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Chapter 260 258: Internal Supplement

At the end of August, the Indiana Pacers held a jersey conference for the new players who joined the team this summer at the Conseco Arena. At the belated jersey conference, the famous Pacers and one of the greatest shooters in the NBA, Reggie Miller, was invited to show Ray Allen’s new No. 8 jersey in front of more than 100 media, and handed it to Ray Allen.

After joining the Pacers for nearly two months, Ray Allen, the league's top scorer, finally raised his corn yellow jersey in front of everyone.

Ray Allen did not continue the No. 20 he wore in the Celtics, but chose the No. 34 he wore in college and the Sonics.Because the Celtics' 34 was occupied by Paul Pierce, Ray Allen wore No. 20 for so long.

Now that he is finally separated from the Celtics, Ray Allen naturally returned to his favorite number.And changing back to No. 34 also means that he has completely separated from his Celtics career.Inviting Reggie Miller to give Ray Allen the jersey, there is also some sense of inheritance in it.

Of course, Ray Allen was not the only one who participated in the meeting today, and the young point guard DJ Augustin, who was newly signed by Henson, also showed his jersey in front of everyone.But everyone knows that Augustine is not the protagonist.To put it bluntly, Augustine was brought to the press conference "incidentally".

After that, Henson and Byrd also came to the stage and said a few words casually.Starting today, the Pacers' championship will become history.A new season has begun!

After August, at the beginning of September, NBA teams have gradually started their pre-season training camp arrangements.

This year's pre-season training camp plan has been formulated very early, and it has been formulated in more detail and comprehensively than before.The reason is that Henson and Vogel no longer have to scratch their heads for the preseason training camp. Brad Stevens, a new member of the Pacers coaching staff, has handled everything very well.

What Henson and Vogel have to do is to modify the general framework developed by Stevens.There is no doubt that this has greatly improved work efficiency and also improved the quality of planning.

So when the players appeared in the training ground of the Conseco Arena with a smile on their faces, they didn't know that the "cruel" coach Henson Joe had planned ten thousand and one ways to "torture" them.

Prior to this, Henson finally moved out that he got a badge against the sky after winning the championship last season, a level of pre-season training camp!
The effect is that if a player is designated to participate in a certain type of training, then the player's ability will be permanently increased by 5%, and the effects can be superimposed!
This badge can only be used once a year, which is during the pre-season training camp.Currently, the effect can only be applied to one person at a time.Henson doesn't know if he can benefit more players at the same time after the badge is upgraded in the future.

There is no doubt that this is a way for players to quickly improve a certain ability, and it is worthy of being a reward after winning the championship.

And this summer, Henson used this effect on Paul George!

Leonard himself has a cumulative 40% improvement speed bonus, so there is no need to worry about his shooting. I believe Leonard must have improved a lot this season.Therefore, Henson will appoint George to train his dribbling level crazily, and then apply the badge effect to George.

That said, no matter how well George does in practice, his dribbling will improve significantly after preseason training camp.

The only shortcoming of George on the offensive end is the weak dribbling ability caused by too high center of gravity, but Henson believes that after such a pre-season training camp, George will transform into a more versatile scorer in the new season!
The rookies who were selected into the league by Henson at the beginning are about to realize their talents.This is why, even though Henson only strengthened Ray Allen and Augustine this summer, he can still guarantee that the team will definitely be stronger than last season.

It is true that they did not introduce more and stronger players, but the group of people that Henson originally had, with the improvement speed bonus, will definitely become very different from last season.

Paul George, Stephenson, Danny Green and Leonard Henson are really looking forward to seeing this group of youngsters wreak havoc on the field!
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Before the start of the new season, the signs outside the Conseco Arena are undergoing large-scale replacement.Because starting next season, the name Conseco Arena will become history, and the home of Henson and the Pacers will be renamed "Bankers Life Arena."

As early as last year, Conseco Insurance, a sponsor of the Pacers Arena, officially changed its name to CNO Financial Group.Therefore, the name of the Pacers Arena must also be changed this year, and the banker's life is the main product line of CNO Financial Group, so the new name "Banker's Life" was born.

Although the name of the arena has changed, the fans' love for the team will not change, nor will the players' determination to successfully defend the title.

The training camp went very well, and everyone had their own specific improvement training.Then every afternoon, Henson will organize a 24-minute confrontational training game, so that the players can integrate into the system as soon as possible and find the feeling for the game.

In the past few days, the main team has defeated the substitute team without any suspense.But today's match was intense, far exceeding Henson's expectations.

At this time, the main team in white training vests was attacking, and they were only one point ahead.Paul deliberately passed the ball to George, and both he and Henson hope that the lanky No. 24 can adapt to the role of the top scorer as soon as possible!

But the No. 21 guard who defended in front of George became the reason why the substitute team has been biting the score today!
"Jimmy Butler's progress is greater than I imagined!" Henson couldn't help admiring seeing Butler defending George almost perfectly again.

Last season, Jimmy Butler, the high-potential No. 30 rookie in the first round who was acquired by Henson with a try mentality, was very active in the training camp.

He's always going to guard the home team's top scorer, and he's done well.On the offensive end, Butler's shooting is also much more stable than last season, and he is also a good offensive player with the ball.Generally speaking, except for the slightly lower three-point shooting rate, there are almost no obvious shortcomings!
Jimmy Butler didn't get many playing opportunities last season, and he was not selected for the 12-man roster in the playoffs.However, Henson never forgot the kid who looked a bit like Jordan, but he also didn't expect that Butler would surprise him so much.

While speaking, the substitute first team quickly advanced after successfully defending.Jimmy Butler used Yi Jianlian's cover to directly kill the penalty area, and then flew to dunk to help the team overtake by one point!
"Good job, Jimmy!" Henson couldn't help shouting, but Butler just smiled confidently at Henson.

Last season, Brooks reached the finals with James Harden, the best sixth man.After watching Jimmy Butler's performance, Henson found that he had finally found a "best sixth man" candidate.

In the new season, Jimmy Butler, who turned out to be out of nowhere, will definitely be able to join forces with Stephenson to become the Pacers' desperate back line combination on the bench!

Jimmy Butler's unexpected joy made Henson realize that his wealth has increased.

Paul George, Stephenson, Danny Green and Leonard. Well, don't forget that there is also Jimmy Butler.

Over the summer, every team was busy reinforcing from the outside.The Heat are eager to find shooters and centers, the Los Angeles Lakers form a more terrifying F4 than the Heat's Big Three
However, the Pacers' reinforcements have already unconsciously started from the inside
(End of this chapter)