That day, the Rockets did not have a game, and McHale did not arrange training. He called Wen Hao and asked Wen Hao to go to his temporary home in Houston.
Wen Hao was a little flattered. This was the first time in his entire career that a coach invited him to his home. However, after thinking about it for a moment, Wen Hao realized that he was in a sluggish state in the past two games and Harden did not pass the ball to him. McHale
As a head coach, I must have seen some clues, so I asked myself to go over and have a chat.
So Wen Hao immediately took a taxi to the head coach's home. When he arrived at McHale's house, McHale warmly entertained Wen Hao but didn't say anything was wrong.
Wen Hao was a little confused. This was not like McHale's style. But since McHale didn't say anything, he couldn't ask more questions. The two of them just talked about gossip. Since the relationship between the two was average before, the conversation was also limited.
It seemed a little jerky. But Wen Hao could see that McHale was trying his best to make up for the mistakes he had made in the past.
About ten minutes later, the doorbell rang. Wen Hao rushed to open the door first, but when the door opened, he and the people outside were stunned. The person outside the door was none other than the boss of the Rockets.
Beard Harden.
Harden was obviously surprised when he saw Wen Hao. Wen Hao opened the door and passed by Wen Hao. The two did not say hello.
Coming to the living room, McHale invited the two of them to sit down and poured them their favorite drinks. Of course, Wen Hao was given a cup of black tea. McHale occasionally heard from Jones that Wen Hao liked this taste.
The three of them sat there, and no one spoke for a few minutes. Harden shook the drink glass in his hand and finally said: "Coach, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
"No, no, no, James, of course there is something wrong with calling you here," McHale stopped him, "I think you two are smart people. I asked you two to come but didn't call anyone else, so you should know what happened.
Can you tell me what you think?"
Wen Hao glanced at Harden and said nothing. In this situation, he didn't know what to say. Although on the court he could use his wisdom to control the whole court and play with his opponents, but in this situation
He's really not very good at interpersonal relationships.
Harden didn't even raise his head and had no intention of speaking.
McHale shook his head slightly and said: "Not only me, but everyone in the Rockets knows that there are some problems between the two of you. Problems are not terrible. Every team has had or is having some problems.
Problem. All we have to do is find a way to solve the problem. When there is a problem between players, the best way to solve it is for everyone to sit together and chat, communicate well, and say what they think. After talking thoroughly,
Only when you understand what the other party means can you solve the problem. Do you think so?"
Harden: "..."
Wen Hao: "..."
Neither of them spoke.
McHale is really helpless. He has been a coach for so many years and has encountered countless problems between players, but no matter what the problem is, as long as the players are willing to speak, they will definitely find a solution. But now neither of these two is willing to speak.
, how to fix this?
In desperation, McHale could only name him: "James, you are the number one player on our team, so you should speak first and express your true thoughts."
When Harden heard what McHale said, he raised his head. He didn't look at Wen Hao, but looked at McHale and said: "Okay, then I'll say it. My idea is: a team can only have one
Boss, and I should be the Rocket." There was a bit of domineering in his tone, and after finishing speaking, his eyes seemed to glance at Wen Hao vaguely.
McHale already knew what Harden was thinking. Hearing what Harden said, he didn't feel surprised at all. He turned to Wen Hao and asked: "Wen Hao, what do you mean?"
Wen Hao had already guessed what Harden was thinking, but he had never heard Harden admit it himself. Today, Harden finally said it himself. But Wen Hao wanted to laugh. He felt it was a bit ridiculous. He never wanted to
What does it mean to steal the team leader? He looked at McHale, then at Harden, and said slowly: "I just want to win."
After hearing this, McHale felt a little relieved. But he felt that Wen Hao's words were not clear enough, so he asked: "Are you saying that you have never thought about competing with James for the boss position?"
"Never." Wen Hao said firmly. All he wanted was victory and a championship. He had no interest at all in the status of the team's boss. The strength he showed on the field had nothing to do with his own thoughts.
During the game, he only wants to win, so he will use any means to defeat the opponent. This will inevitably make people feel like he is trying to seize the boss's position. Many times, he even uses the coach's tactics.
Regardless, not to mention the majesty of the boss.
Seeing that Wen Hao had confirmed that he had no intention of competing with Harden for the top spot, McHale was completely relieved and comforted Harden with a few words.
Wen Hao was not good at interacting with others. Seeing that what needed to be said had already been said, he said goodbye to the coach and Harden. He was eager to go back to training.
When Wen Hao left, McHale said to Harden: "James, I think you really misunderstood Wen Hao. He will not compete with you for the position of the team boss."
"Humph, only a devil can believe it." Harden said coldly, "Coach, you were deceived by him."
McHale smiled and shook his head: "No, I believe him."
"Why?"
"Through more than two months of contact, I have a preliminary understanding of what kind of person he is. What he just said is completely sincere. James, please stop worrying about it."
