Although Bruce has not had much control over the New York Hans in the past three years, except for the annual draft, the team is basically going through it very smoothly. Even during the annual transfer and transaction period, the New York Hans are still very stable.

Not making any trades. It’s not that there aren’t other teams in the league coming to the New York Hans for trades. There are indeed some, and there are quite a few, but they were all blocked by the team’s general manager Mitch Kupchak, no matter what.

It doesn't matter what kind of offer other teams come up with, because any player the team trades now must go through Bruce's hand, so Mitch Kupchak's words are not right, right?

Of course, that doesn't mean that the New York Hans won't trade. The team still has to trade, otherwise how to get the players they want. And the New York Hans' way of trading players is very strange, that is, after the draft, they go to the regular

During the period when the game starts, the team is completely indifferent to things like winter transfers, pre-Christmas transfers, etc.

Therefore, in the past three years, the New York Hans have been the team with the fewest transactions in the entire league. Also, since the establishment of the New York Hans, there have been very few transactions, but when they occur, they are definitely big trades, which shock the United States.

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Going back three years ago, the 1997-98 season was definitely the most brilliant and thrilling season.

In the 1997-98 season, a big man who always seemed to have a poker face landed on the NBA court - he was Tim Duncan. In the previous year, due to David Robinson's failure in the tenth game of the season

He suffered a serious injury and was reimbursed for the season. The San Antonio Spurs, who had no hope of winning the championship, also tried their best to perform poorly. They only won 20 games that season. However, fortunately, they were a blessing in disguise and received a No. 1 pick in 1997. They did not hesitate to pick

Tim Duncan is gone. This year alone, this twin-tower combination helped the Spurs win 36 more games than last season. They produced a good chemical reaction in the game, and their data after the end of the season

They are even more eerily similar: Robinson averaged 21.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, and Duncan averaged 21.1 points and 11.9 rebounds. Tim Duncan appeared in the All-Star Team, All-NBA Team, and All-Defensive Team in his first season in the NBA.

lineup and many other lineup nominations. However, they were not the opponents of the peak Utah Jazz that year, and Duncan's first playoff trip also ended in the Western Conference semifinals that year.

In the East, Jordan had announced before the start of the season that he would retire after the season. Of course, he hoped that his career would end with a championship. However, the atmosphere within the Bulls team was not very good at the time. Pippen was

During the season, he kept making requests for salary increases to the management, which caused a stir. However, Jordan stabilized the situation very well. He led the Bulls to win 60+ games again this season. And in this year's total

In the final, these two old rivals met again.

This finals is an epic masterpiece that can be recorded in the history of the NBA. In the first five games, the Bulls led the Jazz by a score of 3-2. In the sixth game, Jordan's career was the most glorious.

A desperate moment was born. Let us return to that exciting moment: 40 seconds before the end, the Bulls were still slightly behind with a score of 83-86. Jordan first succeeded in a fast break layup in the subsequent offense, and then

In the next defensive round, he took out the ball held by Karl Malone. At this time, the Chicago team was still behind by one point, and the time was only 10 seconds left. Jordan advanced from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

On the court, Jazz's Russell did not dare to neglect at all and quickly stepped forward to defend. After reaching the top of the free throw line, Jordan pretended to break through to the right, and then suddenly took a step back diagonally. Russell was immediately knocked to the ground.

During this period, the two had some physical contact, but the referee ignored it at this time. After staring at the basket for about 0.5 seconds, Jordan calmly took a shot from the original position. The ball hit the net and the Bulls went ahead by one point!

At this time, there were only 5.2 seconds left for the Utah team. As Stockton failed to hit a three-pointer at the last minute, Chicago successfully took away the victory in Game 6 in Salt Lake City, thus winning 4-4.

The team once again defeated the Utah Jazz with a total score of 2, completing the third championship in the team's history. In this year, Jordan ended his NBA journey with a smile on his face with countless honors.

And what about our protagonist team, the New York Hans?!

Not surprisingly, it lived up to expectations and failed to reach the playoffs, ranking fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference.

In fact, this is not the fault of others. Since Garnett and the others left, the overall strength of the team has declined too fast. Chuck Daly cannot be saved in the short term. If he cannot be saved, then he will not be saved. Cha

K. Daly decided to let the team practice his own tactics, which is the ultimate defensive system. Just ask Kobe about this, because he is the most tired after every game. Check

Gram Daly completely regards Kobe as the five players he led the Pistons Bad Boys before. The treatment of those five players back then is now the same as that of Kobe. It has only increased rather than decreased.

The New York Hans ended the 1997-98 season with such results. The fans were most disappointed, but they can understand it. After all, it is normal for the team to experience such a situation after changing coaches. If you don’t believe it, look at it.

Just look at the Bulls next year and you will know. Jordan has retired and Pippen is said to be traded away. The Bulls will definitely be completely destroyed and rebuild. How long it will take, who knows!

Of course, such results are really not a big deal to Bruce, because what he is thinking about now is the 1998 draft. After all, after Garnett left, the team's power forward position has been vacuumed, and inside man Mourning also

The fight won't last long, so no one can stand up to it now. What should I do?

For this reason, Bruce specifically hung up the phone with Cuban and Nelson who were far away in Dallas. What was the content? Without him, the Mavericks would not compete with him in the draft and let Nowitzki go, and the price paid would be

Hu Weidong and Wang Zhizhi are two Chinese players.

After some discussion, Cuban and Nelson also agreed to this private deal. Originally, they expected to select Nowitzki in the first round of 1998, even if they had to pay some price. With the addition of Nelson Jr.
Chapter completed!