Carlisle believes the fans will be satisfied.

A week later, a Fab Five poster of Wayne and four others was posted on the largest billboard outside the Bankers Life Arena.

The basketball atmosphere in Indianapolis has skyrocketed.

Although the new season has not yet started, there are already many fans wearing No. 99 jerseys wandering the streets.

They are all looking forward to MOP's performance in the NBA in this Final Four game.

At this time, within the Pacers, as the players regained their shape and condition, Carlisle also began to arrange training on the tactical side.

As a coach who is good at defense, Carlisle naturally starts with defense first.

For Wayne, he needs Wayne to play a defensive role.

After all, Wayne's mobility and defensive range are quite outstanding.

It's just that the weight is a little lighter, so the assist defense is definitely better than the inside single defense.

During training, Carlisle reminded everyone more than once: "Pay attention to the movements of your hands. Everyone must adapt to the changes in HC rules next season."

Gangtai feels uncomfortable. You can't defend with your hands, so why defend? How can you elbow those guys in Detroit?

Wayne is undoubtedly the fastest to adapt among all the people. After all, the new rules are not "new" to Wayne at all.

A few days later, a drill of offensive tactics was also arranged.

At the beginning of the new season, Wayne's role on the offensive end is similar to Harrington last season - a sixth man who needs to swing at the third and fourth positions, playing about 30 minutes per game.

To put it bluntly, when Artest and O'O are off the court respectively, they need to be seamlessly connected to maintain offensive firepower.

Despite his role as the sixth man, Harrington played the third most minutes on the team last season.

Therefore, Wayne can be regarded as shouldering a heavy responsibility.

Wayne nodded, isn't this the role that Lou Williams and Harrell will play on the Clippers in the future?

Before George and Kawhi went to the Clippers, those two brothers were ostensibly substitutes, but it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the real pillars of the team.

Of course, Wayne will not get 30 minutes of playing time as soon as he comes out. Carlisle will gradually let Wayne adapt and slowly increase the time.

In addition, Carlisle also told Wayne: "Next season, you will be more likely to appear at the small forward position."

Moreover, Wayne also heard good news: "When attacking positionally, we need you to seek more opportunities outside the three-point line."

"Okay, leave it to me!" Wayne patted his chest.

Now, no one can stop him from shooting three-pointers to gain points!

A long man, in this era, is allowed by the head coach to go outside the three-point line...

This kind of thing is simply rare!

Sorry Du Xiaoshuai, from now on your template can only be me!

Time flies, and in the hard training every day, the team's tacit understanding gradually increases.

Mid-October has arrived, and the NBA preseason is about to begin.

Wayne's registered height is still 2.06 meters, and his position is power forward.

Carlisle also said that there is no need to modify the real height of 206...

This year, in order to create a China Derby, the league not only arranged the NBA China Game for the first time, but also arranged for the Mosaic and Pacers to meet in the preseason.

Stern did this job very promptly.

It is not appropriate to have money, unless there is something wrong with your brain.

Of course, the game against Mosaic is the final battle.

In the first game of the preseason, the Pacers' opponent was the Washington Wizards.

Carlisle decided to start Wayne the day before the game and played about 20 minutes.

If Wayne can adapt perfectly to these pre-season games...then the new season will start in 30 minutes!

That night, Wayne deliberately studied the Wizards' lineup during this period.

At the power forward position, the Wizards' starter will probably be last season's Sixth Man of the Year, Antawn Jamison.

The Mavericks made a similar move to the Pacers this summer, trading the sixth man for a rookie—the fifth overall pick, Devin Harris.

As a result, Jamison joined the Wizards and began to assist "Agent Zero" next season.

From this point of view, the top two players in the Best Sixth Man rankings last season have both been traded this season...it's simply toxic.

"Well..." Looking at Jamison's information, Wayne touched his chin.
Chapter completed!