The Whip of the God of Basketball

While the Celtics were struggling in Detroit, Leon's investigation in Boston was coming to an end. In fact, there was nothing to investigate in this matter.

From a criminal perspective, Leon's punch was a suspended sentence and community service. Compared with his punch three years ago, the difference between the two is that first, Leon did not destroy the bar property, so he was not charged with provoking trouble; second, he was attacked first, and the legal team tried their best to help him fight for it. An over-defense.

The focus of the issue now is the civil judgment. One thing about American law is very strange. Criminal and civil cases often have completely different results. Just like the Simpson case, the criminal case was acquittal, but the civil case required the victim to compensate the victim a large amount of money.

The reason is that in criminal law, the purpose is to establish the innocence of guilt, while in civil law, protection of the victim comes first. Therefore, there is no direct evidence in criminal law to prove that Leon deliberately harmed Frank. The surveillance on the first floor did not capture Leon's boxing process at all at that time, and there was no People are willing to testify that Leon hit Frank; on the contrary, there is surveillance evidence on the second and third floors that Leon and Strickland were attacked by thugs at that time.

But civilly, Frank was indeed beaten, and without any evidence that there were other attackers, Leon was the biggest suspect. So Frank's lawyer asked Leon to pay huge compensation for Frank's injuries. This kind of huge compensation case is the favorite case of American lawyers. The compensation of tens or even hundreds of millions can make these lawyers very fat.

Of course Leon would not let Frank take away the money in his pocket in vain. The revenge of his cheap dad has not been completely avenged yet. So Leon must wait, wait for the civil lawsuit to open, and wait for the legal team to find enough defense for himself to prove that Frank was the mastermind of the attack and that Frank had killed his father. Only then will the jury make a verdict. Favorable decision for Leon. In civil litigation in the United States, laws and cases are important, but winning the support of the jury is the most important.

Leon believed that the team of lawyers that Khomeini hired for him, although not as luxurious as Kobe's litigation team, were still among the elite lawyers in Massachusetts.

On the night of the 5th, Leon watched the game between the Celtics and the Pistons on TV at home. This was also the first bad battle the Celtics encountered this season.

Larry Brown's training impressed Leon. His team has been a pain in the Celtics' hands for many years. His teaching ideas, which are skillful and meticulous and extremely detail-oriented, will indeed make Leon's quickness. , The changeable tactical ideas were frustrated. The Celtics' victory in this game also relied on the strong personal abilities of the players, as well as the overall strength of the Pistons, especially the lack of offense.

On the morning of the 6th, the Celtics team returned to Boston, and Leon also went to Waltham in the afternoon to participate in the team's joint training.

During training, Leon soon discovered that Arenas' mood was not quite right. As a well-known training gym rat, Arenas is famous for working hard in training. He comes early in the morning and leaves late at night. During the offseason, he never leaves the training gym every day.

In the summer, Leon saw a lot of gossip about players, but he didn't see Arenas. He didn't even participate in the Drew League in Los Angeles because he felt it would not help improve his level. He just practiced hard, so after the start of the new season, Leon could obviously notice that his body was stronger, his speed and strength had improved, and his shooting accuracy and release speed had improved.

His performance in the first few games was also very good, but Arenas always had a feeling that his power was endless, and his sharpness in the game was repeatedly overshadowed by Garnett and Pierce. Fortunately, in yesterday's game against the Pistons, Alston, a player with a minimum salary, actually stole his limelight. When he was on the court, the Celtics' offense was obviously smoother and they took the lead in one fell swoop.

Although Arenas' statistics were more outstanding, his performance was not only suppressed by Billups, but also caused the team to fall behind. In the post-match media reports, Carlisle's move to replace Arenas with Alston was called a stroke of genius and the key to the team's comeback.

This undoubtedly accuses Arenas of being the culprit of the team's poor offense. The arrogant Arenas originally wanted to surprise everyone this season, and he wanted to prove himself with the strongest performance of the 2001 rookie class. But now it seems that there is no place for me to perform here.

Therefore, Arenas was certainly not happy. He looked listless throughout the training. After the training, he did not practice any more for the first time. He watched the video for a while and was ready to leave.

Leon stopped Arenas in the parking lot and said, "What happened to Gilbert today? Don't you want to be the best point guard in the Eastern Conference?"

