[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-golden-age-of-basketball":3,"chapter-the-golden-age-of-basketball-the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1083":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Golden Age of Basketball",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1444600,1896,"Chapter 1083 - 2 Hatred_3","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1083",1083,"\u003Cp>In July, he attended the Barcelona Olympics with his wife and daughter and won a gold medal with the Dream Team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Drexler wasn’t heavily utilized during the Olympics, as his knee was constantly bothering him, and in the final match against the China Team, Beelman didn’t give Drexler a chance to play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Drexler uncomfortable; he believed Beelman was retaliating against him for being the former \"traitor\" of Portland. But in the end, they won the championship, and Drexler had nothing to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Olympics, Drexler heard some discussions about him. Players from the Dream Team were commenting behind his back, saying that Drexler wasted a lot of his talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Jordan and Pippen, who bluntly expressed in an interview, \"When we trained with Drexler, we realized that a star player from the same League trains so crudely. His attitude towards training seemed ridiculous to me. He’s relying on his natural talent to play.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clyde always keeps his head down; he seems a bit lacking in energy. Apart from just burying himself in fast breaks, Clyde didn’t contribute much. It’s a shame; he’s not quite suitable for this team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such comments made Drexler angry. He might be one of the few members of the Dream Team who felt a bit regretful after participating in the Olympics—he believed that he didn’t get to improve, and instead, his knee injury worsened, preventing him from properly resting during the summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Olajuwon arrive in Miami lifted Drexler’s spirits, filling him with motivation and an eager hope for the new season to start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he came to the Heat in 1988, he has achieved \"almost nothing,\" and people labeled him as a \"ticket machine,\" meaning his role was just to sell tickets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone recreating the glory of his Portland era, he lost badly in his competition with Jordan; both the team’s performance and his personal display were completely outclassed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want revenge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, while chatting in the yard, Drexler straightforwardly mentioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Against Ah Gan?\" Olajuwon asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, everyone—Beelman, Pippen, Jordan, Stockton...and all those, who made me uncomfortable. You’ll be with me, right, Hakeem?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, I’ll be with you, but I don’t hold grudges. Allah doesn’t want me to play with hatred; I should treat basketball with a sincere heart, starting a new life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drexler looked at the somewhat mystical Olajuwon, thinking that his faith had become more devout, and said, \"Hakeem, don’t you want to beat Ah Gan? This is a good opportunity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olajuwon said, \"Of course, I always want to beat Ah Gan, but I don’t hate him. Do you hate Ah Gan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drexler was at a loss for words; this question he had never really thought about—does he hate Ah Gan? It seems he shouldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riley seems to hate him; he always targets Ah Gan and the Trail Blazers, mentioning them from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You see, besides Anthony Mason, this year he also got Cliff-Robinson over here, trying to dig out the Trail Blazers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Riley also constantly praises Ah Gan, setting him as a benchmark for basketball players. It’s said that Riley is willing to trade the entire Heat for Ah Gan to come to Miami.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two skipped over this subject, starting to envision the blueprint for the new season, discussing how they would cooperate to build a balanced Heat team, inside and outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olajuwon eagerly showcased the results of his summer training on the backyard basketball court, with nimble footwork, faster shots, and agile body movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drexler felt surprised and delighted at this, though he somewhat regretfully told Olajuwon, \"I might need to undergo an arthroscopic knee surgery in mid-September; I’ll recover before the season starts, but I’m not sure if my condition will support me in playing well enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drexler is already 30 this year, at a crucial stage in terms of his competitive state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Olajuwon comforted Drexler, saying that the season is long, and they need to have confidence in each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late at night, the two college teammates slept in the same room, each at one end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had too much to talk about, too many dreams to pursue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they chatted, they both drowsily drifted off to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drexler murmured, suddenly saying, \"Hakeem, I don’t hate him, in fact, he’s always been right, always been...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you talking about?\" Olajuwon asked, but from the other end, Drexler’s snoring was already heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, the sky over Miami was clear, with a gentle night breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in Drexler’s dream, it rained the whole night.\u003C\u002Fp>",756,"2026-06-06T01:41:49.959Z",1,"novelbin.me","11176dfe25cfd3808727b045c88824b3e132237fc1f45ea06ed34a8203817c86","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1084","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1082",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]