Under the mediation of Mayor Oscar Goodman and the arrangement of Gan Guoyang, most of the owners are willing to cooperate, but there are a few who do not wish to cooperate and naturally want to create obstacles.
Mark Cuban is a partner of the Adelson Family, the backstage manipulators, and as a friend of the Adelson Family, he naturally tries hard to oppose Gan Guoyang bringing the NBA to Las Vegas.
As for why the Adelson Family has conflicts with Gan Guoyang, it ties back to a business deal at a Macau casino and the entanglement with Tang Jianguo.
When your wealth interests reach a certain level, it's inevitable for the predators to invade each other's territories and fight.
In this struggle, Gan Guoyang won, especially in the Macau casino investment where the Adelson Family suffered huge losses. It's no wonder both sides ended up as enemies.
Deep within the conflict, it involves competition between countries. The Adelson Family has long been donors to Israel, while behind Gan Guoyang stands his own country.
The complexity of the situation is something Mark Cuban, the small boss in the front, can't figure out, and he thought Ah Gan was oblivious. He tried to show goodwill after the game to mend relations between both sides.
Seeing Cuban's awkward expression, Gan Guoyang reached his goal too, patted his shoulder, and said, "It's what you should do, no one will blame you, including your opponents."
This was a double-edged statement, and Cuban already started to grasp some meaning from it.
Gan Guoyang then shook hands with Cuban, and a nearby photographer took a picture of them together.
After that, Gan Guoyang took off his jersey from tonight's game and gave it to Cuban, who finally showed a smile on his face.
After Gan Guoyang left, Cuban inwardly realized that Ah Gan is a formidable person both on and off the court.
No matter what happens in the future, one must be more restrained in front of him, otherwise, it definitely won't end well.
In the next decade, the only one who could make the NBA's top basketball fan owner, along with the essence of fines Cuban, apprehensive would be Gan Guoyang.
Leaving Dallas with a defeat, there wasn't much time to reflect. The team immediately headed to the next stop, San Antonio, to face the Spurs in a back-to-back game.
The schedule set for Glory Team's start was explosive, beginning with away games in the second match and starting back-to-back in the third.
The private jet departed Dallas overnight, upon arrival at the destination, they immediately took a bus to the hotel to rest. It was early morning.
Everyone slept until noon, tidied themselves up, ate, and headed to SBC Center to warm up and adapt to the venue.
The schedule was that packed, but fortunately, there were private jets, the distance between the two cities was not far, and the hotel and other conditions were favorable.
Gan Guoyang recalled the 80s when playing away games in the Great Lakes Region, often taking buses to the next city.
If they encountered a back-to-back, bad weather on the road would make it a pain, and even arriving on time was questionable.
On the way to SBC Center, Gan Guoyang was sitting with Porter, and he talked about the 1984-1985 season, about the time after the game when he tackled Bill Lambier, the whole team was stranded going to Cleveland.
"The snow was too heavy, we could only find a lodge to stay. Luckily, we reached Ohio, the lodge ran out of rooms, so we stayed in the bus. Because I hit Lambier, the boss gave us free food and a wood heater to prevent us from freezing in the bus."
"Clyde mentioned this. I heard Jack was telling stories on the bus, but you were the first to fall asleep."
"I was damn tired, and besides, the bus was warm. Why wouldn't I sleep? The price I paid was a photo with the boss. Last year or the year before, when I went to Cleveland for a game, I visited that store. My picture became their banner advertisement."
Although Porter wasn't part of that snowstorm dilemma, he could empathize the most, and this story has been told by veterans like Clyde and Cheche, leaving Porter with a deep impression.
These tales Gan Guoyang shared could resonate with Porter, but other young players couldn't relate at all.
This is why Gan Guoyang insisted on keeping Porter around to play, having this old friend and colleague nearby meant there was at least someone to talk to.
Before the night's game started, the Glory Team was already filled with a sense of fatigue.
Even without taking the bus, having just played last night and then again today is a huge test of endurance.
Moreover, playing against the Mavericks required a lot of running, consuming much stamina. Some young players still had sore legs and feet.
This is just the beginning, and it's predictable that come January next year, the team's young players will find it even harder to adapt.
They will discover that the NBA schedule is incredibly packed, with intense rigor, and the so-called rookie wall will appear.
Tomjanovich is a very experienced coach, so he had already prepared plans, designing several starting lineups as a backup.
Besides Gan Guoyang being the unmovable starter, the other four positions were set to change according to actual conditions.
For instance, tonight, Terry Porter became a starter, while Arenas was placed on the bench.
In the first two games, Arenas indeed had dazzling performance, but overall efficiency was too low, and his shooting percentage was downright poor.
Tomjanovich required Arenas to train hard in shooting, raising his shooting percentage to earn a starting position.