The Whip of the God of Basketball

Khomeinis stared carefully at Leon after the short haircut, and felt that the person standing in front of her seemed to have changed. After becoming the head coach of the Celtics, Auerbach first suggested that Leon cut his hair short and change his temperament so that he could look more like an NBA head coach.

Leon hesitated for a long time, not because he likes long hair, but because he is used to his current appearance. It wasn't until Auerbach told him, "I don't want a referee to blow you a technical foul next time because you have long hair," that Leon decided to cut his hair off. He picked a barber shop downstairs from his apartment. The owner was a middle-aged man in his forties with a mustache. He recognized Leon immediately and cut Leon's hair for free.

Leon's hairstyle changed from long curly locks to a cropped and styled bob for a clean-cut look, just like Jean-Claude Van Damme in the film Sudden Death.

"It looks...it looks...from a curly-haired puppy to a ferocious hound!" Khomeinis touched Leon's face and said with a grin. Leon also laughed when he heard this inconsequential metaphor, he pinched Khomeinis's face, touched his head, and said, "Okay, I've shown you the new look, I want to gone."

As soon as Leon finished cutting his hair, he called Khomeinis. Khomeinis insisted that Leon come to the school to show her, so Leon had to drive his four-handed Chevrolet to Boston College. Khomeinis, who was attending the course training, sneaked out of the classroom and saw Leon's new look.

"You look much better than you did two years ago!" Khomeinis yelled at the departing Leon, "You will be the best head coach in the NBA!"

Leon waved to Khomeinis. He got into his car and looked at his face in the mirror. Compared with two years ago, he seemed to be much better, and the scars near his nose were also shallow. It has faded a lot. If Fox-Leon's old cronies meet him again, they probably won't recognize him. In two years, he cut off all ties with the past and started a brand new life. Looking at himself in the mirror and Khomeinis who was still watching him from a distance, he knew that he had a new life. life.

Leon looked at his watch. It was past one o'clock in the afternoon. He must hurry up. There will be an important press conference at the Celtics headquarters at 2:30, which is the one after the Celtics were acquired by the new owner. A large-scale external promotion, when Boston's major sports media will participate, calls for the opening of a new era for the Celtics.

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Different from the inauguration ceremony of the head coach held in the press conference room of the North Shore Garden last time, the scale of this press conference is much larger, so the location is set in the hall of the North Shore Garden, and the staff of the arena temporarily built a large The metal stage, the table, the background curtain wall and the sound are arranged. Not only reporters from Boston, but also many die-hard fans of the team were present. The Celtics were also fully mobilized, with people from the basketball management, marketing department, press department, medical team, and even the accounting department all arriving at the scene.

President Danny Ainge, the team's four new owners Gloss Peck and Sons, Steve Pagliuca, Robert Epstein, press secretary Jeff Tevez, and the Celtics head of operations The meritorious Bob Cousy has already sat on the podium. Next to Ainge there are two empty seats, one for Auerbach and one for the team's new head coach, Fox Leon.

"Call Leon, and call Mark, he went to Washington to pick up Arnold, why hasn't he come yet!" Angie said to his son Austin Angie who was also at the scene. Austin-Ainge is just 21 years old this year, studying at Brigham Young University, and is a point guard like his father. Now that the school is on summer vacation, the summer internship project he participated in is to come to the Celtics as an intern. Angie knows that his son has a certain talent in basketball, but he has not yet reached the level of being able to enter the NBA. I think that when he was 21 years old, he was already a well-known sports genius in the United States, and Austin was just a basketball leader at Brigham Young University. That's all. So he hoped that his son could make some development in team management early on, and the Celtics are a good place to exercise.

"I called Leon, two hours ago he said he was cutting his hair, he answered the phone just now and said his car broke down... and Mark said he couldn't find Mr. Auerbach, including his brother I don't know where the old man has gone..." Austin doesn't look like his father, but his temperament is absolutely similar, revealing a shrewd and imperceptible aggressiveness.

Collen Mark is the team's club VIP administrator and is responsible for contacting Auerbach all the year round. However, Auerbach was absent from several important ceremonies of the team this time. Because the old man never used a mobile phone, once he couldn’t be reached by phone, he had to go to his brother or children, or he had to go to the streets of Washington to search.

