The Trail Blazers almost never slipped away from winning their hands, which is the most common evaluation of the Trail Blazers by future NBA commentators, and this evaluation comes from the 1984-1985 season, when the Trail Blazers' on-court performance was surprisingly consistent after Gan Guoyang's arrival.

Perhaps during that time, that is, in the early days of Gan Guoyang's entry into the league, it was still difficult for the Trail Blazers to defeat the strongest teams in the league at that time, but they rarely overturned in the gutter, and the Trail Blazers' winning rate was surprisingly high when they led in the first half, which fully demonstrated the Trail Blazers' strong game control ability in the third quarter of the game.

This is undoubtedly due to Ramsey's tuning, who has given the Trail Blazers' offense a good continuity, and this team has almost no problems with dumb fire.

Every player in the Trail Blazers' starting lineup has outstanding individual ability, and under Ramsay's offensive deployment, they can make reasonable use of their ability and tactical strength to maintain the team's advantage in the crucial third quarter and withstand the opponent's fiercest comeback in the fourth quarter.

In fact, many opponents have already surrendered at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the two sides entered garbage time early, game-over.

The Knicks also failed to escape this fate, they were completely beaten down by the fully blossoming Trail Blazers in the third quarter, and the battle only lasted about seven minutes, and the Trail Blazers stopped with a wave of 10:2 ** bar Knicks.

Subsequently, due to the lack of talent and game-changing stars, the Knicks surrendered after continuing to resist the small half of the game, replacing them with substitutes.

This originally high-profile battle of young center forwards has no highlights because of the difference in the strength of the two teams.

Gan Guoyang overwhelmed Ewing in his individual performance, scoring 17 points, 16 rebounds and five assists, and cutting Ewing to just eight points.

"Gan doesn't seem to be in any interest tonight, maybe the Knicks' overall strength is too weak, so he doesn't have to perform his ** with all his strength." Dick Stockton commented after the game.

Dick Stockton was only half right, and Gan Guoyang was indeed a little bit reluctant to play later, and he really had no interest in brushing data.

The other half of the reason is that he needs to conserve his strength, and the back-to-back backs make him feel a little overdrawn, and the next game the Trail Blazers will face more formidable enemies - the Houston Rockets and Olajuwon.

The next day, David Falck finally arrived in Portland and went to Inman's office with Gan Guoyang to discuss Gan's next contract.

"I don't understand, this Trail Blazer team is so good, why are you breaking it up? Even though I'm just a player, I can't intervene in the team's affairs, and I don't have the right to ask the team to spend more money to renew players in order to win the championship...... However, if we can reach the finals and even win the championship, wouldn't it be better for the construction and development of the team? Gan Guoyang asked suspiciously after listening to some of Inman's plans for the pioneers in Inman's office.

In Inman's plan, this season is also only a transitional season, although the Trail Blazers successfully reached the Western Conference Finals last season, Inman does not think that this season the Trail Blazers will be able to compete for the championship.

Inman believes that in the West, they still can't compete with the Lakers, and the team's salary structure is not reasonable, once the season is over, such a squad will soon face a situation of falling apart.

In Inman's view, the first rebuild that began with the Trail Blazers after Wharton's departure is coming to an end, and a new round of rebuilding led by Drexler and Gan Guoyang is about to begin.

In the process of reconstruction, it is natural that a group of old ministers will be sacrificed.

Regarding Gan Guoyang's doubts, Inman smiled lightly and said: "Of course, it would be best if we could win the championship, and it would be good to reach the finals, but no matter what the result is, the collapse of this Trailblazer team is inevitable." You can imagine that if we win the championship or make it to the finals, will the players who contributed to the team in the playoff still be content with their wages? Everyone's worth will double, everyone will want big contracts, and everyone will receive all kinds of endorsements, from cars to sanitary napkins. At that time, did you think the Trail Blazers could still pay that much salary? Or would you rather give your share to someone else? Even if you are that great, the alliance will not allow it, this is vicious competition. Moreover, I called you and Mr. Falke to say this, it means that I am on your side, the team wants you to be the core, you will get a big contract, why doubt it, oppose it? ”

After Inman finished speaking, he slowly lay down on the sofa, confident that his rhetoric was convincing enough.

