The Whip of the God of Basketball

Sitting in the gym, because the kids were training, Auerbach had to put away his big cigar and endure it for a while, but he still took out the cigar and put it to his nose to sniff it to satisfy his hunger.

After calling Leon over, he put away his cigar, picked up his crutches and knocked on the seat beside him, signaling Leon to sit down. Khomeinis gave Leon a self-seeking look, and ran back to the court to work.

"Look at the kids on the court. There are more than 30 guys here. They run and train here, and they all dream of becoming future stars and the most dazzling heroes on the court. But, among them, some Destined to be ordinary, you will soon realize that you have no chance to go to the higher basketball world; some have the opportunity to go to a higher place. Now, I want to ask you, who do you think of them all has the best chance?" Erbach didn't talk too much with Leon, and directly raised his little question.

On the surface, Auerbach's question was asking who among the thirty or so kids had the highest level of basketball, but he turned a corner after saying so much, and it seemed that he didn't mean to express this.

In any case, this is not a small problem for Leon, because to be honest, although he looked like a basketball expert in the office yesterday, he turned on the repeater mode and forcibly wrote down what Pitino said If you have passed, then bring a little bit of your own understanding. The mere fact that he's repeating Pitino's words verbatim is shocking enough, but who cares if he knows basketball or not?

Now Auerbach directly asked Leon to pick the most powerful one from more than thirty children, which was not easy.

"We will divide them into two groups to play a match for a while. From now on, you have two hours to observe them and tell me if you have the answer. If your answer satisfies me, you can go to Boston to work at any time. If No, I'm sorry, I have to think about whether to hand over this job to you." Auerbach continued to say to Leon.

After speaking, he finally couldn't bear the torture of smoking addiction, got up and went to the office of the training hall to smoke a cigar, leaving Leon sitting alone in the stands staring at a group of children in a daze.

However, there is one thing Auerbach's prediction was wrong, that is, he thought that Leon had no understanding of basketball at all, but in fact, Leon was an out-and-out basketball fan before his mother died.

At this time, Leon was sitting in the stands and saw a group of children ranging from ten to fifteen years old running, passing, shooting, and dribbling on the court, and the memories deep in his mind surfaced.

Leon finally remembered that the game he had dreamed about in his dream was the Tianwangshan battle in the fifth game of the 1984 NBA Finals. The air conditioner in Boston Garden Plaza was broken. Spectators, let the whole stadium heat up like a sauna. Leon remembered that day when he sat on that burly fat man, it was like sitting on a big rock that had been basking in the sun for two hours.

However, the enthusiasm of the fans in that game was as terrible as the temperature of the stadium. Leon, who was sitting in the back row, could hardly hear anything. He could only see the white and purple jerseys on the court. The white jerseys were the Celtics. The jerseys belong to their rival Los Angeles Lakers.

The excitement and excitement that he experienced in the dream that night came back to his heart again, and Leon couldn't help standing up from where he was sitting. He climbed a few steps to the stands and stood at a higher place so that he could watch the training scene. more clearly.

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At the same time, Auerbach was smoking a cigar in the office. Sitting in his big swivel chair, Auerbach's mind was spinning rapidly as the cigar went on and off.

Just here, just yesterday, Auerbach vaguely saw a rising power in Fox-Leon, a power that didn't exist in basketball yet. As a hero who has been in the basketball world for decades, Auerbach can hardly describe his feelings at that time.

A few years later, when he fell on the hospital bed to meet the god of death, Auerbach recalled that afternoon, the little blackboard that made his somewhat dull basketball heart rejuvenate. Auerbach, who is about to come to the end of his life, described it this way Feelings at that moment: "I saw the light."

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The children trained for another 20 minutes, and the two sides began to play a simple confrontation in groups. The purpose of the confrontation was not to win or lose, but to improve the children's sense of competition and feel the competitive atmosphere of the training camp. The game can reflect the charm of basketball confrontation; the second is to conduct a basic evaluation of the basketball level of all children, so that these children can show themselves on the court. Angie and other three people will evaluate each person's performance, and then follow this evaluation To arrange targeted training for each child.

This is a game with no specific time limit. There are more than a dozen players on each side. Everyone takes turns to play, there is no timeout, no rest, like a never-ending wheel war, and it is this kind of game that makes the children You can fully demonstrate your basketball talent.

The youngest of these children is nine years old, and the oldest is fifteen years old. The gap between nine-year-old children and fifteen-year-old children is still quite large. Nine-year-old children are often immature, with thin arms and legs, and skeletons that have not grown. The basketball in my hand feels bigger than a person.

And some fifteen-year-old children have grown taller, like a few white children who are already very big and look like adults.

Therefore, some children who showed outstanding ball skills during training will be completely at a disadvantage when they really start to run and compete in the game. Facing those taller and stronger children, their skills cannot be used at all. come out.

Auerbach came out of the office and dusted off the cigarette ash on his body. While observing the performance of the children on the field, he also paid attention to Leon who was standing high in the stands and was concentrating.

As an old Jianghu who has been immersed in basketball for decades, and has always been known for being good at discovering talents, Auerbach naturally has a bright eye. Although with the development of the basketball career, the evaluation and judgment of players has become more and more professional and detailed. That was in the field of professional basketball; in this kind of amateur youth and children's basketball, Auerbach was able to touch the level of the players in a ten-minute confrontation match.

"This will be the last test I will give you. If you pass, I will follow my instincts and risk the last of my basketball life. If you can't, I'm sorry. I can only give it to you in the team's arena. You're looking for a job as a cleaner." Auerbach said to Leon in his heart, although he had talked to Leon yesterday about introducing him to a job, but he didn't say what kind of job it was.

This is why Auerbach asked Leon to come to the training hall before leaving, and he wanted to give him a final test.

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The competition was very intense, and the children took turns to play like a revolving lantern. Everyone was very energetic and full of energy, like a group of lambs running back and forth tirelessly. At the same time, the game was played in a rigid manner, and it was not messed up because of unfamiliarity with each other.

From this, we can quickly see the level of the children. Some older and stronger children are unstoppable on the court. They often dribble through the court and score layups.

One of them, a 14-year-old black kid, has been able to dunk directly with the ball. Although his dunk still lacks strength and beauty, his bounce is enough for him to easily smash the ball directly into the basket with his hands.

When he dunked the ball into the basket, the entire arena was a little ebullient. Maxwell danced happily and stepped forward to give the young man a high-five as a sign of encouragement. Even Khomeinis jumped excitedly Come to think of it, there is no more exciting way to score on a basketball court than a dunk.

Khomeinis also turned her head to look at Leon standing in the stands, and found that Leon was motionless like a stone statue, with his hands crossed on his chest and looking at everything on the field, his brows were slightly furrowed, he didn't know he was thinking wearing something.

She didn't know that at this moment, Leon was trying to read all the memories about basketball in his mind, looking for all the criteria that could judge the quality of a player.

If you want to choose who is the kid with the strongest basketball strength in the current training camp, then the answer will be drawn among three or four people, especially the black kid who can dunk. His technical level is already quite good, his physical fitness Also top notch.

During the seven or eight minutes he was on the court, his team completely suppressed the opponent, because no one could match him, no matter the speed, strength, or bounce, he was a bit behind him. These seven or eight minutes were completely his one-man show.

As more and more children played and the match was coming to an end, Auerbach already had some calculations in his heart. He walked up to the stands on crutches, pointed to Leon and asked, "It's time to solve my little one." Problem."