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

When the host of the slam dunk contest handed the slam dunk championship trophy to Drexler, the 6-foot-6 black boy smiled shyly, apparently not quite used to lifting the trophy alone in front of so many people.

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

If it weren't for Gan Guoyang, with the shooting idea that Drexler came up with himself, it is estimated that he would be eliminated in the first round just like the slam dunk contest in 1984.

But he looked around and didn't find Gan Guoyang's familiar and recognizable yellow face in the crowd around him, but his teammate Van der Verch, and his good friend Olajuwon came to shake hands and hug him to congratulate him.

"Hey Gan, you see Clyde is looking for you, why don't you go over and celebrate with him." In the corner of the field, two people in the crowd watched Drexler in the center of the field clapping.

"It's Clyde's own strength, I'm just helping a little bit, and I don't want to be in the TV camera too much." Gan Guoyang responded to the person next to him.

"Come on, you've been in the limelight enough today, Clyde's three best dunks are all related to you, if you go up and perform a dunk now, you won't be able to win this game." The person next to Gan Guoyang joked.

"Don't talk nonsense Ralph, as long as I can score 40 points on my dunk, I don't dare to think about the championship!" Gan Guoyang smiled and shook his head, letting Drexler win the slam dunk contest had already made Gan Guoyang take a lot of risks, so he comforted himself that Drexler's success had nothing to do with him, but he didn't know if it would have a fatal impact on the future and his own fate.

"By the way, Ralph, I wonder what you think of tomorrow's game? Perhaps, you can take an All-Star Game MVP. Gan Guoyang suddenly mentioned the All-Star Game tomorrow.

"Me? No kidding, I'm not a superstar, I guess the MVP is still Bird, Magic, Moses or Abdul-Jabbar, and I can just play in the game. ”

"No Ralph, believe me, you have a chance, those old men have no interest in this kind of award anymore, 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 next to Gan Guoyang is the Rockets' 7-foot-3" giant power forward, Ralph Sampson.

During the All-Star Game, Gan Guoyang became good friends with Olajuwon with the help of his relationship with Drexler, and naturally established contact with Olajuwon's teammate Sampson, so during the slam dunk contest, these guys sat together.

Now Olajuwon ran to the center of the court, and Gan Guoyang was like a charlatan who sold Strongman, encouraging Ralph Sampson to give his all at tomorrow's All-Star Game to win the All-Star Game MVP.

Because Gan Guoyang still remembers that the recording of the blind Chris mentions that the MVP of the 1985 All-Star Game is Ralph Sampson!

Since Gan Guoyang has made Drexler the champion of the slam dunk contest, which goes against the trajectory of history, then he should let Sampson become the MVP of the All-Star Game, otherwise he is really afraid that the change will be too big and stab Lou Zi.

"Anyway, the MVP of the All-Star Game is not a big award, so I should save character and change the MVP of the regular season for myself in the future! Both are MVPs anyway! Gan Guoyang thought in his heart that in his opinion, as long as he was stained with MVP, it would be the same.

And Sampson was obviously moved after hearing Gan Guoyang's words, indeed, after coming to Indianapolis, Sampson also found that those old superstars are self-contained, led by Owen, Bird, Thomas, and Magic, they are good friends and first-line groups.

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

Whether the second-tier stars can enter the All-Star mainly depends on the team's record this year, and the team's good record can take advantage of the situation to be selected, for example, Vanderwich can squeeze out Rolando Blackman, because the Trail Blazers have a good record this year.

In his original history, Vanderwig was not eligible to be an All-Star.

Other rookies like Sampson, who are new to the league, have ambition and quality, but haven't had enough opportunities to prove themselves in the league, and they are often suppressed by old stars, both on and off the court.

If you want to become a first-line superstar, the most important thing is to rely on your strong strength and the team's solid results, which is the dry goods of the hard state, but at the same time, you also need the support of a group of friends in the league.

However, there are also those who do not form gangs and factions, play well with peace of mind, and can also be admired by thousands of people in the league, and this kind of outstanding representative of "glorious isolation" is naturally only Abdul-Jabbar.

