With the first round of the playoffs concluded, the Warriors, who rested for a full week, finally learned who their opponent in the upcoming Western Conference Semifinals would be:
——Seattle SuperSonics.
Last summer, when Duncan chose to join the SuperSonics, Qin Yue questioned whether he had made a wrong decision.
After all, at that time, the SuperSonics were in a tumultuous state; Ray Allen had left, and several veterans retired, leaving the team in disarray from top to bottom.
However...
As a master of team rebuilding, Rick Carlisle, who was fully trusted by Howard Schultz in Seattle, completed the team's rebuilding in the shortest time possible.
So the question arises, how did Carlisle manage to bring this SuperSonics team back to life?
The answer is similar to Qin Yue's memories of the Mavericks era and later Pacers era.
After signing Duncan from the free-agent market at an extremely cost-effective contract....
