The Pacers got off to a flying start on their home court, but Bird wasn't very happy with the Pacers' result.

According to Larry Bird, the Pacers may only need half a game to break down the Warriors in this game.

After the Warriors lost their bearded Davis, their ability to disrupt their opponents' rhythm has diminished. But the Pacers' current roster is a team that has a particularly strong grasp of the pace of the game.

And Lee Sung-tong has proven to the world that he is now the sharpest knife in the league, and the Warriors are the league's poorest defensive team.

The Pacers restrained the Warriors in every way, and they actually allowed the Warriors to turn the score over in the second quarter.

"Jim's development of rookies is really poor." Larry Bird was full of black lines after watching the game, but he could only express his helplessness.

In fact, Larry Bird had the idea of changing the coach this summer, and the best sports car should have the best driver to drive it, and now O'Brien's class seems to be unable to control the top sports car of the Pacers.

However, it is easy to find a head coach in the current NBA, but it is very difficult to find a head coach who is very suitable for the team.

O'Brien knows the team very well, and he has his shortcomings, but his strengths are also very obvious. O'Brien also doesn't like to interfere with players, he is only responsible for arranging tactics, arranging players to play, and never interferes with the players' lives off the field and what they do in the locker room.

Now the Pacers' locker room is absolutely centered on Lee Cheng and Granger, and after the team cleaned up O'Neal Jr. this summer, Lee Cheng and Granger's position on the team is unshakable. In addition, Li Cheng's personality is also very good, he has the kind of restrained, modest and reserved of the Chinese. Generally, it will not offend people lightly, and now the atmosphere of walkers is also very good.

O'Brien's inaction policy has also made it rare for coaches and players to have conflicts, and now there are no thorny players with the Pacers, so their unity can be retained for a long time.

Larry Bird didn't want to upset the current harmony of the Pacers, so he kept O'Brien in charge.

Now, though, Larry Bird feels he has to build on the steam ahead of O'Brien. Make some changes.

If O'Brien is allowed to continue like this, the Pacers' regular season may be extremely bumpy, and then how the rookie players can grow will have to completely listen to God.

Larry Bird tossed and turned in bed the night after the game and couldn't sleep.

The current Pacers are very good in every way, and as long as this group of rookies is developed, the future Pacers are absolutely invincible.

But how do you get the Pacers to find a balance between working on the team and maintaining the level of the team?

In the end, Larry Bird felt that O'Brien's coaching staff had to be stuffed with a guy who would be in charge of the Pacers' rookie development.

"I heard that guy has been mixing badly lately, let him try it!" Larry Bird thought about it and wanted to do it. However, he looked at the current time and thought that it was better to forget it first!

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In the game against the Warriors, O'Brien's on-the-spot command was obviously problematic, but even in this situation, Li Cheng still sent 34 points, and there is no need to question the offensive ability of the Chinese God of War. And to the horror of the teams, Li Cheng's perfect performance is no longer on the offensive end, and his steals and his body's confrontation ability on the defensive end have also shown a very obvious improvement.

During the Olympic Games, Li Cheng's defensive ability was not obvious to everyone. Because of a lot of teams in the Olympics. There is no way to defend Li Cheng in a very pressing way.

Li Cheng is not afraid of joint defense, he is afraid of physical collisions. But in the Olympics, except for the American team, no other team put pressure on Li Chengneng. And the pressure on Li Cheng from the U.S. team was too great, which made Li Cheng completely give up his desire to show Xiàn on the defensive end.

And this game for the Warriors of Tongguò. Some professional commentators can see that Li Cheng has become more terrifying after a summer of growth.

The stronger Li Cheng is, the better it may not be a good thing for the teams in the league. This guy is terrifying. He's already shown such terrible dominance at such a young age, if he waits for two years to grow up, he won't be able to rule the whole league?

The No. 31 Pacers didn't play. But they couldn't rest in Indiana, and they had to fly to Detroit to wait for the game against the Pistons on the 1st night.

After they take on the Pistons, they have to rush back to Indiana, and at home, they have to take on the Celtics back-to-back.

The Pacers' tight schedule in the early part of the season makes it hard to complain.

