The Whip of the God of Basketball

Leon rode his bike and followed the old man’s golf cart to the entrance of the basketball stadium. This is a square-shaped old-fashioned basketball stadium. It is very tall and large. There are huge glass lattice windows on all four walls to let in the sun. Shine into the arena. The old man got out of the golf cart and led Leon into the arena. There was no one inside, and the empty arena looked depressed under the fading sunlight.

However, starting from the day after tomorrow, the annual children’s basketball training camp in the Boston area will also be held here. The organizer of this training camp is the white-haired old man Leon met, the most legendary figure in the history of Boston basketball, known as the red dress. The Bishop's Arnold-Jacob-Auerbach-people more often call him "Red Head" Reid-Auerbach.

Of course, there are impressions of this famous figure in Leon’s memory bank. His legend and experience in the NBA are well-known in the Boston area. Even though Leon didn’t have much interest in basketball, the name Auerbach was for him. In terms of it is also like a thunderbolt.

But looking at this gray-haired, somewhat wilted old man, Leon could perceive that the vitality and vitality on his body were declining very badly. This is what an old man often shows in his old age—hair dry and messy, skin Wrinkled and bloodless, eyes lacking brilliance, and weak back, like an old cat that hasn't moved all day in the sun.

However, at the moment when he took him to the goal hall and stepped on the wooden floor, Leon could feel the old man burst into a strange look. Auerbach walked under the basket and looked around with his hands on his hips. Although there was no one around, Leon felt that he was reviewing his team, paying tribute to the fans, and demonstrating to his opponents.

　　 It’s just that the illusion lasts very short.

"There are a lot of stools here!" Auerbach looked at it for a while and said loudly to Leon, then took a cigarette and said: "Those stools are stacked on the wall facing north. Your main job today and tomorrow is Bring all those stools in and place them in preparation for the day after tomorrow’s opening ceremony."

　　 Leon nodded. He didn't talk much. If the job here is to put a stool, it should be easier, but Auerbach's subsequent words made Leon feel that the job is not that simple.

Auerbach took Leon to the north outer wall of the stadium. There is a small open space. Stacks of chairs are piled up. They are all folding chairs with metal frames and wooden stools. Each is not too light. And Leon found that part of the chair surface of these chairs is white and part of the chair surface is green.

"This is a folding chair pulled from Boston. I have liked this chair since 1981. For twenty years, I have children and parents sitting on it to listen to the opening speech every training camp. Then the team's substitute The seats and the spectator seats on the sidelines will all use these stools. See if they are not, move them in and place them neatly. Remember to put out a clover." Auerbach placed a clover for Leon problem.

The clover is one of the Boston Celtics' symbols. This concise and impressive logo has accompanied the Boston Celtics, the king of the NBA, for decades, regardless of other teams' three years. One small change, five years, one big change, to update his team logo, this small clover is always engraved on the Celtics uniform.

　　 Auerbach didn’t mean to embarrass Leon. Every year at the training camp, he would ask the staff to place the green and white chairs in a clover pattern. But that’s not the work of one person, but more than a dozen people. Draw a line on the floor and arrange the chairs together according to the number of the chair and the placement picture. This way, standing on the stand, you can see the green and white chairs. Form a pattern of clover on a white background.

But since Auerbach stepped down as the general manager of the Celtics in 1997, his basketball training camp has not had such a big battle. In addition, he himself is very old, and many things cannot be done by himself. As a result, children’s basketball training camps are shrinking day by day. There are fewer and fewer outstanding basketball teenagers willing to participate in training camps. They are more willing to go to professional teams in big cities or training camps opened by back-to-school stars in colleges, and many of them will become famous in the future. Genius teenagers.

By this year, Auerbach could not even seconde the Celtics to help prepare for the training camp. There were not many children who signed up for the training camp. There was nothing in the restaurant two days before the start of preparation, so he I had to borrow community service places from the community management center, hoping that people who participated in community service could come and help.

　　 So, Leon, who just came out of prison and needed to complete the community service task, was arranged here, and he was the only one.

