The Golden Age of Basketball

"The winner of the 1985 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest was from the Portland Trail Blazers, Clyde Drexler!"

When the host of the slam dunk contest handed over the slam dunk championship trophy to Drexler, the 6-foot-6 big black boy smiled shyly, obviously he was not used to holding it alone in front of so many people. up the trophy.

His eyes wandered a little. Obviously, Drexler was looking for Gan Guoyang. At such a happy moment, he very much hoped that Gan Guoyang could come and share with him.

If there is no Gan Guoyang, with Drexler's own shooting idea, it is estimated that he will be eliminated in the first round just like the 1984 slam dunk contest.

But he looked around, but he didn't find Gan Guoyang's familiar and recognizable yellow face in the crowd. Instead, his teammate Vandeweghe and his good friend Olajuwon came to shake hands and hug him to express their congratulations.

"Hey Gan, you see that Clyde is looking for you, why don't you go and celebrate with him." In the corner of the venue, there were two people among the crowd watching Drexler in the middle of the venue applauding.

"This is where Clyde's own ability lies. I just provided a little help, and I don't want to appear too much in the TV camera." Gan Guoyang responded to the person next to him.

"Come on, you are already in the limelight today. Clyde's three most exciting dunks are all related to you. If you go up and perform a dunk now, you will be the champion of this game." The person next to Gan Guoyang joked road.

"Don't talk nonsense Ralph, as long as my dunk can score 40 points, it will be considered a success. I don't dare to think about being a champion!" Gan Guoyang smiled and shook his head, letting Drexler win the dunk contest has made Gan Guoyang risk He took many risks, so he comforted himself by saying that Drexler's success had nothing to do with him, but he didn't know whether it would have a fatal impact on the future and his own destiny. [

"By the way, Ralph, I don't know what you think of tomorrow's game? Perhaps, you can win an All-Star game mvp." Gan Guoyang suddenly mentioned tomorrow's All-Star game.

"Me? Don't be kidding, I'm not a great superstar. I guess the mvp is for Bird, Magician, Moses or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. It's enough for me to participate in the game and play."

"No Ralph, believe me, you have a chance. Those old men have no interest in this kind of award. As long as you perform well, I don't think it's a problem at all. You are the starting power forward in the West." Standing in Gan Guoyang Next to that is the Rockets' giant 7-foot-3 power forward, Ralph Sampson.

During the All-Star Game, Gan Guoyang became good friends with Olajuwon by virtue of his relationship with Drexler. Naturally, he also established a relationship with Olajuwon’s teammate Sampson, so during the dunk contest , these guys are sitting together.

Now Olajuwon has gone to the center of the field, and Gan Guoyang is like a charlatan who sells powerful pills, encouraging Ralph Sampson to perform at his best in tomorrow's All-Star Game in order to win the All-Star Game mvp .

Because Gan Guoyang still remembers that in the recording of the blind Chris, it was mentioned that the mvp of the 1985 All-Star Game was Ralph Sampson!

Since Gan Guoyang has already made Drexler the champion of the slam dunk contest, which is contrary to the historical track, then at least he can make Sampson the All-Star Game mvp, otherwise he is really afraid that the changes will cause trouble.

"Anyway, the All-Star Game mvp is not a great award. I will save my character and give myself a regular season mvp in the future! Anyway, both of them are mvp!" Gan Guoyang thought in his heart. It's the same with mvp.

And Sampson was obviously moved after hearing Gan Guoyang's words. Indeed, after coming to Indianapolis, Sampson also found that those veteran superstars are self-contained, with Irving, Bird, Thomas, Magician, etc. In the lead, they are brothers and good friends, a front-line group.

In addition, second-tier stars such as Bernard King, Cummins, and Vandeweghe, plus rising stars such as Sampson, Jordan, Olajuwon, and Gan Guoyang, are basically excluded from the inner circle.

Whether second-tier stars can make it to the All-Stars mainly depends on the team's record this year. If the team has a good record, they can be selected. For example, Vandeweghe can squeeze out Rolando Blackman because the Blazers have a good record this year.

In the original history, Vandeweghe was not eligible to enter the All-Star.

Other rookies like Sampson belong to the new forces of the league. They have ambitions and strengths, but they have not had enough opportunities to prove themselves in the league, and they are often suppressed by the old stars. Or off the field.

If you want to become a first-line superstar, the most important thing is to rely on your own strong strength and the team's actual results. This is the hard stuff, but at the same time you need the support of a bunch of friends in the league. You know, fame is earned by playing. , is also held out.

