The Basketball Court Swordsman

Henson simulated many conversations with Tim Connery in his mind, but never once did he think of the other party saying that Nicola Jokic was not for sale.

It seems that all Henson's guesses are correct. The Nuggets want to shoot Nurkic, the purpose is to right Jokic. Without delaying their respective prospects, get the best chips. I have to say that Tim Connery's thinking is still very clear.

In an instant, Henson's reinforcement plan fell through. Yes, Henson does have a badge that increases the trust of the other's general manager during transactions. But when the general manager of a team doesn't want to talk to you at all, this badge is completely useless.

For the first time in history, Henson's reinforcement plan was blocked. The position of general manager is not so easy to sit on.

"Next, do we still continue to quote?" Bird sat down on the leather chair disappointedly. The reinforcement during the season is often not so smooth.

Henson thought for a few seconds, and then shook his head helplessly, "I don't think it is necessary. It is no longer necessary to continue the offer. Tim Connelly did not lie, nor did he want to take the opportunity to raise the price, but it was true. I don't want to trade Jokic."

Henson knows very well that if a general manager wants to raise the price, he will at least listen to the offer from the other party and then say "this player is not for sale" to test the opponent's bottom line.

But Connelly didn't even listen to the initial offer, and directly expressed his attitude. This shows how determined he is.

"You keep saying you have a backup plan? What is it?" Bird seemed to suddenly remember something, and his eyes fell on Henson again.

"That plan... takes some time. Um... some time. Bird, is there a schedule for the NBDL league?" Henson did not continue to struggle with the immediate failure, but immediately invested in it. The new plan is being implemented.

"NBDL's schedule? Yes or yes, but what do you use it for? What does this have to do with the reinforcement plan?"

"You will know, Bird. Christmas is coming soon, and the playoffs are less than four months away. If this backup plan is to be activated...we will move fast."

Henson looked at the sky outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, hoping that high-risk candidates would also allow Henson to obtain matching high returns...

With the Knicks, the Pacers' 13-game winning streak came to an end. Connelly directly refused to accept Henson's trade request, which made Henson's current job worse.

But Henson is not so easy to be defeated. Since a long talk with Sager, Henson has hardly feared any difficulties.

After all, what difficulty is more difficult than death? If death can't stop Sarger, what can stop Henson?

With this belief, Henson led the team to defeat the Boston Celtics led by Stevens for the second time this season on December 22, successfully avoiding a losing streak.

After this game, Stevens planned to stay with Henson for dinner tomorrow night, but Henson politely declined the invitation of his good friend.

After all, it's almost Christmas, and Henson also hopes to spend more time with his family.

So on December 23, Henson had the opportunity to execute his plan. But in order to spend Christmas with his family in advance, he gave up. As a result, the implementation of the plan has to be postponed for a few more days.

Both family and work must be considered. Now he can't put all his energy on basketball.

On 23 and 24, Henson spent a perfect Christmas holiday with his family. He took An Jiali to the ski resort to ski, and also took Emily to the baby swimming pool to try the water.

On the 25th, Henson was forced to participate in the Christmas War. The fellow Adam Xiao Hua naturally would not let any opportunity to squeeze Henson's business value away. So in the summer, I heard that Henson was going to return, so he immediately added the Pacers to the Christmas game list.

And this is also the first time in two years that Henson has not spent Christmas with his family.

That night, Henson beat the bulls without Thibodeau and Rose to perfection at home. Originally Jimmy Butler and Henson would be the best gimmicks in this game, but during the game, Jimmy Butler did not get much room to play.

Under the alternate defense of George and Antetokounmpo, Jimmy Butler made 3 of 12 shots and shot a 25% low field goal percentage.

Since Henson's return, Jimmy Butler's anger has always been nowhere to rest. He came to the Banker’s Life Arena with anger, and finally left with anger.

On the contrary, Wade, who scored 21 points, has a taste of revival. But a few years ago in the Big Three era, Wade couldn't take the Pacers, let alone Wade in this twilight age?

106 to 91, Henson continued to maintain an unbeaten record in the Christmas War.

After the game, a large number of reporters gathered beside Henson and asked him how he felt when he played the Christmas War again after three years. Henson retired two years ago, and three years ago Henson spent Christmas in the hospital. Therefore, Henson has actually been absent from the Christmas War for a long time.

Seeing Henson's popularity, Jimmy Butler smiled helplessly. Although the game was lost, Jimmy Butler was even more convinced that he was right to leave the Pacers.

Because in Indianapolis, there is only one person who can be the master, and that is Henson Joe. If he stayed in the Pacers, Butler believed that he would only live in the shadow of Henson for a lifetime.

In the Bulls, at least he is still an out-and-out star.

"I said, I don't like to comment on players from other teams."

When asked again how to comment on Jimmy Butler's performance, Henson prevaried impatiently.

That kid made 3 of 12 shots. How can Henson comment? But if you tell the truth, you will definitely hurt your peace again. Henson would not jump for such an obvious pit.

After pushing away the annoying reporter and walking into the locker room, Henson immediately checked the NBDL schedule that Bird sent him a few days ago on the phone.

NBDL is the abbreviation of NBA Development League. If explained in relatively easy to understand terms, it can be regarded as the second-level league of the NBA.

NBA teams usually transfer some young players who are temporarily unused to the Development League for training, and some players who have the strength but have not received NBA contracts for the time being will also play in the NBDL and wait for opportunities.

The former Wesley Matthews and Danny Green played in the Development League for a year, and it was Henson that brought them back after taking office. And Chinese fans are very familiar with Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, who also played in the Development League.

And if next season, the Rockets really intend to sign Zhou Qi. So in all likelihood, that young man will also be thrown into the Development League to test the waters.

It can be seen that although the development league's attention is not high, the wages of the players are not even comparable to the big foreign players of the CBA. But I have to admit that the Development League is still one of the highest level basketball leagues in the world.

Even if the players who come out there do not play in the NBA, they are more than enough to go to the European League or CBA for gold.

Most NBA teams have their own development league subordinate team, in case of an urgent need for personnel, they can get some ready-made firefighters. Or when you need to decentralize rookies, you are not afraid to find a place.

The Pacers are no exception. The Fort Wayne Mad Ants is a second-level team belonging to the Pacers.

Even so, Henson almost never went to the Crazy Ants team to beat anyone. For one thing, when Henson was in, the Pacers' lineup was usually very stable. Secondly, Henson really looks down on the strength of the development league players.

This is not because Henson discriminates against the players of the Development League team. Look at the MVP candidates of the Development League each year to know how far the strength of this league is from the NBA.

Jarrell Stokes, the MVP winner of the Development League last season, played only two games with the Nuggets this season and scored a total of 3 points and 2 assists before being cut again.

14-15 season development league MVP player Tim Frazier, this season in the Pelicans this season only 3 points per game...

Unless it is a rookie who is actively delegated to exercise by an NBA team, 99% of the development league players are actually not capable of playing the NBA.

The Pacers were once a champion team, so naturally they would not be promoted from the development league.

But this time, Henson unexpectedly set his sights on the Development League. This is why Bird would be surprised when he heard Henson wanted the NBDL schedule.

Because as far as Bird knows, there are no particularly strong players in the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

What Bird didn't know was that Henson wanted the NBDL schedule not because of the Mad Ants.

On the schedule, on December 31st, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants will play at home against the Raptors 905. Henson drew a red circle on this day. This is another opportunity for him to implement a backup plan after Christmas!

Henson's attention is not on the mad ants of his subordinates, but on the Raptors 905 from afar. A player who attracted Henson’s attention during the joint trial, is playing for that team...