The Celtics, who had made a comeback from Minnesota, returned to Boston that day, and their morale was high after six consecutive wins. Leon decided to give the players a small break, and the 10th gave the players a day off, and although the 11th had a difficult Utah Jazz to play, Leon still felt that the young people should be given some relaxation. However, Leon did not give himself a chance to relax, and he spent the whole day in the office of the training hall on the 10th, burying his head in sorting out the statistics and videos of the team's last few games.

He worked from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. to show the detailed high-level data of each player in six games in the form of charts and graphs, and then printed them out, as an important part of the "Best of Career" program, Leon had to monitor and evaluate the performance of the players in real time.

Judging from the high-level statistics of the players in these games, Paul Pierce has played the best, and his scoring efficiency, key ball ability and all-round ability have greatly improved compared to last year. Although it is not particularly obvious in terms of average points per game and other average statistics, as long as you have watched the Celtics' recent games, you will know that he is the well-deserved core of the Celtics' offensive end, the most consistent single scoring point, and the team's No. 1 attacker.

Antoine Walker's performance was also very good, and his efficiency improved compared to the past, because of Leon's strong constraints, his average points per game decreased slightly compared to last year, but the shooting percentage went up, and the number of three-point shots was nearly halved. But his rebounding has improved, his assists have improved, and his fast-break scoring has reached a career-high, and it's clear that in Leon's offensive system, Walker is no longer the No. 1 single-player attacker, he has become a fast-break scorer.

Others, like Reed, are among the league's most efficient defenders and have league-leading three-point shooting percentage, although their scores have slipped slightly under the chase and squeeze of Arenas and Joe Johnson. But the shooting percentage has also improved, reaching a career-high three-point shooting, but the shooting percentage has also reached a career-high, becoming a reliable defender and three-point shooter on the outside of the Celtics.

In Leon's view, Reed may have the potential to be a well-rounded perimeter attacker, but he still thinks that perhaps a defensive plus three-point route would be a better direction for him.

Other players such as Barty, Johnson, Blount, and Williams have reached a pretty good level of individual statistics in Leon's fast-attacking system, and have even reached new peaks. This is also the reason why many players like fast attacking tactics, not only is it easier to play, but the statistics will also rise.

The only exception, and surprising, is that Gilbert Arenas' stats have not improved significantly from his rookie game, and apart from a stunning performance in the first game against the Bulls, Arenas has been in tepid form since then. It looks like Leon is not particularly comfortable with the new role he has given him, the engine in the attack, the quick distribution of the ball. Shock worker.

In fact, he did a very good job, at least in Leon's opinion, in the second rapid offensive system, Leon clearly marked the offensive choice routine for Arenas. He didn't need to have a lot of offensive creativity while also giving him plenty of offensive fire, but from Game 3 onwards, his outside shooting percentage wasn't as good as it could be. Of the Celtics' outside five, he had the lowest three-point and two-point shooting percentages.

Leon spent most of the morning studying the problem, and he noticed that the number of shots decreased. One big reason is that Arenas' singles opportunities have decreased compared to last season. He was a rookie last season and didn't have much of the ball, but in the latter stages, as his self-confidence and shooting skills continued to improve, coupled with Carroll's encouragement and even indulgence, Arenas' singles ability improved by leaps and bounds.

Leon's seemingly open and free offense this season is actually a typical loose on the outside and tight on the inside, with many rules and regulations to restrain and limit the players, on the one hand, it is an effective control over the abusive shooting king like Walker, but on the other hand, it also makes a young man like Arenas who has a burning fire of ambition feel like he is shackled.

From ten o'clock, Leon began to think about the use of Arenas, this child full of talent and stubborn personality, although he did not deal with Leon on the surface, because Leon's behavior in the draft did not hurt his self-esteem. But in the bottom of his heart, Arenas still admires Leon, especially his "Hawkeye training system", which simply shocked Arenas, and this kind of training has also improved Arenas's tactical literacy a lot, otherwise it may be difficult to complete the technical and tactical cooperation of the Celtics under the high-speed operation with his passing ability.

