The Basketball Court Swordsman

Siakam was put into training by Henson as soon as he arrived. It is now January, and in mid-April, the playoffs will officially start. Therefore, even with the bonus of the Progressive Acceleration Badge, time is still very urgent for Henson and Siakam.

Fraser and Nash immediately started training for Siakam. Henson believed that under the guidance of these two guys, Siakam would not be difficult to develop a three-pointer.

The success of this "backup plan" depends on whether Siakam's training can be effective.

But Henson believes that the chance of success of this plan is still great. After all, Siakam is a hard-working player. He will do his best for his and his father's dreams, and as long as he works hard, he can probably exchange his talent!

Siakam's potential is as high as A grade!

After busy with signings, Henson could finally put all his energy into the game. The Pacers, who are extremely stable in their military spirit and lineup, also had a good record in the January game.

On January 5, the Pacers beat the Nets 121 to 109 at home.

On January 7, Henson avenged Madison Square Garden's revenge at the Bankers' Life Arena. 123 to 109, the Pacers beat the Knicks to find North.

Although on January 12th, the Denver Nuggets overwhelmed Henson with a magical 46.9% three-pointer. But a day later, the Pacers immediately defeated the Pelicans 108-95.

With 3 wins and 1 loss in the past four games, the Pacers continue to maintain their No. 1 ranking in the league. At the same time, the progress of Siakam and others is still ongoing. Everything is moving in the right direction,

After the game with the Pelicans on January 15, the NBA officially announced the results of the second round of the All-Star Game. In the East, Antetokounmpo has become the second-ranked player in the front court after James.

And Paul George and CP3, as always, are on the list.

There is no doubt that the strength of the Pacers this season has allowed the players to once again gain the love of fans. And Antetokounmpo is a supernova born out of nowhere.

Last season, people's evaluation of Antetokounmpo remained at "he seems to have some potential."

But now, just look at what people say about Antetokounmpo.

"After James, the next sign of the league."

"An epoch-making player, he will achieve great success in Indianapolis."

"In this world, there is no longer a big man who can be as versatile as Antetokounmpo."

This season, Antetokounmpo's progress is obvious to all. His scoring average has soared to 22.9 points from 16.9 points per game last season. With both George and CP3 willing to sacrifice shots for victory, Antetokounmpo has undoubtedly become one of the most dominant players in the league.

His finishing rate at the basket is even higher than James. The only downside is the three-pointer that hit less than 30%. But Henson once said that Antetokounmpo is the kind of player who can be successful without shooting.

As Henson expected before the season, Antetokounmpo has completely fulfilled his talent this season. And he is also a big capital for Henson and the Warriors to compete for the championship this season.

Once the results of the second round of the All-Star voting were announced, Antetokounmpo immediately became a much-discussed player. Everyone is discussing where is the upper limit of this guy. Henson was thinking about how to keep this guy in Indianapolis.

From the beginning, Antetokounmpo was the key to Henson's revival of the Pacers. During the three consecutive championships, Henson expected the departure of Jimmy Butler and Leonard. And what should the Pacers do after these two people leave? Antetokounmpo is the key.

Now, it's time to offer Antetokounmpo the next long-term appointment.

So that afternoon, Henson and Bird negotiated the matter in only ten minutes. After all, there is definitely no objection to the price of Antetokounmpo's contract renewal. Only a maximum salary can be worthy of the identity of this little guy. And now, the Pacers are also able to provide Antetokounmbo with a maximum salary contract.

What is being discussed now is nothing more than the issue of early renewal time.

"I think we will wait until the All-Star Game before renewing his contract. In this way, it can be regarded as a surprise for that kid." Henson said half of his words were not said. Renewing the contract before the All-Star game can maximize the improvement. The commercial value of Detokumbo.

Bird agreed with Henson's idea, and the two bosses are naturally very willing to keep this super forward, who is second only to James in popularity, in Indianapolis.

Now everything is ready, everything is waiting for the start of the All-Star Game.

The Pacers played very well in January. In the remaining half month, the Pacers played 7 games and only lost 1 game. Among them, on January 29, the Pacers' 19-point victory over the Rockets.

As we all know, in addition to Antetokounmpo, this year is also the year of James Harden's transformation. After leaving Howard and Kardashian and welcoming D'Antoni, Harden finally began to move towards the ranks of the league's top superstars.

This season, James Harden has averaged nearly 30 points per game and has 11 assists. And compared to before, Harden's shooting percentage is more stable, and his improvement on the defensive end is visible to the naked eye. He is still one of the most fouled players in the league, but the means of scoring is more than just fouling.

In this year's MVP rankings, Harden ranked third after Westbrook, who averaged triple-doubles, and James, the all-around! This shows how great people have changed Harden.

A few years ago, if people said that Harden was the number one Sg in the league, it might still cause a lot of controversy. But now that this is the case, even Henson will not question it. Nonsense, in the top three MVP rankings, only Harden is the second. If he is not the first Sg, then who is qualified?

And although Harden only ranks third in the MVP rankings, Henson believes that Harden is at least not worse than Westbrook. Westbrook's triple-doubles per game sounds scary, but everyone knows exactly how this triple-double came about.

The Rockets' outstanding record of 35 wins and 15 losses this season has also proved Harden's ability. At this point, Henson also thinks he has done better than Westbrook.

Under the background that Harden and Antetokounmpo take off together, the Pacers VS Rockets and Antetokounmpo VS Harden were originally very gimmicky.

But no one thought that this game would lose its suspense as early as the middle of the third quarter. Henson didn't know if he had some magic power, or if Harden had a psychological shadow on the Pacers. Whenever playing against the Pacers and Henson, Harden will always play abnormally.

The same is true today. Harden took 17 shots, but only hit 3 impressive goals. When Harden is like this, the Rockets will undoubtedly find it difficult to win the game.

Antetokounmpo’s performance was the opposite of Harden, shooting 56.5% and scoring 33 points.

The huge gap between the two players is the result of this match. 120 to 101, the Pacers gave the Rockets the most humiliating defeat of the season.

This game is undoubtedly a perfect end to the Pacers' January. After half of the regular season, the Pacers are currently 41 wins and 5 losses, still ranking first in the league.

The Warriors' current 40 wins and 7 losses is very abnormal, but Henson led the team to do better than the Warriors! Before the playoffs started, the two sides seemed to be fighting in secret.

After the time entered February, the Pacers' momentum remained unabated. In the opening game, he defeated the Magic, Nets, Pistons and Thunder, and won a wave of four consecutive victories. It was not until February 8th that the Pacers suffered revenge by the Cavaliers at home, and the winning streak was finally stopped.

After the game, Antetokounmpo looked very unhappy, "We should have won, but too many unexpected things happened on the court."

It can be seen that Antetokounmpo is not only satisfied with the All-Star and beautiful statistics. His desire for victory and championship has been very high.

Seeing Antetokounmpo's angry look, Henson curled up his mouth slightly.

Now, there is only one week left before the start of the All-Star Game. It's also time to talk about that matter to Antetokounmpo.

Henson walked into the player tunnel mysteriously. Tonight, he will find a way to make Antetokounmpo happy...