basketball player

Chapter 128 Chapter 126: Reinforcement in progress
The deal about Chris Paul is undoubtedly the most high-profile event of this belated season.Many teams in the league have joined the battle for the strongest point guard. The value of a player can only be seen by how many waves he can make in the trading market.

Of course, all teams hope to be able to facilitate the transaction as soon as possible.After all, no one wants to get Anthony until halfway through the season like the Knicks did last season.

The Celtics, Warriors, Lakers, Clippers and Pacers are currently the five teams closest to Paul.Among them, the addition of the Pacers surprised the reporters.

"I thought Henson only knew about the draft."

"Pacers? Are they crazy? Even if Paul is traded, Paul will not renew their contract."

"Even if the Pacers come up with enough chips, they can only get the right to use Paul for one year."

Of the five teams, the Warriors and Pacers are the least favored.Needless to say, the Warriors, they didn't even make the playoffs last season.Compared with the Hornets, the Warriors have no advantage.Instead of going to the Warriors, Paul might as well not go.

As for the Pacers, although they reached the second round last season, in the eyes of most people, they still cannot be equated with "strong teams".

So most people actually talk about it.Next season, Chris Paul will wear the Zijin jersey or become a member of the Celtics.

There was a lot of buzz about Paul throughout the offseason, but Henson wasn't all about the trade.Without saying a word, the Pacers' pre-season training camp for the new season has already begun.

In training camp, Henson was delighted to see the Leonard of his dreams.On the first day of training camp, Henson asked Leonard a question.

"You want to be a decent player or a great player."

Leonard doesn't talk much, so his answers are straightforward. "I want to be a great player, coach!"

"If you want to be a great player, you have to train in my way. In the new season, I need you to appear at the third position, which means that your shooting must be improved. Follow the shooting coach to practice well. I believe you are more than the strength of the 15th pick, kid."

Henson patted Leonard on the shoulder, and by the way, used the long-stored Level 2 Enhancement Potential Badge on Leonard.This badge finally found her best home.

After a brief exchange, Leonard devoted himself to training.He is not worried about Leonard's training status.Low-key hard work is the most powerful talent of this guy.

Not everyone is like Stephenson, you have to stare at him all the time.
On the other side, Jimmy Butler also devoted himself to training.Henson doesn't know how far Jimmy Butler can grow. The kid's uncertainty is too great, and the gap between the upper and lower limits given by the data analysis module is also very large.But just paying one Dengtai Jones can get a rookie with A+ potential value, and Henson thinks it is worth a try.

Anyway, Dengtai Jones couldn't enter the rotation lineup with him last season, so it's better to get a potential rookie to support first.Maybe after a few years of raising, can the Pacers have another star?

From the start, Henson didn't expect Jimmy Butler to be as immediately effective as his previous picks.Butler is just an attempt, an attempt that takes a long time to settle.If Butler can't play, Henson will not lose.But if he hits it, Henson could make a fortune.

In addition, Henson has also seen the great improvement of Paul George, Horford, Stephenson, Danny Green and Matthews. As seen in the draft, these guys improve faster than ordinary people.Of course, this is also because the entire Pacers team now has a speed bonus.

The badge that speeds up the physical fitness and progress of all players by 10% can be said to be the most powerful badge Henson has drawn so far.

In the next few days, Henson was busy back and forth between the training ground and the trading market.On the one hand, he has to formulate a team training plan to ensure that the team can get back to form in the shortest possible time.On the other hand, he must keep an eye on the process of Paul's transaction.Because without Paul, Henson's follow-up operations will be different.

But before that, the Pacers took the lead in completing two signings.

On December 12, just after the start of the free agent market, the Pacers officially announced that they had reached a one-year contract with Chinese player Yi Jianlian.

The speed of this lightning signing has surprised many Chinese fans.Of course they didn't know that Yi Jianlian and Henson had met in Los Angeles long ago.

It is said that Yi Jianlian's American manager, Fei Geng, wanted Yi Jianlian to join the Mavericks, but Yi Jianlian only wanted to join Henson's team.

Fegan had no choice but to agree to the Pacers' one-year offer.In this way, Yi Jianlian became the first player introduced by the Pacers during the 1 offseason.

This signing must have caused an uproar in China. The Chinese coach teamed up with Chinese players. This kind of topic is enough to stir up excitement in China.

But in the United States, the signing did not attract much attention.After all, Yi Jianlian almost became a "transparent person" in the Wizards last season, so people don't think this signing will bring any substantial improvement to the Pacers.

"After Yi Jianlian came, we must first take precautionary measures for him. Believe me, a healthy Yi Jianlian can play a huge tactical role!" This is the order Henson gave to the coaching staff after the signing was completed.

With the special workouts and badges in place, Henson believes Yi can finish the season relatively healthy in Indianapolis.

A day later, the Pacers official news came again.They continued to use a one-year contract to sign the athletic center Chris Anderson who had just been amnesty by the Nuggets.

Henson has waited long enough for this signing. After the amnesty clause came out, the Nuggets really couldn't wait to "get rid of" the troublesome "Birdman" with a premium contract.At this time, the Pacers immediately contacted "Birdman", and finally found a substitute for Horford who could run, jump and protect the frame.

Of course, these two small deals are just pebbles in free agency.Now the whole league is paying attention to Chris Paul.

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On December 12, Indianapolis was already snowing heavily.For many Pacers fans, it was just another day.

Just 24 hours ago, several well-known reporters broke the news that the Hornets had agreed to a three-way deal between the Lakers and the Rockets.It has always been the strength of the Lakers to pull multiple transactions.

According to reports, the Lakers, Hornets and Rockets tried to send Paul to the Lakers and Gasol to the Rockets.After the transaction is completed, the Hornets will get Odom, Kevin. Martin, Luis Scola, Goran Dragic and a first-round pick.

This transaction is close to completion and is waiting for the approval of the alliance.Under normal circumstances, the alliance will not block transactions that comply with the rules.

It seems that the farce between Chris Paul and the Hornets is over.The Pacers' dream of chasing superstars has been broken, and the fans are still somewhat disappointed.

"Hey, sure enough, no superstar can resist the temptation of Los Angeles." The taxi driver Carter sighed. He had imagined that Paul could wear a corn-yellow jersey.

At this time, the snow was getting bigger and bigger, and it was noon.Carter decided to stop the car and go to have lunch first.

He had just pulled over the car and hadn't turned off the engine, but the sound of the car radio made Carter stunned.

"The latest news is that the league has rejected the three-way deal between the Lakers, Rockets and Hornets due to 'basketball reasons'. The Lakers' plan to get Paul is officially aborted! The news we have so far is that the Indiana Pacers are infinitely close to Chris Paul!"

Carter looked at the car radio, as if he couldn't believe what he just heard.Basketball reasons?Veto deal?After watching football for so many years, Carter has never heard of such a thing!

Of course, it was the last sentence that shocked Carter the most.

The Indiana Pacers are already infinitely close to Chris Paul.

No wonder, I haven't seen that guy Henson for days
(End of this chapter)