The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 393 [The lockout is finally over, and the transaction will restart]

The Chinese fans are indeed the most enthusiastic. In addition to handing out wedding candies, Ye Feng also gave away 1000 pairs of sneakers, which were randomly selected according to the seats of the day, which also made the fans very excited.

They stayed in Shanghai for another four days. After their honeymoon, Ye Feng and Ai Lier returned to Los Angeles, and then went on their honeymoon. Both sides of the labor and management are still confronting each other, and the end of the negotiation seems to be nowhere in sight.

On October 10, the final talks between labor and management ended, but still failed to reach an agreement. President Stern had to announce the cancellation of all 5 preseason games in the new season, and the regular season is likely to shrink.

The main difference in the negotiations between the two parties is still the interest sharing.In this negotiation, the players made a concession that they dropped player salaries to 57 percent of basketball-related income from 53 percent, which would net owners about $10 billion more in revenue over the next few years, but The management still insists on a 50% share.Stern said at the subsequent press conference that all preseason games will be cancelled. Once the labor and management cannot reach a new agreement before next Monday, the league will cancel the regular season in the first two weeks of the new season.

To put it bluntly, the negotiation between the two sides is a word of "money", but don't believe the smoke bombs that the players union claims that "the difference is at 70 billion US dollars".First of all, this is the accumulated figure of a 10-year agreement, which is the difference in the total wages of the 10 years; second, it is the difference between the most extreme cases advocated by both parties, and it is difficult to become a reality.For example, when people go shopping for vegetables, they expect the price of cucumbers to be 2 to 3 yuan per catty, but the vendor offers 3 to 5 yuan per catty. The maximum price difference between the two parties reaches 3 yuan. If they buy 100 catties, the difference is 300 yuan.So someone said: "I went to the street to buy vegetables today, and I asked the price of cucumbers, and the peddler's asking price was 300 yuan higher than mine!"
If this algorithm, isn't it nonsense?Fisher, who is the chairman of the union, is holding a similar theory and leading a group of greedy employees and bosses to challenge.

From the perspective of fans, in the face of interests, both labor and capital are actually showing naked greed. This is billionaires and multi-millionaires bargaining with astronomical figures in the eyes of ordinary people.

So who is more greedy?Ye Feng thought it was the millionaire, that is, the player side.Because he now understands how NBA teams work.It must be clear that salary cuts and salary restrictions are reasonable.Both parties have admitted that 30 of the current 22 teams in the NBA are losing money, and the owners have a total loss of US$3 million a year; at the same time, player salaries are still inflated. Adding luxury tax has exceeded [-] million.The salary system must be reformed. This is not only to save money for the boss, but also to create a league where every team is competitive, not whoever has money is the boss.
The owners of the NBA have actually made relatively large concessions. For example, the total salary of players last season was 21 billion U.S. dollars, and the bosses promised that the total salary of the new agreement can reach 7 billion U.S. dollars; the salary cap of last season was 20 million U.S. dollars. , while the new soft salary cap is $5800 million.But there's still a backlash from players, especially the latter, who are still clinging to a soft cap, meaning the payroll is simply out of control.

Even with the $6200 million salary cap advocated by the management, the average annual salary of NBA players will reach about $420 million, which is more than 100 times the average annual salary of Americans. Not live 100 years longer than ordinary people. The NBA is not as good as the NFL, but the salary of the players is higher than that of the football players.What's more, there are many rubbish contracts like Dampier and Lewis, who pay millions of dollars and get tens of millions of dollars in salary.

Therefore, the boss will definitely not compromise, and the judiciary is not good at solving this problem. What is certain is that if the game is really not played in the end, the players must be unlucky. Not only will they lose their salaries, they will also lose Advertising money, if there is no NBA, these greedy black people can go back to the ghetto.

Ye Feng practiced shooting in the villa every day, and attended various parties with Ariel at other times, and played in Los Angeles.During this period, many free agents contacted Ye Feng, hoping to play for the Clippers.Including pitchers such as Vujacic, Kapono, and Radmanovic, as well as blue-collar players such as Reggie Evans and Przybilla, as well as all-star players Michael Reed and Stojakovic Wait, they all want to join the Clippers and ask for a contract.

