Sports Almighty King

Chapter 57 Starting from the Water Fountain Players
At 6 o'clock that night, Wang Fei followed the Rockets to the Toyota Center.

The game starts at 7:[-] p.m., so when the Rockets bus arrives at Toyota Center, there's no one there yet.

The team entered the Toyota Center from the player tunnel and came to the home team's locker room.

"Wang, from now on, this cabinet will be yours." Fisher Tiger brought Wang Fei to a cabinet and said.

Wang Fei was very excited when he took the key on the cabinet from Tiger.

From this moment on, has he really become a member of the Rockets?
"Mr. Tiger, why didn't I see Zhou Qi?" Wang Fei asked.

"Zhou is going to play in the Development League, and the team doesn't have a suitable position for him yet," Tiger said.

"Oh, so that's the case." Wang Fei nodded.

Before Wang Fei came to the Rockets, he thought he could see Zhou Qi for the first time.

In a foreign country, you can see your compatriots and communicate with each other, so you won't be too lonely, right?
Unexpectedly, Zhou Qi has been marginalized to this point in the Rockets now?
This is really a pity.

But think about it, although the Rockets currently have a poor record, they have no shortage of strikers. Whether it is Clint Capela or Kenya Faried, they are more capable than Zhou Qi.

"Wang, now that you are here, I think this is not good news for Zhou Qi." Tiger said with a meaningful glance at Wang Fei.

"Eh? Why?" Wang Fei blinked in confusion.

"Because, with Zhou Qi's ability, it is really difficult for him to be competitive in this Rockets. The Rockets signed Zhou Qi because they valued the Chinese market. Now, you are here. If you play well enough, then , there is no meaning for Zhou to stay in the Rockets." Fisher Tiger said.

Is reality so cruel?

Wang Fei shook his head.

"This is the NBA, it's cruel. The Rockets signed Zhou Qi not because of his ability, but because they hoped that he could bring the Rockets attention from China. If he doesn't even have this role, then this team There is no need for the team to keep him. Wang, you say, don’t you?” Fisher Tiger said.

"Actually, Zhou Qi is also a young player with great potential. He is talented and very young. What he lacks is some opportunities to practice." Wang Fei still couldn't help saying some good things for Zhou Qi.

"However, there are too many young players like him. There are many unselected young people who are better than him. When Zhou Qi first came to the Rockets, we also gave him some opportunities. Unfortunately, he The performance did not meet the team's expectations," Fisher Tiger said.

"Okay, I understand. I thought I could play with him." Wang Fei smiled and shook his head.

"Maybe there will be an opportunity. For example, you can quickly play gorgeous statistics and help the team achieve good results, or you can also help him. In order to attract the attention of China, the team may give you a fellow player." Wang, you remember, the NBA is a commercial league, and everything in it can only revolve around commercial interests," Fisher said.

After talking to Fisher Tiger for a while, Wang Fei felt a little heavy in his heart.

At 6:40 in the evening, the team began to warm up.

Although Wang Fei did not enter the activation list and did not have the opportunity to play in the rotation, he followed his teammates to the arena.

The Toyota Center is huge.

Its stands can accommodate nearly 2 people.

When the home team players came out to warm up, there were already a lot of fans sitting sparsely in the stands.

It is said that the Rockets' game market is not very good, and the attendance rate has not been very high.

Even in the past few years, there has been a Harden who has scored super fiercely, but he has not been able to increase the attendance rate.

Wang Fei followed his teammates to warm up.

In fact, it is more that he does a little support work for his teammates who are about to play.

After 10 minutes of warm-up, Harden came to Wang Fei's side.

"How do you feel, Wang?" Harden asked.

"Very good. The atmosphere is very enthusiastic. This is the first time for me to come to the scene of an NBA game." Wang Fei said.

"What I want to tell you is that warm-up is very important. If the warm-up is not sufficient, then after the official game starts, because the body is not fully active, it is easy to get injured when doing intense confrontation." Harden said .

Of course, Wang Fei knew about this problem.

He didn't expect that Harden would come here to remind himself.

"Thank you." Wang Fei hurriedly thanked him.

"Also, if you want to maintain a good competitive state, you need to persevere in training. You should insist on doing two hours of training every day." Harden said.

"I will, thanks for the reminder." Wang Fei thanked again.

Harden nodded and walked away.

The warm-up training lasted until 7 o'clock, and then the home and away teams returned to their respective locker rooms.

In the locker room, head coach D'Antoni once again cheered his players on.

"Let's play, I believe in your ability! Boys, the Nuggets are not a strong team, they don't even have an arrow figure, so don't be afraid of them. This is our home stadium, and there are thousands of fans supporting us , we can't lose face! We must win the game! In addition, today, ESPN will broadcast the game live across the United States, this is our time to show our face! Let Jeff see, although we have made some lineup adjustments before this season , but we are still a strong team!" Mike D'Antoni shouted loudly.

His voice was full of passion.

The Jeff in D'Antoni's mouth is Jeff Van Gundy.

That is Van Gundy Jr.

He is now a commentator for ESPN.

However, his other identity may be known to Huaxia fans, and that is: Jeff Van Gundy was the head coach of the Rockets before!

He can be regarded as Yao Ming's mentor.

Jeff Van Gundy had some opinions on some team adjustments of the Rockets before and made some criticisms.

So, this was kept in mind by Mike D'Antoni.

Finished the pre-war mobilization, Jeff Van Gundy waved, and the team began to walk out of the locker room to the field.

The game is about to start.

Wang Fei came to the Rockets' bench position.

He is relatively late on the bench, sitting at the end of the bench with Gary Clark and others.

"Man, you will be responsible for distributing towels to the players later." A staff member ran up to Wang Fei and said to Wang Fei.

"Okay, okay." Wang Fei agreed wholeheartedly.

And Gary Clark and another rookie, Vincent Edwards, were responsible for distributing drinking water to the players playing the game.

At this moment, Wang Fei really understood what the so-called water dispenser player meant.

In fact, these people just can't play the game, they can only do miscellaneous work on the sidelines of the team.

The game is broadcast live across the United States.

ESPN's live broadcast seats are directly in front of the court, not far from the benches of players on both sides.

At this moment, ESPN's NBA host Mike Breen and commentators Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson have already sat down in the commentary booth.

The game hasn't started yet.

These people are still gossiping.

"Jeff, what do you think of Wang Fei's new addition? The Rockets seem to attach great importance to him. Do you think he can play in the Rockets?" host Mike Breen said looking at Jeff Van Gundy.

Jeff Van Gundy nodded and said, "I think Wang Fei can help the Rockets in the short term. He is a very capable little player."

"No, no! I don't think so." Mark Jackson on the other side of Mike Brin immediately shook his head and said.

"Mark, then, tell me your opinion, okay?" Brin turned his face to Mark Jackson with a smile.

(End of this chapter)