Throughout the morning, the Trail Blazers Rookie Training Camp at the University of Portland will have basic shooting training, passing and running training, as well as some simple tactical drills.

These things are very familiar to players who have trained in college teams.

But the NBA is worthy of being a professional league, and Gan Guoyang benefited a lot from the simple training in the morning.

In addition to pointing out Gan Guoyang's shortcomings in his running posture, Ramsey also adjusted his shooting movements.

In Ramsey's words, Gan Guoyang's shooting posture was like a trencher, throwing the ball out of his hand.

When he first arrived in the United States, Gan Guoyang's shooting was not like this, but three years later, his arms were getting longer and his palms became bigger and bigger, which made him unable to shoot in an ordinary posture because it took too long to prepare for the movement.

"You can try to expand your elbows outward or inward, so that your shots will be more comfortable and smoother. Of course, more importantly, your shooting movements must be coordinated with your body movements and maintain a good sense of rhythm so that your shooting percentage will improve. It seems that you don't use mid-range shots very much in college games, although your mid-range shot is very beautiful." Ramsey guided the side.

Speaking of the expansion of his elbow, Gan Guoyang thought of Olajuwon. In the NCAA final, Gan Guoyang felt that Olajuwon's shooting posture was a bit strange. His elbow stretched out very openly, which seemed a little awkward.

But Olajuwon's shooting was very accurate, and his shooting in that game caused Gan Guoyang to suffer a lot.

Now Gan Guoyang is trying to change his posture when shooting. Since his strength has been improved, he has spent a lot of time reshaping his shooting ability, but he has never been able to do so.

Although Ramsey's suggestions may not be useful, they provide Gan Guoyang with a good idea. He has decided to find a shooting posture that suits him best and restore his jump shot to his peak state.

The following pass running practice, because there were only 6 players in total, Ramsey divided the 6 people into 3 groups and began to practice passing practice of 3-for-3 in the fast break.

Gan Guoyang was assigned to the defense group as the center, while Drexler was assigned to the fast attack group as the shooting guard.

Both sides began to simulate fast attack-retreat mode and ran on the field.

When playing at Gonzaga University, Gan Guoyang rarely played fast breaks because Bellman always emphasized that the pace of the game should be slow.

In the NBA, the pace of the game will be very fast because of the 24-second offensive time limit. Even if the team emphasizes slow pace and defense, fast attack is an excellent way to score.

However, in defense, Gan Guoyang often acts as a big gate to delay the opponent's fast attack. Bellman never allowed Gan Guoyang to grab the frontcourt rebounds.

Unlike ordinary positions, the offense and defense, the position has always been the inner line in the three-second zone as the last iron general, and the outer line is the first line of defense on the outside.

When it comes to fast attack and retreat, the offense and defense are converted, and the outside defenders and small forwards instantly become the front line of defense, while the inside players will become the outer walls that block the opponent's rapid advancement.

Gan Guoyang has always been very experienced in this regard. Every time his side fails to make a shot, he will retreat to the half as soon as possible and score the opponent's fast break starting point on the periphery.

As long as the opponent's speed is reduced, the fast attack will naturally not be able to be beaten. Then Gan Guoyang will return to the three-second zone and continue to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defensiveness during the positional offense.

Now, Gan Guoyang will face Drexler in fast attack practice.

Drexler's dribble is very distinctive. He always likes to rush forward with his head down, as if he has horns on his head. He lowers his head and rushes inward to push his opponent away with a corner.

As the first line of defense for retreating, Gan Guoyang tried hard to keep up with Drex's footsteps, and tried to hold Drexler as much as possible without fouling, reducing his propulsion speed.

"This guy's speed is really fast." Ramsey looked at Gan Guoyang's defense from the side. Centers like him were able to keep up with the defender, especially the defender like Drexler, which was very impressive.

But Gan Guoyang is the center after all, and Drexler has already rushed up. Gan Guoyang's side defense cannot stop him, unless he uses the front to directly block Drexler, but that will stop the foul.

