The meeting with Soviet head coach Gomorsky was very smooth. After the game, the famous Soviet coach did not spend time celebrating the victory with the players, but remembered his date with Gan Guoyang before the semi-finals and went to the Olympic Village alone to talk to him about Sabonis.

Gomorsky has long heard of Gan Guoyang. Although the mass media was not particularly developed at that time and the United States and the Soviet Union were also in a hostile state, as a professional basketball player, he was also full of interest in the NBA.

When he learned that there was a Chinese player who could gain a foothold in the NBA, he was surprised or curious, and tried every means to know the situation of Gan Guoyang playing.

It happened to be in 1985 that David Stern sent several videos to China Central Television, including Gan Guoyang's game video. Although Sino-Soviet relations were average at the time, they were in a period of easing. Gomorsky successfully obtained copies of these videos.

After seeing the live video of Gan Guoyang game, he was shocked. He did not expect that a yellow man had such excellent physical fitness and basketball skills. In the powerful NBA, he not only had a good time, but even had a tendency to dominate the league.

Of course, these videos are not only shocking Gomorsky, but also the entire Eastern European basketball world. The success of a yellow man in the NBA undoubtedly made those white men eager to go to the highest palace of the world basketball world to try their skills.

In fact, in this Olympics, Gomorski promised some players to help them go to the NBA and show themselves on a higher basketball stage during the pre-match mobilization of the semi-finals against the United States.

If history follows the original trajectory, then Gomorsky broke his promise. With his energy, it would not be enough to break the deadlock between the United States and the Soviet Union and let Soviet players, especially Sabonis, a center who was already selected by the Trail Blazers in the 1986 draft, go to the NBA.

But the emergence of Gan Guoyang changed history, and this change was not just passive. In fact, Gan Guoyang took the initiative to participate in the rewriting of history, which was also a huge risk that he hoped to rely on his personal strength to change the course of basketball history.

In Gan Guoyang's view, history has distorted a lot of direction anyway. The Celtics took Baiyas off at the 1986 draft. Baiyas suddenly suffered a heart attack during a celebratory drug use, but was discovered and rescued in time. Although this caused Baiyas to be suspended from the league and triggered the league's major cleaning of players' drug use problems, he eventually survived.

Baiyas, who survived, made up for the shortcomings of the Trail Blazers' lack of athletic ability, allowing Kevin McHale and Larry Bird to get more rest in the regular season. Although he performed mediocrely in the 1987 Finals, his existence was enough to help the Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers, avenging a revenge for the defeat in the 1985 Finals, and completing the first consecutive championship since 1969 - the last time he was also the Celtics.

However, in 1988, the Celtics suffered injuries, including Bird's back injury, Kevin McHale's leg injury, and Walton's body injury, which led to their defeat at the bad boy Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals and losing the opportunity to win three consecutive championships.

However, the Pistons, who had Adrian Dantley, did not waste the opportunity in the finals. After winning the 3:2 lead in Game 5, Isia Thomas, who was injured in the fourth quarter, scored 25 points in a single quarter. Bill Ranbill defended Jabbar's last attack, helped the Pistons win the sixth game, winning the 1988 NBA championship, which also led to the Lakers' failure in the NBA Finals for two consecutive years.

All of this is inconsistent with the original history, but it is a little similar to the history that the "blind" Chris told Gan Guoyang, so Gan Guoyang felt that it was time to take the initiative to fight for his championship ring.

Sabonis is an important step for Gan Guoyang. As the leading star of the Trail Blazers, he went to South Korea to mediate for a Soviet player who might overlap with his position. Including the Trail Blazers, they all felt that Gan Guoyang's approach was unreasonable and inexplicable.

Only Gan Guoyang himself felt like a mirror. First of all, he understood that even without Sabonis, the possibility of winning the championship with the Trail Blazers after the trade this year was quite high. However, Gan Guoyang thought not only about a championship, but also more. In the current era when centers dominate, having such a super big man with a variety of playing styles, even if he overlaps with Gan Guoyang, it will definitely have more advantages and disadvantages for the Trail Blazers.

Secondly, in Gan Guoyang's heart, the biggest opponent in the West is the Lakers. Although Jabbar is already forty years old, he still caused a lot of trouble to Gan Guoyang in this year's playoffs. In addition, Riley's targeted defensive strategy, if he has Sabonis, the Trail Blazers will definitely have more choices in dealing with Jabbar and cracking the Lakers' inside defensive strategy.

