Rodman had two major hobbies in his life, one was basketball and the other was women. But beyond that, Rodman has one more thing he loves to put down, and that's gambling.

During his time with the Chicago Bulls, whenever Rodman got impatient and started to practice with him, Phil Jackson would ask Rodman's assistant to take him to Las Vegas for a game. Gambling happily, playing with women, making trouble for two days and then going back to Chicago to sleep, and then obediently returning to the team to play well.

Gambling is one of the most exciting things in this world, and people who haven't experienced the feeling of heaven and hell for a second can't experience the wonder and despair of it. And the reason why Leon is sure that Rodman will report to the Celtics' training gym on time is first because of a gambling word.

After convincing Rodman to return to Boston in Sydney in June, Leon didn't really believe that Rodman would play obediently, a perverse and capricious guy who didn't know what was going to happen for three months from June to September.

So after completing the task in Sydney, Leon did not leave directly, he and Rodman went to Star City to gamble for two days and three nights, and finally the boss of Star City with his bodyguards politely asked Leon and Rodman to leave, and Leon was also on the blacklist of Star City. In the future, as long as Leon goes to the casino in Star City, the boss will entertain him with delicious food and drink, but he will not let him gamble.

Because he is so terrible in the casino, stud, **, 21 points, roulette, Leon is almost big and small, Zhuang idle kills, fortunately his men are merciful to win five will lose one.

Even so, the casino is unbearable, and in the end, there have been many tourist gamblers who have begun to bet behind Leon, and if they continue to play like this, the casino will not talk about making money, and they will start to post their books inside.

However, on the night he was blasted out of the casino, Leon became Rodman's idol in gambling, although Rodman was a good gambler, but he was pure gambling, gambling was just a vent and excitement for him, but gambling became an art to Leon.

After that, Rodman tried every possible way to learn the secret art of gambling from Leon, but Leon kept laughing and silent, and finally Leon told Rodman that he wanted to learn his gambling skills, so he came to Boston in September to report.

After Leon returned to the United States first, Rodman also went to a friend's house in rural Oklahoma in August, during which Leon kept in touch with Rodman, and Leon gradually discovered that Rodman was a vulgar but delicate, grotesque and fragile person. They don't have much to chat about, only two or three sentences at a time, a few text messages, but they say a few words every day, which is not easy for Rodman.

In mid-September, Rodman called Leon and told him that he was training in Detroit and that he would be in Boston at the end of September to report.

Therefore, another reason for Leon's determination is his trust in Rodman.

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Rodman never dreamed that he would come to Boston to play for the Celtics, and when he just got the news that the Mavericks wanted to sign and trade with him and then throw him to Boston, Rodman felt that even if he never touched a woman again in his life, he would not go to Boston, not to mention that he didn't even want to stay in the Mavericks' hometown team.

Rodman's memories of his time in Boston go back to the '80s, when Larry Bird stormed the Celtic throne with the Detroit Pistons' Bad Boy Regiment in the late East, when every visit to Boston was a war.

Now more than ten years have passed, Detroit's rebounding kid has become a colorful worm, and finally has to play in the land of his former sworn enemy, which may not be a big deal for Rodman, who has joined the Bulls and won three consecutive championships.

But for Boston fans, it was different, from the beginning many fans resisted Rodman's joining, until the early morning of September 28, Rodman's plane arrived at the airport in Boston, not even a single fan came to greet him, no media came to interview. A guy who has been in the headlines of the league all year round has arrived at his destination alone and lonely.

And the Boston Celtics didn't even hold a signing press conference for Rodman.

Rodman is a trustworthy man, although most of the time he is very unreliable, but he really wants to learn Leon's gambling skills, and he is even willing to use his bed secret skills to exchange with Leon, but Leon wants Rodman to come to Boston, and he is willing to teach him.

So, when Rodman showed up at the Boston Sports Club in Waltham at 10 a.m. on September 29, everyone stopped training and watched the guy with dyed green hair swaggering and greeting everyone, and for a while everyone didn't know how to respond.

