Chapter 53: Heartwarming

At 6 feet 10 inches, Gan Guoyang's average height for an interior lineman gave him a natural versatility on defense.

Moreover, this guy had relatively short legs with a low center of gravity, which allowed him to turn and move quickly when facing some smaller guards, keeping up with them in most situations.

In the League, apart from players like Jordan, Thomas, and Tim Hardaway, who boasted speed and explosive starts, Guoyang could defend against the rest of the backcourt players one-on-one.

Also, due to his not being out of position, smaller players had no solution after losing their speed advantage against the big-sized interior linemen.

Moreover, that era was fairly strict about calling travels and carrying violations.

Although not as strict as in the 60s and 70s, where dribbling had to be straight up and down, obvious travels and holding the ball while dribbling were still closely watched by the referees.