The morning training was spent in Ramsey's constant stopping, correcting, guiding, stopping, correcting, and guiding.

It was a fragmented training process, because in Ramsey's eyes, these rookies had problems with almost every move, and every run had holes in their positioning, even Drexler was not immune.

It's also inevitable that rookies will enter the NBA, not to mention that the Trail Blazers' rookies have met a stubborn old college coach.

Gan Guoyang felt that he benefited a lot from the training in the morning, he knew the correct posture for running, knew how to improve his shooting, knew how to pay attention to the angle of his position and hand movements when blocking and covering, and knew how to occupy a favorable position when defending fast breaks.

Of course, Gan Guoyang didn't comprehend all these things, such as the positioning skills when defending fast attacks, which requires a lot of accumulation of game experience, but at least Gan Guoyang has begun to get started.

And Ramsey also found that this Chinese leader's ability to learn is amazing, just one morning of training, he has begun to improve, and some of Ramsay's guidance can always have an immediate effect.

Therefore, some of Ramsay's previous worries about Gan Guoyang are slowly dispelling.

Gan Guoyang only studied in college for two years, and he did not play official games in the first year because of the transfer, which means that Gan Guoyang only has one year of NCAA experience, which makes Ramsey worry that Gan Guoyang's basic skills are not good and his basketball IQ is not enough.

Gan Guoyang spent a morning to dispel Ramsey's doubts.

Subsequently, what made Ramsey even more troubled was that he found that Gan Guoyang turned out to be the same type as Drexler, playing with his own set of ideas, and always making unreasonable choices in the face of the situation on the court, although the final result was not necessarily bad.

One Drexler is enough to make Ramsay uncomfortable, and here comes Gan Guoyang, and now Ramsay is the first two big.

Ramsey was looking for a player who had been coached by a famous coach in college, who had been coached by four years of NCAA experience, who was a selfless team player on the court, who knew every detail of the coach's tactics, and who had the ability to dominate both ends of the floor when necessary.

Bill Wharton undoubtedly fits every qualifying point of Ramsey, having won two NCAA championships during his four years at UCLA under the tutelage of John Wooden, is known as the most passable center, is the undisputed core of the team, and can resolutely execute the coach's tactics, while his defense and offense can always save the team.

Of course, Bill Wharton never makes people feel at ease off the field, he likes to dress as a hippie when he has nothing to do, and go to the street to demonstrate with a hairband, as his coach, I don't know when he will be called to the bureau by Jǐng Cha to pick up people; In the off-season, he also likes to climb mountains and camp, and he does not care about the physical damage caused by this.

But as long as he is on the court, Wharton is Ramsay's anchor.

Look at Gan Guoyang, this 6-foot-10 talented player, is still a Chinese - Ramsay's only impression of Chinese in the past was Bruce Lee.

Gan Guoyang graduated from Gunzaga in Spokane, and although it is not far from Portland, Ramsey has never heard of this shabby school, and it is said that this year is their first NCAA national tournament, and then won the championship with a winning record, which is really remarkable.

Gan Guoyang's coach, who is said to be his high school coach, a little-known young coach, heard that he has two brushes on defense, but offensively, it seems that his best tactic is to "give the ball to Gan!" ”

When Ramsey practiced passing the ball, he found that Gan Guoyang's basic passing skills were not solid, although his long passes through the whole court were shocking, but some of his simple balls and transmissions were not beautiful.

And Ramsey also noticed that Gan Guoyang likes to solve problems on the field. When it comes to running tactics, he often makes some unbelievable choices, such as a sudden back-of-the-head pass that catches his teammates off guard.

For example, when doing high-level strategy, a 17-foot hook suddenly came, which made people stunned.

In other words, Gan Guoyang is good at playing "fairy balls", and when he hits it, he is a jīng color, and if he can't play it, his brain is hot.

This is unbearable for Ramsey, who emphasizes stability, emphasizes tactics first, and requires rigorous and reasonable play.

Of course, Gan Guoyang didn't know this, he didn't expect Ramsay, an old man, to have so many thoughts in his head, and he almost analyzed all the characteristics of Gan Guoyang in just one morning.

On the contrary, he was happy because he learned a lot, and he felt that these rookie teammates were very good, especially Drexler, which made him extremely excited.

