Chapter 989 988. I Am a Tough Guy Who Doesn’t Talk Much. I Am Yao Ge in the Society (Please Subscribe)

"Bill, you have to believe in us, we will definitely bring the championship to Yao..." Dawson said this without any confidence.

Bill Duffy did not answer, just looked at Dawson.

As an old friend, Dawson knew Bill Duffy's character very well.

Bill Duffy did not want his players to suffer. Dawson had taken advantage of Bill Duffy before because Yao Ming had a gentle personality.

But now Dawson found that he had never really taken advantage of Yao Ming except for perfunctorily responding to Yao Ming's request for signings!

Yao Ming just kept holding back from getting angry, and only at this critical moment did Yao Ming start to show his power!

Dawson could only bite the bullet and play the family card: "Yao, we have been working together for three years. Houston is your home. The fans here love you very much, and our team loves you too. We can play happily together, and I will definitely do my best to help you build a championship team."

Hearing this, Yao Ming did not believe it at all.

Yao Ming did not feel anything in his rookie season. It was so cool to join the NBA with Francis, an All-Star teammate.

But in the second year, Yao Ming was stronger than Francis, and found that the NBA All-Stars... were just so-so. After being easily eliminated by the opponent in the first round of the second year, Yao Ming asked the team to recruit players but did not make effective changes. Yao Ming began to hold his breath.

Last season, the Rockets missed Antoine Walker and Nash in succession, and even the Timberwolves tried to sell Cassell, but the Rockets management was indifferent.

After talking with Liu Mang, Yao Ming decided to continue to hold back, just to give the Rockets a hard time now!

As for the Rockets' perfunctory claim that they must have reinforcements, Yao Ming completely stopped believing it after the Rockets did not sign Nash but Sura.

Yao Ming raised his head and exhaled: "You should understand my determination. I know it's not your fault. Everyone knows how stingy your boss is."

At this time, Bill Duffy began to play the villain: "Carroll, if you don't trade Yao to the Lakers this summer, we will not sign a contract extension next year, and will only accept a qualifying offer. In 2007, Yao will only be 27 years old. He still has a chance. He doesn't want to waste the next six years in a stingy team."

At this point, Dawson knew that Yao Ming and Bill Duffy were ready to tear each other apart!

The parent team's limited renewal clause, that is, the restricted free agent clause, is very beneficial to the parent team. Correspondingly, there are also clauses that are beneficial to the players, that is, the qualifying offer clause.

The qualifying price guarantee clause has a detail that is extremely unfavorable to the parent team, that is, the player who signs a one-year qualifying contract offer has the autonomy to decide whether to agree that the team can trade him in this season in the next season.

This is a little different from the trade veto clause. Players only have two choices. When signing the qualifying offer, they make a decision: open to trade or reject any trade. There is no other choice. Once a decision is made, the future is basically determined.

The most frightening situation for Dawson now is that Yao Ming really does this next summer, and then he will really get nothing.

Even if Yao Ming signs the qualifying contract and agrees to open the trade, other teams will definitely not give good chips after knowing this situation in the 06-07 season. At that time, the Rockets can only watch Yao Ming leave after playing for one season.

The most important thing is commercial value!

If they tear their faces with Yao Ming, whose commercial value will be damaged more?

Yao Ming?

Dawson doesn't think so. Yao Ming may be criticized at that time, but if Yao Ming really leaves one day and goes to Los Angeles, as long as he wins, everything will not be Yao Ming's problem.

As for the Rockets, it's hard to say.

Dawson took a deep breath, suppressed his inner anxiety, and said: "Bill, Yao, I can't decide on such a big thing. I need to discuss this with the boss. Yao, you talk to the boss..."

"No, Carroll, I don't want to talk to Alexander. You can contact Bill. I will fly back to China tonight. This matter will be fully handled by Bill," Yao Ming stared into Dawson's eyes and said sincerely: "Carroll, I really want to win."

Although Dawson didn't have any transactions worth mentioning, after he took over the Rockets in 1995, the Rockets' peak period had just passed, that is, he has always been in the "low" period of the Rockets and has not made any good transactions.

But Dawson's reputation is very good, just because he is a good person.

Bill Duffy and Yao Ming seized Dawson's weakness. Dawson wanted to play the family card, and Yao Ming also played the family card.

The trade application has been submitted, and the Lakers have also made an offer. Yao Ming and Bill Duffy are ready to wait.

Waiting for the Rockets' response, and then responding to it!

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"Carroll, what did you say? Yao Ming applied for a trade to the Lakers? How is that possible! Absolutely not, I will never trade him! He is a cash cow, cash cow, you know? Just refuse this kind of thing! No need to ask me!" Alexander said he refused, directly refused.

