The Pacers' 12-game winning streak set a record for the best start in franchise history. Joe returns...... The Pacers have had a smooth ride so far this season.

Henson has also been in good spirits recently, and the cruel words have been released to Xiao Hua's guy, so he can't just say it and not do it.

So for the next few games, Henson is fully prepared. Although he still occasionally suffers from chest pain after working too late, Henson doesn't pay much attention to the problem that can be relieved by just a few minutes of rest.

In his first game after his return, Henson led the Pacers to a 117-105 home victory over the incoming New Orleans Hornets. There was no suspense in the game itself, because the champion Lang Anthony. Davis and Daniel. Both of Granger were sidelined due to injury, so the Hornets had to rely on Holiday alone for this game.

This season's Holiday is amazing, averaging 17.7 points and 8 assists per game! As Henson had predicted, Holiday had fully grown into an All-Star caliber point guard.

But in front of the former "queen bee" of the Hornets, one Holiday is obviously not enough to play. The Hornets were suppressed throughout the game and had no chance to come out on top. The end result was also a faithful reflection of the game, with people even jokingly saying, "The Hornets are simply for Coach Henson." ”

The Pacers have won 13 in a row and are off to a better start in franchise history.

Everything was going so smoothly, as if the Pacers were going to go on this this season. However, in the long season, there will always be some moths. So, trouble came again.

"I haven't heard of this, who released the news!" Immediately after the game against the Hornets, Henson called all the coaching staff to stay for a meeting. It's not that there's anything to study about this game, but after today's game, Henson heard a not-so-favourable piece of news from reporters.

"Coach Henson, I heard that the Pacers are ready to peddle Paul. George, because the Pacers aren't ready to sign him to a big contract after this season, is that a thing? ”

When Henson heard the rumor from reporters, he was stunned. What deals, what big contracts? The team had no such intentions at all, at least not as far as he knew.

Often, these reporters must have received some kind of news before they spread the news. After all, if it's a no-brainer news, the reporter will definitely not question the manager in person. Therefore, Henson has reason to believe that the information leaked by the team and the reporters after reaching an agreement.

As for why this news has become so popular, I have to talk about the previous transaction between the Thunder and the Rockets.

At the beginning of the season, due to the Thunder's trade for James. The reason for Harden's arrival with the Rockets, the team's reluctance to spend a lot of money to renew the contract of young rising stars has caused a stir.

Although it is true that Harden's performance in the Finals last season was not good, everyone must admit that Harden is still an important part of the Thunder team. After all, he's Oklahoma's best sixth man!

However, the Thunder put such a young potential guard in Houston because of money problems. The reason is that they don't believe that Harden is worth a big contract right now.

At that time, if the Thunder can't match the contract offered to Harden by another team, and Harden and the other team sign as free agents, then the Thunder will get nothing. So, they simply put Harden on the shelf, and they could more or less exchange something back to minimize the loss.

In this way, Harden, the bearded man who played well in the Western Conference Finals last season and helped the Thunder enter the Finals, was traded to the Houston Rockets.

After the Rockets got Harden, they immediately renewed his contract with a five-year $78.5 million contract, retaining this talented guard.

The deal caused an uproar at the time, and it was indeed a bit unworthy to "give" a potential star to another team because of the problem of money. But it's another way of saying that as long as you play well enough, you're not afraid that no team will be willing to spend a lot of money to sign you. What Harden can't get in the Thunder, the Rockets can give him all!

So at this juncture, it broke out that the Pacers wanted to trade Paul. News like George can't help but make people think about it.

George is in the third year and will be able to renew his contract early next summer. Although the Pacers can risk a contract extension, the owner must be willing to spend the money. And as we all know, the Pacers have never been willing to squander dollars like Los Angeles and New York.

So, if they can't keep George, the Pacers will definitely choose to trade now while George has the highest trade value! With James. Harden's experience and the Pacers' release of Matthews this summer will undoubtedly be able to analyze a lot of appalling things from them!

