The Basketball Court Swordsman

Chapter 559: : Two people's expectations

Henson is in a very good mood today. In Detroit, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the Pistons scored a score of 20 on 3 players today.

However, even so, the Pacers still won the game. The Pistons' offense played well today, but the defense is still as slack as ever. Therefore, the fans saw a hearty scoring battle today.

In the end, the 121 to 115 score also fulfilled the overall tone of the game. Before you know it, the Pacers have won another wave of 6 consecutive victories.

Of course, the reason Henson is in a good mood doesn't stop there. Half an hour after the end of the game, Raptors general manager Ujeri called Henson. Half an hour after the call, the NBA official easily announced the news that the Pacers and the Raptors had reached a deal.

Kevin Rooney and Pascal Siakam switched owners, and this humble transaction did not attract anyone's attention. After all, the "weights" of these two insiders are a little different.

Rooney is a small substitute for the Pacers, Siakam, many people don't know who this guy is.

Such small transactions usually don't receive much attention from others. After all, no one expects this deal to greatly increase the strength of the two teams.

But Henson will work hard to make this humble transaction achieve the best results. You know, the Chinese coach never does anything meaningless.

This year, the winter in Indianapolis was extremely cold. But this temperature is not worth mentioning for Siakam, who has lived in Toronto for a long time.

After all, in the icy and snowy northern border of Toronto, the extreme low temperature in January can even reach minus 30°C. Compared with Toronto, the extreme cold of Indianapolis is nothing short of it.

Following the crowd along the passage, Siakam was not disturbed by anyone. The young man didn't wear sunglasses and didn't make any pretense. But few people know that he is an NBA player.

This is the difference between the bottom players and the top players. How many people know a player who has not played for a few minutes in the NBA?

As he walked, Siakam thought in his head. He didn't know whether it was a good thing that he was traded to Indianapolis.

After all, the strength of the Pacers is well known. After defeating the Magic yesterday, their record this season has become a terrible 32 wins and 3 losses. People are speculating whether the Pacers can win another 70 wins. For them, 60 wins are not worth mentioning.

With such a strong team, it is definitely harder to get into the rotation. What's more, is Antetokounmpo the "monster" who has long appeared on the Pacers' position four?

If in the Pacers, Siakam can play in the NBA, it is definitely the best. But if he can only play NBDL, Siakam will undoubtedly be very disappointed.

Just as this Cameroonian guy was thinking, he had already reached the airport gate. But as soon as he walked to the door, Siakam stopped.

Because he didn't expect that Pacers coach Henson Joe would actually pick him up in person...

Siakam is not very talkative, this is Henson's first impression of this child.

Sitting in the taxi, Siakam grabbed his pants nervously. His eyes were attracted by the street scenes of Indianapolis and kept looking out the window. Of course, it might be that he was too embarrassed to look at Henson. ,

"What do you think of this place?" Henson broke the silence again. Several times before, Henson had failed to open Siakam's heart.

"Everything here is different, it makes me feel like the sky is spinning." Siakam showed a restrained smile, his hands still neatly placed on his thighs.

"You will love this city, at least, the winter here is much better than Toronto."

"Yeah." Siakam smiled slightly, then turned his gaze out of the window again.

Henson shook his head, this group of people on his team really have very different personalities. There are both a funny match like Stephenson and an introverted player like Siakam.

Seeing that the greeting was useless for Siakam, Henson didn't intend to talk nonsense, but decided to get straight to the subject.

"I know, you want to play NBA games. But to be honest, your current ability is not up to my standard."

Finally, after Henson finished speaking, Siakam stopped looking out the window.

"Coach, I listen to your arrangements, I..."

"No, you shouldn’t listen to anyone’s arrangements. You should tell me that I **** will train hard to meet the standard, you **** have to let me play! Aggressive and self-confidence, Pascal, whether on or off the court, you All should remain aggressive and self-confident."

Henson interrupted Siakam roughly, and then uttered several dirty words in a row.

Siakam felt the difference of this Chinese coach for the first time.

"You are still not up to my standards, but if you train hard, I promise you will get the opportunity you deserve. I brought you to Indianapolis, but I didn't make you a mascot. I Knowing that you have desire and belief in your heart, I know that you are carrying the expectations of another person. Whether you can gain a foothold in the NBA depends entirely on your hard work."

