The deals for each team are very lively. In addition to sending Granger to exchange for Otlow, the Pacers are selected with this year's rookies Nicholas Batum and Chris Douglas Roberts.

Except for Granger being traded, Blachi did not execute the fourth-year team option and was claimed by the Wizards after becoming a free agent. Quentin Ross' contract expired, NBA had no team recruited and went to the overseas league.

The Pacers have supplemented the young and strong young men, and Otero enriched the team's wings, but it is still a pity to lose Granger.

A star seedling like him who is hard to come by, with the current strength of the Pacers, it is too difficult to strengthen their strength through the draft.

Returning to Indiana from China, Xie Hou rested with peace of mind and rested.

The preseason training camp starts on September 15, and he has more than half a month.

During this period, he ran around the city, maintaining a certain amount of training, teased the cat, watched the children, and lived with Xuewei.

Happy times pass very quickly.

Before the preseason training camp began, Shehou went to Indiana State University's alma mater, but his visit had nothing to do with Bird.

Lin Shen, one of the first students of the Eagle Program, received some scholarship invitations from Indiana State University.

After weighing the trade-offs, he decided to join this legendary school.

Some other universities were willing to give him full scholarships, and he finally chose Indiana State University, mainly because he was convinced by the other party's head coach.

They promised to prepare long-term plans for Lin Shen to become a player who can survive in any professional league.

In a blink of an eye, the first batch of eagles are about to enter the university league.

After college, there is a professional league. Xie Hou's men follow their messages for a long time, and they are all available on the official website.

Lin Shen is only 172 cm tall with a naked foot, and is very physically compatible, able to perform practical battle axe dunks, and has an outstanding sense of ball. He has successfully transformed into a point guard in the United States for several years. He is still a further obstacle for him, but the recognition he has gained in the United States has already slapped many domestic sports schools in the face.

Before Lin Shen graduated, ESPN ranked him as Samsung defender, ranking 113 in the United States.

According to the American media's ranking, he is considered an upper-class three-star player.

The American high school star rating system is very distinctive. The number of students from 1 to 25/30 is five-star high school students, and the number of students from 31 to 100 is four-star high school students.

Student players have a lot of variables. Some people have changed more in a year than in the previous ten years. If they are not sure, some Samsung defender suddenly soared into the sky and became a popular draft.

Xie Hou came to Indiana State University to see Lin Shen's training, and his arrival excited this ancient school.

He was originally unintentionally causing fluctuations, but he was known to everyone.

He was obviously just looking at the kids, but the outside world seemed to have many purposes. If Indiana State hadn't had a hot draft, there would have been media suspected that he would have recruited college students in violation of regulations.

The media confirmed Lin Shen's identity, found out the relationship between him and Xie Hou, and reluctantly agreed with Xie Hou's statement that he was just going to visit him.

A few days later, the preseason training camp opened.

Xie Hou participated on time, and there were many new faces in the training camp. The familiar faces still accounted for the majority, and most of the veterans who won the championship with the team last season were left behind.

A few new faces look good.

Batum is not as good as his French fellow Dior, and his mind is on the court. Otero's physical fitness is a very impressive feature of Sherlock. In the new season, there will be many air connections between them. The second round pick is the teammate of No. 1 pick Derek Ross, who has a long name - Chris Douglas Roberts. Therefore, the team always calls him by the first letter of the name: cdr.

CDR has received a lot of attention nationwide due to his Memphis teammate Rose during college. Media, scouts, and fans have gradually recognized CDR and have more exposure. Therefore, he actually entered the top 20 on some lists. Of course, Memphis has a good record and will have a bonus for his pick, but looking at his skills, which one can still make a move at the NBA level? Breakthrough, shooting, physical fitness or free throws... are not possible.

When Xie Was Arrived, he was playing a battle with others.

CDR gives Xie Hou a feeling of being a good fighter.

He is 201 cm tall and is good at playing fast breaks and counterattacks. His shooting ability is not as good as his shooting percentage in college. Before the draft, he participated in the trial and feedback, which led to a sharp decline in the downward trend, so that the Pacers can choose him.

Bird's choice of him also caused a lot of criticism.

After Blachi left, the Pacers were even more short of inside players, and Kirilenko might be reimbursed for a back injury season, so their inside players were even more short of people.

As a result, Bird only added an Otero who could play the fourth position in the inside.

Compare the Bulls' inside line - Howard and Garnett...how to play?

In fact, if you think from another perspective, how do Pacers need to strengthen to compete with the Bulls' inside line? The answer is that no matter how strong they strengthen, they can't stand the Bulls' inside line.

