The Golden Age of Basketball

() (I came back from the psychiatric hospital, and my mind suddenly opened up a lot.)

On the third day back to Portland, after two days of adjustments, signings and press conferences, Gan Guoyang will finally start to enter the Portland training camp and start his first NBA training.

Since joining Palo Alto's high school basketball team in the fall of 1981, basketball training has never left Gan Guoyang's life for even a single day.

Whether in Palo Alto or San Francisco, whether in the training hall or Gan's restaurant, Gan Guoyang will use various methods to exercise his skills.

Even during the time when he was watching the Olympics in Los Angeles and went shopping with Wang Fuxi at night, Gan Guoyang must wear a basketball in his backpack besides the hat on his head, and he would take it out in places where there are not too many people Practice your ball feel.

Basketball is like a part of his body, which cannot be separated from his life.

Since his father bought him the first basketball, he has lost count of how many basketballs he has broken. It’s not that the quality of the basketballs is poor, but that their working hours are too long and intensive.

In high school, Gan Guoyang began to receive more professional basketball training. Behrman is a basketball coach with strong professional skills and solid theoretical knowledge. Will share Bellman's work tasks to guide the players' training.

Now, Gan Guoyang is finally coming into contact with the highest level of basketball training content in the world, which will be another new challenge for him.

So at six o'clock in the morning, Gan Guoyang woke up from his sleep, looked at the slightly bright sky outside the window, and prepared to go to the Trail Blazers to report and start his first team training.

And the venue for this training is nowhere else, but in the gymnasium of the University of Portland, where the Blazers opened a summer training camp.

Gan Guoyang had been to the University of Portland before and played there, and he played well, so the tension in his heart was reduced a lot.

Before Gan Guoyang woke up, Gan Youwei got up early and began to cook a nutritious and delicious Chinese breakfast for Gan Guoyang.

After eating the rich breakfast made by his father, Gan Guoyang rejected Gan Youwei's suggestion to drive himself to training. Obviously, Gan Youwei was not only concerned about his son, he was addicted to driving.

Gan Guoyang thought that he must learn to drive in the future, otherwise he would always let Gan Youwei show what he looks like.

Fortunately, the University of Portland is also in the northwestern part of the city, not far from where Gan Guoyang lives. Gan Guoyang stepped on it as early as yesterday, and he is going to run to the training hall early this morning.

Although it is summer in August, Portland is still a bit chilly in the morning. Gan Guoyang, wearing a gray sportswear, started running on the straight streets of Portland.

During the three years since he came to the United States, Gan Guoyang would run outside for 3 minutes every morning. The streets of Palo Alto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Spokane, Salt Lake City, and Seattle all have Gan Guoyang's footsteps.

For him, running for 20 minutes has long been a piece of cake, and his physical fitness will not be greatly improved because of it, but he likes this feeling, and likes to feel the fresh and cold air in the mist every morning .

Whenever he runs on the streets of various cities, Gan Guoyang will have a feeling of being integrated with this time and space.

To this day, he still cannot completely escape from the future time and space. Walking in the United States in the 80s, he still feels like he is living in a movie.

Fortunately, it is in the United States, which is already quite modernized. If he stays in the undeveloped China, the sense of time travel will be even stronger.

It is more than six o'clock now, many Portlanders are still immersed in their dreams, but many people have already woken up, because the Northwest District of Portland is an entertainment district, there are many hotels and restaurants, and these stores opened their doors early , ready to start the day.

Along the way, people began to notice a big yellow-skinned man running on the road. He spread his long legs like an ostrich, passing by people who hadn't reacted like the wind.

At that time, there were no mobile phones and no Internet. If there were, the photos of Gan Guoyang running might have been posted on the Internet long ago.

Even so, the news of Gan Guoyang running on the streets of Portland early in the morning will still appear in the local newspapers in the next day's newspapers.

Soon, Gan Guoyang ran to the University of Portland. At this time, the school was still on vacation, and it was morning, and the campus was quiet, only the sound of some birds could be heard.

"I don't know if the players from the University of Portland will train in it. If they are, I will give them a good meal." Gan Guoyang walked to the training ground familiarly, thinking evilly in his heart.

In last year's West Coast Conference regular season, the University of Portland Aviators had a glorious record of 2 wins and 10 losses, ranking bottom in the entire league.

Their starting center is Darren Jenkins, who is only 6-foot-8, and he is also the team's leading scorer.

With such a height, meeting Gan Guoyang is naturally a dead end. In the two games, Jenkins was almost beaten to tears by Gan Guoyang, almost completely losing confidence.

In the summer, some teams often go to the local university gymnasium for training, so that the players of the university can also take this opportunity to compete with the masters of professional teams.

