On October 30, after narrowly defeating the Los Angeles Clippers away, the Portland Trail Blazers flew back to Portland to prepare for the next game.

On the return plane, the Trail Blazers players were unexpectedly silent, as if this hard-won victory did not bring much joy to everyone.

Of course, Gan Guoyang still remembers the booming appearance of the Trail Blazers bench after he made the deadly long-distance hook, and the enthusiastic hugs his teammates rushed up to give him.

But all this cooled down very quickly, and the team seemed to be covered by a layer of yarn. Everyone could see each other, but couldn't see clearly.

Gan Guoyang had a private chat with Kenny Carl after the game. According to Carl's words, there should be no conflict between the Trail Blazers players. Van derwich, Drexler and Gan Guoyang have a good relationship, although Van derwich's behavior of ignoring Gan Guoyang during the game made him feel a little unhappy.

Paxson should have returned to normal, and he began to play his sixth man with peace of mind; Sampson was as dedicated as ever, and he put more energy into defense, because Gan Guoyang wanted to pounce on the outside, and Sampson needed to guard the basket.

Valentine is still very stable. He averaged 13 points and 6 assists in the first three games, which is the team's best offensive organization point.

Colte is still very bad. In the game against the Clippers, he didn't even get a second of playing time, and it seems that he has completely lost Ramsey's trust.

Porter replaced Cort's position. Compared with Cort, Porter is stronger and more superb in shooting skills. The most important thing is that his competitive state is much better than that of Cort who is taking drugs.

Others, such as Cauchy, are still working very hard and training, and there is no sign of any trouble.

The one who made Gan Guoyang feel the most abnormal is Ramsey. This old man has become moody recently. His training and competitions are no longer as passionate as last season, and his concentration is extremely high.

Instead, I often get distracted and take an indifferent attitude towards some details.

Sometimes he suddenly became furious and scolded the players. For example, during the halftime game with the Clippers, Gan Guoyang felt that Ramsey was not motivating the players, but derogating them.

Gan Guoyang looked at Ramsey, who was sitting in the front row of the plane seat. At this time, the old man was staring blankly with a newspaper. Gan Guoyang remembered that Ramsey would seize the time to study the team's tactics on the plane, or read the battle reports of other teams. He would never sit there and read the newspaper or even stare in a daze.

After arriving in Portland, the Trail Blazers have two days off, and their next game will not be played until November 2, and the opponent will be the Utah Jazz.

Gan Guoyang thought he could concentrate on the game in the new season and break the Lakers' monopoly in the West with the Trail Blazers, but he didn't know that although the start was very good, the team had signs of a crisis.

As soon as he arrived in Portland, Gan Guoyang returned home with Bellman. Gan Guoyang ignored the invitation of Kenny Carl, the old drunkard, and needed to go back and communicate with Bellman.

For Bellman, being able to come to the Trail Blazers to be an assistant coach has realized his dream for half of his life, and he has devoted himself to this hard-won job.

Bellman also made a full estimate of the difficulties. It turns out that he did a good job, but the complexity of coaching work on a team was beyond his imagination - even if it was just an assistant coach.

In addition to trivial matters at work, Bellman also came into contact with the inevitable internal struggles and contradictions of NBA teams as a group.

So, when Gan Guoyang asked about Ramsey's question, Bellmann gave the answer that had long been contained in his heart: "I think Mr. Ramsey will not stay in the Trail Blazers for too long, and the season will end at the latest."

This answer surprised Gan Guoyang very much. In Gan Guoyang's opinion, Ramsey is really a good coach. Although he has many shortcomings, who can still not have any shortcomings?

The most important thing is that the Trail Blazers performed well last season and failed to reach the Western Conference Finals. The players have also grown further this season and their strength should be stronger. It is a good time for Ramsey to lead the team to compete for the championship.

At this time, the team needs to change coaches, which makes it incredible no matter how you look at it.

"I can't believe that Ramsey is a good coach. He has been with the Trail Blazers for almost ten years. Last year, our performance was so outstanding, I can't find a reason for the team to replace him." Sitting on the sofa at home, Gan Guoyang vomited the questions in his heart to Bellman.

"I don't understand it very well... but I know that Mr. Ramsey and General Manager Mr. Inman have had several arguments... several times, including the team's personnel structure, salary level, etc. Anyway, they have a very unpleasant fight. Of course, I just just arrived at the Trail Blazers. I don't know many things. I can only do my own things well. Gan, why don't you know at all?" Belman felt a little strange about Gan Guoyang, the number one rising star of the team, and did not know the internal affairs of the team.

