The rest is just noise

When it comes to opinions, everyone has opinions, but many people's opinions are unacceptable.

For example, Jerry West's comments make people laugh.

He wants to reinstate the NBA's regional draft.

"That's enough, Jerry, you know it's impossible."

Louis also smiled.

This is a rule that only benefits one team at certain times and is detrimental to all teams most of the time.

The Philadelphia Warriors used this rule to draft Chamberlain.

If the regional draft has always existed, who will change? First of all, Gary Payton will be taken by Washington, Mutombo and Mourning will be taken by the Bullets, O'Neal will be taken by the Spurs, Grant

Hill will be taken down by the Bullets, Garnett will be taken down by the Bulls, Iverson will be taken down by the Bullets, Durant will be taken down by the renamed Bullets/Wizards, and Curry will be taken down by the Charlotte Bobcats.

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As for the Lakers who proposed this rule, if the regional draft is really restored, who can they choose in the regional draft in the next few decades?

uh Paul Pierce and DeMar DeRozan.

I feel like it’s better not to draft in this region, right?

To sum up, if Louis was the senior executive of the Bullets, he would still vote in favor even if he could not change the fact that the regional draft has become a thing of the past.

West knew that his proposal would not pass, so after finishing his speech, he simply sat down and said nothing more.

Louis looked at him with a smile.

"What's so funny?" West asked.

"I was wondering, did you not know what suggestion to make, so you just made one?"

"you guessed right."

A wide variety of proposals emerged.

Most of them were rejected, and those proposals that were passed all had this characteristic.

That benefits all teams.

Louis, who had proposed proposals every year in the past few years, and several of them were passed, was particularly calm today.

At the end of the annual meeting, Stern asked Louis: "Lu, don't you have anything to say?"

Louis smiled sheepishly: "Actually, I really have two suggestions here."

Everyone's eyes were shining, looking at Louis like he was prey.

It's not that they overreacted, it's that Louis' proposals in recent years have a much higher probability of being passed than others.

Because of Louis, the rosters of each team were increased from 12 to 13 players (later increased to 15 on the proposal of others).

Because of Louis, those guys who don't understand the salary cap will no longer be unable to sign rookies because there is no room in the salary cap.

He changed the league both on and off the court.

"Let's talk about it, Lu."

"I hope that the league can introduce a standard rookie contract to curb those rookies who are about to open their mouths." Louis' words caused a commotion at the scene. "I know that the labor agreement is deadlocked and the union has a tough attitude, but they

It is ridiculous to ask for the abolition of the draft system. They know, and we also know, that this cannot happen, and the draft is the foundation for the long-term survival of the league."

Jane Walker was interested.

"Lu, what is a standard rookie contract?"

"I'm always annoyed by guys who ask for a maximum salary before they've played a single professional game," Louis said. "No matter how good their prospects are, they are still newcomers who have never played a single professional game."

, they may not be as good as they think, but the current rules require us to give them too large a contract in order to sign with them."

"Yeah, like Joe Klein!"

"Can't forget Dennis Hopson!"

"Damn, there's Chuck Person!"

"I hate William Bedford!"

The NBA's annual meeting has almost turned into a parallel import criticism meeting.

Stern had to calm the group down.

"Lu, what do you think a standard rookie contract should be like?"

"The number of years should not be too long, nor too short. There should be a distinction between first-round picks and second-round picks." Now Louis only needs to copy the rookie contract system that the NBA will issue in the future. "The annual salary of lottery picks should not exceed

10% of the salary cap, but it cannot be less than 8% of the salary cap.”

Jerry Krause laughed: "I think this is a good policy, but it is incredible that this policy was proposed by a representative from New York."

"I admit that we did not think carefully about the contract in the past few years."

The aftermath of the infamous 10-year $30 million the Knicks gave Ewing is still affecting the team's operations.

"Lu, you should know that it was you who started the history of sky-high asking prices for rookies." Klaus wanted to confuse the audience.

"Yes, I agree with Jerry."

Don Nelson, the representative of the Golden State Warriors and Louie's close friend in the circle, openly stabbed him in the back.

Louis looked at him in surprise.

"The history of giving sky-high contracts to rookies did start in New York." Nelson laughed, "but I don't think Lu should be responsible for this."

"Don't forget, when Ewing was given that contract, he was already the general manager of the Knicks!" Krause said online.

