"Derek Coleman? Are you sure? Michael Leoncarr looked surprised and disbelieving. [ads:This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.] It was a scene in the office of the Boston Celtics general manager, who, after beating the 76ers on the road, flew to Toronto, where they beat the Raptors, and then traveled to New Jersey, where they ended their five-game winning streak as they lost to the Nets on the road.

And after this round of road trip, as soon as Jonny returned to Boston, it was like Carl, who had been staying in Boston, to come up with his idea of trading for Derrick Coleman.

Looking at Karl's surprised expression, Jonny also knew that Karl's thoughts were nothing more than that Derrick Coleman was a thorn in the eye and would ruin the atmosphere in the Celtics. Still, Jonny nodded with certainty.

Karl looked depressed, indeed, if you want to get Derrick Coleman now, it is simply too simple, after all, the 76ers will definitely choose Allen Iverson between Allen Iverson and Derrick Coleman, the two thorns, and after this season, Derrick Coleman's contract will expire, and the 76ers will definitely be very willing to make a trade to send Derrick Coleman away in order not to have nothing at that time.

But now there are not many teams willing to take over Derrick Coleman, after all, Derrick Coleman is a thorn, he often missed practice when he was in the Nets, and then went to the 76ers or did not change his bad habits, unless it is a team that is really very short of power forwards, it is impossible to be willing to have such a player. What's more, even in such a situation, there is a certain price to be paid to make a transaction. After all, Derrick Coleman is a star player with a perennial double-double.

In fact, when Jonny said that he was sure, Karl was also a little hesitant, and he had no doubts about Derek Coleman's strength at all. The 90-year-old champion show, in the first season, scored an average of 18.4 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.3 blocks per game all-around data, was considered to be Karl Malone, Charles Barkley after another dominant level of power forward, the ball skills are claimed to be able to play from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position, half-court offense has no dead ends, the only drawback on the court is not defensive. But it's not that they can't defend, it's that they don't bother to defend.

Even the body that Karl Malone envies, comparable to the skills of a defender, it can be said that Derrick Coleman's body and technique are top-notch. The ball quotient is also top-notch. But Derrick Coleman, like most black players, began to degenerate once he became famous. And his physical gifts have also made Derek Coleman fall from 90 to the present, but he is still a powerful two-pair machine.

In fact, these two years are the last glory of Derrick Coleman, after the conflict with Allen Iverson, Derrick Coleman has been in a slump after leaving the team. But neither Carl nor Jonny know any of this now. Jonny feels that although Derek Coleman has a mental problem, Jonny feels that the mental problem is not a problem, and he can help Derek Coleman to fix these problems. And Carl has been struggling, the Celtics do need a new power forward now, the players he fancied before were almost all the kind of veterans that no one wanted, the only player with strength and potential, and was rejected by the other party early, it can be said that after Jonny proposed to add a strong forward, Carl's trade operation fell into trouble.

And now that Jonny has given such a flawed goal, Carl is a little entangled. I thought about it for a long time. Karl was afraid that Jonny didn't know about Derek Coleman's problem, so he asked, "Derek Coleman is a thorn." ”

Unexpectedly, Jonny actually said lightly: "I know, no problem, leave it to me if something happens." ”

Carl instantly had a feeling of being impressed by Jonny's domineering, and he felt that this deal was not a big deal for no reason. In fact, if the deal goes through and Derrick Coleman can return to his pre-fame nature under Jonny's tutelage, then the Celtics will definitely make a lot of money. If it fails, it's actually a matter of losing some chips, for the Celtics. No big deal.

With this figured out, Carl began to engage with the 76ers. And Jonny isn't too interested in these things, as long as he can trade everything. After getting Karl's assurance, Jonny concentrated on preparing for the next game.

The Celtics' next opponent is still the New Jersey Nets. But the battlefield has changed to the home field. In the last game, Jonny played 30 minutes, and the back-to-back away games made Jonny a little tired, which led to the team's poor performance and the team lost by 8 points. And back at home, with another two days of rest, Celtic are aiming for revenge. For the Celtics, they can live with losing to a team that is stronger than them. But losing to the Nets was unbearable.

Although the Nets this season are not as bad as last season, in terms of strength, the Nets are still a bad team in the league, although they entered the playoffs in the original season. The Nets are also one of the few teams in the league that play a style similar to the Celtics, and their starting lineup is amazing, consisting of three guards, Sam Cassell, Kendall Gill and Kerry Kittels, and two power forwards, Jason Williams and Chris Gatlin.

