Chapter 141: Core of the Team
Spoelstra felt his pocket, took out his cell phone, and when he saw the name on it, he took a deep breath and quickly walked outside with the phone, fearing that the noise here would be heard by Pat Riley on the other end of the line.
After Spoelstra left, Yang Mo still stared at Haslem and the others with an imposing manner: "I will not allow you to play on the court. Giving up the game in a critical moment means that you are cowards without balls. How can cowards have the honor tonight? You should just get together and degenerate, so that all the general managers in the league and all the basketball fans in the world can see your professional ethics. Humph! You are still a little naive if you want to join forces to get rid of me!"
Yang Mo's face was full of disdain and contempt. Since they had already torn their faces apart, there was no need to care about the feelings of teammates. Either they were defeated this time, or they were separated. They must not be soft-hearted and give them a chance to breathe, otherwise they would definitely come back and isolate them again.
Yang Mo didn't have the energy to engage in a protracted war with them. Since the incident happened today, it had to be resolved today.
Faced with Yang Mo's aggressiveness, the old players were angry but dared not do anything. First, they felt guilty because their previous behavior on the court was very unprofessional. Second, they could not beat Yang Mo, and Yang Mo had four loyal supporters, three of whom were rookies of this year, and the other two were substitute players who were suppressed on the bench. They were full of resentment, and now they finally got a chance to be proud of Yang Mo, so they were naturally loyal to him. As long as Yang Mo took action, they would follow him to the death, and they would definitely not show mercy and would beat him to death.
On the other hand, apart from Haslem and Marion, the other veteran players did not particularly want to compete with Yang Mo. After all, there was no direct conflict and no disputes over interests. Marion was angry because Yang Mo had humiliated him repeatedly. This was a personal grudge that could not be resolved. Haslem was angry because he had served in this team diligently for five or six years. Even if he had no merit, he had worked hard. Now, a kid suddenly appeared out of nowhere and rode on his head. He was not convinced. Compared with Marion, Haslem had more emotional problems.
At this time, Spoelstra came in with a cell phone, his expression relaxed a little. He walked over to Yang Mo and handed the phone to Yang Mo. Yang Mo took the phone, and Pat Riley on the other end of the phone was already talking: "Yang, first of all, I want to thank you for creating a new lineup for our Heat team. It's great. I'm proud of you."
"Thank you, this is what we should do. As players, our mission is to win. We will not give up the game like those women." Yang Mo said bluntly, his words full of ridicule for Haslem and others.
"Well, after Dwyane was injured, you have become the leader of this team. I hope you can lead the team well and lead us to victory after victory."
"Of course." Yang Mo nodded: "This is what a leader should do."
"Well, I am very optimistic about you. Now hand the phone to Haslem and I will say a few words to him." After praising Yang Mo, Pat Riley asked Yang Mo to hand the phone to Haslem.
After hearing this, Yang Mo walked over, glared at Haslem, and handed him the phone.
Haslem took the phone with a somewhat panicked expression. He knew that Mr. Riley must have been watching the game over there, and the current situation was very unfavorable to him. Mr. Riley always had a bad temper.
He put the phone to his ear and listened to a few words, then hesitantly took the phone down and pressed the speaker button.
"Haslem and Marion, your behavior makes me very angry. From now on, Marion, you can go home and go fishing. Our team does not need a player who destroys internal unity. Contact your agent and wait for the news of being traded! Also, Haslem, as an old player of the team, you actually quarreled with the new leader of the team? What are you thinking about? Do you want to experience such a bad season as last year? Yang is our hope and our core. Now that Dwyane is injured, what you should do is to assist him instead of fighting with him. I hope you can think carefully about your position in this team. There are other players who do not cooperate with Yang. You can continue to not cooperate, but your names will definitely appear on my trading list. That's it. Goodbye, everyone, I will watch your games on TV."
Pat Riley said this angrily and hung up the phone.
After this, all the fights were settled. Yang Mo won with an overwhelming advantage in all aspects. They only knew that Pat Riley admired Yang very much, but they didn't expect him to admire him to this extent. He could even permanently DNP Marion, the team's highest-paid player, for Yang, and put him on the trading list to clear out the stock at any time.
If this is a strategy of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, then this chicken is too big, so big that all the other monkeys combined are not as heavy as half a chicken leg.
And Spoelstra finally understood Yang Mo's current position in the team: core, absolute core.
When the old players looked at each other in bewilderment in the locker room, Yang Mo walked out. When he reached the door, he turned back and said, "You guys can chat slowly. I'm going to warm up first. If any of you want to fight with me in the second half and win, please let me see your attitude and determination to win."
Having said that, he walked away.
Beasley and others quickly followed. Now, these four people are Yang Mo's direct lineage in the Heat.
After Yang Mo and the others left, the locker room became even more silent. Everyone had their own thoughts. They were all considering whether they should surrender to Yang Mo in exchange for playing time. Only Marion was relaxed. He didn't have to think about anything because he had completely said goodbye to the Heat. All he had to do now was to rest and wait to be traded to another city, perhaps the cold Minnesota, or the distant Toronto . His fate was no longer his to decide.
The locker room was silent for a long time. Spoelstra finally broke the silence and said, "Guys, you heard what Mr. Riley said just now. Now our core is Yang. No matter what, you should step back and talk to him. If he doesn't agree, I can't arrange playing time for you."
Spoelstra used up almost all his courage to say this, because he did not expect that his plan of killing someone with a borrowed knife would fail so quickly, and... it also officially confirmed Yang Mo's core position in which he had the final say.
This is really a case of trying to steal a chicken but losing the rice, trying to rape someone but getting fucked instead!
