Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 9 The lockout is over!

On July 7, the NBA officially entered the lockout period, which is quite like the league entering the end of the world.

This is not a joke, it's just a show.

The end of the world is the way it should be.

As a result, everything about the NBA will be frozen according to the timetable.

The basketball arena is not open, it is closed.

The official NBA website is on strike, and the website is crossed out when you click on it.

The free market, no longer in circulation, is closed.

The team cannot conduct any trade negotiations. Signing players and trading players are all jokes.

Player training has also been restricted.

Team resources cannot be used for training.

No summer league, no training camp, no exhibition, no bootcamp.

The uniform group is also unable to conduct meetings.

That's it?

It's not absolute, and even more absolute is yet to come.

In other words, players will be regarded as team property, and players with contracts cannot represent the country in international competitions.

In other words, the U.S. dream team is missing.

The impact of the suspension of the league has risen to the level of serving the country, which is incredible!

Free agents and rookies who do not have a contract, during the lockout period, can go overseas to find gold in order to support their families.

At most, sign a termination clause. Once the NBA lockout is over, they can end the contract and return to the NBA to play.

In the lockout in 2011, JR Smith, Ken Martin and Chandler did just that.

Came to CBA, playing for a living.

The original undergraduate degree was a little bit worse.

Media news has photographed Kobe coming to Shanxi.

While lamenting that the coal boss is rich, he is also cursing secretly, can't the air be purified a little?

Kobe did not join Shanxi in the end. It is said that the air there is not good.

I don't know if it's true.

Anyway, it was reported by the media at the time.

All I can say is, it's a pity.

kobe.

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As the president of the alliance, Stern is naturally unwilling to negotiate with labor and management, and is in a deadlock. He wants both parties to return to the negotiating table calmly.

But it can't be because of the cake, smashing the plate, chilling the hearts of the fans, and wanting them to return to the arena to watch the game, it will not be easy.

Now that the management is in a weak position, he thought about helping the management and said something: the wages of NBA players are much better than the wages of ordinary residents.

Instead of asking for more endlessly, you should make concessions to each other and make the cake bigger in order to get more benefits.

Regardless of the pattern, it will only chill the hearts of the fans and keep them away from the arena gate.

Moreover, besides basketball, there are many competitors, such as baseball, rugby, etc., and they cannot be laughed at.

However, what I didn't expect was that Ewing, the representative of the players union, responded with the temperament of a pig teammate, "Yes, we earn a lot.

But we also spend a lot. "

This is Ewing's heart.

Believe this sentence, many players will recognize him.

For example, Iverson, who earned a salary of [-] million yuan, unexpectedly went bankrupt one day, and was even too poor to afford a hamburger.

Madman Sprewell, he would never sign a contract that is less than 1000 million US dollars, because it is really not enough to support his family.

There are many NBA stars who played brilliantly and went bankrupt within a few years after retiring.

It's just that sometimes when talking and scoring points, if you don't understand "Emotional Intelligence", don't come out and talk nonsense.

What Ewing said was true, very true.

However, to say this now is to hand a knife to the management and directly push the fans who support him into the opponent's camp.

Let the fans feel that they originally thought that the boss of the employer was not authentic.

As a result, he finally found out that he was the clown.

It's like, obviously receiving a salary of [-], but commenting on the bad things in the entertainment industry.

They have an annual income of at least tens of millions, and they want you to cheer on them?Say hard?

You should really work hard, obviously you are the one.

Fans and audiences feel that they have got the script of Pepsi and Coca-Cola competing in price promotions.

To put it bluntly, neither side deserves sympathy.

The so-called lockout is nothing more than a game where millionaires follow multi-millionaires to share the cake with billionaires.

You are a working class, why join in the fun?
Without the solidarity of the fans, the originally silent management also gained momentum.

Fighting for damage to the NBA brand image, and damage to the interests of the employers, laborers, advertisers, and broadcasters, and the greedy superstars who are hopelessly greedy, will continue to consume.

"Can you stand up? What do you use to stand up?
I guess you can't stand it. "

"I can stand it!"

"You can't stand it!"

"..."

