Chapter 377: fruit

Chapter 380
"How would you rate the Suns' performance today?"
"Five points."
"Is the perfect score 5?"
"No, full score is 100."
In the interviews after the game, Leon’s jokes drew a roar of laughter from the reporters. Such scenes were rare in the past. Leon seldom joked with reporters when he was in Boston. He even embarrassed some reporters— —Although most of this is what they asked for.
Of course, Leon’s scoring is not all jokes. Today, the Suns indeed only have 5 points in his opinion, but the full score is 10.
"Your next opponent will be the Lakers. You met in the playoffs for two consecutive seasons. What do you think of them?" A reporter mentioned about the next game. The Lakers and the Suns. This game is destined to suffer. People pay attention.
Leon’s answer was unexpected. Instead of belittling the Lakers or joking, he said: "The Lakers will be a tough opponent. I think they will be our important opponents in the West this season."
The contrast before and after Leon is a bit confusing.
After the press conference ended, Leon and the Sun players went back to the hotel and retired, took the early morning charter flight directly out of Seattle and returned to Phoenix. On Sunday, November 4th, they will usher in the new season's home opener against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Before the start of the game, the Suns had a two-day break. On the morning of the 2nd, Leon gave the players a half-day off, and in the afternoon they asked everyone to go to the training hall for tactical training. At noon, Leon invited the entire coaching staff of the Suns to eat in a restaurant. This is a comprehensive restaurant. It is said that dishes from all countries can be made. A group of seven of them ordered their favorite food.
Leon made a clam broth, a Los Angeles mountain oyster, and then ordered Spanish Jambalaya, but this was not his main course. His main course was the restaurant’s characteristic Chinese dumplings. He ate a lot in one go. One. Of course, Leon’s appetite is nothing remarkable in the NBA. This weight is only an appetizer in the eyes of many player coaches.
Except for Leon, several other people eat more fixed cuisines. For example, D'Antoni likes Italian food, Phil Weber likes gourmet dishes like burgers and French fries, and Dan D'Antoni likes soup and lamb chops. , And fresh fish, eat Fan from the old northeast area. D'Antoni looked at Leon’s mixed eating habits and couldn’t help asking: "Your eating preferences are as incomprehensible as your configuration of the team." D'Antoni was not polite in front of Leon. The main reason for saying this is that in yesterday's game with the Sonics, Leon's substitution and the words he said to him, he was still a little confused and didn't understand.
Leon knew that D'Antoni would ask these questions for a long time. He ate another dumpling and said: "Sometimes I also hope to have a perfect meal, but there is no way. I like to eat a little bit, so I like it. Eat a little bit, so just eat whatever you want, but it’s also good and won’t affect my appetite.

"Really? Just think that our lineup still has a way to play, do you want to make a mess?"
"Why would you say that Mike, I thought you could understand me."
"What did you say to me? What did you say during the game yesterday? Those were originally what I did, and I don’t know how to arrange training. I thought about it all night, but I didn’t know why this happened. "Now D'Antoni has to assume the responsibility of an assistant coach in the team and is responsible for the team's tactical training.
"I agree, Steve, Amare and Boris, how to allocate their ball rights and tactics, to be honest, I don't understand." Dan D'Antoni helped his brother to speak before him. He is the assistant coach of the team, responsible for the work his brother is currently responsible for.
Leon knew that it was time for his class, and there was still a dumpling left in his bowl. He first put the clam broth and mountain oyster dishes in front, and said, "This is broth and mountain oysters, of course , You know what the mountain oysters are. These are used for appetizers and make people appetite to eat a lot of things. This is the meaning of Steve in the team. With his appetizer, everyone can eat it. It's very fragrant and full of energy."
When Leon finished talking, everyone laughed, because the Los Angeles mountain oysters are not raw oysters or shells, but made from animal eggs, mainly cows or sheep. The fresh and rich clam broth is equally appetizing.
Then, Leon brought up the bowl of Spanish mashed rice and said:
The mashed rice has everything in it. You can taste a lot. This is Boris. I think everyone can understand that he can play a lot of positions and block Many loopholes, of course, he didn't play very well last season, because Amare is back, he seems not compatible with Amare. This is the main problem we have to solve, and it is also a problem that has been bothering me these days. "
Finally, Leon took out the dumplings that had not been eaten in the bowl: "Dumplings, the Chinese favorite food, no matter what the festival, many ordinary people will eat this at home. Do you know why? Because it is so good It is very convenient and simple to eat. It can be used as a staple food or as a side dish. Of course, Chinese people use it as a staple food."
"Amare is this stuff?" Dan D'Antoni said.
Leon smiled and nodded. Although the metaphor was a bit weird, he still said: "If Steve is allowed to rest for a week and Amare will lead the team instead, what do you think will be the result?"
"It's terrible, it's not like this before, is it Mike?"
D'Antoni nodded. Starting from the 04-05 season, as long as Nash is injured, the team will be in trouble. Even if Nash is off for a while during the game, the team will play very hard: "We can have no Amare, we can't live without history. Tiff, it was proved last year."
Leon said: "But you have Steve and Amare. Since you have both, you must really use them. Your confidence in Amare is too low. He can definitely support him on the offensive end. A team’s, not just Steve’s finishing machine. So, I ask everyone to work together to design a tactic around him for Amare and use his impact."
"But Amare's pass..."
"Don't use him to pass the ball."
"Don't let Boris play point guard like yesterday."
"Yes, that's what he thinks." D'Antoni answered his brother's question. Sure enough, this is indeed Leon's final thought. He wants to try to communicate today to see if he can change Leon. idea. It's not that D'Antoni is afraid of trouble and doesn't want to design tactics, but that he thinks that the effect will really be good? Can Boris really assume the role of point guard? Or it's just a mere pretense.
Leon knew D'Antoni’s doubts, so this meal was specially arranged by him. Then he took out a folder from his backpack and handed it to D'Antoni, saying:
Here is the training I drove out in the morning. The manual, I can give you some reference. There is also a CD in it. The tactical training videos I recorded at the university are recorded. Of course, these are just references for you. You are experienced and you must have your own ideas."
D'Antoni took the folder. In fact, he was not interested in the content inside. As a senior NBA coach, he would not believe that there are any "tactical training cheats" in this world. Even if Leon is strong, it is impossible to have one. In the morning, he wrote tactical cheats. He said it was a reference, so it must be a reference. What was strange to him was that, listening to Leon’s tone, he didn’t seem to be planning to participate in the afternoon training~EbookFREE.me~ Leon wiped his mouth, went to the counter to check out, and lifted his backpack: "Okay, colleagues , The training in the afternoon is up to you, so keep up, I'm leaving."
"Where are you going to Fox! You are the head coach!"
"I'm going to New York! I won't participate in the afternoon training!"
After that, Leon walked out of the restaurant, got into his car and drove off, leaving the Sun coaches looking at each other. The head coach ran away? But D'Antoni was the first to react and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as he doesn't run during the game. Moreover, we are like this, and it’s pretty good, the same as last year." Indeed, except for an extra Leon, the Suns There is no change in the coaching staff.
As for Leon, he drove straight to the airport. In the afternoon, he had a flight to New York. Of course, he didn't really start to release himself as a shopkeeper, but now Wall Street has reached the point where he needs to collect debts in the past. It's time.
The subprime financial crisis in the United States has already begun to bear rotten fruits this fall.
(End of this chapter)