The Whip of the God of Basketball

Fox-Leon and Auerbach worked together to deduce and prevent all the changes during the draft. Leon’s brain processing ability is so powerful that he can remember them no matter how complicated the prediction, combined with Auerbach With a wealth of experience, they have developed three ABC plans, and of course they have also reserved a set of the worst plan D for the sake of insurance.

In Plan A, the Celtics will select Joe Johnson, Dalem Porter and Arenas in the three picks. Among them, it will be the first difficulty to win Johnson in the eleventh place, the top five to Ten teams are likely to win this quiet, hardworking guard. For this reason, before the draft, the Celtics did not reveal their intention to take Johnson at all, so that when Joe Johnson heard Stern report his name in the eleventh round, his face showed a hint of surprise. Judging from the pre-draft news, they have always expected to get an inside player, and from their team's lineup needs, Pitino was crazy to want a good center in the past.

But in the end, the first step of Plan A was successfully completed. If Joe Johnson is removed early, then they will implement Plan B. Plan B is a trading plan. There are two options. One is to trade the 11th. Draft picks, the second is to trade Radmanovic and the Sonics for Jerome James, which also meets the needs of the Celtics to strengthen the center position. In fact, even Joe Johnson may be executed plan B and traded directly in the draft, but Leon and Wallace have no good goals, and Boston's Angie did not call.

So plan A continued, and everything was moving in a good direction. Dalembert and Arenas were included. This is not a victory for the Celtics, but their overseas player plans and goals. The victory of the exploration evaluation system must be recognized by the data workers such as Leon, Westland and Morey in the process of discovering new players, using detailed data and continuously open new data processing methods to evaluate the players’ future potential and The current capacity provides strong support.

Especially for Arenas’s choice, Leon’s scout report spoke highly of him, especially from the perspective of an attacking point guard. Leon also paid special attention to his aggressiveness and diligence, although he There are also some minor character issues. When discussing draft strategies, Wallace and Angie tended to win Arenas directly at the 11th overall, so as not to have dreams, but Auerbach and Leon both believed that they should take a gamble. Choosing him, this can maximize the interests of the team. If they win Arenas in the eleventh place, the Celtics will definitely not get Joe Johnson, and they will lose a big chip. Secondly, Leon did an in-depth investigation of Arenas’s growth experience and knew that this guy was stubborn and refused to admit defeat. He was constantly denied and crushed the denials of others along the way. Perhaps choosing him in the 21st place would be more exciting His motivation to move forward.

In the 1996 draft, Auerbach made the same risk. He wanted to get Antoine Walker and Kobe Bryant, but it’s a pity that the Hornets manager Dave Cowens didn’t think about it. Jerry West announced earlier that he would take Kobe. Kobe didn't go anywhere except the Lakers, so the Celtics missed Kobe. This is the price of greed.

　　 But this time the Celtics succeeded. Of course, their gain is far less than the possible success of the 1996 choice, but it is enough to make them a small winner in this draft.

The San Antonio Spurs paid no small price in order to get their favorite candidate. In addition to Chris Anderson’s signing opportunity, at the end of the first round of the draft, the Grizzlies, Spurs, and Celtics made a three-way deal. The Grizzlies sent Tony Parker, their 27th pick, to get Celtics point guard Kenny Anderson, and the Spurs had to give their backup guard Steve Cole to Boston Kay. Alters, come and get the Parker they want. The Celtics won their fourth player in this draft, a point guard with four championship experience, and a smart guy who is comparable to Danny Ainge.

Since Kenny Anderson’s salary is as high as $8 million, as a balance, the Grizzlies will also give the Celtics a future first-round pick, a this-round pick and some cash to the Celtics. The 2001 draft came to a successful conclusion. Three potential rookies, an experienced veteran, two future draft picks, and nearly a month of hard work, gave the Celtics a bumper harvest in this draft.

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After the draft, Leon did not return to Boston with the team. The settlement of rookies, veteran trades, contract signing and follow-up matters were all done by Danny Angie and Chris Wallace. Those cumbersome Leon may not be troubled by the issue, but Auerbach does not want Leon to waste his time on these technical tasks. In order for Leon to adapt to the job of an assistant coach as soon as possible, and to break away from the role of scout as soon as possible, especially after completing such a successful draft, people will inevitably have a sense of complacency and satisfaction. This is Austrian. Erbach didn't allow it. He couldn't wait to send Leon to Los Angeles, Boston's mortal enemy in basketball.

Two cities, one in the northeast and the southwest, one cold and one passionate, one heavy and one brisk, just like their team style, Los Angeles will never lack radiant superstars, and the Celtics no matter how big the stars are. To pursue the concept of team basketball-throughout the history of the team, they have never seen a single-season scoring champion.

As the two major basketball mecca of the United States, the two cities and the two teams are not as old as people imagined, or have nothing to do with each other. Other than that, the head of the Celtics, Paul Pierce, is a Los Angeles long. Older children, and Arenas will soon join the ranks.

And if you look through the history of the Lakers, their team also has people with green ancestry, that is, the Celtics champion guard in the 1950s and 1960s, the Lakers champion coach in the 1970s and their champion manager in the 1980s, Bill -Sharman.

The object of Leon’s visit is old Bill Sharman. On the night of the conference, he received a call from Auerbach, asking him to buy a flight ticket for the next day to California, and then to Redon after arriving in Los Angeles. Yes, Sharman lives in a house by the sea.

"I have already contacted William. You go find him, learn something and come back, and he will arrange it for you. Before the start of the training camp, I hope you will look like a coach. You will give me the rest. The numbers are made like a mathematician, I will turn your head off as an ashtray. Also, the preparations for the development alliance have entered the final process. It is expected that their draft will start around November this year. Rees-Anderson is a good boy, although he is not very good to discipline... To be honest, there are a lot of bad boys in our camp this year~www.NovelMTL.com~ I hope you can get something from William!" This is Auerbach on the phone. Li told the old lady Leon that William was Bill Sharman's original name, because the nickname "Bill" was so famous that people forgot his real name.

This is not the first time Leon has come to Los Angeles. In fact, Leon has often come to Los Angeles in the past year. In addition to games, many work related to scouts will be carried out in Los Angeles, because California is the most developed place for basketball in the United States. , There are the most NBA teams, the most NBA players in history and the most complete basketball leagues at all levels.

　　 Leon’s plane landed at LAX International Airport in Los Angeles. From here, it takes only ten minutes by taxi to reach Redondo Beach, a famous seafood town in Southern California.

Although Auerbach wanted to slap Leon with a whip and run around to complete the characters he arranged, Leon still gave himself a short vacation after arriving in Redondo. In the sea breeze at night, he went to Redondo’s most famous Tony Seafood Restaurant, Mei Meidi had a seafood meal, and then enjoyed the beauty of Redondo and the vast and deep Pacific Ocean in the night.

However, Leon still underestimated Auerbach’s impatientness. Early the next morning, Leon was planning to go to the seaside for a good stroll, but he received a call from Bill Sharman: "Come here, kid. Arnold was dying in a hurry. As soon as I woke up in the morning, he called to ask if you came yesterday. I said no, he gave me the phone and asked me to find you as soon as possible. You will have time to transfer, but now I want See you. Can you drive? In the afternoon, I will take you to the University of Southern California~www.NovelMTL.com~Book friends are welcome to visit and read. The latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~www.NovelMTL .com~For mobile phone users, please go to read.