The Whip of the God of Basketball

(There is an emergency in the evening, the update is late, I’m sorry. Every time I get an important recommendation, I have an accident. I’m really sorry, it’s another chapter.) Before leaving Boston for a trip to the west, Leon spent time at Khomeinis’ house A warm and happy Christmas. Khomeinis’ father, Paljuka, invited his daughter and Leon to spend Christmas together at his home, but Khomeinis thought about it again and again and refused her father. She wanted to be with her family during such festivals, but she even more. Want to be alone with Leon, Khomeinis' Electra plot is greatly satisfied with him.

　　 After the high fever, she found that Leon's personality seemed to be a little more lively, no longer as unsmiling as he used to be, and occasionally joked and said witty things, of course, on the whole, she was still a mature and stable person. This makes Leon's charm even more added.

　　 Of course, Christmas is indispensable for Christmas. The protagonists of the game are the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers in the finals last year. As for the other New York Knicks vs. Toronto Raptors, it was completely a side dish. Of course, it’s a bit regretful that the Los Angeles Lakers’ super center O’Neal had to miss this focus due to a toe injury. However, the powerful Lakers still rely on the overall performance of the team’s 10 people to score and 4 people in double figures. The Center beat the 76ers again and topped the league with a record of 20-4. On the contrary, last year's Eastern Conference champion has already fallen out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

After the game, when she saw her idol Iverson scored 31 points but had to accept the team's defeat, Khomeinis was very calm. She explained to Leon: "Just oneself I’m satisfied with my idol’s outstanding performance. As for winning or losing, I’m not a 76ers fan anyway, so I don’t care."

　　 "Do you only watch superstars and your idols when you watch football?" Leon asked while turning off the TV.

"No, I will still look at you." Khomeinis said, biting her lip with her teeth, staring at Leon with two big eyes, looking at his beautiful side face with distinct lines, she couldn't help but leaned forward gently. Kissed.

　　 Leon smiled and turned his face and kissed Khomeinis, then got up from the sofa, lit a cigarette by the kitchen sink and started smoking. Khomeinis stood up and leaned against the wall and said, "Since you got to the Celtics, there have been more and more days of frowning and smoking."

　　 "This is a fun and complicated game, and sometimes I have to use my brain with all my strength." Leon flicked the soot by the pool, and then took another sip. Compared to cigars, he still likes to smoke when thinking. Only when he is relaxed and happy will he take out the big cigar given to him by Auerbach.

Khomeinis walked behind Leon and hugged him lightly, leaning her face against Leon's generous back and said: "Sometimes you don't have to think too much, just look at the moment and think about what you should do the most. One. Assistant coaches don’t need to do too much, do they? Just like me, just concentrate on reading and loving you, isn’t it great?"

　　 After hearing what Khomeinis said, Leon looked up and smiled. The smile was brilliant, and it made sense to want to come to her. No matter what special position Leon has in the Celtics, his position is still an assistant coach, and his focus is to assist the head coach in the training and tactical design of the team. Even if he often plays an important decision-maker in drafts and trades, he is only a senior staff member, and the decision and command power are still in the hands of the president and general manager.

　　 Recently, Leon has been thinking about completing another trade to change the Celtics' lack of offensive ability, the old and the small. However, I rummaged through the league's player manual and tried to communicate and discuss with Wallace repeatedly, but there was no chance. Leon already has his own small network in the NBA. The last time the Celtics traded with the Nuggets, Leon had a direct talk with Vandeweghe. The two met at the Development League Conference in New York, and then they have been because of Scouting work has intersections, which is also one of the important factors that facilitate the conclusion of the transaction.

Even so, the Celtics' intention to trade to obtain high-quality insiders was still not satisfied. Among them, the Seattle Supersonics had the idea of ​​a transaction-Baker, but they hoped to use Arenas as a bargaining chip to join the transaction, which coincided with Arenas. Si broke out. The deal was directly rejected by Angie, and he didn't want another old fritters in the team.

