The Whip of the God of Basketball

　　 In Washington, Auerbach returned to his home after dinner at the Chinese Doll Restaurant. Today is Thursday, not a day for a club party. After his wife died, his life became monotonous. When she was there, the two would visit their daughters and granddaughters together, or walk around Washington together. Now, the club, the small garden at home, and the Chinese doll restaurant have become his main venues for activities. He has no energy to run around anymore.

　　 Unless for the Celtics, or for Fox-Leon.

　　 Some time ago, he made a special trip to Boston to win a separate signing conference for Rodman, and then moved up and down so that Leon could get a training opportunity as a temporary assistant coach. It took a lot of effort to get it done. He contacted Boston boss Paul Gaston for Wycliffe Gloucester, who is currently very active in the Boston financial world.

　　 Glos Parker and his father are preparing to build a basketball financial investment team, the target is the Boston Celtics. At present, the strength of this financial investment group is still expanding. In particular, the addition of Steven Palliuca has made their acquisition plan a big step ahead, and they have entered the stage of actual team formation and contact with sellers.

　　 At this time, they needed someone with enough weight to open the way for them to acquire the Celtics, but Grosse Parker did not expect Auerbach to condescend to be a middleman. For this reason Auerbach got the advantage that Paul Gaston put pressure on Pitino, hoping that he would not appear on the coaching bench in the preseason.

This action meant a complete break with Pitino. Auerbach did not hope to let Pitino fall from the position of Celtic coach at such an early age. He originally wanted to keep Pitti. No, let him stay in the Celtics for the first half of the season to see the situation. If there is still no improvement, then Pitino will be embarrassed to sit in that position.

But Auerbach couldn’t wait, because he felt that his physical condition was getting worse and worse. After his wife’s death, his daughters and sons-in-law advised him to quit smoking, and the fans were not giving him cigars, but he still couldn’t give up this for most of his life. Hobby. But in August, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. In the past ten years, his heart has undergone several operations. Modern medicine has extended his lifespan, but Auerbach knew he could hardly stand it again. Surgery.

　　 Maybe he can live another five or six years, but who knows when he will lie in bed unable to move until death? If that happens, then his last effort to revive the Celtics will be ruined.

So he can’t wait any longer, and he won’t give Pitino half a season anymore. He has given him enough time. Auerbach wants to train his successor, Fox, as quickly as possible. -Leon.

　　 Scouting is a very good start. The most important thing for a coach is not to use complicated tactics, but to know people and be responsible. A coach who is good at discovering and using players will always be more powerful than those tactical madmen. Although Auerbach also knows that Leon has the potential to evolve into a tactical maniac, but he does not want him to embark on the road of no return to this very few successful coaches. This is why he does not allow Leon to learn basketball tactics. His learning ability is too strong.

　　 After returning home, Auerbach wanted to light a cigar, but he silently put the cigar in the box after considering the doctor’s advice. In his large study room, there are many former honor medals, photos and various cigars. They are lying quietly in the cigar box, slowly brewing a refreshing fragrance.

　　 After ten minutes of enduring in the seat, Auerbach couldn't help but dig out a "Dutch Master" and light it with a cigar match. He thought that tonight the Celtics had gone to far away San Antonio, where the Celtics would experience back-to-back preseason games and challenge their opponents away. This is a good match for the Celtics to adapt to the new season, back-to-back, distant away, and very strong opponents, Tim Duncan and his Spurs.

Every time he thinks of this name, Auerbach’s heart hurts. For this player, he told the Celtics to give up the dignity of being an old-school strong team and set the worst regular season record in team history. In the end, he still failed to play David. -The lottery draft system established by Stern continues to maintain the tradition of no champion in team history and also loses the best chance of the team's revival.

Auerbach knew that what the Celtics had to face at this time was not only the weakness of the team, but also the heavy history and the suppression of the alliance on their backs. Auerbach, who had almost completely covered the sky after 86 years, Forever a missed move, never missed the slightest. In the struggle with the president of the league, David Stern, he finally failed to resist the power of the capital of the league, the progress of the times, and the teasing of fate, which made Boston basketball The imperial dream is annihilated in history.

