Chapter 112: War of words

At the same time that Morey persuaded Ciri in Minnesota, Leon had left New York and returned to Boston. Before the start of the training camp this summer, his focus will be on
On his coaching team.
The Celtics selected Argentine power forward Luis Scola with the 21st overall pick in the second round of the draft. This is Chris Wallace who stayed before leaving the Celtics.
The last legacy to the team, since 2000, Wallace has been paying attention to this unique American forward, and before leaving for the Grizzlies, he left Scola.
Complete scout report. In the end, the Celtics finally listened to Wallace's opinion-after he resigned, he picked the forward in the draft.
Of course, after being selected, the Celtics got news that Scola will not come to the NBA in the short term, because his home team, the Lithuanian Tau Ceramics team, offered 3.5 million US dollars.
The cost of buying out is something the Celtics cannot afford. So they retained Scola's right to sign, but he was not able to play in Boston.
This in fact means that the Celtics have had almost nothing in the player market except for the renewal of Paul Pierce so far. They have not had any big deals.
Rumor has it that there is no room to sign heavy free agents and no high-quality rookies to join. Only two marginal players in the league have been harvested, which made it into the Eastern Conference finals last season.
The Celtics of the game were judged as "not enterprising."
The summer offseason always goes by quite quickly. In a blink of an eye, it’s August, and August 3 is good. A big deal finally happened in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics’ biggest opponent in the Eastern Conference, the Nets.
The team and the Philadelphia 76ers, the previous Eastern champions, completed a heavy substitution. The Nets sent center McCulloch and forward Van Horn to the 76ers and got the 76ers’ main center Dee.
Kember Mutombo.
For a while, the Eastern Division team can be described as turbulent, especially the sensitive Boston media, who automatically substitutes the Nets as the strongest opponent to challenge next season, thinking that the Nets' supplement
Strong. Make the gap between Celtics and opponents even bigger.
"The Nets may not have the Celtics in their eyes at all. They added that Mutombo was to fight the Los Angeles Lakers. The fact that they were swept in the Finals made them understand.
Without a strong inside, it is impossible to hit the championship. And look at our Celtics. Not even a decent center. "This is the Boston Tribune
After the day was traded, the evaluation of this exchange was accompanied by complaints that the Celtics did nothing in the player market in the summer.
At this time, Fox Leon, and his new coaching team, started their one-week team break-in trip in the Appalachian Mountains. As early as seven
Mid-month. Leon sent an invitation to the core members of the team's coaching staff this year to travel together to Katadine Mountain in Maine. In the hot summer, to the forest covered mountain
It's really a good choice to go to escape the heat. At the beginning of July, the Celtics completed the signings with Cowens, Siegfried and Hess. Of course, such a signing will not
After receiving media attention, Cowens’ return may cause some attention, but in Boston, where famous people are everywhere, there is really nothing to focus on.
Returning to Boston undoubtedly made Cowens and Siegfried a little excited, they did not hesitate to agree to Leon's invitation. I came to Augusta, the capital of Maine early,
Leon and Dick Hart are also waiting here for a long time. Hess, who is far away in Denver, spent some time dealing with his gym career in Denver, but they were also in Leon.
After arriving in Augusta the next day, the five-person team took a train to Kata Din Mountain.
As part of the Appalachian Mountains, Katadin Mountain is formed very early, so the mountain is gentle, not high in elevation, and the terrain is not complicated.
The forest is densely covered. After arriving at Kata Din Mountain. The five people in the off-road vehicle have been driving in the shade of the trees, completely avoiding the summer sun and enjoying the shade of the mountains.
Their destination is Katadin Lake near the Katadin Basin, which is the lowest place in the Katadin Mountains. Leon booked a lakeside cottage there as a base
point. In addition to Hess, people like Hart and Siegfried are close to 70 years old, so they must focus on ensuring their health and safety. Activities such as mountain climbing and hunting are
No, but fishing and boating will become the best leisure activities.
Of course, Leon did not really come here with a group of old men for leisure. In addition to Hess in this coaching team, Cowens and Siegfried strictly
In justice, Auerbach recruited him, Dick Hart is the legacy left by O’Brien, as the team’s head coach, if there is no way to be in this team
To gain enough prestige and the trust of the old men, then his position as the head coach can't sit securely.
On the first night at a campfire party next to the cabin, Leon was challenged by Dave Cowens.