"Beep!" The assistant coach blew the whistle at the end of the morning training, starting from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., a total of 3 hours of training, which seemed to be a short time, but allowed the six rookies to have a preliminary experience of professional basketball.

"Gentlemen, I think three hours of training should give you a taste of the NBA, you're all doing a great job, I can't say it's perfect, but I can see your progress. In the afternoon we will have some practice sessions with the University of Portland players in the afternoon as we pay for our use of the stadium, and we hope you will be able to apply what you have learned that morning to the court. Ramsey gave a brief summary of the training in the morning and arranged the content for the afternoon.

"Sure enough, I'm going to compete with the guys from the University of Portland!" When Gan Guoyang thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, not that the players from Portland University were so powerful; It's not because they have any deep hatred with Gan Guoyang.

Gan Guoyang just wants to play, and since the end of the NCAA Finals, he hasn't played even the most ordinary 5-on-5 match for four or five months.

After deciding to participate in the draft, Falke advised him that it was better not to play on the streets, and not to participate in various invitational tournaments casually, once he was injured, it was not a joke.

For this reason, Gan Guoyang has endured it for a long time.

But before that, you need to solve the problem of eating first.

The University of Portland, like many American schools, is walled, blends in with the surrounding residential areas, and the school's training hall is open to the civic street, and there is no place to eat.

In the NBA, the players are responsible for their own meals during training and games, and the team only gives dietary advice and meal subsidies, and is not responsible for hiring a chef to cook for the players.

Of the 5 rookies, except for Gan Guoyang, the other 4 live in apartments provided by the pioneers, and only Bangyanxiu is eligible to live in Dú Lì's house.

Drexler, on the other hand, lives in a Dú Lì apartment in Portland Mountain Park, 108,000 miles from the University of Portland but very close to the Trail Blazers' own training hall.

"Hey, Clyde, come to my house for dinner." Gan Guoyang watched the other four go back to his residence to solve the problem of eating, and proposed to Drexler.

Drexler was worried about where to eat, but he didn't expect this Chinese boy to take the initiative to invite him to his home for dinner.

Although the first time the two met, they were spark, and if you deducted one of me, I would pay you back, but it was just a young man's sudden head.

After a morning of training, Drexler not only did not hate this big Chinese man, but on the contrary, he had a lot of good feelings for him.

Especially when Gan Guoyang was silently working against Ramsey on the court and shook his head angrily, Drexler had a feeling of hatred with Gan Guoyang.

In fact, this is just Drexler's illusion, Gan Guoyang did not work against Ramsay, he was just used to playing according to his own ideas, and this way of playing was quite effective, so Ramsey was helpless.

From this point of view, Drexler and Gan Guoyang are indeed the same type of players, no wonder Drexler admires Gan Guoyang.

Now Gan Guoyang invites Drexler to eat at home, and only very good friends in the United States are invited to eat at home, and Drexler readily agrees.

"No problem, but what can I eat at your house? Call a McDonald's? Drexler asked

"Don't worry, my dad has already cooked and is waiting for me at home." There is a will, Gan Guoyang doesn't have to worry about what to eat at all.

So, Gan Guoyang took a blue Sè Ford Mustang from Drexler and drove to Gan Guoyang's residence.

In a country like the United States, it's common to have a car, and Drexler's Mustang is also an old model from the seventies, once all the rage, and now it's being retired.

According to Draxler's first-year contract salary and commercial endorsements, buying such a used car is really a piece of cake.

After arriving at home, Gan Youwei had already cooked the food and waited for his son to come back, but he didn't expect another one to come.

The two basketball players who are more than two meters tall naturally have a huge amount of rice, so Gan Youwei burned a big pot of rice and fried a few more dishes at the same time.

Gan Youwei, who has lived in Portland for a while, already drives himself to the hypermarket to buy groceries.

Drexler was addicted to this meal, and he had always eaten some nutritious and tasteless Western food, and suddenly he ate the authentic Huaiyang dishes made by Gan Youwei, and he couldn't wait to swallow the plate.

And Drexler quickly learned to use chopsticks, which made Gan Youwei also greatly appreciated.

After eating, Gan Guoyang had a chance to have a good chat with Drexler, a senior, about the NBA.

