Carl's meaning is very clear, that is, let Cort fend for himself and let him bear the price of making mistakes.

This is the American society, this is the law of the NBA. If you survive the fittest, you will have a lot of money waiting for you. If you can't survive, you will take drugs, commit crimes, and drink alcohol. The league will sweep you out.

At that time, the NBA was not strict in managing drugs, and there were countless players who smoked soft drugs like marijuana. Maybe they could escape the league's supervision, but their performance on the court would not be lie. You can't play games, and without high-level performance, no one will pay attention to you and care about you anymore.

The former Flying Man, Jordan's idol "Skywalker" David Thompson, was destroyed by drugs and fell from a league scoring champion to an unpopular player.

Gan Guoyang has also heard of Thompson's deeds. His battle with Ge Wen's scoring king in 1978 was amazing.

When he first arrived in the United States, in 1981, he could still enjoy Thompson's heroic appearance in the game on TV, but two years later, in 1983, Thompson's talent was destroyed by drugs.

In 1984, he fell off a dance hall staircase in New York and suffered a severe knee injury, which became the last straw that crushed his career. He was only 30 years old that year, and it was the peak of his career.

It is also because of this that Gan Guoyang and Jordan were unable to compete with the Skywalker who once flew around in their rookie season, which is a great regret.

Gan Guoyang thought of Thompson with such talent and eventually fell into this field. Compared with Thompson, Cort, who was like a candlelight beside the moonlight, would have fallen deeper and deeper into it, the result would be even more miserable.

"Everyone must be responsible for his own behavior and do your own thing. You can become a savior on the basketball court, but you can't save others in life. And don't get involved with those who are drug-related, be a clean person." Kenny Carl reminded Gan Guoyang again.

Carl's words have always made sense. Gan Guoyang also knew that Carl was thinking about him, so he nodded, but he still felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that Cort would fall down because of this.

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The next day, the entire Trail Blazers flew to Los Angeles to play the third game of the season with the Los Angeles Clippers away.

The Blazers' opponents in the first three games were all the West District bottoms, and their schedule was more than a little easier than last season.

The Los Angeles Clippers have also changed a lot this season. They gave up Bill Walton, who had high expectations, and sent him to the Celtics for the 1981 FMVP Maxville.

Then he signed veteran Jamal Wilkes, who was abandoned by his opponent in the same city, and formed the veteran frontcourt with Maxville. But he didn't know how much oil there was left in the fuel tank of these two old ministers who were abandoned by the old masters, and how much enthusiasm for basketball remained in his heart.

In addition, the Clippers also won Benyiot Benjamin with the third pick in the draft.

Gan Guoyang still remembers the confrontation with Benjamin at Cretton University. Benjamin, who was 7 feet tall and had an advantage in weight, caused quite a lot of trouble to Gan Guoyang.

"Hello Benjamin, welcome to the NBA. I hope you like this good place in Los Angeles and have a happy life." Before the game started, Gan Guoyang greeted Benjamin friendly.

Benjamin also shook hands with Gan Guoyang and exchanged greetings for a few words, but he was still a little scared of Gan Guoyang in his heart. In the league, Gan Guoyang's "notorious reputation" that likes to swear trash has gradually been revealed, and his "vindictive" personality on the court is also hated and scared.

The day before yesterday, Gan Guoyang's player Joe Barry Carroll's performance of not being able to score a single point in three quarters also made the league's centers start to worry about the matchup with this yellow devil.

Especially for a rookie like Benjamin, Benjamin performed mediocrely in the first two games, and only scored 3 points and 4 rebounds against the Sacramento Kings in the first game.

In the second game, facing Houston's double towers, his performance with 7 points and 4 rebounds was still pretty good, at least he was not overwhelmed by the double towers.

More importantly, the Clippers won the first two games, which should be said to be very unexpected.

What was even more unexpected was that when the game between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers began, the Clippers did not lose the disadvantage. They relied on the outstanding performance of Marquis Johnson and Derek Smith to hold the score tightly.

The Trail Blazers' defense today does not seem to have any good effect in suppressing the Clippers' outside line, because the Clippers do not have too complicated cooperation at all. They rely on the personal abilities of Johnson and Smith to attack the Trail Blazers' basket with the simplest cooperation and method.

In this case, the Clippers can make efficient attacks without the need for ball transfer, which makes Belmont's carefully designed dense defense useless, and they don't even get into this trap!

