The next day, around four in the morning, Wen Hao got out of bed without even needing an alarm. His biological clock allowed him to wake up naturally at four in the morning every day.
He has the heart of a point guard in his body, and after a few hours of deep sleep, the essentials for last night's game and training have been wiped away. He rummaged through something from the refrigerator and ate it. He is not yet a superstar like Kobe.
, a nutritionist customized three meals for him.
After eating, he walked towards the Toyota Center and started a day of training.
His current training volume has increased a lot. In addition to the required physical training, he also has to practice dribbling skills, two-pointers, and three-pointers. The training volume is so heavy that he is somewhat overwhelmed and unable to complete the training.
.But he still gritted his teeth and persevered. In the training hall, he was often the first to come and the last to leave.
In the training hall today, apart from Wen Hao, Dayao and Jeremy Lin, the next person to arrive is not Parsons, but Jones. He hit a buzzer beater last night and was so excited that he almost didn't sleep all night. He came early this morning
Go to the training hall.
When he entered the training hall, he came directly to Wen Hao who was practicing three-pointers. As soon as he opened his mouth, he laughed and said: "Wen, good morning!"
"Well, it's not too late for you." Wen Hao said.
"I really want to thank you last night. If you hadn't passed the ball after attracting double teams, I wouldn't have had the buzzer beater last night." Obviously, because Wen Hao assisted Jones and hit the buzzer beater, Jones became much closer to Wen Hao.
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"It's nothing, everyone hopes to make the most correct choice." Wen Hao was not as arrogant as before, and just smiled lightly.
"Chinese people, being modest is a good thing, but being too modest can lead to hypocrisy."
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Other Rockets players came one after another at this time. They saw Jones and Wen Hao, who had contributed the winning goal last night, chatting enthusiastically, and they all gathered around to congratulate Jones.
But when Harden arrived, he did not greet the players around him, looked gloomy, and started his training.
When everyone in the Rockets saw their boss like this, they all dispersed and started training on their own. Only Jones and Howard were still laughing happily beside Wen Hao.
Dayao shook his head secretly, gave Wen Hao a proud look, and started his training.
Wen Hao didn't seem to care about this at all. He continued his unfinished three-point training.
At the same time, at the Hooters restaurant in Houston, Elena was resting her chin on her hands and staring blankly at the door.
Suddenly, a hand from the side stretched out and waved it in front of her eyes.
Elena didn't seem to see it at all, and continued to look at the door in a daze.
"Are you crazy again?" a voice next to her shouted. The hand waved in front of Elena's eyes again.
Elena then came back to her senses, knocked off the hand in front of her eyes, gave the girl next to her a blank look, and cursed: "You are the one who is crazy."
"To be honest, are you thinking about Wen Hao again?"
Elena didn't hesitate: "Nonsense, who else could be there besides him?"
The girl next to her smiled and sat next to Elena, and said with a smile: "What's the use of just thinking? I've said it a hundred times, you have to take the initiative to fight for it. Wen Hao is becoming more and more popular now, and the beauties around him will
More and more. Don’t think that you are prettier just waiting for others to chase you. You know, there are many girls in the world who are prettier than you and more proactive than you.”
The male chef next to him heard it and shouted: "Why didn't I touch it?"
"Nonsense, I'm talking about Wen Hao. As for you, those beautiful girls can't hide."
The male chef made an aggrieved expression: "Am I that bad?"
"Anyway, it's far worse than Wen Hao." The girl ignored the male chef and said to Elena, "Are you right?"
Elena smiled sweetly and nodded: "Yes."
The girl saw Elena's silly smile and shook her head helplessly: "Since Wen Hao is so good, why don't you hurry up and chase him? You know, there won't be this store after passing this village."
Elena raised her head and seemed to understand, but then she shook her head: "I wanted to invite him to dinner several times, but he was either training or didn't have time. I simply..."
"How about just inviting me to dinner? You have to be more proactive. You need to let him know that you like him and can do many things for him, so that he may be moved." The girl said it eloquently, as if she were a lover.
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"But I think he has no time for romance. He is either training or competing. He is so focused on basketball that he has no time to do anything else."
"Oh, my eldest lady, time is like a woman's cleavage, there will always be some if you squeeze it. By the way, didn't you say that after his next game, the Rockets will have four days off, and Wen Hao will go to participate at that time
Is there some kind of competition organized by Nike? I'll ask for leave for you and you go with him." The girl volunteered.
