Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the time comes to mid-October. Ｘ

The preseason is about to start, and all departments of the Rockets have started their busyness, and as the boss of everyone, Qiao Hai is naturally the busiest.

First, Sam Presti from the scouting department came to the door and handed a scouting investigation plan to Qiao Hai, who looked at it for a while.

The three scouts of the International Scouting Department were fixed in Europe and Africa, Qiao Hai frowned, and made a change: "Three scouts, one is in charge of Africa, one is in charge of Europe, and one more is freed up to be in charge of Asia, South America and Australia, we have Chinese Yao, which proves that Asian players are also important, as well as South America and Australia, and there have been many talented players in recent years." ”

Sampresti nodded quickly, "Okay." ”

"Domestically, let Pat Zifer go as a senior scout and serve the coaching staff."

A senior scout is different from an ordinary scout, and his task is to scout the opponents, including the tactical characteristics of each opponent, the habits of the game, the weaknesses of the team, etc., and help the coaching staff to make tactical arrangements.

Pat Zifer is a veteran of the Rockets, and giving him a job like this can be regarded as a promotion in disguise, after all, a senior scout is almost a coach.

The status of the coach is still higher than that of the scout, at least in terms of salary.

"The other scouts spread out completely, divided into zones, put one scout in each area, and rotated after a month."

Sampresti nodded again.

In the end, Qiao Hai said: "By the way, the scouting report, every two months, we will hold a scouting meeting. ”

"Okay."

Soon, Sam Presti left Johi's office.

But Stamlefour came in with him.

In his current role at the Rockets, Stamrefour is the Director of Player Development, where he is responsible for the commercial development of the team and players, as well as the team's day-to-day schedule.

At the moment of the preseason, Stan Lorefour came over, naturally to apply for some funds for the team to travel.

Qiao Hai directly signed a check, and after sending Stamrefour away, before he could rest for a few minutes, Darrell Morey came again.

"Joe, there are a couple of things."

"Say it." Qiao Hai closed the laptop in front of him.

Darryl Morey first handed a list to Qiao Hai: "This is the team's current few players who still hold training camp contracts, and the team's 15th man should be decided." ”

Qiao Hai took the list and looked at it for a while.

There are three players on the roster, scoring guard Devin Brown, point guard Smushpark, and Michael Dixon.

"Michael Dixon?"

Morey quickly nodded: "That's right, it's the one from the previous rocket." ”

"He can't play anymore?"

"Yes, there is no ball to play, he was seriously injured last season, he was out of action for more than four months, and he was seriously injured again after returning last season, and the Raptors terminated his contract directly."

Qiao Hai touched his chin and asked again, "How is the summer league going?" ”

"Very average." Morey quickly gave an evaluation, Qiao Hai knew that Morey felt that it was a very general evaluation, that is, very average.

In the end, the person who made the decision was Qiao Hai, who signed or not, he had the final say.

Qiao Hai shook his head: "We need a shooting guard, just Devin Brown." ”

Morey nodded, and then handed another document to Qiao Hai: "In the new season, we can choose an NBDL subordinate team, there are two candidates, one is the best team in Greenville, and the other is the Fayetteville Patriots, of course, we can not choose." ”

This choice had to be thought about, he thought about it, and put the matter on hold for a moment: "I'll call and ask Leslie later." ”

I really have to ask Alexander about this matter, with Alexander's kind of picking, choosing an NBDL team that requires investment, and Alexander really doesn't necessarily agree.

Morey nodded again, and in the end, a document was handed to Qiao Hai: "The last thing, the league document informs, there will be a general manager meeting on October 25, and the meeting will be held at the NBA's headquarters in New York, this is the invitation." ”

"General manager meeting? What exactly is it? ”

Qiao Hai glanced at the invitation, but it was not written on it, so he could only ask Morey.

Morey apparently understood: "It should be for the sake of the expansion of the alliance, and the vote on whether to expand the army in Charlotte." ”

"Just a vote?"

The NBA expansion of the army, not to mention Qiao Hai's memories of his previous life, in this life alone, Qiao Hai knew that this was a sure thing, and the result of the vote would definitely pass.

Because the league had already promised to build a team in Charlotte when the Hornets moved out of Charlotte, the promises made by the league itself cannot be violated no matter what.

Morey nodded again: "It's just to vote, but there will definitely be other issues, I can only say that the matter of voting for the expansion of the army will be the main issue." ”

Qiao Hai was helpless: "Okay, book me a ticket in advance." ”

Morey was leaving, Qiao Hai thought for a moment and stopped him: "Wait, Darryl, give me a copy of Michael Dixon's contact information." ”

"How?"

"Introduce him to a new job."

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In the first game of the preseason, the Rockets' opponent was the Mavericks.

The head coach of the Mavericks is still Don Nelson, last season, Qiao Hai resigned halfway, Don Nelson led the Mavericks to a good record of fifth place in the West, and fell to the Kings in the first round of the playoffs.

This season, Don Nelson is back with the Mavericks, and the core lineup has not changed, and it is still the trio of Steve Nash, Michael Finley and Dirk Nowitzki, and the strength cannot be underestimated.

For this game, Qiao Hai asked for a few tickets for the front row seats at the Compaq Center.

In the preseason, although it is an unimportant game, there are still a lot of fans at the Compaq Center, among them, there are also a lot of Chinese fans.

Qiao Hai also met a special broadcast team on the sidelines.

"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Xu, hello."

Qiao Hai walked over and said hello, and the two commentators from CCTV turned their heads: "Yo, Qiao Hai, hello hello." ”

Zhang Weiping first pulled Qiao Hai to say hello, and then Xu Jicheng.

"I don't know yet, CCTV is also coming to transfer our preseason game?" Qiao Hai had a slight doubt.

"yes, this isn't Da Yao's debut."

Director Zhang explained, Qiao Hai smiled, too, although it is a preseason, but anyway, this is also Da Yao's NBA debut.

"Alright then, you guys get ready, I'll go watch the game......"

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The game started quickly, and in the first game of the preseason, Rudy Tomjanovic had a clear strategy, focusing on the outside and relying on the outside attack to open the situation.

Defensively, the Rockets are still very young.

So, in the Mavericks' crazy run-and-bomb offense, the Rockets were at a disadvantage in the first quarter, fell behind in the second quarter, and in the second half, the Rockets chased back a little bit.

In the end, the Rockets lost the first game of the preseason with a score of 82-101.

Steve Francis played poorly, playing like crazy, and finished the game, scoring 23 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-26 shooting.

Ron Artest played well, scoring 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 4-of-8 shooting, and defending Michael Finley on 6-of-15 shooting.

In this game, Da Yao didn't get too many opportunities, shooting 5 of 9 in the game, scoring 11 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block.

At the end of the game, Qiao Hai stood up and clapped his hands.

For Yao Ming, this is a good start, but he also knows that at this moment, far away from the other side of the ocean, there will definitely be many fans complaining about why Tang Shuai didn't give Yao Ming a chance, complaining that Steve Francis is crazy singles and doesn't know how to pass.

Qiao Hai knows very well that Yao Ming's NBA road needs to be taken step by step, this preseason debut,