When it comes to Al Jefferson, everyone may not have any impression of him, even if he has an impression, he just knows that he is a bargaining chip for the Celtics to trade the Wolves, Jefferson joined the Celtics with the fifteenth pick in the first round in 2004, and after entering the team, he became the core of the Celtics' interior team, and the Celtics in those years did not have a good life.

In the summer of 2007, because the Green Army formed a Big Three, the original interior core was sold to Minnesoapolis City in the Northland, becoming the new Wolf King of the Minnesota Timberwolves, but obviously the team did not think that it was also qualified to become the new Wolf King, after several years of ups and downs, the Timberwolves finally chose to trade him, and let Love become the new core of the team. Al Jefferson is considered to belong to the kind of stocky power forward, he knows that one of the offensive ability is very strong, solid footwork and not slow, outstanding strength and arm span at the same time to help him in the confrontation in the restricted area, no matter who he encounters, he will not suffer, as one of the three rookies in 2005, Jefferson has been in the 06-07 season, only to burst out of the strength he deserves, this year to get a double-double, but also make him squeezed into the league of the top power forwards.

That's why he has the information to be a trade chip for Wolves Garnett, but he's still on the Pacers.

Counting the Pacers' interior line, there are a total of seven people to grab 96 minutes of playing time, Hibbert as the team's hope, plus good potential, each game accounts for a starting list, and the playing time is stable at about 20 minutes, the rest of the time is divided by others, Murphy, as an old minister in the team, naturally also accounts for part of the playing time, Tyler Hansbrough, as a rookie this year, also needs a certain amount of playing time to play.

The rest of the time was all arranged for the four newcomers, and it was obvious that there was not much playing time left...... After moving from the Timberwolves to the Pacers, Jefferson had to face the harsh reality that he had to slowly transition from the core of the team to a role player, and he has played well in the past few games so far.

Zhang Kong commented on this player, that is, he has a tough style and a strong inside, although he was a little impatient when he first came to run, but when the team was in trouble, he always scored steadily, he belongs to the kind of player who will have a few flashes in a game, not the kind of player who has been shining in a game, this is the difference between above 90 and below 90.

The Pacers are not the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves only have a poor Lefu on the inside, and they always steal the limelight from Jefferson.

The focus of the Pacers' offense is on the outside, Hibbert on the inside is too frizzy, and Murphy prefers to pull out and shoot on the offensive end, so the Pacers need a fulcrum on the inside, and Jefferson is the best looking fulcrum at the moment.

After taking out the Grizzlies, the Pacers didn't have time to rest, because after the New Year of No. 31 and No. 1, No. 2 will face the Timberwolves at home, which is also the first time Jefferson has faced his old club since coming to the Pacers.

He didn't want to lose the game, so in the training camp on the 31st, he worked quite hard to win the game.

Zhang Kong sat next to Jim O'Brien, looking at the players on the field, and at the same time using data to analyze the situation of these players.

Among the last four signings, there are a total of three players with a rating of more than 80, and Al Jefferson is definitely the best one of them, and he is also the best interior player on the team, not one...... Murphy's defensive weaknesses make him even lower than Milicic's, but on the offensive end, Murphy's strong offensive ability is not comparable to them.

"Excellent physical fitness, not slow movement speed, good hand feel, defensive because the arm span is long enough, it can also cause enough restrictions, the offensive feints are good, and there is a certain ability to make fouls!" Looking at Al Jefferson on the court, what Zhang Kong said is exactly the same as what Jim O'Brien observed, such a player is definitely not good to be the boss of a team, because he is the same as Granger, and his surname is flawed, but it is understandable to be the second oldest player of the team.

"Such a player is a baby, as long as he erects a team boss by his side, he will become the best helper of that boss, I really don't know why the Timberwolves will sell him?" Looking at Jefferson on the field, Zhang Kong said with some puzzlement.

"Hehe, you don't know about this, selling potential players has always been something that the Timberwolves are very keen on!" Jim O'Brien couldn't help but laugh after hearing Zhang Kong's words, in fact, the Timberwolves didn't have such thoughts before. But they were afraid that Jefferson would not agree, and it would be difficult to deal with the conflict within the team when the time came.

