The Whip of the God of Basketball

　　 Since coming to the Celtics for nearly three months, Leon has learned everything related to basketball, from history to the role of a player’s knee pads. He has never touched the scope of basketball tactics.

Although he showed his unparalleled talent in basketball skills and tactics when he was in Marshfield, this talent benefits from his super memory ability and deduction ability, but Auerbach always warned Leon not to be a When scouts, read books related to basketball tactics, and don’t learn skills and tactics in your daily work.

　　 Auerbach hopes that he will focus on the identification and judgment of players' abilities and understand the basic laws of basketball. This is why he would go to the State Library to read books every day in Boston.

As a basketball player who has not experienced college basketball or professional league baptism, the lack of direct and immersive experience of basketball is Leon’s innate deficiency. Auerbach hopes that he can make up as much as possible in the video and written materials. These flaws.

　　As for basketball tactics, Auerbach knows that Leon has an outstanding memory and never forgets. As long as he follows the tactical regulations and diagrams in the book to learn, he can keep all basketball tactics in his head.

　　 But only let him learn the tactics on paper but not give him the opportunity to use it. In the end, he might be bound by the rules of tactics and become a tactical analyst who can only talk on paper, but cannot become a strategizing head coach.

"Knowledge of basketball tactics did not start when Professor Smith invented basketball. It was written in books for you to regard as your standard. They are constantly being discovered and summarized in the practice of basketball competition. If you can, I hope you can summarize the basketball court yourself. The above tactical law, when you have your own experience, you can refer to the precious knowledge of the predecessors, so that learning is more meaningful.” This is what Auerbach wrote in a letter to Leon .

　　 That's right, this old antique Auerbach doesn't use text messages in this era, but insists on writing paper by hand and let the postman send his instructions.

　　 After receiving this letter, Leon folded the letter paper neatly and flushed the toilet. After all, he had put all the important things that should be written down in his mind, and this passage will guide Leon for a long time.

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The Celtics’ training camp lasts for a total of about four weeks, and about two weeks after the start of the training camp, that is, on October 11, the NBA preseason will begin with the training camp. Up.

For two weeks, it’s not long and short. For those old players, everything in training camp is familiar to them. What they really need to care about is whether their state can support themselves in the team. Status.

　　 For new players, two weeks is still too short, especially rookies, who have not had time to adapt to all of the professional teams and are about to be pushed onto the field.

The Celtics have a total of eight games in this preseason, all of which are against the Eastern team. This can make the Celtics in the northeast corner less rushing and toiling, and the first game of the preseason. They will play at their home court, at TD North Shore Gardens, they will usher in the Milwaukee Bucks, a rising star in the East.

Because there will be a game on the night of the 11th, the training volume of the training camp that day was halved. After a simple shooting practice and physical training in the morning, Pitino announced his disbandment and asked to gather at TD North Shore Garden at around 5 pm. The one-hour co-training, of course, at that time the training was not led by him, but to O'Brien.

Obviously, Pitino is gradually losing his power. Auerbach is constantly eroding Pitino's prestige and leadership through influence. Pitino did not fiercely resist this. In a news interview after the training camp, he It was revealed to reporters that he would miss the first game of the preseason due to physical reasons, and O'Brien would be responsible for the team's command.

　　 O'Brien became the interim head coach, Vogel as the interim assistant coach, while Leon also hung up as the second interim assistant coach and will appear on the bench.

"Assistant coach, temporary, and then there is a second one. This is the coach with the most attributions I have ever seen. I have spent more time as a temporary worker in my life than a formal worker, maybe just like my life is also temporary. Right..." Seeing his name on the team list submitted by the team, Leon couldn't help joking. It actually makes sense to think about it, his current life is really temporary.

　　 However, the Celtics have to face a new problem, and that is O'Brien's physical condition.

