The Golden Age of Basketball

For the three coaches Gan Guoyang met, Bellman is undoubtedly the most important one.

Larry Farmar needless to say about him, he is still being blamed by many people, because of his mistakes, ul lost the chance to return to the top.

Jack Ramsey is a very good coach. He has devoted himself to the cultivation of Gan Guoyang, but his ideas are not always fully recognized by Gan Guoyang. I always feel that it is a very uncomfortable thing for him to only play for 10 minutes occasionally.

Not to mention the various minor conflicts Gan Guoyang had with Ramsey at the beginning of the season because of his playing habits and playing time.

Only Bellman, he is Gan Guoyang's true professional basketball enlightenment mentor, he has regarded Gan Guoyang as the most important core from the very beginning, he taught Gan Guoyang the basic qualities that a basketball player should have, and he also gave Gan Guoyang the best growth environment.

More importantly, he and Gan Guoyang walked to the highest peak together, and this memory is destined to be etched in my heart forever.

But now, for Gan Guoyang, this glorious past has become a ladder to a higher peak, but for Bellman, it has become an unbearable burden of life.

When Bellman looked at the Bulldog lineup without Gan Guoyang on the court and watched the team lose games again and again, he felt that his enthusiasm for basketball was like being naked in a world of ice and snow—it was draining rapidly.

The only thing he is gratified about now is that Gan Guoyang and Stockton have performed very well in NB, especially Gan Guoyang has even made the All-Star, which is also a credit to Bellman. [

But the glory of the past can't change the reality that the defending champion bulldogs can't even enter the n national competition. No.

This means that by mid-March, Behrman will be able to do things, and Fa can no longer lead the team. In fact, when Gan Guoyang and Stockton came to Spokane, the Bulldogs' season had already ended prematurely. Yes, they are determined to participate in the national competition.

This kind of situation finally made Bellman confide in front of his two lovers that he didn't want to do it anymore. Although it was only a one-year failure, which was not considered a lot of college coaches, Bellman still I can't accept the gap before and after, and the huge pressure it brings.

Gan Guoyang and Stockton looked at Behrman with a somewhat lonely expression, and didn't know what to say. They all knew that the Bulldogs would not be able to return to the top level in a short period of time—the Bulldogs would have to wait until almost 20 years later.

Gan Guoyang and Stockton can't take off the jersey of the nb team and come back to play for the Bulldogs.

Moreover, Gan Guoyang also knew that without him, without him traveling from the future, Bellman would still be doing ordinary coaching work in a corner that people care about.

Of course, Gan Guoyang does not feel that he is Bellman's savior, but he knows that Bellman's fate has changed because of him, and now it may be time to get back on track.

"Maybe I should go back to high school to be a physical education teacher. I can teach basketball, running, long jump, volleyball, and baseball. In fact, I still liked baseball more when I was young." Bellman began to describe his plans for the future.

"Maybe you can still stay in college. At Gonzaga, everyone respects you." Stockton said, eating macaroni.

"Oh no, I don't think everyone respects me, I'm just a... a defensive coach with good luck-that's the highest they can say about me." Bellman said self-deprecatingly. Zaga University has also received a lot of criticism.

"It's not fair! You are the best and most passionate coach I have ever seen, and your defensive strategy amazes me. You know, we don't practice defense much in nb training, because nb has no zone defense, and the Blazers have It’s an offensive team.” What Gan Guoyang said was true. In an nb without a zone defense, defense mainly depends on individual ability. For coaches, the most important thing to strengthen defense is to instill in the players the belief of “don’t let the opponent score easily”. Instead of laying out a sophisticated defensive strategy.

"At this time, the difference between nb and n is that a coach who can teach well in n may not be popular in nb, but I don't even want to stay in n." Bellman said.

The three chatted at home for a long time, about many things about the past and the present. By the time Gan Guoyang, Stockton, and Wang Fuxi left Behrman's house, it was already dark.

"I will go straight back to Salt Lake City tomorrow, how about you?" Stockton will have a game when he goes back tomorrow.

"Me? Let me think about it. I read the schedule before coming here...Tomorrow, tomorrow I will fly directly to Atlanta. For Atlanta, I hope I can catch the plane." Gan Guoyang also came to Spokane this time. He asked for leave from the team for the first time, and he missed the team's training.And early tomorrow morning, he will fly to Atlanta to gather with the team, and they will play away against the Eagles in the evening. [

Of course, this is also the first time Stockton has asked for leave with the team.

"I want to go to Atlanta with you too!" At this moment, Wang Fuxi spoke up, and she proposed to go to Atlanta with Gan Guoyang.

"What? You want to come with me? You don't want to go to class?"

