The Whip of the God of Basketball

Auerbach only stayed in Boston for one day. After dinner, he flew back to Washington. For his old arms and legs, running back and forth between the two places in a day is a bit too much, not to mention having a meal at night. I was so angry by Leon that he finally got into the taxi.

On the second day, Michael Carr requested a signing conference for Dennis Rodman in the name of the head of the player operations department. Although the team management indicated that it was not necessary, their original arrangement was for Rodman, Reid waited for a group of new players to participate in a big signing ceremony instead of holding one for Rodman alone.

However, several heads of the team’s non-basketball management department, such as Cousy and White, said that for a veteran like Rodman, it is absolutely necessary to hold a signing ceremony for him separately to show all Boston fans his new ideas. Jersey.

So after the training of the second day, at 4:30 in the afternoon, in the press room of the North Shore Garden Plaza Arena, the Celtics held a signing meeting for Rodman alone. At the meeting, Rodman asked All Boston fans announced his new jersey and new number 71-Rodman explained that this was because he originally thought that the Mavericks season would be his last season, and now he has continued his basketball career in Boston , So you have to add a 1 after the 70, which is the 71.

　　 Throughout the conference, Rodman wore a pair of sunglasses and a green gentleman hat to show the characteristics of the Celtics. Rodman will never let go of this opportunity to show off in front of the media. He also showed the media his new tattoo on his neck, a piece of clover.

Leon has been staying in the audience watching Rodman laughing and joking on the stage. At this time, he admired Auerbach in his heart. This seemingly staid and stern old man has an instructive and tolerant heart. The rumors that he would dislike Rodman or have a conflict with Rodman are just a little bit of opinion, and there are not many freaks who have stayed under Auerbach.

　　 If Rodman and Auerbach will have a conflict, there will only be one reason, and that is that he cannot contribute to the Celtics.

　　 As for his private life, dressing, weird remarks, or unruly personality, none of them will be an eye-obtrusive thing in Auerbach’s eyes. In comparison, Pitino lacks too much wisdom in this area, which is why he often signs with clever hands, but in the end he can't keep players. It is also destined that Pitino can only succeed in college, but struggles in the more complex NBA world.

Thinking of this, Leon understands that signing Rodman will not be an obstacle to Auerbach’s return to Boston. On the contrary, it will speed up Pitino’s departure from the Celtics. Perhaps Pitino himself understands this and made it. This deal.

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　　 When the Celtics' training camp officially began, it meant that the new season was approaching, and Leon finally felt a little bit of the pressure brought by the high-speed operation of the team when the new NBA season came.

　　 During the offseason, Leon was busy as a scout, but he was more of a person running around and finishing his work alone. When the holiday was over to prepare for the new season, the originally loose Celtics team worked closely together. Players were in place, trainers, video analysts, medical teams, coaching teams, and operations teams were fully operational. As a member of the coaching staff, Leon had no way to go to the State Library to read in the morning. From the third day on, he rented himself a three-handed Chevrolet and drove to Waltham. His main duty at the training camp was Data statistics and analysis.

He will measure the performance of each player of the team during the training process. From the first whistle, he began to record the performance of all players in his notebook with tables and precise pictures that others could not understand. Every move.

　　 Compared to watching their performance in the game video, we can have a deeper understanding of them on the training camp field.

Like the number one star on the team, Antoine Walker from Kentucky, a power forward with a round head and a round head with a comedy star face. He is 6-9 tall. Leon has watched his game video seriously. Knowing that this guy loves to shoot three-pointers, has a flexible pace, has both strength and speed, and is a very difficult guy to defend offensively.

　　 And after two days of training and observation, Leon discovered more. For example, this guy is relatively lazy. Leon has counted that Walker ran an average of 12 back and forth less than other players in the return run training. At the same time, his defensive training time is relatively short. He is more keen on relatively easy shooting training, especially I love three-point training. After training every day, I like to play more than a dozen midfield three-pointers.

Leon also discovered through his running posture that his left and right ankle bones are not very good and should have been injured. This may be the reason why his footsteps are always so fine. Large strides will put great pressure on the ankle. .

