When New York Hans head coach Paul Westphal looked at the player list in his hand, his expression could be described as quite helpless.

Last season, the New York Hans were able to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals of the playoffs by relying on their absolute strength, but this time, it was really difficult when the regular season started this season.

What's the difference?

On the bench of course!

In order to get Kevin Garnett, the team just traded away two capable players.

The most "weird" thing is that Kevin Garnett, who was acquired, was actually mentally disabled and was hidden by the "Prince".

The earliest time you can play will definitely not be in the first month of the regular season. You still have to give the "Prince" face. You can't just "unblock" it immediately after the boss just ordered "hide it."

His head is not that square yet!

The team, whose strength has been obviously compromised, continues to get worse.

In addition to Kevin Garnett, who was "hidden" internally, this year the team also traded David West + Beau Otero with the Charlotte Hornets to acquire power forward Kenny Garnett.

Tisson and a second-round pick in 1996.

Although the team's general manager Mitch Kupchak also went to the free market to supplement the veteran forward Ricky Pierce, the salary was still a drop in the bucket!

As for the players who came to the team for trial training, they basically did not meet the requirements of head coach Paul Westphal.

I still need to explain it here.

Also coming to New York to participate in the trial training is Ma Jian, a Chinese player. He has graduated from the University of Utah this year. Because his age has exceeded the age limit for the draft, he can only participate in various teams as a free agent.

Trial training.

Ma Jian's first stop is of course the New York Hans team with fellow Chinese Liu Yu!

His idea is relatively simple. They are all Chinese compatriots and they will definitely take care of their own people.

The results of the trial training are okay. After all, it's just a role to watch the water dispenser. It's not that important. It doesn't matter whether you sign or not. It's the kind of dispensable.

However, general manager Mitch Kupchak, in the spirit of flattering the "Prince", still reported Ma Jian's name to Liu Yu who was far away in China.

As a result, the flattery was not patted, but the horse's hooves were patted!

Liu Yu sent Mitch Kupchak away without signing anything.

Just kidding, Liu Yu dares to sign a character that has been banned by the Chinese Basketball Association?

(What are the details of Ma Jian’s case? Please refer to Baidu)

In fact, of course Liu Yu would dare to sign in this situation of being blocked, but the prerequisite is that you must be Wang Zhizhi.

If it were Wang Zhizhi, Liu Yu would definitely sign him even if it offended the Basketball Association.

Of course, it's not that Liu Yu looks down on Ma Jianha. As for Liu Yu himself, he admires Ma Jian's courage. In order to fulfill his NBA dream, he took the risk of being banned. This in itself is admirable.

Although Ma Jian's strength is not that good, and his strength in his peak period was almost the same as that of Battle, he still has the desire to enter the NBA. Unlike those young men in the men's basketball team in his previous life, who were all worms and ruined the good men's basketball team.

The glory is bit by bit mothballed cleanly.

The reason why Ma Jian was not signed was to hold the first CBA League in China in December this year.

For Liu Yu, who already owns a Chinese CBA team, taking the risk of signing Ma Jian will definitely cause dissatisfaction with the Basketball Association.

The Basketball Association has lost face. What do you think the Basketball Association should do?

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Without further ado, let’s continue to understand the team’s situation.

The New York Hans currently have a total of 14 players.

But many of these players' contracts expired after this season.

Head coach Paul Westphal listens to what the "Prince" means and will definitely not renew the contracts with these people after this season.

Just kidding, letting these people go for free makes him heartbroken just thinking about it.

Why not renew the contract first and then trade it? It would be great to trade back a few more capable players!

Fortunately, he is not a starting player, so it doesn't matter how many players are on the bench.

But he knows Liu Yu’s thoughts!

Why not give away these veterans for free and then trade back those players to occupy the position of the "golden generation" of 1996?

Liu Yu is not that stupid!

As for the team's player framework, he has already planned it, and he will be able to bring back 3-4 capable rookies in next year's draft.

Coupled with the undrafted players and the "big fish" in the free market, it's almost enough. The team doesn't have to raise a roster of 15 players.

So next year's New York Hans team will be relatively easy to mix.

Let these "golden generation" players accumulate experience first. In a few seasons, it will be their time to fly for nine days.

After all, head coach Paul Westphal has been coaching for three full seasons, and his style of play has already been formed.

Even if these rookies are allowed to join the team right away, there won't be too many lack of running-in.

Therefore, Liu Yu is quite satisfied with the team's current roster.

But the only one who was dissatisfied was head coach Paul Westphal.

The regular season will start in a few days. Judging from the performance of the preseason games the team participated in some time ago, the depth of the bench is obviously insufficient.

They are all veterans, and no matter how bad they are, there are still a few players who are just dawdling.

And some players have other thoughts.

This is not a good sign!

For him who prefers to control the unity in the locker room, these "cancers" must be eliminated one by one.

But now, there is really no way. General manager Mitch Kupchak has clearly told him that this year's trading window has ended early.

Unless something happens, the team can only insist on using these players to continue playing.

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The 1995-1996 regular season started on November 3.

The opponent of the New York Hans in their first game was the Boston Celtics, who had just moved to their new home stadium, Fleet Center Arena.

95:109

The New York Hans suffered their first loss of the new season.

Facing the Celtics, who have just moved to a new home, the New York Hans are still better behaved. After all, the Celtics are still considered an established and wealthy team, so they should still be given enough face.

If we have no grudges in the past and no grudges in the recent past, there is no need to embarrass the Celtics in their first home game of the new season, right?

But in the next game, the New York Hans couldn't stop it.

The next day, they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks at home in back-to-back games.

This was followed by a narrow win over the Atlanta Hawks on the 7th.

No. 8 flew to the West for back-to-back games with the San Antonio Spurs and suffered a disastrous defeat.

Throughout the November regular season, the New York Hans had 10 wins and 5 losses, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference.

This was beyond the expectations of head coach Paul Westphal.

According to coach Paul's expectation, with so many veteran players on the team, they must be ranked among the last few in the Eastern Conference.

How come it’s in the top eight!

Can't figure it out?

However, the Charlotte Hornets are just one game behind.

The Chicago Bulls, who have been improved inside, still firmly hold the No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference.

What is unexpected is that the Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks are actually ranked in the top four.

As for the west.

It can only be said that the strong teams are still the same, only the rankings have changed.

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On December 1st, China’s sports history will surely be remembered because the first CBA League finally opened its most “mysterious” veil.

The reason why it is "mysterious" is that this CBA league is different from any previous domestic professional league.

In the past, professional leagues in various forms of sports were completely dominated by government departments, but this time it is different. The first CBA is a professional league dominated by private and state-owned enterprises, supplemented by government departments.

What is different from the previous life is that the BA model is developing. In the future, there will no longer be promotion and relegation to increase the number of competition teams.

The only way to enter the CBA is to participate in the expansion draft.

Of course, although it is just a change in the model, to put it bluntly, the head of the CBA is still appointed by the National Sports Administration.

Fortunately, Mr. Yang Boxong, an old acquaintance of Liu Yu, served as the chairman of the first CBA League.

Chairman Yang is currently only in charge of the CBA league, but he still understands the current situation of the Chinese men's basketball team.
To be continued...