John Calipari, like Rick Pitino, was a leading figure in American college basketball before he took charge of the Nets, and the one he brought from college was a focus on defender breakout, so it's no surprise that there will be a three-guard in the starting lineup. However, John Calypari's tactics are not suitable for the NBA, and he led the team to the lottery last season, and this season has a record of only 3 wins and 6 losses, and the seventh loss is coming.

And Rick Pitino's coaching is much smoother, of course, this is also because of Jonny, in fact, John Calipari is still a little envious and jealous of Rick Pitino, after all, he does not have such a player under him. According to John Calyparry's thoughts, if he were given an Allen Iverson, the Nets' record would definitely be much better than it is now.

The TD North Shore Garden Arena is still so quaint and gorgeous, with 15 championship flags above the arena telling the glory of the Celtics, and after a series of road trips, the Celtics are finally back at home. To Jonny's surprise, a group of Chinese faces wearing No. 11 jerseys appeared at the scene, which surprised Jonny very much, he had never seen so many Chinese fans on the side of the stadium in Orlando before.

He hadn't seen the first few games in Boston, but looking at the young people, middle-aged people, and even women in this group of fans, Jonny probably understood that these people should have come together after the organization. As the most glorious team in the history of the league, the basketball atmosphere in Boston, where the Celtics are located, must be very strong, and it is not impossible for a group of Chinese fans to appear here.

Jonny greeted the special group of fans with a smile, causing a burst of cheers. And in this group of fans, Jonny not only heard Chinese, but also heard other languages, it seems that there are Japanese and Korean, Jonny did not find it strange, now he is undoubtedly the pride of the Asian American crowd, as the only yellow person in the NBA, these people do not support Jonny, who else can they support?

The game is about to start, and Jonny saw Krykittels who was a little afraid to look at him in the Nets' lineup, which made Jonny smile and sigh with some emotion, before the draft, Krykittels was a well-known talent in the United States, and now, Krykittels is just an ordinary role player, but Jonny has become the star of the Celtics.

And because of the current record of the Celtics and Jonny's current data, Krykitls is a little reluctant to face Jonny, every time he faces Jonny, he always has a feeling that his underwear is being ripped open and seen, which is very embarrassing.

Jonny didn't go to say hello to Krykittels either, as the two weren't on the court either, and Krykittels needed to make a cameo appearance at small forward. Opposite Jonny is Jonny's defeated Kendall Gill, the scoring guard who was blown out by Jonny in Jonny's debut last season, and needs to continue to face Jonny's complete blow in this game.

In this game, the Celtics continued their fast-play and fast-break tactics, and after two days of rest, the Celtics regained their full strength and began to gallop on the court. However, the Nets' style is also somewhat similar to this fast-play and fast-break style, and the Celtics' style of play has actually been used by the Nets.

More than halfway through the first quarter, the Celtics actually trailed by 3 points at 19:22!

Rick Pitino felt that something was wrong, and immediately called a timeout, he felt that the team was playing a little poorly, and when he returned to his home court, it was the best time again, and the Celtics actually failed to take a big lead, which was really wrong.

"What are you doing? Did the two days of rest make you forget how to play? Do you think the Nets are our nemesis? Are we going to lose two games in a row to the Nets? What about the speed of your offense? What about your pressing on the defensive end? Rick Pitino was angry and squirted wildly. Then he arranged it slightly: "Shrink the line of defense, don't let them break through so easily!" Also, take the speed up a notch! Keep them from keeping up! ”

Rick Pitino doesn't care about any physical problems, he is only thinking about winning this game now, after all, being killed by the Nets twice in a row is not an ordinary loss, and he doesn't want such a thing to happen.

After the timeout, the Celtics' defense has improved significantly, and the offensive end is trying to improve their pace. Back on the court's first wave of offense, Jonny ended the offense with a clean straight layup, and the whole offense didn't take more than 12 seconds.

On the defensive end, the Celtics' shrinking defense did cause some difficulties for the Nets, after all, the Nets are very dependent on breakouts, and when Ben Wallace is blocked at the free throw line like a wall, the Nets' breakthrough can't get in.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led by five points with a burst in the second half, 37:32, and the two sides entered the small quarter break. (To be continued.) )xh118