After coming to the United States, Gan Guoyang has met many NBA superstars, and some of the characters who will become famous in the future have also become Gan Guoyang's opponents.

Now, he can get along and even compete with these future basketball idols with a normal mentality, because he knows that he is also one of them.

Drexler told a lot of NBA anecdotes that Gan didn't know, the difficulties he encountered in his rookie season, and of course, his complaints about Coach Ramsey.

After listening to Drexler's words, Gan Guoyang also began to understand a little that perhaps his own way of playing was also not liked by Ramsay.

"Whatever, as long as he can win, it's useless for the coach to dislike it, isn't it? And I think Mr. Ramsay is a great guy and I can learn a lot from him. Gan Guoyang said.

"Yes, Ramsay is a great coach, but maybe he's not the right fit for me, and I miss Coach Lewis more." Drexler has a headache at the thought of coaching, and he's worried he'll be traded this season.

Speaking of Lewis, Gan Guoyang remembered the big nose and big face standing on the opponent's bench in the NCAA Finals, like a Slavic head coach.

By the way, Gan Guoyang also remembered Bobby Bellman, his mentor and godfather.

The reason why Drexler and Gan Guoyang formed the current playing habits has a lot to do with the coaching methods of these two coaches.

Coach Lewis likes to play "open-court" on the court, which fully develops the scoring ability and creativity of the team's perimeter players, and also makes Drexler accustomed to making offensive choices based on the situation on the court.

Coach Bellman, for his part, gave Gan enough power on the offensive end, and when necessary, Gunzaga University's offensive options were in Gan's hands instead of Stockton's. This also exercised Gan Guoyang's ability to solve problems alone, because Bellman's offensive routines are really few and a little pitiful.

Two players who are in different positions but have a similar basketball style talk together, and Gan Guoyang finds that although Drexler is passionate on the court, he talks appropriately off the court and behaves gentlemanly.

Even complaining makes people sound more like advice.

Drexler also felt that although Gan Guoyang was a foreigner, he had humorous words and witty remarks, and his views on many issues were even beyond his knowledge, making him wonder whether this guy was a basketball player or a newspaper commentator.

This pleasant dining and conversation experience completely broke the estrangement and discord between the two when they met, and they soon became a pair of very good friends.

After a while, the two arrived at the University of Portland in a car together, and the two of them talked happily along the way and looked like iron buddies who had been dating for many years.

The afternoon training was exactly what Ramsey said, a game against the University of Portland, and in addition to the college players, there were also some NBA undrafted players who came here to try their luck.

Gan Guoyang really saw Portland's number one player Hawkins on the field, and Hawkins could only smile wryly when he saw him.

In the previous West Coast League game, Hawkins has been abused by Gan Guoyang enough, I thought that this guy went to the NBA, and he could breathe a sigh of relief, but I didn't expect him to come to Portland!

The two sides warmed up a little and quickly divided into groups, ready to start a simple 5-on-5 match.

Coach Ramsay didn't make any specific arrangements for the six rookies, but said he wanted the players to use some of the things they learned in the morning to the game.

There was no suspense in the game, and the Portland rookie team with Gan Guoyang and Drexler beat the Portland University Pilots to the north, and they didn't need tactics at all.

After playing, Gan Guoyang and Drexler began to give up attacking, constantly passing the ball around the court, and the two did not play basketball, but turned into table tennis.

Whoever gets the ball is reluctant to attack, always has to pass the ball to others, and all kinds of no-look-passes, back-of-head passes, Drexler even came to a few crotch passes.

Ramsay, who was standing on the sidelines and watching the two perform like monkeys, couldn't stand it anymore and yelled at the court: "You two fucking guys throw that ball around for me again, I'll throw you out of the arena and throw you in the trash!" ”

The people on the court were stunned because Coach Ramsey was a stern but strict old-school coach with a strict style, and trash talk never existed in his basketball dictionary.

Obviously, the performance of these two guys is about to drive the old gentleman crazy, and Gan Guoyang, who is also stunned, still has the ball in his hand and is about to pass it back to Draxler on the outside.

Listening to Ramsay's roar, Gan Guoyang made a big hook at the 12-foot position, "Huh! "The ball went in, on Hawkins' head.