Arenas opened his car door, glanced at Leon sideways, and replied: "I am the best point guard in the league."

Leon gave him a "You're making me laugh" look, then walked to Arenas's Lamborghini, opened the door and got in, and said, "Send me home."

Although Arenas is only in his third year and has a rookie contract, he has already driven a Lamborghini and bought an exaggerated and eye-catching orange color, which is enough to show his personality.

Arenas glanced at Leon again, thinking that this guy was going to touch his car again, so he reluctantly started the car. The Leon family lived between Waltham and downtown Boston. It used to be very convenient. Arenas stepped on the accelerator on the road and used the roaring engine to vent his inner emotions.

There were not many cars along the way. Arenas wanted to drive to his destination in one go, but he never thought that several red lights on the road would block his way several times. The continuous red lights made Arenas' temper explode. He violently He banged the steering wheel and honked the horn loudly, and then cursed: "I can obviously drive very fast, but there is always a red light blocking me!"

"This will make you safer." Leon said calmly.

Arenas' nostrils turned up in anger. As soon as the red light ended, he hit the accelerator and rushed over.

"I think I can make the All-Star. I want to be an All-Star. I want to get a big contract. I not only play for the team and Boston, I also want to play for myself and my dad!" Arenas He expressed his feelings to Leon.

For three years, he loved Boston, but he also wanted to make a name for himself. Reaching the Finals last season made him famous, and his hard training in the summer made him feel like he could become an All-Star. But the arrival of Garnett made him feel that he was at most a third or even fourth figure on this team.

He wants to win the championship, but he also wants to be a hero on the court and get a super big contract. Garnett and Pierce have these things, but he doesn't have them yet.

"Gilbert, let me make a bet with you. If I drive this car, it will definitely take less time than you do to get from the training gym to my home." Leon did not take advantage of Arenas. But make a bet with him.

Arenas certainly knows that you should never bet against Fox Leone in Boston, he will make you lose your pants. But this time it was different. Arenas had a temper, and because he was gambling on driving, he was not afraid. So he agreed immediately.

After agreeing, Arenas turned the car around and drove back to Waltham. The time he had just driven from Waltham had been recorded, and the next step was Leon's.

The two changed positions. This was Leon's first time driving such a luxury sports car. He was not used to driving eight-hand cars all year round.

"Why haven't you started yet? Are you afraid that you will fly out if you step on the accelerator?" After getting in the car, Leon did not rush to set off, but kept waiting.

"Don't worry, I'm waiting for the best time to go."

"Tch, what's the best time to start? Are all the red lights broken?"

But when Leon hit the road, Arenas discovered that the red light was really almost broken. All Leon encountered along the way were green lights. Moreover, Leon's car drove very steadily and the speed was not slow, just like an experienced driver. After a while, I arrived at the door of Leon's house from Waltham. I looked at the time and saw that it had taken three minutes less, which was almost the time it took to wait for the red light.

With such a gap, there is no need to stop the stopwatch, Leon won.

"What the hell is this? Can you control the traffic lights on the road?" Arenas was unconvinced. On the way, he saw that every time Leon came to the intersection, the light was green. He would go crazy. This was the first time in his life. This is the first time I hate green so much.

"Gilbert, you are a great sports car. I know you want to run at full speed on the road. But I want to tell you that there will be red lights on any highway in the world..."

"It is said that there are no red lights on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway in China... and there are no red lights on most sections of Highway 1 in the west..."

"Shut up and listen to me... There will also be speed limits and various traffic rules. If you just increase the accelerator, you may not be able to outrun a bus."

"Because it has bus access."

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"Okay, if you think you are really the best point guard in the league, then I will let you run at full speed in tomorrow's game. If you can lead the team to win, then I will recognize your own play. Fa, if it doesn't work, please listen to me obediently, and I will tell you the reasons for some things." Leon finally said to Arenas.

"I want to know now, can you operate a red light?"

"...No, it's just that I drive this road every day, and I know the duration of each red light. From the time of the first red light, and calculating the speed of the vehicle, I can roughly deduce the time interval of the second red light. . After a series of calculations, I was able to get a green light passing period that was combined with the vehicle speed, so I just waited for a while."

"..."