The Basketball Court Swordsman

After defeating the Brooklyn Nets, the Pacers have won seven consecutive games since the start of the new season. Once again, the Pacers became the only team in the league that hasn't lost so far.

When this happened last season, people would have heated discussions about it. But now, seeing the Pacers make the opening 7-game winning streak, the media are not surprised. If the Pacers had lost early this season, it would have stirred up waves.

After the game with the Nets, Nets general manager Billy King became the protagonist. From now on, not only foreign media will question him, but even the local media in New York will lose confidence in Billy King.

"Before the 2012 trade deadline, Mr. Billy King sent the team's Okur, Sean Williams and the 2012 first-round pick to the Trail Blazers in order to strengthen, and the Nets were therefore contracted. Gerald Wallace was 20 years old, and he was renewed for 4 years and 40 million yuan after Wallace’s contract expired. It can be said that this is a completely incomprehensible deal, because at the time Gerald Wallace Ross is in the contract year, and at the age of 30, he has already begun to decline. Billy King can wait until the contract is over before signing with Wallace freely, and no one will compete with him for the four-year 40 million contract. Billy King still paid a first round for it. This first round was finally used by the Blazers to select Lillard. This time, our dear general manager sent out three first-round picks in one breath, we guess Guess, how many Lillards will appear in this one?"

"If the Big Five lineup is disbanded, we have almost no room to operate. The worst thing is that we have no draft picks. If the Nets can't win the championship in the past two seasons. Then I am afraid, our team will experience a terrible experience. Winter."

"The Nets have too many high-paid and low-powered players, the same is 90 million. We use Joe Johnson, who is not stable, and the Pacers can have Paul George! By the way, Paul George is this. So far this season, the scoring average has soared to 23.6 points!"

Looking at various reports about Billy King, Henson even began to sympathize with the black general manager. When a general manager is faced with such a huge pressure from public opinion, if the team can't make a record, then I believe he will not be far from get out of class.

But having said that, if Billy King didn't tout his multi-million-dollar lineup before the start of the season, people might not be so angry now.

It's like you are selling products to others, saying that your own things are worth 10,000 yuan. As a result, when they bought it, it was just a ragged thing worth 100 yuan. Can this not cause public outrage? This is called, you can't live by committing evil.

Before the start of the season, the Nets were Billy King’s championship contenders. But now let alone the championship, the Nets first guarantee that they will not be left behind too much, even if it is thank goodness.

"Henson, you are all ready, are you going to start today's confrontational training?" Just as Henson was worried about his "good old friend" Billy King, Becky Harmon, dressed in a capable professional dress, knocked. He opened the door of Henson's office.

"Come here, Becky, here come. By the way, how are you doing your homework these days?" Henson stood up and straightened his suit collar.

"I think...not bad. I already know the characteristics of the players better and know who is the most suitable under what circumstances."

"So today, you and Vogel will try it out. Like I said, you are in charge of offense, and he is in charge of defense. You two try to see if you can make a perfect training."

The training and training of the players cannot be relaxed, and the training of the coaches must also be tight.

?????? "Remember what I said to you before? Becky Harmon will be in charge of the offense, Frank will be in charge of the defense, and I will maintain the team's lineup so that our firepower can continue in a game Go on. Remember? Now is the time to implement my ideas. You are both experts on the offensive and defensive ends, so sometimes I need your advice even more. Give it a try today and see after our division of labor, What will the team be like?"

Before today's confrontational training began, Henson did not say much to the players, but discussed with two assistants.

In fact, Henson has been working on enhancing the role of assistant coaches, but he hadn't had a good plan for this before. Now, Henson has implemented such a clear division of labor mode, so that his two assistants can concentrate on what they do best.

Becky Harmon will direct the offense, and Frank Vogel has always been a defensive master. Henson wanted them to play a flexible role in the game, in order to get the best tactical advice.

So this afternoon's confrontational training, Henson was very happy. The collaboration between Becky Harmon and Frank Vogel is better than he expected, and Henson is also a lot easier, and there is no need to look forward and backward in every game. The most important thing is that three people look at the game from a richer perspective than Henson looks at the game alone.

Therefore, the quality of training in the afternoon was somewhat satisfactory to Henson. He knows very well that the former Lakers and the current Spurs are not only as powerful as Phil Jackson and Popovich, but also as powerful as the entire coaching staff.

The players are a whole, and the coaching staff is also a whole. In the past, Henson and his assistants thought about what they said, but this kind of work efficiency is actually not efficient enough. Now, everyone has division of labor and cooperation, each has its own goals, and efficiency has been improved all at once.

