The Whip of the God of Basketball

Leon ran under the stands and called Auerbach in Washington.

"We got Dennis Rodman. I think Pitino is playing tricks. Maybe you should be more careful." Leon always cut to the chase and said his thoughts directly.

Judging from Pitino's behavior of arbitrarily adjusting the draft pick and directly trading with the Mavericks without discussion with the management, Leon believes that Pitino must have some personal purposes.

Judging from his trading options now, the purpose of this is to disrupt the internal order of the Celtics team. Since you Auerbach let Fox Leon into the team as a scout, then I Pitino Bringing the league's most disobedient, rotten guy into Boston.

Even if Pitino leaves the Celtics one day, it will be considered a time bomb for the team. As for when it will explode, he can't control it.

In particular, Leon knew that Rodman had been terminated by the Mavericks in March. If Pitino wants to get Rodman out of the free market, it will be difficult, because the management is likely to reject this proposal.

Now the subject of the trade is Reid and Thomas, Rodman is just an addition, used to match Griffin's salary, and the Celtics will also get some cash.

As for why Rodman has a contract with the Mavericks for balance, you have to ask Pitino and Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Judging from such unreasonable trading operations, it will never be a temporary It must have been planned long ago.

Leon never regarded himself as a stake sent by Auerbach to the Celtics, so he never reported to Auerbach the internal work of the Celtics, and regarded Pitino as his boss and predecessor. Respect and learn.

However, if Pitino wants to fight against Auerbach and give Auerbach some color, then Leon will not hesitate to stand on Auerbach's side.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for more than five seconds, and then Leon heard Auerbach's slightly hoarse voice, which was the voice of the tortured vocal cords of being a coach for many years.

"Leon, my Fox-Leon, I know you are smart, smarter than most people, what you said may be right, but I want to tell you that the NBA will never lack conspiracy, but the NBA will always rely on strength Win. What Pitino brings is poisonous wine, but it can also be good wine. As for how he is, everything depends on yourself. After the rookie work is over next week, you go back to Boston. You should go to the team and players Let’s get in touch with each other, and don’t always mix with the coaching staff’s conspiratorial masters. Ingenuity is only a part of basketball, go and feel the power of basketball.” Auerbach, like an enlightener, gave Leon the best in an old tone. enlightenment.

But it seemed that Leon was not overwhelmed by Auerbach's brilliance, and he continued: "Okay old man, don't pretend anymore, I will go back to Boston tomorrow. You need to think about Rodman again, I'll call you again when I get back tomorrow. Well, I'm going to hang up."

After speaking, Leon hung up the phone without thinking about Auerbach's blood pressure.

This is the first time that Auerbach has been called "pretentious" in person since he was 70 years old, and it is also the third time that Leon has hung up on him directly.

However, Auerbach, who was quite accustomed to Leon's style, still steadied himself. He gently put the phone receiver back on the base, sat on his chair and started smoking a cigar again.

As the smoke rose faintly, Auerbach couldn't help thinking back to himself and Rick Pitino three years ago. All bad things often have a good beginning.

At that time, Pitino was in full bloom, and he was as straightforward as Leon, without the slightest fear of Auerbach, as if he had been friends for many years.

Auerbach also admired this NCAA coach with a promising career and a bright future, and valued him very much. For this reason, he did not hesitate to give up the idea of ​​making Larry Bird the new head of the Celtics, and used a piece of paper 10 The $15 million-a-year contract brought Pitino to Boston.

After arriving in Boston, Pitino wanted to form his own coaching team, and Auerbach agreed; Pitino wanted to pick his own rookies, and Auerbach certainly agreed; Bach still nodded; in the end, Pitino wanted the position of Auerbach's president, and Auerbach offered to give up without saying a word.

This is Reed Auerbach, an arrogant, arrogant and pragmatic man, when he thinks that what he does can reap benefits, all problems are no longer problems.

"Rick, if you are still thinking about the Celtics and realizing it, you can consider letting you continue to achieve the goal you have achieved; if you want to play tricks, then your time here is completely over. After all, there is already someone who can completely surpass you." Auerbach thought in his heart.

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It was already ten o'clock in the evening when we left the Target Center and returned to the hotel. Leon and Wallace went back to their rooms.

For this unexpected deal, Wallace felt that he had not been respected by Pitino, while Leon chewed over and over in his mind what Auerbach had said to him.

As soon as he returned to the room, Leon fell on the bed. The scouting work was far harder than he imagined. For the past half month, he was either flying or on the way to fly.

He flew almost halfway across the United States just to watch some young guys play.

It must be admitted that such a job requires a love of basketball. Fortunately, Leon feels that he is slowly falling in love with this sport. brought challenges.

Leon, who was lying on the bed, thought about these things, and recalled his body's childhood memories of basketball from time to time, and slowly fell asleep.

But Leon only slept for less than an hour when he was awakened by a violent knock on the door. Leon woke up from a dazed state, thinking why he knocked on the door with his hands when there was a doorbell.

"Is there any urgent matter for Wallace? Could it be that the transaction has changed again?" Leon muttered, he thought it was Chris Wallace who knocked on the door.

So when he opened the door and saw a huge body blocking the door, he was a little confused, he couldn't see his head at all, and his whole body blocked the door.

"You are Fox-Leon!" The giant man at the door shouted, and then he wanted to push Leon, but Leon easily dodged and took a step back. He didn't close the door in a hurry, because He had already guessed who it was from his figure.

Sure enough, when the slender giant bowed his head and entered the door, Leon knew he had guessed right. This person was the head star of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Kevin Garnett.

"I know you, Kevin Garnett, but I don't think you know me. Is there anything I can do for you?" Leon stood 1.5 meters away from Garnett and looked at the Minnesota basketball star. .

He has a dark face with sharp features and big eyes. He is tall and tall, like a giant ape. Judging from the expression on his face, he doesn't seem to be very friendly to Leon.

"There is only one thing that needs your help. You need to give me something back, and that is the fist you gave Malik!" Garnett bared his teeth and shouted at Leon.

Only then did Leon understand Garnett's purpose of coming here, which was to avenge Malik Siri.

Malik Siri was the Timberwolves player who was accidentally injured by Leon in a Boston bar three months ago. At that time, the Timberwolves were playing in Boston. Leon's fist made Siri miss several games. Missed the playoffs.

In private, Garnett and Siri are very good friends. Garnett certainly didn't know that if according to the actual history, Siri was dead, Leon was actually Siri's savior. So Garnett, who has always been loyal, learned that it was the Celtics' current scout who injured Siri at the time, so he took a lot of effort to find Leon's room to avenge Siri.

Seeing Garnett's vicious look, Leon smiled, and this smile made Garnett even more furious. He clenched his fists tightly. Being punched by a 7-foot man is not a joke.

Leon still put away his smile, tilted his head and said to Garnett, "Give me a punch."

"If you can hit it," Leon added after a pause, then stood there staring at Garnett motionless.

Garnett originally only wanted to frighten Leon, but he didn't think about it carefully. How could a guy who can overwhelm a two-meter professional player like Malik Siri with one punch be easily frightened?

After a stalemate for five seconds, Garnett glared at Leon but didn't dare to punch, finally Leon made a move, he stretched out his hand and said to Garnett: "Maybe we can have a drink, Sit down and talk."

Speaking of which, he took the initiative to grab Garnett's arm, and pulled him out of the room. At this time, Leon had the idea of ​​making friends with this guy, because he had watched Garnett's game video, which is a rare The guy who made him feel like a real basketball genius, a genius who was way above the rest.

Thus, a long-term plan is about to be born.