Chapter 102: Ceremony for 2 people

? At 5 o'clock in the morning on June 12, Auerbach woke up early from his sleep. He has very little sleep, not to mention that he is going to Boston today. ±,
He came to the bathroom alone and washed his face with cold water. For decades, he insisted on washing his face with cold water. In the past, he often used cold water to bathe, including in winter. Only after he got older did he give up this stimulating behavior. Although he was not tall and had a big belly and was a little bald, he always insisted on living like a real tough guy.
So, he decided to fly to Boston by himself, so he had to drive his silver Mercedes to the airport. Before leaving, he used the old-fashioned fax machine in his study to fax his brother, telling his family where he was going. If he accidentally drove over the road, someone would eventually call the police.
Auerbach turned on the radio along the way. He only listened to basketball-related programs. Today is the last game of the NBA Finals. The Los Angeles Lakers have led the Nets 3-0. It is only a matter of time before they win the championship.
"Tonight in New Jersey, the Lakers will have a very, very big chance to win their third championship since the new century, and also their third consecutive championship..." commentators on the radio said that the game Auerbach directly turned off the radio and uttered: "All the bullshit."
Although he is more than 80 years old, Auerbach is still very energetic. He sat on the sidelines and watched the three games of the Eastern Conference Finals at North Shore Garden for one minute, including losing the last game and entering the finals. Opportunity.
After arriving at Washington Airport, with the help of the staff, Auerbach finally bought a ticket to Boston, but it was a little late and Auerbach needed to wait. No way, for Auerbach, it is too difficult to book air tickets by phone or online, and he can't buy earlier tickets.
Auerbach, sulking, had to wait in the lobby of the airport. He couldn't help taking out a cigar to order one, but was stopped by the staff, but soon someone at the airport recognized Auerbach and invited him to the VIP room, where a private room was specially prepared for him to smoke. .
He looked at the clock on the wall. It was nearly three hours before the plane took off. He knew that he was up early and had a late episode, so he could only wait slowly.
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After receiving a call from Voynavsky. Leon returned to Boston with Khomeinis. On June 11, he received Danny Ainge’s notification that the team would complete the acquisition on June 13, and the day before that was June 12. , He will be announced as the new head coach of the Celtics.
That's right, the Celtics are about to complete a shuffle again, and this time is a real big shuffle. From the transitional period that the Celtics appeared after Pitino stepped down in 2001, after repeated adjustments, replacements and negotiations. It's finally over.
First of all, the Boston Basketball Partners Consortium, which was led by Khomeinis' father Paliuka, and led by Boston investor Kloss-Pike and his father, took more than a year of preparation. After the official start of this year's offseason, the acquisition of the Celtics will be completed. The Gaston family's bloodline in the Green Legion will end, one consisting of a new equity structure. A more courageous and visionary team will control the capital of the Celtics.
Through two years of hard work, Danny Angie has completely consolidated his position in the Celtics, and O'Brien dismissed get out of class early. Chris Wallace stepped aside until he resigned as general manager this year, Carol obediently handed over his coach, and the Celtics veterans in all departments of the team were all satisfied with his arrangement.
Now all he has to do is the last step, to send Fox Leon to the Celtics coach. Of course, Angie knew that Fox Leon would definitely not be someone who could easily be dismissed by the palace like O'Brien, or someone as honest and self-aware as John Carroll.
Angie always thinks he is very similar to Auerbach, which is one of the reasons why he is willing to come to the Celtics to take over the position of president. But in Fox Leon, he saw more, saw the shadow of more bishops, and sometimes he had to admit that he had some jealousy Fox Leon deep in his heart.
Leon can be no big or small in front of Auerbach, what he wants to say, and sometimes he is so angry with Auerbach, but in the end, nothing happens. For Leon, Auerbach can also go to great lengths to condescend to plead for the help of his disciple Bill Sharman, or for Leon hesitate to smooth out the opposition of the traditional old forces within the Celtics.
Perhaps in Auerbach's heart, Angie is still not as good as Leon after all. If he is not as good as Bird, he will be more balanced.
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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Leon wore his best suit and a tie carefully selected by Khomeinis, and continued to drive his three-handed Chevrolet to the press conference hall of the North Shore Garden Arena. Today he will officially become Kay The head coach of the Alters.
When arriving at the conference hall, Danny Angie, ml-Carl, Huan Cousy, Jojo White and others were already there. Many reporters were waiting in the seats, holding long guns and cannons to prepare for the next round of sweeping. .
But everyone is still waiting for one person, that is Reed Auerbach, Auerbach is not coming, this conference is really hard to be considered complete. Auerbach is not only the honorary chairman of the team, but also the symbol and soul of this team. Not to mention, Leon was cultivated by Auerbach, his successor, and he should be there anyway.
"Didn't you send someone to pick up the old man? Or book him a plane ticket." Standing behind the curtain, Leon frowned and asked Angie. Leon had been staying in Rhode Island before and came back in a hurry. He didn't take care of these corners and corners. He thought Angie would solve it well. Every time Auerbach comes to Boston, the Celtics will help him book tickets or send someone to pick him up.
