Early in the morning, Henson rode Carter Sr. to the Consec Arena. After a two-month break, preseason training camp for the NBA season has arrived, and everyone has to start preparing for the new season, including Henson, a scout.

When he got in the car today, Carter kept looking at Henson through the rearview mirror. Henson had already noticed that Carter's eyes were wandering, and he couldn't help but touch his face.

"Is there anything on my face? Carter. ”

"Something on the face? No, of course not. I just didn't expect that, Henson. A guy like you would go after a young girl. Carter said, smiling lewdly.

"What young girl, you name it." Henson gave Carter a blank look, after getting along for so long, the two have become very acquainted and often make some innocuous jokes.

"That's the time you brought that hot young girl home, good boy, the old cow eats the tender grass."

Speaking of that incident, Henson also regretted it a little afterwards. It's not that he regrets what he did to Angeli, but that he regrets why he didn't do anything.

When she got home that day, Angeli was unconscious. Henson washed her face, took off her shoes, threw her on the bed, stared at the young girl's heaving chest and long legs and swallowed his saliva, and then took a pillow to the couch and slept for the night.

When Henson was in China, he didn't have much popularity, and he didn't even touch a girl's hand. Now suddenly encountered this kind of situation that he had dreamed of before, but Henson coaxed it.

When she woke up the next day, Anjiali curiously asked Henson why he slept on the sofa. In fact, last night, Anjiali thought that Henson left the room to buy "sports protective equipment", but she didn't expect that Henson hadn't entered the room until he fell asleep.

Henson really wanted to slap himself in the face, not even a girl!

After that day, Henson took Angel to play in Indianapolis for two more days, and the girl went back satisfied. After leaving Angeli, Henson spent his days studying basketball books day and night. In the blink of an eye, the new season is about to start again.

"That girl? I didn't do anything! Carter, don't slander me. ”

"Hell believe you, okay, don't talk about that, Henson, you've been fantastic in Summer League. I've heard that Bird seems to be ready to make changes to the coaching staff. Chatting and chatting, Carter, who is a diehard Pacers diehard, talked about basketball again.

"Changes to the coaching staff? What does that have to do with my good performance? Henson disagreed, and it wasn't a matter of a day or two that Bird was unhappy with the coaching staff.

"Rumor has it that Bird won't go after O'Brien first, but will cut Dennis. Posey, and then put you on the coaching staff! In this way, he slowly spreads his influence in the coaching staff! Carter's tone was mysterious, as if he was secretly telling something terrible.

Henson stared at Carter with wide eyes, how could he not know such a big thing?

Looking at Henson's incredulous expression, Carter quickly explained, "Don't believe it, many reporters have broken the news, and I believe that these things will not come out of nowhere." ”

Henson studied day and night, and really didn't pay much attention to the gossip news about the basketball circle. And after winning the Summer League championship, Henson chose to reward him with the Scouting Accuracy Medal Level 1, which increased Scouting Ability by 10%, and did not encounter a reward that would increase Bird's trust. So, Henson didn't think he could actually get into the coaching staff.

But there's no point in speculating about these things now, because with ten minutes to go, Henson will be fending off the Consec Arena. When the time comes, the truth of the matter will definitely come to the surface.

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When the Pacers' preseason training camp begins, it means the new season is just around the corner. Regardless of what the multi-millionaires looked like in the summer, they must now be ready for the new season with intense training.

Not only the players, but also Henson, a scout, immediately felt the huge pressure of work brought about by the approaching new season. Because compared with the leisure vacation, the work before the start of the new season is undoubtedly much busier.

Entering the team's training camp, Henson was delighted to discover that Holiday and Matthews and Danny were overjoyed. Green is in the lineup. While both Matthews and Green could be dropped after the preseason, as long as they are on the team, it means they are safe for the time being.

Seeing Henson appear in the training gym, the three rookies were also a lot more comfortable. Henson is like the father of these three children, with him standing on the sidelines, the performance of the three young people will be much calmer.

Henson's job at training camp is similar to that of scouting, mainly responsible for statistics and analysis. From the first whistle of training camp, Henson recorded the guys' every move, got to know them in depth, and gave Bird and O'Brien a full scouting report.

Daniel. Henson's performance gave Henson a lot of surprises, this guy is low-key and hardworking, although he is already the boss of the team, he still plays positively. In terms of positivity, he is almost on the same level as rookies like Holiday .

Another guy who caught Henson's eye was Roy. Hibbert. The tall "Black Tower", who didn't get much of an opportunity to perform last season, showed an astonishingly high quality on both the defensive and offensive ends of the camp in training camp. Henson's ability to upgrade his scouting skills allows him to roughly see the range of a player's final rating, which helps Henson to predict whether a player is good or bad more accurately.

But Hibbert's prediction rating is very strange, and the range is actually C-A! Henson doesn't know why the data analysis module gives Hibbert such a big disparity in assessment, could it be that this guy will encounter injury hazards in the future?

Also with a huge gap in assessment is Daniel. Granger, C+—A, the lower and upper limits are also hugely different. Henson doesn't know what caused all of this at the moment, and all he can do is advise O'Brien to push them to train. If it's because of laziness and obscurity, then Hibbert and Granger are a pity.

Of course, the ratings that Henson sees are not necessarily accurate. After all, his Scouting Medal is only level 1. If it is still so strange to look at Hibbert and Granger's ability assessment when upgrading the medal in the future, Henson will have to think about the reason.

In addition to observing the players, Henson also glances at Dennis from time to time when he is free. Posey's greasy old man. Judging from his loveless and unenthusiastic state of work, Carter's gossip may be so true. This guy may have lost Bird's trust.

After all, Vogel's ability is there, and O'Brien has always had some reputation in the basketball circle, so these two guys are basically safe at the moment. But Dennis. Posey? Whether he did well or not, everyone in the global team will see. The career of this offensive coach may be coming to an end.

By the end of the first day of preseason camp, Henson had already figured out what was going on with the Pacers this season. At the end of the day, Holiday had planned to take the initiative to ask Henson to have a meal to express his heartfelt gratitude. Because the championship and MVP of the summer league are the results of Henson's liberation of his offense. In Holiday view, Henson is half of the credit for these honors.

But before Holiday could get up to Henson, Bird, who suddenly appeared on the training ground, "got ahead" and called Henson into his office.

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"Henson, how was the holiday?" Bird took out a cigar from behind his desk and sniffed it, then motioned for Henson to sit down.

"Not bad, but not as interesting as the job." It's not the first time Henson has entered Bird's office, but each time, he's drawn to a photo of Bird and Auerbach.

"I'm not going to talk nonsense, I just called you here this time for two things, I hope you are ready. First things first, you did a good job in summer league, and now the preseason is about to begin. O'Brien has been unwell lately, so Vogel will continue to command preseason as head coach. You're going to go on to be a temporary assistant coach, and now that the scouting job is free, it's good to have more opportunities to practice. ”

Bird's voice was fast, but Henson didn't ask much after listening, just nodded affirmatively.

Bird liked that. This guy doesn't talk so much nonsense, and Henson will do what he asks him to do, and he does it well.

"Second thing, I'll give you a maximum of two months to prepare. If I could, I would sign you to a new contract that would take you from scout to full assistant coach of the team. That's right, a full-fledged assistant coach, not a temporary assistant coach. ”

After Bird said the second thing, Henson had a look of surprise on his face, but quickly regained his composure. Bird smirked, he thought Henson wouldn't be surprised by anything. It seems that this calm and calm guy is not pervasive.

Henson still didn't ask, but nodded harder. Cute Posey, it seems that we can't get along for long.