Thinking that if Jenkins saw himself in the arena, the shocked look would make people very happy, Gan Guoyang not only quickened his pace.

"Boom~boom~boom~boom!" When Gan Guoyang approached the arena, he heard the sound of a basketball touching the floor from inside, and there were indeed people in the training hall.

But judging from the sound of playing ball and footsteps, it seems that there is only one person.

Gan Guoyang ran into the arena in three steps and two steps in parallel, wanting to see who came to the training hall earlier than himself.

When Gan Guoyang entered the arena and came to the sidelines, he saw a player wearing No. 22 red shorts and a vest, with a fluffy little afro, dribbling from the center line to the basket with his back facing him.

I saw that he was very characteristic when he dribbled, his head was lowered like an angry bull, and for such a long dribble distance, he only used his right hand, just like Magic Johnson.

"Is this guy going to dunk?" Gan Guoyang thought to himself.

This guy really wanted to dunk, but Gan Guoyang didn't expect him to take off so early and so far away from the basket.

Jump from the free throw line!

Gan Guoyang saw the player's left foot, stepped on the free throw line and jumped up with one foot. No, it should be more appropriate to use flying.

In the air, his legs were bent back, his whole body was straight, and the hand holding the ball stretched forward and flew towards the basket.

Gan Guoyang was dumbfounded, because he found that this person was flying in the air almost in a straight line, instead of rising and then falling in a parabola.

"Bah!"

However, this supposedly perfect free throw line take-off dunk failed because the ball was dropped. The ball bounced off the basket, and the dunker hung on the basket.

"Fuck!" The dunker let go and fell from the basket, cursing in his mouth, it seems that the failure of this dunk made him very upset.

And Gan Guoyang also used this to see the appearance of this black man, and he was a black man who didn't look like a black man.

In the United States, where mixed blood is very common, as long as there is a little black blood, it will be classified as black, which also makes many black people look nothing like their African ancestors.

The same is true of this man, with his tall nose bridge and broad square face, he looks like an Anglo no matter what, but his complexion is solid black, and he is an irrefutable human race.

When Gan Guoyang saw his face, he knew who it was. It was someone he knew and was looking forward to becoming a teammate.

"Hello, Clyde!" Gan Guoyang greeted him with a smile.

And this person had obviously seen Gan Guoyang, but he turned a blind eye to Gan Guoyang's friendly greeting. He took back the basketball that had jumped far away from the side, and returned to the basket to start shooting practice.

Gan Guoyang, who had a hot face and a cold butt, didn't care, and he vaguely understood why this guy was so indifferent to him.

He took off his tracksuit and put it aside, ready to join the training.

"Want to have a bullfight?" The man who was still shooting suddenly said, when Gan Guoyang just took off his sportswear.

"No problem." Gan Guoyang has always been open to bullfighting. No matter whether he wants to compete with a 5-foot-11 small guard or a 7-foot big center, he has the confidence to play one-on-one with the opponent on the basketball court. .

面前这个22号，身高应该在6尺6到6尺7左右，是标准的后卫或者小前锋身材。在这样的单挑中甘国阳显然又是要吃点亏了。

"Let you come first, rookie." No. 22 threw the ball to Gan Guoyang, and made a defensive posture in the three-second zone.

Gan Guoyang smiled when he received the ball, and said nothing. He didn't want to have any verbal conflicts with the opponent. It's better to leave trash talk to teammates from other teams.

Gan Guoyang took the ball and began to dribble skillfully near the three-point line. In order to train the NBA team, a three-point line was drawn on the basketball court of the University of Portland, although the NCAA still did not introduce a three-point line. sub-rules.

The perennial dribbling training plus the ball feel practice on the street, as well as the one-on-one with streetball masters on the street, made Gan Guoyang very confident in his dribbling.

He showed his outstanding and slightly fancy dribbling skills in front of No. 22, while thinking hard about how to complete this offense.

Gan Guoyang decided to break through directly from the front, relying on his own strength to gain room for shooting, and if that didn't work, he would try to switch to a back attack.

Therefore, Gan Guoyang accelerated sharply, and rushed inward from the familiar right!

Gan Guoyang's height is 6 feet 10, and the opponent is 6 feet 6. He is obviously smaller and more flexible than Gan Guoyang. Even so, Gan Guoyang is very confident in his dribble breakthrough. He is someone who has competed with "Hook" Mitchell on the streets of Oakland. .

Sure enough, the strength of the opponent was obviously not as good as Gan Guoyang, but Gan Guoyang was skilled in dribbling and protecting the ball very well, relying on strength and impact to kill a bloody path.

The opponent was still clinging to him. Gan Guoyang knew that he couldn't shake off the opponent, but he already had room to move.

