After nearly an hour of waiting, Vicsey was finally liberated, and Eze told him he could come in and meet Auerbach. By this time, Vixie was already shivering from the wind and rain outside the porch, and there were small droplets of water on her hair and coat. The media man, who had ridiculed and satirized Auerbach countless times in the newspapers, still showed enough awe when he actually confronted the cardinal.

As soon as the two men met, they began to reminisce about the past, and Auerbach said to the rain-covered Vicsi: "It's been ten years, and if I'm not mistaken, the last time we saw each other face-to-face like this was ten years ago, ten years ago...... Where did it come from 10 years ago? ”

"Charlotte, it's Charlotte, the All-Star Game that year." Vicky added. Leon, who was standing on the side, handed Viche a towel, Vicy smiled and nodded, took the towel and dried it, at this time he looked at Leon with no contempt when he was in the taxi, he knew that this young man must have a lot to do with Auerbach.

"That's right, it was Charlotte, that year's All-Star Game, I met you in the elevator, and we were shaking hands, and the hell knows what was going on in my head at the time, and I would shake your hand." Auerbach recalls the past, still very polite, but it doesn't look as bad as it looks in the newspapers when the two men face each other.

The next hour and a half became a "reminiscence" meeting between the two, Leon poured a cup of coffee for each of them, and they began to talk about the 1996 season of Chamberlain's 1967 Eastern Conference Finals ending the Celtics' dream of 10 consecutive hegemony, all the way to the 1996 season for Duncan's pendulum battle, which ran through the verbal battles between Auerbach and Wixie in the media and newspapers. When it comes to sparks, the two of them either laugh or actually fight with each other.

Speaking of the excitement, Auerbach couldn't help but pull a cigar out of the drawer and wanted to light it up and take a few puffs, when Leon reminded: "You'd better not smoke it again today, the last one has just been smoked, and smoking again will exceed the doctor's limit for you." Hearing Leon say this, Auerbach glared at him fiercely, but obediently put the cigar back in the drawer.

This surprised Viche to see that there was still someone in the world who could make Auerbach give up cigar smoking. He couldn't help but ask the question that had been hidden in his heart since he entered the door: "It's really rare that someone can make Mr. Auerbach not smoke a cigar, who is this young man, is he more terrible than losing?" I came in a taxi with him, and I remember to thank him. ”

Auerbach snorted, picked up the coffee cup and wanted to drink it, but found that it was empty, so he yelled at Leon: "Pour me a cup of coffee!" Don't let me smoke cigars, I can't drink coffee! After watching Leon fill himself with coffee, Auerbach said, "His name is Fox Leon, he's a scout for the Celtics, and he's going to be the team's assistant coach this season." With that, Auerbach took a slow sip of his coffee, waiting for Viche to digest the sentence.

It was not for nothing that Auerbach asked Leon to choose to meet him today, a month ago Viche was recommended by Eze to come to Woodmont Club once, Auerbach just wanted Leon and Vicxi to meet, but he didn't expect that the two would come in the same taxi so coincidentally.

In addition to being Auerbach's nemesis, Vicky is also a well-known "whistleblower king" in the New York press, he has his own connections with various teams, and can often get first-hand news, and can get the news before the official news of the team is announced, which has made him shine in many big team trades.

Auerbach's intention is very clear, that is, through Vicsi's mouth, the news that Leon has become an assistant coach of the Celtics is poked into the media world, and the promotion of his real entry into the coaching position is promoted.

Assistant coaches and scouts are completely different professions, and there are a lot of scouts in the NBA, and almost no one knows them except for team staff and some senior coaches, not even the biggest names in sports journalism. The assistant coach is different, although it is only an assistant to the head coach, it means that he is a member of the coaching staff, and more importantly, it means that he is qualified to be a head coach. How many famous NBA coaches have come up from the head coach position, Pat Riley, Chuck Daley, Stan Van Gundy, all have experience as assistant coaches.

Sure enough, when Viche heard the news, he felt quite surprised, he looked at Auerbach with wide eyes, then at Leon with slanted eyes, and said with a smile: "Fox Leon, I seem to have heard of you...... Assistant coaches? Congratulations, there's another great commander in the NBA coaching world. ”

Although Leon is already well-known in the scouting world, Vicey is still "unknown", after all, his field is superstars and famous coaches, not scouts like Leon who are fighting at the bottom of the NBA player market.

Leon was also a little unprepared for Auerbach's sudden claim that he was the assistant coach of the Celtics in front of Vicsy, but what a smart person he was, he knew what kind of medicine was sold in Auerbach's gourd when he thought about it. For Viche and Auerbach, it was completely a matter of taking what they wanted, and Auerbach gave Viche a big revelation, and Viche released this revelation to build momentum for Leon. The role of public opinion in the NBA is beyond ordinary people's imagination, especially for coaches, who are often at the center of the storm of public opinion and are under tremendous pressure. Pitino is a prime example, and some of his unreasonable and quick signing options on the free market have been forced by public opinion.

But Leon and Pitino are the opposite, Pitino is too much pressure from public opinion, and Leon is a basketball rookie with no prestige and qualifications, if there is no public opinion and news rendering, it is obviously questionable to rashly become an assistant coach like this. Auerbach had already expended a great deal of energy and cost in order to win unity of opinion within the Celts, and now his preparations should be focused on creating a good, hot, and without too many noisy external public opinion environments for León.

"Looks like you don't know much about Leon, maybe I can tell you a little bit about this kid. Did you bring a pen and paper? As a journalist, you should carry these things with you......" Auerbach couldn't wait to paint Vicsey with a brilliant, talented, legendary Fox Leon. And Wicky also understood what he meant from Auerbach, and very cooperatively took out a pen and paper and began to pretend to record it.

Leon sat and listened to the two guys talk about the past and the present, and then from the two of them to himself, and from time to time he had to add coffee to the two of them, but what he really wanted to say Auerbach never said. He was in no mood at all to listen to Auerbach blowing himself like a flower there, what a mathematical wizard, basketball intuition is unparalleled, Leon thought to himself that Auerbach himself wanted to vomit, after all, Auerbach's mantra is "so-you-are-over-paid" (you are overrated), he does not scold himself even if the world is peaceful.

Auerbach continued to blow until he couldn't blow anymore, until he was a little nauseous, and then waved his hand to indicate that the conversation should be over here.

Wicky's trip to Woodmont was coming to an end, and the hour's wait was worth it for him, as he got a good Coke talk and a little gossip news, and just as he was packing up and getting ready to leave, he asked one last question: "I heard Mr. Leon say that Celtic like a French player, let me think about who was the last European player for Celtic?" Dino Radga? ”

Vicky asked lightly, and Auerbach replied lightly, saying, "Well, it seems to be a kid named Parker, Leon said he's good, that's good, anyway, we have three draft picks this year." ”

After hearing Auerbach's words, Viche nodded with satisfaction and said goodbye to everyone, a day full of returns.

This time, Auerbach was finally able to take a cigar out of the drawer and put it to his mouth, and Leon took out a match and lit the cigarette for Auerbach himself.