The Whip of the God of Basketball - Chapter 361

Soon it’s July, and the Phoenix Suns’ summer league is about to begin. They will start their first game at the Las Vegas training camp on July 9. D’Antoni became an assistant coach from the team’s head coach and had to start to command the summer league. But to D’Antoni’s surprise, Fox-Leon actually also participated in the team management and talent selection of the summer league, which makes D’Antoni very puzzled.

Before departure, Leon explained: “A coach must start by understanding the most marginal players and rookies in order to really get in touch with the core of the team’s culture. When I was in Boston, I liked to participate in the summer league. You You know, Pat Riley, the old fox also likes to go to Taobao in the summer league, don’t miss any chance to reinforce it.”

D’Antoni did not object, because if Leon accompanied him, he would feel a little better in his heart. From the head coach to the assistant coach’s psychological gap, D’Antoni has not yet fully adjusted.

But this time in Las Vegas, Leon will not meet Pat Riley, the old fox again, because the Miami Heat have always participated in the Orlando Summer League, and the Las Vegas League is mainly for the Midwest. team. There are 22 teams participating in the summer league this time, but the Suns will not play against every team. The current summer league format is a tournament. Of course, the players on both sides are marginal people and rookies participating in the team’s training camp, and some of them are buried pearls.

So after arriving at the hotel in Las Vegas, Leon turned on the computer and began to look at the information of these players at the table. Except for rookies, these players were selected by the Sun’s scout and basketball talent department. Among them is the old face Leon is familiar with, that is Marcus Banks, who was waived by the team after Leon left the Celtics. Last year, the Suns signed a short contract with him in the summer. After playing for a year, he asked him to continue playing in the summer league this summer to see if his performance should continue to sign with him.

It is so cruel in the NBA. If you have the ability to be a star, the team will wave a check and beg you to sign a contract; if you are not capable of being a marginal person, you will have to work hard for a short contract and play a summer league. , Play NHBL. Leon has long been surprised at this. In a place where capital operations are extremely developed, it is so realistic and naked.

Leon quickly scanned the heights, game data, and scout evaluations of these people in his mind, using his unique picture memory method and super abstract thinking ability to evaluate everyone, and the result The result is-except for rookies who have not yet played on the court, basically everything in this group can be used.

“Did the Suns scouts always eat dry food? Or is it the Arizona Suns that have their heads turned into brains? Every summer league, there will be so many potential and characteristic players, and In this list, basically all those players have been cleverly avoided.” Leon sat at the table and couldn’t help complaining to D’Antoni.

The Suns are different from the Celtics. The Celtics’ scouting system was basically built by him. He started with the most basic scouting work and weaves one of the best scouting work networks in the league. One. Now, he can no longer use some resources, and the reality of the Suns’ drafts in recent years is beyond complacent. Since they drafted Stoudemire in 2002, there has been little gain in the draft for several years, including Rajon Rondo in 2006 and then sent him to the Celtics-Leon had already left. Celtic.

“You know, Phoenix people don’t like drafts. They like to let those who are frustrated and downhearted come here, come here to rebirth from Nirvana, just like this city stands in the desert. Paul Westphal, Charles -Barkley, Steve Nash, there is a kind of magic here, but this kind of magic rarely acts on rookies.” D’Antoni was lying on the bed and said to Leon like a troubadour.

Leon smiled and didn’t say anything. In fact, D’Antoni was right. The Suns did have this kind of magic power to make the star Nirvana and raise it to a higher level. In the Celtics, Westphal was a rookie who couldn’t beat expectations. As a result, he led the team into the finals in the Suns and played against the Celtics. In the 76ers, Barkley could not find a breakthrough. , Came to the Suns, experienced a fantastic 93 years; Nash was only an All-Star in the Mavericks, but became an mVP in the Suns, still two consecutive years.

This is also one of the reasons why Leon chose the Suns. He is not short of champions, but he wants to be updated as a coach.

