NBA Ten Thousand Worlds Bishop

Chapter 298 The New Season Begins

To say that the reason why Rodman joined the Grizzlies is that he wanted to help Davidson.

But now, after seeing the strength of Carter and Dazhi, Rodman feels that Davidson doesn't need to help at all...

Such two supernovas, given a little two years, can immediately make the Grizzlies a championship-level team.

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This training camp is not a formal training camp, and the players' training is quite free.

The main reason is that the labor dispute has not yet been resolved, and no one knows when the two sides will be able to negotiate.

For some other teams, let alone a training camp, it is estimated that they will not even see the players.

But in the Grizzlies, there is no such problem.

The Grizzlies' players are either rookies or fringe players, and they don't have any contract disputes. It has nothing to do with them in terms of labor negotiations.

Davidson said hello, and naturally they all came over, because they couldn't do it if they didn't come, especially those fringe players. If they couldn't get along in the Grizzlies, their careers would basically come to an end.

The informal training camp lasted for about a week, and many players in the Grizzlies team became desperate.

For example, the Grizzlies' starting swingman Sam Mark, after seeing Carter's strength, the whole person is not good.

Carter is so powerful, as long as Sam Mark is a little rational, he should be very clear that his life will definitely not be so easy from now on.

For these non-star players, it is definitely a torture to have a talented rookie player in the same position in the team.

This may also be the reason why many old players in the NBA like to bully newcomers...

However, this situation does not exist in a new melon team like the Grizzlies, because there are not many senior players in the team.

Just after the training camp, Davidson released a message to the outside world, that is, the Grizzlies put the team's original starting center Bryant Levi on the shelves.

As soon as the news was released, many teams became interested.

After all, a standard seven-foot center who can contribute 16+8 per game in the third grade is quite imaginative.

Many of the players in the center position are late bloomers, and Levi's current immediate combat power is also good. Even if the strength does not improve after being taken down, the current immediate combat power is sufficient.

The key is to be young enough to be quite attractive to those rebuilding teams.

The first team to contact Davidson was the Toronto Raptors.

The Raptors and Grizzlies are definitely close relatives, and the only two teams in the league are not in the United States.

After entering the league, the drafts of the two teams are also very similar. The Grizzlies selected Raheem and Levi's in the first two years, while the Raptors selected Stoudemire and Marcus Camby.

Now the Raptors' idea is to win Levi's, and then form a twin tower with Camby, with a small flying mouse on the outside. Such a lineup idea is quite attractive.

The twin towers are paired with a reliable outside line. Almost all the current team building ideas for rebuilding teams are based on this routine, and the Raptors are no exception.

The Raptors are willing to want Levi's, and Davidson naturally welcomes them with both hands, provided that the Raptors can afford the chips.

During the salary negotiation process, transactions or the like must not be carried out, but this does not prevent the two parties from negotiating first.

Davidson is willing to send Levi to the Raptors, but the premise is that the Raptors have to send their first-round pick next year.

Levi's, who averaged 16+8 per game, only traded for the Raptors' first-round pick, and it's hard to say who will suffer.

But the premise is that the Raptors' record can't be too bad. If it is the top three picks, the Raptors must be a bit at a loss.

But I didn't lose too much. After all, even if it is the top three picks, it may not be possible to select a player of Levi's level.

In recent years, there have been no parallel imports of players with the top three picks.

At least after entering the 90s, the top three players are basically pretty good.

But it's not that there are no top three picks who are not as strong as Levi's...

The Raptors said that they need to think about it, maybe they want to consider whether they can get a reliable inside player in the coming year if this deal is not done.

Davidson is not in a hurry, anyway, there is still a long time before the start of the season.

Under normal circumstances, at this point in time, the new season is about to start.

But there is still no movement this year. Obviously, there is a great possibility that this season will be suspended.

The suspension of the season has little impact on Davidson. Anyway, how much money he should get or how much money should be paid has a greater impact on the players.

If the season is suspended, players will earn less money for each game missed.

In other words, if the next season is not played, the players will have no money to make this year.

What hurts the players even more is that those players with contracts are still unable to play in other leagues.

They can only work with the alliance...

As for those players who happen to be free agents at the moment, they can go to other leagues to hang out and earn extra money.

The current salary situation is that both parties are very anxious...

Once the season is suspended, the players will not be able to make money. Although the boss does not need to pay the players, other positions, such as coaches like Davidson, still have to be paid, and there are other expenses.

No competition means no income, which means that these bosses are also losing money every day...

Both sides are suffering, but no one is willing to make concessions, and even the conflict is so intense that neither side is willing to sit down and talk.

In the end, Stern said that if the two sides do not reach a preliminary agreement around Christmas, the next season will be canceled directly.

This frightened both labor and wages. If the next season is cancelled, neither of the two parties will be able to bear it.

Only then did the two parties return to the negotiating table. After lengthy negotiations, they finally reached an agreement, but the time has also entered January.

On January 1, the NBA, which was suspended for three months, finally returned to normal, and the season has just begun.

In the new season that is about to start, only [-] games are scheduled, and the annual All-Star is also cancelled.

Davidson is a little lucky. Fortunately, he was promoted earlier. If this year's All-Stars are cancelled, it will take another year to advance.

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On the eve of the start of the season, the Raptors finally gave an answer, agreed to the conditions offered by Davidson, and took out their unprotected first-round pick this year in exchange for the Grizzlies' Bryant Levi.

The reason why the Raptors agreed to this deal was naturally after careful consideration.

In their view, after getting Levi's, their Raptors' lineup will be greatly improved, and their record will naturally improve a lot. It is not impossible to enter the playoffs.

In this way, this year's first-round pick will not be much higher, and it must be quite a bargain in exchange for Levi's.

(End of this chapter)