Super Lord of the Rings

The ups and downs of life are so fast, it is too exciting.

That's what Isaiah Thomas thinks.

He originally wanted to wait until the end of his senior year before entering the NBA, but because his teammates were injured, he might not be able to make it to the NCAA tournament next season, so he was forced to participate a year in advance.

He did well in rookie camp, and several teams tried him out. It was officially predicted that he would be selected among the first few players in the second round. The cruel reality threw a bucket of cold water on his head. He did not expect to wait such a long time for his name to be read out by Stern.

When he was about to despair, he heard his name and was chosen by the king.

After being stunned for two seconds, he jumped up from the sofa excitedly after confirming that it was correct, it was like winning the jackpot!

As long as he has the opportunity to show, he has the confidence to stay with the Kings. Even if he is a fringe player, he may win the championship next season. Is there anything more wonderful than playing next to two superstars? He believed that much could be learned.

Moore's idea is the same, and he must find ways to stay. He is 193cm tall and weighs 92kg. He is a combo guard with average physical fitness and organizational skills. The advantage is that he can shoot.

It is very difficult for Moore to stay. There are Wang Jun and Ray Allen at the 2nd position. How can there be other substitutes? Unless he transitions to play as a point guard, or the star is injured, he has no chance.

There are not many real-time transactions on the draft day, and the league is about to be suspended. Many teams are waiting and watching. There are three relatively large transactions.

The Blazers sent veteran Andre Miller to the Nuggets for Raymond Felton.

The Spurs sent point guard George Hill to the Pacers' 14th overall rookie swingman Kawhi Leonard.

The Mavericks sent the No. 26 rookie Jordan Hamilton, who had just been selected before, to the Thunder in exchange for the Spanish demon knife Rudy Fernandez.

Just after the draft, Wang Jun received a call from former Lakers player Derek Fisher, hoping that he could participate in labor negotiations together.

Fisher has a calm face and a rational negotiating voice. He was born to talk like a coach, a spokesperson, so he became the president of the players union.

"Wang, if you participate in the negotiation and express some opinions, maybe the agreement can be finalized faster. Is it convenient to meet?"

"No more." Wang Jun refused, he was not interested in this matter at all.

"why?"

"I want to make a movie. I don't know about it. It's better not to participate."

"This is a major issue for all players. If the game is suspended and the game is reduced, you will also be affected. Don't you care?"

"I'll do other things when the timeout is suspended. When the game starts, I happen to be busy." Wang Jun smiled and said: "If I don't fight anymore, I'll be in Hollywood in the future."

"..." Fisher was speechless.

Damn, do you mean it doesn't matter if the NBA is gone?

Some of the words he had thought of to persuade Wang Jun were useless, and the conspiracy was aborted.

Wang Jun's ideas are too simple, if he doesn't understand, he won't participate.

His contract was negotiated by agent Ryan Hughes. Let him be the representative to discuss the salary of other players? It's unreliable when you think about it.

People who don't understand speak indiscriminately, which may mess things up, such as Ewing, the chairman of the labor union at that time.

In the summer of 1998, Ewing put Labor into a disadvantage by speaking publicly.

At the time, Stern said: "The salary of NBA players is already much higher than that of ordinary people, and they should not ask for more."

Ewing could have answered in an infinite number of ways, only to end up with the most thoughtless words. "Yes, we earn a lot, but we also spend a lot."

This sentence caused American audiences to have no sympathy for the players at all, thinking that this is nothing more than "a game of profit sharing between multi-millionaires and billionaires." In the end, the two sides stalemate until February 1999, when Labor bowed his head and signed the agreement, each team only played 50 games.

If Wang Jun got involved, he would be tricked and blamed if he was not careful, and the people who tricked him were the president and Fisher.

This labor negotiation in the NBA started as early as two years ago.

On August 5, 2009, the NBA and the players union conducted the first negotiation on the new collective bargaining agreement in advance, and the negotiation lasted for three and a half hours.

In January 2010, Stern tried hard to push the two sides to accept the "hard salary cap" clause after the negotiation restarted. The league said that this move was to save salary.

The hard salary cap refers to the maximum salary the team can use, and no one can sign when it reaches this range.

The salary cap means that the team has to pay a certain luxury tax. In this range, players can also be added, but only the minimum salary can be signed, and the rest depends on transactions.

The implementation of a hard salary cap is indeed good for curbing star groups, but not many people support it.

In the same month, it was also reported that the employer intends to propose a significant reduction in the salary of the players and the maximum number of years of the contract in the new labor clause negotiations, including reducing the player's income in the current labor clause from no more than 57% to no more than 45% of basketball-related income. , which means that the average salary of the players will drop by about 21%. Negotiations between the two sides broke up unhappy.

In December 2010, the players' union required all NBA players to authorize the disqualification of union representatives and dissolve the players' union, preparing to threaten the owners to reach a new labor agreement with the players' union as soon as possible.

If this measure, known as the "weapon of doom", is authorized by the players, the players union will be dissolved. According to U.S. law, the dissolution of the union will make the players lose all union protections, but the players can use the antitrust monopoly law to sue the team owners and challenge the league's various salary restrictions and player transaction restrictions. And if the union does not dissolve, they can only sue the boss according to the labor law.

Of course, this kind of nonsense did not happen. The All-Star players have huge contracts, so they will not make trouble together, and the players will not be able to unite.

On May 27, the NBA players union formally submitted a lawsuit to the US labor arbitration agency, accusing the NBA of using intimidation and threats in the new labor negotiations to force the players union to sign a new labor agreement that is unfavorable to the players.

On June 7 and 8 this year, the labor and management sides held two meetings, but did not achieve any substantial breakthrough.

Fisher, the chairman of the players' union, is suspected to be an "undercover agent" of the management, and his relationship with Stern is worth investigating.

In fact, Fisher was indeed an undercover agent. He promised Stern that he would persuade the union to accept the proposal of a 50-50 split. He had been working hard for this before, reducing the player's share by 7% compared to the original one.

This caused strong dissatisfaction among some union management, who asked Fisher to re-evaluate the 50-50 split proposal on Friday morning local time, before the start of a new round of negotiations.

The then chairman of the guild, Michael Curry, was a pawn placed by Stern. From July 2001 to June 2005, he served as the chairman of the players union.

On June 21, 2005, both employers and employees reached a new agreement. A week later, Curry resigned from the players union. In September of the same year, Stern announced Curry as the vice president of NBDL. In August 2006, Stern promoted Curry again and appointed him as the vice president of the NBA, in charge of basketball-related affairs.

The waters of the league and the players' association are too deep, and they are not good people.

Wang Jun's non-participation is the most correct choice. Fisher is very insidious and wants to draw Wang Jun to the front desk to attract firepower.

It is well known that Wang Jun has a good relationship with Kings boss Vivek. As long as Fisher tricks Wang Jun into saying something nice for the management, he will become a target of criticism as soon as he expresses his position.

The Lakers were miserably abused by the King, which made Fisher unable to get along with the Lakers in the mid-term. He wanted to add trouble to Wang Jun.

It's a pity that Fisher is only narrow-minded and can't compare with Wang Jun's directness, so he can only continue to toss by himself.

PS(~^~)