If Pitino had to "be unwell" due to pressure, then O'Brien was really unwell. After seven or eight consecutive days of training, the assistant coach’s body load was quite heavy, especially their throat. I yell at high decibels every day.

O'Brien has felt uncomfortable in his throat since yesterday. On the 11th, his throat was red and swollen. It was obviously an upper respiratory tract infection. He felt that his throat was stuffed with a piece of cotton that was constantly absorbing water, which was both blocked and dry. In training, he can no longer command loudly, so he can only paint on the tactical board and explain the training content to the players in a normal voice.

O'Brien sought advice from Chris Wallace. Wallace thought it was impossible for Vogel or Leon to direct the game, and Pitino could not "break his word" in the head coach seat. Our clever Mr. Wallace came up with a very good idea. He decided to ask O'Brien to write down what he wanted to command on a note, then hand it to Leon or Vogel, and let them call the court. On the player listen.

　　 This sounds like a feasible solution, so the only question is whether Leon or Vogel has a louder voice.

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At five o’clock in the evening, many players had arrived at the arena on time. Except for Dennis Rodman, he did not come for the morning training. According to Leon’s news, because there was a game today, Rodman ran to a nightclub overnight. Dadan has gone, and he must have been sleeping during the day. As for whether he will come to the game at night, it depends on Rodman's mood.

　　 However, Rodman's training attitude is quite good recently. Although he arrives late and leaves early every day, he is very involved in training, and he also obeys the coach's arrangements to get along with his teammates. And there is no trouble in Boston, that is, drinking and playing with women, which is the same as he is in any city. Especially after he knew that Auerbach decided to hold a separate signing meeting for him, he publicly expressed in the media that he was willing to do his best for Auerbach.

　　 Of course, not many people would take what he said, but at six o'clock he still appeared in the Celtics locker room of the North Shore Garden Arena. Leon looked at his sleepy eyes, knowing that he must have been tossing for a long time at night, and ran to the arena right after waking up during the day.

　　 "I thought you went to the away locker room." Leon joked to Rodman, and Rodman said after listening: "I never want to go to the away locker room in Boston in my life."

The Celtics' away locker room in the past has always been known for being terrible. During the Pistons Rodman visited Boston many times in the playoffs. At that time, they played in Boston Garden Plaza. The away locker room in Garden Plaza was called the NBA. The most dirty, humble, and inhuman dressing room. Now thinking of it, Rodman shuddered.

　　 "I heard you are an assistant coach, kid." Rodman said to Leon while changing his clothes. UU reading www.uukanshu. com today Leon wore a light gray suit, a yellow striped tie, plus that black slightly curly hair, the whole is a handsome Italian model.

"Yes, it's only temporary, the second temporary assistant coach. My main job is a microphone. O'Brien doesn't have a very good voice today." Leon responded as he was sorting out the Milwaukee Bucks team information. This year, the Bucks did a slight reinforcement on the basis of the lack of last year’s main lineup. There was no big deal, and the draft did not gain much. However, according to industry observations, if there are fewer injuries this season, the Bucks’ record is very likely. There will be a big improvement, so Leon's most important job is to collect information about the Bucks through the preseason.

Because of being late, Rodman did not catch up with the team’s pre-match training, but he still appeared on the team’s starting roster. This is also what Auerbach meant. He thinks Rodman is a player with such a function. It makes no sense to put it on the bench.

It is completely different from the training venues used in the Summer League. TD North Shore Garden Arena is an official NBA venue in the true sense. The cost can accommodate 20,000 spectators. Leon stands on one side of the stadium and raises his head to see the audience on the other side. The very top.

　　 a huge arena.

As time approaches the game, more and more people are in the stadium, the lights are turned on one by one, the staff is busy putting all the facilities in place, the reporters are all in place, and the technical desk is doing the final debugging. The referee was discussing something, the players were warming up and fighting on the court, the coaching staff were chatting, and the audience was chewing popcorn and drinking soda.

　　 The real NBA game is about to begin like this.

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