Third, after considering the West, we must consider possible opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals. Whether it is the Celtics who defeated them in 1986 or this year's championship Pistons, they all have impressive frontcourt strength, especially the frontcourt combination of the Detroit Pistons, Bill Ranbill, Dennis Rodman, Rick Mahon, John Sally and James Edwards, they have extremely terrifying defensive capabilities. In the 1988 regular season match, the Trail Blazers lost to the Pistons, and Gan Guoyang was treated in a wheel battle.

Now, the Trail Blazers have gathered in Gan Guoyang in the interior, Buck Williams and Kevin Duckworth, and can already fight the Pistons. If they can attract Sabonis again, as long as they get well in the running-in, their frontcourt will be unparalleled.

It is precisely based on these three considerations, coupled with interest and confidence in Sabonis, that Gan Guoyang convinced the Trail Blazers management and even opened up the league's top leaders, hoping that they could give Sabonis a green light to enter the NBA. For this reason, Gan Guoyang also had many contacts with Stern.

The United States is easy to handle, but what is really difficult is the Soviet Union. Due to the bad political relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, the CSKA Moscow Club, where Sabonis is located, proposed a sky-high transfer fee to make things difficult for the Portland Trail Blazers. The Gomorsky, who Gan Guoyang is now asking for an appointment, is the head coach of the CSKA Moscow. After the end of this Olympics, he will become the president of the CSKA.

If Gomorsky can be solved, Sabonis's journey to the United States will be half successful.

Meeting Gomorsky was not as difficult as Gan Guoyang imagined. He didn't know that in fact, compared to his desire to see Gomorsky, Gomorsky wanted to see him more, and most wanted to see Gan Guoyang play a game on the court.

The meeting between the two sides was in a Korean barbecue restaurant near the Olympic Village. When Berman saw Gomorsky, he felt a little "extremely jealous when he met his enemies. After all, half an hour ago, the Soviet Union under Gomorsky defeated the United States.

But soon, Gomorsky, who was proficient in English, had a great chat with Gan Guoyang and Bellman because they had the best common language - basketball.

The conversation lasted nearly two hours. Gomorski and Gan Guoyang not only talked about Sabonis' transfer, but also talked about a lot of insights and ideas about basketball.

Gan Guoyang's ideas on the future development of basketball, especially his ideas about three-pointers, made Gomorsky very interested. Gomorsky's profound basketball knowledge and unique European basketball insights also made Gan Guoyang feel refreshed.

In addition, Bellman is also a basketball maniac. The three of them were chatting enthusiastically in the barbecue restaurant and almost forgot about Sabonis.

Gan Guoyang is still clear-headed. He always emphasizes the various benefits that Sabonis will bring after he goes to the NBA. The most important point is that Gan Guoyang "disclosed" to Gomorsky that the United States will send real NBA professional players to the Olympics next time. By then, if Sabonis is prosperous in the NBA, then the Soviet Union's confidence in fighting the United States will be more strong.

Although Gan Guoyang said this, he did not dare to "disclose" with Gomorsky that the Soviet Union had not lived that year. Of course, he would not believe it even if Gomorsky said it. Anyway, he would fool Sabonis to the United States first.

At the end, Gomorski said: "Being able to go to the United States to accept the challenge is definitely the most important thing in his fate for Avidas. It will have a huge impact on his basketball career. He will face a completely new world. As a basketball worker, I would like to see him take that step. But..."

Gomorsky's "but" brought Gan Guoyang's heart to his throat.

"I am the first star of the Trail Blazers, who traveled all the way to his substitute. If you are one, you will reject me, even if Sabonis really comes to the NBA, I will explode every time when I see him." Gan Guoyang was a little unhappy. He has really done this matter to the extreme, which is so extreme that other players say that he is a fool, Barkley laughed at him as a "loyal warrior of communism, all to expand the power of the socialist camp in the NBA."

If Gomorsky couldn't pass this level, Gan Guoyang would probably be ridiculed by Fatty Ba until he died when he returned to the United States.

"But... I can mediate the best for Avidas to go to the United States, but whether or not I want to go to the United States is the most important thing to look at Avidas himself. If he doesn't want to go, then even if I push him, it will be useless." From the meaning of Gomorsky's words, Sabonis himself seems not so interested in the NBA.

Gan Guoyang did not expect that the biggest problem might actually come from Sabonis himself. As Gomorsky said, if Sabonis himself did not want to come, even if the Soviet Union and the United States were shaking hands and talking to jointly defend the earth, the Trail Blazers would not be able to get him.

"Well, thank you Mr. Gomorski. I think I will try my best to convince Sabonis if I have the chance to meet him."

"It's OK after the finals, and we won't have any games by then. To be honest, my players all want to see you. I didn't dare to tell them that you were in the stands during the game just now, and I'm afraid they will be distracted."
Chapter completed!