field coach

Chapter 40
Lumbias was the pain of Auerbach's life.

Auerbach was known for his accurate vision of people throughout his life. Let's count how many NBA superstars he has selected: Tom Heinsohn, KC Jones, Bill Russell, Havlicek, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish. . . .

Lumbias was the last rookie selected before Auerbach faded out of the court.

On June 1986, 6, the Celtics selected All-around small forward Len Bias from the University of Maryland with the second overall pick.Originally, Lumbias was the absolute No. 17 candidate in that session, but Auerbach, through his superb means, insisted on picking Lumbias at the second overall pick.Bostonians were overwhelmed with joy, and they all knew what Lun was capable of.

As soon as the draft ended, an ESPN commentator said that the Celtics' second 8 consecutive championships were coming.In fact, what this commentator said was not unreasonable, because the Celtics' Iron Triangle was still at its peak at that time, and Lumbias was known to surpass Jordan.

Unfortunately, after the draft, Lumbias put a pack of kky on the coffee table at home, buried it in it, and never woke up again.

This became the biggest regret of the NBA in the 80s.

Auerbach also said: "If Len didn't leave us, I think we should have ruled the league in the late 80s and 90s. That wouldn't make the bad boys in Detroit so arrogant, and there couldn't be a 'Bull Dynasty'. In short, God is unfair to us, but it may be for the development of the entire league that God will let him leave us."

"Boy, why do you say that?"

"What can I do? I don't even know Reggie. How can my words be convincing?" Davis spread his hands, "It's up to you to figure out a way."

"Is Reggie's illness really that serious?" Auerbach asked again.

"Who knows? It could be tomorrow, it could be a year, it could be two years, it could be nothing for the rest of my life, it could be on the court tonight."

Auerbach finally realized the seriousness of the matter, and the old man who had dominated the NBA all his life picked up his cigar again and started smoking.

"Why are you so sure of your judgment?"

"Because the Magic have the best medical team in the history of the league, I spend millions of dollars a year to support them, not to let them eat dry food."

"Let's talk about the Magic team. Who do you think has the most potential in the Magic team besides O'Neal?" DeWeese didn't answer Auerbach's question, but asked Auerbach instead.

Now in the middle of the second quarter on the court, the Magic lead the Celtics by 40 points 35-5.

Auerbach watched the game intently.

Seeing the end of halftime, Auerbach took another puff of his cigar, only to find that the cigar had gone out.

DeWeese lights Auerbach's cigar.

"I think that No. 8 is good. Although it is a substitute, it has great potential."

No. 8 is "Madman" Sprewell.

"He was selected by me, the 18th overall pick this year." DeWeese said proudly to Auerbach.

Auerbach raised an eyebrow.

"Then, Michael Jr., who do you think are the potential rookies in next year's draft?" Auerbach said to Davis with great interest.

"You're asking the right person. First of all, next year's champion can only be one person."

"Who? Webb or Hardaway?"

"No, next year's No. [-] pick must be named Michael DeWeese!"

Auerbach laughed loudly, "Young man, what a big tone."

"The rest of the potential rookies, Webber and Hardaway, needless to say, but Webber has a problem. He is not very clean, and his playing attitude is also problematic, but these are not problems. His organizational ability is very strong. I think he can be used as an organizational fourth." Davis organized the language. "As for Hardaway, he has a gorgeous style of play and extremely fast speed, but he is prone to injuries. If he doesn't get injured, he should be the top 5 player in the league."

"Continue talking~" Auerbach was very interested.

"The remaining ones with potential, Jamal Mashburn, Vin Baker, Alan Houston, Isiah Ryder, these people have the potential to become league stars or even All-Stars."

"I heard that the big man in Germany is also good, why don't you like him?"

"You're talking about Sean Bradley, right? He's 229cm tall, but his body is too thin. At his peak, he was around 14+8. I don't think it's suitable for core training. It's suitable as an inside defensive gate." DeWeese still has a deep impression of "Big Bamboo Pole", after all, McGrady's shocking dunk. . . .

Auerbach nodded.

Davis is not satisfied yet, he is going to give Auerbach a big gift package.

"According to the record of the Celtics this year, if Reggie continues to play, it is no problem to enter the playoffs. Then the Celtics can probably get a first-round 20th pick without a trade. After the 20th pick, there is basically nothing to make." Davis is actually hiding his clumsiness. He has long been eyeing a draft pick, but this cannot be explained to the Celtics.

"Then what can you do?" Auerbach became more and more interested in this young man.

"It's bad." DeWeese said this to Auerbach without the slightest hesitation.

"what?"

"If Reggie is allowed to retire, the Celtics' lineup should be bad." DeWeese said to Auerbach unceremoniously. "With a high pick, the rookies I just mentioned can be used as the core of the team to be cultivated, and now the Celtics have veterans like Robert and Kevin, and they can also train new players very well."

Auerbach fell silent again, and for a while, only the smoke of cigars remained in the box.

"So, about Reggie...can you promise?"

"I'm not going to joke about a person's life, Reed." DeWeese said to Auerbach very seriously.

Auerbach nodded and said no more.

Two people began to watch the game. The score of the two teams in the first half was 51-41, and the Magic led by 10 points at home.The magic team has a very strange record this season. The winning percentage against teams ranked higher than them is not low, but against lottery teams, the magic team often capsizes in the gutter.

"We lost this game." Auerbach continued to watch the second half of the game. After watching for a while, he lay back on the sofa and said to Davis, "Shaq is really an excellent big man. He reminds me of Wilt back then."

Wilt Chamberlain, the legendary Marshal Zhang, Zhang Twenty Wan, already has a great god, and he has used nearly 1000 million pens and inks to describe his story. . .

"Then who is Russell?"

"No, now there is no player like Russell in the league. Dikembe is the most similar, but he is far worse than Bill." Auerbach smoked a cigar, and the smoke he exhaled was full of nostalgia for the past. "If anything, on the defensive end, Bill is like a combination of Rodman and Dikembe and Hakeem now."

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