Sampson thought that if he could get the MVP of this All-Star Game, not to mention the glory, he would be able to stand out in this group of first- and second-year rookies.

He also knows that the rookies of the 1984 class can be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the first group of the NBA in the future will be in their hands, and Ralph certainly wants to be the leader of it.

"But what you know about the All-Star Game, it's not something you can do if you want to be an MVP, there's only one ball, and it's mainly in the hands of Magic, and it's not like he's going to play how he wants." Sampson also voiced his concerns.

"Don't worry, you know, although the point guard is magic, but the head coach of our Trail Blazers, Jack Ramsey." Gan Guoyang said with a smile.

By this time, the award ceremony in the center of the court had ended, and the all-day All-Star Weekend had come to an end, and the people on the court began to slowly disperse, and the crowd dispersed.

Drexler saw Gan Guoyang standing on the sidelines chatting with Ralph Sampson about something, so he ran over with the golden trophy.

Olajuwon, Sampson, Gan, Jordan and Drexler left the court together and they headed to Indiana's best bar to celebrate Drexler's slam dunk title.

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

Gan Guoyang knows that Ramsey does not sleep much because of his age, and because of the pressure of the coach's work, he often goes to bed very late.

Sure enough, Ramsey quickly came over and opened the door, and saw that it was Gan Guoyang Ramsey's eyes showed a hint of surprise, but he immediately let Gan Guoyang enter the door.

"What's the matter, Gan, is the celebration over? I really don't know where you got those ideas to help Clyde think of those unbelievable moves. Ramsey talked about the night's slam dunk contest as soon as he opened his mouth, and although Ramsey didn't go to the scene to watch it, he still knew the results and some highlights on live TV.

"On the street, I learned all this from the street, you know, some dunks on the street are much more exciting than in the NBA." Gan Guoyang's words are not all lies, on the streets of Oakland, Gan Guoyang still remembers the huge shock brought to him by the dunk of "Hook" DeMitches Mitchell's flying car.

"Okay, so what do you want me to talk to about so late? I still wonder why you told me I didn't want to play in the All-Star Game when I was playing against the Knicks that day. And then you called me and apologized for what you said, and I really couldn't figure out what you were thinking. Giving, drink a little, good brandy. Ramsey said and poured a glass of brandy for Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang took the brandy handed over by Ramsay, took a sip lightly, and then said, "I just feel a little ...... Some of them are not used to it, or some are afraid, that I will look foreign at the All-Star Game, so ...... But I found All-Star Weekend to be a lot of fun, and I made a lot of friends like Akim, Ralph, and Michael, and I wondered if I could trick them into playing for us with the Trail Blazers. ”

"Oh my, don't think about it, if you can do that, the Weinberg boss will hire you as the general manager of the team and pay you twice as much as you do now." Ramsey joked.

"If I want to do that, it's after I retire...... And now, Mr. Ramsay, I wonder if we can give Sampson more opportunities at tomorrow's All-Star Game? "Gan Guoyang finally got down to business, and he wanted Sampson to play more.

"What's wrong Gan, why did you suddenly say that? Although all the stars are all for fun, I also have to take into account the mood of each player's entertainment, and I can't be too biased towards one person. And you're asking me to give Sampson more chances, do you want to run in the next presidential election, to be a good person? ”

"No, no, no, the president of the United States is not a good man. I just owe Sampson a favor, and now ...... I want to repay him in this way...... Gan Guoyang doesn't know what to say, he can't say, "Let Sampson win the championship, otherwise I may be in danger".

Ramsey stood there pondering for a moment, then took a sip of brandy, obviously it was very strange for Gan Guoyang to make this request, but Ramsay had no interest in why Gan Guoyang did this, instead, he was thinking about other questions.

After thinking for a while, Ramsey finally raised his head and said, "Yes, but you also owe me a favor from now on." So I'm going to make a request to you, I don't know if you can say yes. ”

"As long as it's not for me to give my asshole (chrysanthemum), I can say yes!" Gan Guoyang agreed without hesitation, and Ramsey almost squirted out a mouthful of wine when he heard it.

"Okay, then I ask that you have to complete three assists in every game in the future, otherwise I will limit your playing time in the next game!"