The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

Stern couldn't wait anymore, and Zuo Li and Kobe led a large group of All-Star players to dedicate a shocking battle in Los Angeles-the two sides took the lead 38 times, all 24 players appeared on the field and all scored. Zuo Li faced Gasol's defense and scored a lore. With the cheers of the audience, the "Zuo Ke Tour League" came to an end.

At the same time, negotiations between labor and management failed again. NBA officials can only announce the cancellation of the summer league, the cancellation of the team conference and the cancellation of the coaching meeting.

This contrast is so strong that if you browse through the forums, you can see fans scolding both sides bloody.

So after two months of failed wrangling between labor and management, Stern joined the battle on behalf of the alliance.

Facing reporters, Stern said, "Thanks to the fans who appreciate NBA games, the past year was a great year. However, for the team owners, even such a great season, they are still useless. It’s profitable. The teams in those small cities don’t enjoy this kind of fun at all. Our goal is to make the operation of the league more cost-effective, so that the league’s 30 teams can be competitive.”

NBA vice president Adam Silva also said, "The collective bargaining agreement that just expired is not a win-win system. That agreement caused our team to suffer huge financial losses. We need a sustainable development. A business model that allows all 30 teams to have the opportunity to compete for a championship, pay the players a reasonable salary, and get a decent financial return under good management."

To put it simply, the alliance is to try its best to reconcile the contradictions between the two sides, and when appropriate, take tough measures.

There is no way, if you don't care about this signboard of the NBA, it will stink.Moreover, if the labor and management cannot reach a consensus quickly, 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.

Under the alliance's strong participation, both employers and employees finally sat down at the negotiating table on the second day after the tour ended. This time, it was a tripartite negotiation, and Stern also joined them.

3 days, 20 hours!

This is the longest negotiation between the two sides since July 7.

According to insiders, the atmosphere was very heated. The two sides spammed each other, slapped the table, and almost threw water bottles.

In the end, both employers and employees still have huge differences on major issues such as the "hard salary cap" system and "benefit distribution".

球员方面愿意同意一份5年内减少薪金总额5亿美元的提案，但他们拒绝接受资方提出的6200万美元硬工资帽。资方则希望同时达成一份10年协议，确保每年的薪金支出不超过20亿美元。而10年的劳资协议长约是球员方面无法接受的。

However, although there is still no agreement, at least both parties know each other's demands, and the rest is to argue with each other on these details.

"Stable, I think maybe the game will start on time." Rich Paul excitedly called Zuo Li after seeing the news.

Zuo Li was noncommittal. It is undeniable that the dawn has appeared. It is still the same sentence. It is unacceptable for both parties to cancel all games this season. But unfortunately, although the demands of both parties are very clear, they want to thoroughly discuss every detail. , still takes a lot of time.

According to the timeline in Zuo Li's memory, there are still about two months left.

"Well, special training can be arranged."

After a month of actual combat training, Zuo Li maintained a very good state, and after exchanging training with dozens of active star players, Zuo Li also has a lot of experience, and now he needs time to digest these experiences.

At the same time, Zuo Li also has something he wants to strengthen. Zuo Li is not going to waste the past two months. He has already sent out an invitation and is ready for another wave of growth.

On September 9, Zuo Li welcomed several special guests at his private training base in Long Island.

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Leaving Zuo Li's special training aside, after the alliance took action, things were not as simple as imagined.

In mid-September, the players agreed to reduce the income ratio from 9% to 57%, and it feels that the negotiations are moving in a good direction.It’s just that at this time the league threw out another plan to bring the negotiations to a stalemate again. At that time, the NBA president proposed that “I hope that both labor and management can agree to change the proportion to 54.3% each.”

This not only made the players unacceptable, but the management didn't think it was a good proposal, so it brought the negotiations back to the original point. It was even reported that Wade and the league president Stern had an incentive dispute, which also reduced the relationship between the players and the league. When it's freezing.

In the next half month, the negotiations made no progress. The league announced that the preseason games would be cancelled, and the new season would be postponed indefinitely.

For a while, the players were in a panic.

Kobe made a special call to Zuo Li, but Zuo Li couldn't tell the truth. In fact, he already knew that most of the framework of the new agreement had been negotiated between labor and capital at this moment, and the rest was just arguing about the details. I am betting that the other party will not be able to bear it first.

It's just that Zuo Li didn't expect that it might be stimulated by him. The alliance in this world didn't have more showy operations in the previous life. After confirming that his proposal was not good, the alliance turned decisively and began to promote the agreement between labor and management.

After more than a month of negotiations, the two sides finally reached an agreement in early November!

On November 11th, the two sides negotiated for a full 15 hours, and finally reached a consensus this time: 15. The players agreed to reduce the proportion of salary expenditure to 1% in the new season, and adjust it according to the league's income in the next few years , the adjustment range is between 51.2% and 49%; 51. The agreement also includes some abandonment rules, as well as rookie contract terms derived from Zuo Li; 2. The player's maximum salary ratio remains unchanged.

When the news came out, Zuo Li was a little dazed, it was ten days earlier than he thought!

How did he know that this was all the stimulation of the tour he organized, which made the alliance reluctantly cut the mess quickly!

After the two sides agreed to this agreement, the NBA has finally entered the restart process.

However, although an agreement was reached earlier than in history, the specific timeline is not different from history.

On November 11, it was officially announced that the NBA will hold preseason games and various transactions, signings and other matters on December 18.

12月25日，也就是圣诞节当天将正式开2011~12赛季的常规赛。因为停摆，新赛季的比赛场次也从82场缩减到了66场。

In addition, the preseason was not cancelled, but started on December 12, and the number of games was reduced from 1 to 8.

That's probably the only thing that's different from history.

The players finally breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone was finally unemployed.And the teams have also contacted the players to let them return to the team as soon as possible.Training time is very tight!

As for the signings that rookies should sign, and the transactions that teams should trade, the entire NBA presents a busy scene.

The Knicks also called the players immediately, and Clay was relieved, and signed a rookie contract with the Knicks immediately.

In addition to these, a supplementary labor agreement has attracted everyone's attention.