On October 30, after a narrow win over the Los Angeles Clippers on the road, the Portland Trail Blazers returned to Portland by plane to begin preparing for the next game.

On the return plane, the Trail Blazers players were unexpectedly silent, as if the hard-won victory didn't bring much joy to everyone.

Of course, Gan remembers the way the Trail Blazers bench boiled after he threw in that lethal long-range hook, and the warm hugs his teammates rushed up to give him.

But it all cooled down quickly, and the team seemed to be shrouded in a veil, and everyone could see each other, but they couldn't see clearly.

Gan Guoyang had a private chat with Kenny Karl after the game, according to Karl's words, there should be no conflict between the Trail Blazers players, and the relationship between Van Devecki, Drexler and Gan Guoyang is still very good, although Van Devecki's behavior of ignoring Gan Guoyang in the game made him a little unhappy.

Paxson should have returned to his normal form, and he is starting to play his sixth man position with peace of mind; Sampson is as dedicated as ever, and he puts more effort into defense, because Gan Guoyang has to pounce on the outside, and Sampson needs to guard under the basket.

Valentin is still very consistent, averaging 13 points and 6 assists per game in the first three games, and is the team's best offensive playmaker.

Colter is still terrible, and against the Clippers, he didn't even get a second of playing time, and it looks like he has completely lost Ramsey's trust.

Porter took Colt's place, and compared to Colt, Porter was stronger, more skilled in shooting, and most importantly, he was in much better form than the drug-addicted Colt.

Others, such as Cauchy, are still playing very hard, training, and they don't see any moths.

The most abnormal thing for Gan Guoyang is Ramsey, this old man has become moody recently, and he is no longer as passionate and focused as last season when he usually trains and competes.

Instead, they often wander and don't care about some details.

Sometimes he would suddenly get angry and scold the players, such as during the halftime break of the game against the Clippers, Gan Guoyang felt that Ramsey was not motivating the players, but derogating them.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsey who was sitting in the front row of the plane seat, at this time the old man was holding a newspaper in a daze, Gan Guoyang remembered that Ramsey would seize the time to study the team's tactics on the plane in the past, or read the battle reports of other teams, and would never sit there reading the newspaper or even be in a daze.

After arriving in Portland, the Trail Blazers have two days off and their next game won't be played until Nov. 2 against the Utah Jazz.

Gan Guoyang thought that he could concentrate on the game in the new season and break the Lakers' monopoly in the West with the Trail Blazers, but he didn't know that although the start was very good, the team had a precursor to a crisis.

As soon as he flew to Portland, Gan Guoyang and Bellman went home, Gan Guoyang ignored the invitation of Kenny Carr, an old drunkard, and he needed to go back to communicate with Bellman.

For Bellman, being able to come to the Trail Blazers as an assistant coach is the fulfillment of his dream for half his life, and he is fully committed to this hard-won job.

Bellman also made a good estimate of the difficulties, and he proved to be doing a good job, but the complexity of coaching a team was beyond his imagination – even if it was just an assistant coach.

In addition to the trivial things at work, Bellman was exposed to the inevitable internal struggles and conflicts that NBA teams as a group could not have.

Therefore, when Gan Guoyang asked about Ramsey, Bellman didn't think long before giving the answer he had in mind: "I don't think Mr. Ramsay will stay with the Trail Blazers for too long, and the season will end at the latest." ”

This answer made Gan Guoyang extremely surprised, in Gan Guoyang's opinion, Ramsey is really a good coach, although he has many shortcomings, but who can not have some shortcomings?

The most important thing is that the Trail Blazers did well enough last season to reach the Western Conference Finals, and this season the players have grown further and should be even stronger, which is a good time for Ramsey to lead the team to the championship.

At such a time, the team has to change the coach, no matter how you look at it, it is incredible.

"I can't believe that Ramsey is a good coach, he's been with the Trail Blazers for almost a decade and we had such a good record last year that I can't see a reason for the team to replace him." Sitting on the sofa at home, Gan Guoyang spit out the questions in his heart to Bellman.

"I don't really understand either...... But I know that Mr. Ramsey and Mr. Inman, the general manager, have had a few ...... Several arguments, including over the team's personnel structure, on salary levels, etc., etc. Anyway, they made a lot of trouble, of course, I just arrived at the Trailblazers, and I don't know a lot of things, so I can only do my own things well. Gan, why don't you know anything about it? "Bellman felt a little strange that Gan Guoyang, the team's number one star, didn't know about the team's internal affairs.

In fact, it is normal to think about it, Gan Guoyang's feelings towards basketball are still very simple, and he was once so simple that he thought that as long as he yelled, all his teammates would fight for him to compete for the championship.

