Chapter 308: All-Star

On February 17, 2004, the All-Star Game opened in Los Angeles. Not surprisingly, Fox Leon became the head coach of the Eastern All-Star team. This is the second time Leon has become associated with the All-Star Game after becoming an All-Star assistant coach in 2002.
This time the All-Star game is highly anticipated, because it was held in Los Angeles, which was originally a superstar city, and the All-Star Game held here will undoubtedly add more glory.
In fact, after being elected as the All-Star coach, Leon initially refused. He is very similar to the old-school basketball coach. He does not like these fancy star shows. He thinks that instead of participating in the All-Star, it is better to sleep at home and take a good rest. Make preparations for the hard schedule after the game.
But when he revealed a trace of such intentions, he was warned by the league. Adam Silva personally called Leon, hoping that he would not make such an "unprecedented decision". Indeed, there has been no coach so far. Refusing to be the coach of the All-Star team. In addition, the Celtics are also considered the big winners of the All-Stars. Four starters were selected for the All-Stars. Among them, Garnett and Pierce became the All-Star starters without any suspense.
This situation also forced Leon to give up the idea of ​​making big news, and go to Los Angeles on February 15 to prepare for the All-Star Game. Said it was preparation, but it was actually going to play, to meet Khomeinis, to take a walk on the beach of Santa Monica, and to talk about work and life.
"Have you ever thought of coming to work in Los Angeles?" On the beach, Khomeinis asked Leon a sensitive question.
"That way your father will be off." Leon replied half-jokingly, but he didn't seem to reject this idea.
"Maybe this year you can bring the Celtics to achieve the championship dream. By that time... In fact, California is really great, the real basketball state." Khomeinis put her basketball agent career in Los Angeles makes sense. California is indeed a state of basketball. The three NBA teams have the most in the United States. At the same time, the league has the most players from California. There are two Celtics, Pierce and Arenal. Si, are all resounding characters.
"Maybe... But as long as Arnold is still there, I won't leave the Celtics... Besides, I haven't brought a championship here yet, have I? For Boston, do you think it's an O'Brien Cup? Is that enough?" Leon looked at Khomeinis and said with a smile, and said he put his arms around Khomeinis tightly.
It is already dusk, and the beach under the sunset is like a cotton yarn under the red and yellow intertwined and dyed sky. The waves caress its edges and wash the soles of the two people's feet, a rare beauty and romance.
The next day, on the 16th, the day before the opening of the All-Star Game, Leon accompanied Wang Zhizhi, Dior, Daniels and others to participate in a training class specially for NBA newcomers-how to manage money. This is specifically for those newcomers who have just entered the league for one to two years. Many of them have gone from poor to poverty and become rich overnight. But this time is likely to be short, ranging from more than ten years to a short period of only one or two years. Therefore, the NBA will hold financial seminars for these newcomers during the All-Star Game to teach them how to properly arrange their wealth.
Leon participated in this lecture as a special guest, because he is the only one among all current NBA coaches who holds a CPA international certified public accountant certificate-he served as the Celtics assistant coach from 2001 to 2003 , Used his spare time to get this important accountant qualification certificate. Because he is worried that one day if he doesn't want to work in basketball or can't do it anymore, he can go back to his old line.
Of course, Leon was invited not only because he has such a certificate, but also because of his current reputation in the league and his current identity. He has a huge ability to persuade those young players. Since this is related to the livelihood of many young people in the future, Leon did not talk nonsense in the training class, but gave many pertinent suggestions.
In fact, he himself is a very good financial manager. For a long time, he has been one of the lowest paid coaches in the league, with an annual salary similar to that of an ordinary white-collar worker. And he relied on these few funds in his hands to double his assets in the past two years.
Although Leon would like to tell these young people that if they want to preserve their assets and make a fortune, they can consider investing in real estate in China, but it might be difficult to think about it as an American. But in private, he gave Wang Zhizhi such advice and asked him to buy a house in Beijing.
After spending two relatively leisurely days, on the 17th, the All-Star Game will officially begin. As the head coach of the All-Star team, the job is actually very simple, which is to take a good time and let different star players take turns to perform. Although the East has been inferior to the West in terms of overall strength for many consecutive years, in terms of star quality, the East is no worse than the West. Especially the arrival of Garnett ~EbookFREE.me~ has filled the shortcomings of the lack of stars in the West. From the back line, there are several super popular guards in the East such as Iverson, McGrady and Carter, so Leon’s only worry is not winning, but how to allocate these guys who are good at performing to the 48-minute appearance. In time.
However, in Los Angeles this year, the final protagonist was still given to the owner of Los Angeles. This is also an unwritten rule of the NBA. It will give some care to the home team star of the host city, especially if he is a superstar-O'Neal is obviously a super Celebrity. The darling of the All-Star game, after 2000, he once again shined in the All-Star Game. He scored 33 points in the game and helped the Western Army defeat the Eastern All-Star team. O'Neal also honored the All-Star Game. MVP, the title of star of the stars.
In addition, the champions of the dunk contest and the three-point contest that started before the All-Star Game also had their own masters, and a lively All-Star weekend ended. Unlike the players who stayed in Los Angeles and continued to have fun, Fox Leon immediately drove back to Boston by plane because Danny Angie called from Boston, hoping that he would come back when the trading market was about to close, and analyze together Take a look at the current situation.
Because Danny Angie has got the news, the Detroit Pistons are now ready to move, and are preparing to complete a big deal in the trading market, which will make a facelift and become a champion contender in one fell swoop. (To be continued.)