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Chapter 43 042: The Inspiration of $1.2 Million
Perhaps last year, Henson cheated the Timberwolves of the money, so that Bird saw the "businessman potential" in this Chinese.Henson is good at using his own intrigue to deceive others' judgments, and he knows very well that he must not let the other party know what he is thinking.It is precisely because of this that Bird brought Henson to the Bay Area, preparing him to learn how to negotiate between NBA teams.

After all, the money to cheat the Timberwolves was just a small test, and the intrigues of the entire league are much more complicated than during the draft.

And after being taken first by the New York Knicks, Henson also understood the importance of keeping secrets.The Golden State Warriors made an open bid for Troy Murphy, which gave the Knicks, who were eager to sell David Lee, a business opportunity.So they used an All-Star version of Murphy to complete the transaction first, and now they have enough space to deal with the Nuggets. It seems that Carmelo Anthony and Stoudemire will definitely have someone in New York City.

Although the plan to blackmail the Warriors for a fortune fell through because of the addition of the Knicks, Henson was not discouraged.After experiencing this incident, Henson found that he seemed to have found a new world.

Draft, trade, intrigue, reinforcement. Henson smoked a cigar and looked out the window of his house at the empty street.Henson didn't see that when he was a scout and assistant coach.After all, in the past few years, the Pacers' reinforcements have basically relied on the draft, and there have been no major deals or signings in the summer.But now that Henson is happening, it's a fun and complicated game to reinforce the team in the offseason, and sometimes even he has to fully use his genius brain.

Compared with the draft, Henson cannot get help from the data analysis module in terms of transactions and signings.No, to be precise, he could get help, but Henson didn't choose that kind of reward before.

In the past, Henson had the opportunity to choose rewards that increase the success rate of transactions and signings more than once, but he couldn't use them at that time, so he didn't choose the corresponding medals.

More than a month ago, when Henson achieved the achievement of "becoming the head coach of the team", he once again encountered the medal that increased the success rate of trade negotiations, but in the end he chose the team's tacit understanding first-level medal.

Henson had just become the head coach at the time, and he naturally hoped that the locker room of the team he led would be stable and harmonious.If everything is the same as it was when O'Brien was in charge, the team will not be able to achieve results no matter how good the players are.

But even without the help of the data analysis module, Henson still conceived several reinforcement plans after returning from the Bay Area.He collects news on the transfer market every day, and with the help of Silas's network, Henson also gets a lot of inside information, plans his reinforcement plan every day, and enjoys it.

Before time travel, Henson was an avid player of the NBA2K game.What Henson likes to play the most is the dynasty mode.As the general manager, you can build your own lineup step by step and turn a small team into a super giant.

When Henson plays the game, he doesn't like to play the game himself. He just likes to build the lineup and then the game is simulated by the computer.In this way, Henson can think about the lifeless names for hours every time, building the future of his team.

Now, Henson seems to have found the feeling of playing games again.But obviously, the real situation is much more complicated than the game. After all, what you face in the game is just a piece of data, but in reality, every chip you want and every chip you want is a living person.

But fortunately, the current Henson also has an extremely smart mind, which allows him to consider all aspects of things.

This summer, Henson mainly needs reinforcement at two positions, center and point guard.

At the center position, although Hibbert performed well, his movement speed is too slow, which doesn't match Henson's relatively fast-paced offensive style.During the summer league, Hibbert had to embarrass himself and run back and forth on the court more than once.Many times he has just passed the halfway line, and the team has already completed the attack.

Although Hibbert has performed very well on the defensive end, he didn't see any problems in summer league.But if all 82 games of the regular season are played like this, Hibbert will definitely be suffocated.Henson doesn't want to see a good seed fall because of an inappropriate system.Doing so is not good for the team or for Hibbert personally.