……

When the alliance entered the end of the world.

Li Mu felt like he had entered a vacation paradise.

On the first day, he didn't want to talk about relationships, he just wanted to make money.

It's just that I don't study history at ordinary times, and I don't know how to carry it out.

Later, people who thought of this place did not like to eat carp.

Carp are flooding again. It is said that if you stretch your hand over without a fishing rod, the fish will fly over.

Li Mu, thinking about finding ingredients by himself, can save money.

Then, send the money to your parents to buy a house.

The next day, I went fishing with a fishing rod, and soon, the meal was solved.

Pick up a girl on the third day.

Because foreigners are face-blind, Li Mu, as the head coach of the Lakers, can't find a third-rate female star.

What a failure!

On the fourth day, I took Niu to go fishing, it was very good.

Once you catch it, you catch it.

……

During the vacation, Li Mu did not forget to work.

He was reborn, but he didn't have the system standard equipment.

He didn't find it either.

Therefore, in order for the team to perform well in the new season, Li Mu made a few phone calls.

This call was to Bruce Bowen.

"Coach, I'm practicing back and center shots!"

"what?"

Are you kidding, you Bowen still want to have personal singles ability?
Will you give others a way to survive!
"No need!! Bruce, listen to me, you just need to practice well on defense, and on offense, practice the three-pointer from the left corner.

If your three-pointer is accurate, I might put you in the starting lineup. "

"Starting?"

Bowen was stunned. "Coach, are you really the head coach of the Lakers?"

"..."

Li Mu yelled that it would be true, and immediately hung up the phone.

Fortunately, in the next few calls, the communication was relatively easy.

When Big Ben heard it, he played like Rodman. He didn't need to practice free throws and mid-range shots, but only needed to practice defense and rebounding.

Immediately bursting into laughter, he claimed that when the new season started, he would give Li Mu a haircut for free.

Am I short of money for a haircut?
Li Mu hung up the phone angrily.

"The rest of Billups, it shouldn't be mentioned.

He's so smart to play, just work on his shots. "

Li Mu, I was lazy once.

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In this way, unknowingly, the time came to the end of September, and the team's training camp could not be opened, so naturally no training camp was held.

On October 10, the arbitration judge ruled that during the lockout period, the employer does not need to pay the players' wages.

The superstars have nothing to do with this ruling, but ordinary players are a little shaken.

However, for the sake of everything, they can only bite the bullet and keep up with the pace.

At the end of October, the regular season of the 10-98 season did not start normally.
In November, Stern announced the cancellation of this month's regular season.

In December, Stern announced that this month's games will also be canceled, including the All-Star Game.

At this time, the stars also felt the pressure.

On December 12th, Christmas Eve, the annual Christmas battle is also gone.

Stern knew that this consumption could no longer continue, and both sides had suffered heavy losses.

So, he decided to add a fire, put it to death and survive.

Immediately issue an ultimatum, forcing both parties to return to the negotiating table.

"The deadline is January 1th. If the labor and management fail to reach an agreement, all games in the 7-98 season will be cancelled.

Let's go straight to next year's NBA game! "

At this time, the players union finally couldn't stand it, and a split occurred.

why?

Because ordinary players are different from superstar players, for ordinary players, there is no limit to the maximum salary, and it has nothing to do with them.

They can see it, but they can't eat it.

Now following the superstars to make trouble, they have to take risks for nothing, but they will not get the benefits.

On January 1, a week before the successful negotiation, Jordan announced his second retirement, and the Bulls dynasty finally disintegrated.

The god who sat above a group of superstars finally abdicated.

After commemorating Jordan's dynasty, let's quickly end the lockout!

The time left for them to compete for the championship is running out.

A group of superstars who were overwhelmed by Jordan for an era began to gear up for the second time.

On January 1, both employers and employees reached a consensus and signed a new contract.

While limiting the maximum salary of stars, the wages of middle and lower-level players are increased.

The "luxury tax" was introduced, rookie salaries were paid according to the draft position, and rookie contracts became four years (signable).

In this way, after a 204-day lockout, it officially ended.

The 98-99 season will start on February 2th.

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(End of this chapter)