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When Stuto Inman stood in front of the large floor-to-ceiling glass window of his office, looking out at the peaceful Portland and the quietly flowing Willamette River in the early morning, his heart could not be calm.

Stuto Inman has been working for the young team since the Portland Trail Blazers joined the nBA in 1970, when he was the team's chief scout, serving the new team with the right players and potential rookies.

He has selected a number of outstanding players for the Trail Blazers, such as Jove Patrick, Larry Steele, Lionel Hollins, John Davis, etc., and has made outstanding contributions to the revitalization and rise of the Trail Blazers.

And the best pick in the history of his scouting career, and the best draft in the history of the Trailblazers, was the selection of Bill Wharton, a super center of uclA, in the 1974 draft.

Although Bill Wharton's overall pick in that year's draft was almost a certainty, the Trail Blazers relied on a series of drafts to select a group of quality young players, plus Bill Wharton, to win their first nBA championship in 1977.

At that time, they had been building the team for less than 10 years.

Szeto Inman was a big part of that, as the first five players in the championship team were all the result of the Trail Blazers' draft, with Larry Steele, the oldest of the starting five that year, in his sixth year, and the others being third-year, sophomores, or "fish" (rookies).

Now, Stuto Inman, who has become the general manager of the Trail Blazers, wants to rely on the 1984 draft year to try to reproduce the Portland Miracle of 1977, and the Trail Blazers are feverish.

In last year's 1982-1983 season, the Trail Blazers finished third in the West, but were eliminated by the Phoenix Suns in the first round, and their beautiful results in the regular season came to naught.

For this reason, Inman had major surgery on the Trail Blazers this summer, first he sent last season's main player Galvin Knight, plus Wayne Cooper and Fatleaf to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange for Kiki Vanderwig, one of the Nuggets' three shots, plus two draft picks.

He went on to cut Eddie Jordan, Jeff Lamp, Tom Piotovski, and Pete Van Horne.

As a result, the original 13-man squad has lost 7 people at once, plus a Van der Veric who has just been traded, there are only 7 players left, only half of the original team.

In the face of such a big vacancy, Inman can only use the draft picks in his hands to fill the team with fresh blood, which is exactly what he wants to do, relying on the draft to regain glory.

Ten years after 1974, in 1984, Portland had a 50 percent chance of getting another No. 1 pick, and if they could, they would have taken Olajuwon of the University of Houston to make him the second Bill Wharton of the Trail Blazers.

But in that fateful throw, God sided with the Houstonians and gave the choice to the Rockets.

According to the original historical trajectory, Inman will make the stupidest choice of his life, and will be ridiculed by the world for it until he is buried in peace.

But God's gentle stroke in 1981 allowed a Chinese from across the ocean to change history, change the fate of the pioneers, and change Inman.

In the '84 draft, Inman finally chose the main center from the 1984 ncAA championship Gonzaga University, betting the hope of a revival of the whole of Portland on the Chinese.

Then, Inman, who still holds 4 draft picks in his hand, selected a group of high-quality rookies in his opinion, although some of them are not much better because the picks are too low, no matter how high-quality they are, as long as there is one player in it who can really play, then Inman's selection is successful.

However, now Inman is facing an extremely difficult problem, that is, the list he chooses, Portland's hope, Gan Guoyang, is unwilling to sign with Portland.

Unlike some players who are reluctant to play for Portland and don't offer a trade, he makes a request that no one has ever made: change the team's team doctor.

In the past, Bill Wharton used to make that noise, but that was four years after he joined the Trail Blazers, and by that time he had spent most of his time on the sickbed due to injury.

Another top pick of the Trail Blazers, 1978 rookie Mitchell Thompson, was reluctant to play for Portland because of the team's doctor, and even asked for a trade, but he eventually stayed, and he is still an important main player on the team.

Now that the rookie center hasn't given the Trail Blazers anything to match Wharton and Thompson's, it's a good idea to learn from their stinky tempers.