This is exactly the difference between the NBA and the NCAA. Whether it is offense or defense, the importance of personal ability is ranked above group cooperation.

The Trail Blazers' single defense ability is their weakness. Van derwich was as accurate as ever by Marquez Johnson. Even Drexler was trapped by leg injuries. Facing the outbreak of Derek Smith, he had no good idea.

Derek Smith is not the fast-moving backcourt player. Instead of relying on speed to tear the opponent's defense, he uses his strong body and strong biceps to deal with players in the same position.

Gan Guoyang has always been good at dealing with fast-moving players because he reacts quickly and can always make judgments in advance to put pressure on the opponent.

But he has no good way to deal with Smith, who uses slow control to fast outside. Fortunately, he is as good as ever in controlling the backcourt rebounds and does not give the Clippers too many second-offensive opportunities.

Gan Guoyang also played an arrow role in the offense. Without Bill Walton, the Clippers could not stop Gan Guoyang's offense, whether it was their starting center James Donnielsen or substitute rookie Benjamin.

However, without much resistance, Gan Guoyang felt that the Clippers seemed to be strategically giving up the inside line. No matter how Gan Guoyang was in the process of falling apart, the Clippers would never double-team.

In contrast, the Trail Blazers' performance on the outside was much worse, with Marquis Johnson and Cedric Maxville taking turns to play, making Van derwich miserable.

Marquez Johnson and Van dervich are completely two types of players. Johnson is strong, fast, and has amazing bounces. He is full of explosive power and excellent defense. When he was with the Bucks, he was the third best forward in the East. (Beautiful and Irving ahead)

After coming to the Clippers last season, Marquis Johnson adhered to the playing habits he developed with the Bucks, with fierce defense and sufficient offensive impact, and he also has strong organizational skills.

You should know that when he was in the Bucks, he was arranged by the "Frankenstein" old Nelson to be the team's "organizational striker".

After recruiting troops this season, the Clippers are preparing to do a big fight. Their last two games have led people to see a glimmer of hope that lives in the shadow of the Lakers.

At the end of the first half, the Trail Blazers still led the Clippers by 5 points with their superior strength 60:55, but Ramsey could feel that the Trail Blazers did not play well.

"I don't think that in the second half, we can still grab so many frontcourt rebounds! We have never been a team that relies on frontcourt rebounds. Are we the Philadelphia 76ers? Of course, being able to grab frontcourt rebounds is a good thing, which means we are active enough, but it also means that our luck is good enough, so good that it covers up the problems on both ends of our offense and defense! They are singles, and we are singles, I need results, you have to give me the result, instead of a bang after pulling it out! What are we doing in Los Angeles in the next life? Because the opponent is not the Lakers, I will be so arrogant and not play well? Such a state will only be torn apart by the Lakers! Totally, torn apart!"

The Blazers' lead in the first half did not suppress Ramsey's anger. In his opinion, the team's offense was completely scattered, relying entirely on personal strength.

One of the important reasons why the Trail Blazers are still ahead is that the Trail Blazers grabbed 6 more frontcourt rebounds in the first half, which has a certain amount of luck.

Ramsey is not against singles, and he also accepts Adelman's view on releasing the talent of the player, but in this game, the Trail Blazers' players seemed to have passed and become too self-centered.

"In the second half, pick up our team, cooperate more, pass more. Also, I hope everyone can focus on the game, not the messy things outside the court!" Ramsey roared. After the training camp began this season, Ramsey has not roared for a while.

Gan Guoyang heard that Ramsey's words meant something, but it did not seem to be directed entirely at Corte. You should know that Corte did not get a minute of playing time in the first half.

Naturally, this cannot be said to himself. Gan Guoyang understood this. His performance in the first half was absolutely amazing. He scored 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks, which was the biggest pillar of the Trail Blazers.

It shouldn't be possible for Drexler, and he also knows how hard he works in the summer.

Could it be Van der Witz? Or Sampson? Kenny Carr? Or which new player?

Anyway, Ramsey's roar caused the locker room to fall to freezing point. Gan Guoyang suddenly felt that the Trail Blazers this season did not seem to be so united, but had different ambitions.

Corte is taking drugs and the players are not thinking about basketball. There are some problems with the Trail Blazers in the midfield locker room, and it seems that everything is back to the situation when they played against the Nuggets last season.
Chapter completed!