Chapter 60: The Mysterious Stone Tablet Refreshes
In the blink of an eye, the clock ticked into January '94.
In the first month and a half, the Nets played a total of 22 games, and the result was a 16-8 overall record.
Although the No. 2 position has not been strengthened, relying on the strength of the two points on the inside and the excellent play of Kenny Anderson in the No. 1 position, the Nets are still a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and they are currently on par with the New York Knicks, second only to the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference record list.
If it weren't for Kevin Edwards' reimbursement, the Nets would definitely be No. 1 in the East, and this season's Nets have given fans unlimited reverie.
With nearly two months to go until the trade market closes, Nets fans are expecting their home team to strengthen the No. 2 spot.
Now with the Nets' lineup, as long as they can strengthen the No. 2 position, they have a considerable chance of rushing out of the East.
If you want to talk about the history of the Nets, there are actually highlight moments.
In the 70s, the Nets' home court was still in New York, and I don't know what the owner at the time, Roy Poe, was thinking, he sold Julius Irving, the number one star of the New York Nets, to the Philadelphia 76ers for $3 million.
won a championship in '74 and another in '76, but after winning this second championship, the Knicks in the same city were not happy......
The Nets had to pay them a $4.8 million compensation.
Because the Nets were previously an ABA team and later joined the NBA, the Knicks naturally did not want the Nets to grab their market.
As a result, Roy Boe did another stupid thing by not paying the compensation and moving the team's home stadium from New York to the small city of New Jersey......
It can also be seen from this that the Knicks team is really not a good bird, and they are completely bullies in the team.
Think about the Lakers, who moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles in 1960, and waited until the Clippers landed in Los Angeles in 1984, and they didn't see what compensation the Lakers wanted.
The team's superstars are gone, the big ball market is gone, and the Nets are directly cool.
Since winning that championship in '76, the Nets have not even played in the second round of the playoffs in the past two decades, let alone the championship.
Now, Nets fans finally see hope for a comeback.
The fans were rejoicing, and the Nets management was in a state of headache.
Reinforcement of the No. 2 position, how can it be so easy to reinforce, and it is not that no team has submitted a trade offer to them, but these teams are lions who want to take advantage of the fire.
Naturally, Willis Reed didn't agree......
As a result, the Nets' No. 2 reinforcement has not been eyebrow-raising.
Although Davidson is also anxious and hopes that the team will make up for it quickly, he has no say in this kind of matter.
On the evening of January 1, Davidson entered the club.
With the arrival of 1994, the draft stone has been updated, and Davidson has a look at this year's draft.
Davidson had been to the stele building a few times before, but there were not many onlookers at that time, after all, the stele had been updated for half a year at that time, and even some buyers in need had already been familiar with the draft order.
Tonight, it was not the case, it was simply a sea of people, and countless buyers crowded the hall to drain the water.
People were crowded, crowded, Davidson didn't even have a chance to squeeze into the hall, and was blocked by the crowd at the door.
"Good fellow, how many people are there? At least thousands of people...... "Davidson is ready to leave, so many people can't squeeze in by themselves anyway."
Just as Davidson turned around and was about to leave, he saw Wang Yaping push out of the hall like a bulldozer, turning the buyers around him on their backs.
Davidson was speechless, Wang Yaping's strength and this body are definitely a road-opening artifact, squeezing out a way out of thousands of people, without taking a breath.
Wang Yaping obviously also saw Davidson, after all, there are only two yellow people in this club......
Wang Yaping stepped up his full horsepower and rushed directly towards Davidson against the crowd.
"Wilson, you've come to see the stele too? Why don't you go in, why are you standing at the door? Wang Yaping rushed to Davidson's side and asked with a smile.
The corners of Davidson's mouth twitched, his small body was not a devil muscle man like Wang Yaping, how could he squeeze through the crowd.
Seeing the entanglement on Davidson's face, Wang Yaping laughed, and without saying a word, he pulled Davidson and rushed towards the crowd.
The humanoid bulldozer Lao Wang was really invincible, and in less than five minutes, he helped Davidson open a way.
"Look, when you're done, I'll take you away." Lao Wang said quite righteously.
Davidson nodded in thanks and looked towards the stele.
The stele shows the 1994 draft roster.
The No. 1 ranked Glenn Robinson, a player Davidson had noticed when he read the newspaper before, is a talented small forward at Purdue University and a top pick.
Next up with the second pick Jason Kidd and the third pick Grant Hill, Davidson has heard of it, but he doesn't know much about it.
As for Marshall, the fourth pick, Davidson has never heard of it at all.
The fifth-pick Juwan Howard, Davidson knows, is none other than one of the Michigan Five Tigers, Chris Webber's interior partner.
"I didn't expect Juwan Howard to be only the fifth pick, and now everyone predicts that he will be selected with the top three picks." Davidson thought to himself.
The reason why Davidson came to see the draft stone so early was not to predict the limelight in this year's draft.
In fact, even if Davidson memorized this year's pick, it would be useless.
Last season, the Nets' record was undisturbed by outside factors, and the league-wide team's record standings remained the same as normal, with no changes.
This season, because of Muresan, the Nets' record is definitely much better than under normal circumstances, and the rankings of each team on the Eastern side may have changed except for the Hawks.
In this case, Davidson knows that the draft pick under normal circumstances is useless, and he certainly can't predict the draft pick as perfectly as he did last season.
The reason why I came to see this stone tablet was that Davidson came for Jalen Rose.
The mid-range shooting skill package that Davidson got before gave him an idea of Jalen Rose's potential, and he is also a quasi-All-Star level player.
Recently, Davidson has also been following the dynamics of the University of Michigan and has become more and more aware of this Jalen Rose.
The 203-centimeter-tall Swingman is about the same as Marsh's own high arm span.
Davidson was thinking that if the No. 2 spot really couldn't be strengthened this season, he would simply find a way to get Jalen Rose in the draft.