Mike D'Antoni lives in Manhattan Beach, California, where he owns a beautiful ocean view villa with his wife and son. But this summer, instead of staying in Los Angeles to vacation with his family www.biquge.info he returned to his hometown of Maurles, West Virginia, to spend some time with his old father. At the same time, he also wanted to seek some guidance from his father to get through the most confusing period of his coaching career.

D'Anthony's father, D'Anthony Sr., was a legendary high school coach in West Virginia, a member of the West Virginia Athletic Hall of Fame, who introduced his two sons to the world of basketball and eventually coached and helped both sons become NBA coaches, with the youngest son Mike being honored as the best coach in the NBA and one step away from the pinnacle of a basketball coach.

After retiring, he lived in his hometown of Maurles, a hard-nosed basketball enthusiast in his 90s, still in good health, with a loud voice and clear thinking, just as he did when he was a coach.

The youngest son, Mike, has always been the pride of the old man, and although he knows that Mike can't become a superstar in basketball like Bird and Havlicek, he has forged a path of his own. Mike was one of the first American players to play overseas, and it was a shame for American basketball players at the time, because only Ren would go to the other side of the Atlantic to eat if he couldn't get along at home.

But the elder D'Antoni understood his son, and then Mike also obtained dual citizenship in the United States and Italy, and after starting his coaching career, the old man told D'Antoni not to be bound by the things of the past, not to be bound by those rules, to play his own basketball. And his father's words have always been the spiritual pillar of D'Antoni's insistence on his coaching style.

It's just that this summer, D'Antoni was a little injured, not only did he fall short in front of the Spurs again, but the Suns had announced the new head coach some time ago, and the super coach Fox Leon, who won three championships, Steve Cole and owner Savo made such a decision without even consulting with D'Antoni, which made D'Antoni very hurt.

He has now received coaching offers from several teams in the East, such as the Raptors and Knicks, because these Eastern Conference teams feel that D'Antoni can bring the flashy offense they want. D'Antoni is still hesitating, he stayed in Maures to live with his father, cut off most contact with the outside world, only received a text message the day before yesterday saying that Fox Leon was going to Maurles to meet with D'Antoni.

The boss and the general manager don't come to talk to him, his competitors, the new head coach wants to talk to him, D'Antoni really thinks it's very strange. But D'Antoni heard about the once amazing Boston coach when he led the Suns against him, a very negotiating coach who once flew all over the United States to find members of his assistant coaching staff, and once used a wad of money to recruit Steve Hess directly to join the Celtics.

D'Antoni didn't turn down the visit, he sent his home address and started waiting, he wanted to talk to the young successful coach in person, D'Antoni wanted to know what he wanted to make the sun look like. At the Boston Celtics, he forged the toughest shield in history, so much so that the league had to change the scale of blowing penalties and increase the blowing penalties for outside defensive fouls to keep the game running smoothly.

D'Antoni remembers the tragic moment of being pinned to the ground by the defending champions in 2005 when he brought his V-shaped offense to the Suns and set off a solar storm.

Does he want to bring that kind of defense to the Suns? If that's the case, D'Antoni wouldn't have stayed with the Suns for a second longer, and maybe that would bring the Suns a championship, but that's not the basketball D'Antoni loves, that's not what he thinks the league trend is. Although a few days ago, I saw that the San Antonio Spurs successfully swept the Cavaliers to win the championship, and saw Popovich finally win a championship ring with his basketball philosophy, the stubborn D'Antoni not only had envy and unwillingness, but also hoped to use his own ideas to get his own championship.

"Which team is right for me?" D'Antoni couldn't help but think.

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On the morning of June 21, D'Antoni got up early, but his father got up earlier, and he had already gone out for a walk on the nearby hills. The town of Maurles was founded in 1912 and has a population of just over 1,000 people. The old D'Antoni family is the last person in the town, and they are also the pride of the town, and the old man will walk around the town every day, catch up with old friends, and exercise.

D'Antoni's mother has died, and his old father is at home alone, and it is also happy to be able to be so free. D'Antoni woke up, fried himself an egg, warmed a glass of milk, and thought to himself that if Fox Leon didn't come back today, he was going to go on a trip to New York, where he might have a chance to make a difference.

Just as he was thinking, the door of the house opened, and old D'Antoni opened the door and came in, and he came back so early.

Mike felt a little strange that his father would usually walk in the mountains for a while, then go to town to chat with friends, and come back almost noon. was about to ask, but saw that it was not only the old D'Antoni who came back, but also another one behind him, and Mike recognized it at a glance, it was Fox Leon.

Leon got on a plane yesterday, slept on the plane, got to Richmond in the wee hours of the morning, then rented a car in Richmond and drove all the way to Maurles. Fortunately, Fox Leon has a super ability to read maps, otherwise there is no GPS navigation in the car, and driving from Richmond to Maures would be doomed if you get lost, because Virginia and West Virginia are both mountains.

Leon looked a little tired because of the long flight and then the drive, and in a small town, a tired outsider is always easy to attract attention, and the old D'Antoni who has been following basketball for many years recognizes Leon and knows that he wants to see his son, so he takes him home.

Mike hurriedly poured a glass of milk for Leon, warmed a few slices of bread, Leon was not polite, said hello, changed his shoes and sat down, and drank the milk after a few bites of bread, feeling much better all of a sudden.

Mike looked at Leon and said, "Actually, you don't have to be in such a hurry, you came here overnight?" I'm not going to fly away, and you're the head coach of the Suns. ”

After listening to his son's words, the elder D'Antoni said: "Don't talk like this Mike, I just talked to Fox on the way, he wants you to stay with the Suns as an assistant coach, and he came overnight, that is his sincerity." “

Leon wiped his mouth after eating and said, "I've received news from New York, there is an intention to invite you to coach the Knicks, I can't let you go to that hellish place to waste your life." ”

Leon's words made both D'Antoni and his son laugh, although the two laughed for different reasons.

Mike asked, "You want me to be an assistant coach?" A best coach, I don't care about the title, it's nothing, it's like you were in Boston, Rick Carlisle didn't later become your assistant coach, I want to know if I stay, I mean if, can I play my worth. Or is it just to stabilize the morale of the army and let the players play with peace of mind, and I don't have to do anything and sit on the bench every day to sleep. ”

"I'll put you in charge of the Suns' offense, all, all of it to you, and Kentry in charge."

"What?" Mike D'Antoni looked a little unconvinced of his ears.

Old D'Antoni on the side said: "Are you as deaf as I am?" He said put you in charge of all the offense, all of them! ”

Michael glanced at his old father reproachfully and said, "I'm not deaf, I just want to make sure." ”

He then asked, "I'm in charge of the offense, and you're in charge of the defense?" “

Leon shook his head and said, "No, I'm not in charge of defense, we don't need to defend. “

D'Antoni feels like he's coming into the Suns with a fake Fox Leon who doesn't want to bring in defense?

Seeing his son's look of disbelief, D'Antoni Sr. said: "When Pat Riley goes to the Knicks, many people think that he will bring New York a gorgeous offense, but I didn't expect that in the end he made New York a muscle defense team. ”

Leon nodded, obviously the old man was right, but he still said: "I'm still different from Pat Riley, he went to the Knicks and didn't have a championship, and I will." ”