"Am I fussing over everything?" Harden's expression changed a little.
McHale was also a little impatient. Harden was like stepping into a bull's horn, recognizing a dead reason and rushing into it. He said: "Yes. James, as the boss of the team, should be magnanimous and tolerant."
People, you can't go against someone on the team just because that person is good. In that case, our team will never get better. Look at Jordan. During a game, the team member was so anxious that he yelled at Jordan, "
"Cover me," Jordan did not hesitate to cover for the little brother, and finally let the little brother hit the buzzer-beater; and James, yelling at Chalmers on the sidelines, but when he realized his mistake, he immediately shouted to him
Chalmers apologized. These are all tolerances, so they can become the boss of the team. As the boss, not only must they play well, but their character is also very important. You can't be too narrow-minded, understand?
"
"You say I'm narrow-minded?!"
McHale's last words angered Harden: "You said I was narrow-minded? If I were narrow-minded, could I still allow him to stay on the team until today? He would have been expelled from the team long ago."
"James, listen to me..."
"I don't want to hear it! You say I'm narrow-minded, right? Well, I'll show you my narrow-mindedness!" Harden slammed the cup on the table and walked out the door menacingly.
"James, where are you going?" McHale called hurriedly from behind.
"Go to the general manager, go to the boss, I'll ask them to fire that city hero right now." Harden walked outside without looking back.
McHale had bad legs and feet. When he chased him outside, Harden had already disappeared. McHale shook his head. He originally wanted to make the big thing trivial, but he didn't expect that he could make it easier with just one sentence.
It got bigger and bigger. He sighed again, and McHale hurriedly dialed General Manager Morey's phone. Morey over there wanted to have a few words and laugh with McHale, but McHale didn't do it at all.
In his mood, he told what had just happened exactly, and finally said: "James will go to you and Alexander now and ask you to fire Wen Hao. You must persuade him well. Even if you really can't persuade him, you can't fire Wen Hao.
To be honest, Wen Hao's role for the team is not very obvious now, but if it comes to the playoffs, he will definitely greatly increase the strength of the Rockets."
"You don't have to say this, just be at ease." Morey hung up the phone and sighed slightly, thinking to himself: If Harden can get along with Wen Hao, with the strength of the two of them,
, can definitely take the Rockets to a new level. What a pity...
After thinking about it, Morey called his boss Alexander again, and the two made an appointment to meet in Alexander's office.
…
When Harden came to Alexander's office, Morey and Alexander were waiting for him there. Harden was aggressive and said without saying hello: "I demand that the Chinese guy be fired now."
"We have two Chinese players on our team, which one do you want to drive?" Morey asked with a smile.
"Who else is there? Of course it's No. 5." Harden's momentum remained unabated, and it seemed that he could overwhelm those two with his momentum.
"Why?" Morey asked
"No reason, I just don't like him."
Alexander laughed twice and said: "James, calm down. It's not impossible if you want us to fire him, but you have to give us a reason. You must know that his contract is until the end of the season. If we fire him now,
Then we have to pay him a huge amount of liquidated damages. You can't let me spend tens of millions of dollars more just because you don't like him, right? You also know that I am a businessman, and businessmen will not do things knowingly.
It will be a losing business."
"Then I don't care. In short, the Rockets have him but not me, and they have me but not him." Harden's tone was still tough.
Morey and Alexander looked at each other, and it seemed that the matter was not as easy to solve as imagined. Harden even said, "With him without me, with me without him." Naturally, there can only be Harden and not Wenhao.
.For the Rockets, Harden’s status is natural
Much higher than Wen Hao. Of course, in the first season Harden came to the Rockets, he brought a team with no superstars into the playoffs. His influence on the Rockets is unmatched. If these two
If you have to give up one, of course it can't be Harden.
But with Wen Hao, the Rockets' chances of winning the championship will be greatly increased. Of course, Wen Hao cannot be given up easily. Moreover, as Alexander said, if Wen Hao is hired now, in addition to paying Wen Hao's normal salary, , and more than 10 million in liquidated damages would have to be added, which would really be too much to hurt.
Thinking of this, Morey and Alexander nodded slightly. It seemed that there was only one way.
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[The surname Liu from the Han Dynasty is too generous. Don’t say anything. There will be three updates tomorrow. Originally, the editor asked it to be put on the shelves tomorrow. Usually, it will be updated after it is put on the shelves. But I just found a job recently - delivering express delivery - I started working at 6 o'clock the previous day. I still have to ride home for half an hour after work. It’s past seven o’clock after dinner when I get home, so I can only add one more chapter. But in order to thank Liu Jun from the Han Dynasty and Leon Zheng for their support, I will post the only chapter tomorrow One chapter has been saved and two chapters have been added. This is the last public chapter. It will be officially released at twelve o'clock in the evening. I hope everyone will continue to support it.]