At this time, the team's press spokesman Jeff Tevez walked up to Angie, leaned over and asked: "The time is coming soon, do you want to start directly?" Angie thought for a while, knowing that time waits for no one, the four bosses Both have arrived, and it cannot be postponed just because two people have not arrived, although both of them are very important people.

So he nodded and told Tevez: "Get ready to start, don't wait..." Before Angie finished speaking, he found a small commotion in the place where the fans gathered in the lobby. The road parted, and a person strode in. It was Fox Leon, Fox Leon with short hair.

Angie almost didn't recognize who it was, until he recognized the characteristic walking posture-with a boxer's characteristic jumping rhythm, he didn't know that Fox-Leon was coming. Leon approached the release stage from the passage made by the fans, and the reporters in the audience picked up the camera and snapped wildly. As the new head coach of the Celtics, he is now a popular fried chicken in the Boston media.

Leon didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to the press platform and sat in his seat. Anji glanced at the calm and composed Leon, and without a trace of anger, he moved his mouth slightly and said, "You are really the finale."

Leon glanced at Angie sideways, and replied: "The main character always comes out at the end."

"You were the one at the press conference about the appointment of the coach, but you are not the protagonist today."

"No, I am, because I brought the news about the protagonist." Leon tricked Angie. The team's spokesperson Carlos Tevez has already started to make a press conference statement to everyone, and Angie can only keep his mouth shut, thinking about what kind of news Leon will have.

The press conference was concise and compact. None of the four bosses like long speeches. They are financiers who pay attention to practical and effective things. So after making simple opening remarks and speeches, they handed over the microphone to the reporter. Journalists ask questions to convey useful information.

And the reporter's first question stunned most of the people sitting on the stage. The reporter from the Boston Tribune directly asked where Arnold Auerbach had gone.

This is a serious problem. As the symbol of the team and the honorary chairman with great influence, he did not attend such an important press conference. Moreover, he was not only absent from the press conference, he also did not attend the appointment ceremony of the head coach. Soon to disappear from people's sight?

Of course, the four bosses can't answer this question. The pressure is all on Danny Angie. As the team president, this is a question that Angie needs to consider. But Angie didn't know what to say. Could it be that Auerbach lost contact? Just when Angie was thinking about how to answer best, Leon on the side spoke, and he said: "Mr. Arnold Auerbach has decided to resign as the honorary chairman of the Celtics and will no longer be in the Celtics. As a result, he will not be present at official Celtic events."

As soon as Leon's words came out, everyone was shocked, and there was even more discussion in the audience. You must know that Auerbach is a symbol of the Celtics, just like Michael Jordan is to the Chicago Bulls, Malone and Stockton. For the Utah Jazz, the Celtics have too many superstar players, but the source and godfather of these superstars is Auerbach.

Now he has quietly resigned from all positions in the Celtics. This is not the same as he resigned from the president position for Pitino a few years ago. The feud had an angry nature, and when he finally wanted to come back, he kicked Pitino away with ease.

Now, he asked the team's new head coach and Auerbach's recognized successor, Fox Leon, to announce his resignation on his behalf at the press conference. In the end, the position I occupied in the Celtics will be inherited by this kid!

After finishing speaking, Leon looked at the suspicious gazes of many reporters off the court, took out a cigar from his pocket, and placed it in the vacant position beside him. It was a smoked cigar, neatly cut by a cigar cutter, leaving about two-thirds of its length.

"This is AyC!" Some reporters with vicious eyes have recognized the brand of this cigar, which is AyC, a Cuban brand of cigars.

"It's still a 1966 retro model..." A reporter who is proficient in the history of the Celtics also reported the age of this cigar model. The 1966 retro model has a very long body, medium thickness, and is larger than the average. Cigars are thinner and lighter in color. This cigar was Auerbach's favorite when he was young. When he became the head coach of the Celtics in the 1960s, he lit this cigar whenever he felt that victory was within his grasp.

Leon placed the cigar carefully and flat on the table. He didn't say anything, and he would not reveal to anyone what happened that night. It was a secret belonging to him and Auerbach. The cigar that was lit by Auerbach smoked a third, and Auerbach gave it to Leon, and told him that he was about to resign from all positions, hoping that he could announce it on his behalf. At the same time, he made an agreement with Leon, that is, only when the Celtics win the championship again, he can relight the cigarette.

"Okay, you can ask the next question." Leon said to the reporters below, and there is more than one piece of news he wants to reveal today.