However, there are also those who don't form gangs and don't form factions, play well with peace of mind, whatever you like, and at the same time can be admired by thousands of people in the league. The outstanding representative of this "glorious isolation" is naturally only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar . [

Sampson thought, if he could get the mvp of this All-Star Game, he would not only have a good reputation, but at least he would be able to stand out among this group of rookies in the first and second grades.

He also knew that the 1984 class of rookies could be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and that the No. [-] group of NB in ​​the future would be in their hands. Of course, Ralph wanted to be the leader among them.

"However, as you know in the All-Star Game, it's not something you can do if you want to be an MVP. There is only one ball, and the main thing is to control it in the hands of mg. At that time, he will not be able to play however he wants." Sampson also said out of his worries.

"Don't worry, you have to know that although the point guard is mg, the coach of our Blazers is Jack Ramsey." Gan Guoyang said with a smile.

At this time, the awards ceremony in the center of the court was over, and the all-star weekend also came to an end. The people on the court began to slowly disperse, and the audience also left the field one after another.

Only then did Drexler see Gan Guoyang standing on the sidelines chatting with Ralph Sampson, and ran over holding the golden trophy.

Olajuwon, Sampson, Gan Guoyang, Jordan and Drexler left the court together, and they went to the best bar in Indiana to celebrate Drexler's slam dunk champion.

After returning to the resident hotel at night, Gan Guoyang took a shower and went to the next room to find the old man Jack Ramsay.

Gan Guoyang knew that Ramsey didn't sleep much because of his age, and because of the pressure of the coach's work, he often went to bed very late.

Sure enough, Ramsay quickly came over and opened the door. Seeing Gan Guoyang, Ramsay had a look of surprise in his eyes, but he immediately let Gan Guoyang in.

"What's the matter Gan, is the celebration over? I really don't know where you got those crazy ideas, which can help Clyde think of those unbelievable moves." Ramsay talked about the slam dunk contest tonight, although Ramsay did not He didn't go to the scene to watch, but he still knew the result and some wonderful shots through live TV.

"Street, these are all I learned from the street. You know, some dunks on the street are much more exciting than those in nb." Gan Guoyang's words are not all lies. On the streets of Oakland, Gan Guoyang still remembers the "hook" "Demiches-Mitchell's dunk over the car brought him a huge shock.

"Well, what did you want me to talk about when you came so late? I still wonder why you told me that you didn't want to participate in the All-Star Game when you were playing against the Knicks that day? And then called me I apologize for what you said before, I really don't understand your mind. Here, drink some good brandy." Ramsay said and poured a glass of brandy for Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang took the brandy that Ramsay handed over, took a sip, and said, "I just feel a little... a little unaccustomed, or a little scared, afraid that I will make a fool of myself in the All-Star Game, so...but I found the All-Star weekend to be quite fun, met a lot of friends, such as Akeem, Ralph, and Michael, and I wondered if I could trick them into playing for us in the Blazers with sweet words."

"Oh my God, don't even think about it. If you can do this, Boss Weinberg will hire you as the general manager of the team and give you twice the salary." Rahm Qi joked.

"If I want to do this, it will be after I retire... And now, Mr. Ramsey, I think, can you give Sampson more opportunities in tomorrow's All-Star Game?" Gan Guoyang finally asked Down to business, he wanted Sampson to play more.

"What's the matter, Gan, why did you say that suddenly? Although the All-Stars are all for fun, I also have to consider each player's entertainment mood, and I can't be too biased towards one person. And you actually asked me to give Sampson more Do you want to run for the next presidential election, good man?"

"No, no, no, the President of the United States is not a good person. I just owed Sampson a favor, and now... I want to use this method to repay him..." Gan Guoyang didn't know what to say, he always You can't say "Let Sampson win the championship, or I may be in danger".

Ramsay stood there thinking for a while, and then took a sip of brandy. Obviously Gan Guoyang's request was very strange, but Ramsay had no interest in why Gan Guoyang did this. On the contrary, he was thinking about other issues.

After thinking for a while, Ramsay finally raised his head and said, "You can be willing, but you also owe me a favor from now on. So I want to make a request to you. I wonder if you can agree."

"As long as I don't give my sshole (chrysanthemum), I can agree!" Gan Guoyang agreed without hesitation, and Ramsay almost spit out his wine when he heard it.

"Okay, then I request that you have to complete three assists in each game from now on, otherwise I will limit your playing time in the next game!"

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