The Basketball Court Swordsman

Just beginning in December, the Pacers ushered in bad news. Paul George strained his right leg ligament during training and needed to rest for 2-3 weeks.

Injuries are unpredictable and hard to avoid. Even if Henson has the badge of injury reduction, it does not mean that he can completely eliminate injuries. How to cope with fatigue, cope with injuries, cope with the difficulties caused by tired competitions and the passion that passes away with the depth of the season, these are all things that young teams need to be vigilant.

“Don’t worry, Henson, George’s injury is not serious. Besides, we still have Stephenson to replace.” Seeing Henson standing on the sidelines and unhappy, Vogel couldn’t help patting Henson on the shoulder for encouragement.

“Stevenson hasn’t become a climate yet, that guy’s shot selection and shooting accuracy are still messed up.” Henson shook his head. He couldn’t eat fat for a day, and he didn’t expect Stephenson to realize his talent so quickly. But at this moment, the team does need a stable second team to score points.

But there are some things that can’t be rushed. George and the others cannot grow into superstars overnight. Everyone must go through such a process, including Henson himself.

Under George’s injury, the cold December seemed extremely bleak. The big trees on both sides of the street in front of Henson’s house only have bare trunks. The original shade of the trees is now only white snow.

George’s injury made Henson a little worried about Granger. After all, Granger’s huge gap between the upper and lower limits suggested that Henson Granger might have serious injuries. If Granger falls suddenly one day in the future, Henson really doesn’t know how he should deal with the loss of his star.

However, December is not without good news. For example, the rookie report that Silas sent himself.

On the first day he got the video, Henson couldn’t wait to study it all night.

On the screen, the slender guy in San Diego State University’s No. 15 jersey was dribbling the ball in front of the defender without saying a word. He suddenly accelerated, cut to the right, explosively, and strode in!

Faced with the panicked student players, No. 15 played high, using his bounce and long arms to easily put the ball into the basket.

There were no young people celebrating, Henson didn’t even see any expression on the guy’s face. In this way, he actively retreated. Standing at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, spread his long arms and those big hands.

The opposing guard broke into the penalty area with cover, and his speed was beyond the reach of San Diego’s bulky center. I saw the little guard speed up to the basket, clinging to the basketball and making a dunk.

At this time, it was still No. 15 in San Diego. He came first, with a big hand covering the sky and hitting the sun, leaving the basket without light!

“Boom!” The basketball was pressed on the board, blocking a dunk!

No. 15 looked at the opposing defender, still expressionless, without a look.

The next round!

This picture is just a routine operation of this young forward named Leonard in the NCAA arena. Silas wouldn’t be so stupid as to cut a collection for Henson, after all, he only looked at the collection, and everyone in the league was Jordan.

However, even in the complete video of the game, the wonderful offensive and defensive scenes just now are often visible.

The figures of some superstars seemed to flash past Leonard.

Will he be a superstar in Indiana? Henson didn’t know, because he could only see his potential and upper and lower limits through the data analysis module when he saw a person with his own eyes. But just through the video tape, Henson also discovered some potential for becoming a star in this guy.

Silas’ player report to Henson described Leonard’s basketball career in detail from high school.

At the age of 16, his father was shot dead in a car wash. Twenty-four hours later, the 16-year-old lanky boy scored 17 points in the game, helping Martin Luther King High School to defeat the opponent. Then he walked off the court, plunged into his mother’s arms, and said nothing.

Without saying a word and expressionless, this seems to be Leonard’s label. This reminded Henson of the No. 21 of the Spurs, the big man who was afraid to swim in the sea because of the fear of sharks, but finally broke the “shark” championship dream in the NBA several times.

Duncan has this talent, and Henson seems to see this talent in Leonard.

There are many kinds of talents, such as jumping, projectile speed, height, arm length… but these are not Leonard and Duncan’s most special talents. Duncan and Leonard’s most valuable talents are buried emotions and Low-key effort.

Leonard knew that he should work hard. He played desperately to comfort his father in the sky, and also made his mother no longer a hard-working woman who does several jobs a day.

Perhaps it is because of Leonard’s low-key personality, or his scoring data is not so explosive, Kawai Leonard, this is one of the four freshmen who rank first in the team in scoring and rebounding. One, the pick in the predictive draft rankings is not very high.

Silas’s report included the latest eSPN draft forecast rankings, and Leonard did not even rank in the top 20. Henson couldn’t help but smile, this situation is really like last year’s Paul George.

I hope this guy named Leonard No. 15 can always maintain this excellent state and maintain his low-key and humble quality. Because only in this way, the Pacers can get the best of both worlds between the playoffs and Leonard.

After watching all the videos and materials of Leonard, Henson immediately called Silas. He told his old buddies that he would list Leonard as a key observation target of the season and send him player reports and game videos regularly.

Although Silas was a video analyst, Henson preferred to let this discerning guy do scout work. Henson has been a scout himself, so he knows how important a scout with an outstanding vision is to the team.

Since the Pacers do not currently have such scouts, let Silas replace them.

“It’s okay to focus on Leonard, but I have bad news for you, Henson.”

“God, I have had enough bad news here since December.” Henson touched his forehead helplessly. “Go ahead, man, what bad news.”

“At San Diego State University, I discovered Trajan Renton. I think the people of San Antonio may have noticed Cavai.”

“Rangton!? Yeah, who else? Damn San Antonio Spurs!” Henson shook his head, Trajan Langton, the San Antonio Spurs chief scout. Hasn’t this kind of outstanding player with a low rank always been the favorite of the Spurs?

“Langton didn’t recognize you?” After learning the news, Henson knew that if he really wanted to choose Leonard, then besides continuing to observe, Henson must also start to make some preparations.

“He didn’t see me, even if he saw it, he didn’t necessarily know him. When he was a player, the Hornets thought about recruiting him, but in the end it didn’t stop. Thinking about it now, it’s fortunate that he didn’t play under me.”

Silas still knew something about Langton. Langton was selected by the Cavaliers with the 11th overall pick in the first round in 1999. After the Cavaliers played tepidly for three seasons, Langton’s performance did not meet expectations, so the Cavaliers did not execute his fourth-year contract. Langton became a completely free agent in the summer of 2002. He was 1.9 meters away and could only play shooting guard. The Hornets, who were close to him, eventually lost interest in him because he was unable to switch to point guard. Had to turn to Europe. Coincidentally, Silas was the Hornets’ interim coach at the time.

After Langton returned from Europe, because of his rich resume in Europe, the Spurs hired him as a scout, responsible for searching for talent for the team. The Spurs’ ability to become what they are now is inseparable from his discovery of Ginobili and Parker in Europe.

As everyone knows, Langton has now begun to focus on the United States.

Fortunately, Langton didn’t settle in the Hornets, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to recognize Silas.

It seems that now, the Spurs do not know that the Pacers have been eyeing Leonard, Henson also let out a sigh of relief.

Because when the opponent doesn’t know what you are thinking, you always take the initiative. It’s like this summer, the Pacers know the status of the Eagles, and the Eagles know nothing about why the Pacers need a trade.

“In the future, don’t let anyone recognize you. We need to touch it quietly to make this happen.” Henson looked at Leonard on the TV screen. He would become his own superstar. ? Become a superstar who leads the team by oneself like Westbrook and Kobe?

Maybe it was him.