And the team’s defender Kenny Anderson. His dribble is more gorgeous than in the game. He always looks the easiest one in skill training. There seems to be a rubber band stuck between the ball and his hand. , No matter if he pats the ball under his crotch, behind his **** or behind others' ass, he will never let go. But in addition, Anderson’s physical indicators are not good. On Leon’s notebook, Anderson’s performance in physical training has been poor for several days in a row. He doesn’t like staying in the gym too much, and he is on time at the end of the group training every day. Drive away.

　　 It seems that he didn't spend too much time on physical training this summer. Perhaps the divorce with his wife took up too much time for him.

　　 In Leon’s "Training Time" statistical table, at the top are two people-Michael Reid and Dennis Rodman.

　　 Of course, Leon’s training time statistics are not a pure calculation of the time the players start training and leave the training camp. If that way, Rodman is definitely not in the front. He will calculate his own ranking table based on the player's investment in training and subtracting the time spent playing, chatting and farting.

Like Rodman, he is late every day, but once he starts training, his attention is 100% concentrated and his body is 100% engaged. Moreover, he doesn’t like to laugh and laugh in training, whether it’s boring physical training or brainstorming tactical exercises, Luo Deman always looks serious.

　　 In contrast, Reid has both the earliest and the latest to go, and the characteristics of 100% commitment. After being selected by the Celtics to come to Boston, the questioning of Reid has not stopped. Similar to the original management's opinion, the Bostonians also think they need an inside line. After all, they already have Anderson, Pierce and the three-pointer Walker. Do they still need a three-point guard? So who will resist the powerful insiders such as O'Neal, Duncan, and O'Neal?

　　 And in the summer league in Minnesota, Reid's performance was not satisfactory. After the first game, he suffered a knee inflammatory injury and missed all subsequent games, which made his public opinion situation in Boston worse.

　　 Regarding this, Reid remained silent. Do not erupt in silence, but perish in silence. He has been sweating more and more in training, and only Leon knows that the number of shots he takes, the number of return runs and the number of lateral trainings are the most among all players.

In addition, compared with these big-name free agents, the main players in the team, and the high-ranking rookies, the guys at the end of the bench are always easy to be ignored by the fans, but in the team's training camp, Leon observes them more than Others need to be careful.

The Celtics currently have a total of 18 players on the roster. Except for Pierce, they can really have a stable rotation, that is, there are nine players with an average playing time of more than 20 minutes. This is also the product of Pitino's large-scale rotation. .

　　 Even with so many players in rotation, there are still eight players whose playing time is not guaranteed, ranging from fifteen minutes to as few as not giving a point. For example, the newly signed Chris Carr, and Milt Palesio who just got a super trade in August~www.NovelMTL.com~ Leon has carefully observed them in the summer league. Two detailed scouting reports were issued, presented to Auerbach for review and then handed over to the Celtics management, and the conclusion was that both of them were embarrassing and useful. But in the end Pitino still chose to sign and trade.

　　 From the beginning of the draft, many choices made by Pitino looked abnormal. Leon didn't think about that much either. He continued to observe them in the training camp. After all, Milt Palesio is still very young, a second-year rookie with great potential.

　　 It's just that Leon has never seen the shining points worth investing in from these players, and the preseason is getting closer and closer.

In the summer league in Minnesota in July, Leon became a half-addicted assistant coach. During the game, he could sit on the coach’s bench, pretend to be holding a notebook and watch the game there, and paint on it from time to time. , Looks like an assistant coach.

Now that the preseason is approaching, Auerbach doesn’t know what force used to put pressure on the Celtics’ management, allowing O’Brien to directly direct the preseason, while Pitino uses physical and team management reasons. , Temporarily not appearing on the coaching bench in the preseason. In this way Leon can finally become a temporary assistant coach, and the speed of his rise is staggering.

　　 Of course, from a real assistant coach, Leon has to go much further than from a temporary scout to an official scout. At least until now, Leon can't even know an NBA tactic.

The reason is very simple, because the cardinal does not allow Leon to learn any tactics ~www.NovelMTL.com~Book friends are welcome to visit and read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all on ~www.NovelMTL.com~Mobile Users please go to read.