the great gatsby

Chapter 373 The lockout is over!

When the time comes to September, the league has announced that it will no longer hold the summer league. However, 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, as well as the end of October. Regular season.

Wilson Chandler originally wanted to take advantage of the lockout time to go to China to seek gold, but was stopped by Gatsby. Gatsby predicted that the new season will start around Christmas. If he plays in the CBA, according to the Chinese Basketball Association The Association stipulates that they were not allowed to have an exit option in the contract when they signed with the CBA team before, so even if the NBA lockout ends, they cannot come back, and they must wait for the end of the season to return to the NBA.

As for Brooks, JR Smith, Patrick Mills and others, Gatsby has no obligation to remind them. Whether they will lose money or breach the contract will be their own business, and there is no friendship anyway.

A director in Hollywood invited Gatsby to make a movie, but he didn't go. Firstly, the price was not high, and secondly, he felt that he had no acting skills. It turned out that his physical acting skills were very good, but he was not the original Gatsby. Cibi, three times he has to prepare for the new season.

The 2011-12 season is a shrinking season, and it will be even more difficult for the Knicks, because they now have two more rookies, and the rookies have to take on more responsibilities. They have no summer league to exercise, no training camp, and more There is no preseason, and you will be thrown into the regular season at once. The schedule of the regular season is so dense that veterans who have played for many years feel their scalps tingling. Such a schedule is not a good thing for rookies.

It's not a good thing for the core players either. A dense schedule will make them more likely to be injured, so Gatsby must be prepared to ensure that everyone has enough time to rest while ensuring victory as much as possible. Enough stamina.

The team can't organize a training camp, but Gatsby can. He brings people together. It's nominally a training camp for his teammates to stay in shape. This is a side kick. Even if the league finds out, it doesn't matter. Isn't it just a fine? A fine. Gatsby, who paid tens of thousands to 10,000+, didn't even look at it.

Just as the Knicks were training in full swing, there was some light in the NBA negotiations, and some disagreements emerged among the owners.But what's interesting is that at this time, the players' union did not press hard, but began to make concessions.

However, at the end of October, the negotiations actually went backwards, because there were also hardliners on the boss's side, and the two sides blamed each other.

The time dragged on for too long, and Stern began to give the players an ultimatum, and threatened to only give the players 47% of the share.

The NBA has not played for a long time, the players have no income, and the voices of compromise have gradually increased. On November 11, it was reported that the agreement framework between the two parties had been reached.

On November 11th, the players began to vote for the new agreement, and the final vote was 14-30. Sue the alliance monopoly.

Stern issued an ultimatum to the old rivers and lakes: "If there is no union, then the players' 40 billion guarantee contracts will be gone."

In the end, the players made a compromise. On November 11 of that year, the league officially announced the end of the 26-day lockout, and 160 games in the first two weeks of December were cancelled.

The suspension of the season is a very big harm to the league. It is roughly estimated that the loss of the league has reached 12.5 billion US dollars!
But no matter what, it is finally over. The fans who had no games to watch during the offseason were all rejoicing. They were so bored that they watched the previous game videos over and over again, and finally waited until the new season started. Now they It was the game that made them vomit, because the schedule was so dense that the fans' scalps were numb.

As far as the Knicks are concerned, it is almost one game every other day, and there are even four back-to-backs. With such a dense schedule, it can be expected that many people will be injured in the middle and late stages of the season, but this is also impossible. Time Not much left.

The lockout has been announced, and the league quickly opened the trading market. Chris Paul signed with the Clippers, and Billups, Caron Butler and others joined, becoming a strong team in the Western Conference;
The Lakers lost Odom and Shannon Brown, signed Goodlock, Millsap and others;
Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets announced his retirement, joining Kevin Martin, Adrian, Parsons and others;

The Mavericks failed to win the championship last season, but maintained the basic lineup, and also joined Carter and Chandler. The paper strength has not decreased but has increased, but the age of the team's veterans has increased;
The Spurs had no choice but to select Morris because Leonard was intercepted and traded to TJ Ford. They could have gotten Stevenson, but because the Mavericks wanted to hit the championship again, they could only be reduced to nothing.

The Thunder has kept all the players and is looking forward to hitting the Finals again this year;
The Heat's reinforcements have been somewhat effective, receiving Battier and trading Eddie Curry.

The Knicks also signed Gerald Green and Nick Young. Gerald Green was signed with a basic salary. In the 08-09 season, Gerald Green was abandoned after playing 38 games with the Mavericks. He couldn't survive in the NBA. , can only go to the CBA to ask for a living, but was soon cut by the Guangdong Foshan team. Green never expected that he made 54.5% of his two-pointers, 46.5% of his three-pointers, and 90.9% of his free throws. , The average performance of 26.5 points per game can't keep his job.

The Knicks are short on shooting guards. Gatsby suggested that Donnie Walsh sign him, and Nick Young was also signed as a supplement. Of course, these two will not have too many opportunities to play, and the Knicks must be the priority Focus on training Thompson.

In order to increase their internal strength, the Celtics signed Sean Williams and waived Jermaine O'Neal. Jermaine O'Neal's two seasons with the Celtics were basically on and off, with too many injuries up.

Now is the shrinking season, the Celtics don't trust Jermaine O'Neal to survive, so they simply waived him. The Knicks took the opportunity to sign this veteran with some energy, signed with a basic salary, and didn't ask him how to perform, just what he needed It's enough to hit it when it's time, so that the Knicks' lineup is basically completed.

In this series of transactions, the Los Angeles Clippers became rich overnight. They suddenly formed an amazing starting lineup: Chris Paul, Griffin, Chauncey Billups, Caron Butler and DeAndre Jordan.

Billups played a big role in the Knicks playoffs, and the impact of his joining the Clippers is underestimated. After Gordon and Aminu are sent away, Billups can improve The rotation of the team allowed Xiao Mo to serve as the sixth man, which greatly alleviated the offensive problem of the second team. There is nothing like getting rich overnight.

(End of this chapter)