"Ah?" Elena's beautiful eyes flashed, "Is this okay?"
"Can you at least give it a try? It is always possible to succeed if you try, but if you don't try, you will kill your chance of success."
Elena thought for a moment and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll try."
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A day later, the Rockets and Nuggets faced off for the second time this season at the Toyota Center.
In this game, due to Harden's outstanding performance, Wen Hao's playing time was compressed a lot, playing only 12 minutes. However, in these 12 minutes, he contributed 11 points, 5 assists and 2 steals.
Even the commentator on the sidelines bluntly said: Wen Hao is a waste of talent in the Rockets. If it were not the Rockets, Wen Hao would be brilliant on any other team.
In this game, scouts from at least three teams came to the Toyota Center. Although Wenhao's playing time in these recent games is uncertain, he will definitely perform well even if it is just one minute. The average player will perform well in a season.
There are always ups and downs
Although Wen Hao is in full form every night, he will definitely be the starting point guard no matter which team he is placed in. This makes these teams start to pay attention to Wen Hao.
.If possible, they will try their best to poach Wen Hao.
Especially those teams that are short of manpower at the 1st position, such as the Lakers, have already begun planning a trade for Wen Hao. Of course, this requires Morey's consent first.
As for Wen Hao himself, of course he hopes to stay with the Rockets. But after spending nearly two years in the NBA, especially after being waived by eleven teams, he clearly knows that the NBA is a business and is extremely cruel.
Business is not based on the will of the players. Of course, superstars are excluded.
Except for superstars, ordinary players sometimes don’t even have the right to speak. Maybe you were on your way to the training facility and your girlfriend suddenly called and said that she saw you being traded on TV; maybe you had already gone to the stadium.
, you have already started to warm up before the game, and suddenly the staff tells you that you have been traded... all kinds of things. Since you are in the NBA, you have to adapt to these.
Wenhao, who knows this very well, what he has to do now is to work hard to improve his level and perform better on the court. In this way, even if the Rockets want to trade him, they have to consider it. And other teams want to poach him.
It also comes to a large price tag, at least the salary next season will not be less than this season.
…
After this game, the Rockets won all four games this week, ranking first in the league in points per game in the four games. Due to Wen Hao's sudden rise, especially his strong performance in the Christmas game, it was difficult to compete with Kobe.
, and his performance of more than 40 points in a single game made him the Western Conference Player of the Week this week.
The Chinese media has been praising Wen Hao, the only Chinese other than Yao Yao. Wen Hao has been praised as almost extraordinary, as if he is about to enter the Hall of Fame.
The American media is naturally not as fanatical as the Chinese media. They all took an objective attitude towards Wen Hao's strong rise this week, saying that although Wen Hao has no physical fitness, his imagination, creativity and control of the situation,
He can definitely become an All-Star player. This is the first time that the American media has recognized the ability of this Chinese player with average physical fitness. This is very important to Wen Hao.
The news that Wen Hao won the Best of the Week in the Western Conference came out, and everyone in the Rockets was delighted. As a substitute player who has just transferred from a short contract, it is definitely a great honor to win the title of Best of the Week. In those reporters' comments about Rockets players
During the interview, every Rockets player praised Wen Hao. Although they did not dare to praise Wen Hao because of Harden's reputation, they could still say that Wen Hao was an outstanding player.
Especially Howard and Jones, they praised Wen Hao even more. In Howard's heart, he doesn't think Harden is the boss, so he doesn't care what Harden thinks at all; while Jones, because Wen Hao achieved his lore, so
I have been close to Wen Hao these days.
As for Wen Hao himself, he was naturally very happy when he saw that he had received the best news in Western Zhou Dynasty. Although he seemed a little indifferent, he was not a saint, and he could not avoid taking things for granted.
The level of sadness.
At this time, he received the call and looked carefully and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He hesitated for a moment before pressing the answer button.
"Wen Hao, congratulations on winning the best player in the Western Conference."
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded very excited.
"Oh, it's Elena?" Wen Hao heard the voice and was a little confused as to how Elena knew his number.
"Of course it's me, Wen Hao, I'm so happy for you."
"Thanks."
Elena's voice was still a little excited: "Wen Hao, I also heard that you are going to participate in a game at Rock Park, the holy land of basketball, tomorrow. I specifically asked for leave to watch your game."
"..." Wen Hao was a little surprised.
"Why, aren't you willing?" Elena's voice was slightly disappointed.
