activa-t Chapter 221 Ron's Punishment——The whole team is banned!
Chapter 221 Ron's Punishment——The whole team is banned!
Chapter 221 Ron's Punishment——The whole team is banned!
A day later, Toyota Center welcomed their next opponent, the Atlanta Hawks…
This was the first time that Ron wasn't at the Toyota Center, sitting in his office watching the game...
"My goodness!"
He did not expect that once upon a time, the most proud "team" and "unyielding" personality would be so lost...
"God!"
Before the game was over, he kicked open the door of the office, and rushed into the player tunnel in extreme displeasure...
The whole game, the Rockets only had 5 sets of plays - others spread, Lowry singles...others spread, Ariza singles...others spread, Scola singles...others spread, Chandler singles...Mayo held the ball, others dodged...
In a rage, Adelman withdrew all the main players in the third quarter, and played the entire second half with Dragic and Nick Young as the main second team...
At 104:108, Nick Young missed a three-pointer in despair, and the Rockets explained that they ushered in their three-game losing streak...
At this time, 23 wins and 28 losses...ranked 12th in the West...
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"Isn't he complaining that we don't pass the ball to him? Give him all the balls and let him play enough..." Ariza walked to the locker room angrily...
"What will he say about BB later? Let's beat him together!" Chandler said to Ariza, looking at Mayo, who threw his headband to the ground, with an extremely bored look.
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"You guys are great! You...you..." Adelman vented his dissatisfaction loudly in the locker room after the game: "You guys are so bad beyond my imagination, and you "only" lost 4 points to the Atlanta Hawks, which is fourth in the Eastern Conference! It's amazing!"
...
He listened to the uneasiness, panic, and frustration in the locker room of the home team... After all, he didn't open the door...
He turned around and walked towards the press conference, suppressing all the depression in his heart as usual, facing all the news media reporters with a smile, leaving the impression that he didn't care at all...
"The game is changing so quickly..." When talking about Adelman's approach, Ron said: "I support Adelman's approach. Maybe some of our boys are in a bad state, but that is only temporary..."
"Contradictions? How is it possible!" Ron continued to talk about the conflicts in the locker room: "It's just some dissatisfaction of the players with the result...It has a positive and progressive meaning, representing their desire to win..."
"Mayo?" Ron smiled: "The fact tells us that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong, yes, that's just a silly hype..."
"Trading? No, of course it's not hearsay, because I am the manager of this team, and I should accept everyone's offer. When the bargaining chip is right, I will of course make a trade that helps the team...In this Rockets team, only Yao Ming is not for sale..."
The three armies can win the commander, but not the heart...
Ron looked at Adelman who left lonely, his eyes suddenly became firm...
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Training day a day later…
"What's wrong? Della?" The whole team appeared sparsely outside the closed arena door...
"I don't know, I think the manager wants to give us a day off..." Dragic spread his hands...
——"Training canceled...everyone gathers in the management meeting room..."
"I've been here for four years and I don't even know where the conference room is!" Hayes complained.
"I knew you didn't know where you were...because I didn't know either!" Old Barry smiled humorously.
Seeing Mayo silently walking towards the management alone, the others were very upset...
"Oh my God, why did that deal get called off, I really don't want to see his stinky face anymore..."
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"quiet!"
The bustling players entered the conference room noisily, looking at the rostrum, Ron, Olajuwon, Adelman, team doctor Jones, Lisa and others, as well as many public relations, press officers, trainers, etc. Such a formal lineup made the players look at each other and whisper...
"Gentlemen..." Ron said with a slightly serious cough: "You guys failed...err... no, we failed! The door to the playoffs has been closed, and we can enjoy the fishing vacation in advance!"
Everyone is dumbfounded...
"what happened?"
"Did the league suddenly announce that the playoffs will start today?"
"Yeah, why did he say that?"
Ron didn't change his face, "We overcame the 'innate flaw', we got rid of the 'farce without key players', we experienced the 'helpless trade', and we also survived the 'injury attack'..."
"But we've lost ourselves - we've lost our pride: tenacity, unity and discipline...Look at what you're doing now!"
"A total loser!"
"Slapped teammates for a few words..."
"Because of arguing and fighting each other..."
"When a strong earthquake strikes, survival is an instinct. Only with firm belief, strong will, and full of desire for life can you finally choke the throat of fate. But you ask yourself, do you still have the strength to refuse to admit defeat in the past? Do you still have the courage to challenge the king?"
"Yes, of course not everyone loses their ego, but we are a team...Unless you can reflect on yourself and actually express your desire to win and enjoy playing...and before that..."
"That's right, we still have nearly 40 games to play... But, we have already lost to ourselves... So I don't think we need to continue the game, so I made a decision..."
"That is - the whole team is banned!"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked...
"What? Banned!"
"What?" Olajuwon and Jones looked at me, and I looked at you, with horrified expressions on their faces.
"I think——Mr. Olajuwon, Mr. Jones, Mr. Itachi Kiyoshi, and Ms. Lisa will generously give you psychological counseling in life...And before that, the Vipers will replace us in all games..."
"But, manager, I didn't even go to Chicago!" Nick Young complained.
"Good job, Nick." Ron said calmly, "Does that mean you plan to leave your teammates behind and join the Vipers?"
"No...I...well, I agree to the punishment...but how many games can we afford to lose?"
Ron nodded appreciatively, and the others also cast grateful glances...
"Oh, I'm sorry, I have changed my original intention now, I decided to show bad..."
Everyone at the scene sighed...
Many people clenched their hands tightly, looking extremely unwilling...
Frustration and incomprehension with my team...
Everyone didn't even have the strength to appeal, only OJ-Mayo clenched his fists tightly, and suddenly heaved a long sigh, stood up, and walked towards the door under the eyes of everyone...
"Bullshit!"
Chandler, Ariza and others watched him go away in disgust, just waiting for a good show...
"Mayo!"
"You can't just walk away like this!"
"You are the ace star of this team, it is irresponsible for you to treat other teammates like this..." Ron reminded seriously.
"I had to beg you at the beginning... Then I endured and endured... I changed and changed... I tried my best to return to the team and give up everything for a victory!"
Mayo's whole body almost twitched: "It turns out that all of this is bullshit...you chose to play badly in the end!"
A man does not cry lightly. When the team members saw the situation of Mayo crying, everyone began to fall into deep self-blame...
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(End of this chapter)