The Whip of the God of Basketball

Leon is indeed a glass cleaner in the arena, and it is a temporary worker, but his acumen and intelligence have attracted Auerbach's attention, starting from placing the chairs to directing the trio to reverse the situation on the court .

Although in the end the three of them lost to the three led by Maxwell 8:10, they should have lost 2:10, but under Leon's on-the-spot command they became a team and found a way to deal with their opponents. Some little tricks.

"This guy is interesting. He has the power to make people trust." This is Auerbach's evaluation of Leon. As a former head coach of a basketball team, Auerbach knows that it is a must for players to trust themselves and teammates. What a difficult thing, when the ball is in their hands, everyone tends to believe in themselves, and when the opponent is too strong, they start to doubt everything.

Leon's words are short and punchy when he's in command, and his vocabulary seems to be scarce, with no clever metaphors or some motivational words that make people feel excited, just some simple verbs, "direct pass", "chance at the basket", " The ball will be behind you", and he doesn't even know some professional basketball terms, such as Tip-shot, tip-up, he will shout "Again (again)" and other strange expressions.

However, Auerbach has already discovered his unusual place, because no coach will command his players to "make up the basket". There was a tip-in opportunity to the basket and called out.

Of course, this does not change the fact that Leon is still a cleaner... After this little contest, Auerbach ordered Leon to wipe all the basketballs in the training hall one by one.

Leon doesn't talk nonsense. If he is really a cleaner, he must be a very good cleaner. He doesn't talk much, has good physical strength, great strength, and a flexible mind. He is very organized and the key is obedient. What do you ask him to do Whatever he does.

"Let me help you." Khomeinis saw that Leon was going to wipe two full baskets of basketball by himself, and she took the initiative to say that Leon's command on the sidelines just now made her look at Leon with admiration.

In this world, most people who like basketball have good intentions, especially girls are more innocent, and Khomeinis is such a simple guy.

She was attracted by Leon's good-looking appearance and unique temperament, and was slightly disappointed that he couldn't play basketball, but when he was pointing the country off the basketball court, she felt that this man exuded a charming brilliance.

Leon did not refuse Khomeinis' kind help. He pulled out two baskets of basketballs and picked them one by one, giving half to Khomeinis and half to himself.

Khomeinis asked curiously: "One basket per person is enough, why do you have to look at each one?"

Leon replied: "The one for me is dirty, and the one for you is cleaner."

Khomeinis listened and looked at the basketballs on both sides, feeling that each one was quite dirty, and her own didn't seem to be much cleaner than Leon's.

How could she understand that a person who can even tell the difference between pure water can't tell which ball is dirtier, and how could she understand this kind of clean and dirty.

When the two of them cleaned the two baskets of basketballs, the day’s preparatory work was basically over. The basketball hall was newly decorated, with neatly arranged white and green stools forming a clover pattern, and old-fashioned three-color round cloth was hung on the stands. , The guide signs, microphones, and balloons were all properly placed, and the glass, floor, and stands were wiped clean.

Auerbach looked at the brand-new arena and felt much better. He knew that he didn't have many years to have the energy to hold such a training camp again, and this might be the last time in his basketball life.

The children's training camp held in Marshfield did not produce any famous stars. This training camp focuses on cultivating children's interest in basketball and love for sports. Compared with the professional basketball he held in Europe and other places The training camp is much more famous, and many future famous basketball figures have been trained there.

But Auerbach still loves it here, loves the kids who come to kids camp, loves the joy of driving between kids camp and Celtics rookie camp in his golf cart, and there aren't many days like that up.

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In the evening, Leon rejected Khomeinis' request to invite him to the volunteer party, and chose to ride his bicycle back to the community management center to rest and sleep early. In fact, he was exhausted from a day's work and had no energy.

When rejecting Khomeinis, the water in the red-haired innocent girl's eyes made strangers feel distressed. Leon is not hard-hearted, he can feel the enthusiasm of Khomeinis, so he still agrees We can have lunch together at the training camp tomorrow, and volunteers will be needed for the opening ceremony.

The next morning, it happened to be Children's Day on June 1st. When Leon arrived at the training hall by bike, residents from the Marshfield area, children from all over Massachusetts who had signed up for the training camp and their parents, There are also some local celebrities who have arrived at this old basketball stadium in the Millbrook community, and the scene is extremely lively.

But in Auerbach's eyes, it is still not as good as the Celtics' most glorious time in the mid-1980s. He clearly remembers that they would come to the Scottish bagpipe team to cheer for the opening ceremony, and even one year the Massachusetts team The governors all came to give speeches for the opening ceremony.

Today, the person who came to give the opening speech for the training camp is the most powerful person in the Celtics besides the owner, head coach, president, chairman and general manager, Rick Pitino.

After Leon came to the training hall, Auerbach assigned tasks to Leon—the old man was unambiguous in assigning work to Leon, making full use of Leon's community labor time to help him actively transform, He said: "You don't have to go anywhere today, you are in charge of receiving Mr. Pitino."

This is a small amount of physical labor that Leon has received in the past two days, but Leon made a difficult case for receiving Pitino, and Auerbach said again: "Do nothing, just follow along."

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At 9 o'clock in the morning, the sky began to drizzle, and Leon saw this person who was often heard about and was at the forefront of the Celtics, Rick Pitino. Leon, who was standing at the entrance of the training hall, saw him walking from the grass to the training hall. He was a middle-aged man with curly chestnut hair and clear and stern facial features.

His appearance has obvious Italian ancestry, which makes him have the same unique Italian charm as Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, but his dark face, combined with the continuous rain, looks gloomy. stand up.

Auerbach shook hands with him at the entrance of the training hall, and the two had a simple hug. Some smiles finally appeared on Pitino's face, although they seemed forced; His cigar laughed, and the two of them didn't talk much, they entered the training hall together and prepared to start today's opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony is not complicated. A sensational and powerful speech, a few speeches from important figures, team uniforms are given out to the children, and then some delicious blueberry pie and sandwich biscuits are given to the parents. The ceremony is over and officially Training will start the next morning.

Pitino is undoubtedly the protagonist of the opening ceremony. The ceremony started with his speech. Leon followed Pitino and Auerbach and was fortunate to sit behind the podium. Pitino's speech was very exciting, both Affectionate review and humorous interludes, mixed with some reflections on his three years in Boston, and some prospects for the future, made the audience stand up and applaud him.

However, Leon noticed that when Pitino was giving a speech, he kept changing the standing position of his feet. He guessed that Pitino had already prepared this speech, and at the same time he had other things on his mind.

Sure enough, when his task was completed, Pitino sat next to Auerbach. This was the first time the two sat side by side to talk after Auerbach left the Celtics in 1997.

The two spoke in a low voice sometimes, and sometimes let go of their voices. It was obvious that they had both discussions and some small arguments. Leon did not listen carefully. His attention was attracted by Khomeinis under the stands. blinked at him.

This kind of desertion was quickly broken by a sentence from Auerbach. He heard Auerbach say: "The three-pointers and full-court presses you favor are so simple that even a cleaner can use them, and we can't let them The cleaner is the head coach of the Celtics."

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