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Chapter 995 The lockout is finally over

Stern couldn't wait any longer, so Zuo Li and Kobe led a large group of All-Star players to engage in a shocking battle in Los Angeles - the two sides alternated the lead 38 times, and all 24 players appeared on the field and all scored.

Zuo Li made a buzzer-beating shot against Gasol's defense. As the audience cheered, the "Zoko Tour League" came to an end.

At the same time, negotiations between labor and management failed again, and NBA officials could only announce the cancellation of the summer league, team press conferences and coaches meetings.

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

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

Facing reporters, Stern said, "Thank you to the fans who enjoy NBA games. The past year was a great year. However, for the team owners, even such a great season is still not beneficial to them.

It's profitable. Teams in small cities don't enjoy this kind of fun at all. Our goal is to make the operation of the league more cost-effective and make all 30 teams in the league competitive."

NBA Vice President Adamu Silva also said, "The labor agreement that just expired is not a win-win system. That agreement caused our team to suffer huge financial losses. We need a system for sustainable development.

The business model allows all 30 teams to have the opportunity to compete for the championship, pay players reasonable salaries and obtain considerable economic returns under good management."

To put it simply, the alliance should try its best to reconcile the conflicts between the two parties and take tough measures when appropriate.

There is no way, the NBA's brand name will be ruined if we don't care about it. Moreover, if labor and management cannot reach a consensus quickly, the NBA will lose not only the summer league, but also the preseason and training camp starting in October, and the end of October.

Beginning of the regular season.

With the strong participation of the league, the labor and management finally sat down at the negotiating table again the day after the tour. This time it was a three-way negotiation, and Stern also joined it.

In the following half month, there was no progress in negotiations, and the league announced that the preseason was canceled and the new season was postponed indefinitely.

Zuo Li's special training is not mentioned for now. After the alliance took action, things turned out not to be as simple as imagined.

In mid-September, the players agreed to reduce the income ratio from 57% to 54.3%. It felt that the negotiations were moving in a good direction. However, at this time, the league threw out another plan and the negotiations reached a deadlock again. By then, the NBA

The president said, "I hope both labor and management can agree to change the ratio to 50% each."

The regular season of the 2011-12 season will officially start on December 25, which is Christmas Day. Due to the suspension, the number of games in the new season has also been reduced from 82 to 66 games.

The players are willing to agree to a proposal to reduce the total salary by US$500 million over five years, but they refuse to accept the hard salary cap of US$62 million proposed by the employer. The employer hopes to reach a 10-year agreement at the same time to ensure that the annual salary expenditure does not exceed 20 million US dollars.

billion. The 10-year collective bargaining agreement is unacceptable to the players.

In the end, labor and management still have huge differences on major issues such as the "hard salary cap" system and "interest distribution."

This may be the only difference from history.

However, Zuo Li did not expect that, perhaps due to his stimulation, the alliance in this life would not make any more showy moves than in the previous life. When it was determined that his proposal was not feasible, the alliance made a decisive turn and began to promote an agreement between labor and management.

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

For a while, the players were in a panic.

Kobe called Zuo Li specifically, but Zuo Li couldn't tell the truth. In fact, he already knew that labor and management had already negotiated most of the framework of the new agreement, and the rest was just wrangling over the details.

When you are betting, you are betting that the other party will not be able to bear it first.

However, although the agreement was reached earlier than in history, the specific timeline is no different from that in history.

On November 18, it was officially announced that the NBA would hold preseason games and various transactions, signings and other matters on December 8.

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

According to insiders, the atmosphere was very heated, with both parties trash-talking each other, slamming the table, and even throwing water bottles.

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"Well, special training can be arranged."

On September 12, Zuo Li welcomed several special guests to his private training base in Changdao.

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

Zuo Li was noncommittal. It is undeniable that the dawn has appeared. Again, canceling all games this season is unacceptable to both parties. But it is a pity that although the demands of both parties have been very clear, they want to thoroughly discuss every detail.

, it still takes a lot of time.

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

On November 15th, the two sides negotiated for a full 15 hours, and finally reached a consensus this time: 1. The players agreed to reduce the proportion of salary expenses to 51.2% in the new season, and make adjustments based on the league's income in the next few years.

, the adjustment range is between 49% and 51%; 2. The agreement also includes some abandonment rules, as well as rookie contract terms derived from Zuo Li; 3. The player maximum salary ratio remains unchanged.

In addition, the preseason has not been cancelled, but will start from December 1st, and the number of games will be reduced from 8 to 4 games.

When the news came out, Zuo Li was a little confused. It was ten days earlier than he remembered!

How did he know that this was all the excitement of the tour he organized, allowing the alliance to cut through the mess quickly and painfully!

After both parties agreed to this agreement, the NBA finally entered the restart process.

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

After a month of actual training, Zuo Li's condition has been maintained very well, and after training with dozens of current star players, Zuo Li also has a lot of experience. Now he just needs time to digest these experiences.

Not only was this unacceptable to the players, but the management did not think it was a good proposal, so the negotiations returned to the starting point. It was even reported that Wade and league president Stern had an incentive dispute, which also lowered the relationship between the players and the league.

When it reaches freezing point.

3 days, 20 hours!

This is the longest negotiation between the two sides since July 1.

The players finally breathed a sigh of relief, and everyone was not unemployed at last. And each team also contacted the players one after another to ask them to return to the team as soon as possible. The training time is very tight!

As for the signings of rookies and the transactions that each team should make, the entire NBA is showing a busy scene.

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

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

(End of chapter)