basketball talent system

Chapter 221 Ending the preseason

After confirming that West will miss at least 10 regular season games, the Pacers' executives had to urgently look for a player with certain strength but not expensive in the free agent market to help them tide over the difficulties.In fact, in fact, most of the relatively competitive players have basically been signed by the team, and most of the players who have not been signed by the NBA team either have not enough strength to gain a foothold in the NBA, or they are not satisfied. With a basic salary, he went to other European and Asian leagues to pan for gold.

In the past few days, the Pacers have also been constantly contacting their favorite power forward candidates, such as their opponent in the Eastern Conference finals last year, Sean Battier.It's a pity that Battier has announced his retirement and said that he will not consider coming back for the time being.Then they contacted the 'hacker' Sean Marion, hoping that he could come to the Pacers to help fill this vacancy.But obviously Marion didn't feel that the Pacers still had the strength to confront the Cavaliers after consecutive injuries to two generals, so Marion rejected the Pacers' contract and turned into the arms of the Cavaliers.

Later, the Pacers even contacted Ye Xuan’s hometown, Yi Jianlian, who had played for the Bucks, Nets, and Wizards for a while, hoping that he would come to the Pacers to fight with Ye Xuan, because they felt that Yi Jianlian was introverted. The problem can be easily solved when facing Ye Xuan, who is also Chinese, but it is a pity that the reply is still negative, because Yi Jianlian hopes to get a stable playing time, and the Pacers Obviously, after West returns from injury, Yi Jianlian's playing time will not be guaranteed, so he did not sign with the Pacers.

In the end, the Pacers found a veteran of their year, Jermaine O'Neal.After a difficult year with the Warriors last year, O'Neal did not get a new contract this year. Although he still feels that he can continue to play in the NBA, other team managers don't think so.On the one hand, the Pacers wanted O'Neal to fill the vacancy, and on the other hand, it was because after the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills, their golden generation of Pacers' championship dreams were extinguished. Calling him back can be regarded as playing a hand of emotional cards.

And Jermaine O'Neal is obviously very happy to join the Pacers, although the current strength of the Pacers is really hard to say how strong they are, and after a very serious injury like pickled peppers, whether they can guarantee their combat effectiveness is also a question question.But Jermaine O'Neal obviously didn't continue to persist in the league for the sake of being a champion. He just wanted to prove that he can still play.

So without any hindrance, O'Neal signed a short contract with the Pacers for a period of 10 days. For the Pacers, I believe the old man will sign him with a veteran's basic salary and keep him in the Pacers.

In the search for a backup power forward these days, the Pacers headed to Target Center in Minnesota to challenge their first preseason opponent, the Timberwolves.Without West, Coach Frank still didn't let Ye Xuan play, but the Timberwolves' fighting power was a bit horrible, even so, they still couldn't beat the Pacers.

In this game, Rodney Stuckey finally found a little bit of form gradually, and he did not lose the slightest bit when facing Rubio.And it seems that the Timberwolves did not quickly clarify his core position after acquiring Andrew Wiggins, so it feels that the Timberwolves' style of play is still very scattered.And just like that, the Pacers beat the Timberwolves again at Target Center.

In this game, the role players of the Pacers also gradually found the feeling and began to show their due strength. Therefore, many commentators after the game said that the Pacers' summer operation was very good. It seems that JR-Smith was accepted for Shumpert, but in fact JR played a greater role on the court than Shumpert.Moreover, Ye Xuan's contract was renewed, Stucky was signed, and Hill was traded.This series of operations also gave the Pacers a future.

After the Pacers returned from Minnesota, they finally completed their contact with Jermaine O'Neal and officially signed the 36-year-old veteran of the league.And then, they ushered in their last preseason game, going to Charlotte's Time Warner Arena to challenge the host Hornets there.

The Hornets, as a team of old hooligans, have sunk in the NBA for a decade, except for the 09-10 season under the leadership of 'Martial Saint' Stephen Jackson and 'Elvis' Gerald Wallace Apart from making it to the playoffs, only last year was led by Kemba Walker and Al Jefferson to win No.7 in the Eastern Conference. All of these experiences ended with being swept out by the opponent.

In addition to Kemba Walker and Al Jefferson, this year's Hornets also spent a lot of money to dig Lance Stephenson from the Pacers.Presumably, Boss Joe also wants to make a breakthrough this season.

It's a pity that the Pacers obviously don't want to show mercy to their opponents. Since this game is the last game before the regular season, in this game, apart from the newly signed O'Neal, Ye Xuan has also been rescheduled In the starting list, the result is that the Pacers have an absolute advantage.

Different from the previous two games, this game had Ye Xuan, so the Pacers' offense was organized in an orderly manner, and although Jermaine O'Neal's physical strength was not good enough, his physical fitness was still good, although he couldn't handle it in the paint. Al Jefferson, but it is still possible to guard against a new generation insider like Cody Zeller.

As for the Hornets, there was really no good way to take Ye Xuan, so they directly asked Lance Stephenson to displace Ye Xuan alone. Unfortunately, although Stephenson and Ye Xuan were teammates, for Ye Xuan's breakthrough He is quite familiar with his habits, but he didn't expect Ye Xuan to improve so much after a vacation, so even if Stephenson came to defend Ye Xuan, he still couldn't completely seal Ye Xuan. Gained the lead again, and then the Pacers' substitutes showed off for a while, directly opening the gap between the two teams, and the Pacers finally won this preseason game.

(End of this chapter)