Leon is also not satisfied with a player like Wen Baker. In his heart, he really wants to get inside, only Kevin Garnett, but it is too difficult to get the Wolf King. Not to mention, the contract value of more than 20 million will kill a lot of team space-including the Timberwolves.

Now Leon has a rough plan in mind, that is to put it in the summer of 2003, when Kevin Garnett's contract is about to expire, and at the same time that year when the draft is full of geniuses, use the chips in that time. Overturned. The first difficulty of this plan is whether to get the first round pick of the 2003 Grizzlies. In the three-way trade between the Grizzlies, Spurs, and Celtics, the Celtics got a strange first-round pick, which is related to the pick trade between the Grizzlies and the Pistons.

To put it simply, in 1997, the Grizzlies made a deal with the Pistons. The Grizzlies got Otis Thorpe, and the Pistons can choose the first round of the year in the Celtics' six years from 1998 to 2003. Of course, the decision is the Grizzlies, who will decide which year's first-round picks are sent based on their rank in the draw. Of course, this draft pick is protected by the top pick. From 1998 to 2001, the Grizzlies have not been willing to make their first round of picks, because their record has been poor and the draw is also quite high.

　　 The general manager of the Grizzlies had a wishful thinking. Of course, he had been bad in the past few years and won the top pick. Afterwards, the record will be improved by rebuilding. Then the draft will drop and the Pistons will not feel distressed. No one knows that the top picks every year, the Grizzlies are still bad every year, so they simply handed over another year's draft picks to the Celtics.

　　The problem is that the Grizzlies don't know whether the 2002 draft will be given to the Pistons. If so, the Celtics will get the Grizzlies' 2003 draft. If the Grizzlies are unwilling to give the 2002 draft to the Pistons, due to the constraints of the Stepion clause, then the Celtics' draft will be extended to 2005. Obviously this is the Celtics unwilling to see of.

　　Through the memory fragments obtained from the fever, Leon knew that the stupid Grizzlies would keep holding the draft picks of the previous years until they handed over the most precious third pick of the year 2003 to the mighty Detroit Pistons. It is ridiculous that the Pistons also failed to seize the opportunity and missed a group of geniuses, or that they got a genius, but did not cherish it. Leon is also aware of this history that is familiar and talked about by later generations. Because of this, he desperately wants the Pistons' 2003 lottery. As long as it is not the No. 1 pick, it doesn't matter if it is not the No. 2 pick. Therefore, the core of the problem is how to get the Grizzlies to give the 2002 draft to the Pistons. This is an extremely difficult question. Leon finds that the only thing he can do is wait. Maybe Auerbach will have some way, but everything is too early to say.

Thinking that the first difficulty in achieving his goal would be difficult to overcome, Leon could not help but sigh. He had already smoked the cigarette in his mouth. He squeezed out the cigarette **** and threw it into the trash can, then turned around. Hugged Khomeinis, and then picked her upstairs together.

　　Sometimes more people still have to pay attention to the present.

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　　 After Christmas, the Celtics trained for half a day on the 25th. Leon began to put more energy on training those outstanding young people, especially Joe Johnson.

　　 When he was selected in the draft, Leon still focused more on his trading value. A rookie like this who is stable and comprehensive on offense and defense is often a good bargaining chip. But after many failed attempts, Leon decided to spend more time on him to let his expertise be used. Leon always remembers what Winter once said to him in Los Angeles, “Always let tactics serve the team and give play to the players’ strengths and values, instead of allowing players to unconditionally adapt to tactics, so that you may be able to get Temporary success, but not going to greatness.” Because of this, even if Leon has no less than 600 tactics and changes in his mind, he never uses these tactics to restrain players in training.

　　 He feels that the Celtics have high-quality potential. Before these potentials are really used, any tactical routine to regulate them will limit their growth.

Then on December 26, the Celtics took a plane to Salt Lake City. After five days, they faced the Utah Jazz again. This team has relied on a tactical system for nearly 15 years, like a snowy mountain. A solid and white team like ice and snow that never melts.

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