did not expect that the [-]-year-old Coleman was not in the same state as he was back then.The inside advantage of the Pistons is not as obvious as imagined.

The progress of the game was completely unexpected by Dumars. After training hard in the summer, Bosh gained a lot of weight, and when he became tougher against Rasheed, he did not lose the wind.Bodi Loga played in the Olympics in the summer and was very tired and not at his best.The two strong points of the Pistons do not have an advantage, but the Rockets feel even worse. After repeated strikes, they ended the half behind 38:41.McGrady only scored 8 points on 1 of 3 shots.

As soon as Tomjanovich walked into the locker room, he immediately asked McGrady with concern: "Tracey, how is your injury status? The boss instructed me that if you are not 100% recovered, we will give priority to ensuring your recovery. You can go down and rest."

"The knee problem is not serious. It may be that he has been recovering for a long time, so he is afraid to use force, and his movements are deformed, which makes his shooting inaccurate." McGrady admitted with some embarrassment: "Due to injuries, summer training is not regular, so I can only adjust slowly."

"Well, in the second half, I will moderately reduce your playing time." Tang Shuai didn't say anything, but he felt a little dissatisfied in his heart.There are too many examples in the league of young players who achieve some results and then become smug, do not train hard and eventually become fallen geniuses.Let's not talk about it, let's talk about Coleman in the opponent's team.He was amazingly talented when he first debuted, and he was considered a super insider who could succeed Malone and Barkley.As a result, he drank, fought and slacked off in training, and eventually became a third-rate player.

Tracy McGrady recovered in the third quarter and scored 6 points on 3-of-7 shooting. However, blacksmithing was like an infectious disease, and it infected Yao Ming again.Dayao made 4 of 0 shots in a single quarter against Daben, who was a head shorter than him, and scored 2 points only by free throws.As soon as Bosh went to rest, Wang Zhizhi was beaten by Rasheed.Parker was in a bad state, but Tang Shuai didn't dare to replace him, because the only substitute for the No. 1 position was the poor Barrett.Seeing that Parker was really dying, Lao Tang finally tried the backcourt combination of Reid + McGrady, but because of McGrady's poor state, it didn't have any organizational effect.Due to the lack of good passes, the Rockets' outside shooters, although their hit rate is acceptable, have very few shots.

In the last half of the quarter, Lao Tang finally replaced Yao Mai. He would rather lose than let the players bear the hidden danger of injury.The Rockets' substitute held up the situation, saving their dignity until the end. 85:91, the Rockets lost away.McGrady only scored 18 points on 6 of 18 shots, and Yao Ming only scored 9+2 on 7 of 10 shots.To make matters worse, the Rockets had only 8 assists, while the Pistons sent 20 assists.The defending champion started the journey of the new season with a single-handed defeat to a teamwork failure.

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