On the night of Nov. 6, in a game played in Milwaukee, the Boston Celtics suffered a heavy defeat at the Bradley Center, losing to their opponents by 87:104, 17 points. Since trading Glenn Robinson this summer, the Bucks have not been as good as they used to be, and they didn't even make the playoffs last year. This year, they also slipped to the middle of the East like the Philadelphia 76ers, with a 5-5 record in the first game against the Celtics.

As a result, the Celtics suffered their worst loss of the season, with the exception of Paul Peel and Antoine Walker, who scored 28 points each, no other player scored in double figures, and the team shot 20 percent from three-point range and made 7 of 14 free throws, also setting a season low. After a nine-game winning streak, they suffered a terrible two-game losing streak.

On the way out of Milwaukee, a sudden snowstorm trapped the entire Celtics at the Milwaukee airport, and they had to wait a day to get back to Boston. Heading into November, the weather in the north is getting colder and colder, and after a few heavy snowfalls, this is Milwaukee's first blizzard of the year, and he seems to have arrived neither too early nor too late, leaving the demoralized Celtics in a siege.

Leon has been silent since the end of the game, of course he is not happy in his heart, but he is still thinking more about the problem, and the team's state is very abnormal. In fact, after the Mavericks game, Leon found that there was a loose breath surging in the team, and at first he thought that the players were a little complacent, which was a normal phenomenon, and he believed that as the season progressed, the continuous games would make the players understand that victory was not easy to come by. But after the game against the Bucks, the perceptive Leon felt that things were not so simple, and this group of young men seemed to have suddenly lost their spirit, and they played without any effort in the game. Lazy and low, he deaf ears to Leon's command.

It can be seen from the data that the two main veterans of Pierce and Walker are still playing normally, but the likes of Arenas, Johnson, Dareham Porter and even Reid are a little sluggish, only Chris Anderson still maintains great enthusiasm, but his help to the team alone is limited.

"Tonight's blizzard will last until about three o'clock in the morning. We apologize for the flight delay and ask for your understanding if you are departing from Milwaukee to Boston. "The announcer announced on the radio in the departure hall that there were two flights to Boston tonight, one for ordinary civil aviation and the other for Delta Air Lines specially arranged for the Celtics. But in the face of a blizzard, no matter what kind of plane has to obediently stop on the runway and wait for the bad weather to end.

Leon watched as the tired players, some of them were still listening to songs and playing with the game console in their hands, and some of them were already asleep with their heads down. He remembered the conversation he had with Joe Johnson on the plane yesterday, and the guy seemed to know he was going to be traded, but when he was talking to Angie before. Angie didn't quite make the trade decision, even he, the head coach, didn't know who the trade partner would be, and how did Joe Johnson know that he would be traded?

And in the summer, when Joe Johnson had a lot of trade rumors, and even when the deal with the Suns was close to taking shape, Joe Johnson himself only heard a little rumor, and finally disappeared under Leon's obstruction, why is there not even a shadow of a trade this time, but Johnson knows that he is leaving Boston. He was so unusually convinced that it affected his state. The last two defeats. Johnson's performance was extremely poor, a real unintentional love affair, a complete lack of tactics on the court, a poor shooting percentage, and a lack of defensive input. But he worked hard in training, but he didn't arrive early. I also ran to fool around with Walker and them at night, and I don't know which tendon in my brain was wrong.

Leon looked at Johnson, who was listening to music with headphones on, and was not ready to ask him, he knew that Johnson was more introverted and sensitive, and some questions were not suitable for direct questions. He swept it with his eyes again. Found Durham Porter, sitting in the corner, with his head tilted back and his mouth open, he was sleeping, this guy was straightforward and couldn't hide things, he was the same rookie as Arenas and Johnson, and the three of them had the best relationship, maybe they could ask something from his mouth.