Drexler still rushed into the three-second zone. In the three-second zone, what was waiting for him was the player selected by the Trail Blazers in the second round, Jerome Cauchy in the second round, the 46th overall pick.

Facing the rushing forward and guard fast breakers, most of the defenders at the basket have only two options: either foul or avoid and let the opponent make a layup.

It is very difficult to successfully block the opponent, especially the ball holder or Drexler.

Now it is an offensive and defensive drill, so Cauchy will certainly not dodge. He rushed forward to Drexler, and Drexler did not avoid it at all, even if Cauchy is a strong man with a height of 6-foot-7.

He can even deduct Gan Guoyang.

Cauchy and Drexler collided in the air. Cauchy's ball had obviously blocked the foul and hit Drexler's body.

But Drexler did not make a layup directly, but passed the ball behind the back in the air, passing the ball to his teammate who was inserted from the left, center Tom Schefler.

Although Tom Schaffler is a rookie, he is not a rookie in 1984, but an "old rookie" in 1977.

He was selected by the Indiana Pacers in 1977 and was immediately cut, and has been playing in other minor leagues since then.

This year, the Portland Trail Blazers completed a big deal, and there was a shortage of people in the inside, so they recruited the 30-year-old rookie into the team, which was also used as a supplement to the team and even a sparring team.

Although Schevler is a rookie, he has been playing in the minor league for 7 years and is also experienced. After receiving Drexler's pass, he felt that he was making up for Gan Guoyang behind him.

If he made a layup directly, he would have to get a shot, so he raised his hand and made a fake shot.

After seeing Deluxler passing the ball, Gan Guoyang wanted to give Schefler a hat from behind, but was deceived by Schefler's fake moves and flew over from Schefler's right front side.

However, just when Schevler was confident and boldly preparing to complete the attack with a layup, he did not expect that the Gan Guoyang people flew out, but did not give up on defense.

With his super long arm, Gan Guoyang knocked off the ball from Schefler's hand in the air, and the ball fell out of the bottom line.

At this time, Ramsey, who was standing by, called for a timeout, and he wanted to comment and guide on this offense and defense.

Although it's just one goal, Ramsey has already had a general view of the level of these five rookies.

The other one in the defensive trio, Steven Cortt, the point guard with average physical fitness, should have defended Drexler, but he could not keep up with Drexler's speed at all.

Jerome Cauchy, a very strong small forward, can be seen with good physical fitness and not very experienced. The gap can be seen in the confrontation with Drexler in the second grade.

Gan Guoyang is also inexperienced and hasty jumps, but his body has an amazing balance, his arms are very long, his defense awareness is quite good, and his speed is very fast.

Among the three offensive players, old rookie Tom Schefler is very experienced, followed up in time, and did a good job of fake moves, but they are quite mediocre in other aspects.

Another rookie, shooting guard Brandon Sampson, although he didn't touch the ball, Ramsey had already seen that his running awareness was very good, and he ran to the right corner position in the fast break, which was a pretty good shooting point.

And Drexler, the only sophomore here, seems to Ramsey as it was last year.

"Clyde, why not pass to Sampson on the right? This is a good opportunity to score on the wing, or you can just lay it off. Cauchy has already fouled! But you have to use your back to pass again, and I don't think your back will suddenly grow eyes." Ramsey said loudly, obviously he was not satisfied with Deluxler's choice.

"But Schaffler's chances are better! And I didn't make any mistakes in passing." Drexler was obviously not very satisfied with Ramsey's harshness. In his opinion, this fast break was successful no matter what, and the opponent would either foul or lose points.

"The game is not just about looking at the result of a ball! I need to see the ideas and ideas behind each ball, either scoring or being good! What we want is to win games after game, rather than caring about one or two goals!" Ramsey said even more sternly.

His basketball concept is not as edgy as his clothes. He focuses on the collective and requires every player to make the best choice on the court. He wants the team to operate accurately like a clock.

Drexler's style of play is like a sloping second hand, which is incompatible with his team system.

Ramsey recruited Drexler, a sophomore in this year's rookie training camp, just to continue to transform this genius and make him adapt to the team's playing style.

