The Whip of the God of Basketball

　　 Joe-Johnson spent the last day of 2001 with his family in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, and then greeted the first day of 2002 with his mother’s breakfast at home. Boston is half an American distance from Little Rock, but Johnson still hopes to be able to spend the New Year with his family to commemorate his very important year on the road of basketball.

　　 Unlike many black players from single-parent families, Joe Johnson comes from a warm, united family. Although he also has to face poverty, violence and drugs, the close family relationship still allows him to spend a better childhood. And his mother told him since he was a child to be a low-key person, do things with a sullen head, don't be arrogant, don't be close to danger, which shaped Joe Johnson's low-key and steady personality, even a little cold and cold. So when the Celtics came to the most racially discriminatory city in the United States, Joe Johnson did not complain or fear, but silently waited for the opportunity and the opportunity to shine.

　　 At breakfast, Johnson’s mother Diana fried him two eggs, heated a glass of milk and a few slices of bread. Since Johnson entered the NBA, their family situation has improved a lot. Serving milk, Diana hugged Johnson's head and gave him a big kiss, and said, "You are my pride, child." Because of her son, Diana no longer has to stay there anymore. She used to be injured by a patient there, and it was from that time that Joe Johnson vowed to enter the NBA to play in the psychiatric hospital and prevent her mother from engaging in such dangerous work.

　　 Facing his mother’s praise, Johnson only smiled slightly. Even with his relatives, he is not very good at expressing his emotions. Sometimes he is too reserved. During the short period of Paul Pierce's injury, Johnson seized the opportunity to give full play to his offensive skills. Obviously, his offensive skills were not in vain during the time he came to Boston. He doesn’t like the city of Boston. Leaving aside racial discrimination, it’s too cold, too humid, too small, too cold, too much crazy shouting, and of course, it’s too glorious and heavy history. A big shackle was on Johnson's body.

Among the three rookies newly recruited this year, Joe Johnson was originally the highest pick and was considered the best in talent and skill, but after coming to Boston, Arenas undoubtedly stole Johnson's limelight, the Celtics After replacing Kenny Anderson, a vacancy was originally left at the point guard position to give Arenas a chance. A veteran like Steve Kerr can only play as a substitute. Especially after O'Brien finished class, Arenas gradually got the team's key training, coupled with his hard training and self-confidence overwhelming character, soon played well in the game.

　　 On the front line, the Celtics have a core player Paul Pierce, and it happens that Pierce and Johnson are similar in play, but Pierce’s technical level and game experience are not as good as Johnson. The other shooting guard of the team, the young Michael Reid, is slant, with super fast shooting speed and better and better running ability, and his position among the Celtics is becoming more and more stable. Johnson hardly has too many opportunities to play.

　　 He chose to wait silently, and spend 200% of his efforts in daily training, ready for opportunities that may come at any time. On the night against the Utah Jazz, when Paul Pierce was knocked to the ground by an elbow by Malone, Johnson had to admit that there was such a trace of excitement and expectation in his heart at the time, hoping that Pierce could lie on the ground more. After a while, he might have more chances to play. Of course, this is just a flash of thought. Johnson is not the kind of person who gloats and builds his happiness on the suffering of others, but he really wants to play.

　　 Thinking of this, Johnson still felt a little ashamed. For his flashy thoughts at the time, he lowered his head and ate a piece of bread and took a sip of milk. He felt that the sweetness in his mouth was just like the past week. Although the team lost three in the four games of the Western Conference away trip, Johnson's personal performance was quite good, scoring 15 points in all four games, and scored a career high of 19 against the Clippers. Minute. Now his biggest wish is to score more than 20 in a game. He hopes that averaging 20 points can become his habit.

"Okay, mom, don't give me fried chicken chops anymore, I won't eat these things. Pack me up, I'll fly back in two hours." Johnson saw his mother was still frying himself The chicken utterance stopped her. Fried chicken is the most famous food in Arkansas. Although it has always been known for its unhealthy nature, most people still can’t resist the temptation of fried chicken’s scent and tender taste, especially Arkansas fried chicken with Mexican hot sauce. Human desires can't stop. Johnson was once a loyal fan of fried chicken, but after becoming a professional basketball player, he will stay away from these things.

