Within the Trail Blazers, the players privately call Gan Guoyang "The Emperor" because Ah Gan is more serious, restrained, and subtly controls the entire team.
Ah Gan's control over the Trail Blazers is much stronger than Jordan's control over the Bulls.
However, to most people, Jordan seems more hot-tempered and more of a control freak than Ah Gan.
Most of the Trail Blazers players, like Porter, Kossie, Cliff Robinson, and Sabonis, who have been with the team and Ah Gan since entering the League, are used to it and lack comparison.
Reggie Lewis is different; he spent his formative years with the Celtics, playing as a substitute for Bird, stepped up when Bird was injured, and had to struggle at an unfamiliar shooting guard position when Bird returned.
