The more than three days at Santa Monica Community College were a very fast time for Leon to think deeply about the art of defense. Although on the first day he made a surprising statement, proposing an exhaustive way to solve the contradiction between amoeba defense and human marking, all this is only at the theoretical level, and Leon's mathematically proficient brain has only built a basic model, which is really difficult to implement in training, especially to let his players understand their own ideas.

So instead of spending too much time dwelling on the ultimate defense, Leon turned himself into a sponge, drawing on decades of experience and knowledge from Gelguric.

Although both were born in Pennsylvania and have a tough defensive style, Gelguric and Hart are still a little different in their defensive philosophy. Hart has been playing for Eastern teams for many years, and his defensive strategy has a strong Eastern style, emphasizing physical contact, emphasizing willpower, and emphasizing controlling the tempo to reduce scoring.

Gelguric, on the other hand, has been an assistant coach in the West, and his defensive philosophy is more aggressive, and strong defense is more about creating better opportunities for offense. Therefore, Gelguric's defense will not suppress the tempo, but will instead create a lot of quick counter-attack opportunities by frantically squeezing and increasing the tempo, and the supersonic is his masterpiece.

These two defensive ideas, which belong to the same sect but branch out in different directions, give Leon a lot of room to think. Over the course of three days, the six of them used video footage and live drills to delve into the relationship between offense and defense, and how defense affects the outcome of the game. However, there are very few specific tactical issues that everyone touches, and they are only used for example and understanding.

Three days later, the study was over, and the five of them had a small exam, which was to participate in the famous Drew League in Los Angeles.

Gelguric had already been in contact with the organizers of the Drew League, and they would pick a game on the weekend and have his students play against each other as coaches of both teams.

Because there were five people, rookies like Bisketaft Jr., who had no coaching experience, were automatically excluded from watching from the sidelines, while the other four were divided into two groups.

It stands to reason that already well-known coaches like Leon and Carlisle should separate and lead a team to fight, and then Stotts and Brown as assistant coaches.

But Gelguric asked for a draw, and it turned out that Leon and Carlisle were in a two, and Brown and Stotts were in a group.

On the question of who will be the assistant coach, Leon appeared very generous, saying that Carlisle is the best coach and should be the head coach and assist himself.

On the day of the Drew League, the game was played in the basketball arena of Charles Drew High School. Founded in 1973 by Elvin Willis, the amateur league has a lot of freedom to add a new member before the tournament starts – as long as he can pass the review. Over the past 30 years, the league has grown and attracted more and more famous players. Although it is not of a high level, it has a positive, positive and healthy atmosphere, and constantly conveys the correct basketball values. This is also what distinguishes the Drew League from other street leagues, and it is also fundamental to its growth.

When Leon and his party arrived at Camp Drew High School in South Los Angeles, they found that the basketball hall was packed, and it was clear that there were big stars playing today.

Leon's sharp eyes were the first to see a familiar face, it was Baran Davis, and he also saw Leon squeezing in through the door, and his originally smiling face stiffened slightly.

However, Leon knew that Barang Davis would not have such a heat here, at least more than 500 people came to the scene, and Davis's popularity did not reach this level.

Sure enough, Leon saw the other stars on the other side of the court, a star from the Magic and the league's most popular scorer this year, Tracy McGrady.

The arrival of Fox Leon and his party added fuel to the already hot stadium, although the coach is far less popular than the players, but Leon is a different coach, and he has made headlines no less than ordinary players.

It's not often that coaches come to the Drew League, and some reporters know that there must be a good show to watch today.

The difference between the Drew League and the regular street or business league is that there are no DJs yelling at the players and no weird music, this is basketball, and everyone and every player is equal.

So neither Maddie nor Davis will get special treatment, and neither will Leon, everyone is honestly doing pre-game preparation like ordinary players or coaches.

Carlisle and Leon soon faced the problem that they were not familiar with the people on their own team - except for Maddy, who was on Carlisle's team.

In this year's playoffs, the Pistons just eliminated Maddy's Magic, and Carlisle knows everything about how to deal with Maddy, but he doesn't know how to play him.

At this time, Leon had been scribbling on a piece of paper, and after about ten minutes, he handed it to Carlisle.

Carlisle took the paper, and there was a clear table on it, arranged according to the jersey number of each player in the team, with the player's height, position, weight marked behind, and even a note at the back indicating some of the characteristics of the player. For example, the shooting is better, the speed is fast, and so on.

Carlisle thought that Leon had gotten the roster of players beforehand, but Leon told him that these were the conclusions he had reached after watching the players warm up for ten minutes, and Carlisle glanced at Leon with the eyes of a monster and began to make a preliminary plan for the game.

Of course, this kind of coach who catches ducks on the shelves can't engage in any targeted tactics, and the Drew League itself is also an amateur league, and the players' tactical literacy is average. So Carlisle, based on the table given by Leon, worked out a basic tactical direction.

When the game really started, Carlisle realized that any tactical direction was useless, and the players left everything behind them as they played. Especially a super player like Maddie, he and Davis have their own set of tactics on the court.

At this time, the role of on-the-spot command comes into play, with Leon's automatic video recorder there, Carlisle can get feedback on the problem as soon as possible, and then shout to command the players.

The players on the field are fans of the authorities, and as soon as the professional coach points out, they immediately make changes, and the effect comes out.

From a little rusty at the beginning, to the more and more fluent cooperation, their team has Maddie is already stronger than Davis's team, under the command of Leon and Carlisle, from the second half to quickly pull the score away.

On the other side, Brown and Stotts were inexperienced in how to command such a team, and Davis, a guy who was a point guard, had terrible shot options, and the team quickly fell into a one-man battle.

In the end, Leon's team won the game comfortably, and after the game, fans and reporters flocked to the field to get autographs from Maddie and Davis. This time Leon and Carlisle were completely left out in the cold.

"How about going to Boston together and winning the championship with me?" Leon said to Carlisle as he packed his things. Surrounded by a crowd of fans, Leon said it as if he were joking.

"No, I want to win a championship of my own." Carlisle sighed and shook his head to reject Leon.

Leon also smiled and didn't speak, he knew that Carlisle was still a little arrogant.

The competition is over, and this short training course is over. The six of them had a meal near Drew High School, and they said goodbye to each other, and they will live out their coaching dreams in different ways in their respective positions on their respective teams.

Leon returned to Santa Monica Beach in his eight-handed Chevrolet, met with Ayatollah Holmenez, had dinner together, and walked around the beach to chat.

Ayatollah Khomeenes told Leon that she would focus her career in Los Angeles, and Leon expressed his support for her, offering to share his scouting resources with Ayatollah Khamenez, but Ayatollah Khomeenes refused.

After that, Leon returned the rental car and bought a ticket back to Boston the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow he had to go to Redondo to talk to Bill Sharman about the number.

The next morning, Leon received a call from Angie, who informed him that Carlisle had called and offered to join the Celtics.

The result was exactly what Leon had expected.

"What a tsundere!" (To be continued.) )