Steve Colt, a typical black player born in a poor family in Phoenix, Arizona.

In high school, he had become the dominant Phoenix street basketball and the strongest ball handler in the area.

He then went to New Mexico State University, and during his four years with the New Mexico State Farmers, he became an important task for the team, representing the team many times in NMSU (a secondary league at American universities).

During his four years of college, he changed a lot of his playing basketball and his bad habits, turning him from a small ball handler who is keen on dribbling and playing tricks to an excellent point guard who is smart and knows the overall situation.

This also made him selected by the Trail Blazers in the second round in the 1984 draft. At that time, the Trail Blazers were short of the second point guard after a big deal.

After coming to the Trail Blazers, Colt quickly won Ramsey's trust and became the Trail Blazers' first substitute point guard - of course Ramsey had no other choice at that time.

Corte was able to get a stable chance of playing because there were no other choice, but Corte did make Ramsey more satisfied. Although he was mediocre and was destined to be unable to become a first-tier star, which can be seen from his pick.

But four years of college training have given him all the qualities of a qualified point guard. He is stable, calm, and has all kinds of skills. The most important thing is that he can strictly implement the tactical requirements set by Ramsey, which is what Ramsey values ​​the most.

So Cort's first season should be said to be quite good. For a second round pick, it is quite perfect to be able to enter the team's stable rotation lineup.

But this season, Cort's performance in the first two games can no longer be described as "disappointment". It is simply hopeless. Ramsey vaguely guessed what happened to this young man who once valued. In fact, the entire Trail Blazers could understand what Cort was doing, but only Gan Guoyang seemed to know nothing about it.

"Hey Corte, what's wrong with you?" After the game, Gan Guoyang asked Corte on his shoulder in the passage leading to the locker room.

Gan Guoyang still remembers the feeling when he first met Corte during rookie training camp. He felt that this guy was a big goldfish with an explosive head, because Corte's eyes were wide open, and his explosive head was amazingly big.

The relationship between the two started out was quite average, and Gan Guoyang always felt that it was difficult to get along with such a particularly authentic black player. He still liked to be polite black players like Drexler who came from a middle-class family.

But in the game, Gan Guoyang found that Corte was definitely a very good basketball partner. In the game against the Lakers, Gan Guoyang "ordered" Corte to pass the ball to him, and Corte also did it, but Gan Guoyang scored 39 points.

Since then, the relationship between the two has become better and better, and their tacit understanding on the court is also very good. The quality of the balls that Corte hangs Gan Guoyang in the inside is very good.

But one thing is that Gan Guoyang occasionally goes out with Corte, Carl and others to have fun, but he never goes deep into the living circle of these black people. As a yellow person, he will never be able to truly integrate into their cultural atmosphere.

But this also kept Gan Guoyang away from many dirty and dark things.

For example, drugs.

"I just... I'm not in good condition, I need a good rest and adjustment. The season has just begun and I haven't adapted yet." Cort was hugged by Gan Guoyang, but his eyes were dull. He was also very disappointed with his recent performance, but when he thought of the fascinating feeling, his mind was a little confused again.

"I'm not in good condition? What did you do this summer? I've been gambling in Las Vegas? Have you not participated in any training camp? Or find a coach to improve your strength." Gan Guoyang was very puzzled about what this guy was doing in the summer.

"I...I don't know...Okay, don't ask anymore, this is my own business..." As he said that, Cort shook Gan Guoyang's arm away, broke free from Gan Guoyang's arm, and quickly returned to the locker room alone.

"Fuck...what is this guy doing?"

In the evening, Gan Guoyang went to the bar to drink and relax with Terry Porter, Jerome Casey, and Drexler at the invitation of the old alcoholic Kenny Carl.

Since he was going to Los Angeles tomorrow, Gan Guoyang originally wanted to go back and have a good rest, but when he thought of Cort, he decided to go to the bar and ask for advice with the old ghost Kenny Carl.

In the heart of Portland, on the west bank of the Willamette River, is the old town of Portland, which was once the core of Portland.

With the development of American cities, anti-urbanization began to emerge, and more and more wealthy people and middle-class people will migrate their residences to the suburbs. Therefore, in many cities in the United States, the city centers are slums.

This old town is now the Chinatown of Portland, and it is also a relatively chaotic community.

