"Fuck it!"

Auerbach has been through all his life and has never seen anyone who contradicts him like this.

"Forget it, Red, our time is over." The assistant coach who advised him was named Ryan Urs, who could be said to be his disciple, but for so many years, he has been just an assistant coach of the Celtics, and there is no hope of going up.

"That bastard dared Naren and Reggie to humiliate me. Does he know what he is talking about?!"

Auerbach angrily said, "Fuck!"

After completing another trial, Mo Mengchen still performed well.

The confrontation gave him 900 attribute points. After three trials, he earned 2,400 attribute points, but this was just a drop in the bucket for his needs.

He did not rush to use these attribute points.

Just as he was about to leave, Parton called.

"Boston gave a second round promise."

"Let them go hell."

Mo Mengchen turned off his phone and was about to leave, but he heard an old man's roar.

45 years ago, the old man became the head coach of the Celtics. Since then, NBA history has undergone earth-shaking changes, and a dominant team has rolled in.

The Celtics began to transform into a terrible plant, silent, tough, and flourished, just like their jerseys. Boston Gardens became a huge monster forest, and Auerbach was the devil leader there. He aggressively scolded the referees and opponents, angrily waved his fists at those professional players who were one head taller than him, spit out dirty words, and encouraged the players at any time, dancing and directing the Celtics' offensive wave.

What did he mean to his opponents of that era?

huge shadows;

The evil devil;

A terrifying emperor.

Now, the NBA is no longer the NBA dominated by him. He is old and the color of legend is fading. He is now just an unsatisfactory old man.

Momonchen knew Auerbach's legend well, but most of his knowledge of this old man came from Larry Bird.

He wanted to avoid it.

"Mo?"

Although Auerbach was old, his eyes were very good, and he saw Momonchen.

"Hello."

Mo Mengchen nodded and said.

"Ryan, go, I want to talk to him." Auerbach sent the disciple away.

Before Urs left, he nodded from Momonchen as a show of goodwill.

"I think they should have given you some promises."

Even if Kyle acted completely unfavorable to Momonchen, Auerbach believed that they would give the young man a strong commitment.

"They will take me down in the second round."

Mo Mengchen said as if it had nothing to do with him: "Are I ready to be a Celtic?"

"No, they won't come that day, they made a mistake."

With Mo Mengchen's current identity, he has no qualifications to be arrogant. He only listens to Auerbach's statement without making any comments.

"There are many ifs in this world, about the NBA, do you know what the most terrifying ifs in the NBA is?" Auerbach asked.

"have no idea."

Many ifs did happen later, but Mo Mengchen really didn't know much about the ifs in this era, or the ifs in this era, even earlier.

During his time when Bird was fanatically obsessed with the recording of CCTV, local NBAs in China would also play some videos, which was his only way to understand the NBA.

In that era when news was blocked, no TV station suddenly had a whim about a "if" program about the NBA.

"In the 1978 draft, the Lakers wanted Larry, too. You know, if we didn't win Larry at that time, what would happen next?"

Compared to this, Mo Mengchen had more questions.

There are many rumors that Bird fell to the sixth pick. The most famous rumor is that Auerbach said a harsh statement before the draft: I want Bird, I have a kind of snatching!

Other teams in the league either do not lack forwards, or dare not speak out, for various reasons.

The rumors have been passed down from generation to generation, and the more they spread, the more mysterious it becomes. But is Auerbach really that powerful? He doesn't choose others if he doesn't want to choose? This is obviously impossible.

"What then?" Mo Mengchen asked.

"At the time, they wanted to trade with Portland, who was the seventh pick, and they almost succeeded if we didn't take Larry away at the sixth pick."

"If they succeed, do you know what will happen?"

"Because Larry will play in college for one more year, if nothing unexpected happens, they will still win the Magician in 1979, and in the end..."

Bird magician Jabbar?

It's indeed a terrible if.

"What I wonder is why Larry fell to the sixth ranking? I heard some of your stories, is it true?" Mo Mengchen asked.

When talking about this, Auerbach was not embarrassed at all. He said with confidence: "It's just psychological tactics, and if I could make them give up Larry in one word, would the Celtics still be so sad these years? That's just a small factor."

"Why?" Mo Mengchen was always particularly passionate about Bird's affairs.

"We don't mention it all." Auerbach didn't want to bother about this matter, "Do you know why I mentioned this if?"

"Why?"

