The Golden Age of Basketball

Standing in front of the window, Ramsay didn't notice Gan Guoyang at the top of the stairs. He looked out the window, looking a little dull.

It wasn't until Gan Guoyang walked up to Ramsay that the old man noticed someone standing in front of him, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Gan Guoyang.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Ramsay, why are you here?" Gan Guoyang asked, but his tone was a little cold. Recently, the relationship between the two has dropped to a freezing point. If it wasn't for the Blazers winning streak, Ramsay's handsome Places may not be guaranteed.

"Hello, Gan, I... I'm not feeling well. I'm here to see... How about you?" Ramsay said expectantly. After he glanced at Gan Guoyang, he looked out the window again.

"I'm here for physical therapy to relax and rest my tired body. If you're not feeling well, I think you should also take a good rest." Gan Guoyang said stingingly.

Gan Guoyang's meaning is very clear. He hopes that Ramsey will choose to resign.

The role of the head coach in the current Trail Blazers has reached the lowest level. The two assistant coaches have taken on the main work of the team's usual training and tactical arrangements. Ramsey only plays some role in on-the-spot command.

And this effect is getting smaller and smaller, because now the Blazers' tactics are very clear at the critical moment-give the ball to Gan Guoyang.

Ramsey's disconnect with this team is getting worse, his ability to control the players is getting worse, and the credibility he has built with the Blazers over the years is losing.

The team's management is also condoning the fading of this authority. After Ramsey's command was challenged by Gan Guoyang, the Blazers' general manager and owner did not help each other. spread.

So when Gan Guoyang said such words, Ramsay didn't seem to feel particularly angry or surprised, but just sighed and nodded.

Seeing Ramsey like this, Gan Guoyang felt a little regretful again. Although Ramsey's various performances made Gan Guoyang very dissatisfied recently, he felt that no matter what the future holds, a head coach should at least do a good job in the current job instead of grinding foreign jobs.

However, after getting along for more than one season, Gan Guoyang still admires this old coach who was responsible, dedicated and passionate in his heart.

"I don't know why...you want to become like this." Gan Guoyang said, he has always wanted to ask Ramsay this question, but he never communicated with Ramsay face to face.

Why does an old man who loves basketball suddenly become an old man with a vegetarian meal, just because he didn't get the contract renewal promise from the Blazers?

Ramsay didn't speak, nor did he look back at Gan Guoyang, but stood there motionless.

"Mr. Ramsay! Sharon's mother is not feeling well!" At this moment, a middle-aged Caucasian man walked towards Ramsay and shouted from the corridor beside him.

Gan Guoyang looked at the middle-aged man. He didn't look like Ramsay. He didn't have Ramsay's hooked nose and chin. Instead, he had a square face.

The middle-aged man obviously also saw Gan Guoyang, and also recognized the number one star in Portland-now Gan Guoyang is in the limelight.He stepped forward and held out his hand, and said: "Hello, Mr. Gan, I'm Jim O'Brien, and Mr. Ramsay is my father-in-law."

Gan Guoyang also hurriedly reached out to shake hands with the other party, and responded: "Hello, Mr. O'Brien. I would like to ask, what's the matter?"

Gan Guoyang did not expect that the man in front of him was Ramsey's son-in-law. Looking at his face, Gan Guoyang always felt a little familiar, as if he had seen him there before.

"Uh..." O'Brien seemed hesitant to speak, and he glanced at Jack Ramsey at the side, as if to ask for his approval.

"Let's go and see, have you called the doctor?" Ramsay asked as he walked into the corridor.

"Yes, the reaction was stronger this time, and she was very uncomfortable..." O'Brien replied.

Gan Guoyang followed the two into the deep corridor and came to a treatment room, where he saw several patients who were hanging water, and what they were hanging should not be ordinary medicines.

At the same time, two people came out of the toilet in the treatment room, one was a patient with water hanging, an old Caucasian lady, who looked very weak; beside her was a middle-aged Caucasian woman, Gan Guoyang could see it at a glance It can be seen that this must be Ramsay's daughter, and the two look too much alike.

Gan Guoyang stood at the door and didn't go in. The situation was already clear at a glance. The old white lady who hung the water must be Ramsay's lover, and she must be suffering from a serious disease now.

In other words, Ramsay's wife must have cancer.

"You can come in, Mr. Gan." At this time, Ramsay's daughter walked to the door and said to Gan Guoyang, "I am Sharon Ramsay."

