The Whip of the God of Basketball

The summer league ended with the Celtics winning six games and winning the championship. During more than two weeks in Orlando, this group of ordinary young people established a good friendship. Although in the end, except for the two rookies and Dalembert, the others included Alexander and Bellman. They all lost the opportunity to play for the Celtics, but this short training camp became a valuable asset in their future basketball careers.

Haslem, who was previously favored by Leon, soon received a trial notice from the Heat. This native Miami young man will dedicate his career to his hometown.

After Leon was busy for nearly a month, he finally returned to Boston and his home. Until today, his vacation has officially begun. He can spend some time with Khomeini and do some things he wants to do. Until the peak of free agent signing in August, he can spend his time freely. He does not have to participate in various business activities or sweat in the training hall like some NBA stars.

This is a holiday that truly belongs to him. In the past few years, he will choose to go to Marshfield with Khomeinis to run a basketball training camp for Auerbach. He will go to Olympus with Khomeinis. Mountain climbing, riding a glider in the Grand Canyon with Khomeini, going fishing in the deep sea of ​​Cuba... But this summer, Khomeini graduated, and she is currently in Los Angeles. Because that's where free agents gather in the summer.

At this time, Khomeinis was already a basketball venture capitalist. He funded those not-so-famous scouts or agents to help them capture professional player resources. She started this business for Leon, but now it seems that she likes this work, after all, Pagliuca's blood flows in her body.

In the days without Khomeinis' company, Leon didn't even know how to rest. He didn't know how to arrange his time, where to go on vacation, what hotel to book, and what kind of transportation to take. Leon was not such a person in the past, at least not in his previous life. He would take care of everything in an orderly manner, but now, here, he has become accustomed to Khomeinis taking care of everything, and Put all his energy into basketball.

Finally, several assistant coaches of the Celtics, Siegfried, Dave Cowens, Hess and others asked Leon to revisit their old places and go to Mount Katahdin in Maine for vacation. . But this time it was different from the simple camping last time. This time they decided to do something more exciting, hunting.

And it’s bear hunting.

Every year in summer and autumn, North American black bears are active. At this time, there is sufficient sunshine and abundant food in the mountains and forests. The bears will wander out of the dense mountain forests in search of delicious food. On the one hand, Maine is one of the few states in the United States that has retained its hunting tradition. On the other hand, for reasons of controlling the ecological environment, Maine issues some bear hunting indicators every year to control the number of black bears in the Kading Mountains. After all, these This guy has no natural enemies except humans.

Leon is also idle when he is idle. Last year he brought his assistant coaching team here to travel here to enhance their relationship. One season has passed, and each of them has given Leon a great help and has also formed a bond with Leon. Deep friendship.

This hunting trip to Cardin Mountain was initiated by fitness coach Hess. He covered the entire cost and equipment because Hess himself is a hunting enthusiast. After the group arrived at the Kading Mountain Hunting Ground, they spent half a day learning about hunting-related knowledge, gun usage guidelines, hunting regulations, and safety matters.

In the afternoon, they took a game warden's jeep and headed to the hunting grounds of Kadin Mountain to begin a two-day hunting trip.

Along the way, we looked at the green forests and knife-cut rock cliffs of Cardin Mountain. The fatigue and pain accumulated during the last season and offseason were all forgotten. Everyone did not talk about basketball or the previous season along the way. , and there was no talk about next season. The old guys were talking about life and the past, while the young ones were talking about how to hunt bears and how to kill black bears with one shot using the special bear hunting bullets.

After an hour's drive, they arrived at the southwestern corner of Baxter National Park, a bear hunting ground. This is the area where black bears are most frequent. Leon even felt the smell of dangerous beasts here when he got off the car. .

"Perhaps in the next offseason, my players should come here to feel the oppressive and suffocating feeling when facing a beast hidden in an unknown place. Is that okay for the two old men? ? Don’t worry, I’ll let the bear eat me first.” Leon said and joked, but thinking that he might encounter a bear here at any time, he still tightened his hand on the gun.

Although bears can be hunted, the hunting association still has strict regulations on the hunting range of bears. Generally, only adult black bears acting alone can be hunted. Underage cubs or female bears with cubs are not allowed to be hunted without hunting. Hunting is not allowed in dangerous situations.

So a group of people walked for several miles in the forest and encountered black bears several times. They were either underage cubs or baby bears following the mother bear. All they could do was to hide carefully to prevent conflicts with These bears come into conflict.

