The Basketball Court Swordsman

Regarding the Chris Paul trade, it is undoubtedly the most watched event of this late season. Many teams in the league have joined the battle for the strongest point guard. The value of a player depends on how many waves he can create in the trading market.

Of course, all teams hope to facilitate the transaction as soon as possible. After all, no one imagined that like last season's Knicks, finally got Anthony after halfway through the season.

The Celtics, Warriors, Lakers, Clippers and Pacers are currently the five closest teams to Paul. Among them, the addition of the Pacers surprised the reporters.

"I thought Henson only knew about the draft."

"The Pacers? Are they crazy? Even if he trades to Paul, Paul will not renew their contract."

"Even if the Pacers put up enough chips, they can only get Paul's one-year use."

Of the five teams, the Warriors and Pacers are the least favored by people. Needless to say, the Warriors didn't even make the playoffs last season. Compared with the Hornets, the Warriors have no advantage. Instead of going to the Warriors, Paul should not go.

As for the Pacers, although they reached the second round last season, in the eyes of most people, they still cannot be equated with the "strong team".

Therefore, most people are actually discussing. Next season, Chris Paul, will he wear the purple and gold team jersey or become a member of the green shirt.

Throughout the offseason, there was a lot of noise because of Paul, but Henson didn't put all his thoughts on trading. Don't say no, don't stop, the Pacers' new season pre-season training camp has begun.

In the training camp, Henson was delighted to see the Leonard he had dreamed of. On the first day of the training camp, Henson asked Leonard a question.

"You want to be a good player, or a great player."

Leonard didn't talk much, so he answered straightforwardly. "I want to be a great player, coach!"

"If you want to be a great player, you have to train in my way. I need you to appear in the third position in the new season, which means your shooting must be improved. Follow the shooting coach to practice well, I believe you are more than just The strength of the 15th pick, kid."

Henson patted Leonard on the shoulder, and by the way used the long-stored Enhanced Potential Level 2 badge on Leonard. This badge finally found her best attribution.

After a brief exchange, Leonard threw himself into training. For Leonard's training status, he is not worried. Low-key effort is the most powerful talent of this guy.

Not everyone is like Stephenson, you have to stare at him all the time...

On the other side, Jimmy Butler was also involved in training. Henson doesn't know how far Jimmy Butler can grow. The kid's uncertainty is too great, and the upper and lower limits given by the data analysis module are also very different. But just paying a Dengtai. Jones can get a potential A+ rookie, Henson thinks it is worth a try.

Anyway, Dengtai Jones couldn't enter the rotation lineup here last season, so it's better to get a potential rookie to raise it first. Maybe after a few years of raising, can the Pacers have another star?

From the beginning, Henson didn't expect Jimmy Butler to be as effective as the rookies he had picked before. Butler is just an attempt, an attempt that takes a long time to settle. If Butler can't play out, Henson won't lose. But if he plays out, Henson will make a lot of money.

In addition, Henson also saw the tremendous progress of Paul George, Horford, Stephenson, Danny Green and Matthews. As seen in the draft, these guys are progressing faster than ordinary people. Of course, this is also the reason why the Pacers team now has an improvement speed bonus.

That badge with 10% faster physical fitness and progress for all players can be said to be the most powerful badge Henson has drawn so far.

A few days after this, Henson was busy back and forth in the training ground and the trading market. On the one hand, he has to formulate a team training plan to ensure that the team can get back in shape in the shortest possible time. On the other hand, he should always pay attention to the progress of Paul's transaction. Because there is no Paul, Henson's subsequent operations will be different.

But before that, the Pacers took the lead in completing two signings.

On December 8, when the free agent market just opened, the Pacers officially announced that they had reached a one-year contract with Chinese player Yi Jianlian.

The speed of this lightning contract has surprised many Chinese fans. They certainly didn't know that Yi Jianlian and Henson had already met in Los Angeles.

It is said that Yi Jianlian’s American manager Fei wants Yi Jianlian to join the Mavericks, but Yi Jianlian wholeheartedly hopes to join Henson.

Fagan had no choice but to agree to the Pacers' one-year offer. In this way, Yi Jianlian became the first player introduced by the Pacers during the 2011 offseason.

This signing must have caused an uproar in China. The Chinese coach teamed up with Chinese players. This kind of topic is enough to stir up speculation in China.

But in the United States, the contract did not cause much concern. After all, Yi Jianlian almost became a "transparent man" in the Wizards last season, so people don't think this signing will bring any substantial improvement to the Pacers.

"After Yi Jianlian comes, we must first take preventive measures against him. Believe me, a healthy Yi Jianlian can play a huge tactical role!" This is an order from Henson to the coaching staff after the signing is completed.

With the special training and the effect of the badge, Henson believes that Yi Jianlian can finish the season relatively healthy in Indianapolis.

One day later, the Pacers officially heard news again. They continued to use a one-year contract to sign athletic center Chris Anderson, who was just pardoned by the Nuggets.

The signing of Henson has been waiting long enough. After the amnesty clause came out, the Nuggets really couldn't wait to "do" the troublesome and premium "birdman" of the contract. At this time, the Pacers immediately contacted the "Birdman" and finally found a substitute for Horford who could run, jump and protect the frame.

Of course, these two small deals are nothing but a pebble in the free agency market. Now the whole league is paying attention to Chris Paul.

On December 12, Indianapolis had already started to snow. For many Pacers fans, this is just an ordinary day.

Just 24 hours ago, many well-known reporters broke the news that the Hornets had agreed to a tripartite deal between the Lakers and the Rockets. Multi-party trading, this has always been the Lakers' strengths.

According to reports, the Lakers, Hornets and Rockets tried to send Paul to the Lakers and Gasol to the Rockets. After the transaction is completed, the Hornets will get Odom, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Goran Dragic and a first-round pick.

This transaction is close to completion and is waiting for approval by the alliance. In general, the alliance will not block transactions that comply with the rules.

It seems that the farce between Chris Paul and the Hornets is over. The Pacers’ dream of chasing superstars has broken down, and the fans are somewhat disappointed.

"Hey, sure enough, no superstar can resist the temptation of Los Angeles." Carter, the taxi driver, sighed. He originally imagined that Paul would be able to wear a corn-yellow jersey.

At this time, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, and it's noon. Carter decided to stop the car and go to lunch first.

He just pulled the car aside before it turned off, but Carter was stunned by the sound of the car radio.

"The latest news is that the league has rejected the three-way trade between the Lakers, Rockets and Hornets for ‘basketball reasons’. The Lakers’ plan to get Paul officially announced a miscarriage! The news we’ve got is that the Indiana Pacers are infinitely close to Chris Paul!"

Carter looked at the car radio, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard. Basketball reason? Veto the transaction? After watching football for so many years, Carter has never heard of such a thing!

Of course, the last sentence that shocked Carter the most.

The Indiana Pacers have been infinitely close to Chris Paul.

No wonder, I haven't seen Henson for several days...