"Okay, I hope I didn't disturb you." Gan Guoyang was too tall, and when he entered the treatment room, the whole room seemed a lot more crowded.

Gan Guoyang had never been in contact with Ramsay's family before, and this was the first time he saw Ramsay's wife. She looked very tired and weak, and it was obvious that chemicals were destroying her body.

However, Mrs. Ramsay obviously also knew Gan Guoyang, and when she saw Gan Guoyang coming in, she still smiled at him friendly and said hello to Gan Guoyang.

After Gan Guoyang came in, he suddenly seemed very cramped, because Ramsey's various performances this season have been explained. He was tortured by his wife's illness. Lost hope.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsey who was talking with the doctor, his face was tired and dignified, and his brows were furrowed to look more sinister. This is the expression Gan Guoyang saw Ramsey most on the field this season.

At that time, he didn't know how much pain was borne behind such an expression.

Since Mrs. Ramsay needed to rest, Gan Guoyang left after staying for a while.

When leaving, Jim O'Brien sent Gan Guoyang out of the building. Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsay's son-in-law and felt more and more familiar.

"Mr. O'Brien, are you also engaged in basketball work?" Gan Guoyang asked.

"That's right, I'm now the head coach of Willing Jesus University's basketball team. I started in 82. I used to play at the University of Dayton, and Jim Paxson was my senior." O'Brien replied.

"No wonder Jim Paxson and Ramsay have such a good relationship. It turns out that his son-in-law and Paxson are brothers!" Only then did Gan Guoyang understand that the relationship between Jim Paxson and Ramsay is not a simple master-student relationship.

"You can also come to the NBA to coach in the future and inherit the mantle of Mr. Ramsay." Gan Guoyang said.

"Haha, Mr. Ramsay and I are far behind, but I will work hard." Willing Jesus University, where O'Brien is located, is a NCAA secondary school and is not eligible to participate in the NCAA National Competition, so Aubrey Ryan is also not well-known in the United States.

But with such a father-in-law of a future Hall of Fame coach, O'Brien's future coaching path is also bright.

The reason why Gan Guoyang looks familiar to Jim O'Brien is because O'Brien will become the head coach of the NBA in the future and teach in many big cities such as New York and Boston.

"I take the liberty to ask, Mrs. Ramsay's illness..." Gan Guoyang couldn't help asking when he walked to the door of the hospital.

"Rectal cancer was diagnosed at an advanced stage when it was detected, and it has been treated for a period of time, and the effect is very good. But she is already old after all, and chemical treatment has caused great harm to her body, so...the future is hard to say It can be seen from O'Brien's words that the condition is not so optimistic.

Gan Guoyang knew that he could not be of much help. Even in the 21st century, cancer is still a terminal disease that is difficult to overcome by modern medicine. Gan Guoyang did not travel to bring more advanced medical technology. He wanted to suggest that Mrs. Ramsay try Chinese medicine, but The matter of seeking medical treatment is not just for fun, and Gan Guoyang doesn't dare to come up with random ideas.

"Why didn't Mr. Ramsay tell everyone? In this way, everyone may be able to help, at least... everyone can understand Mr. Ramsay better." Gan Guoyang expressed his doubts.

"He is so stubborn. He doesn't want to tell anyone about anything, and he always bears it alone. Sharon and I also learned about my mother's cancer very late. They kept it from us for a long time, and he was always unwilling to give it to us. People are causing trouble." O'Brien also said with some helplessness.

Gan Guoyang couldn't help feeling a little sour when he thought of Ramsey, a stubborn old man, who had to bear the pain of his wife's terminal illness while struggling to maintain the team that was about to abandon him.

"I understand that he is always like this. I hope Mrs. Ramsay will get well soon." Gan Guoyang said a few more words to O'Brien, then said goodbye and left.

On the way back, thinking about what happened today, Gan Guoyang couldn't help but feel that life is really fickle, and all kinds of setbacks and disasters always come unexpectedly.

For Ramsay, knowing that he was facing such a situation, Gan Guoyang understood him a little bit more, but after thinking about it, he felt that Ramsay's behavior seemed too inconsiderate of others.

He endured everything himself, but it did not eliminate the trouble and pain he caused to others, but added a lot of misunderstandings.

"This stubborn old man, it seems that I have to stimulate him a bit, and I can't let him bring the team down with me!"