Chapter 124: New forces

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"The team's style of play has caused a lot of controversy, and many people are talking about it. I read the Boston newspapers every day. What do I think? Is the position of the head coach comfortable?" At his home in Auerbach, Washington The red head lit the cigarette while looking at Fox Leon and said.
After the Celtics and Washington Wizards game ended, the team did not leave immediately, because their next stop is New York, the plane can arrive at noon in the morning, so the team will stay in Washington for one night. Leon went to Auerbach's home to visit the old man after the game.
Since resigning all his positions in the Celtics, Auerbach has completely settled in Washington and will no longer return to Boston. Even if the Celtics opened this season, he did not go to the home court of North Bank Garden to watch the game. This made Leon feel slightly disappointed.
"If they had watched the Celtics game seriously, they wouldn't have any doubts like this." Leon responded. He stood opposite Auerbach and was seriously grinding the coffee he brought to Auerbach. Bean, these are the best coffee beans that Khomeinis' father got from Jamaica. Auerbach loves coffee in addition to cigars.
Leon’s tone was obviously dissatisfied. The victory over the Bulls in the first game allowed Leon to win some praise, but there are still quite a few comments that the Celtics’ victory comes from the players’ good feel and form, and Pierce. Super can play. The fact that the team lost nearly 10 rebounds in the game also makes many critics believe that this style of play cannot survive in a league where powerful forwards are rampant.
Leading in the first half of the second game, the victory that was almost overturned in the second half made Leon receive the evaluation of "winning because of good dribbling, good player condition, and almost losing". Perhaps in the eyes of many people, a stumbling victory It's not as good as a glorious defeat, and they certainly wouldn't know that Leon made the strategy before the game. In addition, Leon's lack of timeouts during the game is also considered to be a performance of "lack of experience, too nervous, and not knowing how to control the rhythm".
Most of these criticisms come from the Boston media, the Boston Herald, the Boston Globe TV magazine, and the increasingly developed Internet media. However, local fans in Boston are unexpectedly tolerant and fond of Leon, especially young fans. Full of expectations for this young and brilliant new green shirt army.
Auerbach saw some of Leon’s dissatisfaction and he knew the problems the coach had to face. <>Not comparable in the period of scout and assistant coach.
"Before you can win enough, these must be endured. Boston is one of the cities with the most sports media in the United States. I have been working there for half my life and I can't deal with all of them. I will introduce you to no There are few friends, but there are almost no friends in the media circle. I want to tell you that the best way to control the media is to keep winning. Except for winning, all superficially good relationships will not help you in your work. , Of course. The only effect will be to make you have an image of a'good person' in the readers' minds." Auerbach said while vomiting. He hasn't smoked cigars for a while, but he still sees Leon. Want to smoke one, it seems that this can stimulate his thinking.
"A defense lawyer can always find it." Leon lowered his head and said, brewing coffee, a strong aroma began to spill out of the room. He quoted the famous quote of Frederick II, which was obviously deep in Auerbach's heart. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he took a sip of Leon's coffee.
"But I still have a problem. Danny Ainge has always hoped to be able to trade a strong inside player. The chips are Joe Johnson or Reid, but I don't want them to be exchanged so quickly. I chose them, and It doesn’t mean that they will stay with the Celtics. But unless you have the right person, I won’t recognize the choice of trading for the sake of trading.
Leon seized the opportunity to sue Angie in front of Auerbach A state. Since the summer, Angie has been seeking opportunities to trade strong inside players. His original target was Ronnie Rogers, a strong forward from the Phoenix Suns. Although he is only 6-7, he is a muscular and aggressive player.
"Professional managers and head coaches are different jobs. I have the honor to have been in both positions. As a head coach. All you have to think about is to make the team stronger, better than everyone else. Others The weaker the better. As a professional manager is different, you have to learn to think from the perspective of the other person. Give them what they want to get what you want. A stubborn general manager will not be a good general manager "Faced with Leon's question, Auerbach said unhurriedly.