He pushed all the way to the three-second zone, ready to force a layup with the ball in both hands!

When he got to the basket, as long as Gan Guoyang got up with the ball, a guard on the other side would definitely not be able to stop him.

The premise is that the ball is still in Gan Guoyang's hands.

When Gan Guoyang was halfway up, he found that the ball in his hand had been hit hard. When he looked down, he found that the ball in his hand had disappeared.

It turned out that the opponent knew that it was difficult to confront Gan Guoyang head-on, so he deliberately did not fight Gan Guoyang head-on, but let him rush to the basket, and when he got up directly, he broke the ball all at once.

Obviously, Gan Guoyang was too careless, thinking that he was his own world when he got to the basket. As a result, he lacked awareness of protecting the ball and was cut off by the opponent.

"You are too careless, the nba and ncaa are completely different." No. 22 dribbled to the outside after stealing the ball, still muttering.

Gan Guoyang didn't expect that he would be deflated under the basket, so he also scored 12 points and wanted to give the opponent a little response.

Gan Guoyang had just collected himself, lowered his focus and prepared to guard against one, but he found that the other party rushed towards him with a sullen head!

Gan Guoyang thought that he would use his agility and speed to deal with him on the outside. He was ready for a sharp turn, but he didn't expect that the opponent would speed up and rush over in a straight line.

Gan Guoyang also encountered such a situation when he was singled out with "Hook" Mitchell. Mitchell wanted to rely on his own speed to force the impact, but Gan Guoyang's footsteps were very fast.

At the same time, Mitchell is far behind Gan Guoyang in terms of strength, often unable to rush, and will be directly suppressed by the strong Gan Guoyang.

Facing the opponent's rush like a locomotive this time, Gan Guoyang took a step back, and at the same time began to adjust his pace, preparing to give the opponent a big cap and avenge the steal.

But Gan Guoyang thought of the beginning, but not the process, let alone the result.

No. 22's take-off speed is so amazing. After stepping with both feet, he bounced off the ground almost instantly. Gan Guoyang's bounce speed is not slow, but as a defender, he is still a beat slower.

When he wanted to hold down the opponent in the air and give the opponent a hot pot, he found that his body was falling backwards.

Gan Guoyang can't hold back the opponent!

"Bang!"

The sound of a slam dunk echoed through the empty gym.

Gan Guoyang was still a little dazed until he landed, only the sound of the dunk echoed in his mind.

Gan Guoyang was detained by his opponent Yan!

The impact and strength shown by No. 22, as well as the control of the pace when breaking through, are obviously higher than those of ncaa players.

"In-your-face, sunny·gump." The opponent didn't seem to want to show mercy. He picked up the ball and threw it to Gan Guoyang, saying, "Are you still coming?"

"Of course, I haven't slapped you yet." How could Gan Guoyang, who had suffered such a great humiliation, let it go? It's normal for Gan Guoyang to be deflated on the court, but Gan Guoyang must get back after being deflated. He has always been victorious. Don't allow the other party to take advantage of him so lightly.

Restarting the attack, this time Gan Guoyang was much more cautious. Instead of dribbling outside, he clamped the basketball on his right wrist, bent over and stood at the top of the arc, ready to give his opponent a fatal blow.

Gan Guoyang moved.

He didn't break through from the right again, but dribbled the ball with a cross step to the left, turning his right hand to his left hand. His speed was not fast, but his steps were huge, and he was about to pass by the opponent almost at once.

No. 22 reacted faster than Gan Guoyang. Of course, he would not be passed by such a cross step, and quickly moved to the left to block the line.

This kind of cross step puts a lot of load on the knees and requires very high coordination of the body. Generally, inside players will not or dare not use this kind of movement, but Gan Guoyang can.

But Gan Guoyang obviously didn't want to rely on cross steps to break through, it was just his bluffing.

Gan Guoyang still had to rely on his strength, and he had to give full play to his own advantages. After turning to the left, Gan Guoyang used his left foot as the axis, and turned around 180 degrees directly against his opponent!

Gan Guoyang turned directly to the front left side of the basket. This is one-on-one, and there is no opponent's defensive player under the basket.

Gan Guoyang took off directly after turning around, showing his excellent movement coherence, and this time he learned a lesson, instead of holding the ball with both hands, he used his huge right hand to directly grab the basketball and take off.

"Bang!" A slam dunk indicated by a right-angled ruler!Gan Guoyang's straight arms and vertical body formed a right angle in order to reach the basket.

At this time, the opponent was still behind Gan Guoyang's buttocks, without the slightest reaction.

"In-my-back (behind my ass), Clyde Drexler." Gan Guoyang said after landing.