"Because in my opinion, if they give you a second round promise, they are destined to lose you, and I think it's a mistake, comparable to those who missed Larry Bird's team in 1978."

"I've seen countless players, boys, in our era, there was no such a comprehensive team, I didn't have scouts, data analysts, and a lot of assistant coaches analyzing all aspects of you. The people I've found depend on my eyes."

"It was my eyes that brought Bill Russell, John Haverchick, Larry Bird and every player who hung high above the garden to Boston. I believe in my eyes. Now, because I am old and because of a few accidents, I think I am useless. I can't see anyone. Sooner or later, these idiots will regret it!"

Mo Mengchen was silent for a long time. The greatest coach in NBA history is now comparing him to Bird.

What can he say?

I'm honored?

"As you said, this is a serious mistake."

Compared to this, Mo Mengchen wanted to know more: "Why did Larry fall to the sixth pick?"

“Is this important?”

“Very important.”

Although this incident is a bit disgraceful, Auerbach's glorious history has always been accompanied by tricks and conspiracies. As many people love him, they hate him.

He invented the concept of victory cigars, and his defeated opponents gritted their teeth and claimed: "I wish I could stuff the cigars into his throat!"

Auerbach's intimidation of the league teams was just one of the reasons why Bird fell to the sixth pick.

There is another reason. At that time, the Big Bird, who was doubting life, released the news that "I am considering not playing basketball in the future."

And, an extremely critical thing that influenced the final result of that draft.

Bird made it clear that he would not run for the 1978 draft and would finish his last year in the NCAA.

The team that first won the No. 1 pick that season was Bird's hometown team, the Pacers.

They hoped to win Bird, but they could not persuade Bird to run early, and they failed; so they traded the No. 1 pick in the Trail Blazers, and the Trail Blazers also lobbied Bird, and they also failed in the end; on the Celtics, Auerbach didn't even coax and cheat. For a moment, the entire league was waiting for this old guy to make a fool of himself.

Some people have even prepared to start a terrifying showdown contest and won Bird in 1979.

And the old rogue Auerbach used an extremely rare rule that was collectively resisted and was soon abolished after being used by him - junior  eligible.

The meaning of this rule is that even though Bird was in college, he had been 4 years since he graduated from high school (Bird transferred to school, so he went to school for one more year). Bird was already qualified to run automatically in his junior year. Then the Celtics used the sixth pick to choose Bird, who announced that he would not run for the election.

This draft was called "robbery" at the time!

In fact, this rule is prepared by players who play in the amateur league after the league issued a ban on high school students. Basically, although they have never been to college, they can participate in the draft even if they are over 22 years old.

As a result, Auerbach took advantage of a loophole, that is, those teams who selected the top five picks chose others when they thought that "Bird was not qualified to run."

"If we don't win Larry, the Lakers will win Larry at the seventh pick. I'm not trampling on the rules, I'm just taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules. Those rigid guys will always only act according to the rules!"

Speaking of this, Auerbach is still very upset.

I really don’t know how many grass horses appeared in those teams when they heard the Celtics beat Bird in the sixth pick.

"No matter what, thank you for telling me this, I never knew about it before."

Before parting, Momonchen said to Auerbach.

"One day, those who miss you because of prejudice will leave their posts with regret."

"Keep healthy and let them regret it."

Auerbach gently patted Mo Mengchen on the back.

Some say that the deaths of Ren Baias and Reggie Lewis have exacerbated Auerbach's aging.

But Momonchen knew how Auerbach grew old.

Two years later, the Celtics will miss the No. 1 pick with a 36% chance, and Alba used all means to make the Celtics win Duncan.

From the moment he saw Duncan being selected by the Spurs as the first pick, the evil emperor who had been playing the NBA for half a century really got old.

In Mo Mengchen's heart, there is also an if.

What if Duncan was not selected by the Spurs later?

This one is a bit cruel to the Spurs, but if it does happen, do you know what will happen?

Duncan and O'Neal, two of the four greatest players in the post-Jordan era, joined hands to rule the NBA from 1999 to 2007, and won 7 of those eight championships.

If this happens, it will be the purple-green battle in the new century, and another pair of magician And Bird's old enemies.

It's just a pity that if this will never come true, Duncan is destined to go to the Spurs and fall in love with O'Neal in the same division. The winner goes to the finals to beat the East representatives and then win the Champions League.

Mo Mengchen thought naively, but he didn't know that the roulette of fate had already deviated from the established turn.
Chapter completed!