Chapter 363: Digging

Leon's name can be said to be known to everyone in the entire NBA. Even an old man who sweeps the floor in an arena knows this iron fist coach from Puerto Rico. e1xiaoshuo However, the Mavericks player Jose Barea turned a blind eye to his compatriots. Of course he knew Leon. As a legendary coach with Puerto Rican descent, Leon is a hero in Puerto Rico.
If you see Leon on the side of the road, on the court or elsewhere, Barea will definitely go up and ask for an autograph and take a photo with him. But in the Mavericks summer league training hall, Barea saw Leon but suppressed his excitement and gave Leon a soft nail. Because their coach Carlisle really said that if you meet Fox Leon in the training camp, you will stop him from entering.
A total of 22 NBA teams signed up for the Las Vegas Summer League. Later, the Boston Celtics and Seattle Sound opted out and participated in the summer leagues in other regions, so a total of 21 goals were included in the Chinese national team. team. The game was divided into 4 big groups, each group of five to six teams in a single loop, and then the first place in each group entered the semi-finals, competing for the final championship.
The Phoenix Suns are not in a group with the Dallas Mavericks, and the Suns have lost three of the four games, and they must have missed the final semifinals, so the Mavericks and Taiben have no chance to meet. Leon knew that Carlisle had become the Mavericks' assistant coach. He ran to watch the game between Boston and Dallas today. In addition to meeting his old club, his other purpose was to meet Carlisle.
Unexpectedly, this guy Carlisle even specifically instructed the players that he would not let him in when he saw Leon. What was more unexpected is that the guy Jose Barea obediently listened to Carlisle’s words and really didn’t let Leon come in. stadium.
Of course, Leon finally went in, because apart from Barea, the other staff of the Mavericks really didn't dare to stop him. And Leon has a good reason to go in, he just wants to meet old friends.
When Leon walked into the stadium, Carlisle was on the sidelines directing the players to train, and then he saw a figure of the person he least wanted to see appeared in front of the entrance. Of course, it was not because Leon and Carlisle had a bad relationship, on the contrary, after both left the Celtics, they were still very good friends in private. But it's not in private now. It's training time for the Mavericks. Carlisle knows that Leon's ability to dig corners is a must in the NBA. He himself was dug into the past, and he has a deep understanding of this.
Now he came here, not knowing that he was attracted by the vegetable from the Mavericks summer training camp, and wanted to plant it in the Arizona desert. Carlisle has seen a lot of things like this when he was next to Leon. After all, this guy has come all the way from scouts. He is one of the very few team coaches in the NBA who will participate in low-level competitions like the summer league.
So when Leon came, Carlisle first stopped the training on the field, asked everyone to practice physical fitness, and then greeted Leon.
"Hello Rick, long time no see." Leon said to Carlisle.
Carlisle nodded and said, "Long time no see, shall we see you next time?"
Leon was taken aback. He didn't expect Carlisle to say "goodbye" so quickly. He smiled and said: "When I was at the door just now, your players would not let me in, and said that you ordered me. I don't believe it. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true. Is that how you treat your friends?"
Facing Leon’s questioning, Carlisle was expressionless and said:
We are friends, but it’s privately, not now. I’m working and you are working. And we’re working for different teams now, I don’t I know what purpose you are here with, so of course the Mavericks training camp will not welcome the head coach of the Suns."
The Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns have led the league in the past few seasons. They are the strongest team in the West. They dominated the West with the San Antonio Spurs, and then took turns to challenge the dominance of the Boston Celtics in the East. Of course none succeeded.
Fox Leon left in 2oo7, Kevin Garnett was injured, the Celtics were in trouble, giving the Western Conference team a huge motivation. The Dallas Mavericks had a record of 67 wins in the regular season and wanted to be in Boston. After the dynasty is over, bring a championship to the West. As a result, they suffered a black eight in the round, and the head coach young general Johnson was questioned.
In this case, Cuban recruited Rick Carlisle as the team’s assistant coach. He was actually preparing for Johnson’s departure. Once the new season starts, the Mavericks cannot recover from the failure of last season, then Carlisle will Will serve as the team's candidate and become the new head coach.
Of course, there are not too many people who know about it, but Leon is one of them, because this guy is so well informed. Carlisle and Leon have worked together for three years, knowing his horror, that's why Leon's sudden visit is like a big enemy.
Leon had no choice but to accept Carlisle's reaction, but he did not intend to leave here, but brazenly said that he wanted to see the training in the Mavericks, and maybe he could give Carlisle some advice.
"You know that I have a good set of training and some unique methods. Maybe it can bring you some help."
"No, no, your method is too unique. No one in the world can use it except you. Unless you are a Mavericks coach, one or two such special training methods will only make the players confused. Today we have almost practiced, and we will have some physical training later, and then practice shooting will be almost the same." Carlisle expressed his heart to Leon's kindness, but I will never be fooled by you.
Leon knew that as an old friend, he definitely couldn't be fooled into Carlisle, so he no longer forced to watch the Mavericks' training. Instead, he found a stool on the sidelines to sit down and talked to Carlisle about his parents, talk about his daughter, and Carlisle's family. The two are already fathers, and they have a common language when talking about their children. They talked for more than an hour without knowing it.
For more than an hour, the Mavericks players were in a state of exuberance, running laps by themselves, practicing shooting, or going to the gym to practice strength.
Leon talked with Carlisle about parenting while secretly observing the performance of the Mavericks players on the court, especially the performance of Jose Barria. The players participating in the NBA training camp are marginal or rookies in the NBA. Their work in the NBA is not reliable, so they train very hard in the training camp. However, from simple training, it is still difficult to see the level of a team, and careful trial training is necessary.
But what Leon wants to observe is not their skill level, but something else.
Leon noticed that Barea would go to the sidelines to practice two sets of push-ups every time after finishing a shooting training. In NBA training, push-ups rarely appear in daily practice, because this kind of action does not help much to train the strength zone required for basketball. Basketball does not require chest muscles. At the same time, NBA players generally have long arms and palms. High, excessive push-up training can easily lead to palm and wrist injuries.
So Leon couldn’t help asking,
Why does that guy do push-up training? This is not a good training method.

Carlisle thought for a while and said: "I just mentioned it casually, saying that his shooting stability is not very good. You can try push-up exercises before shooting to exercise the ability to maintain shooting stability under arm fatigue. In fact, he There are other ways, but he is an obedient guy."
Leon nodded in agreement. This guy is really obedient. Carlisle asked him to stop him and he stopped him. He was not afraid that the iron fist from Puerto Rico's hometown would teach him how to behave~EbookFREE.me~ Rory talked about ten more In a few minutes, Leon saw that the time was late and was ready to go back. As long as he is here, Carlisle will not start the whole team training.
Before leaving, Carlisle asked: "Are there any players you want? I try to get the boss to sign them."
Leon smiled and said: "You should think of a way to be the head coach of the Mavericks first. When our team meets in the new season, I will do my best to help you and beat Johnson a bit worse."
Carlisle didn't want Leon's kindness, but after three years as a champion assistant coach, Carlisle really wanted to be a head coach to realize his basketball ideals.
However, four days later, when the Las Vegas summer training camp ended, the Mavericks and the Suns broke out a deal. The Suns used Marcus Banks, a future round of draft picks and some cash, from the Mavericks. The deal got Jose Barria.
Carlisle knew that Fox Leon was a digger after all, and he must be stopped outside the training hall next time. The whip of the of basketball