Chapter 368 Recruiting McGrady
"CCTV, CCTV, the game we are broadcasting now is the New York Knicks vs. Houston Rockets. The Knicks have the player we are most familiar with, Yang Mo, who just led our Chinese team to win the Asian Championship. We beat the Iranian team so badly that they lost all their temper. After the start of the new NBA season, he led the Knicks to a good record of four wins and one loss, and among them, he defeated strong teams such as the Lakers and the Spurs. As for the Rockets, the audience friends are very familiar with them. Except for the absence of our Yao Ming, we all know the other players... Okay, the game begins! Jordan Hill jumped for the ball for the Knicks... Wow! Oh my God! Oh my God! Dunk, he actually dunked. After Yang Mo received the basketball, he rushed all the way and dunked it directly. McGrady, who was defending him, didn't even run into the three-point line. This speed is too fast!" CCTV host Yu Jia shouted excitedly at the beginning.
The commentator sitting next to him is still the familiar Coach Zhang, a guy who was called the Chinese Barkley when he was a player, but he does not consider himself a power forward, he considers himself a second center.
Yang Mo's opening dunk caused a tsunami of cheers at the Toyota Center, which was normal. He also received such a welcome in San Antonio and Dallas, because Super Yang's fans are everywhere, including Texas.
Enthusiastic fans screamed for Yang Mo, and Yang Mo waved back at them, feeling like she was having a solo concert . If he held the microphone and shouted, "Let me see your hands, move!" it would be even more like it.
Tracy McGrady didn't mind Yang Mo's cheers at his home stadium. He was very calm. He has become a leader who doesn't talk like a leader. Since he returned from injury, he has felt this huge gap. In the past, whether it was fans, teammates or managers, everyone treated him with respect. Wherever he went, he was the focus. But now, people seem to be more accustomed to him appearing as a supporting role. He even received boos from fans, which was unimaginable before.
All of this was caused by injuries.
In a sense, NBA is like Yihongyuan. You may be the top star when you are young, but it does not mean you will be the top star for the rest of your life. When you are old and ugly, who will care about you?
From the peak to the decline, it is a process that every professional player has to go through, but McGrady's decline is too fast. He is younger than Kobe Bryant, and Kobe is still the nominal number one in the NBA!
"I'm not used to you wearing the No. 3 jersey at all." Yang Mo looked at McGrady with some sadness, and said without any irony: "After all, your No. 1 jersey is an indelible basketball memory for me. Although you have never been my idol, you have always been very strong in my heart."
Yang Mo's words made McGrady smile slightly, and he said confidently and arrogantly: "I am still very strong now, I can still kick your ass."
"Come on, you've said a lot of big words." Yang Mo shrugged and said, "You are old after all."
As soon as Yang Mo said this, McGrady's eyes suddenly burned with a sense of unwillingness. He seemed to be particularly sensitive to the word "old".
As soon as he returned to the half court, he reached out to Kyle Lowry for the ball. In the past, if the boss wanted the ball, would the guard dare not pass it? Now, Kyle Lowry hesitated for a long time before reluctantly passing the ball.
Although McGrady was unhappy, after receiving the ball, he still focused all his attention on offense. He was eager to score this goal. He wanted to use this goal to tell Yang Mo that he was not old yet.
So he took a tentative step and dribbled the ball in the opposite direction.
In the past, he only needed to make his opponent hesitate for a moment to completely get rid of the defense. After all, he was known as the player with the fastest first step in the league. But now? It took Yang Mo less than half a second to catch up with his reaction, because... his explosive power had been lost, while Yang Mo's explosive power had reached a certain limit.
It's a sad thing for McGrady.
But he did not give up. He quickly pulled back and shifted his center of gravity. Then he suddenly turned around, took half a step away, and quickly jumped back and shot...Swish!
The basketball went into the net with an extremely high amplitude! The gentle sound made some Rockets fans at the Toyota Center shout with joy.
At this moment, Yang Mo did not wait for McGrady's victory declaration, but ran to the front court. Jordan Hill saw this and threw the ball to the front court. Kyle Lowry tried to grab the basketball from Yang Mo, but Yang Mo declared victory with the speed of wind, grabbed the basketball first and stopped outside the three-point line, jumped up and shot... swish!
The basketball went into the net!
The Rockets fans' joy lasted less than two seconds before Yang Mo's fans extinguished it with cheers that filled the entire stadium.
