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Li Kaiming's sudden tough attitude directly caused the entire office to fall into silence. Not only the two team presidents, but also the head coach Saunders were surprised.

It's been more than a month since he got along with Li Kaiming. During this month, he only felt that Li Kaiming on and off the court was completely two people.

This is the first time that Sanders has seen Li Kaiming in full swing off the court.

At this point, the conflict between the two cores of the team can no longer be adjusted, so the only way to reduce the team's losses is to trade Li Kaiming or Arenas before the trade deadline. It's not a problem for Arenas, who has an annual salary of tens of millions, to play as a substitute.

What kind of family is so rich, and in 2010, they used a substitute with an annual salary of more than 1000 million?

Of course, the next job is for the two CEOs. After Li Kaiming stated his position, he just needs to wait for the results.

For him, he is more concerned about what kind of players the team can exchange for Arenas. This year Arenas is the penultimate year of his maximum salary contract. According to the contract amount rules, Arenas’ contract is A contract that is increasing year by year, this year is more than 1700 million dollars, and the last year is 1900 million dollars. Such a large contract must be traded with players of the same large contract, or a team will be emptied to match.

But those who can match the salary of Arenas are almost all the core of the team, or some old superstars at the end of their careers. With Arenas' current state, it is almost impossible for other teams to gamble with a large number of high-quality role players. is 0.

If Arenas found out, before the team management notified him who he was going to trade, his opponents had already begun to consider what bargaining chips they could get him in exchange for, and they probably couldn't help but come back to "hold the gun"...

Walking out of the office, Li Kaiming and Sanders looked at each other.

I don’t know if it’s because Sanders felt a little guilty about helping Arenas during the game, so he smiled reluctantly at Li Kaiming, “Li, I believe Ernie and the others will definitely keep you, we can’t live without you! "

Li Kaiming thought to himself, "Nonsense, what do you need to say?" But there was a smile of approval on his face, and then he and Sanders came to the team's training area.

As usual, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian worked the hardest in today's team training. In the last game, although Sun Yue didn't get a chance, it didn't dampen his aggressiveness. Instead, it stimulated him to train harder.

The Wizards' next game is tomorrow, and they will face the Houston Rockets at home.

The attention of this game in America may be average, because the two cities of Washington and Houston are not big cities, and in the eyes of most fans, neither team is a championship contender , so there are not many fans watching this game.

However, this game in Huaguo has attracted as much attention as the playoffs, because this game will usher in the first "Huaguo Derby" in more than a year!

In the 2008-2009 season playoffs, Yao Ming was directly reimbursed for the season due to a broken foot, so in the following year, Huaguo fans did not have the opportunity to see the duel between Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming, but this season not only Yao Ming came back, but also the Wizards In addition to Yi Jianlian, the team also includes Sun Yue and Li Kaiming.

There are 3 Chinese players and 1 Chinese player in an NBA game. This is definitely a feast for Huaguo basketball!

And Huaguo's major sports media, including Huaguo's official sports channel, had already started warming up for the game three days before the start of the game, which made the game's attention in Huaguo even higher!

"Tomorrow is the NBA Huaguo Derby day. If you forward this news, Ma Huateng will give you 4 Q coins, symbolizing the 4 Huaguo players who appeared in this game!"

"Watch the game in front of the TV for me tomorrow, if you don't watch it, you are not Chinese!"

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Under such an upsurge of participation by the whole people, the day of the game will soon be ushered in. The time of the day in Washington is [-] o'clock in the evening, and Huaguo at this time happens to be the morning of Double Eleven. Although the current online shopping is still a kind of It is an activity that only a small number of people can participate in, but it can also be said to be a double happiness.

In the pre-match interview session, questions from Hua Guo reporters were naturally indispensable.

When the square-faced man known as the "Moving Great Wall" was asked by reporters what he thought of the game, Yao Ming replied with his head down, "This game is essentially a regular season, but for Huaguo fans It may be even more significant, everyone wants to see the development of our basketball, and more and more Chinese players appear in the NBA."

"Have you watched Li Kaiming's game? How do you evaluate his performance?"

Yao Ming deserves to be the one who conquered American fans with his high emotional intelligence. To this question, he replied, "Of course I have watched his games. His ability on the court, whether it is three-pointers, mid-range or Breakthroughs are all very powerful, he is now the leading scorer in the league, the only one who averages more than 30 points per game, in the words of Hua Guo, he is a player with a bright future."

The Wizards' interviews naturally focused on Li Kaiming and Yi Jianlian, and the Huaguo media didn't even let Sun Yue go.

Li Kaiming still expressed his respect for his predecessor Yao Ming, and then said some words that he had prepared long ago. For him, there was nothing special about this match.

After the familiar pre-match preparation process, it was time for the home players to play. To the surprise of the fans in the MCI Center, Nick Young was the first to play this time!

what's the situation?

Nick Young also played as the first player before, but that was when Arenas did not come back. Now that Arenas is back, it is not his turn to make Nick Young the first player!

Soon the fans will know the answer to the question, because Arenas did not appear in the starting lineup at all!

Could it be that the Wizards management is going to trade Arenas?This is a big news. In addition to the interview after the last game, Arenas has been absent from the interview for two consecutive times. The reporters don't know what is going on with him now.

After the Wizards' starting lineup was announced, the starting lineups of both sides were also presented on the big screen in the MCI Center.

Washington Wizards, point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Nick Young, small forward Al Thornton, power forward Li Kaiming, center Andrey Blatche.

Houston Rockets, point guard Ish Smith, shooting guard Kevin Martin, small forward Shane Battier, power forward Luis Scola, center Yao Ming.

Yao Ming's overseas popularity is also very good. There were quite a few fans holding signs with Yao Ming's big face on them. Of course, most of them were Hua Guo faces.

The referee for today's game is No. 5 Kane Fitzgerald. He came to the center circle with the ball, and after confirming that both players and the technical table were ready, he blew a whistle and threw the basketball in his hand into the air.

Blatche took the lead in jumping. Yao Ming's jumping speed was not fast, and he didn't dare to use too much force when he came back from injury. So the first attack was successfully won by the Wizards, and the ball was given to Hinrich to dribble to the frontcourt.

Li Kaiming is facing Luis Scola, a floor-flowing power forward from Argentina. He was selected with the 2007th overall pick in the second round of 27. He is a left-handed insider with excellent skills at the basket. He averaged 18.3 points per game last season. With 8.2 rebounds, it can be said that Scola was the mainstay of the Rockets' inside offense when Yao Ming was injured and absent.

But it is a pity that although Scala has a good offense, his defense is below average among inside players, especially players who cannot deal with outside shots.

As soon as Hinrich came up, he played a pick-and-roll with Li Kaiming. Scola was hesitating whether to follow him, because he had watched Li Kaiming's game video and knew how fast the latter was. It must be passed by one step!

In a basketball game, many things can be decided in a second. Scola’s hesitation caused a loophole in the Rockets’ defense immediately. Hinrich passed the ball to Li Kaiming on the outside. It was long overdue and rushed over.

But his moving speed like his old cold legs couldn't affect Li Kaiming at all. The latter caught the ball and made a three-pointer, scoring the team's first point!

3 is better than 0!