The Whip of the God of Basketball

On the night of November 6th, in the game in Milwaukee, the Boston Celtics suffered a disastrous defeat at the Bradley Center. They lost to their opponents by 87:104 and 17 points. Since Glenn Robinson was traded away this summer, the Bucks have not been as good as before in terms of team strength and status. Last year they didn't even make it to the playoffs. This year, like the Philadelphia 76ers, they have slipped to the middle of the Eastern Conference. Before the game against the Celtics, they had 5 wins and 5 losses, with a 50-50 winning percentage.

As a result, the Celtics suffered the worst loss of the season. Except for Paul Peel and Antoine Walker who scored 28 points each, no other player scored in double figures. He shot 20 percent from the field and made 7 of 14 free throws, a season low. After a strong nine-game winning streak, they suffered a terrible two-game losing streak.

On the way out of Milwaukee, a sudden blizzard trapped the Celtics team at the Milwaukee Airport, and they had to delay returning to Boston a day later. Entering November, the climate in the north has become more and more severe. After several heavy snowfalls, this is the first blizzard in Milwaukee this year. besieged.

Leon has been silent since the end of the game. Of course he is not happy, but he is still thinking about problems, and the state of the team is very abnormal. In fact, after the Mavericks game, Leon found that there was a sense of looseness surging in the team. At first he thought it was because the players were a little complacent. The game will let the players understand that the victory is hard-won. However, after the game against the Bucks, the keen Leon felt that things were not so simple. The group of young men seemed to have suddenly lost their energy, and they played without effort in the game, lazy and depressed, leaving Leon Ang's command fell on deaf ears.

It can be seen from the data that Pierce and Walker, the two backbone veterans, are still performing normally, but like Arenas, Johnson, Dalembert and even Reed are a bit sluggish, only Chris Anderson still maintains great enthusiasm , but his own help to the team is limited.

"Tonight's blizzard will last until about three o'clock in the morning. We are very sorry for the delay of the flight. Please forgive me for passengers departing from Milwaukee to Boston." The announcer's announcement came from the radio in the waiting hall. Tonight There are two flights to Boston, one is ordinary civil aviation, and the other is a special flight specially arranged by Delta Air Lines for the Celtics. But in the face of a snowstorm, no matter what kind of plane it is, it must obediently stop on the runway and wait for the end of the bad weather.

Leon looked at the tired players, some were still listening to music and playing with the game consoles in their hands, and some had fallen asleep with their heads on their backs. He remembered the conversation with Joe Johnson on the plane yesterday. This guy seemed to know that he was going to be traded, but when he communicated with Angie before, Angie didn't make a complete trade decision, even the head coach didn't know. Who would the trade be, and how would Joe Johnson know he would be traded?

And in the summer, Joe Johnson spread a lot of trade rumors, and even when the deal with the Suns was close to taking shape, Joe Johnson himself only heard a little bit of rumors, and finally disappeared under Leon's obstruction. Why did he even trade this time? There is no shadow of him, but Johnson knows that he is leaving Boston, and he is so sure that it affects his state. In the last two losses, Johnson's performance was extremely bad. It can be said that he really didn't care about fighting. But he worked very hard in training, but he no longer arrived early, and went to fool around with Walker and the others at night.

Leon looked at Johnson, who was listening to music with headphones on, and was not going to ask him. He knew that Johnson had a more introverted and sensitive personality, and some questions were not suitable for straightforward questions. He scanned again with his eyes, and found Dalembert, who was sitting in the corner, sleeping soundly with his head up and his mouth open. This guy was outspoken and couldn't hide anything. In the same group of rookies, the relationship among the three is the best, so maybe we can get something from him.

Leon secretly moved to Dalembert's side, stabbed Dalembert, and woke him up from his sleep. Dalembert thought he could get on the plane after the blizzard stopped, but he heard Leon Ang asked, "What's the matter with you? Why did Joe say he was leaving Boston himself?"

Leon's words made Dalembert a little panicked. He is not a person who can lie, and he is not willing to lie to the team's head coach, because he feels that no lie can be hidden under Leon's eyes. After hesitating for a while, he replied: "After the game against the Mavericks, Antoine invited us to drink together. Joe drank a little too much, and then he told me on the way back that the team will soon He's going to be traded. Other than him, other young players could be traded...including me."

