[{"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-1425":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},1444992,1896,"Chapter 1425 - 42: The Power of Truth (Part 5)","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1425",1425,"\u003Cp>When Rice was receiving the award, Gan Guoyang had already returned to the locker room to change his clothes. Tonight, he could go out for a drink and some good food with old friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The locker room was full of people, reporters, NBA officials, bodyguards, and some miscellaneous others, along with the children of the star players, everyone gathered together, chatting and laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Wenshan mingled among them, darting around with a few good friends like Curry, Thompson, and Mike Stockton, greeting different star players—an experience not many kids have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a very young age, they were exposed to these things, which would have a significant impact on their future lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Quentin walked in and whispered into Gan Guoyang’s ear, \"Sonny, there’s a fan of yours who wants an autograph and a donation. He previously wrote to Avia, and you promised to meet him in Cleveland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh? Really? I almost forgot about that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve got too much on your plate, it’s in your memo. That kid is outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, let him in, don’t give him a hard time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A 13-year-old Black boy timidly walked into the Western Conference team’s locker room. Without Quentin’s lead, he wouldn’t have even made it through the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes glanced over at Gan Wenshan, Curry, and others playing around, and the kids were also looking at him, wondering whose kid this was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked up to Gan Guoyang, took several white T-shirts out of his backpack, and said, \"Ah Gan, I want some autographs to sell to fans and raise money for travel expenses to participate in the game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember, your coach wrote me a letter, and I also donated some shoes to you guys, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy was a bit shy, and as Gan Guoyang signed the T-shirts, their value would multiply several times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While signing, Gan Guoyang asked, \"Are you a fan of mine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Black boy nodded, \"Yes, yes, I am a loyal fan of yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? Then do you wear my number 11 jersey?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy was at a loss for words as Gan Guoyang looked up at him, an expression difficult for a 13-year-old to endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I...I wear number 23...and sometimes number 32.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang chuckled, lowered his head, and continued signing the T-shirts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After signing all the T-shirts, Gan Guoyang handed them back to the boy and said, \"Lying is inevitable, but the power of lies is weak, authenticity is more powerful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy nodded slightly, somewhat understanding, then said thank you, and left the locker room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the boy left, Gan Guoyang asked Quentin, \"What’s that kid’s name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... seems like... I don’t quite remember, something... James, a common name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In 1997, without Willie, we participated in the twelve-and-under American Amateur League and aimed to make it to the national championship held in Salt Lake City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about this journey, we would need quite a bit of money, so we went door to door seeking sponsorship, or simply stood on the street corners of Akron, like those homeless people with pleading signs, begging for money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the help and advice of a business partner, Coach Drew found two ways for us to raise funds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, selling tape, we got a few hundred boxes of tape free from a company. We went door to door selling rolls and rolls of tape to make money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, Coach Drew wrote a letter to NBA star Gan Guoyang seeking part of the funds and some equipment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We were too embarrassed to ask for too much money directly, so we planned to have him sign some All-Star cultural T-shirts at the Cleveland All-Star Game, which many people would pay a high price for, and selling them would be a considerable income.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, I had the chance to enter the Gund Sports Center and, led by bodyguards, entered the Western All-Stars’ locker room. I was a bit shy, and I saw Ah Gan’s son, Gan Wenshan, Dell Curry’s son, Stephen, Thompson’s son, and a group of star players’ children; they could freely enter and exit the locker room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I felt a sense of distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked Ah Gan for an autograph; he sat there like a deity, with the strongest presence among anyone I had ever seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He signed those T-shirts, I was so close to him, my heart was pounding, he suddenly looked up and asked me, \"Are you a fan of mine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wanted to nod, but then I realized something, and shook my head, saying, \"No, I’m a fan of Michael Jordan, I wear number 23.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Gan smiled and said, \"Authenticity will empower you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That batch of T-shirts sold for enough money, and we finally hit the road.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————Published in 2009, from LeBron James’ autobiography \"My Brother, My Basketball,\" excerpt.\u003C\u002Fp>",801,"2026-06-06T01:41:56.049Z",1,"novelbin.me","5c7b00d38a1a1206a36e35df0bd4d3fe2864657e08a1d4051e1ad4d266af295c","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1426","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-1424",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]