Drexler seemed indifferent to Ramsey's rhetoric, and his ears were already heard, but Drexler, who performed well last season, still liked to play in his own way.

He likes imaginative passes, likes to fight for rebounds with the inside, likes to dribble the ball from the backcourt and rush into the opponent's inside like a bull, overturn one or two people and dunk the ball into the basket.

Not only he likes it, but the audience also likes it. Whenever he gets the ball in a fast break, the audience will start to cheer.

The result of Drexler's own actions is that he is often pressed on the bench by Ramsey, no matter how good his performance is on the court.

For this matter, Drexler has had a dispute with Ramsey more than once, and even Drexler feels that he should be traded by the team instead of staying on the Trail Blazers' bench to waste his talent.

He is still on the team for the time being, but he doesn't know whether he will be sent out by the team during the season.

In his opinion, the team selected Brandon Sampson, a player who was in the same position as him, was ready to trade himself.

Ramsey continued to promote his basketball philosophy with great thought, while Drexler was one ear in and one ear out.

"Okay Clyde, I hope you understand what I mean. You are a very good team player, but sometimes you don't match the team. I believe you can do better." Ramsey finally wanted to encourage Drexler, after all, this is indeed a talented player.

Afterwards, it was Gan Guoyang's turn to practice the fast attack, and Drexler's group had to defend.

Ramsey asked the simulation to grab the backcourt rebound, and the point guard would advance quickly, the forwards would attack the frontcourt, and the center would follow up quickly to achieve a three-line fast break.

The training assistant threw the basketball to the basket to simulate the missed shot.

According to Ramsey's arrangement, Gan Guoyang should catch the backcourt rebound, then get rid of the opponent's entanglement and quickly pass the ball to the point guard Coral; at this time, Cauchy should have run through the half, Sampson should advance quickly, Gan Guoyang should keep up, and Sampson will decide the offensive choice.

Steven Coral is a classic point guard who graduated from New Mexico State University and a pretty smart point guard who is the favorite type of player for academic coaches.

After getting the rebound, Gan Guoyang had to pass the ball to him and let him organize a fast break. This was not difficult for Coral. He could always make the most reasonable choice at the right time.

But the real difficulty he had to face was the entanglement of Drexler.

It seemed to be stimulated by Ramsey's criticism. Drexler pestered Coral at the beginning of the simulation defense, blocking all his receiving angles.

Faced with Drexler, who had more than one year of NBA experience and had an overall advantage in physical fitness, Coral suddenly panicked and was unable to escape by the other party's entanglement.

Of course Gan Guoyang could not pass the ball to Coral, and he saw that Cosi was about to run outside the stadium after running for a while.

If Coral is an experienced point guard, he should choose to use his flexible steps to use his counter-run or circle around Gan Guoyang to get rid of Drexler's entanglement.

But Coral was a rookie, and suddenly he was blocked by a player who was taller than him and faster than him, so he had no idea.

Generally speaking, this time means that this fast break drill has failed, and Gan Guoyang's side has basically lost the fast break opportunity, and even if the ball is passed to Coral's hands, it is useless.

Just as Ramsey was about to stop and guide Coral how to get rid of the entanglement during free throws, the basketball flew past his eyes like a cannonball.

Ramsey was a little confused at once and came to his senses and found that it was Gan Guoyang's passing.

Gan Guoyang saw that the point guard was entangled and could not get the ball, and did not think that he would hand the ball to the point guard.

He saw that Cauchy had already run through the half and was about to rush into the three-point line. He didn't care about it, and showed off his unique skills, passed the ball with a long pass with 20 yards with one hand, and threw the basketball towards the frontcourt.

In the frontcourt, Cauchy used his height and strength to grab a good position in the competition with Sampson, jumped high and got the basketball, and there was no one in front of him.

Jerome Casey completed the fast break with a powerful dunk!

"Yes! What a-paly!" (What a beautiful attack!)

Gan Guoyang raised his hands in the backcourt and shouted to celebrate the success of this fast attack.
Chapter completed!