[{"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-572":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},1444039,1896,"Chapter 572 - 1 1988-1989_4","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-572",572,"\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang only had contact with him for three days and knew what kind of person this guy was, as he had seen too many people lacking love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, Tang Jianguo could never see through Ah Gan, and he couldn’t fully grasp what kind of person this mysterious superstar really was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Jianguo tried every means to curry favor, including announcing at a championship commemoration rally in July that he would build a new stadium for the Trail Blazers next season, right next to the original Memorial Coliseum, a decision that was highly praised by Portland fans, and fully supported by the Portland City Government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also spent money on a brand new jet for the Trail Blazers, to be used as a private plane for traveling between cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Ah Gan always had an attitude of \"take it or leave it\", not swayed by incentives, making Tang Jianguo exclaim, \"Ah Gan is the most difficult person I’ve ever dealt with!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of investment, Gan Guoyang’s actions in investing in the funeral and construction industries were hailed by Tang Jianguo as shrewd and unique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Gan Guoyang remained indifferent to Tang Jianguo’s flattery, always maintaining a proper distance from his boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This drove Tang Jianguo crazy, like a child who never gets acknowledged, which made him even more devoted to the Trail Blazers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By August, Gan Guoyang had stopped all social activities, focusing solely on training, preparing for the new season.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to participate in Newell’s Big Man training camp, where Newell said, \"I have nothing left to teach you,\" to which Ah Gan replied, \"I’m here for technical poverty alleviation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In September, the Trail Blazers confirmed their new head coach selection, the management decided to appoint Bobby Beelman to succeed as head coach, continuing Jack Ramsay’s tactical philosophy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was considered by the outside world as a way to please Ah Gan, as there were more veteran head coaches available on the market, yet the Trail Blazers chose Beelman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason Beelman got the position was simply because he was Ah Gan’s high school and college coach, clinging to his coattails all the way to the NBA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the media’s view, the Trail Blazers’ new season did not look promising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On September 17, 1988, the Seoul Olympics opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang, representing Avia, went to Korea for a promotional event and took the opportunity to watch the Olympic games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang’s arrival in Korea caused a huge sensation, and during an event at a sports venue, a stampede and fan faintings occurred, leading to more than thirty injured and nearly a hundred rushed to the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This incident later appeared multiple times in Korean period dramas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this Olympics, the Chinese delegation returned without glory, winning only 4 gold medals, with many strong events met with Waterloo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not unrelated to the poor officiating environment of the Korean host.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chinese Men’s Basketball Team suffered from biased refereeing in their ranking match against Korea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being the stronger team, they were subjected to unfair calls by the referees, including a critical three-pointer being disallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, China lost to Korea 90:93 and could only compete with Egypt for the eleventh place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This infuriated Gan Guoyang, who had watched the whole game, leading him to declare that he would never again come to Korea for business activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Olympics, Coach Qian Chenghai retired, no longer serving as the head coach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang told Coach Qian that if professional players were allowed to compete in the future, he would definitely serve his country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not the only case of biased officiating at the Olympics; in the boxing ring, notorious for corrupt judges, Korean boxer Park HeeChung defeated American boxer Roy Jones to win the championship, which was blatantly shameless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder some say the greatest positive contribution of the Seoul Olympics was their theme song \"Hand in Hand\", which indeed is very catchy and classic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The American Men’s Basketball Team also met with Waterloo in Seoul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They lost to the Soviet Union Men’s Basketball Team led by Sabonis in the semifinals, missed out on the finals, and lost the gold medal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the game, Coach Thompson walked past the jubilant Soviet players with a white towel draped over his shoulders and his head bowed, appearing particularly forlorn; his basketball philosophy was outdated and no longer effective in international competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Americans felt a great humiliation, and a campaign for revenge gradually began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sabonis, at this Olympics, reached the peak of his basketball career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the semifinal, he met face-to-face with Gan Guoyang for the first time, and it is said that the two found a spot for a one-on-one match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one knows the outcome, but after the Olympics Sabonis expressed a strong desire to go to the NBA and fight alongside Ah Gan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Olympics, Gan Guoyang returned to America, where he attended the election for the new president of the Players Union in New York.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the votes of the players, Charlie Grantham, widely supported by black players, was successfully elected as the new president of the Players Union, taking charge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jim Quinn’s prediction was not wrong, Grantham, with his long-standing management of player relations, was unrivaled in the election, becoming the first black union president in the North American Professional League.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In October, at the Trail Blazers’ rookie training camp, Gan Guoyang attended as usual and, as usual, expressed his frustration, \"You are the worst group of rookies I’ve ever trained.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year’s batch was indeed poor, even worse than last year’s, and after a week, not one of them was up to snuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Guoyang quickly immersed himself in preparing for the new season while Wang Fuxi’s belly grew bigger and bigger; he had to split his attention to care for the pregnant woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gan Youwei temporarily put down the work at his restaurant and came to Portland specifically to make nutritious meals for his daughter-in-law, believing that American cooks weren’t up to making meals nutritious or tasty enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Gan Guoyang’s mother-in-law, Wan Ling, also arrived in Portland to help with her daughter’s daily care, thinking the Filipino maid was too clumsy and slow, and that a mother’s personal care was better.\u003C\u002Fp>",1050,"2026-06-06T01:41:33.911Z",1,"novelbin.me","8c8deb1c8711a72cf2ddc17dc6378d830439544648cd0710c55852ee32c8cae8","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-573","the-golden-age-of-basketball-chapter-571",2033,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-golden-age-of-basketball-cover.jpg"]