"I don't know if Leon felt the kind of power in Duncan. If he felt it, what would he think?" Auerbach recalled the shock and ecstasy when he met Duncan. He snarled in his heart. It’s my second Russell. I’ve never seen anyone more like Russell than him. No, he’s better than Russell.” Thinking of this, Auerbach took a deep breath and exhaled it. All are unwilling and regretful.

　　 Meanwhile at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio, the Boston Celtics are playing their second back-to-back preseason game.

In the first game, they lost at home and lost to the visiting Milwaukee Bucks by an 11-point disadvantage. The strength gap between the two sides is still quite obvious. It is also an outside-based team, and the firepower of the Bucks under George Carl was defeated. The development is quite thorough, simple and decisive offensive routines, accurate outside shooting, let the Celtics lack of Pierce leaks on all sides.

Reid found some feeling in the fourth quarter, but he did not have the ability to turn the tide. The performance of six points and one rebound did not make Boston fans hope for him. They also knew that Leon could detect what happened to Reid. Small changes.

This change was reflected in the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. In this game, he got a starting opportunity and made his first three-pointer on the NBA floor in the first quarter-a fast 45-degree left. The shot, like a catapult, made the ball slam into the hoop.

　　 "Ugly posture, but the effect is not bad." O'Brien's evaluation of Reid's shooting moves is quite pertinent. But tonight, Leon’s attention was not focused on Reid. This slowly enlightened kid no longer needs too much attention. He will watch the video seriously at night. Now his attention is all the Spurs’ 21 No. attracted the past.

At this time the game has reached the middle of the second quarter. On the 21st, Tim Duncan was replaced by their coach Popovich. It seems that he will not play in the second quarter. Leon turned out his notebook. It wrote: "Tim Duncan has no expression on his face, but he has a lot of emotions, which can be seen from the small movements of the ball. The strength is very strong, it is not easy to be noticed, the flexibility is unique, and it is easy to be ignored. There is no technical dead end, defense The position and judgment are very accurate, almost no sway, the offensive selection is calm, can use the body very well, the touch is extremely good, and it is related to flexibility. I should be familiar with every detail of the tactics, although I don’t know what tactics are, but I can see When it comes out, his position selection is regular. If I show me a two-hour video, I can summarize it."

After writing these words, Leon closed his notebook and began to sit on the bench in a daze. He didn't have much interest in the next game. At this time, he was thinking about facing such a player~www.NovelMTL. com~If there is no way to bring him to his own team, what method should be used to contain the team he leads.

　　 Leon knows the history of Tim Duncan, his second-year rookie championship and MVP win in 1999, and Auerbach's almost all actions to choose him.

When you really stand on the sidelines and observe Leon, you will realize that this is indeed a very powerful player, and Leon vaguely feels that there are still many things in him that he hasn't seen. Just relying on video or watching the game on the sidelines is the experience. If you can’t, you must lead the team and the player to compete with the player on the court to contain him or be defeated by him in order to feel the basketball-related things behind them.

This made Leon's heart like a hundred claws scratching his heart. The last player who made him feel like Kevin Garnett was Kevin Garnett. The time I saw him in Minneapolis, even if he didn't watch him play, just watch him. The body is enough to make people ticklish. After going back, Leon found a lot of Garnett's game videos from Vogel. He also felt that behind such players there are things that can't be seen through.

Leon was immersed in such thinking until the end of the first half. During the intermission, surprising news came from the locker room. Celtics head coach and president Rick Piti Connaught, announced his resignation from all positions in Boston, terminated the contract with the Celtics, and at the same time stated that he would not work in the NBA related to basketball, but would return to college basketball.

The Celtics’ Pitino era came to an abrupt end. Leon didn’t know how long he could be the “second temporary assistant coach”~www.NovelMTL.com~ Book friends are welcome to visit and read. The fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~www.NovelMTL.com~ mobile phone users, please go to read.