"I called the old man the day before yesterday, but he seems to want to come by himself, you know sometimes he can be very stubborn. And the whole team has been busy recently, tomorrow the team will change the owner, everything is very chaotic. It should be Negligence, complete negligence." Angie explained, frowning and looking very anxious.
It takes about an hour and a half to fly from Washington to Boston. The problem is that it takes a lot of time to get from the airport to the North Shore Garden Plaza, and Auerbach never uses a mobile phone, so he can't be reached at all.
"I just called Zane. He said that he received a fax from Arnold in the morning, saying that he had gone to the airport by plane to come to Boston. I just don't know when the ticket was bought. It is said that Zane read the news and said that today Many planes are delayed. I don't know if Arnold will be trapped in the airport." Bob Cousy walked over and said, his face was helpless.
Leon stared at Anji for a while, wanting to see something on his face, Anji spread his hands and said, "It doesn't matter. You can't wait any longer, just start, it's your press conference."
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the Celtics held a press conference in the press conference room of the North Shore Garden Arena and officially announced that Fox Leon will succeed John Carroll as the team’s new head coach, and Carroll will serve as The role of the team advisor.
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When Auerbach's plane arrived in Boston, it was already nine o'clock in the evening. Auerbach looked at the brightly lit Boston outside the plane window. He didn't expect that he was delayed so long. He knew that he must have missed Leon's inauguration ceremony. This little guy he had cultivated by himself was finally helped by him. Become a real coach.
After getting off the plane, the first thing Auerbach did was to find the nearest public phone booth and call Leon.
"Fox! Come and meet me at the airport! Damn Continental Airlines, I must sue them for bankruptcy! I will leave before it’s too light. When I get to Boston, it’s dark! Come here soon!" Auerbach vented his anger towards the airline into the receiver.
Leon had just returned home when he received the call. After a boring press conference, he attended a small party with the whole team. At the party, Leon met Cross Parker, who is about to become the new Celtics boss, his half cheap old man. Paljuka, and a famous player in the team. However, only Auerbach was not present, which made Leon not happy anyway.
When he saw a call from a stranger at home, he intuitively told him it was Auerbach, and as expected, Auerbach’s signature roar came from the microphone of the phone. Leon naturally drove to the airport immediately to meet Auerbach. When he arrived at the airport, Auerbach was sitting on a chair in the square smoking a cigar.
"Go to the North Shore Garden Arena!" Auerbach said to Leon as soon as he got on the car, and he turned on the radio.
"The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the New Jersey Nets 114:107 at the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey, and won the NBA championship for the third consecutive year! Three consecutive championships! The Lakers dynasty...slap" Hearing the Lakers won the championship News, Auerbach turned off the radio again.
When we arrived at the North Shore Garden Arena, it was almost ten o'clock, and it naturally closed early, but there were management personnel on duty. Auerbach knocked on the door of the guard room with a walking stick, and when the man on duty saw Auerbach, his hat almost fell off.
"Leon and I want to sit in there for a while, just ten minutes, and help a kid..." Under Auerbach's coercion, the duty officer opened the gate and turned on the two headlights in the stadium.
"It just happens that the floor will be removed tomorrow. Now it looks like this is the home of the Celtics." The duty officer said to Auerbach. There will be an ice hockey game here tomorrow. The Celtics will have champions on the floor and ceiling. The flags will be removed, and they can accompany Leon and Auerbach tonight.
"Thank you." Auerbach said, and then led Leon from the player passage to the court. Under the shining of two beams of lights, the Celtics' team emblem was particularly conspicuous, and Auerbach stepped forward and stood on it. , Handed the crutches to Leon, then looked around with his hands on his hips. Just like he did on the court more than 30 years ago, look around everyone.
"Come here, Fox, stand here, stand under the lights, stand on the team logo." Auerbach pulled Leon over, pulled him to his side, and then said: "Look around, what's there? Your players , Your opponent, there are 20,000 live spectators, tens of millions of TV spectators. You are standing in the center of the venue, you must always pay attention, pay attention to your surroundings, behind you, remember, the position of the head coach It's always more dangerous than a star."
"Raise your head again and look at it!" Auerbach pointed to the top again. In the dark, with the help of lights, you can vaguely see countless flags hanging from the ceiling, including Celtic ones. Sixteen championship flags, as well as those retired numbers in rows ~ EbookFREE.me~ They hang high above the North Bank Garden like totems, watching the glory and setbacks experienced by this team.
"Boy, go to the broadcast station and play me a piece of music. I want to listen to music. I want the'Blue Danube.'" Auerbach said to the guard who was still standing at the entrance of the player. After a while, the blue Danube melody of Johann Strauss began to flow slowly from the large speakers of the arena, echoing in the empty and huge arena, but it made it more quiet.
At this time, Auerbach took out a cigar from his pocket and handed it to Leon, saying, "Dangling it." Then he took out a box of long stick matches and lightly lit the flame to Leon. On the head of the cigar in the mouth.
Leon took a few sips hard, the cigar was lit, and green smoke wafted from the cigar head and his mouth. He spit out the cigarette ring lightly, with a triumphant expression on his face.
"From now on, you will inherit everything from me." (To be continued.)
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