The Golden Age of Basketball

(Recently, allergies have become more and more serious, and the code words have been affected. I hope readers will bear with me)

Gan Guoyang quickly returned a call to Falk. Now Falk is not the same as in the past. He no longer arranges everything as before, and finally informs Gan Guoyang.

No matter what it is now, such as business activities, charity activities, contract signing, etc., Falk will call Gan Guoyang for instructions first, and Falk will take action after the two have discussed it.

After all, Gan Guoyang's "foresight and foresight" in the Coca-Cola incident taught Falk a good lesson, and Gan Guoyang also won a big contract with Coca-Cola. With millions of dollars in the account, his manager will naturally be rewarded with it.

In the process of cooperating and fighting with this old fox, Gan Guoyang has gradually begun to take the initiative, and is no longer just a marionette like in the past.

"Hello, Mr. Falk, I went out to eat something with my friends after the game. I came back late. Mr. Behrman went home first. What can you do?" Gan Guoyang asked on the phone.

"I will come to Portland the day after tomorrow to discuss the contract with you. Your contract with the Trail Blazers is about to expire in 86. We need to discuss with the other party in advance and try to sign a big contract." Falk explained what he meant.

"Is it necessary to be so early? I'm talking about the contract with the Trail Blazers. The season has just started, so there's no need to rush to negotiate the contract?" Gan Guoyang wants to focus on the game, but he is unwilling to put his own affairs Carte blanche is entrusted to Falk, who doesn't like being in the hands of others.

"It is necessary, of course it is necessary. I am already negotiating Michael's contract with the Bulls. New star players like you need to get a good price for yourself. You also know that Stern has already started the reform of the contract system. , the sooner you sign, the better you can sign a suitable big contract." Falk said.

With the introduction of the salary cap in 1984, the conditions for signing NBA contracts became more and more stringent, and the regulations became more and more detailed, so that the space for traditional agents to play became smaller and smaller-of course, "Auerbach like" The leeway that rogue managers can manipulate is also getting narrower and narrower.

Because the situation is constantly changing, some agents hope that their players can negotiate with the team earlier. Even if there is no way to renew their contracts in advance, they can get some promises first to prevent changes.

With this in mind, Falke began to work on the contract between Jordan and Gan Guoyang in advance. It happened that Yinman also hoped to settle the matter of Gan Guoyang earlier, so as to give the boss and the management a reassurance. , I also want to make some basic contacts in the near future.

Of course, Gan Guoyang's view is different from Falk's. He knows that with the deepening of the NBA's promotion, the league's income will become higher and higher, and the corresponding players' wages will also rise. The level of the minimum salary players in the team.

But Gan Guoyang did not refute Falk on the phone. He accepted Falk's suggestion and decided to have a good talk with the team in a few days.

Because Gan Guoyang smelled a breath from Falk's words, combined with what Vandeweghe said to him, Gan Guoyang can already guess that the current instability of the Blazers is actually due to Gan Guoyang himself.

Gan Guoyang also learned about the signing rules of the NBA recently. He knew that there was no rookie contract at that time. He signed a two-year 100 million contract with the Trail Blazers, which was smaller than Jordan's two-year contract, but it was already bigger than Jordan's two-year contract. Drexler's contract is getting bigger.

Gan Guoyang's next contract will definitely exceed this two-year contract, and in order to keep Gan Guoyang, the Blazers must use a lot of salary space.

If the Blazers still want to sign Vandeweghe and Sampson at the same time, they must use the Bird clause, then the team's salary expenditure will be very high.

Although there was no luxury tax at that time, only champion giants like the Lakers and Celtics in the league didn't care about using a lot of money to win over players, and the salary cap couldn't stop him.

In this way, Vandeweghe and Sampson's days in the Trail Blazers will not last long. In order to get the next good contract, it is understandable that Vandeweghe is working hard on the field.

Thinking of this, Gan Guoyang couldn't help being upset for a while. In his mind, players should keep moving forward with the goal of winning, and all obstacles that hinder winning should be removed along the way.

However, in a business alliance, everything must be based on interests.

The next day, Gan Guoyang woke up early, a little earlier than usual for training, because he was going to find Colter.

Colter's family lived in an apartment not far from the Jewish community. He used to live with Cauchy and other rookies, but some rookies left last season.

