Gan Guoyang's style of play was filled with rhythm, incorporating both inside and outside tactics, starting from the inside then moving outside. This was the experience he had concluded from watching the NBA for over a decade, combined with his own gameplay after arriving in America.
Had Gan Guoyang attended North Carolina and played under Dean Smith, he would surely have become the most proud disciple under the tutelage of the Chapel Hill 'Pope' because he had already grasped the significance of the rhythm in basketball games and put it into practice on the court, which was quite remarkable.
A good rhythm not only allows for the game to be under one's control but also forces the opponent to become worn out, like a poor trumpeter unable to keep up with the conductor of the orchestra, spending the entire concert searching for the right pitch.