Moreover, the huge gap between the upper and lower limits of Hibbert's span suggests that Hibbert is likely to face major injuries or decline in state.Maybe Hibbert's new season will be very good, but it is also very likely that everyone will be lost.The data analysis module will not go wrong, and the upper and lower limit spans of Hibbert CA will not go wrong either.Henson didn't want to be an A-level player, but because of an inappropriate system, he eventually became a C-level player.

Daniel Granger also has this problem, but Granger is currently the leader of the team, and he gets along very well with many young players on the team. This guy even recommended his manager to Paul George, and the two get along very well.If Granger is moved, the blow to the team's locker room atmosphere will undoubtedly be fatal.So even if the gap between Granger's upper and lower limits was equally large, Henson didn't dare to touch him.Even if Granger really fails in the future, with him in the locker room, the team will not be chaotic.

After weighing the advantages and disadvantages, Roy Hibbert, who is outstanding in height and full of potential, was added to Henson's trading list.If you want to trade Hibbert, you need a center who is more suitable for the team system to join.Otherwise, in the new season, the Pacers will have no center available.

As for the point guard position, with the departure of Earl Watson, Holiday is the only real point guard for the Pacers.Although Deng Tai Jones, Brandon Rush, and even that bastard Stephenson all have the ability to play the first position, but Henson still hopes to sign a qualified backup point guard just to be on the safe side.

Therefore, a center who can run, jump and shoot and a point guard who is dedicated and experienced is Henson's first choice in the transfer market this summer.He believes that as long as the team can find two players of this type, it should not be difficult for the Pacers to reach the playoffs in the Eastern Conference in the new season.

Henson told Bird about this reinforcement plan, which was also approved by Bird.Bird now trusts Henson immensely. If it wasn't for trust, he would not have taken such a big risk to let Henson be the head coach.

Recently, it seems that a large consortium is preparing to enter the Pacers and get a part of the shares.Bird has been busy with this recently, and doesn't have much energy to manage reinforcements.Therefore, Bird handed over the reinforcement to Henson.He drafted the plan, and after Byrd approved it, formal negotiations began.

However, a few days passed, and there was no progress in Henson's reinforcement.Now the entire league is discussing the composition of the Heat's Big Three. The entire league is concerned about whether Yao Ming will stay with the Rockets. The entire league is waiting for the finale of this "series" between Anthony and the Knicks.In these big deals, Henson couldn't find much valuable information.

Today, as always, Henson is keeping an eye on the dynamics of the transfer market.Among them, the exaggerated figure of 1.2 million attracted Henson's attention.

The Hawks used a six-year, $6 million contract to keep "Single Player King" Joe Johnson in Atlanta.There is no doubt that this is a super big contract. For this contract, the Eagles almost locked up their operating space, unless someone is willing to take over this super contract worth $300 million in the future.

But the Eagles had no choice but to do so. The free agent market had just opened, and teams such as the Mavericks, Rockets, and Bulls started chasing Joe Johnson, and Joe Johnson even completed meetings with the Mavericks and the Rockets.

In order to keep their leading star, the only thing the Eagles can do is to spend money.If they can't keep Joe Johnson, then in the East, the Eagles can't pass the Heat.And the only way to keep Johnson is this 1.2 million big contract.After all, in the current alliance, the word "loyalty" is worthless at all.

Joe Johnson's sky-high contract is astonishing. Counting Josh Smith, Mike Bibby, Hinrich and Marvin Williams and others, the Eagles have already spent about 7000 million in salary space.

And just a few days ago, the Thunder signed an early contract extension with Durant on a five-year, $5 million contract.However, Al Horford, who was second only to Durant in the 8600 rookie class, has no news of an early contract extension.

The reason is very simple, the Hawks are running out of space for Horford!Perhaps now, the negotiations between the two sides are at a stalemate.

If at this time, the Pacers go in to stir up trouble, will they get any benefits?After all, the Pacers have ample salary space right now.They can provide Horford with room to renew his contract early, and they also have good bargaining chips to trade.

Henson immediately picked up the phone and called Bird and Silas.Time to use their basketball connections to figure things out
(End of this chapter)