In fact, this is also related to the staffing of the previous coaching staff. In the beginning, there was only Vogel beside Henson, so it was naturally impossible for him to engage in any division of labor and cooperation. He and Vogel needed to take care of everything.

Although Silas was stationed in the coaching staff afterwards, Silas's tactical training was actually very general, and he was more suitable to handle some other tasks. Such as training programs, such as observing rookies.

After that, Stevens descended. In Henson's view, Stevens's coaching ability is no worse than his own. Whether only Stevens manages offense or defense, it's a violent thing. Therefore, Henson did not make a clear division of labor.

And now, the configuration of Becky Harmon and Vogel finally allowed Henson to build his own coaching staff work system as he wished.

And the first opponent faced by this brand-new work model is very challenging.

After the Pelicans in the opening game, Henson's team will usher in the second Western Conference team they have met this season. This team made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals last year, so it is no exaggeration to say that they are the top team in the Western Conference!

No, not the San Antonio Spurs. This time, Henson will face the Memphis Grizzlies who focus on defense.

To crack the Grizzlies defense, I'm afraid Henson will need Becky Harmon's help even more.

?? As the dark horse of last season's playoffs, the Grizzlies made history and magically reached the Western Conference Finals. Although the Spurs shaved a bald head in the conference finals, the Grizzlies still cannot be underestimated for their ability to fight through the perilous Western Conference. ?

It stands to reason that the Grizzlies should make every effort to reinforce the lineup during the offseason and let the team enter the ranks of the championship. However, the Memphis people seemed quite satisfied with their lineup. They didn't make any big moves in the summer and retained the lineup that reached the conference finals. ?

The advantage of this is that the stability of the Grizzlies will not be disrupted. But the disadvantages are also obvious. The Grizzlies have no secrets for other teams. Especially coaches like Henson who have the experience of defeating the Grizzlies have a good grasp of the Grizzlies.

Before the start of the game, as always, Henson stood on the sidelines and gave the players final advice.

???????? "Don't easily shrink the opponent's three-pointer space, expand the defensive formation, and be flexible. This season, the Grizzlies have increased the proportion of their shots outside the three-point line. Obviously we want to improve the offense. So, we can’t shrink the inside line ambiguously. Don’t fight with them inside, choke Conley and Prince on their outside line, don’t let his three-pointers feel like it and force their offense. Become singular."?

????? After finishing the arrangement, the players walked onto the court floor and Henson sat back on the bench.

On the commentary stage, Reggie Miller saw Henson's serious preparation and deployment, and he was full of expectations for this game.

However, the course of this game is quite different from what Reggie Miller imagined.

?? After the start of the game, the situation really developed according to Henson's idea. Conley and Prince were blocked by the Pacers from outside. The Grizzlies had to focus their offense on the "Black and White Bears", but their offensive intentions were too obvious and they were easily destroyed by the Pacers. ?

On the offensive end, Henson used the patience of running without the ball and covering as soon as the game opened, slowly grinding the ground with the Grizzlies. With George and Leonard's excellent air cut running, the Pacers stopped the Grizzlies with a 7-0 opening. Among them, George broke through the basket twice, and once scored 3 points. Leonard made a mid-range shot and the game was stopped before everyone sweated. ?

???????? Henson paused so quickly, and handed the tactical board to Becky Harmon, "I will not stand up when I arrange an attack."

"Oh...oh..." Although Becky Harmon was a little surprised, he still took over the tactical board and did what she was good at. Besides, after a clear division of labor, the work of the Pacers coaching staff may really be like this in the future. Henson may not pick up the tactical board every timeout. Both she and Vogel have to get used to this.

?? After Becky Harmon sat among the players, Henson just sat on the bench and didn't participate in the discussion at all. He didn't want to waste saliva.

The fact is that this season, the Pacers' lineup is so perfect, most opponents are not strong for Henson.

Even the Grizzlies, who reached the Western Conference Finals last season, can hardly put pressure on the Pacers. Therefore, Henson felt that he did not need to exert any effort. He finally knows now why both "Zen Master" Jackson and Popovich like to let assistant coaches arrange timeout tactics. It's not that they are arrogant, but sometimes the team can handle the game before they can actually take their turn!

Seeing Henson's state, Reggie Miller smiled and turned to his partner Webber and said, "Let's make a bet. You said that in today's game, how many times will Coach Henson's **** leave the bench? "?

???????? Webber stretched out his hands with a smile, "If the Grizzlies are still in this state, I bet five times, not counting the departure during the intermission, he stood up five times at most!"

???????? "Okay, do you know? I will bet three times! Coach Henson, I won't even stand up more than three times today! You can count it, man."

If the Grizzlies players could hear the commentary from the on-site commentator, they would probably be furious.