The rule that no contact with players is actually not binding, as long as you make a phone call or contact through the Internet, no one can stop it.

The coaching staff wanted Reed to give it a try. After all, he was an All-Star that year, scoring more than 25 points in two seasons and winning an Olympic gold medal with the US team.In the past few years, he has been plagued by injuries. He only played 10 games for the Bucks last season and scored 4.4 points.Ye Feng didn't think it was a good idea to bring in Reed. If he wanted a three-point shooter, Ye Feng thought it would be better to let Vujacic join him.

Last season, because Ariza and Hayward went to the Nets, Vujacic didn't play much time, averaging only 5.6 points per game, and the league was suspended, making his future even more bleak.Vujacic's character was questioned when Barea was injured by a malicious foul in the playoffs. Many Clippers fans hated him, which also made it difficult for him to join.

Vujacic was different from others, he approached Ye Feng with a pleading attitude. In mid-July, he called Ye Feng to ask about the possibility of joining Ye Feng. At that time, he was considering joining the Turkish league. If he went to Turkey, the schedule would make it difficult for him and Sharapova to meet. It will be difficult to continue.

Vujacic is willing to join the Clippers with a low salary like Barnes, not only for work, but also to save love. He and Sharapova have a very good relationship and are also an enviable couple in the sports world. How about it.

For this reason, Ye Feng discussed with Thibodeau.Thibodeau said: "If he is willing to join with a low salary, he can really help the team, but are you sure you want to choose him? The fans hated him back then."

Ye Feng smiled and said: "Everyone makes mistakes. In that game, he was hotheaded and heavy-handed. Now that Barea is gone, he won't have conflicts with his teammates. I used to be teammates with him. He is not Bad guy, easy to get along with. The last spot, I hope I can sign him, he has not joined the Turkish league for a long time, just waiting for my reply."

Thibodeau shook his head and said, "Okay, let's have a handsome guy on the team. It would be nice to have Sharapova in the audience, and Vujacic does have some strength. He played better in the Nets than in the Lakers. Let him be."

Ye Feng immediately called Vujacic and asked him to report to the Clippers when the trading market opened. Vujacic is very grateful.Coupled with the previously negotiated veteran Grant Hill, the Clippers' lineup for the new season has been determined.

Center: Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol.

Power forwards: Kevin Love, Yi Jianlian, Josh Smith.

Small forwards: Matt Barnes, Dorell Wright, Grant Hill.

Shooting guard: Marcus Thornton, Tony Allen, Sasha Vujacic.

Point guard: Ye Feng, Stephen Curry, Isiah Thomas.

Ye Feng can play from position 1 to position 5, so there are only four tall players inside. When necessary, the Clippers can also play small ball tactics.

Together with the Gasol brothers, three former Lakers players will join the Clippers next season.And it is the three "waste" given up by the Lakers. When the Clippers and the Lakers play, it will definitely be very exciting.

Ye Feng originally thought that the lockout would end sooner after helping Stern, but it still dragged on until November.

On the afternoon of November 11, the labor and management finally reached an agreement, ending the 26-day lockout, and the regular season will change from the original 149 games to 1230 games.After entering 990, the labor and capital have made a lot of efforts to reach an agreement. From the lockout on July 2011 to the present, the labor and capital have conducted a total of 7 negotiations, of which three negotiations took up to 1 hours.

The NBA lockout is finally over, and who is the winner in this battle?Who is the loser?

Expert analysis says the biggest winners are all the new bosses.Bobcats, Detroit, Philadelphia, the owners of these teams bought the team when the league was generally losing money, and it was a bit of a fire sale, but now, they started to operate the team but caught up with the new situation that is beneficial to the management. labor agreement.For example, better national broadcasting contract income, promising overseas markets, and so on.

The losers are rich teams such as the Knicks, Mavericks, and Lakers.The new labor agreement will no longer protect the money-burning team building method, and the luxury tax is higher, so now many bosses have to study how to spend money, or spend more money.