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In the afternoon, Leon left the hotel and was going to have a look at the arena in Las Vegas. Today there will be a training camp at the Thomas Mark Center Stadium. The Suns will practice at two to four o’clock. The training coach and staff of the Suns have arrived there, and Leon and D’Antoni said that he is going to drive around. It doesn’t matter if you go out and around, the security of the hotel and casino is getting tense again. Anyway, every time Leon arrives in Las Vegas, it is no exaggeration to say that the whole city is on guard.

But this time, Leon asked for a car from the hotel and drove directly to the suburbs. After the managers and owners of the casinos received the news, they relaxed, because in the suburbs of Las Vegas, they are all residents. District and playground, there is no big casino. But still the same as last time, the owner of Leon’s hotel and casino still sent two security guards to drive with him. This is not a jittery or inciting crowd, but the treatment of these big gambling lords must be restricted, otherwise once they are opened. They can’t stop.

Leon drove all the way to the southwest, along Avenue 515, which was the way to the Hoover Dam. The two bodyguards at the hotel thought that Fox Leon was going to the Hoover Dam. The managers and security guards of the Las Vegas Casino knew that Leon liked to go to the Hoover Dam and would often stay for a whole day. But when the car drove to Henderson, a suburb of Las Vegas, Leon found an intersection and drove the car into the residential area of ​​Henderson.

Henderson is a satellite city of Las Vegas, located in the southwest corner of Las Vegas, at the junction of Nevada and Arizona. There are no casinos, amusement parks, Grand Canyons or scenic spots here. It is pure There are many single-family houses or cottages, and even manors are located here. Because it is very close to Arizona, many Arizona residents come here to invest in real estate and buy homes.

Leon drove into a residential community. Suburban satellite cities like the United States are all single-family houses with small lawn gardens, clean roads, and lush trees on both sides. Some families with slightly larger houses will also have swimming pools and swing stands. This combination is a beautiful home for middle-class American families. The same is true of this residential community that Leon visited, but there is one thing missing here, that is, people.

Leon drove a few laps in this newly built community, but no one was seen. The road, the yard, the lawn, and the swing were all empty. Finally, I met two people, the two security guards who drove after him.

Leon parked the car on the side of the road, then two security guards in black suits also stopped the car, Leon beckoned to them. The two looked at each other and walked over. For Leon, the security of each casino has been trained on how to deal with it. One of them is not to be dismissed casually. Of course they would be happy to let them pass now.

Leon took out two thin cigars from his pockets and handed them to the two of them. The two shook their heads and expressed that they did not accept them. In response to another Fox-Leon rule, do not accept any small favors from him.

Leon smiled and said: “I just won some money in Las Vegas. It’s not okay to treat me like a felon.” Yes, I won a little money and directly won a casino with a cash flow shortage. Finally broke.

“Don’t worry, I won’t be gamble on money today, I will go back in a while, and I will also participate in the training camp in the afternoon~www.mtlnovel.com~ I just went to this place to see the house, can you please mention it to me? Any comments?” Leon asked.

When I heard that Leon was going to buy a house here, it would be terrible for him to live in Phoenix, and he would buy a house in Henderson? But one of them still said: “It is so easy for you to buy a house here. But it’s best to do it as soon as possible, because house prices will still rise.

Leon asked again, “Will it go up? I don’t think anyone lives here.”

Another person said: “Don’t look at anyone living, in fact, these houses are all sold, they are all owned by homeowners, and many of them are from Arizona and Phoenix.”

“Have you bought a house here?”

“Well, no, our salary is not enough. However, many dancers or entertainers in the hotel have houses here. It is easy to take a loan now.” “Yes, very easy.”

Leon nodded when he heard, and he turned into the car, ready to return to Las Vegas. Recently, he has no interest in harvesting casinos anymore, he thought, before the season has started, he would reap a large sum of money. The whip of the **** of basketball