Chapter 85: To get Anderson

　　 The game with the Wizards did not experience much change in the second half. The two sides still played fiercely. A team with Michael Jordan will not have much problem with fighting spirit. The problem with the Wizards lies in tactics. Jordan occupies too much tactical space. In fact, they also have Richard Hamilton in the shooting guard position. This is an attacker with a super ability to move without the ball. Because Jordan moved to the small forward position, but Jordan, who is used to shooting guards, sometimes inevitably overlaps with Hamilton. When he asks for the ball at the waist, it means that Hamilton's good at bottom line C&S has become a decoration.
So when Carol asked Pierce to devote 100% of his energy to defending Jordan in the second half, the Wizards fell into a terrible offensive low. Pierce continued to provoke Jordan, and Jordan still thought he was the omnipotent God. He thought Using offense to destroy Pierce, it was the Wizards who did not expect to destroy. Because Jordan's several offensive misses gave the Celtics a quick counterattack opportunity, Antoine Walker, who was dull in the half, seized the opportunity to score six points in a row, plus a three-pointer from Michael Reid, the Celtics In the middle of the third quarter, a small attack wave of 9:0 took the advantage.
After that, the Celtics never let this advantage slip away. They only got a chance to play in the third quarter. Dennis Rodman, who appeared in the first game of the season, used 12 rebounds in half of the game-all of them. Backboard rebounds stabilized the team's defense and offense. In the fourth quarter, Steve Kerr also hit two three-pointers on the court, extinguishing the momentum of the Wizards' counterattack. The two Jordan teammates who made great contributions to the Bulls' second three consecutive championships, just like this The Wizards suffered another defeat. It seems that Michael's comeback, in addition to arousing an earthquake of public opinion and boosting the confidence of the nation after 9/11, can no longer have the same impact on the NBA as in 1996.
　　 It is worth mentioning that Arenas scored 6 in the second half, a season high of 20 points in the game, and also sent 5 assists. The Celtics' draft this summer seems to show value.
Washington is just the first stop of a long-distance trip. Afterwards, the Celtics traveled around the east coast of the United States and went to Miami, Orlando, New Jersey and Toronto respectively. So when the Celtics completed 5 consecutive trips When the trip returned to Boston, it was already December. For this reason, they were given a two-day break to adjust. When the plane landed at Boston Airport, the mood of the whole team was happy, because they won the road trip!
　　 This exceeded everyone's expectations, an encouraging result. When John Carroll stepped off the plane, he was chased by a large number of media reporters. The journalists who used to look down upon him are now holding guns and barrels for a little consultation, wanting to find out what Carroll has. Magic can allow the Celtics to achieve such results in a short time.
　　 Just ascended to the coaching position a few days ago, and hurriedly flew to Carroll in Washington without even having a press conference in Boston, replacing O'Brien as the new savior of Boston in a few days. No matter how much a city has the so-called "foundation" in competitive sports, the principle that the winner is king will never be obliterated.
　　 Carol was still a little uncomfortable with this treatment for a while, he faltered in answer to the reporters' questions, but the uncontrollable smile on his face still made him look radiant. In the fragmented answer, he repeatedly mentioned "My assistant coach has helped me a lot. Without them, we would not have passed this difficult period and achieved such results."
Of course Carol refers to Leon. During this road trip, Leon became the regulator of the team. Carroll has been with the Celtics for five years, but he is not as good as Leon. Prestige established more than a year later. Although Carroll has a rich experience as a head coach in the NCAA, being a college student's head coach and a professional player's head coach are two completely different jobs. Carroll has not yet adapted to this position. In many cases, he is still too gentle and makes players feel that he is a bully. Leon is completely different. Dennis Rodman, the team’s biggest thorn, has been fisted by him, Paul Pierce has a life-long relationship with him, and his face is similar to Hamburg when he looks at it. Big fists, whenever the players perform badly and are stared at by Leon coldly, they will think "will this guy blow my head with a punch".