This is not good news for Inman, who has been trying his best to persuade the rookie from Gan's agent, Falck, and at the same time to give him a car in cooperation with General Motors from Gan's father, hoping to ease the conflict between the two sides and make Gan Guoyang take a step back.

And yesterday Gan Guoyang returned to Portland, Falke called Inman, and today he wants to talk to Inman, and strive to finalize the contract, so that Gan Guoyang can start the summer training camp with peace of mind.

"Jingle bell~" Just when Inman was thinking about all kinds of troubles, the phone on the desk rang.

It's a call from the front desk reception downstairs of the office, and the protagonist of the day has arrived.

Yesterday, Gan Guoyang took his father's car to a Du Li-style house on 23rd Street NW Portland, which was provided by the pioneers for Gan Guoyang and his father, which was much better than living at Gan's restaurant in San Francisco.

After placing the luggage, Gan Guoyang spent the whole day communicating with Falke about the signing of the contract, including the special conditions.

In terms of salary contracts, due to the introduction of the salary cap this year, the team can no longer make big contracts indiscriminately, so how to sign a reasonable and appropriate contract price for Gan Guoyang is something that Falke must consider.

Gan Guoyang didn't care much about how much money he paid, he handed over all the work to Falck, but he still asked Falke to teach him some knowledge in this area, he wanted to be a hands-off shopkeeper, but he didn't want to be kept in the dark.

In the matter of the team doctor, Gan Guoyang also loosened.

He knows that only he can predict the future in this world, and as history changes, his ability to predict will become weaker and weaker, plus he himself is not a master of history, and he can't remember many things clearly.

He's not sure if the Trail Blazers team doctor will continue to trick people as usual, and he put forward this condition as a precautionary measure, even if others can't understand it.

Since it was too much for a rookie to put forward such a condition, he decided to settle for the next best thing and hire a personal doctor for himself.

If there is any physical problem, if there is no result on the side of the Trail Blazers team doctor, you should find your own personal doctor.

Of course, he really hopes that his cousin Qian Hui's good friend Shui Miao will be his personal doctor, and after the back injury treatment, there are no sequelae until now, and his back is very healthy.

It's just that all this has to wait until the contract, training and other things are completed, and then it can be carried out step by step.

So the next morning, Gan Guoyang took Gan Youwei's car - now Gan Youwei, who has nothing to do, took the initiative to become Gan Guoyang's driver, and went to the Pioneer headquarters on the banks of the Willamette River with Falck to complete the contract with General Manager Inman.

It's not the first time that Portland has come to Portland, except for the previous trial here, during college, Gan Guoyang went to Portland with the team to play away, and the opponent was the University of Portland.

Gan Guoyang clearly remembers that he won the double 20 in that game, beating the opponent like chopping vegetables and melons, and the University of Portland was also at the bottom of the West Coast Conference that year.

Portland, like Seattle, has a maritime climate, with cháo being wet and rainy, and the roads are often wet.

Due to the high latitude, the light here is not very sufficient, and the whole city seems relatively cold, not as warm as Los Angeles.

Gan Guoyang couldn't help but think when he came here, no wonder the players here are prone to injury, such a climate environment is indeed not conducive to injury recovery.

Looking at this standard clean and tidy American city, Gan Guoyang felt a little complicated in his heart, how many years will he spend here in the future? One year, two years, five years, or ten years?

When Gan Guoyang and Falck arrived at the headquarters in Portland and came to the office of the general manager, Inman, and saw the general manager again, Gan Guoyang couldn't help but think to himself: "The weather here doesn't seem to be conducive to hair growth." ”

When Gan Guoyang first met Inman, there was not much hair on Inman's head, and after this summer's cāo work and Gan Guoyang's tossing, the hair on his head became more and more scarce.

"Hello Gan, we're meeting again, are you still having a good time in Los Angeles?" Of course, Inman didn't know that Gan Guoyang was beating him in the head, so he said to Gan Guoyang very kindly.

"Hello Mr. Inman, I saw the first gold medal won by Chinese in Los Angeles, and it was a great feeling." Gan Guoyang talked about his experience watching the Olympics.

