On the morning of September 13, the Celtics' special plane arrived in Boston, and as soon as he got off the plane, Leon could smell the smoke in the air of Boston. A large crowd of reporters gathered around the airport, and their target was the team's general manager, Chris Wallace.

As the general manager of the Celtics, Chris Wallace did not have the highest authority in the management of the team, and for three years he was nothing more than the executor of Pitino's will and a senior scout focused on expanding the overseas free agent market.

Overnight, Chris Wallace temporarily moved to the top of Celtics' management, and he was not in Boston last night when Pitino left class, but went with the team to watch a game in San Antonio. The result was satisfying, with the Boston Celtics destroying the Spurs twin towers with 11 three-pointers at the Alamo Dome, but Duncan only played 19 minutes and David Robinson only appeared in the first quarter. The hero of the Celtics was Michael Reed, who hit five three-pointers alone and showed people what he is capable of.

But now it doesn't matter, it's just an inconsequential preseason game, and reporters are reaching for Chris Wallace, hoping that he, as the team's general manager, can explain Pitino's downfall, after all, he was once the general manager that Pitino brought up.

'I'm sorry, I won't be able to explain until I get back to the team...... I'm sorry I don't know, I'm sorry in the afternoon I think we'll have a press conference, don't ask anymore, I don't know. Faced with the entanglement of reporters, Wallace can only explain with these prevarications. Because he himself didn't recover from the news of Pitino's departure, as if the team's superstar had been traded and he, the general manager, had no idea.

Everything came very suddenly, the Celtics were still playing against the Spurs, Wallace was sitting in the audience, because he needed to observe a few fringe players, so he went out of his way to San Antonio, but he didn't expect to receive a text message on his mobile phone in the third quarter of the game, which was from Michael Carr, the team's president of operations, saying that Pitino was out of class and would soon leave the Celtics.

After returning to the hotel, Wallace barely slept well, he called Pitino several times, but his mobile phone was turned off, and the phones in the office and at home were busy, and it seemed that Pitino could not be reached by telecommunication, and he must have cut off all his communications.

The first thing Wallace had to do when he returned to Boston was to hurry back to the headquarters and figure out what was going on and why everything was so sudden.

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Compared with the preoccupied Wallace, Leon doesn't have any worries, he doesn't care too much about the affairs of the team management, not because he is as unscrupulous as Vogel, he just doesn't want to be easily involved in the battle between Auerbach and the old management, and Auerbach's instructions to him have always been "do your job well, you don't care about the rest." ”

As a bystander, he sees everything very clearly, Auerbach's return is only a matter of time, the key is whether he gives Pitino a chance to breathe, in the past everyone thought that Auerbach would give Pitino a little time, now it seems that he is a little impatient, it seems that in two days there will definitely be a big change in management, including the general manager, president and the position of head coach will change.

When they arrive in Boston, the players go home, they are dismissed at the airport, they will be rested for the day today, and training will continue tomorrow. Although Wallace went to the headquarters worriedly, it was in a good mood for the players, after all, they won, especially Michael Reed, who played well in last night's game, and it looked like the Spurs were always so poor at containing the shooting guards.

Spurs veteran Rodman was rested after two laps around the court, and now he's full of energy and invites everyone to go to the bar for the evening. But Pierce's hacking was just around the corner, and everyone was now cautious about going to nightclubs, so there were few responders, only Antoine Walker, a fun-loving guy, and Anderson, a nightclub veteran, discussed with Rodman about going to a bar fight. Leon also declined Rodman's invitation, and as soon as he got off the plane, he received a text message from Ayatollah Khomeinith that she wanted to come to her home for lunch, saying that an important guest wanted to meet Leon.

So Leon got off the plane and went straight to Ayatollah Holmenez's house, carrying a gift for Holmeneth - a cowboy hat bought from San Antonio.

When he knocked on the door and entered Ayatollah Khomeenez's house, he realized who the guest who wanted to see Leon was, and that was Ayatollah Khomeiniss's father, Stephen Pagliuca.

Leon didn't know who Khamenez's father was, Khamenes was not a girl who squirmed and loved to speak, and she told Leon about her background and origin without reservation, and then exchanged it for Leon's story - the story of the current body, of course.

I've also heard of Pagliuca's name Leon, a brilliant investor and a wealthy man in Boston, and it looks like he's going to get a lot of benefits if he's with Ayatollah Khomelemis, especially if Pagliuca is involved in the acquisition of Celtic. Although Pagliuca's own assets are not enough to buy the Celtics, the news now is that no one among Boston's billionaires can take the Green Army on their own. Gasstone's father, Donald, also bought the team through a joint venture, and now many investors are preparing for a new round of collective investment purchases, and Pagliuca is likely to be one of them.

