The Golden Age of Basketball

Chapter 256 Sodom's Virgin
在11月12号客场击败达拉斯小牛后，开拓者取得了5连胜，以9胜1负的战绩和洛杉矶湖人队并列西部第一。

The Mavericks acquired Schrempf in the draft, addressing the team's weakness at the power forward position.

This 6-foot-10 German forward faced Gan Guoyang in college and is a very talented all-rounder.

However, Schrempf is preparing for the future, and he won't get enough playing time with the Dallas Mavericks for the time being.

Sam Bowie has become stronger after a summer of hard training, but he still can't defend against Gan Guoyang.

Dick Motta originally wanted to use a smart defensive stunt to avenge last year's first-round playoff sweep and boost the team's morale.

However, Gan Guoyang and Vandeweghe combined for 79 points, tearing the Mavericks' defense apart with their accurate shooting.

The Mavericks' defense still lacks resilience, and Dick Motta was surprised to find that some tactical arrangements that worked last year are no longer effective this year.

The Trail Blazers' offense is extremely skillful, and Walton's presence allows for a wide and unpredictable rotation in the paint.

After the match, Dick Motta shook hands with Ramsey and said, "Doctor, you guys had a great chance this year, you were really strong."

Ramsey smiled faintly and said, "Don't flatter us. The performance isn't over until the plus-size singer starts singing. It's still early."

Dick Motta laughed too. The old man has become more and more humorous lately, and his style of dress has changed a lot. Today, he was wearing only two colors.

In the 70s, Dr. Jack often wore flashy plaid shirts, which became his trademark with the Trail Blazers and was imitated by many coaches.

In the 80s, he began wearing monochrome suits, but the colors of his trousers and shirts were still varied and bright.

Tonight, his entire outfit consisted of a simple gray wool suit and dark trousers.

Moreover, Ramsey's coaching style is very different from the past. He rarely kneels on the sidelines anymore, but sits quietly on the sidelines to direct, occasionally standing up to shout a few words.

Dick Motta thought to himself, "It's great to have a reliable and caring superstar. Right now, all the coaches in the league are envious of Ramsey being able to coach Forrest Gump."

Not only is Gan Guoyang strong, but more importantly, he doesn't cause trouble off the field and has a natural management aura, which allows him to lead the team well.

Other coaches, besides directing training on and off the field, are like both fathers and mothers to their own children, and they don't care as much about certain players as they do about their own.

It's because so many NBA players are orphans or have no parents. They're a bunch of young people with low education, overflowing hormones, money, and fame. You can imagine how difficult they are to manage.

Jack Ramsey was well aware of Gan Guoyang's role in the team; at only a second-year player, he had already become the team's undisputed leader.

Privately, Ramsey told Adelman, "Sonny is the only real man on the team; the rest are just boys."

On the flight from Dallas to Los Angeles, Adelman asked Gan Guoyang, "Sonny, have you been spending a lot of time with Colt lately?"

Gan Guoyang said, "Yes, I trained with him, ran with him, and helped him get back into shape. His performance at the start of the season was terrible."

Adelman nodded and said, "He's really bad, he's almost fallen out of Jack's rotation. What's wrong with him?"

Gan Guoyang said, "He wasted too much time eating, drinking and having fun in the summer and didn't train properly. Give him some time."

Gan Guoyang did not tell the coaching staff about Cort's drug use. He knew that with Ramsey's temper, he would definitely kick Cort out as soon as he found out about Cort's drug use.

Either cut him, or find a way to trade him to a team willing to take him.

To see how damaging drugs are, just look at the Sun next door; they've already suffered nine consecutive defeats.

Walter Davis shot 75-for-171 in 9 games, a shooting percentage of only 43%.

At his peak, his shooting percentage was 56%, but drugs and alcohol ruined him and turned him into a blacksmith.

The players in the NBA are physically gifted, and while ordinary people would say "I am mortal with drugs, gambling, and prostitution," for them, only addictive substances like drugs and alcohol are their only obstacle; prostitution and gambling are necessities.

Gambling is prevalent among players. Players are generally wealthy, and those with a strong gambling tendency often have a strong competitive drive; the game itself is a form of gambling. The NBA explicitly prohibits betting on games, but it does not forbid players from going to casinos, nor does it prohibit them from engaging in small-scale betting on the side.

Players like Thompson and Kenny Karl of the Trail Blazers often make small bets, such as how many rebounds Forrest Gump will get that night, how many times Dr. Jack will yell, how many times Clyde will dunk, etc., as a form of entertainment for these veteran basketball players.

As for yellow... keeping NBA players away from yellow is less effective than telling them not to play at all.

