Paul. George signed an early extension with the Pacers, and the news made Los Angeles fans the saddest. Because in their fantasies, Paul. George is their key target for next year. They believed that, as an Angeleno, George could not refuse the call of his hometown and the temptation of a big city.

However, George didn't even think about leaving. He happily signed his name to the contract, and George's manager signed a five-year contract without even negotiating much with the Pacers.

And the conversation between Henson and George also made George feel relieved to put down roots in Indianapolis. Although his hometown is Los Angeles, his hometown of basketball is this huge cornfield.

After George's contract was renewed, the pre-season training camp for the new season officially began. This means that Henson will continue his busy and hard life again.

This time last year, Henson was able to leave things like making a training plan to Stevens. But this year, Henson had to get his hands dirty. New member of the coaching staff, Becky. Although Harmon has excellent tactical skills, she is an out-and-out rookie when it comes to making training plans.

Therefore, before the new season started, Henson stayed up all night again. Pre-season camp is a very important part of the players, and the quality of this camp will have a direct impact on the quality of the team and players in the new season. So Henson has always attached great importance to this.

In addition to developing a training plan, Henson has a "blissful annoyance" to consider.

The "Summer Camp" badge was upgraded to level 3 by Henson, which means that Henson can choose 3 players to improve a certain stat. Last summer, Henson used the badge to enhance George's dribbling. As a result, George instantly changed from a catch-and-shoot to an all-around star, winning the team's scoring title and FMVP in one fell swoop.

This shows how great the role of this badge is. Henson didn't want to waste such an important badge. After all, there is only one chance to use it once a year. How to distribute it reasonably, he must be careful with his calculations.

Henson thought about leaving all the opportunities to Antetokounmpo, after all, he was the only one who had not yet taken shape, and the others had grown to the level that Henson expected. But later Henson found out that the data analysis module did not allow him to do this, and a player could only enjoy the attribute bonus once a year, and it could not be used together. Undoubtedly, this has greatly increased the difficulty of Henson's work.

And as the work unfolds, Henson's series of physical discomforts return to him. But as always, Henson didn't care.

On the third day after the start of the training camp, Henson finally came up with a plan for the use of those three opportunities. So he approached Fraser, who was always hands-on, and told him about three key training plans.

First, continue to strengthen George's ability to attack with the ball. Last season, George was the Pacers' top scorer. And this season, Henson needs him to be the top scorer in the league!

Second, Antetokounmpo's strength and size must improve. Henson didn't apply the stat bonus to the Greek's shots because, in Henson's view, getting Antetokounmpo to adapt to the intensity of the NBA game was the priority. A man of his calibre has the means to score even without shooting. So, shooting isn't Antetokounmpo's primary goal. If you can't adapt to the confrontation, Antetokounmpo's physical condition is useless.

The last chance to improve attributes, Henson left to Leonard. And for Leonard, shooting is what he desperately needs to improve. This season, Henson intends to push Leonard into the starting line-up and give him his first steps towards becoming a superstar! While Leonard was already good on the offensive end last season, it wasn't enough in terms of what Henson expects from Leonard.

Leonard needs to be a superstar on offense and defense, and Henson is no longer asking of him as a sixth man this season. So his scoring ability needs to be more stable and more exciting!

Fraser listened to Henson's plan and nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, Henson, in a month's time, you'll see in them the kind of progress you crave." ”

Henson was convinced of this. After all, you can never go wrong with the role of badges!

A scoring George, a Leonard who has officially begun to step into the ranks of superstars, a fast-growing Antetokounmpo, and Stephenson and Jimmy, who have become very mature off the bench. Butler......

After imagining the team's lineup for next season, Henson himself couldn't help but gasp.

Is this team a little too strong?

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At the beginning of October, the NBA preseason officially began. As an informal game for teams to adjust their lineups and experiment with their play, few teams will give their full strength in preseason.

Henson's Pacers are an example of this, and every year in the preseason, the Pacers don't seem to be doing well. But once it comes to the regular season, the whole league will be overshadowed by the Pacers' terrifying winning streak.

This year, though, things are a little different. Because from the beginning of the preseason, the whole league seems to have been shrouded in a winning streak of defending champions!

In the first game of the preseason against the Golden State Warriors, Leonard had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, helping the Pacers win by 8 points. It is worth mentioning that George, who was the top scorer of the Pacers in this game, only played 8 minutes. That said, if George played in the regular rotation, the Warriors would have lost even more.

In the second game, the focus of the preseason, the Nets, who make up the "Big Five", visited the Bankers' Living Arena. Before the start of the game, the media received news that Paul had sprained his ankle in training and needed to be corrected for 3-5 days. That said, the Pacers will lose their home point guard in this game.

Without Paul, the Nets, who finished fourth in the East last season, would naturally be eager to show their quality against the defending champions. However, in this game, it seems that the Pacers are more like a multi-giant team.

Garnett and Pierce were very average and it was clear that they were not going to adapt to the new coach Jason. The system built by Kidd.

On the Pacers' side, it's more flowering. Paul. George and Leonard launched an onslaught as soon as they started, and the Nets' defense looked as if it was rushing apart and had no cohesion at all.

Bench time, Jimmy. Butler and Stephenson led the Nets, completely dampening the Nets' hopes. In the end, in Indianapolis, the high-profile "Big Five" lost by 14 points!

Garnett had eight points, DeLong had seven, Pierce had 13 and Johnson had 15. The Nets were the only team with 20 points. It seems that the performance of the "Big Five" is hardly convincing.

On the other hand, the Pacers, George, who was rested in the last game, scored 33 points, allowing people to see the reason why he is worth 90 million. And Leonard also scored 18 points, including 2 of 3 three-pointers, and the improvement brought by the badge to Leonard was immediate. Jimmy. Butler came off the bench to score 19 points, while Stephenson scored 15.

Without Paul, Henson led a group of young men to beat the Nets.

After the game, Nets general manager Kim Murray, who personally created this lineup. Terry explained, "In pre-season, everyone was still adjusting to the pace of the game. So the loss of this game doesn't say anything. ”

But this self-deceptive explanation is not accepted by everyone. Well-known commentator Charles. Barkley, is one of them.

"Kim. Terry was defending his stupidity, and he still didn't want to admit that he had been completely killed by Danny. Angie got it! Now the Celtics have everything they need to complete a rebuild, and if the Nets fail to win a championship this season, their future will be bleak! As for the Pacers, that's all I can say about ......"

Barkley looked at the camera and sighed heavily, "Their domination has been going on since pre-season. Henson and his players could become another team in the league that can achieve three consecutive championships this season with a devastating offense! You must think I'm talking nonsense again, but this time, I'm not alarmist. ”

ESPN's assessment of the Pacers is more blunt.

"Coach Henson's team is trying to steal all the championships and leave other teams with no glory to take!"

The terrifying aura of corn yellow has spread across the continental United States in advance.