I'm going to be a star this time

Chapter 143 139 Labor-management agreement and season suspension

The Utah Jazz held the No. [-] lottery. After much deliberation, they finally chose Enes Kanter from Turkey.

Kanter is also a University of Kentucky player, but due to personal reasons, he has not been able to participate in an NCAA game.

In fact, TT was also taken away at the fourth pick, Tristan Thompson, which strengthened the team's inside line.

The Toronto Raptors selected Jonas Varanjonas with the fifth overall pick.

With the sixth overall pick, the Wizards selected Jan Veseli.

Bismack Biyombo was drafted seventh overall by the Kings.

"These people, I think Owen is okay." Wen Ming looked at the first seven people and couldn't help shaking his head, expressing his dislike.

Wall also nodded, "Yeah, Irving is really famous for his footwork and ball control."

Several others also nodded in agreement.

In fact, Owen had already noticed Wen Ming and his party from the very beginning.

This line includes Rookie of the Year, last year's No. [-] pick.

Seeing Owen's slightly provocative eyes, Wen Ming smiled softly.

Irving's ball control is stronger than Wall's, and Irving's strength is very good, which is one of the Cavaliers' future construction.

Wen Ming looked at Owen and thought: Don't say you are a rookie, I am not afraid of you being so good, come and challenge me!
Wall on the side also noticed.

"This kid is fine. He started provoking just as he was about to enter the NBA." Wall couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Braden Knight, who was the eighth pick, was selected by the Pistons.

As a member of Kentucky, Knight also performed very well, scoring 30 points several times.

Being selected with the 8th pick at this time is still very good.

The Bobcats took the 9th pick and selected Kemba Walker, who is also excellent among guards.

"Walker was good and worked hard." Bledsoe looked at Walker, then turned to Wall.

"But talent is still far behind Owen." Wen Ming looked at Owen who was not far away, thoughtfully.

The 10th pick belongs to the Bucks, and they chose Jimmer Fredette this time.

Then came the Golden State Warriors. They chose Curry in 09, and this time they took Klay Thompson with the 11th overall pick in 11.

In his junior season at the University of Washington, Clay averaged 21.6 points per game and became the leading scorer in the Big Ten. His total scoring of 733 points in the season set a record in team history.

Ranked third on the team history scoring list, was once again selected to the All-Big Ten First Team, and became the third player in team history to be selected to the Division First Team twice.

Thompson is also the first player in team history to win the Player of the Week three times in a single season.

In the 2011 Big Ten Championship, Thompson made eight three-pointers and scored 8 points, a tournament record.

Immediately following the 12th pick, the Jazz selected Alec Burks.

Basically the lottery area has been selected, but the first round has to continue.

The Morris brothers, among them, Markieff Morris was selected by the Suns with the 13th overall pick, Markieff Morris was selected by the Rockets with the 14th overall pick, and the Pacers selected Kawhi Leonard with the 15th overall pick.

16-20: Nikola Vucevic, Iman Shumpert, Chris Singleton, Tobias Harris, Donatas Motierjunas.

21-25: Nolan Smith, Kenneth Faried, Nikola Mirotic, Reggie Jackson, Marshan Brooks.

The Mavericks got Jordan Hamilton with the 26th overall pick, and Jajuan Johnson with the 27th overall pick was selected by the Nets.

The 28th and 30th picks were taken by the Bulls, namely Norris Cole and Jimmy Butler.

The 29th pick was Corey Joseph, who was selected by the Spurs.

So far the first round has been selected.

Wen Ming also went out to greet Cole and Butler first.

Wen Ming is also a bit fancy about Jimmy. Although he is only the 30th overall pick, Wen Ming thinks he will be very useful to the team.

It didn't take long for the second round of the draft to begin.

Of course, Wen Ming paid attention to several teams that are more concerned.

First of all, the No. 1 pick in the second round, Bojan Bogdanovic, was taken by the Heat.

The Bulls took Malcolm Lee with the 13th pick in the second round.

The rest of the people didn't care about their literary names, and it didn't take long for the selection of the 30th pick in the second round to end.

With all the players selected, the 2011 NBA Draft officially came to an end.

After the ensuing draft, unpleasant things began to happen around the league.

On May 5, the NBA Players Union formally filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Labor Arbitration Agency, accusing the NBA of using intimidation and threats in the new labor negotiations to force the Players Union to sign a new labor agreement that is unfavorable to the players.

On July 2011, 7, the last day when the old labor-management agreement was still valid, the labor and management sides conducted the last negotiation. This time, there were still huge differences between the two sides and no agreement could be reached.

As a result, the NBA officially entered a lockout on July 2011, 7.

After entering the lockout, the league players collectively lost their jobs.

Because during the lockout period, NBA players will not receive salaries, NBA teams cannot negotiate with players, nor can they sign and trade players.

At the same time, players cannot use the team's training facilities for any reason, and the team cannot hold any summer training camps, exhibitions, team meetings, and coaches' gatherings.

In addition, NBA team websites can no longer use the image of players, and players can no longer be used as representatives of publicity.

At this time, the unemployed people are either playing wild ball or finding a place to train by themselves.

Wen Ming and his team chose to continue to exercise their skills during this period.

And the rookies didn't expect to reach such a point just after being drafted successfully, which made them very helpless, so they could only train step by step.

This suspension has caused great losses to both parties, so during this period, the two parties have undergone many adjustments.

But still no agreement was reached.

If the labor and management cannot quickly reach a consensus, the NBA will lose not only the summer league, but also the preseason and training camps starting in October, and the regular season starting at the end of October.

A little bit of time passed, and the agreement between the two parties was still not concluded.

According to the time at this time, the regular season has already started, but both sides are still in progress.

On November 2011, 11, NBA player representatives and the executive committee of the trade union jointly decided to reject the new proposal of the management, and the labor negotiations broke down.

Since then, the executive committee has also sent an open letter to the players.

It has been nearly a month since the regular season.

2011年11月26日，劳资双方在经过了长达15小时的谈判后终于宣布达成协议，结束了持续时间达149天的漫长停摆。

If all goes well, the new season will officially kick off on December 12, US time, and the free market and training camp will start on December 25 at the same time.

The lockout ended, and the players began to return to their positions step by step. However, for some players who went to China to make money, because they did not have the option to jump out of the contract, they could not start the new NBA season at Christmas. They also cannot jump out of the contract and return to the United States.

(End of this chapter)