On November 1, 1993, there were four days left before the NBA 93-94 regular season.

Long Island, New York-Island Garden Arena

Paul Westphal is directing the team to begin the final tactical training.

In the last month, the team has just added several undrafted players to the team.

The current lineup of the New York Hans is already complete.

Alonzo Mourning, who was reimbursed for last season's All-Star Game, has also returned to the team and is currently in good condition.

Considering that Alonzo Mourning has just returned from injury, he can only be arranged for restorative training by the team's doctor, Dr. Thomas.

In the first few rounds of the regular season, Alonzo Mourning can only sit on the sidelines for the time being.

However, the competition within the team is still quite fierce.

Especially Anfernee Hardaway, "Penny" has versatile attributes and can play multiple positions.

Hardaway's comprehensiveness is not only on the court, but also in the locker room. He does not like to compete with the team's superstars like so-and-so. He always pays silently for the team. This is very valuable.

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In the new season, according to what Bruce said before leaving, Anfernee Hardaway will be assigned as the main force at the small forward and scoring position.

The main reason is that these two positions are extremely poor.

When the team's players finished training for the day, they were all called to their side by Paul Westphal.

"Everyone performed very well. The regular season will start in a few days. I will announce the starting lineup and substitute rotation list in advance."

The people below all looked at each other, and they were all very excited, and they all wanted to be included in the 12-man list.

Last season, Bruce traded most of the team's players, so the current New York Hans are mostly rookies.

"Center: Sam Perkins, power forward Charles Oakley."

Paul Westphal took a look at the two veterans and found out that it was really helpless to arrange them. Originally, according to his idea, Chris Gatlin and Bison Deller would stay on the team and start the game.

As a result, both of them were traded away by Bruce.

What’s more, in this year’s preseason, the players who came for trial training were not even close to each other in terms of ability at these two positions. This resulted in a shortage of substitutes in the team’s interior. Once the team started to rotate substitutes, needless to say, the interior line was immediately overwhelmed.

It is certain.

"The substitute at center is Terry Mills, and the substitute at power forward is Bo Otero."

There is nothing we can do about making Mills a substitute at the center position.

Since Alonzo Mourning can't play in the game yet, we can only use him as a substitute center center here and there.

"Small forward: Anfernee Hardaway, shooting guard: Hubert Davis."

"The substitute for the small forward is Bruce Bowen, and the substitute for the shooting guard is David Wesley."

"Point guard: Avery Johnson, substitute Doc Rivers."

"Darick Martin and Elliott Perry are both point guards. You and Doc Rivers will be on the injured list by rotation."

"Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely give you plenty of playing time."

After speaking, Paul Westphal and several coaches left together.

Fax this year's team roster and player data to Bruce in China.

After Bruce got the list, he looked at each person's position.

I made a special overseas phone call to Paul Westphal.

The reason for making this overseas phone call was because all these arrangements were a plan created by Bruce for his own goals, but at the expense of Paul Westphal's coaching performance.

To be honest, Bruce also felt sorry for this good coach.

After calling Paul Westphal to sincerely apologize, Bruce also finally conveyed his goal for this season, which was simply "failed."

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The 1993-94 NBA regular season officially started on November 5.

The New York Hans are scheduled to be on the road this year to challenge the Chicago Bulls, who won the league championship last season.

Before the game started, the old hooligan made a special trip to thank Bruce again in front of the Chicago home fans. After the speech, he hugged and shook hands with the New York Hans players one by one.

It gives the audience, and even the fans watching the live broadcast in front of the TV, a very harmonious feeling.

After the game starts...

Everyone was shocked. The touching scenes of love were all fake. The old gangster kept pressing Anfernee Hardaway and rubbing him.

He was beaten until he almost doubted his life.

What about the harmonious atmosphere mentioned?

Are the things you said about Bruce being your good friend all false?

How much hatred does this old gangster have?

Not to mention the offensive end, the defensive end allowed Hardaway to score only 10 points in the first three quarters.

The audience was very excited because they saw the old hooligans showing off their playoff momentum in the first game.

With the extraordinary performance of the old gangster, the Chicago Bulls defeated the New York Hans 122:106.

At the post-game press conference, reporters also asked the old hooligan why he showed the momentum of the playoffs or even the finals in today's game.

The old gangster boasted: "A few months ago, I went to Bruce's hometown of China. It is indeed a beautiful place. I like it very much."

"Of course, our family went there not only for tourism, but mainly to thank Bruce for saving my father's life."

"Originally, I wanted to repay Bruce, but he refused. He said that the purpose of saving people is not to let people repay you. If I really use this to repay the other person, then saving people will lose its original meaning!"

The media reporters at the scene were also moved by the upright image of Bruce portrayed by the old gangster.

"Then he made a small request to me in a tactful way, that is, when I meet the New York Han Chinese in the future, if I fight to the death, I must not hold back."

"I knew he wanted me not to let the New York Hans play with the idea of ​​repaying a debt of gratitude, so I agreed to this small request."

"In the future, I will also play my best in the New York Hans games."

Next to him, Paul Westphal, the head coach of the New York Chinese, was covering his head speechlessly. Enough is enough. His boss is really careless. How can he ask the other players to beat his own team to death?

The media reporters at the scene all laughed. The feeling was that Bruce asked Jordan to teach his team how to behave!

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Anyway, Bruce was angered by the old gangster again.

Poor Bruce has no idea what is happening in the United States. At this moment, he is still listening carefully to the teacher's lecture in a primary school in a mountain city!

With the old gangster not retiring because his father was shot dead, the Chicago Bulls are still unbeatable in the Eastern Conference.

As for Riley's New York Knicks, although they lost two veterans, Charles Oakley and Doc Rivers, they also gained several new players from the New York Hans. Not only did their strength not decline, but they jumped to the top of the Eastern Conference.

The second position.

Followed closely by the Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers.

On the other hand, the New York Hans are quite miserable.

After the game in November, the record of 3 wins and 10 losses ranked last in the league.

Lost several back-to-back games!

Paul Westphal really got it right. It is easy for the starting lineup to close the score with the opponent, but the substitutes are too weak. Every time they take turns to play in the second quarter, they are beaten by the opponent's substitutes.

Exploded.

Paul Westphal had no choice but to keep worrying and asked Mitch Kupchak several times to trade players for the team.

But where do the New York Hans currently have players that can be traded?

Now only a few undrafted draft picks can still be traded, but the trade value of these undrafted draft picks is not great, and no suitable substitute players can be traded back.

Mitch Kupchak can only keep comforting Paul Westphal. There is no other way. This year is the most difficult year for the New York Hans.

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In the west, it's a different scene.

The first is the Seattle SuperSonics. Although they only drafted two rookies in Chris Mills and Byron Russell this season, before the start of the season they used small forward Derek McGee + shooting guard Bobby.

Phils traded with the Indiana Pacers for German small forward Detrev Schrempf.

The strength has been further improved, with a complete win in the regular season in November and ranking first in the league.

Every time Paul Allen sits at Seattle Key Arena, he has a smile on his face.

Except for the Seattle SuperSonics, the giant that stands out in the Western Conference.

Then came the race for the title, with the Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns, San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz all chasing closely behind.

Even after the Golden State Warriors acquired Chris Webber this year, they ranked behind these teams and thought it would be no problem to enter the playoffs.

It should also be noted here that Chris Webber signed the same big contract with the Golden State Warriors as in his previous life.
To be continued...