The Portland Trail Blazers' training camp kicked off in September, and with less than a month to go until the start of the new season, this training camp will determine the state of the entire team after the start of the season.

Gan Guoyang was delayed for more than a week because he was traveling to Seoul, so on the first day after returning to Portland, Gan Guoyang arrived early and left home as usual to go to the training ground, which they set for at the University of Portland.

As always, Gan Guoyang will always make sure to be the first to reach the training gym, which is one of the big reasons why he can get to where he is today, and everyone in the Trail Blazers knows that the team boss must be ahead of them.

Since getting the promise of Sabonis and Gomorsky in Seoul, he left Seoul and returned to the United States, originally he also considered whether to go back to China, and he also met Coach Qian Chenghai in Seoul.

However, after some consideration, Gan Guoyang still gave up the idea of traveling to China, first of all, he didn't know where he should go, China in 1988, he was not born in the future.

Second, he was originally absent for a week, but he also wanted to return to Portland as soon as possible to carry out systematic training, as the NBA games became more and more intense, more and more science and scientific training methods were put into NBA training.

After the playoffs, Gan Guoyang specially invited strength trainers to tailor a training plan for himself, and of course, Michael Jordan, and the two of them did a two-week strength strengthening exercise in Chicago.

Of course, during the training, Jordan felt Gan Guoyang's superior strength at close range for the first time, which led Jordan to vow to make a huge breakthrough in strength - he did not dare to vow to surpass Gan Guoyang in strength.

Gan Guoyang has just returned to Portland, and as soon as he got off the plane, news came from the Soviet side that the Soviet Basketball Association had approved Sabonis's plan to travel to the United States, and now only negotiations between the Moscow Army and the Portland Trail Blazers remained.

This made Gan Guoyang a little excited, so today he was not only the first to arrive, but also a little too early, and he had already set off from his home to arrive at the University of Portland at four o'clock in the morning.

As usual, Gan Guoyang arrived at the training hall by running, the difference is that Gan Guoyang no longer ran alone, but someone drove after him - it was his bodyguards, Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu.

Three years ago, because of Liu Yiliang's case, Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu's drug trafficking network was also exposed, but when the two were arrested, the people in the big circle reacted quickly and destroyed all kinds of evidence and traces.

In this way, the big circle also cut off its livelihood, and the market was immediately seized by other forces.

Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu are both soldiers, and they are really good at kung fu, they can't sell drugs, and they can't integrate into local gang organizations, so they have to work as thugs in nightclubs.

It happened that Gan Guoyang once recognized the brothers when he went to a nightclub with his teammates, and at that time, Falke was planning to help Gan Guoyang find a bodyguard, because Gan Guoyang had to make more and more business activities and was worth more and more, and bodyguards were indispensable.

However, Gan Guoyang picked these two brothers and wanted them to be bodyguards, although they were strongly opposed by Falke, but in the end, the Feng brothers still put on suits and sunglasses and became Gan Guoyang's bodyguards.

"Big brother, you said that Yangtou takes millions of dollars a year, but he works so hard every day, and he gets up before dawn, which is no different from the farmers in our village!" Feng Guangyao sat on the Mercedes-Benz S400 that Gan Guoyang bought, and said to his brother Feng Peiyu, who was driving.

Originally, the bodyguards were supposed to run with Gan Guoyang, but Gan Guoyang's long-legged acceleration, although Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu were born in the military, they had not done endurance training for many years, where could they keep up with Gan Guoyang, so they took the car.

"Shut up! I said you've been following the yang head for more than a year, why haven't you grown? If you don't work hard, don't struggle, you can shine on the lintel just by relying on your little ability? There are many people who know this truth, but few people do it, and Yang Tou is one of the people who do it. You see, we have been following Yang Tou for more than a year, when does he not get up early to run? When don't you train? ”

Feng Peiyu is the elder brother, and he once served as the leader of a big circle - although he is only the nominal leader, even if the level of education and speaking is not high, it is absolutely no problem to educate his younger brother.

Feng Guangyao has always been very arrogant, and after so many years in the United States, these spleens have not changed, but he is quite comfortable with what he encounters.

"Hehe, big brother, not everyone is like Yangtou, if I play in the NBA, I can be a substitute in the bench, sit in the first row every day to watch the game, and then I can get more than 100,000 or 200,000 a year, and I won't do it if I change to a god!"

This is Feng Guangyao's idea, and it is actually the idea of many ordinary people.

Gan Guoyang didn't think so, when he arrived at the gymnasium, he arranged for Feng Guangyao and Feng Peiyu to let them go to the gymnasium, and he changed his clothes and began to warm up in the training hall alone.