Therefore, such a rumor was born. And Henson, as the head coach, has never heard of it at all.

Seeing that his coaching staff members were also confused, Henson held his forehead. If it's not the coaching staff, is it a higher level of management?

Did Herbert and/or Vivek really not want to spend a fortune to renew George's contract? And then those two guys who weren't cautious enough had the idea of trading George and accidentally leaked the news to reporters?

This possibility is not impossible, Henson is only a coach after all, and it stands to reason that the coach has no right to interfere with the team's personnel changes. A lot of coaches don't know until the deal has been finalized by the upper echelons that the player is leaving.

But Henson believes he's not going to be that bad with the Pacers. After all, he's the first champion coach in the history of the Pacers! And over the years, I have always had a great say in the introduction and trading!

So the next day, Henson personally gathered the management for a small meeting. But the answers received were all negative.

"Henson, you know our way of doing things. If we really have such a plan, then I will definitely tell you in advance and discuss it seriously with you. Bird spread his hands, "I only heard about this rumor yesterday, and I want to find out which bastard put it out." ”

"That's right, and my father told me this summer that I want to fully support your work. If you think a renewal is necessary, we won't skimp. Right? Vivek. "Stephen. Simon opened his mouth as well, then looked at Vivek.

Henson's "old man" nodded slightly, of course he was even more unlikely to pit Henson.

So the men fell silent again.

"It's not us...... Could that be a deliberate release from George's manager? George doesn't want to stay in Indianapolis? Or does he want to take the opportunity to raise the price? Vivek spoke.

"No, it can't be!" Henson waved his hand in no uncertain terms, he was well aware of George's character, and he was confident in the Pacers' locker room.

That No. 24 should love here, refer to Matthews, if it weren't for Henson's sake, Matthews wouldn't want to go! George was also brought in by himself to grow step by step, so George definitely wouldn't want to leave this collective.

Moreover, George will not be able to renew his contract until next year, and even if he and his manager really want to leave, there is no need to jump out and tear up the team now.

"So this news is made out of nothing, right? We were overly nervous. "Stephen. Simon spread his hands.

"Too nervous?" Henson smiled, the young owner apparently unaware of the impact of a trade rumor on the team's locker room.

Trade George, do you want to add a head? If you want to add a head, who will add it? No one knows about this, so every player except Paul could be traded, which would put everyone at risk. So while this rumor is only about George, it's not just George who is affected.

It's like the Bulls in 2007, because of the Kobe trade rumors, the whole team panicked. Although Kobe Bryant stayed with the Lakers in the end, that farce directly ruined the talented Chicago team that year.

Although the young bulls were talented, they were psychologically and mentally immature, with low anti-interference ability, and they were distracted by the fact that they could not face such huge and constant off-court rumors. As the season progressed, the performance of almost all players was seriously affected, because no one knew whether they would wake up and play for another team, and the imbalance of mentality made them lose too many games, and in the first 25 games, the Bulls only had a 9-16 record, and the whole situation was completely out of control. The Bulls even fired Coach Skels for this, but this season was irretrievable, and the Bulls only finished with a 33-49 record and missed the playoffs.

A living example was in front of Henson, so Henson didn't want this tragedy to happen to the Pacers.

Henson thought about it carefully, since the news was not released by the Pacers or George, then who would release the news? Who is in the best interest of releasing this news? To journalists? No, it's best for the team that wants to get George!

"Whoever is interested in George is the one who unleashes the smoke bomb! Whoever it is, he's a mongrel! Unleash smoke bombs in advance to disturb people's hearts, what a fucking bastard! Henson slapped his head sharply, and things became clear!

"So, who wants George?" Stephen looked at everyone in the room.

"I don't know now, but what I do know is that I'm going to have to reassure my players, guys. If the locker room is panicking, it's the bastard. Henson turned and left the office, and sure enough, a season wasn't going to be easy.

It's always going to be a bit of a fucking problem, but Henson. Joe, what he does best is solving problems.