Only Leon stepped forward and gave Rodman a hug, after which everything returned to normal and training went on as usual, and Rodman went to the locker room to change his clothes and set foot on the training ground.

He started his normal training like the rest of the players, and he didn't completely waste this summer, although he is almost 40 years old, he is in good physical condition, and he can still average 14 rebounds per game in the Mavericks' short dozen games.

But no one seems to want to talk to Rodman, after all, he has a reputation, like a monster, and now he comes to a team that prides itself on being the most orthodox and traditional in the league, no matter how you look at it, it is a little out of place. Pitino, who traded Rodman, didn't say much to Rodman,

By four o'clock in the afternoon, the first day of training was over, and Leon felt that there was not much to gain from a day's observation, it was all some ordinary training, although it was very professional, Leon had already seen it.

When he learned that Rodman was still staying in a hotel in Boston, Rodman refused, saying that he was comfortable staying in the hotel and had a lot of fun every night. Then he left, not even mentioning learning to gamble.

Leon knew Rodman was a little unhappy and that he wasn't treated with respect in training.

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After returning to downtown Boston after training, Leon went back to the office building, but Reed Auerbach visited here in the afternoon, he rushed to Boston from Washington, D.C., he stayed in Michael Carr's office, and when he saw Leon coming, he said to Leon: "Boy, come with me to dinner, I have something to tell you." ”

When Auerbach wanted to eat with someone, he couldn't go against his wishes, so Leon had to call Ayatollah Khomeiniz and tell her that he wasn't going to her house for dinner tonight.

Auerbach chose one of the restaurants he frequented in Boston, the "Legal Seafood" restaurant on the Quincy Side, which was a non-smoking restaurant, but only Auerbach could smoke cigars there.

At the dinner table, Leon and Auerbach talked about Rodman, how he persuaded him to come to Boston, how he used gambling to keep Rodman at bay, and how he trusted the guy. Of course, he also said that during today's training, Rodman didn't seem too happy.

Auerbach snorted and said to Leon, "Of course he is not happy because you have not given him enough respect. A lot of people say how I would not like Dennis, and to be honest I used to dislike him, a guy who was up and down the pitch. But if he comes to us and becomes one of us, you have to respect him and love him anyway, otherwise what are you doing with him here? Not even a decent press conference. This guy is like this, he is still the same guy in college, he thinks that all the players are his students and must obey the discipline, he is more like a strict father, everyone will naturally listen to him. Actually, I knew it was going to be like this, you look at the deals he's made in the past, signing some players, trading them away after a while and then changing them and trading them out before they practiced for two days. The NBA is a big market, and trading is a matter of course, but the NBA also has favors. Many people think that Pitino planted a mine for me, but in fact he planted a bomb for himself! I've already told Carl that I'm going to have a press conference tomorrow and invite all the media reporters in Boston to come and hold a ceremony for Rodman to sign up. Leon, you have to attend, remember to go early and set the table up, you set the table bench hand. ”

It seems that Auerbach is here for Rodman's business, and he seems to have calculated that Rodman will be snubbed in Boston, even including Pitino, who signed him, this is Pitino, who often makes some good trades and draft picks, but is extremely impatient. It's been three months since he got Rodman in exchange, and maybe he'll regret it again.

Leon nodded, saying that he would do a good job of supporting the press conference, after all, he and Rodman are the only ones in the Celtics team who can talk.

Auerbach wiped his mouth and continued: "That's just the first thing, there's one more thing, the preseason will start in a while, O'Brien will be the head coach of the Celtics preseason, you and Vogel will be the assistant coach." Anyway, now that the scout's work is idle, you'll have a lot of opportunities to practice by then. Tell you, being a coach is a lot more fun than being a scout. "Isn't it more interesting to be a general manager?" Leon's words almost choked Auerbach again, and the bishop angrily knocked on the table with a fork and yelled at Leon: "If you have the ability, you better be the boss!" Leon suddenly remembered Khomelenes, and it didn't seem entirely impossible to think about it.