"Leslie, we are in a passive position now..." Dawson detailed the content of the afternoon's negotiations with Yao Ming and Bill Duffy.

When Alexander heard Bill Duffy's threat to sign a qualifying offer, he was so angry that he said he would never trade Yao Ming anyway.

But when he heard that Yao Ming and Bill Duffy might be ready to tear each other apart, Alexander calmed down.

When Dawson was shocked and sweaty at the time, the "seven sins" listed by Bill Duffy came out, Alexander was not calm.

In the past season, Yao Ming has actually been constantly asking for good guards, and Alexander has never paid attention. Alexander only remembered at this time that after the start of this season, Yao Ming asked for trades several times, and they were all reasonable trades, all for guards!

Now Bill Duffy has recorded all these requests for signings and completely put the responsibility on the Rockets.

The key is reasonable!

From these things, it seems that Yao Ming has long wanted to leave the team, but he has never said it out and has been testing it. Now it is the right time to explode!

Alexander is afraid of Yao Ming's "scheming" that he endured for a year before it exploded!

If Yao Ming really waits until the end of his four-year rookie contract to refuse to renew the contract, and makes things fall apart, the Rockets will be completely finished!

Chinese fans like the Rockets because of Yao Ming, not because of the Rockets. Alexander is quite clear about this.

Alexander understood why Dawson did not refuse directly.

Yao Ming did not make this decision on a whim. It looked like he had been preparing for it long ago!

Even if he insisted on keeping Yao Ming, as long as Yao Ming made public the fact that he had applied for a trade many times, it would be a lose-lose situation for both parties from the perspective of public opinion!

After calming down, the Jewish boss still wanted to save the situation and would never give up until the last moment.

"Carol, I want to talk to Yao in person." Alexander dialed Yao Ming's number.

However, the prompt was that it was out of service area!

"Damn it! Is there something wrong with this mobile phone operator?" Alexander angrily slapped the phone back.

"Leslie, Yao should be on the plane to China now." Dawson said.

"Carol, why don't you stop Yao from going to China..."

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After saying this, Alexander shut up himself and looked at Dawson. They were not the Immigration Bureau, so how could they stop this kind of thing?

The most irritable time was over, and Alexander began to think about this crisis.

When Yao Ming applied for a trade, Alexander was the one who was most afraid to make it public!

Bill Duffy, in keeping with his character, did not play tricks, but even recorded the exact time to a certain day of a certain month, and recorded every time Yao Ming suggested signings and was perfunctorily rejected.

Although these contents are simple, no matter how you look at it, it is the Rockets' problem. Of course, Yao Ming also has problems, but the key is that the Rockets cannot put the blame on Yao Ming.

For the Rockets, the breakdown is a complete break with Chinese fans!

And it is impossible to hide Yao Ming. Yao Ming's commercial value is there. If Yao Ming is hidden, the team endorsements obtained by Yao Ming will probably disappear.

Yao Ming is so determined that he is obviously ready to make it public directly after the negotiation fails!

At this time, Alexander felt that Dawson did not directly refuse, but it was a good thing.

Alexander found that Yao Ming had learned bad things after staying in the United States for three years! He did not expect Yao Ming to be so tough all of a sudden!

It is not about doing some sneaky things, but you have to play rogue when you need to play rogue. If you meet a rogue boss, you have to use rogue methods.

As for the face problem... Yao Ming thought about Liu Mang, sometimes being a little shameless can make you better!

When Yao Ming asked for a trade before, Alexander saw that Yao Ming's tone was not too intense. In the past three years, the Rockets have been accustomed to perfunctory Yao Ming, and never expected Yao Ming to be a tough guy who doesn't talk much.

But now he is directly tough, which makes Alexander a little confused!

This is too scheming!

Is he still the skinny and silly guy who didn't talk much when he entered the NBA? Alexander feels that this cash cow is not as simple as he thought... Or, he feels that he underestimated this cash cow!

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On July 1, 2006, the free market kicked off.

Although the free agent signing will have to wait until after the 7th, it can already start contacting.

As for the trade, it can be carried out immediately.

On July 2, Rockets owner Alexander, general manager Dawson, and head coach Jeff Van Gundy came to the Toyota Center in Los Angeles together and were invited to watch the Lakers' training.

Looking at the familiar logo of the stadium, Alexander felt so annoyed for the first time.

The Rockets and Lakers have always had a good relationship, and the two teams have traded many times. One very important reason is that the Rockets' home court and the Lakers' training hall have the same sponsor.

Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak came to the door of the training hall and waited for them to arrive.