In fact, it is normal to think about it. Gan Guoyang's feelings for basketball are still very simple. He used to be so simple that he thought that as long as he yelled, all his teammates would work hard to compete for the championship for him.

Of course he wouldn't think so now, but his main energy is still on basketball. He doesn't want to and doesn't have the energy to care about the team's management.

He also doesn't feel that he is qualified to influence the team's decision-making.

After hearing Bellman's words, Gan Guoyang still felt a little incredible. Inman still supported Ramsey last season. Why did this season, everything was just beginning and he was thinking about changing the head coach to disrupt the morale of the army?

Gan Guoyang communicated with Bellman for a while and found that many things were not clear about Bellman. He just had just joined the team.

After a night of rest, the No. 31 team started all-weather training in the training hall. Today, Gan Guoyang discovered that Corte simply missed the team's training and never showed up in the locker room.

Without Cort's Trail Blazers training as usual, Ramsey's training intensity has always been at a normal level among NBA coaches. It is neither too easy nor too devil's hell.

In response to some of the problems that occurred when facing the Clippers in the last game, Ramsey also did some targeted practices, allowing Bellman to open up an hour to conduct one-on-one defensive practice.

Defensive training is a chore. Unlike the fast and agile situation in offensive training, defensive training is often boring and pays great attention to details, and requires a lot of repetitive and monotonous movements.

In the past, Ramsey rarely practiced defensively in training. He believed that all these things should be learned well in college and there was no need to go to the NBA to make up for the lessons.

However, Bellman is an expert among them. He is very good at coaching defense - whether it is the defensive system or defensive skills.

One hour made the Trail Blazers players a little tired. After that, most players went to have lunch and took a break. Gan Guoyang stayed as usual and had to do 300-ball mid-range shooting exercises.

"KiKi! Don't you practice shooting together?" Gan Guoyang shouted to Van dervich who was about to leave.

"No, we should practice shooting more at night, let's forget it at noon. The defensive training just now was quite tiring, I want to take a break." Van dervich is not as energetic as Gan Guoyang.

"Wait for a moment, KiKi, I want to talk to you about something." Gan Guoyang said when he saw that the others were almost gone.

"What's wrong, Gan?" Van dervich stopped and walked to Gan Guoyang and asked.

"Uh... I don't know what to say, but I think there seems to be some problems in the team. I heard that Mr. Ramsey may have to leave." After Gan Guoyang finished speaking, he looked at Vanderwich's expression and found that Vanderwich was very calm. This shows that the rumors that Ramsey and the team were in conflict with him were probably true.

"Gan, many things are not as simple as you think. It's like basketball is just a game where we score goals and don't let them score goals. We can make it so complicated." Van dervich said, with a serious look on his face.

Gan Guoyang didn't say anything and looked at Van dervich quietly.

Van dervich continued, "To be honest, I don't beat around the bush. Mr. Ramsey does have some conflicts with the team. I am not very clear about the specific situation, but it should be that there are differences with the management in the team building idea. Ramsey wants to build a team that suits his style, but the management doesn't think so. So in the summer, the team changed the assistant coach and hired your teacher, Mr. Bellman. When Mr. Bellman came, I knew that this was Inman's one-step good flag, killing two birds with one stone. It not only suppressed Ramsey, weakened his tactical dominance, but also stabilized your emotions and allowed you to play in the Trail Blazers with peace of mind."

When Gan Guoyang heard that it was related to him, he blurted out and asked, "What does this mean?"

Van derwich continued: "It's very simple. Mr. Bellman's style is incompatible with Mr. Ramsey. Of course, after playing three games, I admit that Mr. Bellman has a lot of ideas on defense. This was beyond my expectations, and perhaps beyond Inman's expectations. He just wanted to make Ramsey less comfortable and deprive him of his tactical decision-making power. Then... please you."

"Please please me? Why do you want to please me? Although I recommended Mr. Bellman to come here, I am purely considering the team's record. By the way, I hope Mr. Bellman's talents can be played out!" Gan Guoyang felt a little angry at Vanderwich's remarks.

"Do you know, Gan!" Van dervich's voice suddenly became louder, "The Trail Blazers did not renew my contract with me in the summer. You know, now the league has a salary cap, and the amount of renewal has begun to be limited. I only played for the Trail Blazers for one year and are not qualified to enjoy the 'Bird clause'. This year is the last year of my last contract. I am in the year of playing, and I need a big contract to guarantee my career, but the Trail Blazers cannot give me a big contract. Why? Because you are the future of the Trail Blazers, they need enough space to give you a big contract! And I am not in the Trail Blazers' plan, so I need to give my due value for my next contract..."
Chapter completed!