Fools can hear it, things like this can't be said to players casually, since Gan Guoyang heard it, it means that he has been favored by the Trailblazers management, and what awaits him is naturally the treatment of a superstar.

If Gan Guoyang is really just a player of this era, he will definitely be moved to hear these words of Inman, especially the promise of "core" and "big contract".

But Gan Guoyang is different from the players of this era, he knows that the so-called "core" will be his sooner or later, as long as he can maintain a high level of condition and continue to improve, in this "law of the jungle" league, there is no promise comparable to the strength itself.

As for the so-called "big contract", Gan Guoyang is even more disdainful, and now the big contract in Inman's mouth will become a small contract in a year or two, and the value of the contract will continue to shrink in the next few years.

Moreover, the bulk of Gan Guoyang's current income is still the advertising endorsements of Nike and Coca-Cola, as long as Gan Guoyang plays better in the future, more commercial endorsements will roll in, and he really doesn't like the contract given by the pioneers.

However, Inman's words do make sense, a team that has achieved a certain amount of success will face the biggest enemy it has to face.

Even the Celtics and Lakers sometimes can't guarantee that they will always be competitive, and they still need to push each other on.

Gan Guoyang tried to weigh in his heart, whether he wanted to soar this season, or gradually move towards the peak in the next few years.

"Gan, I think Mr. Inman's words are reasonable, and besides, Mr. Ramsay and his team-building philosophy are indeed a bit outdated, and the current alliance is on the road to faster, stronger, and more confrontational, and the way it was in the seventies will not work." Falke looked at Gan Guoyang with a hesitant look, and also persuaded on the side.

For Inman, Gan Guoyang's opinion is not important, and the final decision on the player's trade and signing is the Trail Blazers management.

The reason why Yin Man wants to say this to Gan Guoyang is nothing more than to express his sincerity to Gan Guoyang, to give Gan Guoyang a good impression to the greatest extent, if he can get Gan Guoyang's support, it just so happens that the team can also use this to establish his prestige in the team.

Gan Guoyang thought for a while, raised his head and said: "Mr. Inman, as a professional player, my duty is to concentrate on playing, strive for more victories for the team, and move towards the goal of the championship. But again, the management shouldn't let their plans affect the team's performance at the moment, especially when we're in such good form, and I think it's disrespectful to the players' efforts. I can't think that far, three, four, or even ten years from now, no one knows what the future holds, and if I tell you that I know what will happen in the future, you won't believe it...... So, cherish the present and cherish the pioneers we have. I don't care about the rest of the season, I just want to play well this season and work hard for the title. As for the contract, I'm not going to sign a long-term contract with the Trail Blazers for the time being, my contract can be based on Drexler, I love Portland, but I love basketball more. Thank you. ”

Gan Guoyang's answer made Inman dumbfounded, he didn't expect that he was so "sincere" just in exchange for Gan Guoyang's sentence "I love Portland, but I love basketball more." ”

Falke was also very surprised by Gan Guoyang's "hasty decision", when the two discussed before, it was not like this at all, but now he can't influence Gan Guoyang's thoughts.

"I'm sorry Mr. Inman, we can talk about the contract slowly in the future, it's still early, let's let Gan play a good game." Falck gave one step on each side.

Inman also quickly adjusted, smiled reluctantly and shook hands with Falke and Gan Guoyang, saying that the two sides could continue to negotiate in the future.

After going out, Falke kept following Gan Guoyang behind him and asked, "What are you thinking?" Why refuse the Trailblazers' conditions? Do you think they really care about what you think? No, they trade whoever they want, they don't need your consent at all, he says these things to you just to show sincerity, sincerity! And I can't guarantee that the Trail Blazers won't give you a big five-year contract one more season. ”

Gan Guoyang walked out of the Pioneers' office building, looked back at Guanerke, and said to him: "Falke, don't try to challenge my ability to predict. ”

After speaking, Gan Guoyang stopped a taxi, and after getting into the car, Gan Guoyang said to Falck at the window of the car: "See you in the evening, I have booked a place in the best Chinese restaurant in Chinatown, no matter what, I have to treat you to a meal, now I want to go to training first." ”

Looking at the taxi that left with a smoke, Falke felt deeply helpless, but he vaguely felt that Gan Guoyang might really be right.

"This kid, it's really getting more and more impossible to see through him......"

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