This is a tough task for Carl and Hart, because the team's lineup has changed, requiring new strategies and stabilizing the locker room.
And Bird said bluntly, "Let Ah Gan handle it, he can do it! Earning so much money, what's wrong with doing more work."
Thus, Coach Gan stepped up.
In terms of experience and ability, Gan Guoyang acting as half-coach is absolutely no problem.
Now, in the entire Trail Blazers, no team has been in the NBA earlier than him.
Porter, Mu Lin, and Green were in 1985, Sabonis was drafted in 1987, Brellock in 1989.
Gan Guoyang was already the "old man" who joined the draft in 1984, the most senior one.
Therefore, even though they knew Head Coach Bird could not be present due to heart problems, no one was late on the first day of training camp.
Everyone arrived at Willamette University Gymnasium at seven-thirty sharp and began their first training session of the new season with the sound of the whistle.
