Temporary assistant coach, this is the title that Bird has assigned to Henson. In the second game of the summer league, Henson really appeared in the team's dressing room in a suit, which was the first time that Henson had such close contact with the players in the team for so many months!

Dennis. Posey was visibly unhappy, and he didn't know why Bird had put the clown on the coaching staff, even if it was just as a temporary assistant coach. Posey wasn't happy not just because he didn't like Henson, but because he felt his position was threatened. Although he and Vogel are both O'Brien's cronies, O'Brien could get out of the way as long as Bird speaks, let alone him.

Henson stepped into the coaching staff and gave Posey the feeling of being mixed with sand in the dressing room.

The dressing rooms of the summer league are not luxurious, and the atmosphere is not lively. After all, these players don't just have to compete with each other, they have to compete with each other. Getting the last few spots in the NBA in the Summer League is the biggest goal of this group of guys. So in Summer League, the coach's job is not heavy, most of the time it's about letting these players show themselves. Because of this, it is usually the team's assistant coach who leads the team to play in the summer league, so Vogel has a good time being a head coach. Henson, on the other hand, touched the position of assistant coach.

Of course, Henson's position is not secure, and Bird has yet to sign him to a new contract, meaning he is still a scout at heart. As Bird says, he just let Henson "experience what it's like to be a coach." There is no doubt that Bird wants to see if Henson has the potential to be a coach. This guy may be smart, but if you want to be a coach, it's not enough to be smart.

"You're crazy, aren't you? O'Brien has called me three or four times today, and you actually put that scout on the coaching staff? Pritchard doesn't have much of a prejudice against Henson right now, but he's still a little uncomfortable about having him on the coaching staff.

"What's this, I'm just going to let him sit on the bench. Besides......" Bird just smiled in the face of his assistant's questioning, "don't you want to see what that guy full of ideas can do?" ”

"That guy has shown his unparalleled talent in basketball more than once, you know, there's talent in the players, there's genius in the coach. Henson's guy can deduce some simple tactics just in his head. I dare say that Dennis Brown, who has been an assistant coach for 12 years. Posey has no such ability. This, coupled with his accurate judgment of the player's ability, can help him not to make mistakes when it comes to employing people. As for tactics, I believe that if he is willing to learn, he can learn faster than anyone else. Bird explained the reason to his assistant, he didn't think of whichever he wanted, and Bird had his own reasons for making these decisions.

"But Jim will be unhappy then, I'm worried about the harmony of the team." Pritchard spread his hands, managing a team is not as simple as playing a business simulation game. After all, computers can't simulate interpersonal relationships.

"Jim? He'd better not have an opinion. I'll give him another season at most. If we're still playing outside the playoffs next season, I'll be upset! After Bird finished speaking, Pritchard seemed to want to refute, but Bird held out a finger and asked his assistant to stop.

It's offseason, and I'll leave the summer league to Henson......

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In the dressing room, Henson barely spoke. Frank. Vogel is the boss here, and Henson doesn't want to be pretentious as soon as he comes up. Besides, Vogel has always treated Henson well, at least the only one on the coaching staff who doesn't give him a look. He had always regarded Vogel as a friend, so it was even more impossible for him to work against Vogel.

Henson just watched from the sidelines as Vogel did it, how he laid out his tactics and how he talked to the players. After all this was over, he followed the team to the court and started the basketball game as a coach for the first time!

Although the arena of the summer league can only accommodate more than 1,000 people, it is not at the same level as the arena used for real NBA games. But listening to the shouts coming from behind him, Henson still got goosebumps.

In the past, Henson was just a spectator. Although he is a scout, he also analyzes a player from the perspective of a spectator. But today, he has become a participant in the competition!

"How does it feel? Isn't it completely different from sitting in the stands? "When the players got on the pitch, Frank . . . Vogel sat back on the bench and smiled at Henson with a friendly smile.

"Yes, I feel like I'm surrounded by everyone's enthusiasm. And it's so noisy that it seems hard to concentrate. Henson sat next to Vogel and was a little uncomfortable with the bench perspective. Percy was angry, and the boy was now closer to Vogel.

"It's good to get used to it, but it's not easy to sit on the bench in the NBA. It's a big test of your concentration, patience, oh yes, and ass. ”

"So you love to cross around on the sidelines to relax your ass?" Henson's joke made Vogel instantly relax a lot, he didn't understand why Jim and Dennis just didn't like him, Henson was obviously an easy person to get close to.