Of course he doesn't think like that now, but his main focus is still on basketball, and he doesn't want to or care about those things in the team management.

He also doesn't feel like he's qualified to influence the team's decision-making. 、

After listening to Bellman's words, Gan Guoyang still felt a little incredible, Inman still supported Ramsey last season, why did he come to this season, everything has just begun, and he wants to change the head coach and disturb the morale of the army?

Gan Guoyang communicated with Bellman for a while, and found that Bellman didn't know a lot of things, and he had just entered the team.

After a night's rest, Team 31 started all-day training in the training hall, and today Gan Guoyang found that Colter was simply absent from the team's training and did not show his face in the locker room at all.

Without Colt's Trail Blazers training as usual, Ramsey's intensity has always been normal for an NBA coach, neither overly easy nor devilish hell.

In response to some of the problems that arose in the last game against the Clippers, Ramsey also did some targeted exercises, allowing Bellman to devote an hour to one-on-one defensive practice.

Defensive training is a chore, and unlike the quick and agile offensive training, defensive training is often boring and detail-oriented, with a lot of repetitive, monotonous movements.

In the past, Ramsey rarely practiced defensive in practice, and he thought that he should have learned all these things in college, and there was no need to go to the NBA to make up for them.

However, Bellman is one of the experts, and he is very good at tweaking the defense - both in terms of the defensive system and the defensive technique.

The Trail Blazers players were a little tired for an hour, and when it was over, most of the players went to lunch to rest, and Gan stayed to do the 300-ball mid-range shooting practice as usual.

“kiki！ Why don't you practice shooting together? Gan Guoyang shouted to Van Dewyg, who was leaving.

"No, we should practice shooting again in the evening, forget it at noon, the defensive training just now is still quite tiring, I want to take a rest." Vanderwig is not always as energetic as Gan Guoyang.

"Wait a minute, Kiki, there's something I want to talk to you about." Gan Guoyang saw that the others were almost gone, and then said.

"What's wrong, Gan?" Vanderwich stopped at this time, walked to Gan Guoyang's side and asked.

"Uh...... I don't know what to say, but I think there's something wrong with the team. I've heard, Mr. Ramsay, that he might be leaving. After Gan Guoyang finished speaking, he looked at Van Dewicki's expression and found that Van Devic was very calm, which shows that the rumors that Ramsey and the team have conflicts and want to leave are likely to be true.

"Gan, a lot of things are not as simple as you think, like basketball is just a game where we score goals and don't let them score, and we can make it so complicated." Vanderwig said, with a solemn face.

Gan Guoyang did not speak, and looked at Vanderwich quietly.

Vanderwig went on to say; "I'll be honest, don't beat around the bush, Mr. Ramsay does have some contradictions with the team, I don't know the specifics, but it should be that there is a disagreement with the management on the idea of building the team, Ramsey wants to build a team that fits his style, and the management doesn't think so. So in the summer, the team changed the assistant coach and hired your teacher, Mr. Bellman. I knew when Mr. Bellman came here that this was a good step for Inman, killing two birds with one stone, both to suppress Ramsey and weaken his tactical dominance, but also to stabilize your mood and give you peace of mind to play at the Trail Blazers. ”

When Gan Guoyang heard that it was related to himself, he couldn't help blurting out, "What does this mean?" ”

Van der Veric continued: "Quite simply, Mr Bellman's style is incompatible with Mr Ramsay, and of course, after three games I admit that Mr. Bellman is really very thoughtful defensively, which is not what I expected, and probably not Inman, he just wants to make Ramsey less comfortable and take away his tactical decisions. And then...... Pleases you. ”

"Pleasing me? Why please me? Although I recommended Mr. Bellman to come over, I was purely thinking about the team's record, and by the way, I hope that Mr. Bellman's talents can be brought to life! Gan Guoyang felt the slightest resentment at Vanderwig's words.

"You know what, Gan!" Vanderwig's voice suddenly became louder, "The Trail Blazers didn't renew my contract in the summer, you know, now the league has a salary cap, and the amount of the extension is starting to be limited, and I've only been with the Trail Blazers for one year, and I'm not eligible for the 'Bird Clause,' and this year is the last year of my last contract." I'm in my playing years and I need a big contract to secure my career, but the Trail Blazers can't afford to give me a big contract, why? Because you're the future of the trailblazers, they need enough space to give you a big contract! And I'm not in the Trail Blazers' plans, so I need to get the value I deserve for my next contract......"

"I'm sorry Gan, we're still good friends, but some things are not so simple." Vanderwich said with some helplessness.

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