"Recently I read the Boston newspaper. The Nets got Mutombo. A good deal. I think it will make the Nets stronger than last season. But look at our
The team, our inside, who got it? That Chinese, Wang? To be honest, I don't know if he can defend or rebound. He is like a noodle. Say
Talk about your thoughts kid, as a member of the coaching team, I feel qualified to know your thoughts. We may not participate in this contract. "Dave Cowens doesn't
I was merciful and asked Leon’s intention to sign Wang Zhizhi. This contract caused a lot of controversy in Boston. Many people believed that Wang Zhizhi was only a commercial consideration.
consider. Especially after Wang Zhizhi came to Boston, he immediately held a press conference to announce that he would return to China to participate in the national team game, and acted for his reckless behavior before.
apologize. And just two days after the press conference, Wang Zhizhi took the plane back to China and actively participated in the preparations for the national team World Championships.
Such behavior is hard not to be understood as a move by the Celtics in order to attract the Chinese fan market, but signing Wang Zhizhi did not cost the Celtics too much.
Salary costs, so doubts about it soon died down.
For such doubts, Leon has never expressed his views in public, but he must explain in front of Cowens. The equally straightforward white center does not
He is a foolish guy. He was aggrieved because Auerbach traded his good friend. At the same time, he announced on the bus because he was tired of basketball.
Retired. This time he returned to Boston, Auerbach must have made a big compromise, but to really return his heart to the Celtics, Leon needs to show that he is building a team
Rationality and long-term thinking.
"People always tend to make up for their shortcomings. Rather than play to their strengths. Like the New Jersey Nets, they were torn apart by O'Neal in the Finals, so they had to change
Come to Mutombo, but since Mutombo could not stop O'Neal in 2001, I believe he will not be O'Neal's opponent in 2003. And what is the advantage of the Nets
What place? Gorgeous and fast break. An oppressive perimeter defense. We lost here in the Eastern Conference Finals, lost to their oppressive defense, our offensive space
Squeezed into small pieces by them. However, they did not want to continue to strengthen these two points, but felt that ‘enough is enough, we should do something else’. I bet, with
The growth of our perimeter players and their oppressive defense will no longer be so powerful. So, where is our advantage? Attack speed
talent. There is also enthusiasm on the defensive end. Wang is not a very good player. I admit that his overall quality is not enough to keep him in the NBA for a long time. His
The strength and speed are unqualified, and the defense is a mess. But I don’t expect to get this from him. Just think about Dave, a fast offense and an outside player who can
What kind of inside helper does a very strong team need? A good insider who can protect the backboard and send a pass. Sorry, I plan to get him next year. A big man who is good at running, jumping and rebounding, we have, Chris Anderson, and more. A 7-foot three-pointer that can hit a three-pointer from the outside and pull the opponent's big man out of the three-second zone. Of course, the first is the most important, and the third is the least important, but we only spent a small price. Is not it. "
Leon is not a person who likes long talks. He does not expect that he can persuade an experienced basketball player like Cowens to agree with his ideas by just a few words. Everything will have to wait until the season starts to watch the game to show its effect. . It’s just that now, even verbally, Leon must be able to answer Cowens’s questions and express his clear views and ideas to them, regardless of whether they can be recognized, if they don’t speak out, even if one day they do A grade will also be considered to be miserable.
"Then why did you sign Malik Cily? So far he has not fully recovered from his injury. It is said that this is to get Kevin Garnett, because Cily is a good friend of Garnett. But the signing star is pinned. On one of his so-called friends, I don’t think this is a good idea. Almost everyone in the league now knows that the Celtics want Garnett. This is not Auerbach’s style. Let the opponent know yours before the transaction is truly successful. Ideas are very dangerous." Siegfried also said his own problem. In more than a month, Siegfried made up for his knowledge and knowledge in basketball. UU Read www. uukanshu.com also tried to set up a basketball team in the correction center. After several weeks of training to find the feeling of being a coach, it has achieved good results.
Faced with Siegfried’s questioning, Leon set aside a bonfire with a branch to make the flames more vigorous, and replied:
There is an old Chinese saying that
three people become tigers
. It means that three people take turns to the street and shout Tigers, everyone believes that there are tigers. The times are different from the past. All transactions and signings are conducted under the sun and transparency. There is no market for conspiracies. We need conspiracy. When we repeatedly disclose such news , One day when Garnett wants to leave the Timberwolves, the first thing that comes to mind will be us. And I understand Garnett’s character. I have observed him carefully for a long time. He is a very severely split personality inside and outside. On the one hand, it is very emotional, but it also values ​​money. On the other hand, it is tough and aggressive, but it has a fragile side in it. For this kind of swing personality, the best way to deal with him is to be firm and continuous offensive , To be honest, he deserves such a comeback. In the current league, no one is more suitable for Boston than him."
In this way, Leon opened the tongue warfare mode in front of the bonfire, from tactics to psychology, from operation to rules, one by one in response to questions from the old people, and at the same time fully revealed his team building plan.
When the night was getting deeper and the bonfire was getting colder, the coaching team's trust in Leon increased a little bit. (To be continued.)