The days in summer are very long. The sky is still bright until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, but the sun is slowly going down. The group of people who have found nothing are a little discouraged. Leon touches the shotgun in his hand and wonders if he can shoot it today. Pull the trigger. He was not a gun enthusiast, but it was a pity that he couldn't even fire a shotgun when he went out to shoot it. He only fired a few rounds at the training ground.

At this time, the supervisor reminded everyone that in the evening, some adult male bears may come out for activities. The weather was too hot before, but now it is dawn and gradually cooler, and the male bears will start to look for food.

The hot weather and two or three hours of continuous walking, coupled with the high level of nervous tension, made the two old men Siegfried and Hart a little physically unable to bear it. Although they were in very good health, they were both over sixty after all. Hunting, a high-risk activity, is still very tiring.

At this time, a group of people came to a lake. The water here was clean and transparent. Everyone stopped to drink some water. Dick Hart sat on a big rock by the lake. He took off his shoes and put his feet on the lake. Soak in the lake water to cool down. At this time, the supervisor reminded Hart not to take off his shoes. If he encountered danger, it would be too late to run.

Hart had no choice but to shake his feet and prepare to put on shoes and socks.

At this time, there was a rustle in the grass behind the boulder. This had happened several times before, with one or two hares or pheasants. Hart didn't pay attention. Only the supervisor and Leon felt it. Such a noise was impossible. Is it a rabbit or a pheasant!

"Run!" the supervisor shouted at Hart. At this time, a huge black bear appeared behind Hart. This was an adult black bear and was extremely aggressive.

It was obviously stunned when it saw Hart, but it immediately opened its fangs with huge canine teeth, lifted its forelimbs off the ground, and pounced towards Hart.

"Bang!" The gun rang out, and a huge bear hunting bullet passed through the black bear's chest. The huge bear fell directly to the ground, and blood oozed out. Some of it flowed into the lake and spread into bright red blood flowers. .

Hart was still sitting on the big rock. He only felt the bullets flying past him. It was the touch of death, but it was also God's salvation.

Time froze for a full ten seconds, and the supervisor reacted. He stepped forward to comfort Hart, and then went over to look at the black bear lying on the ground. After a few seconds, he confirmed that this was a huge North American black bear. Killed by one shot.

The person who fired the shot was Fox Leon.

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In the evening, a group of people gathered around a campfire at the campsite where they had traveled before. Old Hart seemed to have come out of the shock of the afternoon. He was talking about the past events of his youth.

Hart had served in the U.S. Marine Corps when he was young, but the Korean War had just ended. He was lucky not to be sent to the Far East battlefield to face the severe cold in North Korea and the attacks of the Chinese Volunteer Army. Although his favorite thing after retiring is basketball, he also likes to read the history of World War II and the American Civil War. In his heart, he is still a soldier.

But what happened today undoubtedly gave Hart a great feeling.

"It was the first time I felt so close to death. When I felt a huge black bear rushing towards me from behind, I thought I was dead. When I was training on the beach in the Marine Corps, real bullets were flying over my head. , I didn’t feel that scared. This time... I don’t know if it’s because time is not forgiving, or because I haven’t really had close contact with death... Fox, your gun is so fast.” Hart said to Leon with a smile, The smile was full of admiration and gratitude. He didn't think that the bullet grazing him was because Leon didn't take his own life seriously. On the contrary, he knew that this was the limit that Leon could do, for a novice in firearms. Let’s talk.

For Leon, he had encountered more confusing and bizarre things than this. Looking back, killing a bear in a critical moment was really nothing.

"My reaction is always faster, as you all know." Leon just said lightly, everything seemed to be natural.

"No Fox, you are the most talented gunman I have ever seen. You didn't even aim, you just took a shot based on your feeling, a God-like shot." Hess couldn't help but sigh, he was a veteran with guns. , but he realized that in that situation, he couldn't even raise the gun, let alone pull the trigger and shoot. After all, Hart was sitting there.

Everyone unanimously admired Leon's calmness and shooting skills. At this time, Hart suddenly said: "Fox, I think I can't continue to be the team's assistant coach next season. You need new assistants. I'm too old." .”

Hart's words made everyone unexpected that this defensive coach, who is well-known in the league, suddenly wanted to retire after getting the best defensive materials from the Celtics.