Jascovisi immediately recognized the person in front of him, the legendary NBA coach, former Celtics scout, assistant coach, head coach, and now the new head coach of the Suns, Fox Leon. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jascovis, the coach, was impressed because since coming to the Pacers, he knew that the Pacers had been shadowed by Leon and his Celtics from start to finish. Finally in the summer of 2006 he left, Kevin Garnett was reimbursed, and the Pacers saw hope and sent themselves to the Western Conference Warriors.

"Let me guess, do you want me to join the Suns? Oh come on, I don't want to waste any more time in the NBA, and a year ago, maybe I would have expressed interest in joining the Suns, but you see I'm in the Warriors. You could say I'm incompetent, but if I'm incompetent, I'm not fit for the NBA, and I'd rather go back to Europe. I'm thirty years old and I want to play! Leon just said hello and didn't say anything, and Jascovise fired a nameless fire at Leon.

After listening to Jascovis, Leon didn't say anything, just handed him a cup of coffee and said, "The coffee is a little cold, I'll order it for you when I come." ”

Jascovisi touched the coffee cup handed over by Leon, and sure enough, it was already cold, it seemed that he had been waiting for him for a long time, and he immediately felt sorry for his anger just now, and said: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be angry with you casually, you just... Sorry, really sorry, I want to go back to Europe. ”

Without giving Leon any chance to speak, Jascovises directly said that he wanted to return to Europe, during which time he had rejected the invitations of several NBA teams.

Leon smiled, and instead of persuasion, he picked up the newspaper in his hand, pointed to the cover and asked, "What do you think is the difference between Manu and you?" ”

Manu is Manu Ginobili, Argentina's Eagles, one of the most successful foreign players in the NBA, known as White Jordan, and one of the best and most bizarre defenders in the league.

This is a question that Jascovises has been asked many times because he is often compared to Ginobili as a case of failure for an international player. However, seeing Leon's sincerity, Jascovisi still held back his patience and said: "Manu's style of play is completely different from mine, he is very imaginative and can always play unbelievable balls. I'm more decent, but my three-point shot is better, and my passing is underrated. ”

Leon nodded and said, "Have you ever wondered why there is a player like Manu in a team as old-fashioned and dull as Spurs?" ”

"There are always exceptions, and flowers must always be supported by green leaves." Jascovise said.

"That's right, so you can't play well with the Pacers, where the style of play is even duller than yours, but why can't you play with the Warriors? It's unrestrained and fast there. Leon asked again.

Jascovis, who had been led by Leon, continued: "The Warriors are fast, but they are more one-on-one, everyone is strong, they are all fast, they are all very strong, they are all very strong individually, and the guidance that Nelson Sr. gave us is that if there is a chance in front of you and a teammate has a better chance, then you better shoot, because when you pass the ball the better chance may be gone." And you know, I'm not fast, and I can't keep up on the defensive end. I can't defend Dirk like Stephen Jackson. ”

Hearing Jascovis' retelling of old Nelson's words, Leon couldn't help but laugh and laugh happily. Jascovis, seeing Leon laughing like this, couldn't help but laugh himself, and the two of them sat in their seats and laughed for five minutes.

After laughing, Leon didn't say anything more, just handed his business card to Jascovis, and finally said: "There used to be a point guard in Dallas, he was thirty years old, his defense was very poor, his playoff performance was terrible, his boss didn't want to renew his contract, so he came to the Suns, and now he is a two-time MVP winner, of course his defense is still very poor." You know, Phoenix is a very magical place, Phoenix, reborn in the flames, will be even more brilliant. ”

With that, Leon left the café, leaving Jascovise alone to sit there and fall into deep thought, with the newspaper Leon left on the table, "The San Antonio Spurs won the 2007 NBA championship, and Tony Parker became the first foreign FMVP in NBA history. ”

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Coming out of the coffee shop, Leon made a beeline for the San Francisco airport, in fact recruiting Jascovise was not his most important task, but rather a more secondary one. While the entire Suns are busy preparing for the new season, Leon also needs to recruit for his coaching staff.

Unlike in the past, when Auerbach arranged manpower for himself, after arriving in the sun, everything needs to be arranged by Leon himself. However, Leon's goal this time around is clear, he is not prepared to talk to the famous assistant coaches on a phone call, nor is he prepared to ask for help from Steve Kerr - in his opinion, Kerr is not a disadvantage. Leon's idea was simple, get the Suns' original head coach D'Antoni, and then keep the Suns' past assistant coaching team intact.

There may be one more assistant coach, and that is D'Antoni, anyway, Leon is not without a manager who turned the original head coach into an assistant coach.

D'Antoni didn't show up when he met with Kerr and the owner in Phoenix, and the main members of the Suns' assistant coaching staff, such as Dan D'Antoni and Gentry, all have a good relationship with D'Antoni, and if they can get Mike D'Antoni, they will definitely stay with the Suns.

Moreover, Leon also very much wants D'Antoni to stay, so that he can work a little easier.

Arriving at the San Francisco airport, Leon boarded a plane to Virginia, where he prepared to visit the Sun Honored Coach at D'Antoni's home. Before leaving, Leon wrote a solemn letter to D'Antoni, clarifying his thoughts and telling D'Antoni that he would visit his home a few days after the finals.

In the past few years, Leon's personality has changed a lot, especially after marriage and the birth of his daughter, his personality has more warmth and softness, and there is a lot less coldness. More than a year of teaching college basketball has given him a deeper understanding of basketball and the role of coaching.

He didn't just choose the Phoenix Suns because he owed Steve Kerr a championship, but this selection included his new ideas and philosophies about basketball. During his years with the Boston Celtics, he almost took his defense to the extreme, especially in 2005, when the terrible "Wall of Boston" almost made the entire league desperate, almost to the point of "ultimate defense".

Their game against the Spurs in the Finals set a record for the lowest score in the history of the NBA Finals, and the previously widely watched Kevin Garnett vs. Tim Duncan finally turned into an iron battle, and the two players who were in their prime failed to average more than 20 points per game. And this round of the finals created the lowest rating record for the NBA finals in the past ten years, and formed a cliff-like decline compared to the 04 Hukai war.

Of course, Leon can't manage so much, and he continued his strategy in 06, but this year Arenas and Dio left, the Celtics suffered injuries, and the team encountered many, many problems, and finally relied on Paul Pearce's personal ability and Kevin Garnett, who dragged his injured leg, to win against the Heat. Then in the finals, Leon easily killed Johnson, who lacked adaptability, and achieved three consecutive championships.

However, after completing a three-peat, lighting a cigar, Leon felt tired and empty, and then Kevin Garnett was out for the season of surgery, then Angie was going to send Michael Reed away, and PJ Brown announced that he would retire in '07. And the most fatal knife was Auerbach's death in October 06, and Leon's spiritual pillar in Boston collapsed.

In the end, he chose to leave, and chose to go to college to find the beauty of basketball, where he met a group of lovely basketball youths and reaped the fruits of his marriage, and now his ambition is rekindled.

"The plane to Richmond, Virginia is about to take off, please fasten your seatbelts, turn off your mobile phones, and have a great trip."