I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 382 Full of Confidence (Part [-])
The 2011 draft has come to an end.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are considered to be the biggest winners. Those who are lucky to get the No. [-] pick will usher in a combination of double No. [-] picks.

This is equivalent to giving LeBron James a reassurance.

Moreover, although the Cavaliers did not win the championship this season, they were still very successful in reaching the finals.

Especially in the Eastern Conference finals, the Miami Heat who had been deliberately killed, and the Eastern Conference semifinals defeated the Boston Celtics who had been blocking him, which was a major improvement and victory for James.

It's a pity that the finals scored 8 points in a single game, and they were swept by Gentleman 1:4. They won a total of two finals.

This shows that LeBron James still has a lot of room for improvement.

The Clippers took two forwards at the [-] who didn't shoot well in the first round.

This is the draft strategy that Min Congda set up when he first entered the league, and his execution ability is quite strong.

In the second round, the Clippers took power forward Lavoy Allen from Temple University with the 49th overall pick.

This choice was not interfered by Min Congda, and it was Jeff Ball's choice early on.

He believes that the Clippers currently have height and thickness in the interior, but they lack flexibility and athleticism.

Lavoy Allen is 206 tall, young, energetic, and has quite comprehensive skills.

He is very similar to Zach Randolph in playing style, but the level of technical sophistication is far less.

In contrast, his defense is more outstanding, very hard.

Although there is not much potential, it is a very good choice as an inside supplement.

Min Congda believes in Jeff Bauer's draft and operational capabilities, and believes that he will slowly bring the luck of bankruptcy to the Clippers.

The end of the draft conference indicates that the new season will gradually begin.

But this summer, things are obviously not that simple.

As early as December 2009, when Min Congda came to the Clippers less than half a year ago, he was still trying to find a way to bankruptcy.

Under the influence of the financial crisis, the alliance has already suffered from many symptoms, and the alliance is full of crises, and there is a risk of large-scale losses or even bankruptcy at any time.

At that time, the famous TV commentator Brad said: "As far as I know, the NBA has encountered a crisis in the past two years. If there is no obvious improvement in the future, then some teams will withdraw from the NBA one after another. This league has been in existence for more than 20 years. For the first time, the momentum of expansion that has been sustained will be strongly contained."

Then in early 2010, "Fox" magazine announced the value list of NBA teams, and 30 of the 12 teams lost money.

That is to say, as many as 40% of the teams are unprofitable, and the owners and the league are putting money into it.

Originally, the Los Angeles Clippers were also among the loss-making teams, but under Min Congda's fuss, they successfully attracted a large wave of traffic and increased attendance.

The Clippers' box office and cash flow have been significantly improved in the short term, and their losses have been evened out in one fell swoop. Although the profits are small, at least they will not lose money.

No wonder David Stern was so tolerant of Min Congda.

It's not easy to have a general manager who can make money under him.

And from time to time, fines are used to support the alliance's finances, bringing topic traffic to the alliance.

Such a person seems to be a thorn, but is actually a treasure, and it is too late to protect him.

Because the teams in the league continue to lose money and revenue declines, the management hopes to reduce the proportion of the total wages of labor players, reduce the maximum number of years of the contract, and it is best to set a hard salary cap.

Of course, labor players are not willing to watch their income decline, and the contradiction between the two sides is obvious.

There are still 18 months before the start of formal negotiations this year, and both employers and employees have met several times.

在1999年的劳资谈判中，双方达成了57%工资总额占比。（从2002年的55%递增至2005年的57%。）
That is, after deducting the basic benefits from the league's income, the remaining 57% of the income is used as the player's salary benchmark.

For example, the total revenue of the league this year is 35 billion, minus the miscellaneous expenses of 5 million, leaving 30 billion in revenue, 17.1 billion is used as player salary income.

Then it is divided equally to 30 teams, which is 5700 million U.S. dollars, so the salary cap is set at 5700 million U.S. dollars.

But in fact, the league implements a soft salary cap, and most teams' salary expenditures will exceed this amount.

The championship team is greatly overspending and has to pay a high luxury tax. It is strange that the team does not lose money.

Moreover, although the league's income will be distributed and allocated to a certain extent, each team is generally responsible for its own profits and losses.

Some teams make a lot of money and don't care about the 57% ratio.

Some teams don't make much money in the first place, and they have to pay salaries according to the 57% salary cap, which is a loss. (The existence of the minimum wage makes many teams have to fill the poor line.)
Therefore, the management has long wanted to adjust this ratio. It is said that 43% is a ratio that the management is willing to accept, which means that the salaries of the players will generally be reduced by 20%.

Individual players may not care about such a large salary cut, but it is impossible for the players union as a whole to agree.

Numerous meetings between representatives of both sides have been fruitless.

The boss loses money and doesn't want to pay so much salary.

Players have to compare pennies and pennies on their youthful career in recent years.

After the 2010 season ended and the Lakers won the championship, in August of the summer of 10, the labor and management sides started the first formal negotiation.

The differences between the two sides are very huge, and the negotiations have not reached any substantive progress and results.

In September 2010, the negotiations seemed to be smooth overall, but there were still no substantive results.

The two sides clashed on some minor details, but the most critical salary ratio did not reach a consensus.

During the 2011 All-Star Game, the labor and capital sides contacted again, but this time the smell of gunpowder between the two sides became obviously stronger.

Stern said that "both of us have the ability to shut down the league," and the threat was palpable.

As the vice chairman of the players union, LeBron James fought back strongly, saying that the team backed down and agreed with the 57 ratio when buying the team. Now I don't want to admit it.

In April 2011, just after the end of the regular season, Stern announced that he would cancel the summer league in the summer of 4.

This became a harbinger that the new season may be suspended.

On June 2011, 6, two days before the draft, the labor and management held another three-and-a-half-hour negotiation.

The employer proposes a "flexible salary cap" system to replace the current soft salary cap.

Labor believes that the so-called flexible salary cap is just a variant of the hard salary cap.

It is still difficult for the two sides to reach a substantive consensus, and the negotiations have not progressed.

After the draft went on as usual and ended successfully, on June 2011, 6 Eastern Time, a final negotiation was coming.

After the NBA spent a prosperous and lively 2011 season.

The glory on the court is gone, and the battle of real interests off the court has begun.

On June 6, Min Congda, as the management representative of the Clippers, flew to Dallas together with Roser, Olshey, Jeff Ball and others to attend a management meeting.

Min Congda, who thinks he "won a big victory" in the draft, is full of confidence.

With Sun Houzi's mentality of participating in the Queen Mother's Pantao Festival, I vowed to turn him upside down!
(End of this chapter)