#香港籃球聯賽 開賽在即，不論是「被迫」還是「需要」這被疫情偷走的兩年，十支男子甲一組球隊都以全新面貌競逐聯賽冠軍錦標。
銀牌賽在疫情限制下得以順利舉行 #南華 延續不敗之身，一場不失衛冕銀牌冠軍。
南華於2018年慘遭滑鐵盧後，在緊接的球季痛定思痛，#惠龍兒 重回陣中強勢甜蜜復仇成功全勝封王。
一場肺炎疫情使球季一拖再拖，「加拿大幫」球員不便久留香港，南華的「全勝班底」再失 #鄭浩恆 這位重心球員。
猶幸南華青訓穩健，今季於南青中提拔 #葉耀邦 #林民淇 等年輕小將，亦加入負笈台灣回流香港的 #陳曉峰。且老大哥 #余理洋 於2020年居港期滿七年正式成為「香港人」，可以註冊為本地球員，南華不致鬧「兵荒」。
而失去蔡再懃，得分後衛的重任有打法愈來愈成熟的 #楊和 挺身而出。
楊和 Glen Yang “ I think my role is much bigger this year, just because the way the team is, is different than previous years. Some guys left and the, yea, I think this year my role is much bigger, much more key this year.”
CBA級數的惠龍兒坐陣禁區位置，甲一聯賽中沒太多可以守住Duncan的內線球員。不過，觀乎今季東方有胡卓斌配合卜聿揚，滿貫有方誠義聯手黃鎮煒，有見及此，教練Mensur Bajramovic (巴拿莫域) 今季交付Duncan的任務有所不同。
惠龍兒Duncan Reid 「教練覺得今年球隊有啲轉變，冇左阿懃（蔡再懃）冇左阿Lin（連浩駿）多番Nate（余理洋），我地進攻上有少少變動，佢想我個位置引double team， triple team多啲助攻，得分比較少，但助攻比之前多好多，因為好多時係進攻角色入面我係引人埋黎，其他人得分會高番少少，成隊波得分會平均少少，自己起手會少啲，但成隊波嘅進攻會更加流暢。」
的確，當Duncan在場上擔任中鋒，朱亮、陳張敏及梁兆華的鋒位打法可以更靈活多變，填補了球隊小前鋒位置的虛位。
朱亮 Tommy Nixon “ I think any time Duncan on the court it helps. … With Duncan on the court, Duncan had scored 4 points for the game, but he had 8 assists, because he’s moving the basketball, because they doubled him every time, that’s everyone sacrifice for this team, we are very good group together.”
南華「全勝班底」失去了一半人數，但事隔兩年再次亮相，仍然可以保持不敗之身，教練Mensur功不可沒。
如果當年南華得以全勝是因為人腳齊，今季銀牌南華仍然銳不可擋，是因為Mensur的籃球哲學。
巴拿莫域 Mensur Bajramovic “ I am trying to bring them the style of European basketball ⋯⋯Basketball is not only NBA, there is much better basketball beside the NBA, more excited basketball, like, as I said, playing teamwork, big ball moment. Also working with all players, with skills, you know, improving skills of all players, not only, let say big guys are not only the people sitting under the basketball under the rim. They are also, I am trying to improve them also play basketball as a guard, to play outside, inside, like the Bosnian players, playing all positions. This is my philosophy.”
歐式籃球講求團隊，與NBA般由主力球員掌控大量球權作個人表演不同。團隊籃球下，小將們上場時不一定只能充當苦工或配角，球權分配亦沒有所謂的理所當然屬於誰，隨著每次上場嘗試累積信心及經驗，後補入替的他們絕不怯場。
心態繃緊才能不被球場上分數起伏所左右，時間所剩無幾的劣勢亦非常考慮心臟承受能力。Mensur除了是球員們球技調教的教練、戰術調度的軍師，同時，他也是球員心態的心理輔導官。
巴拿莫域 “ We expected that will happen, that we’ll win. This is very dangerous for my team. Like everybody think we have to win everything, you know, we’re going to win everything, and of course I am also thinking this, but I don't like to win in advance, we have to work hard, we have to fight for each game.”
因為惠龍兒的緣故，南華陣中不少加拿大／港加混血球員，而球隊今年加入了不少香港土生土長的年輕球員，如此壁壘分明的分界線，幸好透過籃球充當共同語言，加上疫情期間無間斷的練習，球隊凝聚如大家庭。
張延隆 「上季打會比較分得開啲，疫情期間冇比賽，keep住練見多左，疫情冇其他活動，其實佢地都同我地一齊，好想我地融入去，喺場入面會提多我地好多，包括Duncan，Nate，Glen都會做好多野，而家好轉，好咗好多 ⋯⋯ 佢地會做主動，我地都會迎合。」
巴拿莫域 “We have very good atmosphere inside the team. We’re like family. We don't look at them as Canadian, we’re looking at them as players, just as a player, not Canadian, not HK. That’s how I treat them.”
銀牌賽驚鴻一瞥各支球隊表現，南華似乎仍有上屆全勝的氣勢，即使「全勝班底」不復再，Mensur用他的歐式籃球哲學充當黏合劑，銳意重新拼湊出一隊新的「全勝陣容」。
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