After their five-game winning streak, the Trail Blazers' next opponent is the NBA's "Minions," the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.

The reason this star-studded team living in glitz and glamour of Hollywood can stay away from drugs, alcohol, and gambling is partly because they are so promiscuous that no one is interested in doing anything else.

After winning the championship in 1985, Magic Johnson and Jerry Buss hosted the biggest and most glamorous celebration party in Los Angeles at their respective mansions.

Their residences were only a few miles apart and were equipped with swimming pools, hot tubs, bars, and home theaters. Everyone at the parties was surrounded by women with big breasts, long legs, and the flexibility of gymnasts.

They were all in their twenties, young and beautiful, and very open-minded about everything, especially sex.

The Bass home, which was the residence of Hollywood stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks after their marriage in the 20s, was the first mansion in Los Angeles with a private swimming pool.

Bath bought the house for five million dollars in 1980 and renovated the dilapidated mansion, giving it a new look and turning it into a venue for various parties and gatherings.

Bass often brought Hollywood actresses around 25 years old in and out of this place. After a grand party, he would charter a plane the next day to take the whole family to Las Vegas for a big gambling spree, or drive to Tijuana, Mexico to watch bullfights.

Compared to the vibrant and colorful Bass Party, Magic Johnson's party was much simpler, with a pure and simple yellow hue.

After moving out of the players' apartments in Green Valley, Johnson bought a 9000-square-foot mansion in Bel Air, which includes an indoor squash-basketball court, a sauna, a whirlpool bathtub, and a disco.

All Lakers players would agree that the most beautiful woman they've ever seen was at a party at Magic Johnson's house.

Among these beautiful girls are models, strippers, Hollywood actresses, foreign dancers, and more. To get into Johnson's party, you need a ticket, which is the most sought-after ticket in Los Angeles. Not everyone can get one, and even if you do, you're not guaranteed a place at the party.

Johnson had strict selection criteria for the girls. Being pretty and having a good figure were the most basic requirements. Secondly, they had to dress very casually, almost like they weren't wearing anything at all. Finally, they had to be very open about sex.

Once you arrive at Johnson's party, whether you're a man or a woman, by midnight you must be in a certain room, on a certain sofa, or in a toilet or bathroom having sex. If you're just there to visit and broaden your horizons, sorry, Johnson will make you get out.

Like a eccentric castle owner, Johnson invited all sorts of men and women to his castle. After the noise and revelry, as night fell, they would begin a series of erotic encounters. He would patrol his castle and walk around the pool to see who was still empty and who was doing nothing. Then he would supervise and order these people to do what they were supposed to do.

It was like a world of Sodom, and it all culminated in the championship run of 1985, with the scent of heather filling the neighborhoods of upscale Los Angeles all summer long.

A.C. Green, a kid from Oregon, was drafted by the Lakers in the 1985 NBA draft and came to Sodom.

Gan Guoyang and the Trail Blazers flew to Los Angeles on November 14. After landing, Gan Guoyang received a page from AC Green. After returning the call, Green said he wanted to invite Gan Guoyang to dinner because his sister Vanessa wanted to meet him.

She is a die-hard fan of Gan Guoyang and traveled from Portland to Los Angeles to watch her brother and idol play.

Gan Guoyang met with the Green siblings at an Italian restaurant in Inglewood. Gan Guoyang and AC Green first played against each other at the Far West Classic Basketball Championship, where Green was a key player for the Oregon State Beavers.

Of course, they couldn't avoid being beaten up by Gan Guoyang. That year, the Bulldogs achieved a perfect record in the NCAA.

They knew each other even earlier. When Gan Guoyang was a freshman and serving his time as a basketball player, Green launched an initiative in Portland: he believed that bookstores should not sell serious publications such as the Bible, Time Magazine, and Sports Illustrated together with pornographic magazines like Playboy. So he encouraged and mobilized students to boycott bookstores that did so until they sold pornographic magazines separately.

The event garnered national attention, and Green took the opportunity to publicly discuss his attitude towards marriage and love, stating that he would remain single until he got married before losing his virginity.

Gan Guoyang happened to be at the University of Portland at the time, and he went along to join in the fun. His tall stature caught Green's attention, and the two hit it off and became good friends.

AC Green never expected to be drafted by the Lakers. When he met Gan Guoyang at the restaurant, his first words were: "Gan, I told you I would stay a virgin until I get married, but nobody believed me."

Gan Guoyang laughed and said, "I believe you, AC. People all over America are watching you. If you lose your virginity, you will be breaking your vow to God."

AC Green nodded very seriously, reaffirming his belief that he would remain a virgin until he got married.

(End of this chapter)