"There aren't many classes recently, so what if you miss a few classes! I just want to go to Atlanta with you!"

Gan Guoyang knew that once Wang Fuxi's stubborn temper came up, no one would be able to stop him. Gan Guoyang himself was considered a stubborn type, but he was defeated in several confrontations with Wang Fuxi.

Now Wang Fuxi would rather skip class and follow Gan Guoyang to Atlanta. Gan Guoyang knew that he would not be able to leave this follower behind.

"Okay, then you can go back to Portland with us. You can go back in a short time by car. I will book the ticket in the evening." Gan Guoyang also knows that it is easy to cause problems when the two live apart for a long time. Wang Fuxi wants to follow Going together is really because I miss him.

So Stockton drove Gan Guoyang's car from Spokane all the way back to Portland.

The next day, March 3, Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi flew to Atlanta, the "city of crime" in the eastern state of Georgia, early in the morning.

As a large commercial city with more than half of the black population, Atlanta is also famous for its high crime rate in the United States. Of course, it is also famous for the black civil rights movement, where Martin Luther King walked out.

When Gan Guoyang and Wang Fuxi rushed to Atlanta and settled down, it was already 4 o'clock in the afternoon when Gan Guoyang contacted the team staff.

Gan Guoyang didn't dawdle, and immediately took a taxi to the home of the Atlanta Hawks - the Omni Stadium.

In the taxi, the driver immediately recognized Gan Guoyang. You must know that Gan Guoyang is almost unknown in the United States. Anyone who watches basketball games must know him. It is also promoting this Asian face to Americans.

Fortunately, although the driver was an Eagles fan, he still had professional ethics. Instead of taking Gan Guoyang to the suburbs, he sent Gan Guoyang to the Omni Stadium on time.

"Sorry, I'm late!" The first thing Gan Guoyang did after rushing into the locker room was to apologize. Now there is only more than an hour left before the start of the game.

"Very good, I finally heard good news." Ramsay nodded and said when he saw Gan Guoyang rushing over.

Prior to this, the bad news that Ramsey heard was that the team's main shooting guard Jim Paxson had a serious leg injury and would not be able to participate in the game against the Atlanta Hawks, and the return date was undetermined.

This makes Ramsey, who doesn't have much hair, feel even more worried. Vandeweghe has just returned from injury, and the backcourt general has injured another one. Now he begins to doubt whether the medical team in Portland is real. has a problem.

And then, after coming to Atlanta, the team's main point guard, Valentine, stretched his thighs again during training. personal.

Fortunately, Gan Guoyang arrived in time, and he and his teammates came to the court to prepare for the match against Atlanta tonight.

The Trail Blazers' starting lineup naturally also made adjustments. Drexler was finally assigned to the starting position, and Colter, who has been relatively stable in performance, naturally became the starting point guard.

But in this way, it also means that the Blazers will be stretched in the backcourt rotation. The only thing Ramsey can use is the No. 19 pick they selected in this year's draft, Bernard Sampson. (Sampson is too much!)

Bernard Sampson, as the No. 19 pick of this season and the second highest pick after Gan Guoyang, was originally expected to be high.

But the Trail Blazers have too many outstanding players in the backcourt position. Even a genius like Drexler is struggling to compete for playing time. In comparison, Bernard Sampson can only stand aside. up.

At the same time, in terms of training effort, he is still not as good as the lower pick Jerome Cosey, so he can only get a certain amount of playing time when the team suffers extensive injuries in the backcourt.

This game is the first time the Trail Blazers and the Eagles have played against each other this season. In addition to Dominique Wilkins, an old friend in the dunk contest, there is another interesting guy, that is, Gan Guoyang's rookie of the same year-Kevin Wiley s.

Kevin Willis was supposed to be directly selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the draft, but he fell to the 16th pick and was selected by the Jazz. Atlanta brings it back.

And all these circles were thanks to Gan Guoyang at the time. Gan Guoyang made Stockton the point guard of the championship team, and Stockton's pick naturally rose.

So the Eagles knew that the Jazz wanted Stockton very much, so they selected him in advance in exchange for more chips in the hands of the Jazz.

And there is another reason why Willis fell to No. 16. This reason appeared in the evaluation of scouts-"As an inside player, his wingspan is too short, especially compared with Gan."

He is 7 feet tall, but his wingspan is only 6 feet 10 to 6 feet 11. His arms look like the short hands of a Tyrannosaurus rex. This is ridiculous compared to Gan Guoyang's gibbon-like figure.

He also got a nickname because of this, "Short-armed Strange Eagle"-named by Gan Guoyang after the game.

(Second update, 10:30)