"I'm ready to get involved in buying Celtic." Pagliuca said to Leon almost straight to the point, and when he said this, Leon had just changed his shoes and was sitting on the sofa in the living room, which was very clean.

Leon was not deterred by Pagliuca's bluntness, and made some greetings or pretended surprises, he took the cowboy hat from his handbag and put it on the coffee table, and said, "This is a hat for your daughter, I didn't know you were coming, so I didn't bring you one." ”

Pagliuca smiled, it seemed that Leon was not an easy guy to deal with, so he said more bluntly: "My daughter, he wants me to buy the Celts and give you a job that is easier and doesn't have to fly around." It was the most capricious request in the world, but I decided to think about it, because I owed it to her. Now, I'm telling you, in half a year's time, my partner and I will be ready to buy this team, but that doesn't mean you can choose your job at will. Public is public, private is private, I hope you treat her better. You know for some reason, I can't treat her wholeheartedly......"

Pagliuca's tone was serious at first, but later his tone was more like that of a father, which made Khamenez blush, she didn't expect her father to be so direct, and she and Leon never pierced the layer of window paper, it looked like Pagliuca was going to pierce it. But what would Leon think? Khomeenes stole a look at Leon, his face was still calm, and his expression made Khomemenes feel a little cold.

This is what Khomemenes dislikes about Leon the most, no matter how surging his heart is, he always seems indifferent, as if there is nothing in this world that can move him.

"We're not married, we're not together." Leon said blandly, and Khomemenes felt her heart thump, as if something was choking in her throat. And there was anger in Pagliuca's eyes.

"However, I like Homo Khomeinith very much, but as a person who is almost 30 years old, who still has nothing, who has been in prison, who has gambled and boxed, and who has had many girlfriends, can I stay by Ayatollah Khomemenis with peace of mind and without guilt? What would you think as a father? Leon's words were calm and realistic, but when Khomemenes heard his first words, her heart lit up again, and as for the rest of the story, if it weren't for her father here, she just wanted to keep shaking her head and saying I don't care at all.

Pagliuca's eyes softened, he got up from the couch and poured Leon a cup of coffee, then moved closer to him and said to Leon, "You know, Auerbach will make you his successor." No one knows why the old man chose you as a boy, I heard that you are good at math and have a unique vision, but I don't find anything unique other than that you like my daughter. Now you're a scout for the Celtics, and to be honest it's not a good position, and I'm not ignorant of basketball, you know Vogel, who's been in a similar role for almost a decade, and he's finally going to be an assistant coach. ”

Leon didn't care where Pagliuca got the news, saying that Auerbach was going to see himself as his successor, he was more concerned about how Vogel became an assistant coach, and if Vogel was an assistant coach, then who would be the head coach?

Leon, the "second temporary assistant coach", doesn't care very much, because he knows that he can't become an assistant coach so easily, even if Auerbach regards him as his heir, he won't do such a stupid thing.

"O'Brien became the head coach, right?" León asked Pagliuca, but his tone was full of affirmation, as O'Brien was the calmest after the team got the news of Pitino's departure yesterday and it looked like he should have been informed in advance.

Pagliuca smiled and said, "That's right, O'Brien became the head coach, although he and Pitino colleagues have been very good friends for many years, but no one can resist the temptation to become the head coach of the team, this is the dream of their group." And you know, O'Brien is Ramsay's son-in-law, and Ramsay, Auerbach, is an old friend who is often in contact. I'm willing to bet O'Brien has called Ramsey a lot and will do so often. ”

Hearing this, Leon knew that Pitino had already left the class, but it seems that there will be no major changes in his squad at the Celtics, but everyone will be promoted to the next level, and it is estimated that another assistant coach will be hired, a president will be appointed, and then Auerbach will be the honorary chairman, and everything will be fine.

"Dad, is Leon still a scout...... Do you still want to fly around......" Khomemenes finally spoke, and that was her primary concern.

Pagliuca looked back at Khomemenes, shook his head and said, "No, I don't know, we haven't bought Celtic yet." But I heard that Auerbach had something new to do, and the old man didn't want to let the kid be idle. ”

Leon, who had been calmly drinking coffee and listening to Pagliuca, almost squirted out again, not knowing what "important task" Auerbach had, his head was big again.