From New York to Indianapolis.

It's not too close, and it's certainly not as far as you might think.

Indiana is about 1,200 kilometers southeast of New York, separated by Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Xu Xuan took a United Airlines flight, and he looked at the timetable, if nothing else, it would take about 2 and a half hours.

Xu Xuan seized the time to preview his homework on the plane, this transaction happened too suddenly, and he didn't think that he would be traded to the Pacers at all, so there was a lot less time to preview before class......

New York is a team in the Eastern Atlantic Division, while the Pacers are a team in the Eastern Central Division, and the two teams have not played a game yet, so Xu Xuan is not too familiar with this place.

Team Owner ......

Chief Executive Officer......

Managing director......

Coach......

There is not much time, Xu Xuan can only recognize these senior managers first.

I heard that the owner of the Pacers is not in charge, so the power of the team is basically in the hands of CEO Larry Bird.

Xu Xuan drew a circle on his avatar.

This is a key figure for the Pacers!

Then there's their general manager, Kevin Pritchard, who is also in charge of things, at least much more than Mills of the Knicks.

Larry Bird doesn't have the same strong desire for control as the old Zen master, and he is still willing to let go of some "little things" for the people below him.

And head coach Frank Vogel ......

Xu Xuan's pen fell heavily.

Maybe he doesn't have as much status in the team as Larry Bodgaard, but there is no doubt that he will be the person Xu Xuan deals with the most next!

Xu Xuan took a brief look at his life, his life is very inspirational, he has never played in the NBA, it can be said that he has become a head coach from a small person.

"Hey, he also cuts videos?"

Xu Xuan saw his introduction, and he had previously served as the head of video coordination under Boston Celtics head coach Rick Pitino, and he had been there for five years in a row......

Xu Xuan gasped, it's not easy!

Five years later, he was promoted to assistant coach...... Well, it may be that the video was cut better and promoted.....

After leaving the Celtics, he moved to Philadelphia as an assistant coach for a while.

Later, he may have found that there was no future as an assistant coach, so he switched careers to become a scout, and spent two years as a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Wizards......

Well, maybe he found out that the scouts weren't as good as the assistant coach, so he came to the Pacers and did his job until 1/30/11, when O'Brien was fired, and Vogel was named interim head coach of the Indiana Pacers.

As for the style......

Tough?

Defend?

Well, the teams he coached were tough defensively!

He is also very good at the technical and tactical aspects of defence.

In the previous three seasons, the Pacers died at the hands of the Miami Heat led by James, and two of them were Eastern Conference finals!

In the 12-13 season, he played all the way to the tiebreaker with the Heat!

James believes the only reason Vogel's team didn't make it to the Finals was because they ran into the Heat three times in a row with Wade, Bosh and his own.

Defensive is a master, offense...... Seems to be very good at using internal lines?

Like Roy Hibbert, David West, and so on......

There are not many techniques and tactics on the outside, and most of them are in a free-range state......

From the bottom of my mind, this is not very good news......

Your family knows your own business, and it's no problem for you to let Xu Xuan attack, but the defense is really a mess.

And would a coach with a defensive focus like Vogel like him?

It seems unlikely......

Xu Xuan touched his nose, the future is uncertain......

At Xu Xuan's destination at this time, Pacers head coach Frank Vogel was also a little worried with Xu Xuan's scouting report in his hand.

The walker has struggled a bit since Pickle Pepper was injured.

On the one hand, I want to continue the glory of reaching the finals for two consecutive years, but on the other hand, I am limited by my strength.

This ambivalence made him very struggling at the start of the season.

But after a few games, it slowly stabilized until now...... His heart was in turmoil again.

Xu Xuan?

It's not that he doesn't know this rookie who is currently famous in the history of the league, but he never expected that he would coach this person one day, after all, he performed so well in his rookie season, and in his opinion, Xu Xuan must be vigorously cultivated in the Knicks...... Until one day, President Larry Bird suddenly approached him with a scouting report and asked him, "What would you do if you were asked to coach this young man?" ”

At that time, Vogel was stunned, and his first reaction was: I coach him? Are you kidding?

But when he saw that Larry Bird was not fake, and that he was very serious, he immediately took the scouting report......

It's true!

Larry Bird is not a person who has no purpose, since he has put the scouting report on Xu Xuan's face, he will naturally not be stupid and ask: Is this true?

Such stupid words.

However, the next question lies ahead.

I'm going to coach this young man, what will I do?

This......

I don't know!

He watched Xu Xuan's scouting report and game video many times over and over again, but he still couldn't find any clue......

If you look at D'Antoni or Nelson Sr., Xu Xuan's attributes can even be called excellent, but in the hands of a defensive coach, this attribute is ...... Can't say bad, but ...... I don't match either!

Vogel has a headache, Xu Xuan's main threat is on the offensive end, and what he is best at is defense...... The two are not on the same channel at all.

What should I do?

The person Larry Bird personally asked for to come over paid such a big price, and he couldn't just pass it at will.

And Vogel also admires Xu Xuan in his heart, but how to use it is a big problem!

If only the pickled pepper was not injured, it would be nice to form a "double dragon head" with Xu Xuan on the outside offensive firepower, so that the Pacers would not have to stick to the inside line on the offensive end, and could blossom on the inside and outside......

That's a good thing, Vogel thought.

But now that the pickled pepper is injured, Xu Xuan is alone on the outside...... Will he be able to hold it up?

By the way, and the starting list...... It's a big problem too!

He didn't think about letting Xu Xuan play as a substitute, and even if he did, it is estimated that Larry Bird would not agree, but it is also a question of who to let down......

Too many questions!

Headache!

Dysphoria!

Vogel simply put down the scouting report in his hand, forget it, wait until he comes, is it the mule that can't be pulled out first?

Let it be......

......

Polis is the capital of Indiana, and at night, when the lights are on, Xu Xuan quietly stepped on this land.

A new journey is about to begin!