Leon secretly moved to Delham Potter's side and stabbed Damham Potter to wake him up from his sleep, Damham Potter thought the blizzard was stopped and he could get on the plane, but Leon was heard asking, "What's the matter with you guys?" Why did Joe say he was leaving Boston himself? ”

Leon's words made Dalem Potter a little panicked, he was not a liar, and he was even more reluctant to lie to the team's head coach, because he felt that there was no lie hidden under Leon's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he replied, "After the game with the Mavericks, Antoine invited us to go for a drink, Joe drank a little too much, and then on the way back he told me that the team was going to trade him away. Apart from him, other young players are likely to be traded...... Including me. ”

"We're on a winning streak, we're number one in the league right now, why do we feel like we're going to be traded?" Leon asked. "Because...... Because Joe said that it was the team management who told him, and then the agent seemed to remind him to get ready to leave here. It's fun in Boston, and we're winning, but nobody's going to feel good if we're leaving. Lately, a few of us haven't wanted to train much...... I'm sorry, Fox. Dareham Potter also came to pour beans in a bamboo tube, and Leon didn't ask him to say anything, and he shook it out as soon as he asked.

After listening to Durham Porter's account, he knew that there must be someone behind it, and it was none other than Celtic management. It doesn't seem like Leon is in line with management's intentions to lead the team to back-to-back wins, as it doesn't lend itself to pushing for a trade to happen. The best way to mess up a young team is to use rumors to confuse young people who are not well involved in the world, and then affect their form.

Leon couldn't help but clench his fists, he needed to do something back in Boston.

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After returning to Boston from Milwaukee, the Celtics will be given a three-day break, which is a rare relaxation in a tight schedule and a good opportunity for the Celtics to adjust after suffering two straight defeats. After the blizzard stopped, the Celtics arrived in Boston at around six in the morning, everyone was exhausted, and Leon told the team to disband on the spot at the airport, announcing a day off and starting a new training session tomorrow morning.

After going home to make up for his sleep, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Leon went straight to the Celtic headquarters and broke into the president's office without saying hello, Danny Angie was on the phone in the office, and saw Leon come in and motioned for him to wait a while.

Five minutes later, Angie hung up the phone and asked Leon, "Looks like you're not in a good mood...... It doesn't matter, failure is always inevitable......"

Before Anji's words were finished, Leon interrupted his meaningless nonsense and asked bluntly, "Why did you reveal the news of trading Joe?" Reveal it to Joe, let the young people know that maybe you can trade them, but tell them the moment the deal happens, let them bear it alone and leave, why torture them with specious rumors before it happens? If you want to use this to get me to compromise and achieve your trading goals, then I'm telling you, Danny Ainge, that's impossible! “

Leon rarely gets angry, and for a few years at Celtic he has always shown himself to be calm and even cold, only with more enthusiasm in front of Khomemenez, a little more joy after a victory, and now his face is full of anger.

Angie was suppressed by Leon's anger, but he was also a person who had seen the world, and soon he got up from his seat, shook his head at Leon and said: "Fawkes, I don't know what's going on in the team, if you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me, but unilateral misunderstandings and accusations are not your style." Joe's deal is indeed still being negotiated, and there is still time before it takes shape, so I can't let out rumors to disturb the team, can I? Tell us what happened. “

When Angie spoke, Leon always stared at his face, carefully observing his micro-expressions, and after he finished speaking, Leon made a judgment in his heart: Angie did not speak, and it didn't seem to be a rumor he released. He suspects that Angie is rightfully so, because it was Leon who stirred up his offseason trade plan, and now it's not impossible for him to use this tactic to get the deal happening. And Durham Porter said that the personnel department told Johnson, and the so-called personnel department of the Celtics is actually the player development department, which has quite a lot of employees. After Anji removed the team's general manager, the development department came under Anji's jurisdiction.

After confirming this, Leon immediately put away his angry face, and just frowned and asked, "Tell me, who is the potential trading partner?" “

Angie didn't want to say it, not only because he didn't like coaches involved in the deal, but also because the deal was still in its infancy, and he wasn't completely sure what kind of deal to complete. But in the face of Leon's burning gaze, his mouth still loosened, and said: "The Suns, Hornets and Trail Blazers are all potential trade partners, and they are all interested in Joe, but as for whether to take the draft pick or other players, it is still being discussed." “

Leon nodded, said sorry, and got up to leave. Before leaving, he turned to Angie and said, "If you dare to trade away the first-round pick you got from the Grizzlies next year, I'm going to kill you." (To be continued.) )