This was a complete answer ball, but it was difficult for McGrady to score, while it was easy for Yang Mo to score.
Yang Mo ran back to the half court, and Tracy McGrady's face looked a little unhappy. Once upon a time, his goal was easier than Yang Mo's now, and he only needed to defend the pull-up jumper face to face. Because in this league, those who are more explosive than him are not as tall as him, and those who are taller than him are not as explosive as him. Therefore, his pull-up jumper is one of the tricks that the league can hardly defend, weird, sudden, and accurate.
Unfortunately, he has lost this memory now. Without the explosive power, if he faces an opponent's pull-up shot again, there is only one outcome, that is, being blocked. After all, the young guys in the NBA are more capable than each other in jumping, and he doesn't want to be sent back to the bench by being blocked one after another at the end of his career. Therefore, he must change his playing style.
"Would you like to tell me your pull-up technique and first-step start technique? I can ask New York to trade you there." Yang Mo said to McGrady very straightforwardly: "I can even help you win a championship ring, but your annual salary in the future will probably only be one-tenth of what it is now."
Yang Mo's words were naked and frank. His request was simple, that is, he wanted to learn McGrady's technique of launching explosive power. His temptation was also straightforward, that is, to help McGrady realize his dream of winning the championship and let him bid farewell to the embarrassing status of a second-round virgin.
For Yang Mo, although he now has the peak explosive power of Shawn Kemp, he always feels a little lacking in starting. He has 10,000 kilograms of strength in his body, but can only use 3,000 kilograms, which seriously restricts his performance on the court, so he wants to find a master for himself so that he can improve his strength.
For McGrady, Yang Mo's invitation was a temptation. Yang Mo had unlimited potential. Following him, he would never have to worry about sponsors. His influence was much greater than Yao Ming's. He did have the potential to win the championship, and New York was a big city. If he could be offered a long-term contract, it would not matter if the contract amount was a little less. Anyway, as long as he was still playing, Adidas would pay for his sponsorship, which was the big deal.
But...is it a respectable thing to ask McGrady to help a rookie who is just starting out?
McGrady is a person who cares about his reputation.
When McGrady was silent, Yang Mo continued, "You don't have to give me an answer now. When you have thought it through, we will contact each other. Now concentrate on playing."
As Yang Mo was talking, Adelman on the sidelines requested a substitution. Then Yang Mo noticed Trevor Ariza coming up and replacing McGrady. And he was wearing McGrady's No. 1 jersey.
Seeing the former No. 1 jersey being worn by this nondescript person in front of him, Yang Mo suddenly felt disgusted.
Damn, even such a good pussy was fucked by a dog!
Yang Mo was a little indignant, so he planned to teach this guy a severe lesson.
At the same time, CCTV's Yu Jia was also puzzled by Adelman's substitution: " It's only been less than two minutes since the game started, why is Adelman so anxious to replace McGrady? Although McGrady is not as eye-catching as Yang Mo, he just made a three-pointer. And he is the leader of the Rockets after all, and he can just make a substitution without giving him face. "
"It's a different time now!" Coach Zhang sighed and analyzed from a professional perspective: "Adelman may want to use Ariza to defend Yang Mo because McGrady failed to catch up with Yang Mo twice. Ariza's defense seems to be stronger. But... I think it's weird. Once Yang Mo starts running, not to mention Ariza, even Ali Lang can't catch up with him!"
"Yeah, Ariza isn't a player who excels . Now the Rockets are determined to make him their core player, but... his offensive skills are too poor. His technical moves always feel rigid and not soft at all."
"That's right. Ariza used to be a supporting role in the Lakers. Now he is asked to do the core work. How can he complete it? It's too difficult for him!"
The two CCTV people were talking about this when Ariza in the frontcourt received the ball. Less than five seconds after he received it, he just put the ball down and tried to dribble past the opponent... Snap!
Yang Mo's long arms reached out and knocked his ball down, then he suddenly drilled and ran towards the front court with his ball. Ariza immediately turned around and tried to catch up, but unfortunately, his speed was still no match for Yang Mo. In the end, he could only watch Yang Mo rush into the unguarded restricted area and make a layup!
It has to be said that the Rockets, without Yao Ming, McGrady and Artest, have become a completely rotten team. They even let Yang Mo succeed in three consecutive fast breaks. This is a rotten rhythm to the core! !
