The Whip of the God of Basketball

"One, Michael Jordan will come back this season, two, the Lakers will win three consecutive championships in the 2002 season, three, the Chinese football team will qualify from the World Cup qualifiers and enter the World Cup, what else, what else... By the way, the United States Will fight Afghanistan... But what's the use?" Leon stayed in his cabin one night after returning to Boston, took out a large white paper and began to dig out all the memories in his mind, especially Some significant events. These things left a deep impression in Leon's mind. Leon probably wrote it down when he saw the TV news.

What makes Leon a little strange is that in July this year, China successfully bid for the 2008 Olympic Games. Leon didn’t feel the slightest when seeing the news. It seemed that such a major event did not impress Leon too much. . Leon estimated that these events should be remembered randomly, because he was young at that time, maybe one day he went home and the TV news was broadcasted and he remembered it. If he didn't hear it, he didn't remember it.

　　 Now Leon is searching his brain repeatedly, looking for some memories related to American basketball, but unfortunately, except for Jordan's comeback and the Lakers' triple dominance in the 02 season, he can hardly recall other news. Moreover, the entire memory period came to an abrupt end in the summer of 2002. He only remembered that he went to his uncle's house to play in the zoo that summer, and it was all broken off later.

　　 Leon is a pragmatic person. He has no intention of exploring a life that has disappeared. He just wants to pick out some useful things from the broken pieces. When he was a child, he was not a person interested in sports. It seemed that he wanted to piece together NBA-related information. It was pure luck. See if he overheard NBA-related news when he was a child.

In that era when the media was not particularly developed, a kid who didn’t care about basketball had few opportunities to see news about the NBA. If Leon really cared about the NBA at that time, then he would see Wang Zhizhi on the court. When, he should be able to think of something.

"It seems that I really didn't care about sports in my last life..." Leon thought, but he was still a little unwilling. He was confident in his memory. He knew that many things were not completely forgotten, but hidden. In the deep consciousness. Many things do not necessarily come to mind when they try to think about it, but when they are stimulated by similar or related events, they will suddenly come to mind. This is also a characteristic of unconscious memory.

　　 Leon is convinced that a considerable part of this memory returned to his mind should be hidden in the deep subconscious. If he wants to find information related to basketball, he needs special stimulation. So Leon found all the news papers in his home, and began to browse the NBA-related news over and over again, hoping that some vocabulary and sentences would evoke some deep memories.

　　 Leon flipped through the newspaper at the same speed as the wind, and those words flowed through his mind one by one. Finally, when he saw a piece of news related to the New Jersey Nets, a memory popped out of his mind.

"The team that played with the Lakers in the 2002 Finals will be the New Jersey Nets!" Leon just remembered that the 2002 championship would be the Lakers, but he couldn't remember who their opponents in the Finals would be. After all, who would be. Remember the loser?

　　 Leon still turned to this information in the depths of his memory. It seemed to be of little use, but it was very important to Leon, far more important than the news of Jordan's comeback.

　　 This should start from the public opinion evaluation after this draft. Overall, the Celtics had a bumper harvest in the 2001 draft. The three players Dalem Porter, Arenas and Joe Johnson have proved to be very promising players in the subsequent summer league. They The three-member Celtics Summer League team remained undefeated throughout the summer, and the backcourt composed of Arenas and Joe Johnson swept the Orlando Summer League.

　　 But this is only a summer league after all. Many people still think that the Celtics have been overly inclined to outside players in the past two years of drafting, especially for two consecutive years of picking three attacking guards. Even within the Celtics, there have been some differences, thinking that one of Joe Johnson, Arenas and Michael Reid should be traded as soon as possible in exchange for a better and more practical insider. Especially after the Toronto Raptors and Orlando Magic got Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing respectively, such dissatisfaction has become increasingly prominent in Boston, and there have been more and more criticisms of the draft results.