So they started by selling Jefferson directly, and then they began to vigorously develop Kevin Love.

And Kevin Love played quite well this week after losing Jefferson, which also strengthened the team's determination to develop Love, and the sold Jefferson played well with the Pacers, but it was obviously not as eye-catching as Lefu over there.

"If the coach can, our team's tactics can be arranged in this way, and if you start the interior line, you can consider letting Hibbert partner with Jefferson, the offense and defense of the two are more balanced, and if Jefferson plays power forward, it will also have unexpected benefits against other teams in the league! On the bench side, we can let Murphy and Milicic play, interspersed with Earl Barron and Tyrus Thomas, so that we don't have much of a problem on the inside, and as for Taylor, you let him come over and pick up Granger's squad to play small forward! Zhang Kong looked at the players who were practicing together on the court, and whispered to Jim O'Brien, what he recommended was not unreasonable, Jim O'Brien has also been considering the team's lineup coordination recently, because the Pacers' lineup is obviously a little lower than the interior after the trade, which also makes Jim O'Brien a little more stressed.

If the Pacers' outside line can't open a draw, the process of the game will inevitably be affected, and it will be more troublesome to change lineup at that time.

Hearing Zhang Kong's words, Jim O'Brien nodded, and he was ready to try this style of play.

Next, their teams faced the Timberwolves and the Knicks, two weak teams, and then played the Magic, then the Timberwolves, then the Thunder, the Raptors and the Suns, the Nets, and in these recent games, only one game was not very easy to play against the Magic, and the other games were relatively easy to do, and before playing the Timberwolves, Zhang Kong's average report card for December also came out.

Zhang Kong averaged 20.81 points, 9.5 assists and 7.25 blocks per game in December, which was naturally reported to the league to win the Player of the Month, but no matter what the results were, the game still had to be played.

In the next game against the Timberwolves, the Pacers' Al Jefferson played extremely well, this is the first time Jefferson has met the challenge of the Timberwolves as an opponent, and when facing LeFou, this cherished wolf king, slashed 23 points, 9 rebounds and 7 blocks, and these 7 blocks are also the highest in his career.

With the cheers of the audience, the Pacers easily defeated the incoming Timberwolves with a 112-102, 10-point advantage.

Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Jerry Zgerda followed Jefferson's two-and-a-half-season with the Timberwolves and wrote in his article the next day that Jefferson probably had the best ball-handling feints in the league, so he was completely out of balance in this game playing the Lefu he was familiar with. What the jury said was very correct.

However, Jefferson did not have time to rejoice, because after their No. 2 game against the Timberwolves, No. 3 was going to fly to New York to play the Knicks, and the game with the Knicks was also the best time for new signings to play, and in the case of such a weak team, it was also the best time to run in the team.

Milicic can be said to be a very talented player, otherwise it would not have been possible to squeeze out Wade, Bosh, Anthony and other players of the 03 golden generation, so as to become the leader of the year, his talent can be said to be very outstanding.

However, this guy is too unaware of danger in times of peace, and after he signed a rookie contract, he began to slack off.

His loose defensive attitude became his fatal wound, and it was not until this season that he came to the Knicks, who originally thought that Danthony would take a fancy to his offensive ability and get a chance to play, but Dantony still didn't give him a chance.

At this time, he also understood that if he wanted to play, he had to start from scratch, so he corrected his attitude and began to defend hard, and in this game, he made great contributions on the defensive end, and he was also full of firepower on the offensive end.

No one guessed at all that this kid came off the bench today, and he shot 11 of 14 from the field, scoring a game-high 25 points, and also got 8 rebounds and four blocks.

121-105, the Pacers finally easily won four consecutive wins on the road, won the game, Zhang Kong these two games, willing to be a green leaf, only got 14 wins, 10 assists and 6 blocks against the Timberwolves The orthodox data, and against the Knicks, his data rose slightly, with 15 points, 11 assists and 7 blocks, which is really a slight increase ~ the same as a rise!

And just as the Pacers are enjoying a four-game winning streak, their second game of the season with the Magic is slowly approaching.

(To be continued)