Gan Guoyang's warm-up training began with a three-point left-handed, which he still uses after recovering from an injury to his right arm.

Gan Guoyang thinks that if he can use his left hand to make ten consecutive three-pointers, it means that his state should be adjusted very well, but he has begun to warm up.

Today, Gan Guoyang's state is really good, starting from the first goal, Gan Guoyang actually scored ten goals in a row, and Gan Guoyang himself was surprised by his good state.

From this point, it can also be seen that Gan Guoyang at this time has been technically comprehensive, and has insisted on practicing three-point shooting for a long time, making three-point shooting his regular weapon; After the injury of his right hand, he practiced his left hand so that Gan Guoyang could open the bow left and right.

There are also more and more casual hooks, more and more sure mid-range jumpers, maturing basket footsteps, all kinds of small skills, small experience accumulation, and continuous filling of the ability to transfer the ball, all of which indicate that from the 1988-1989 season, Gan Guoyang will enter the peak of his basketball career.

Gan practiced alone in the arena for nearly an hour and a half before the second Trail Blazers player arrived at the gym, Terry Porter.

"Good morning, Potter, you're a little late."

In addition to Gan Guoyang, the first to arrive at the training hall was either Potter or Drexler, and the two backcourt players also trained quite hard.

"It's because you're too early, I think you'd better work part-time as a newspaper delivery so that you can earn some extra money and then you can train on time."

Potter joked with Gan Guoyang, Gan Guoyang likes to joke about people in private, but the good thing about him is that others can also joke about him.

After Terry Porter's rookie season with a good performance, the Trail Blazers then decided to correct Porter and trade away Valentine, the original full-time point guard.

But then, the Trail Blazers sent Steve Coulter away and sent him to the Bulls, which made Gan a little unhappy, but he still respected the management's choice.

Gan Guoyang has a very good grasp of this point, he will give advice to the management, but he never interferes in the final decision, and expresses support and respect for the decisions that have been made.

For example, the team sent Van Dewic away, although after the deal was completed, Gan Guoyang found Van Dewic and the two got drunk, but afterwards Gan Guoyang also expressed his support for the team's trade and welcomed Buck Williams.

Drexler soon arrived at the stadium as well, followed by Cauchy, Duckworth, Buck Williams and, of course, the team's current head coach, Rick Adelman.

After the 1986 Finals, the Trail Blazers regrettably lost the championship, and Jack Ramsey made good on his promise not to continue coaching, choosing to retire to ESPN as a commentator.

In his words, "I have no regrets in my coaching career, because I know that this Trail Blazers will eventually get back to the top of the world." ”

Adelman was originally only a temporary successor, but in the absence of Gan Guoyang in the 1987 season, Adelman still took the Trail Blazers to the playoffs, and made it all the way to the Western Conference Finals, before finally losing to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Therefore, the Trail Blazers also chose Adelman to renew his contract, and he will continue to serve as the head coach of the Trail Blazers.

"Good morning, Führer! It's a pleasure to see you again, willing to serve the Empire! When Gan Guoyang saw Adelman, he began to joke about him looking like Hitler again.

Adelman had long been surprised by this, and began to gather his players with a straight face, ready to start today's training.

The Trail Blazers' roster has changed a lot compared to two years ago, with Mitchell Sampson being traded last summer and locker room veteran Kenny Carr being sent away.

Van Dewecki and Jim Paxson have been in a serious decline in form over the past two years, and Van Dewejk finally left this summer, leaving Paxson as the first player to enter the Trail Blazers.

Daniel Valentine and Steve Colter were no longer able to pass the ball to Gan Guoyang and were replaced by Terry Porter and Danny Young, who was traded from Seattle.

The players who partnered with Gan Guoyang on the inside were replaced by "Big Duck" Duckworth, "Bucks" Buck Williams, and Sabonis, who is about to report, and the Trail Blazers' frontcourt strength has swelled dramatically.

Looking at the Trail Blazers players standing tall in front of him, Adelman also sighed in his heart that a few years ago, the lack of height and thickness on the inside was still a big problem for the Trail Blazers, but now, with the arrival of the 7-foot-2 big center, the front court of the Trail Blazers will be too large and crowded.

How to make good use of these high-ranking players in the front court will be the biggest problem for Adelman.

After a brief opening speech, Adelman began to arrange the team's practice, and unlike an orator-type coach like Pat Riley, Adelman, as an old school, has always been a veteran who doesn't talk much, preferring to think in silence.

Today's training intensity is not large, it is all basic training content, and it also includes some technical and tactical coordination exercises.

Although there was no training camp in the summer, the players trained in groups on their own, so now is the time to show the results of each player's training and put them together.