Because with the destruction of the Los Angeles Lakers on the road to dominance, and the almost invincible performance of Shark O’Neal, the entire league has set off a wave of containment of O’Neal. Many teams have learned from the Portland Trail Blazers or the Indiana Pacers. , Hoarding a large number of defensive insiders, especially in the West, where there are many talents on the front line, the accumulation of insiders by each team is almost crazy. This trend has more or less affected the Eastern Conference, especially the Pacers and 76ers who have entered the Finals in the past two years are typical teams that pile up defensive interiors, so this makes Kai, who once had the strongest frontcourt lineup in NBA history, The Celtics fans miss the era when they are in control, and public opinion is also affected. They are dissatisfied with the Celtics' continuous selection of backcourt players and then trading an old point guard.

Head coach O'Brien is one of them. Influenced by traditional thinking, he and Pitino have always expected to get a good player who can support the Trail Blazers. Originally, he thought the Celtics would be after the draft. During the transaction, the management still had no news until the preseason was about to start. For Leon, who dominated the draft, he began to bear tremendous pressure. In particular, he is now an assistant coach of the team. After returning to Boston to start training, he is responsible for optimizing the entire team's tactical play and system. In discussions with O'Brien and Vogel , They had a disagreement on the issue of imaginary enemies.

O'Brien and Vogel believe that the Celtics' top-heavy lineup model and the corresponding tactical play were battered with rebounds when the entire league is strengthening the inside. Last season, their rebounds were not good. it is good. Leon believes that since they are in the East, there is no need to target O'Neal and the West. The Raptors and Magic won't be successful even if they get Olajuwon and Ewing. The success or failure of the Philadelphia 76ers is entirely tied to Iverson. One person, Leon believes that next season will really dominate the Eastern Conference is likely to be the Bucks, who lost a tiny bit in the Eastern Conference finals this year.

It now seems that Leon should have guessed wrong, but the Nets and Bucks are very similar in the team structure. Both are based on a flexible backcourt-strike combination. Especially the Nets changed to Marbury this summer. With Jason Kidd, although the outside world is not optimistic about the exchange of the head guard, Leon already knows that this will be a completely new exchange for the Nets.

Recalling this message, Leon knew it in his mind and strengthened his views on the current team building and tactical route. He insisted on giving priority to talents and fighting for the bargaining chips for future operations; without a decisive super insider joining. , Adhere to the outside line-based route, refuse to hoard defensive inside lines, improve the flexibility of play, and give play to the talents of the players in all aspects.

This is not the idea of ​​Leon alone. UU Read www.uukanshu.com is a general policy put forward after several discussions with Auerbach. Auerbach finally decided to give up the past superstars to win the picks. Changing the team's thinking overnight, the league's suppression and Stern's targeting made such old tricks no longer work. Auerbach and Leon repeatedly discussed, thinking that if you can’t pick a superstar who can completely change the team, then pick the best player that can be selected, accumulate enough chips, and then look for opportunities to seek big deals to change everything. Superstar.

It is not easy to persuade Auerbach to accept such a strategy. The old man has played a whole life of conspiracy and tricks, robbed halfway, and made big gains, but he did not expect that one day he would also embark on the game of "saving five zero votes for the whole vote". . Danny Angie and Leon are on the same line. Chris Wallace also obeys this policy. Only O'Brien and Vogel insist on selecting and trading the most suitable lineup based on the current lineup. A player of France and firmly believes that he can lead the team further. Just because of Auerbach's pressure, their voices did not become mainstream.

　　If the Celtics have a poor record and a chaotic lineup after the start of the season, then it is hard to say how things will develop.

　　 Leon can't help but feel a little strenuous thinking about these things, O'Brien is a very good guy, very popular with the players, Leon and him are not personally at odds. But the discord in basketball philosophy will one day break out. As Leon deepens his understanding of basketball, their conflicts will deepen. This is completely different from the grievances between Pitino. Leon has realized that the assistant coach's year will be a very difficult one.

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