Gan Guoyang, who returned to Portland, was not idle because Kalp came back with Gan Guoyang, so Gan Guoyang went to the training center early the next morning and trained as usual during the day the team was expedition.

Gan Guoyang still ran to the training center in the cold morning. Although it was no longer than the University of Portland and the Trail Blazers Training Center, it could not drive, and Gan Youwei was not around. Gan Guoyang could only use his own feet to go to his destination.

Gan Guoyang, who signed a two-year 1 million contract with the Trail Blazers and was endorsed by Nike, was already a rich man, but he did not spend money in a big way. He did not buy a car or a house, but instead handed the money to Gan Youwei for handling.

Gan Guoyang ran on Portland Street in the early morning. There were not many pedestrians on the street at this time, but everyone could quickly recognize him when they saw him and waved to Gan Guoyang.

"Come-on-Gump!" A tightly wrapped little boy recognized Gan Guoyang and shouted at him.

Now Gan Guoyang is a big star in Portland, and the news of his suspension is naturally known to fans in the city, but people in Portland support him, no matter what the situation is.

Gan Guoyang, facing the cold wind, smiled at the little boy and couldn't help but speed up. He is now more and more fond of this city.

After arriving at the training center, Gan Guoyang was already sweating profusely, which saved him from warm-up exercises. He went to the locker room to change his clothes and started training.

Karp had already driven to the training center early, arranged the venue, and prepared to help Gan Guoyang carry out personal one-on-one training.

Kalp is an experienced assistant trainer who can correct players' mistakes in training and help players refine and temper their technical movements to adapt to the fierce NBA games.

For a player like Gan Guoyang with a solid foundation, a trainer like Kalp, who is similar to "improvement classes" is the best. In just over a month of events, Gan Guoyang learned a lot from him and corrected some wrong habits in the past.

For example, when Gan Guoyang was playing in college, his shoulders were quite strong when he broke the front, which was often called for fouls in NBA games. Kalp guided Gan Guoyang how to use his shoulders reasonably and consciously improve Gan Guoyang's ability to take the first step, which further strengthened Gan Guoyang's ability to attack the basket head-on.

For example, Gan Guoyang used to like to jump up and block shots in defense, but in high school and college, he could always send blocks; but it was impossible to average seven or eight blocks per game in the NBA, and maybe he would lose three or four fouls.

Kalp carefully taught Gan Guoyang how to make a better judgment and how to interfere with the opponent's shooting instead of simply wanting to block the shot. This is also one of the reasons why Gan Guoyang suffered from fouls in recent games has been greatly affected.

Gan Guoyang now trusts this middle-aged white man who is a little fat, and Karp is also surprised by the rapid progress of Gan Guoyang. Some details can be basically learned by one teaching. How to apply the specific game is a matter of time.

"Gan, let's practice your left hand." After some basic training, Karp suggested that Gan Guoyang practice his left hand.

Gan Guoyang nodded. Now the left hand technical movement practice is a must-have item for his daily training.

As a professional player, if you want to achieve great offense, you are a must-have quality to be able to draw the left and right.

Especially for the center, if you only know how to attack with your right hand, it means that when you attack at a low post, your next move can be predicted.

If he wants the ball at the low position on the right, he will basically only go to the bottom line; if he wants the ball at the low position on the left, he will mostly go to the middle.

Once such a routine is found out by the opponent and targeted defense is carried out, the power of the center on the offensive end will be greatly reduced.

Gan Guoyang has practiced left-handed exercises in high school and college, but he did not conduct training systematically. He focused more on the shooting hand - right-handed technical exercises.

Now he has to take time to practice his left hand, especially his left hand hook. If the left hand hook can be developed, then Gan Guoyang's threat at a low position can be further increased.

"We will do 200 round-hand left-hand hook training first." Kalp brought a big basket of basketball and began to let Gan Guoyang start with a defensive hook shot.

Gan Guoyang still clearly remembers how hard he worked every day when he was practicing hook shooting at Gonzaga University.