At this time, there was a sound of slapping the ball from the training ground, and it looked like someone had come to the stadium to train.

"At 10:45, someone will come at this point." Leon looked at his watch, he was wondering if anyone would come over to practice on everyone's holiday today, who would come, and what time would it be.

Leon guessed that it was Arenas, because Pierce and Walker both had their own training grounds, so there was no need to come all the way to Waltham. As for Reed, Johnson, Durham Porter and others, Leon knows they are hardworking, but they are not the hardest in the rookies, and the only one who is the hardest is that No. 0 defender, Gilbert Arenas.

Leon walked out of the office and onto the training hall field, and sure enough, Arenas had changed into a training uniform and was doing a simple shooting practice on the court.

"Why are you here so late?" Leon walked to the sideline and asked Arenas out loud.

Arenas just glanced at Leon slightly, ignoring Leon and continuing to shoot as he kept moving away from the basket.

If there is anyone in the team who seems to have the least respect for León, Arenas will undoubtedly be elected by a high vote. The two bosses of the team, Pierce respects Leon, Walker is afraid of Leon, others like Barty and Williams recognize Leon's ability, Reed needless to say, Leon's hardcore descendant, Joe Johnson has a more ambiguous attitude, and Leon is more like a colleague, but he will never disrespect him. Only Arenas often put on a foul face at Leon, and when he talked to him, he ignored him, and sometimes talked back. But Leon never got angry with Arenas, and seemed to have a sense of indulgence towards him.

Only Arenas himself knows, but he listens to Leon's instructions, and he implements the tactics that Leon arranges, and it turns out that he is doing well, but deep down he feels that he can do better-yes, he has always been so confident.

"Gilbert, if you can shoot 10 ultra-long-range three-pointers in one minute, I'll give you more shots in the next game." Seeing that Arenas ignored him, Leon spoke to him again.

"How far?" Arenas immediately asked.

"35 feet." At 35 feet, about five miles from the three-point line, it's not particularly difficult to shoot a three-pointer from that distance, but it's not that easy to throw 10 in a minute. The three-point contest shoots in one minute, and some players may score a good ten points if they play poorly, or count the two-point flower ball, and now Arenas has to complete a super long-range three-point shot.

For this kind of challenge, Arenas nodded without hesitation, even if Leon was a bargaining chip, he would agree, he just wanted to prove that he was strong in front of Leon.

Leon found four racks for Arenas, each with five balls on them, and placed them 35 feet from the basket. Arenas prepared a little, and Leon didn't even need to look at his watch, and just said to start.

Starting on the left side, Arenas took the ball and threw it, but he didn't score any of the first three balls, and it was clear that he hadn't found the crosshairs yet, and the 30-foot shot was not something that could be found just by looking for it. Soon, Arenas scored one of the five balls on the first shelf, and on the second shelf, Arenas finally began to have an accurate head, after all, this is closer to the top of the arc, which is his golden shooting area of 30 degrees on the left and right sides of the arc, and he scored three of the five goals on the second shelf. The third shelf went in three more, and the last shelf, as long as he entered three more, he could reach 10.

However, he didn't throw the first two of the last shelf, and the last three, he adjusted slightly, took a deep breath, and then fired a quick shot in succession, as if the track was predetermined, and all three balls were hollow into the net!

“Yes！” Arenas raised his arms and shouted after reaching his goal, and he looked at Leon because he was timing it. Anyway, Leon never needs a stopwatch in training, he always keeps time by heart.

Leon looked at Arenas, who was full of anticipation, nodded and said, "Yes, complete the goal in one minute, tomorrow's game against the Utah Jazz, I hope you can be so accurate." Let go of the fire, boy, that's your strength. ”

At the same time, Leon thought to himself, "Actually, you were 0.7 seconds late for your last shot, boy." (To be continued.) )