Ramsey, who was standing in front of the window, didn't notice Gan Guoyang at the top of the stairs, he looked out the window, looking a little sluggish.

It wasn't until Gan Guoyang walked to Ramsey's side that the old man noticed that there was someone standing in front of him, and when he turned his head, 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, the relationship between the two has dropped to a freezing point recently, if it weren't for the Trailblazers' winning streak, Ramsey's position would probably not be guaranteed.

"Hello, Gan, I... I'm not feeling well, so I'm here to take a look...... What about you? Ramsey said with some wistfulness, and after glancing at Gan Guoyang, his eyes looked out the window again.

"I'm here for a physiotherapy to relax and rest my tired body. If you're not feeling well, I think you should get some rest. Gan Guoyang said with a thorn in his words.

Gan Guoyang's meaning is very clear, and he hopes that Ramsey would better choose to resign.

The head coach's role in the current Trail Blazers team has reached its minimum, with the two assistant coaches taking on the main responsibility of the team's usual training and tactical arrangements, and Ramsey only playing a role when directing on the spot.

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

Ramsey's disconnect with the team is growing, his ability to control his players is getting worse, and the prestige he has built with the Trail Blazers over the years is being lost.

The team's management is also conniving at the erosion of this authority, and after Ramsey's command was challenged by Gan Guoyang, the general manager and owner of the Trail Blazers did not help each other, allowing this bad situation to spread in the team.

So when Gan Guoyang said such a thing, Ramsey didn't seem to feel particularly angry or surprised, just sighed, and then nodded.

Seeing Ramsey like this, Gan Guoyang regretted it a little in his heart, although Ramsey's recent performances made Gan Guoyang very dissatisfied, he felt that no matter what the future holds, a head coach should at least do a good job at the moment, instead of grinding foreign workers.

However, after more than a season of getting along, Gan Guoyang still admires this once responsible, dedicated and passionate old coach very much in his heart.

"I don't know why...... You're going to be like this. Gan Guoyang said that he had always wanted to ask Ramsay this question, but he never had a face-to-face communication with Ramsay.

Why would an old man who loves basketball suddenly become a dead man, just because he didn't get the Trail Blazers' contract renewal commitment?

Ramsay did not speak, nor did he look back at Gan Guoyang, but stood there fixedly and did not move.

"Mr. Ramsay! Sharon's mom is a little uncomfortable! At this moment, a middle-aged white man came from the corridor on the side, walked up to Ramsay's side, and shouted in his mouth.

Gan Guoyang looked at the middle-aged man, he didn't look like Ramsay, he didn't have Ramsay's hooked nose, and his chin was not so pointed, but a square face.

The middle-aged man apparently saw Gan Guoyang too, and he also recognized Portland's number one star - Gan Guoyang is now 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 stretched out his hand to shake hands with the other party, and responded: "Hello, Mr. O'Brien." I take the liberty of asking, what the hell is going on? ”

Gan Guoyang didn't expect that the man in front of him was Ramsay's son-in-law, Gan Guoyang always felt a little familiar when he looked at his face, as if he had seen it there.

"Uhh

"Let's go over and see, have you called a doctor?" Ramsey asked, walking down the hallway.

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

Gan Guoyang followed the two of them to the depths of the corridor, came to a treatment room, and saw several patients sitting in it, and they were not hanging ordinary medicines.

At the same time, two people came out of the toilet of the treatment room, one was a patient hanging water, and an old white lady looked very weak; Supporting her next to her was a white middle-aged woman, Gan Guoyang could see at a glance that this must be Ramsay's daughter, and the two looked too similar.

Gan Guoyang stood at the door and did not go in, the situation at this time was already clear at a glance, the white old lady hanging the water must be Ramsay's lover, and she must be suffering from a more serious illness now.

Gan Guoyang turned his head to look at the infusion bag of the infusion patient at the door, which said "oxaliplatin-for-injection", Gan Guoyang couldn't quite understand it, but he turned his head and looked at the nameplate on the door to know, this is the chemotherapy room.

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'm Sharon Ramsay. ”

"Okay, I hope it didn't bother you." Gan Guoyang was too tall, and as soon as he entered the treatment room, the whole room suddenly seemed a lot more crowded.

Gan Guoyang had never been in contact with Ramsay's family before, and this was the first time he had met Ramsay's wife, who looked very tired and weak, and it was clear that the chemical drugs were destroying her body.

However, Mrs. Ramsay obviously knew Gan Guoyang as well, and when she saw Gan Guoyang come in, she smiled kindly at him and greeted Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang suddenly looked cramped after coming in, because Ramsey's performances this season have been explained, he was tormented by his wife's illness, and he naturally lost hope in a team that could not see his future position.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsey who was talking to the doctor, his face was tired and dignified, and his brows were tightened and looked more and more gloomy, which was the expression that Gan Guoyang had seen the most on the field this season.

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

Since Mrs. Ramsay needed to rest, Gan Guoyang stayed for a while and then took his leave.

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

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

"That's right, I'm the head coach of the Welling Jesus University basketball team now, starting in '82, I used to play at Dayton University, 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!" Gan Guoyang then realized that the relationship between Jim Paxson and Ramsey was not a simple master-apprentice relationship.

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

"Haha, I'm not far from Mr. Ramsay, but I'll try." Welling Jesus University, where O'Brien is located, is an NCAA Level 2 school and is not eligible to participate in the NCAA national competition, so O'Brien is also not well-known in the United States.

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

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

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

"Rectal cancer, which was already at an advanced stage when it was detected, has been treated for a period of time now, and the effect is very good. But she was old after all, and the chemotherapy was very harmful to her body, so ...... It's hard to say what the future holds. "From O'Brien's words, it can be seen that the condition is not so optimistic.

Gan Guoyang knew that he couldn't help much, even in the 21st century, cancer is still a terminal disease that is difficult to overcome with modern medicine, and Gan Guoyang did not cross to bring more advanced medical technology, he wanted to suggest that Mrs. Ramsay try Chinese medicine, but the matter of treating the disease is not a joke, and Gan Guoyang does not dare to make random ideas.

"Why didn't Mr. Ramsay tell the guys? In that case, you might be able to help a little, at least...... You can understand Mr. Ramsay better. Gan Guoyang expressed the doubts in his heart.

"He's just so stubborn, he doesn't want to tell anyone about anything, and he always takes it alone. Sharon and I also found out about my mother's cancer very late, and they both hid it from us for a long time, and he always didn't want to cause trouble. O'Brien also said helplessly.

Gan Guoyang couldn't help but feel a little sour when he thought of Ramsay, a stubborn old man, who had to endure the pain of his wife's terminal illness and struggle to survive in the team that was about to abandon him.

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

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

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

He endured everything himself, but instead of eliminating the trouble and pain he caused to others, he added a lot of misunderstandings.

"This stubborn old man, it seems that I have to stimulate him too, and I can't let him take the team and be depressed with me!"

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