The Whip of the God of Basketball

At 10:30 pm Eastern Time and 6:30 pm Pacific Time, the regular season match between the Clippers and Cavaliers begins at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The game was quite intense. Although the Clippers were missing captain Brand, they were in good shape at home. The Cavaliers' double-height inside line was also in good shape recently. The two sides played back and forth in the first quarter.

The Cavaliers generally have the advantage in terms of scene and score. LeBron James's offensive organization is quite good. Ilgauskas and Gooden are constantly looking for scoring opportunities through his passing.

In comparison, the Clippers played more flexibly, but the Cavaliers' defense was really good, and the Clippers took fewer shots from outside the three-point line. The Cavaliers shrank their defense, making the Clippers' offense a bit sluggish.

Leon watched from the sidelines as the two teams looked like teams in the 1990s, attacking the inside, not shooting from the outside, and defending tough. The more he watched, the more uncomfortable he became. I think back in Boston, although the Celtics had the best defense in the league, their three-pointers were also second to none in the league. Excellent offense and defense are the characteristics a championship team should have.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have a once-in-a-decade talent like James, but their tactical choices and staffing are so bad that they only have a once-in-a-decade talent.

Mike Brown's formation is not that bad, but Leon knows that if the direction is wrong from the beginning, no matter how well the rest is done, it will just go further and further down the wrong road.

He just hopes that his Phoenix Suns will not go on the wrong path.

The game between the two sides came to a head in the third quarter, and the confrontation became more and more intense. At this time, LeBron James began to show his power-his offensive state was not particularly good tonight, but he can rely on his defense to win. Help the team gain an advantage. By the third quarter, he had already had 5 steals.

Steals are a very valuable data, much more meaningful than rebounds, which can be picked up or stuck. Each steal can mean a successful defense and an opportunity to easily counterattack and score, so in statistics At this time, the high-level data bonus of steals is very strong.

James's consecutive steals, coupled with his unstoppable counterattack, the Cavaliers finally established a double-digit lead in the third quarter and successfully stopped the Clippers.

On the Clippers side, veteran Sam Cassell is still helping the team to support itself. His offense felt very good tonight, but without captain Brand, the Clippers are not at their peak state two years ago after all. Their offense started to falter in the fourth quarter.

Cassell efficiently scored 28 points on 10 of 19 shots. This veteran is 38 years old this year. He can still produce such efficiency and contribution offensively, which has to be admired.

In the summer, Leon also considered trading for this old ball player from the Clippers to help Nash reduce the pressure on organization and offense. However, because of his age, he did not like to shoot three-pointers, and he was worried about pulling out the ball. Due to issues such as the low average appearance of the team, in the end I chose Jascovicius, who is younger, has a style of play that is more to Leon's liking, and urgently needs to prove himself.

In the end, the score was fixed at 109:95. The Cavaliers were bitter and then sweet, defeating the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center and taking away a victory from the Western Conference.

LeBron James scored 23 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 6 steals. He was awarded the best player of the game and was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines after the game.

Leon and Khomeinis stood up to leave. Leon carefully supported his pregnant wife. Khomeinis looked at James and said: "This kid is a smart guy. I guess he will not be satisfied with being a A basketball star’s.”

Leon said: "Why do you say that?"

Khomeinis said: "He is a client of CAA, but he makes many decisions on his own instead of listening to his agent. I heard that he is very independent and has started planning his future path at a young age."

Leon said: "This is a good thing." Among the players in the league, James' ability has always been valued by Leon, because he knows that as long as any team has this player, they can immediately pull out a team to compete for the championship. teams, except for a few teams with poor operating capabilities.

Unfortunately, the Cleveland Cavaliers are one of these few teams, so Leon feels that James should plan for his future.

Khomeinis said: "His plan is quite long-term, and it goes far beyond the basketball world."

Leon said: "Well, doesn't our plan also exceed the basketball world? Have many houses been sold?"

"Don't worry about this. I've also spoken to my father, and he doesn't seem to agree with your plan..."

Leon had originally approached his father-in-law, hoping that Boston could provide financial support. Leon wanted to play big in the financial turmoil on Wall Street. But it seems that his father-in-law is not very supportive of his son-in-law. Of course, it is not because Leon robbed his baby daughter, but shorting real estate seems a bit fanciful.

Leon has long expected such a result. It doesn't matter if he doesn't get the support of the Boston Consortium. He has also accumulated a large amount of savings. When the time comes, he will use his sharp tongue to empty his wallet. Gloves White Wolf. No matter what, he wanted a share of the Americans' gluttonous feast.

And this time he came to Los Angeles not only to see his wife and watch another game between the Clippers and the Cavaliers, he also had more important things to deal with.

After leaving Staples, Leon first sent Khomeinis home, and then drove to a bar near a hotel in Los Angeles. The night in Los Angeles is so sultry that any player who comes here to play will inevitably go to the nightclubs here to have fun after the game.

Of course Leon is not here to have fun, but to meet someone, none other than LeBron James’ good friend Rich Paul. In 2005, the young LeBron James personally fired Goodwin, the basketball agent who had brought him an advertising contract worth over 100 million yuan. Then he began to direct his own basketball career, and Rich Paul was a good friend of James and a nominal assistant to James, not an agent. Of course, he assumed some of the responsibilities of an agent.

Of course, Leon knew this Paul thoroughly. This guy used to sell jerseys. Later, he met James by chance and climbed the phoenix branch and became a member of James' core social circle. After James fired Goodwin, he began to act as James' agent.

Leon easily contacted Paul through his personal connections, hoping to make an appointment with LeBron James tonight. Leon was very polite. He mentioned by name that he wanted to meet Rich Paul first, and then let Paul decide whether Let James meet him. Leon's attitude is very popular with black people like Paul who come from the streets. Besides, who is Fox Leon? A well-known NBA championship coach and a legendary figure.

In a certain sense, Rich Paul's experience is very similar to that of Leon. They both became monks halfway without any basketball experience, and they went from being a hobbyist to becoming a man of the hour - of course, Leon might not have even been a hobbyist in the past. .

In the private room of the bar, Leon met Rich Paul and several of his black friends. In the dim light of the private room, Leon took out a cigar from his pocket. Leon has never smoked since coming to Khomeinis. Seeing this, Rich Paul hesitated for a moment, then took out a lighter and stepped forward to light Leon's cigar.