However, the more chaotic the place, the easier it is to have fun. What's more, this community happens to be on the opposite side of the Memorial Stadium. The Memorial Stadium is on the east coast and it is on the west coast, so Portland players generally like to go to this place to have fun after the game.

Especially when Gan Guoyang came to this city and became famous, more and more people were in Chinatown, and Gan Guoyang became the most popular guest here, although he rarely came here.

"Hey Gan, look at those girls are glaring at you. As long as you walk over now, they will definitely post them one by one, and then you can pick one to go home... No, you should pick two, Coach Bellman is still living in your house..."

At the entrance of a bar in Chinatown, Kenny Carl saw some beauties joking at Gan Guoyang, saying that he also knew that although Gan Guoyang was not a gentleman, he had never been very interested in those vulgar fans.

"If possible, I would go and have a shot with Madonna instead of wasting my energy here." Gan Guoyang didn't even look at those women.

1984 and 1985 were when Madonna became popular. Her avant-garde look and extraordinary behavior made her very controversial, but it also brought great temptation. She sang for the evening in white underwear and golden waistband at the first MTV awards ceremony in 1985, but it shocked everyone's attention.

Of course, Gan Guoyang is not surprised by this "extraordinary" behavior. What he cares more about now is what happened to the guy Corte.

"Are you talking about Cort? Oh, maybe you can't tell what happened to Cort, the kid in the NBA." Kenny Carl said indifferently while drinking.

Gan Guoyang seemed a little confused after hearing this. It seemed that when he was asking Drexler this question, Drexler also looked at him with a look of idiots and showed a smile of "Is this still necessary to ask".

Seeing Gan Guoyang still looking confused, Kenny Carl said: "Okay, good baby from China. Although you have been in the United States for many years, there are still many things in this great country that you don't know... For example, in this Chinatown, we often come here to drink, but do you know that deeper, in many places you have never been to, many people are doing shameful things... Not everything is done in the spotlight like NBA games, and even in the NBA, we have locker rooms that are not open to the public."

Gan Guoyang heard Carl nagging a lot and didn't say the point, but he had already heard Carl's meaning: "I'm not a fool, I understand what you mean, dark places, prostitution, crime, violence, and... drugs. No wonder Cort came to the training hall so early that day..."

Gan Guoyang instantly thought that Corte had arrived at the training hall early in the morning. It seemed that he didn't get up early to train, but he just didn't sleep all night. In order not to be late, he ran to the training hall and drew something to refresh himself.

"Haha, yes, drugs, the source of all evil. But it's not that scary, I bet that 70% of the NBA, and even more players have touched those things."

Kenny Carl's words scared Gan Guoyang. Seventy percent of NBA players have ever touched drugs? This is simply unbelievable.

In Gan Guoyang's view, in order to maintain physical condition, professional players should not even touch alcohol or cigarettes in order to maintain their health, but there are many players who smoke cigars and cigarettes.

But when it comes to drug use, thinking about anti-drug promotional videos that often appear on TV in the future, Gan Guoyang thought that 70% of the players were incredible to take drugs.

"Don't look incredible, it's like seeing a UFO. Seeing you like this, I think you can survive in the NBA so well. It's simply incredible. Drugs are not all those things that cost lives. Some are not that scary. They are soft drugs. Let me tell you, most young Americans have smoked marijuana in high school and college. Do you know marijuana? This thing is similar to cigarettes! But this guy, Colt, obviously, has played too much and is trying to make himself look like that. It's a pity."

Unlike the drug propaganda accepted by Gan Guoyang, although marijuana is also classified as drugs, compared with some drugs with high addiction and high harm, its addictiveness is much lower and its physiological damage is much smaller, but it also has strong psychological dependence and physical destructiveness.

Globally, except for the Netherlands, marijuana is a contraband, but the number of people who smoke marijuana in the United States is quite huge, especially among the teenagers, where many people regard marijuana as a ritual for adulthood.

In the years since Gan Guoyang came to the United States, he has always kept a distance from drug products, and he has not smoked marijuana in the circles he often comes into contact with.

Other NBA teams Gan Guoyang are not aware that the Portland Trail Blazers were still very clean last season, and at least no one took drugs during the season.

However, during the offseason, Corte, who had just received a large salary, could not control himself. While spending time, he also opened up smoking marijuana, which completely subsided himself.
Chapter completed!