"Haha, I hope you can win a championship for the Trail Blazers too, and then we'll all be happy." Inman said with a smile.

"yes, but first I'm going to play for the Trail Blazers, so I need to sign a contract with you." Gan Guoyang quickly got to the point, about the contract.

However, to Inman's surprise, the previously stalled negotiations were particularly smooth this time, and the two sides soon reached an agreement on some key issues, and Gan Guoyang was also ready to sign the contract, and held a press conference in the afternoon to explain the signing issue.

Inman found that during the whole conversation, Gan Guoyang did not completely hand over the matter to his agent Falke, but expressed his own demands more by himself.

This is rare among young people in nBA, and it also makes Inman feel that this Chinese is more mature than his peers, as well as his extremely proficient English, and he speaks at a level almost like Mav Albert.

Inman is also thinking in his heart, it is estimated that there will be another trash talk king in the nBA after ri.

"Okay, the stone in our hearts is finally down, we'll have another press conference in the afternoon, and then you'll be a real Trail Blazers player." Inman was also greatly relieved to see that all the problems had been solved today. This will allow the Trail Blazers to devote themselves to the preparation of the '84-85 season with peace of mind.

"Still, Gan, I want to ask, why are you so insistent on changing the team doctor? Now you're also asking for a personal doctor for yourself. Is it because of Bill Wharton? After solving the big head problem, Inman took off his eyes and asked in a relaxed tone.

Gan Guoyang drank good coffee while thinking about how to answer, he couldn't say "According to my experience in later life, many Trail Blazers players will be ruined by injuries, and the team doctor will play the villain role in it", right?

"That's Mr. Inman, Bill Wharton is just one of the reasons, I've heard that the team also tried out Sam Bowe at the University of Kentucky, and the team doctor examined him, what was the team doctor's conclusion? Is it good or bad? Gan Guoyang also asked.

Inman didn't expect Gan to ask the question, the Trail Blazers did try out Sam Bowe, but it was more of a smoke bomb and a back-up for their insurance.

"We did try out Sam Bowe and although he was very good, you know that you completely overshadowed him in the Final Four. The team doctor had a physical examination on him and said he had no problems. Yin Man first complimented Gan Guoyang, and then told the situation.

At that time, the team doctor's examination showed that Bowe's physical condition was very good, and there was no problem in the last game.

"Mr. Inman, we can wait for half a season and let Mr. Bowe verify that our team doctors are really playing their due role, I believe they are all responsible doctors, but there are some things that can not be done by being responsible alone." Gan began to call the Trailblazers "our team."

As far as Gan knows, Bowe will miss a lot of games in his first season due to injury.

Although Bowe went to Washington because of Gan Guoyang's appearance and escaped from the clutches of the Trailblazers, according to the medical level at the time, Bowe, who was 7 feet 1 tall, was likely to have a relatively large injury risk.

Gan still remembers the semi-finals, Sam Bowe who was playing against him on the court, his calves were so slender that people worried about whether they could support such a huge body, and they looked like they would break at any moment.

Gan Guoyang's words also made Inman fall into thought, in fact, he had been a little shaken before this negotiation, and really wanted to give the team's medical system a big change, although it was very troublesome.

Because this is the third rookie to complain about the Trail Blazers' medical standards, although based on the team's injuries in recent years, the team doctors are still up to scratch.

But in the nBA, you don't know when a fatal mistake by a team doctor can ruin a talented player and then an entire team.

The issue of Gan Guoyang's signing has finally settled, and Gan Guoyang has also taken a step back on the issue of team doctors, but he still tightens the string.

Later, in the press conference hall of Portland's home memorial stadium, the Portland Trail Blazers held a press conference to sign Gan Guoyang, who signed his name on the contract.

Soon the photo of Gan Guoyang smiling and holding the hand of the Portland general manager will make the headlines of Portland newspapers, and Gan Guoyang will also become a real star of the city.

But later, more troubles awaited him.