"Jerry, you misunderstood me. What I mean is that the era of rookies demanding sky-high prices for their contracts has already begun, and Ewing's contract was just a tipping point. But the starting point is indeed New York." With Nelson's seniority,

Open your mouth and the history is, "You know what's going on, Jerry?"

He was asking about another Jerry.

Nielsen seemed to be attacking Louis together with Klaus, but in fact he cleverly solved the latter's embarrassment.

West is willing to cooperate: "In 1966, the Knicks surprised us all by signing a rookie contract with an annual salary of 300,000 for Cazzie Russell (Cazzie breast color llSF/SG).

From then on, the situation became uncontrollable. I have to say that New York is the source of all the evil in this phenomenon, but it is unreasonable to blame Louis for this. Even if the contract they gave Ewing was unreasonable, but

Don’t forget, he had just become the general manager at the time and didn’t know much about many things. That’s why I believe he really wanted to solve the problems we all face when he came up with this proposal.”

Klaus snorted and said no more.

"This is indeed a topic that needs serious discussion." For some reason, Knicks star Earl Monroe, who was kidnapped by Los Angeles Clippers owner Sterling, spoke on behalf of the Clippers, "Every year the draft is held.

At the end of the day, we are like meat in the case being slaughtered by greedy brokers. This situation should be controlled."

"How to control it? I don't think the union will accept this proposal." 76ers general manager John Nash (John Nash) said, "Rookies could have asked us for a seven-figure annual salary. If this proposal is passed, even if

He is the first overall pick and can get an annual salary of up to 700,000 yuan."

"Isn't that much?" Louis asked, "They have to prove their worth before they can earn big contracts."

"What you said is correct."

"But how can we get them to agree?"

Louis looked at Stern and said slyly like a fox: "As far as I know, the negotiation dilemma between the union and the league is whether the cable television broadcast contract is shared?"

"Yes." Stern sneered, "They've been fussing about this all year."

"What about the Alliance's decision?"

"It was the owners' decision," Stern said. "They agreed to share the revenue from the cable TV contract with the players."

"Presumably Mr. President has put a lot of effort into this, right?"

"Let's get down to business, Louis."

Louis asked bluntly: "If the owners agree to share the revenue from the cable TV contract with the players, what do they get for it?"

"To be honest, I didn't get anything. This was to reach an agreement with the union. As they grow stronger, we can no longer afford the loss of the shutdown." Stern smiled bitterly.

"Since we gave in but got nothing, why not use the standard rookie contract system as a bargaining chip."

"But we already voted for it."

Stern paused and cursed himself for being stupid, so what if the vote passed? Just insist on launching a rookie contract then.

No matter how high-sounding the unionists are, their current struggle environment is different from the past.

In the past, unions were indeed fighting for the survival of players.

Nowadays, decent players are all millionaires. Survival is no longer a problem. What they want is to earn more money.

"I get what you meant now."

Stern looked at the crowd and said, "Vote."

Except for two abstentions, representatives from other teams all voted in favor.

Louis sat there silently, as if he didn't know that with his words just now, he would change the game pattern in the offseason.

Once the standard rookie contract system is passed, many of you will not have to fight with various agents during the offseason.

Because there is a standard contract, there is no need to negotiate. Players and agents sign and take photos together. There is no need to be like now, arguing for months with no results, or even not participating in training camp, waiting until the start of the new season to sign the contract.

"Louis, don't you have two opinions? Where is the other one?"

"Well, this is a bit hard to talk about."

Louis' second opinion is to add a clause that allows the team to renew the rookie contract regardless of the salary cap when it expires.

This is similar to what he originally suggested, when the team's salary cap is inflated and it becomes impossible to sign a rookie, a certain clause can be activated to sign a contract beyond the cap, and the extra money will be doubled in fines and distributed to all teams in the league.

But this time, all teams voted against it.

Because of this proposal, no matter how you look at it, only the Knicks will take advantage.

In the league, only the Knicks and Celtics relied entirely on their own draft players to successfully win championships as their championship teams.

The Celtics have passed their peak, and the Knicks' troubles are about to begin. If they agree to Louis' proposal just now, they will be asking for trouble and giving the Knicks an opportunity to use their money power.

Louis didn't intend to pass it in one go. If it doesn't work this time, it will be next time. The salary cap next season will reach 7.24 million US dollars, and they still have to play.