"We have won consecutive victories, we are now number one in the league, why do we think we will be traded?" Leon asked.

"Because... because Joe said that the team management and personnel told him, and then the agent seemed to remind him to prepare to leave here. I am still very happy in Boston, and we are winning, but if you want Leaving, no one will feel better. We don’t really want to train recently... I’m sorry, Fox.” Dalembert also came to pour beans from a bamboo tube, and Leon didn’t ask him, and he shook his head Out.

After listening to Dalembert's narration, he knew that there must be someone behind it, and it was none other than the Celtics' management. It seems that Leon leading the team to consecutive victories does not seem to be in line with the management's intentions, because this is not suitable for promoting transactions. The best way to mess up a young team is to use rumors to confuse those young people who are not deeply involved in the world, and then affect their state.

Leon couldn't help but clenched his fists. Back in Boston, he needed to do something.

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After returning to Boston from Milwaukee, the Celtics will get three days of rest, which is a rare relaxation in the tense schedule, and it is also a good adjustment opportunity for the Celtics who have suffered two consecutive losses. After the blizzard stopped, the Celtics team arrived in Boston at 6 o'clock in the morning. Everyone was exhausted. Leon asked the team to disband on the spot at the airport, announced a day off, and started a new training session tomorrow morning .

After returning home and giving himself a good night's sleep, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Leon went straight to the Celtics headquarters and broke into the president's office without saying hello. Danny Ainge was on the phone in the office and saw Leon Ang came in and motioned him to wait for a while.

Five minutes later, Angie hung up the phone and asked Leon: "It seems that you are not in a good mood... It's okay, failure is always inevitable..."

Before Angie finished speaking, Leon interrupted his meaningless nonsense, and asked straightforwardly: "Why do you want to disclose the news of trading Joe? Reveal it to Joe, let those young people know, maybe you can trade They, but just tell them the moment the deal happened, let them bear it alone and leave, why torture them with plausible rumors before everything happened? If you want to use this to make me compromise , to achieve your trading goals, then let me tell you, Danny Ainge, that is impossible!"

Leon seldom gets angry. During his years in the Celtics, he has always shown a calm and even indifferent face. Only in front of Khomeinis will he be more enthusiastic, and after winning the game, he will be more happy. Now he Face full of anger.

Angie was overwhelmed by Leon's anger, but he is also someone who has seen the world, and soon he stood up from his seat, shook his head at Leon and said: "Fox, I don't know what happened in the team , if you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me, but unilateral misunderstandings and accusations are not your style. Indeed, Joe’s deal is still under negotiation, and there is still time before it takes shape. I can’t release rumors to disturb the players, right? huh? Tell me what happened."

When Angie was talking, Leon kept staring at his face, carefully observing his micro-expressions, and after he finished speaking, Leon made a judgment in his heart: Angie didn't speak, and it didn't look like he was spreading rumors. He suspects Angie for granted, because it was Leon who messed up his offseason trading plan before, and now it is not impossible for him to use this method to facilitate the transaction. Moreover, Dalembert said that the personnel department told Johnson that the so-called personnel department of the Celtics is actually the player development department, and there are quite a lot of employees in it. After Ainge removed the position of general manager of the team, the development department was under Ainge's jurisdiction.

After confirming this, Leon immediately put away his angry face, just frowned and asked: "Tell me, who is the potential transaction partner?"

Angie didn't want to say it at first, not only because he doesn't like coaches getting involved in the transaction, but also because the transaction is indeed still in its initial stage, and he is not fully sure what kind of transaction he will complete. But in the face of Leon's scorching gaze, his mouth was still loose, and he said: "The Suns, Hornets, and Trail Blazers are all potential trading targets. They are all very interested in Joe, but as for the draft pick, it is still another matter." Players, we are still negotiating."

Leon nodded, apologized, and got up to leave. Before leaving, he turned back and said to Angie: "If you dare to trade the first-round pick from the Grizzlies next year, I will kill you."