Players who have signed long-term guaranteed contracts in the past are also winners.This is a big group of people, Pierce, James, Kobe, Bosh and many others.Under the new labor agreement, their old contracts are still unshakable, while it is difficult for others to sign super high-paying long-term contracts.

The losers are the middle-level players. The management and the league have spent a year studying the salary of the players, but one factor is very clear. The contracts of those middle-level players with big contracts are the most worthless. .With or without the strict luxury tax policy, one thing is to be expected, the owners will understand in the future, they will pay those stars with high salaries, and then find cheap role players to fill the team, and that will be enough .

The most unlucky ones are the players who went to China to seek gold in the CBA. Players who went to Europe, such as Deron Williams, can return to the NBA, but CBA players have to wait until the end of the season to return and fulfill their contractual obligations.Such as Aaron Brooks, Kenyon Martin, Wilson Chandler and so on.

After the lockout finally ended, the players began to voice their feelings, Durant said: "Is this true? Thank God, please be true."

Jason Thomson sighed, "Are we playing again?"

Jamal Crawford was calmer, saying, "It just feels unreal."

The happiest thing is still a group of role players and rookies, they can't handle it for a long time.Derrick Williams tweeted: "Finally good news, let's get started. Timberwolves, I know you are ready."

Tens of millions of stars are actually happy. After all, they are the ones who suffer the most from the lockout. Superstars like Kobe Bryant have lost at least several million dollars in salary because they missed 16 games.

Yi Jianlian, who participated in 3 games in the CBA, will also end his short "show" and return to the NBA next week. He is now a free agent and has not yet completed his contract extension with the Clippers.

At the Asian Championships in September, the host Chinese men's basketball team won the championship with an unbeaten record of 9 games and won the only ticket to the 9 London Olympics.Yi Jianlian averaged 2012 points and 16.5 rebounds per game and was elected the MVP. He performed well.

At this time, Fei Gen, Yi Jianlian's mentally handicapped economic man, jumped out to help.Before the 2007 draft, it was Fagan who told the Bucks, which he didn't like, that if they made a move, Yi Jianlian would return to the CBA.This instead made the Bucks determined to intercept Yi Jianlian and refused to trade with other teams, which caused Yi Jianlian to fail to play an important first year.

Now Fagan wants to take advantage of Yi Jianlian's outstanding performance in the Asian Championships to seek a big contract for him, and proposed a three-year 3 million contract extension.He thinks this is a very smart move. The Clippers now only have three tall insiders left and need to strengthen the lineup. If Yi Jianlian is let go, the Clippers will have to focus on the free market.Worth determines destiny, and Yi Jianlian has been positioned as a "useful supplement" by the team from the very beginning.When the Clippers don't need to "replenish", Yi Jianlian naturally cannot get a big contract, and now the opportunity has come.

Ye Feng met with Fei Gen in the general manager's office, and said straight to the point: "Let me be honest, the Clippers will not agree to your request, let alone you, let alone Yi Jianlian, does he think his two things are worth 500 million annual salary? After leaving the Clippers, he is nothing, and whether he can gain a foothold in the NBA in the future will be a problem. The Clippers will only renew his contract for two years, 280 million, which was planned last season. If you insist on a three-year contract of 1500 million, Go to the free market and try your luck to see if any team is willing to give it."

Feigen smiled and said, "It's hard to find insiders now, so don't be so absolute."

Ye Feng showed disdain, and said coldly: "Don't you know me? When I seldom speak correctly, the people who oppose me usually end badly. I seldom fail, but what about you? Mr. Feigen, Have you ever done anything good? You are still Dwight Howard's agent. When are you going to end his transfer drama? If I were Yi Jianlian, I would have fired you a long time ago. In my opinion, you are just a Just a weird idiot."

Feigen was very angry, and said seriously: "Please pay attention to your words and deeds."

Ye Feng sneered and said, "I'm just expressing my thoughts. If you want Yi Jianlian to go elsewhere, just talk to him. I have no objection. When no team accepts him, you can come back and look for us. But, At that time, please pay attention to your words and deeds, otherwise I will not see you, and the security guards will drive you away at the door!"

Fagan snorted and left the office.

(End of this chapter)