The Pacers boarded a plane to Detroit at noon, and at that time, Larry Bird was sitting in a more upscale café with a young man who looked a little scruffy.

The suit on the young man who looked a little sloppy seemed to have not been washed for a long time, and the black suit was reflected in some places, which was obviously stained with oil.

"You told me to come to Indianapolis for coffee? You should reimburse me for the agreed plane ticket first, otherwise I won't be at ease! The young man spoke in a tone of demand.

Larry Bird said helplessly: "John, what about your high-spirited and bold words before? ”

"Don't be verbose, you reported the ticket to me, I'm in Indiana, I'll go back and continue looking for a job, I don't believe that there is no team that wants me to be the head coach."

"You have to start with an NCAA-level team, a team whose brain is caught in the door, and you have to be the head coach! Your resume is blank, and you're so young. ”

"You people are too unskilled, your age and resume are deceiving, talent is the most important thing."

"You can put the word talented on your face, you have to prove that you are talented!"

"Not a chance."

"Now I'll give you a chance."

The young man's eyes lit up when he heard Larry Bird's words, "Really? You're going to fire that guy Jim O'Brien, and replace me? But you're going to give me an assistant coach, I don't have my own coaching staff. ”

Larry Bird was sipping his coffee and almost spit it out when he coughed twice and said, "It's not for you to be the head coach of the Pacers, it's for you to be an assistant coach." ”

"Don't go!" John refused.

"No, you can't compromise for the sake of life?"

"I'm full of food anyway, and the whole family isn't hungry, what am I afraid of?" John said indifferently.

Larry Bird really didn't expect this guy to be so stubborn.

The guy who was called John by Larry Bird, whose full name is John Steggen, was once the most famous point guard in the American high school league. His breakthroughs are very sharp and his passing is very imaginative.

With a gorgeous style of play and sharp breakthroughs, everyone thought that this guy would become an unstoppable point guard in the future.

However, God was clearly jealous of his talent, just after John Stegan showed unstoppable talent in his freshman year of high school. On a family trip that weekend, a large truck loaded them onto them.

At that time, the back half of the sedan they were riding in was directly knocked into the air, and he and his father were sitting in the driver's seat and the passenger seat. The car was still moving forward at a rapid pace, and his father was holding him tightly, which allowed him to survive, but his two legs were useless, and it was a miracle that he could still walk normally, let alone continue to gallop on the basketball court.

After the whole family was overwhelmed by that car accident, he didn't give up basketball because that was his agreement with his sister. After graduating from college, he was already going to the NBA, and she wanted to be able to see him in televised games.

That's why John Stegan must be the head coach of a team, because apart from the head coach, the cameras rarely take care of members of the other coaching staff. And after hitting a wall everywhere, he lowered his requirements to become the head coach of the NCAA, but even then, everyone thought of him as crazy.

John Stegan does have a natural sense of basketball, but he doesn't do anything but head coaching, and what team will give him the position of head coach?

Sloan wanted to hire him on his coaching staff, but John Stegan refused without hesitation.

Larry Bird once wanted John to come to Indiana, but in the end, after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't dare to hand over the Pacers' position to the young man, who is only 24 years old this year.

But now, this young man is running into a wall everywhere, and he should let go this time!

Neither Larry Bird nor John Stegan spoke, and the scene suddenly cooled down, but Larry Bird was the first to break the silence of the scene.

"Jim has one year left on his contract, and if you prove that you're better than him in that year, I'll hand you the Pacers position tomorrow." Larry Bird groaned.

"Is that true?" John Stegan said with a bit of surprise.

"Did I call you Indiana to tease you? Do you think I'm so bored? Larry Bird said angrily.

"I have one more condition." John Stegan Road.

"Say!" Larry Bird pouted, he had already promised him one condition anyway, and it wouldn't hurt to add another one.

"After I joined the team, find an opportunity to give me an interview and let me be on TV."

Larry Bird naturally knew about John's pact with his dead sister and agreed without hesitation, "No problem. ”

"Then do it! Give me a pen and tell me where to sign. John Stegan said very seriously. (To be continued......)