Gan Guoyang entered Colter's house, and Colter was still sleepy when he knocked on the door, and soon he was forced by Gan Guoyang to dress and wash, and then went out together - at this time Kexi was still asleep.

"From now on, join me every day, get up early for a run, go back early in the evening, and occasionally go out to relax, but you can't take drugs! If you take drugs again, I will suppress you. Do you understand what I mean? Suppress you , not let you hang around in the team, let you pack up and leave. I think I can do it."

Colter and Gan Guoyang ran side by side on the banks of the Willamette River, with the gurgling water of the Willamette River on one side and the huge railway system in Portland on the other. Portland has always been a transportation hub in the northern United States.

Since Americans basically no longer take trains, all the railways here are used for freight, and freight cars roared past the two of them, and it was just dawn at this time.

Gan Guoyang saw that Colter didn't seem to believe it very much, so he continued: "Don't believe it, I will negotiate a contract with the team soon, and I will include you as one of the signing conditions. Look at Inman's contract." How will the old fox treat you."

When Gan Guoyang said this, Colter also believed it a little bit. He also understood Gan Guoyang's position in this team, and he was the core of the future team.

"Leave the things that make you worse. It can only make you happy for a while, but it can make you regret it forever. I can't guarantee that you will always be in the Blazers in the future, but no matter which team you are on, you can rely on Support yourself with your ability, support your family, and let them live a better life, don't let your previous efforts go to waste." Gan Guoyang said seriously to Colter while running.

This time, Colter finally dared to meet Gan Guoyang's direct gaze, nodded and said, "I see, thank you, Gan."

"Okay, let's speed up! You know, you are already behind, and Terry Porter is about to overtake you and become the team's number one substitute! If you don't hurry up, you will go to the water cooler and serve everyone The tea is poured." Said, Gan Guoyang accelerated the speed of his feet, and Colt followed, and the two ran together on the road ahead.

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In the evening, the Blazers ushered in a back-to-back game, and their opponent was the New York Knicks from the East.

Gan Guoyang has been a little dazed by various things recently, and he has no habit of watching the game schedule, so he didn't know that their opponent tonight was the Knicks until he entered the locker room.

It's just that the Knicks are no longer behind Gan Guoyang's old friend Bernard King, who has been reimbursed for the season due to a leg injury.

But this game is not less exciting because of Bernard King's reimbursement, because this year's Knicks ushered in the fourth No. [-] pick in their history-Patrick Ewing.

The first three times the Knicks won the No. 1963 pick were in 1964, 1966 and [-]. They won the No. [-] pick three times in four years. It is not bad luck.

Of course, on the one hand, it was because there were few NBA teams at that time, and on the other hand, it also showed that the Knicks' performance was bad enough, and their performance did not improve after the No. [-] pick.

In the end, none of the three champions led the Knicks out of the abyss. Instead, a second-round pick in 1961, Willis Reid, created brilliance with the Knicks (the second round at that time was actually also in the previous round. Fifteen draft picks).

But this time, the Knicks believe that the No. [-] pick they chose will never be wrong. A real center, a superstar in college basketball, and a well-desired No. [-] pick. The excitement when the second pick went to the Indiana Pacers, and then the scene of letting out a sigh of relief has become a classic in the history of the NBA draft.

At this time, Ewing missed the NCAA trophy that he should have had in his life because of Gan Guoyang, but this did not hinder his low position in the eyes of scouts, nor did it affect the New Yorkers' expectations of him in the slightest.

Soon, Ewing proved himself in the first few games. In the first game against Philadelphia, he scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. Don't fall behind.

The second time he got his first double-double after entering the NBA, with 19 points and 10 rebounds; in the third game, Ewing ushered in a small explosion, with 27 points, 16 rebounds and 2 blocks, but he failed to limit the card. Rolle, the team lost.

In the fourth game against the Clippers, they had another 27 points and 11 rebounds, but they still lost the game. The Knicks lost all four games.

But Ewing's performance is enough to make people look forward to, this guy is indeed a superstar.

Tonight, Ewing will face the strongest challenge after entering the nba. After the 1984 ncaa [-]-to-[-] knockout round, he will face Gan Guoyang again.