No-ball action training, hook shot without confrontation, hook shot with confrontation, hook shot in pinched attack, hook shot for full-game practice; 5-foot hook, 10-foot hook, 15-foot hook.

In order to practice this unique skill, Gan Guoyang spent nearly a year to repeatedly temper it, and kept watching Jabbar's game video and early NBA center game video to learn from it.

Finally, he honed his hook shot into a skilled scoring skill, and he could take action anytime and anywhere within 17 feet of the basket, so that the opponent could not be very careful.

If Ramsey hadn't deliberately reduced Gan Guoyang's move in tactical arrangements and cultivated his ability to support and cover at high positions and low positions, Gan Guoyang's average score in the previous game would have been even more amazing.

In the match against the Lakers and Bulls, Gan Guoyang has already demonstrated his outstanding low-post scoring ability and explosive scoring power. What is now constraining him is the team's tactical arrangements and coach training plan.

Even so, the beast never stopped grinding its minions and making them sharper.

"Continue, don't stop! Don't breathe! Keep continuous, keep taking action!" Only Kalp's yell could be heard in the empty training ground, urging Gan Guoyang not to pause.

There is no shortcut to shooting practice. Apart from talent, all you need is a lot of repetitive exercises to form muscle memory so that the ball can be thrown in in a high-speed and high-intensity game.

Hook shots test muscle memory even more. He not only needs hand movements, but also needs coordination and consistency in the whole body.

One of the major differences between Tiangou and ordinary hooks is that you have to raise your hand and raise your legs to ensure your body balance. This is the source of Tiangou's stability and a difficult place.

It’s okay for Gan Guoyang to practice hooking his right hand, but he lifts his right leg with his right hand, which is very coherent and smooth; but when he uses his left hand, he is not a shooting hand and is not used to it, so he now has to lift his left leg again.

For right-handed men, their left foot is often a jumping foot. Now that they have to lift their left leg up, they can only use their right leg to jump, which makes Gan Guoyang very uncomfortable, so his movements are deformed.

"Persist, persist, your leg lifting and hand lifting are not smooth enough. If you act like this in the game, your opponent will slap you long ago!" Karp kept pointing out Gan Guoyang's shortcomings.

Obviously, Gan Guoyang still has a long way to go if he wants his left hook to exert his power in the game.

But there is another thing that Gan Guoyang is more concerned about, that is, what is the Trail Blazers, which are still far away on the East Coast.

After a day of sweating training, Gan Guoyang called his own private doctor, Dr. Shui Miao, and gave a full-body massage and relaxation at the physiotherapy center of the training hall, and had some simple examinations.

After becoming a private doctor in Gan Guoyang, Shui Miao also found a job in a private clinic, so she was more than enough to support herself in Portland alone.

Gan Guoyang was wearing a bathrobe and soaked in a large spa in the locker room. While receiving a spa, he watched the game broadcast on the TV opposite. It was the Portland Trail Blazers who challenged the Philadelphia 76ers away.

Since the East came earlier than the West, the game started in the afternoon of Pacific Time. When Gan Guoyang finished training and turned on the TV, the game had already reached the second half.

At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers fell behind the 76ers by 56:59.

In the third quarter, Moses Malone of the 76ers began to show off her power, and was also 6-foot-10. Malone had an advantage in weight when facing Sampson. He weighed 255 pounds and rushed around the Trail Blazers' inside like a tank.

Sampson did not suffer any loss in the offense. His skilled basket skills kept increasing points for the Trail Blazers, but he could not defend against Moses Malone, and at the same time he did not have the destructive power of Malone.

Moses Malone relied on free throws and frontcourt rebounds to score consecutive points in the third quarter, giving the Sixers an advantage in the third quarter.

Van der Weill was not good. Under Bobby Jones' defense, his shooting percentage was as low as only 30%, and he could not give the team enough firepower support.

But Drexler shined in front of the old Flyer Dr. J. In the first half, the Trail Blazers relied on Drexler's performance to withstand the 76ers' strong attack.