After the game started, Henson, a rookie, had nothing to say. After all, this is not a novel, and not everyone can immediately let out some fart when they stand in this position for the first time. Although Henson, with the help of the data analysis module, can clearly see the strengths and weaknesses of each player, he can see many numbers that ordinary people can't see. But this is only auxiliary help after all, this thing will not make him a coach overnight, Henson will have to use his clever mind to learn little by little.

For most of the game, Henson just sat there, holding a notebook and pretending to write and draw, with the awe-inspiring face of an assistant coach.

It wasn't until the third quarter that the Boston Celtics trailed the Pacers by just three points. Although the Pacers took the lead, such a narrow advantage was not as expected by Vogel.

After all, as a championship-caliber team, the Celtics selected Leicester with only one 58th pick in this year's draft. Hudson is a physical defender. On top of that, the rest of the players who make up the Summer League team are a bunch of undrafted picks. It stands to reason that the Celtics' configuration is not as good as the Pacers, but Vogel has not been able to pull the score away.

Admittedly, Vogel is a great defensive expert who believes in winning games with defense. But his weakness in offensive arrangement can be seen even by a layman like Henson.

"Run...... cough cough cough cough ...... Watch out for the ......" Vogel yelled from the sidelines, but no one could hear him. Because from the beginning of summer league training camp until now, Vogel has been yelling almost every day. At this point, his throat was completely hoarse, and he couldn't speak out loud at all.

Vogel shook his head, winked at his old partner Percy, and motioned for him to speak for him.

Posey stood on the sidelines tremblingly, and although he had been an assistant coach for more than a decade, Posey had never done such a job as shouting around O'Brien. After all, it's not high school kids who are running on the field now, but professional players who have the potential to become millionaires! Want to yell at them? This kind of courage is not something that everyone has.

"That...... Everyone run, actively defend yourself. With just one shout, Percy stopped, and looked at Vogel pitifully. This guy is not the material to be a head coach at all, and his shouting is not as good as the hoarse Vogel. His voice could not be heard in a stadium of just over a thousand people, let alone on the official court of the NBA.

Vogel looked at Posey speechlessly, he had never felt so embarrassed in the air after so many years of coaching. Then, he moved his gaze to Henson, who was writing and drawing with a notebook. He suddenly felt extremely glad that if Bird hadn't sent Henson here today, Vogel would have had to scream out his throat.

"Joe, tell them to actively defend and run, their enthusiasm is not enough!"

Henson was stunned for a second when he heard Vogel shouting, then quickly stood up and walked to the sidelines. And after shouting Henson, Vogel's throat was completely overwhelmed.

At this time, Holiday just knocked out the emergency pullup jump shot, the Celtics won the rebound, and Hudson was already running towards the frontcourt. For this kind of rookie at the end of the second round, their job is not completely solid, so they have to play harder to ensure that they stay.

I have to admit that the Celtics' advantage in positivity today is indeed incomparable to the Pacers.

Posey looked at Henson with disdain, how could that crappy scout do what he couldn't do?

The next second, Henson whistled loudly, so loud that even the last row of the stands could hear it.

"Run, guys! Run! Hurry up and get back on the defensive, don't give them a chance to score easily! ”

The players finally heard the shouts of the coach on the sidelines, and for the young players, they actually need more guidance from the coach. It's just that for a long time, Vogel couldn't convey his guidance to the players.

After hearing the coach's shout, the players seemed to have taken a shot of strengthening, and instantly became a lot more steady, at least they were no longer flustered. The Pacers' defense suddenly stabilized, and the Celtics couldn't get used to it for a while.

Eventually, Hudson's shot stumbled out of the frame with Holiday distracting. After all, the two are not players of the same level, and as long as Holiday calms down, it is not a problem to defend against Hudson at all.

"Okay, steady, steady, fight slowly, it's them who should be in a hurry!"

Henson continued to shout, and Holiday also made a downward motion on the court, signaling everyone to steady their rhythm.

Vogel looked at Henson in surprise, the sentence just now was not what he explained to Henson, but Henson naturally shouted it himself.

Under the steady rhythm, Holiday was no longer in a hurry to shoot, but calmly distributed the ball to Danny after breaking through through the cover. Green. The latter fired from a distance in the open space, and the basketball went through the net. It seems that Green is still very quick to adapt to the NBA's three-point line. The difference instantly turned into 6 points, and Holiday looked to the sidelines and gave Henson a gentle nod.

"That's it, good job kid!" Henson clapped vigorously from the sidelines, and Holiday could see that he was smiling as well.

For a moment, Vogel felt like he was an assistant coach again. And Henson, he's like a real manager, calling the shots from the sidelines!