"Why don't you leave in the afternoon? Uncle and uncle still want to have dinner with you at noon! I have prepared a lot of dishes. Didn't you say that you will have games in the evening and training in the afternoon!" All mothers obviously don't want it. His son left early, and Diana was no exception.

Johnson shook his head and said: "The coach of the team sent a text message last night, telling us to advance to the morning of the 1st, so I must rush to Boston tonight and get a good night's sleep. Okay, mom, wait later. I got a big contract, I will buy a big house, so that all my family can live together. "Said Johnson hugged his mother.

　　 When he was two children, Johnson got on the plane back to Boston. The text message last night was from Leon. In fact, NBA coaches rarely send text messages to players telling them to change the training time, especially in advance. This is not a university, and the players under them are not students. Some veterans are people with a family and a living. They have their own lives and routines. When the team decides to give them a holiday, they want a text message to call them back quickly. It's not that easy.

But Leon can do it. Johnson knows this. Sometimes in the bottom of his heart, he has to admit that he is a little afraid of this unique assistant coach. He will always put on the look of "I can't be wrong", but the truth is that he is true. Is rarely wrong. This makes the players form a stereotype-don't go against Fox Leon, opposing him means you will make a mistake. Thinking of Leon embracing his arms and standing on the sidelines looking at everyone coldly, Johnson shuddered.

　　 "Damn, why does this guy feel like this? In fact, others are pretty nice..." Johnson couldn't help thinking.

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On the morning of the 2nd, Leon arrived at the training hall early. Originally, the team gave all players and employees a two-and-a-half-day vacation, allowing the players to return to Boston in the afternoon on the 2nd and go directly to the TD North Shore Garden for training. Participated in the first game of 2002 against the Orlando Magic. However, a text message sent by Leon called everyone together half a day earlier, and no one opposed or asked for leave. Even Dennis Rodman stepped on to the training hall. Although he was full of alcohol, he could see The nightclub came out directly. "Although I smell like alcohol, I don't actually drink much." Rodman also explained it, and it seemed that he was indeed not drunk.

Joe Johnson arrived at Boston Airport at 10 o’clock last night. After getting off the plane, he hurried back to his apartment to rest. The next day he also got up early to attend training. When he arrived at the training hall, Arenas and Michael Reid And Paul Pierce has been in the arena for an hour of shooting practice.

　　 Before the training started, Carol held a small meeting for the players in the small conference room. He briefly described the team's training plan for today, asked the players, and then handed the podium to Leon.

Today Leon is very smart. He picked up an oil-based pen and wrote a word on the whiteboard in the conference room, "Habit". He said to everyone: "Everyone sees the five-letter word~ www.NovelMTL.com~ Habits, habit is to do something repeatedly, such as our training. When everything becomes a habit, then everything will come naturally without thinking, because it has become a part of our lives. For example, I erased the'H'." With that said, Leon erased the letter H with the eraser.

"There are still'a-bits' (some), if I erase'A', we still have'bits' (a little bit), if I erase'B', then'it' (it) is still with us At the same time, this is the power of habit. They follow you. If you have bad habits, he will continue to destroy them. If you have good habits, then you will benefit for a lifetime. Now, a little and a half of the season has passed, and I am always observing Every one of you. I am also studying, I am also thinking. Today, Coach Carroll gave me the power to formulate a new and more reasonable training plan and tactical arrangement for the team. Then, I must make good habits. , In the Celtics team culture, renewed."

With that said, Leon took out more than a dozen training plans from the backpack behind him. This is a revised version of the plan that O'Brien denied before. Starting today, this training outline will accompany Celtic. People’s players have been revised, added and deleted for many years, using Fox-Leon’s superb wisdom, meticulous observation and summarizing ability, combining the experience learned from many predecessors, and solving various problems in actual combat training. The way eventually became an important page in Celtic basketball culture. Leon has taken an important step in writing his basketball bible.

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