Fox Leon and Auerbach worked together to deduce and prevent all the changes in the draft, Leon's mind processing ability is so powerful, no matter how complex the prediction is, he can remember it in his mind, combined with Auerbach's rich experience, they developed the ABC three plans, of course, to be on the safe side, they also set aside a set of worst plan D.

In Plan A, the Celtics would draft Joe Johnson, Hellam Porter and Arenas with three picks, with a win over Johnson at No. 11 would be the first difficulty, with teams in the top five to 10 likely to take the quiet, hard-working guard. For this reason, the Celtics did not reveal the slightest intention to take Johnson before the draft, so much so that when Joe Johnson heard Stern report his name in the 11th round, there was a hint of surprise on his face. Judging by the news that came out before the draft, they had been expecting an interior player, and the same was true for their team's roster needs, and Pitino had gone crazy in the past to get a good center.

But in the end, the first step of Plan A was successfully completed, and if Joe Johnson was taken out early, then they would implement Plan B, which is a trade plan with two options, one is to trade away the No. 11 draft pick, and the other is to get Radmanovic and the SuperSonics in exchange for Jerome James, which is also in line with the Celtics' need to strengthen the center position. In fact, even Joe Johnson could be executed in Plan B and traded outright in the draft, but neither Leon nor Wallace had good targets, and Boston's Angie didn't call.

So Plan A continued, everything went in a good direction, Durham Potter and Arenas were included, this is not a victory for the Celtic strategy, but a victory for their overseas player program and scouting evaluation system, and it must be admitted that Leon, Wesland and Morey are data workers in the process of discovering new players, with detailed data and constantly open new data processing methods, to provide strong support for assessing the future potential and current ability of players.

Leon's scouting report spoke highly of Arenas' selection in particular, especially from the perspective of an offensive point guard, and Leon also noted his competitiveness and diligence, although he also had some personality issues. When discussing draft strategies, Wallace and Angie both preferred to take Arenas directly with the 11th pick, so as not to have too many dreams, but Auerbach and Leon both thought that they should take a gamble and select him in the 21st place, which would maximize the team's interests, and if Arenas was won in the 11th place, the Celtics would definitely not get Joe Johnson, and they would have one less big chip. Second, Leon has done an in-depth investigation into Arenas's upbringing, and knows that this guy has a stubborn personality and refuses to admit defeat, and he has been constantly denied and shattered by other people's negation along the way, and perhaps choosing him in the twenty-first place can stimulate his motivation to move forward.

In the 1996 draft, Auerbach made the same risk, he wanted to get Antoine Walker and Kobe Bryant, but unfortunately the Hornets manager Dave Cowens didn't miss the old love, Jerry West even announced early that he wanted to get Kobe, Kobe didn't go anywhere except the Lakers, so the Celtics missed Kobe, which is the price to pay for greed.

But this time the Celtics succeeded, and of course their gains were far less than the one they might have made in 1996, but it was enough to make them a modest winner in the draft.

In addition to the signing of Chris Anderson, at the end of the first round of the draft, the Grizzlies, Spurs, and Celtics made a three-way trade, and the Grizzlies sent their 27th pick, Tony Parker, to get the Celtics' point guard Kenny Anderson, and the Spurs had to give their backup guard Steve Kerr to the Boston Celtics to get the Parker they wanted. The Celtics have gained their fourth player in this draft, a point guard with four-time championship experience, and a smart guy on par with Danny Ainge.

Because Kenny Anderson's salary is as high as $8 million, the Grizzlies also gave the Celtics a future first-round pick, a current draft pick and some cash, so that the Celtics' 2001 draft came to a successful conclusion, three potential rookies, an experienced veteran, two future draft picks, nearly a month of hard work, so that the Celtics ushered in a bumper harvest in this draft.

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After the draft, Leon did not return to Boston with the team, and the settlement of rookies, the trade of veterans, the signing of contracts, and the handling of follow-up matters were all done by Danny Ainge and Chris Wallace. In order for Leon to adapt to the job as an assistant coach as quickly as possible, and to get out of the scout role as soon as possible, especially after such a successful draft, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of complacency, which Auerbach does not allow, and he can't wait to send Leon to Los Angeles, Boston's sworn enemy city in basketball.

Two cities, one in the Northeast and one in the Southwest, one cold and one passionate, one heavy and one light, and just like their team style, Los Angeles has never lacked radiant superstars, while the Celtics have a team basketball ethos no matter how big their stars are – they haven't had a single season scoring champion in their franchise history.

As the two basketball meccas in the United States, the two cities and the two teams are not as old and dead as people think, or they are not related at all, not to mention that the Celtics' star Paul Pierce is a child who grew up in Los Angeles, and Arenas will soon join the ranks.

And if you look at the history of the Lakers, they also have a green bloodline figure in their team, that is, the championship guard of the Celtics in the fifties and sixties, the championship coach of the Lakers in the seventies and their championship manager in the eighties, Bill Sharman.

On the night of the conference, he received a call from Auerbach, asking him to buy a plane ticket for the next day to California, and then to Redondo after arriving in Los Angeles, where Sharman lived in a house by the sea.

"I've already contacted William, you go to him, learn something and come back, he'll arrange it for you, and I want you to look like a coach before the training camp starts. If you turn those broken numbers over for me and make me look like a mathematician, I'll screw your head off and use it as an ashtray. Also, the build-up of the Development League is in the final stages, and their draft is expected to start around November of this year, and that Chris Anderson is a nice kid, although not very easy to discipline...... To be honest, there are quite a few bad boys in our camp this year, and I hope you will have a harvest from William! This is Auerbach's nagging instruction to Mrs. Leon on the phone, and William is Bill Sharman's original name, because the nickname "Bill" is so famous that people forget his real name.

This is not the first time Leon has come to Los Angeles, in fact, in the past year, Leon has been coming to Los Angeles a lot, in addition to games, a lot of scouting-related work will be carried out in Los Angeles, because California is the most developed place in the United States for basketball, with the most NBA teams, the most NBA players in history, and the most complete basketball leagues at all levels.

Leon's plane landed at Los Angeles' LAX International Airport, a 10-minute taxi ride from Redondo Beach, a famous seafood town in Southern California.

Although Auerbach was eager to whip Leon around to complete his character, Leon still gave himself a short vacation after arriving in Redondo, and in the sea breeze at night, he went to Redondo's most famous Tony seafood restaurant, where he had a seafood feast, and then enjoyed the beauty of Redondo and the vast, deep Pacific Ocean in the night.

However, Leon still underestimated Auerbach's urgency, and early the next morning, Leon was going to go to the beach to have a good stroll, but received a call from Bill Sharman to him: "Come directly boy, Arnold is dying, as soon as I woke up in the morning, he called to ask if you came yesterday, I said no, and he gave me the phone and asked me to find you quickly." You'll have time to go around, but now I'm going to see you. Do you know how to drive? I'll take you on a trip to the University of Southern California in the afternoon. ”