Minneapolis is a bit of a boring place at night, but luckily it's still summer, and the long winter hasn't started to lock down the place.

Like most medium-sized U.S. cities, Minneapolis is clean and tidy, but it's also relatively boring and boring, and nowhere near as bustling as the old eastern cities like New York and Chicago.

Although Leon had brought Garnett out with him, he was not familiar with the place. In the end, Garnett took Leon to a nearby café.

When he arrived at the café, Leon found that it had been chartered by Garnett, and there were only five people in the entire café, dressed in hip-hop fashion, sitting around a round table with a big grin.

It seemed that they were all friends of Garnett, and the letters "OBF" flashed through Leon's mind. As a scout, he knows the parents of every superstar in the league, as these could be leveraged in the future.

Garnett is well-known for his very righteous attitude towards his friends, and after he became an NBA superstar and got a 100 million yuan contract, he did not dislike his friends at all, on the contrary, they established a "Offical-Block-Family" brand together, which not only designs and releases some clothes and shoes, but also the title of Garnett's participation in various activities.

These five boys are the members of this hair mother Lei, Garnett's good friend from childhood to adulthood, plus a small follower. Leon knew that when Garnett first met his agent five years ago, he took these five little henchmen with him to make himself look tough and try to control everything.

Now, Garnett has to make a start for his teammates, but he can't bring his friends to the door anymore, and he believes he can handle that guy on his own.

But apparently, he didn't do it, and Garnett hoped that he could deter Leon and make him bow his head, be afraid, and apologize; But apparently Leon is a hard bone, 7 feet tall is completely intimidating, he is calm and natural, his eyes are cold, and his confident tone makes Garnett believe that if he dares to punch, the consequences will be the same as Ciri's, and his jaw will be knocked off.

Originally, Garnett wanted to go to the café to celebrate with his friends after teaching Leon a lesson, and then tell them how the other party was scared, but now the two of them entered the café side by side and seemed to be good friends.

Garnett looked a little embarrassed, but Leon unceremoniously sat down at the round table and ordered a cup of ordinary black coffee, took a sip and said, "We had a fight, and neither of us could defeat anyone, but I apologize for accidentally injuring Malik Ciri, and I should visit him if I have time." ”

The awkward atmosphere was shattered at once, and Garnett grinned wide, revealing snow-white teeth, a stark contrast to his dark face.

Everyone was active, and of course the focus was on Leon.

Unlike many basketball workers, Leon has a calm and intelligent mind, but at the same time has a wild and uninhibited appearance, and his slightly scarred face quickly becomes the focus of attention.

For Leon, behind every scar is a story, these young men in their early twenties with untold fortunes are essentially a group of children, including Garnett, who is fierce but cherishes feathers, and has a sincere and passionate heart that loves to bluff.

Like a pirate returning from a voyage, Leon tells the story of the storms and waves in his hometown, and he brings in the experiences and observations of this body in Boston's South Side, including the evil deeds of James Barger and the hunt for himself by Feradimir Frank, as well as his various experiences in the MCI.

Garnett and his buddies listened with either their mouths or their eyes widened, and they would talk about the gangsters they had heard and experienced in Chicago, and then argue whether the Chicago gangs were the harder or the Boston mafia was the darker.

But at the end of the day, Garnett said to Leon, saying, "Your experience has made me amused, but I would never allow myself to experience something like this." ”

He stared at Fox Leon with wide eyes, but there was no sarcasm in his words, Leon smiled and said, "In this world, people who like basketball are not too bad. ”

In the wee hours of the morning, Leon says goodbye to Garnett and his friends, which is a windfall for Leon anyway, and he begins to become friends with Kevin Garnett, and it seems that his friends like him a lot.

In this league, being friends with stars is also one of the conditions for success.

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At noon the next day, Leon flew straight back to Boston, while Chris Wallace stayed in Minnesota to handle the Michael Reid trade.

It had been nearly a month since he had been back to Boston, and Leon had not expected to leave for Chicago in early June, and when the plane landed at Boston International Airport, he felt like he was coming home.

"I don't know what happened to Homomenes...... "Back here, the first thing Leon thought of was Homonys, and during this time, the two of them texted and called more and more often. Whenever he went to a city, Leon would text Khomeenez and use his broken phone to take a blurry picture of Khomeenez.

But he didn't have time to go to Khomeleth right now, he needed to report back to Celtic headquarters immediately, and then he was notified that there was more important work for him.

When Leon returned to the Celtic headquarters on Coatsway Street, it was a completely different feeling than the last time he was here.

"Hello, Mr. Leon." As soon as he entered the gate, a receptionist at the front desk took him upstairs, and people greeted Leon from time to time along the way, although Leon didn't know any of these people.

While going up the second floor, Leon meets Ms. Polis, who is very warm about Leon and offers to take Leon to Pitino's office.

"Everybody's been talking about you for a week, you know, they're all saying you're a talented scout, very, very remarkable...... "Ms. Polis complimented Leon all the way, as if Leon had done something amazing in less than a month.

But in fact, he only did a little bit of work before the draft, and the outcome is still unclear, so this kind of praise makes him confused and a little wary at the same time.

Upon arriving at Pitino's office, León found that it was not only Pitino who was present, but also the team's player director, another León, Leon Popper.

"Welcome home Leon, thank you for your hard work, I would like to introduce you to Leon Popper, the team's player director, in charge of player management, the team's senior scout, and the next job needs you to work together." Pitino took the initiative to introduce Leon, unaware that Leon had actually met Popper on the first day, when he went to Ms. Polis's office to print materials.

Contrary to the ignorance when they met for the first time, this time Popper was quite polite, and took the initiative to hold Leon's hand with both hands for a greeting, and his originally somewhat fierce face looked much softer.

Popper is a seasoned basketball player with two decades of basketball experience, coaching on a youth basketball team in Boston before joining the Boston Celtics, and was hired as a senior scout after Pitino came to power in 1997, responsible for scouting players from the NBA, CBA, and Europe for the Celtics.

So logically speaking, he was brought up by Pitino, who became the team's player director last season, and has a lot of advice on where players go and where to go, and how to sign them.

He stayed in Boston for this draft and did not go to the front line for player scouting, but was responsible for the data processing and trade work in the rear, and it can be said that Popper was credited with the trade on this draft night, and he began to contact the Mavericks long before training camp, paving the way for the final trade.

After handing over his work report to Pitino, Leon left Pitino's office with Popper, and his work was to be arranged at Popper's beheels.

Popper was quite enthusiastic, constantly asking Leon if he had any problems at work, and talked about some of his experience as a scout, while Leon also nodded and listened, thinking about what kind of work he would be assigned to.

It stands to reason that when he returns to headquarters, he should first go to Michael Carr and listen to Karl's opinion, but Carl went to North Carolina today and will not be back until tomorrow, so Leon can only listen to Popper.

The internal management of NBA teams is not based on a strict hierarchy system, and in fact, each team has different positions, the scope of authority of each position, and the role it actually plays.

So Leon doesn't have a clear superior leader, but at the same time many people can command Leon.

"I thought, should I get in touch with the players during this time? I felt the need to get to know the players in our own team. In Popper's office, Leon said that Auerbach wanted him to have more contact with Celtic's players as part of his job and as an opportunity to get to know the team more emotionally.

"Oh, yes, that's right, that's what Mr. Pitino and I were talking about. This is where your next job is going, to bring back our newly traded players...... That's right, I'm talking about Dennis Rodman. Popper responded, and after speaking, he took out a ticket from the drawer, and the flight at 9:25 p.m. flew directly to Sydney, Australia.