The Basketball Court Swordsman

In the 15-16 season, both Kawai Leonard and Jimmy Butler will expire. Henson is not an idealist, in fact, he can be so successful, it is precisely because he is used to think of many bad things in advance. In this way, if something really happens, he won't be overwhelmed.

So now, a very real question is whether Leonard and Jimmy Butler can stay in the summer of 2015.

There is no doubt that Jimmy Butler and Leonard, who have already started to show up last season, will definitely be able to complete their transformation in the following season. The strength of these two guys has basically reached Henson's original expectations. If this development continues, then when the contract is renewed, there will be a lot of teams hitting Leonard and Butler with the maximum salary.

In the worst case, if neither Jimmy Butler nor Leonard can stay. Then in addition to Antetokounmpo, Henson also needs a second line of insurance to ensure that the Pacers are still competitive.

This insurance is the FMVP of last season, Paul George!

This summer, two transfers of players took place, which moved Henson a lot. One is Howard switched to the Rockets after a year in Los Angeles, and the other is Garnett's veto to give up the deal, and Pierce both joined the Nets.

Howard has only been with the Lakers for a year, and the Los Angelesers suffered a loss of loyalty. The Lakers overdrafted the future for Howard, but Howard failed to give the Lakers what they wanted now. Howard is afraid of leaving, but the Lakers need to take responsibility for Howard's behavior.

As for Paul Pierce and Garnett, as the Green Army meritorious players, they can not escape the fate of being traded. Although Garnett and Pierce were traded to the Nets, not out of their own wishes. But this also tells Henson that even the most accomplished veteran may leave.

A few years ago, no one would have imagined that the Big Three of the Green Army would part ways, no one would have imagined that James would leave Cleveland, and no one would have imagined Howard would only stay in Los Angeles for a year.

So how can Henson guarantee that he can keep everyone behind? He can control the game, but he cannot control the operation of the entire league.

God knows, in three years, five years, eight years, Paul George will also have the idea of ​​leaving. Players like Kobe, Nowitzki and Duncan are always in the minority. In this age of utilitarianism, the stars don’t mind transferring to a group in order to take the shortcut to victory.

What Henson has to do now is to reduce the possibility of George leaving! He and Antetokounmpo are the keys to Henson's future contract renewal problems!

"Nothing, I just want to talk to you. Did your manager tell you? In a few days, the team will officially renew your contract. Five years, 90 million, God, it's astronomical." Henson lay down Looking at the carnival crowd below from the balcony, although everyone has a smiling face now, God knows how long everyone can get together like this.

"I remember it, don't worry, I won't be late."

"What do you think of Indianapolis?" Henson didn't continue the topic of contract renewal, but instead asked without a word.

"Ah? Not bad, I love this place as much as I love Los Angeles. I am famous here, and I won the championship trophy here. What's the matter? You feel weird today."

"Nothing, just just ask. If, I mean if. If one day, this place loses its competitiveness in the championship, would you still like it here?"

George was stunned, but nodded, "Of course, this is my second hometown. Even if the Pacers become uncompetitive one day, I will love it here."

Henson smiled. He believed George didn't lie, he was just too naive.

The championship is addictive. When a player wins the championship early in his career, he can't be mediocre at the peak and second half of his career. George said this now only because he was still too young.

Doesn't LeBron James love his Cleveland? Kobe loves the Lakers so much, he also made an application for a deal.

"Don't laugh, I'm serious." George, like a child, tried hard to convince the "adult" to believe him.

"Remember, George. As long as I'm still on this team, I won't let him lose his competitiveness! After the renewal, you don't have to think about anything, just follow the team! You will become this team The greatest star will become the fan’s favorite player. Like Larry Bird, he will become the icon of this city! And all you need to do is play in Indianapolis with peace of mind! Okay, let’s say something , It’s actually fine. Let’s go, we should go down too."

After Henson finished speaking, he patted George on the shoulder and turned to leave. George originally wanted to say something, but Henson had already walked away and did not say anything.

Henson walked away deliberately, and he believed that his seemingly unconvincing statement must have played a huge role.

After winning the championship, Henson achieved two achievements, namely leading the team to win the championship and two consecutive championships. That is, Henson got two opportunities to choose rewards.

For one of them, Henson chose to upgrade the "Summer Training Camp" badge, so that the number of places that can directly improve attributes in the training camp became 3 people!

For the second reward, Henson chose a verbal technique, "Loyal Warrior!"

The effect is just like the name of this speech technique. After talking to the player and using the speech, the player's loyalty will be reset to 100 directly! And just now, Henson has already used up this art of speech...

Although loyalty is a dynamic number, it will not remain 100 forever. But at least, Henson did everything he could, and he minimized the chance of George leaving.

Yes, sports cars, beauties, luxury houses, endorsements and money... Coach Henson’s life looks very glamorous, but he needs to worry about several times that of others. A party originally focused on relaxation, Henson also gave it a certain mission.

But Henson believes that preparedness is always good...

At the evening party, Henson announced the news of his engagement with An Jiali. Of course, Henson also received a gift from everyone. Except for Stephenson's amusement, Henson is very grateful for everyone's gifts.

In the end, everyone drank all night, and Henson's guests didn't leave until early morning. Because they all know that this is almost their last carnival before the start of the pre-season training camp of the new season. Since it is the last time, I have to give it a good time.

"What did you say to George?" An Jiali asked Henson such a question before going to bed.

Henson's head was confused. He had just been drunk by the players. He only remembered that he seemed to have said a very simple sentence, and then it was fragmented.

"I told him to be loyal. In this age when loyalty becomes worthless, stay loyal..."

This is the last scene that Henson remembers that night.

On September 18th, just as all reporters and fans were waiting for the start of the pre-season training camp for the new NBA season, the Indiana Pacers immediately sent big news to the world.

In the afternoon, Paul George, Larry Bird and Henson Joe renewed Paul George in advance in the Bankers Life Arena.

The two sides signed a five-year contract worth $90 million, and Paul George decided to keep his talent in Indianapolis. And there is no doubt that the rumors that George will team up with Kobe next summer were not self-defeating.

After this news appeared, many media said that the Pacers and Bird signed a premium contract. Signing a big contract because of a player's outstanding performance in one or two seasons eventually led to bad contracts. This happened frequently in NBA history. The most recent one is undoubtedly the 100 million yuan contract signed between Magic and Lewis.

Facts have proved that Lewis's strength does not match the billion-yuan contract. Reporters worry that the same tragedy will happen to George and the Pacers. After all, George really played like a star, only last season. In the previous two seasons, George was actually not that good.

For such doubts, Henson did not respond as usual and went to fight with reporters.

Anyway, it is only more than a month before the start of the new season. George will tell them whether this contract is a premium.

Henson only knows that starting today, the Indiana Pacers will have a soul like the team's banner. The Chinese coach wants to prove in this age of contempt that loyalty is not worthless!