Henson said, pointing his finger at Siakam's heart. He said that Siakam's heart was up, and that's right, he was also carrying the expectations of another person.

In 2014, Siakam from Africa chose to join the University of New Mexico to start his basketball journey in the United States.

In October of that year, when he was preparing for the first game of his college career, a bad news suddenly hit. Siakam received a call from his eldest sister Lysa. His father has passed away.

Two weeks ago, Siakam's father was injured in a car accident and died of his injuries. His mother prevented Siakam from returning to Africa and told him it was his father's last wish.

Before his death, his father hoped that Siakam would continue to play in the United States and fight for his dreams. At first, Siakam disagreed, but after careful consideration, he knew that his parents were right. Since then, Siakam's heart has ignited a fierce fighting spirit. He wants to fight for his dreams, not only his own dreams, but also his father's dreams.

Since my father has always hoped to have a son who plays in the NBA, he must fulfill his long-cherished wish for his father.

Therefore, Siakam will work so hard. Even when he is playing in the Development League, he will practice until late at night. He wants to prove himself to his father, he has the wish of two people on his back!

"I know that you are a very good player, Pascal. But I know it's useless, because others don't know. And what I have to do is to prepare you, and then show you the **** who used to look down on you. A **** surprise! As long as you work hard according to my training plan, trust me, Pascal. It won’t be long before you will become a star, not just an ordinary NBA player."

Henson continued to launch the "offensive." Before that, Henson had studied Siakam well. Therefore, it is not difficult for Henson to motivate this uncomplicated child.

Siakam's eyes widened. Since coming to the United States, no one has ever described him as "you are a good player".

In fact, before participating in the 2016 NBA Draft, Siakam has always been a very confident player, and in his eyes his skills are strong enough, he feels that his outstanding performance in college will definitely get a lot. The appreciation of the team.

Only this time Siakam himself miscalculated. Although he tried out for many teams before the draft, he was not selected by the Raptors until 27th.

As a rookie in the NBA, Siakam tried out for various NBA teams, and he was very impressed with his trial in the Raptors.

At that time, Siakam, who was still warming up on the sidelines, saw that Rabizière and Pertel, who were predicted to be higher than his own, had appeared on the training ground. Siakam naturally didn't think he was worse than them. He was still thinking about making a dunk on Rabizière for a while, and then giving Pelter a big hat.

When Siakam walked onto the training ground confidently, a coach stopped him.

"Oh, sorry," the coach said, "Pelter and Rabisière are undergoing separate trial training, and you are going to participate in the trial training with other people."

To put it bluntly, Siakam is not the key observation object of the Raptors. At that moment, Siakam felt inequality and anger.

Siakam was very angry at that time, but he couldn't do anything. So, he turned that anger into energy, and in the next team trial, he blew everyone else around him.

The reason why the Raptors selected him may be that he beat other players in a training matchup.

But this training game was precisely Siakam's dissatisfaction with the Raptors, because the Raptors did not try out for him alone, which made Siakam very angry.

After entering the Raptors, Siakam still did not get attention. Within a few minutes of playing in the NBA, he was transferred to the NBDL. Had it not been for this time, Siakam would have been forgotten by the Raptors management.

Because of this, Siakam's self-confidence is far less than that of college. And he lacks self-confidence, it is difficult to play aggressive on the court.

But just now, the Chinese coach said, "You are a very good player", which greatly encouraged Siakam!

"I will listen to your arrangements, coach. You let me train, and I will train non-stop. You want me to play, and I will try my best to grab every rebound. In short, I will work hard for you." Cam's eyes were firm, and in just a few minutes, Henson managed to narrow the distance between him.

"Very well, in fact, I have already formulated your training plan. Maybe this process will be very lonely, maybe you still can't play for too long at the moment. But believe me, Pascal. When this is over, you will be It shines in the playoffs."

"How do you need me to train? Coach."

"First of all," Henson raised his mouth, "I need you to strengthen the practice of three-pointers."

"Three-pointer!?" Siakam was shocked. He didn't know what kind of monster he would be made by Henson.

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