However, Moses Malone was unable to limit the third quarter, and the rebounds were completely defeated, the Blazers still lost 116:126 in the fourth quarter.

Moses Malone scored a game-high 30 points, plus an equally high 15 rebounds, and Irving also scored 28 points and 11 rebounds.

Drexler scored 26 points on the Trail Blazers and Sampson scored 22 points, but the team did not have double-digit rebounds. They grabbed 17 fewer rebounds in the game than the 76ers. One alone means that the Trail Blazers may have 10 points less than the 76ers.

"Forrest Gump, that number 2 is really amazing. If you get on, can you beat him?" asked Shui Miao, who watched the game with Gan Guoyang.

Shui Miao naturally knows nothing about basketball, but she is now a personal doctor for NBA players, so she needs to know more about it.

"I don't know, I can probably play... Anyway, I'm here, our team won't lose so many rebounds." Gan Guoyang thought that he missed the game against the 76ers, but he still felt an extraordinary pity.

"Then don't hit people in the future. Just play basketball well. What are you doing to hit people?" Shui Miao muttered from the side.

Gan Guoyang looked at this doctor who was not young but spoke like a child, and he didn't know what to say.

"You don't understand a woman about men!" Gan Guoyang had no choice but to say this.

"What a man or a woman, you are just a child who has not graduated from college!" Shui Miao replied dissatisfied when he heard him say this.

"What's the use of graduating from college? You haven't gotten married yet!" Gan Guoyang regretted this, for fear of touching Shui Miao's thoughts.

"Oh~ I don't know what to do, I can't find someone I like." Shui Miao was not angry, but was still complaining about himself alone.

Gan Guoyang didn't expect that she would think seriously. I really don't know where she studied so much, maybe she hadn't even had a relationship.

In an open and developed country like the United States, it is not uncommon for a woman to get married, and it is simply incredible for a college girl to not fall in love.

Gan Guoyang wanted to ask Shui Miao more than once if he had ever been in a relationship or was he a virgin, but in the end he still held it back.

Sometimes, Gan Guoyang felt that having such a simple and good doctor was here, it was pretty good to occasionally joke with her.

In the next two days, Gan Guoyang came to the training center to train with Kalp every day. After the training, Shui Miao came to relax and treat him to prevent him from getting injured and to watch the game that day.

On December 1st, in the new month, Gan Guoyang was lying in the spa and watched the game between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets. Gan Guoyang was most concerned about, of course, his old friend Stockton.

Gold will always shine. Stockton's performance with the Jazz is getting better and better. In this game against the Nuggets, he scored 13 points and a game-high 12 assists.

Although the Jazz failed to block the Nuggets' strong offense in the end, Stockton's performance has begun to attract the league's attention.

On December 2, Gan Guoyang watched the New York Knicks and the Trail Blazers game on the treadmill again.

Gan Guoyang has to sigh that in just a few years, NBA broadcasting has also developed very rapidly in the United States.

He still remembers that when he first arrived in the United States, he thought he could watch broadcasts in every game. Later, he found that even the NBA Finals might not be broadcasted. Gan Guoyang only realized that in the United States at that time, the NBA was also in a period of development.

Just three years have passed, with Stern coming to power, NBA promotion has been getting better and better, and more and more TV stations have begun to broadcast NBA games.

This also allows Gan Guoyang to watch his teammates perform on the East Coast through paid TV in Portland.

The Trail Blazers, who lost to the 76ers in the last game and suffered a first-game losing streak in the season, seemed to have found a breathing bag when they played against the Knicks, which were full of wounded soldiers.

Except for the Knicks' first quarter, the Trail Blazers used a stormy attack to smash the Knicks into pieces.

After scored 26 points in the last game, Drexler scored another game-high 25 points and 12 rebounds in this game, leading the Trail Blazers to the Knicks 115:93 away.

On the Knicks' side, several of their main players were absent due to injuries, and they lost 26 rebounds to the Trail Blazers in the whole game, and it is inevitable that they will lose a large score.
Chapter completed!