Gan Guoyang's initiative to reach out made Williams's attitude soften, and the two who had just broken out and had a fight quickly held hands together.

"Brother, I know you're in a bad mood, and I also know that you didn't come to the Trail Blazers to sit on the bench, but to fight with us on the court to win, but there are many ways to win, Avidas is good, but you are also indispensable, and even Avidas is more important." Gan Guoyang put his arm around Williams' shoulders and said to him.

In terms of age, Williams is a few years older than Gan Guoyang, but Gan Guoyang, a young man, is a big brother in the pioneer, and what he says can always make people feel trust from the bottom of their hearts.

"I don't like the feeling of being on the bench, I feel like I've lost Adelman's trust in just two weeks, I'm working the pitch because I never felt like the title was so close to me, but if I got the win on the bench, what's the difference between that and being in a wheelchair, Gan?" Williams is still angry about Sabonis stealing his starter, but Sabonis is very popular in the team, has a kind personality, and plays very hard.

'Yes, nobody likes to sit on the bench, but there has to be someone on the bench who is ready to step up and solve problems when the team needs them. Of course I know, Buck, you've never played off the bench, never, but I think you might be able to give it a try, I know you're better than Avidas, and I swear you're the best interior player I've ever partnered with. I can score more points when I'm here, but I can win more easily when you're there, and you have to know that when you're out I have to put myself into a blue-collar and that's when I can appreciate what you're doing for the team. ”

Gan Guoyang's praise of Williams is not lacking in praise, but he is also telling the truth, when Williams is not in the team, many details are missing one person to do, the team's operation is like a precision machine, some inconspicuous, non-prominent parts may undertake important operational work, only when this part is missing, people will realize that without him the machine will not work.

Gan Guoyang's words touched Williams, in fact, for Williams, the main difference between playing the starting line and playing the bench is still the psychological feeling, playing the starter shows that he is the team's real main force, and playing the substitute shows that he is inferior.

Buck Williams is in his playing years, and the bench is often reserved for young players and veterans, Williams has only played a handful of games on the bench since entering the league, and now Adelman has not said a word to let him sit on the bench, and he feels that he is not being treated with the respect he deserves.

Now that Gan Guoyang is talking to him about these words, the meaning is different.

The current situation in the team of the Trail Blazers is that Gan Guoyang is alone, and Drexler, as the nominal No. 2 star, has a lower voice than Gan Guoyang, anyway, the glider is a relatively weak person, and the weight of his words among outside players is sometimes not as good as that of Terry Porter.

When Jack Ramsay was there, Old Jack still maintained control of the team as a whole, Old Jack retired, Adelman took the position, and Adelman was able to become the head coach of the Trail Blazers itself is the result of Gan Guoyang's push, plus the team's assistant coach is also recommended by Gan Guoyang, and Culp is one of Gan Guoyang's best friends, and the coaching staff basically does not have much restriction on Gan Guoyang outside of tactics.

The only one who can check and balance Gan Guoyang is the general manager Inman, but the relationship between Gan Guoyang and Inman has always been very good, Gan Guoyang has always pursued the principle of making suggestions but not interfering, and he will put forward his own suggestions and ideas for the personnel transactions made by Inman, but will never exert influence and pressure on the final decision of the management, which also makes the relationship between the two sides have been good.

Team owner Weinberg already had the idea of selling the team in the mid-to-late eighties, if it wasn't for Gan Guoyang coming to the team, Weinberg would have sold the team in 1988, he was completely interested in Gan Guoyang's influence to continue to hold the team, Gan Guoyang's importance to him is self-evident.

Therefore, Buck Williams is recognized by Gan Guoyang, which means that he has been recognized by the Trail Blazers, which means that his position in the team will not be affected by injury or substitution, which Williams can still think clearly after calming down.

"Thank you Gan, thank you. It's probably not a big deal to be a substitute, but it's a new challenge for me. Williams' tone was noticeably much looser.

"That's right, if you want to be a sixth man, you're obviously more suitable than Avidas, you're more flexible, you're more capable, you're more experienced, and I'm sure you can do better than any sixth man on any other team."

Gan Guoyang is right, Williams is more flexible in position and style of play, he focuses on power forward, and at the same time can make a difference in the small forward position, no matter how far he is more suitable as a sixth man than Sabonis as a pure center.

"I'm sorry Gan, I was a little impulsive just now...... Williams thought of his excesses just now, and he also apologized to Gan Guoyang, no way, people are the head of the team, and sometimes they have to bow their heads.

Gan Guoyang also apologized to Williams very much, he also knew that his mouth was stinky, and the defensive action just now was indeed relatively big, and the two of them played fifty boards each, and they became brothers again.

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Williams's psychological obstacles have been solved, but it does not mean that he can immediately adapt to the position of the sixth man, the requirements of the sixth man and the requirements of the starter are really different, the sixth man values more about the ability to disrupt the game, the ability to change the situation on the court, which requires Williams to no longer play evenly, it is not enough to do a good job in those details, first of all, he has to start scoring.

On January 3, 1989, after a full week of rest, the Portland Trail Blazers finally ushered in the new year's game, and after the team began training, Adelman was surprised to find that Williams, who had been a little grumpy, seemed to be back to normal all of a sudden, began to actively participate in training, and he seemed to be in good shape.

Adelman's mind turned and he probably could understand that Gan Guoyang should have contributed to it, anyway, now this team Adelman can only be regarded as half a coach, and most of the work of appeasing the players is done by Gan Guoyang, and the old man is also happy to do his tactics with peace of mind.

The Trail Blazers' opponent at home tonight is a good target for practice, and that's the poor Miami Heat.

The Heat have a lot of fate with the Trail Blazers, who set a record of 17 consecutive wins in the NBA to start the game, while the Miami Heat left the worst start in the NBA with 17 consecutive losses, and the two teams also teamed up to present the NBA's largest point difference game.

The first win for the Heat was the poor Los Angeles Clippers, who staged a battle of iron in the game on the 14th last year, and in the end the Clippers were superior in their iron fighting ability, and they lost to the Heat to give the opponent their first win in history.

Once you get the first win, the second and third games will follow, and at the end of December, the Heat even won back-to-back victories over the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs to make the first consecutive win in the team's history and improve their winning streak to three.

However, they came to Portland tonight to challenge the Trail Blazers, they were not so lucky, the Trail Blazers with strong soldiers and personnel were at home, and basically did not give the Heat any chance, the only suspense is how many points the Trail Blazers can win, and the 60-point difference between the two sides in the last game is really terrifying.

As expected, the Trail Blazers really crushed the Heat in terms of strength, and the score gap between the two sides was opening up little by little at the beginning of the game.

The real star of the Trail Blazers in this game is Buck Williams, who came off the bench in the second half of the first quarter and began to become the main point of attack for the Trail Blazers.

Williams has scored 30 points in a game so far this season, against his former club Nets, and tonight he once again contributed a game-high 13-of-15 shooting percentage to score a game-high 33 points, which is also his highest single-game scoring this season.

The Trail Blazers won another game with ease, Williams had initial success in his rotation as the sixth man, and Williams himself was playing happily, which allowed him to find his long-lost feeling of being the heart of the team.

However, the Trail Blazers' easy schedule is basically over here, and in these more than 20 games, the Trail Blazers' opponents are relatively weak, or the opponents have not yet entered the state.

As we enter January and February, the Trail Blazers' schedule will gradually increase in difficulty, and the Lakers will repeatedly appear in their schedule.