　　 Leon looked at the stacked chairs, like a hill. It is an impossible task to move them all in and arrange them in patterns.

Auerbach looked at Leon not speaking, raised his eyebrows and said, "How? I know it's a bit difficult. I thought the community center would send a few more people over. How can I know that you are the only one? I need to find some volunteers to help. You should move as much as possible today. You can leave by 5:30 and come back tomorrow..."

Auerbach was about to turn around and leave, but he heard Leon say: "A total of 231 chairs, 151 green and 80 white, if you want to arrange them in a clover pattern, you need a 15X15 square shape, with 2- 7,2-8,14-7,14-8,7-2,8-2,14-7,14-0 are the four boundary lines of the clover. 150 green chairs and 75 white chairs are needed. The shape of a clover, although not very beautiful, with a few chairs, but it should look good from a high place..."

Auerbach swept Leon from top to bottom. He thought this looked tall, with only strength and appearance. The guy in the mess was frightened by the work he arranged and this big push. He actually drew a pattern of how to arrange the chairs in his mind.

　　 What surprised Auerbach even more was that he didn't know why Leon knew there were 231 chairs here, so he asked, "Are you counting the chairs here?"

Leon replied: "No, I am a number of twenty and twenty. Although there are many chairs, the arrangement is still neat. I divided them into pieces, 20 each, plus some bits and pieces. Just count it out."

Auerbach heard Leon’s words and looked at the piles of messy chairs-they were all pulled by the team from the warehouse of the old Boston Celtics training hall. I really don’t know where these things are neatly. .

　　 "How long will it take to finish this work?" Auerbach seemed to come out of surprise quickly and asked seriously.

　　 "One hour and forty minutes, if I can have a free dinner here." Leon quickly replied.

　　 Free dinner, this is also very important to Leon now, because the community service center takes care of the food, he needs less than 200 dollars in his pocket to survive the day, and it is also very good to be able to eat a meal.

"OK, deal. If you finish today's work, I can also provide breakfast tomorrow, and I will give you more important work tomorrow." Auerbach promised simply and neatly, and his words sounded like Leon I should feel honored for this. In fact, the so-called more important job is to wipe all the glass windows outside the training hall-these large French windows are three meters high.

This is Auerbach’s style. Although it’s eighty years old, pragmatism is always paramount in dealing with problems. No matter whether the community center sends a criminal, a stupid man or a hidden genius, Austria Erbach focused on only one point-to solve the immediate problem, if the other party wants to negotiate terms, then promise him, but at the same time put forward more terms.

　　 After talking about the conditions, Auerbach drove his golf cart again and started to wander around, leaving Leon alone facing more than 200 folding chairs.

Two months of prison life did not debilitate Leon at all. UU reading www.uukanshu.com he lived very healthy, his diet and routine were very regular, and he had a lot of free time every day to exercise. Fox-Leon’s physical foundation Yes, the limbs are sturdy and powerful, but he is addicted to wine all year round.

The life of a Puritan in prison has recovered his body and is more robust. He found two hemp ropes from the arena, a large iron basket cart for basketball, and piled more than 20 chairs into the iron at a time. In the box car, then tied with thick hemp rope, and then pushed to the gym.

Just this repetitive work took more than an hour, and then in the gym, Leon relied on his imagination and used the court lines as a reference line to place 225 chairs in place one by one, and stood. In the stands, you can see a slightly rough white clover pattern.

When he finished this workshop, exactly one hour and forty minutes passed. At this time Auerbach wandered back in his golf cart. As a result, he saw the neatly arranged and patterned chairs. And Fox-Leon, sweating and panting.

Auerbach did not expect that this guy said that he could really complete the work in one hour and forty minutes. You must know that to complete this work in the past few years, it would take twelve volunteers to spend two hours. time.

　　 "If you go to the construction site to move bricks and walls, believe me, you can build an Empire State Building by yourself. So, why go to prison for crime?" Auerbach asked in an elder's tone, with a lesson.

　　 Leon shook his head and said, "If I don't go to jail, I can't stand here today, am I, Mr. Auerbach. Also, for dinner, I want to eat turkey."

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