Not just the Pacers, looking at the league, all teams have one inside line, and one team can count on the inside line. Which team dares to say that their inside line will not be beaten when facing the Bulls?

Howard's ex-partner, Big Ben, did not cooperate well with him because the attributes of the two were seriously overlapping.

Howard can do anything Big Ben can do, and he can do better than him.

With the extra big Ben, the defense was not much better, but instead blocked Howard's offensive space. His back hit was already clumsy, and he had a squeezing position in the inside, so it naturally made it difficult. When Garnett came, the gain and strengthening of Howard's outside line were amazing.

The three-pointer he trained in the Suns allows him to become an all-around power forward with space attributes.

On the offensive end, he always stands outside to help Howard pull space.

On the defensive end, Howard no longer has to deal with those annoying pick-and-roll attacks. He just needs to squat near the paint area and wait for hot pot to deliver, and the online sweep is handed over to Garnett.

These two people are like stone Buddha and admiral.

"Arthur, I'm glad to see you." cdr not only has the longest name in the team, but also has the cheerful personality.

He was the first newcomer to greet and thank you.

Xie Hou nodded and asked with a smile.

A few minutes later, the Pacers' new head coach came over.

(Forgot to say it before)

During the offseason, the Pacers have another major change. The contract of meritorious coach Rick Claire expires and he officially leaves office.

A capable person will come to you no longer have jobs to come to you.

As soon as Claire left, the Dallas Mavericks called him to serve as the team's head coach.

Claire originally wanted to take a break, but after all, he had just escaped from a dynasty team and was exhausted physically and mentally. Mark Cuban gave him the positions of head coach and director, and he had the right to appoint and remove the coaching staff, the right to vote and advise on team operation and construction, and transactions.

Any coach wants to have these powers.

Claire was moved.

Pacers are increasingly looking to change their dynasties. After Claire left, Tom Thibodeau, the former chief assistant coach, officially became a regular.

Now, Thibodeau has become the head coach of the Pacers, and he is also a coach who is good at coaching defense. It is just right for him to take over the stall left by Claire.

Thibodeau walked up to the players and gave a speech. He wanted to inspire the morale of the troops, but there were very few players he was persuaded.

He is a rookie and there are many places to learn.

After the conversation ended, he asked the players to train according to the plan and called Xie Hou aside to chat.

He said a lot, the difficulties of leading the team, the worries of the rookie coach, and the prestige problem, and he was worried that he could not control the locker room.

"Tom, I will cooperate with your work with you. When necessary, you can use me to make the others know that even if I am, I will be scolded if I don't obey the command." Xie Hou said with a smile.

Thibodeau raised his eyebrows: "Why not start now?"

Xie Hou agreed.

Thibodeau immediately played another confrontation, and Xie Hou joined in.

During the match, Xie Hou was abnormal and had various operations that his teammates did not understand. Others just pretend that he had not found his status and would just fight randomly. Who said he was the boss?

Before the match was finished, Thibodeau came into the court with a pretentious attitude and shouted at Xie Hou.

"Arthur, I think your current state is not suitable for playing a confrontation. Come and rest!" A fierce criticism made Xie Hou scold her hands cold and she was breathless. Her angry tears almost flowed down her anger - his acting skills were still not good enough.

Xie Hou took off the training suit of the match and held the ball to the side to shoot.

Others were scared.

The first player in the league, is the team so low? Who is Thibodeau? A coach who just took over the team dared to get so angry at him?

"Listen, if anyone beats like Arthur, I will let him go. If you don't change your skills, I will even let him get out!" Thibodeau got into the state, and it felt very comfortable to scold Xie Hou. "I don't need unorganized and undisciplined soldiers!"

That's true. Claire coached Xie Hou for five years. He has never treated Xie Hou like this? He always held it in his palm as a treasure. Thibodeau came up and did something that Claire had never done before. He felt secretly happy and established his prestige, which opened a good start for his Pacers coaching career.

"Brother Monkey, are you acting?" Sun asked over and over.

Because he saw Xie Hou being scolded so much that he was still indifferent, he smiled at the corner of his mouth as if he had eaten honey when shooting.

"How is my acting skills?"

"Damn it! Is it really an acting?"

"Are you stupid tom? What's the benefit of opening a movie with me?"

"It's said, right..."

During training camp, Thibodeau instilled his coaching philosophy.

After all, we must adhere to the defensive system left by Claire and use cooperative defense as the foundation.

Since this system has been successful, there is no need to replace it.

His approach has been recognized by many people. During training camp, Batum and Otero performed well and gained the trust of Thibodeau. They are expected to become the team's main rotation and even starters in the new season.
Chapter completed!