"But you are a general manager who never loses money." Leon directly pierced Auerbach with a sentence, Auerbach became embarrassed, he glanced at Leon and continued: "The times are different... …It’s different…you know, Angie is from Phoenix and he has a very good relationship there. <>I think it must be the Phoenix people who want Joe Johnson, and they also have the players the Celtics need, he needs Handle this relationship. The NBA deal is not only an exchange of benefits and players, but also an exchange of favors. You see, didn't Chris Wallace also give us a draft pick for next year?" Auerbach himself When he was the general manager, he took advantage of it, but now he understands the principle of exchange of favors.
"I paid the price! I introduced Chip Englande to the Grizzlies. He was originally the first candidate for my shooting coach, so I don’t have to trouble Mr. Siegfried. He is almost 70 years old. "Leon's 2003 draft pick from the Grizzlies was not without cost. When he selected the coaching staff in the summer, the number one candidate for the shooting coach was a little-known shooting consultant Chip Englande. , Was unknown in the player period, and later opened a shooting camp. Steve Cole was one of the guests of this training camp, so he introduced Leon to hope that he could dig Englande from the Nuggets. It happened that Hess was also from the Nuggets, so he could be in Denver settled two candidates.
However, Chris Wallace once hoped that Leon could find a good assistant coach for the Grizzlies. In order to return Wallace’s sentiment to the Celtics' 03 draft pick, Auerbach also offered an assistant coach. Leon introduced Englande to Wallace, and Jerry West used a high salary to hire Englande.
"Okay, okay, I'll talk to Angie and let him be patient. It's not a good thing that management and the coach have disagreements. Danny is a good manager, and you will also be a good coach, but you are a bit stubborn. Look in the good direction, look far away, and let go of those unnecessary things.
Auerbach finally persuaded that since his complete retirement, Auerbach’s personality has suddenly softened a lot, and his temper is not so irritable. It seems to be very open to everything.
The two chatted for a while, and in the middle of the night, Auerbach was a little unable to stay asleep. Leon decided to leave and return to the hotel. Tomorrow he also needed to get up early, he got up to say goodbye to Auerbach. Before leaving, he said: "Arnold, we hope you will come to Boston to watch the game on Wednesday. I know you can't watch TV."
After the trip to Washington, there are two more away games, and the Celtics will return to home. Next Wednesday, their opponent in North Shore Garden will be the three-in-one overlord, the Celtics' feud, and the Los Angeles Lakers. Leon hopes that Auerbach can be there to watch this important match. <>
"Yes, I will." Auerbach nodded and sent Leon out of the house.
Leon, who was leaving in the car, didn’t know that Auerbach didn’t appear in the North Shore Garden in the first game of the season because Auerbach didn’t care about the Celtics and Leon, on the contrary, he cared too much. Care too much. Auerbach, who has experienced many battles and has seen it in every scene, was afraid that Leon would fail in the first regular season of his career, so that he locked himself in his home in Washington, not only not going to the scene, but also radio, The TV is not on. It was not until the next day that he saw the news of the Celtics' victory in the newspaper, and the stone in his heart was only let go.
"Keep on going, my child..." Auerbach thought, looking at Leon's distant figure.
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On November 1st ~EbookFREE.me~ the Celtics team arrived in New York. This time they didn't have to go to Nassau Stadium, but went straight to the sports mecca of Big Apple City, Madison Garden Square. After experiencing two victories, the Celtics began to arouse some topics and attention. In contrast, New York lost two consecutive seasons at the beginning of the season and needed a victory to stop the bleeding. But on the night of the 2nd, the Celtics did not give the New Yorkers this opportunity. The Celtics, who had a day's rest in this game, once again offered the super fast offense in the first game, not only advancing the attack Arenas, but every Celtics player.
, The Celtics flooded the Knicks with a tide of offense. The Knicks who tried to fight the Celtics did not have the smooth offensive coordination of the Celtics. Compared with the win, the bigger news that this game drew is that during the warm-up before the game, Leon led the team in Madison Garden for a 15-minute
off-the-ball simulation training
. The vast New York media opened their eyes.
"There is no ball on the court, but there is a ball in my heart." This is the evaluation given by the senior New York reporter Fred Kobel after watching these 15 minutes of training. From this moment on, he knew that the Celtics This coach has the potential to subvert the NBA.
Two days later, in Chicago, when the Celtics used an insulting score to slaughter the Bulls away, many people in the league began to realize that a new force from an outdated force would begin to rise in the northeastern United States and the Atlantic coast. Up. (To be continued.)