And Leon is very supportive of Carol’s performance. He began to have more say in daily training and games, but he also respected Carol’s identity as the head coach. At the same time, Carol also gave Leon More power. This kind of mutual cooperation and cooperation allowed Carroll to successfully pass the transition period of the new coach taking office, using a beautiful record answer sheet to win capital for himself, and Boston's voice of questioning the change of the head coach suddenly became much smaller.
"How has the Celtics changed in the last few games? I heard coach Carroll say that after you became a tactical coach, you helped the team a lot." A reporter from CSSNE TV stared I want to get a few words from him to make a report. Leon ignored the reporter at all, just walked forward sullenly, until he was about to get on the bus, Leon did not say a word. Just when the reporter was about to give up, Leonce gave him a note and said: "There is my phone number on it. If you have the opportunity to call me to interview me, I am not thinking about accepting the interview now."
　　 After speaking, Leon got on the bus, sat in his seat and continued to meditate. This has also become a habit of Leon in the future. When he thinks about problems, he will refuse all interviews. If he wants to interview, he can call afterwards. Leon was thinking about only one problem at this time, and that was how to get Chris Anderson.
　　 Receiving the gift of the Spurs in Texas in the summer, the Celtics were the first to get in touch with Chris Anderson. Leon also hopes that the team can sign Anderson as a free agent. However, after Leon participated in the planning of the draft and went to Los Angeles for training, the matter was delayed. Then the Celtics faced a problem, that is, their player roster was overcrowded, and there was no place left for Anderson after some short-term contract workers were cut. And after a dispute with Angie over the choice of Arenas, Leon had to back down on the issue of signing Anderson, but this time it was not Angie who opposed Angie, but the old Celtics. The meritorious managers, including Cousy and White, reasoned that "Rodman has already reached the upper limit of Boston's tattoos alone, so he can't get another one."
Leon, of course, will not give up casually. In the summer, the Development League was officially established. On November 1, the 2001 Development League Draft was held in New York. As a member of the Development League Scouting Team, Leon gave all the Development League teams Provided basic player information, Chris Anderson received a very good evaluation and was successfully selected as the No. 1 pick in the first NBDL draft. It was the Fayetteville Patriots who picked him, and after being picked for the Patriots two games ~EbookFREE.me~ the Denver Nuggets signed Anderson and gave him a copy One-year basic salary contract.
　　 So, if Leon wants to get Anderson, the only way is to trade with the Nuggets. However, starting a trade for a player with a minimum salary is really unjustifiable. The only way is to make the plank road secretly cross the warehouse. On the one hand, it is beneficial to both sides to move with the nuggets, and then bring Anderson to Boston. Fortunately, Danny Angie supports Leon in his attitude towards signing Anderson, especially after Arenas' outstanding performance during the five-game winning streak, those "Celtic styles and traditions" have long been recognized by Angie. After all, he is not the kind of rigid dogma, since Leon sees people accurately, then listen to him.
The question is how to start this trade. The metal was digging for the rebuilding team. After experiencing the glory of the black eight miracle in the 1990s, this plateau team has never come out of the muddy mud. The team's trade and signing Quite often, the team has been in a relatively turbulent state. Their condition this season is very similar to that of the Celtics. After the team’s record of last season’s recovery, they have started losing streak again this season. The current coach Dan Isaiah’s position is already in jeopardy. To follow in O'Brien's footsteps to become another head coach who quickly dismissed class.
　　 After returning to Boston, after a two-day break, Carroll gave the players a day off, while Leon rushed to the team headquarters to discuss trade matters with Angie and Wallace. Two days later, the Denver Nuggets will come to Boston to challenge the Celtics. Leon hopes that when the game starts that day, Anderson will be wearing a green shirt~EbookFREE.me~ Book friends are welcome. Read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all at ~EbookFREE.me~ mobile phone users, please go to read.