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

Chapter 387 The Long Night Is Coming (Second Change, More to Come)
Min Congda is also a person who has killed two birds with one stone, and even fought against Lu Bu in Sanying.

But this is the first experience of a big group battle of five or six people, enjoying the treatment of a mosaic hero in a small Japanese movie.

In fact, Min Congda himself can be regarded as an individual. After a long five-hour meeting a day, he still has the energy to learn martial arts with the beauties in Texas.

Maybe it was really holding back for too long and being hurt too deeply by Harden's mother. This time, he didn't lose the wind this time. In the end, he fell asleep until the next morning.

On the morning of June 6th, he woke up to take a shower, ate the breakfast arranged by Cuban, and contacted Olshey and others to say hello. Min Congda and Cuban took his private jet to leave Dallas for New York.

After arriving in New York, Min Congda first met with Olshey and others, and the negotiation venue was set at the Westin Hotel in Times Square.

As soon as Min Congda arrived at Times Square, he felt a little nervous—it was once the place where he lost fifty thousand dollars.

Olshey and the others saw that Min Congda was in high spirits, so it was not easy to ask him where he went last night and why he went there.

"The shutdown is highly probable. This time, the management team is determined to fight to the end. What does the labor side say? Is there any news?" Min Congda asked.

Olshey has a good relationship with many players. He is a friend with Billy Hunter, the executive director of the players union, and everyone is paying close attention to the negotiation process.

"Labor's stance is also very tough, especially the players union chairman Derek Fisher and vice chairman LeBron James, who are determined not to give in on the salary cap issue."

"There is a high probability that there will be no results in today's negotiations, and the shutdown is indeed a high probability. Mr. Smart, how will we arrange our work next?"

Once the lockout is entered, the team can no longer supervise players, organize player training, and cannot have any transactions.

All team employees, including assistant coaches, trainers, etc., will be prohibited by the league from having any contact with players.

In other words, Min Congda can't go to Curry's house for dinner, the training hall is closed, and he can't go to lunch.

This is the most troublesome thing for Min Congda. Whether there is a game is a trivial matter, but having no food is a big problem.

Min Congda thought about it, if they were assigned jobs, they would have to achieve some results and make some profits, wouldn't they be finished?

Forget it, I have to implement my style, so I said to a few people: "The arrangement is just, don't do anything!"

"Do nothing again?"

This answer is completely expected by Olshey, Rosser and others.

You're the fucking magic conch, and you know you can do nothing.

Jeff Bauer was in a daze. He took out his small notebook and wanted to write down his next work schedule.

The result is doing nothing?

Orshe and Roser were used to it.

Now they have a lot of subjective initiative.

There is no need for Min Congda to make work arrangements at all, they have already figured out what to do during the shutdown.

Olshey is going to take a scouting team to China to meet with Fan Chen to see what is going on with the Asian Basketball Development Foundation.

Rosser wants to take advantage of the suspension to take care of the team's finances. Now that the Clippers have a lot of income, they also have a lot of expenses.

Some financial tools must be used reasonably to prepare for the expansion of team assets.

Jeff Ball hadn't yet grasped the essence of working under Min Tsung Tat.

He asked, "Mr. Smart, do you really just do nothing?"

Min Congda thought for a while and asked, "Can you cook?"

Bauer was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Uh...not very good at it, my wife cooks at home."

"Forget it, I can't count on you, you go home and rest. The salary is still paid, don't think too much, enjoy the life of the shutdown."

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On the afternoon of June 6, the labor and management sides started the last negotiation before the expiration of the labor agreement at the Westin Hotel.

After two and a half hours of discussion and negotiation, the two sides still could not reach an agreement, and the negotiation failed.

On the night of June 6th, in the press conference hall of the Westin Hotel, a sad-faced David Stern announced that the league will officially stop at 30:7 on July 1st, Eastern Time.

Min Congda was sitting at the press conference, seeing David Stern's tired appearance without eating for three days, he sympathized with the old man, and felt overwhelmed.

Finally, the lockout means that if the game does not start until the new season starts, the Clippers will have no cash flow income!
The commercial value of the team and the entire league will also drop sharply due to the suspension.

Because the NBA has signed contracts with various teams and many sponsors.

If you don't play the game, the league and the team will be compensated for the loss of advertisers.

Losing money made Min Congda so happy.

Anyway, Min Congda told Rosser that he would do everything in accordance with the contract and pay what he deserved.

If you don't have enough money, you will issue an IOU, and you will never default on the indemnity.

"A team can go bankrupt, but a person's reputation cannot go bankrupt!"

What Min Congda said was awe-inspiring, with the appearance of a god of business.

Always put credibility first.

In an interview after the launch, executive director Hunt said: "I think labor and management should first build a system and then talk about the economic aspects."

Matt Bonner, vice president of the players union, said: "We tried to avoid a lockout, but unfortunately we couldn't come to an agreement."

Don't look at Bonner as a bench player, but like Lao Yu, he is very prestigious among players off the court.

It may be because he is very good at saving money that the players are willing to elect him as the vice chairman.

Min Congda saw Bonner's eloquent talk, and thought that Bonner must be very broken now.

This stingy man cut off his source of income, wouldn't his life be even more difficult.

In short, the lockout is a huge loss for both employers and employees.

根据上一次的经验，1999年的停摆从98年一直拖到了1999年1月20日，双方才达成一致。

The more than 200-day lockout cost the NBA nearly $15 billion.

That's $2000 billion around 15.

Now if the shutdown continues for such a long time, the losses will definitely be greater.

But there is no way, the United States has never been a society that pays attention to "taking care of the overall situation".

What is important here is to play games with each other, even if both sides are hurt, there must be a winner.

Speaking of fairness, there is a fair side, and cruelty is also very cruel.

For those high-paid players, the lockout naturally doesn't matter, they have plenty of money.

And even if you can't play in the NBA, other countries still have balls to play.

With their current fame and strength, they can get high salaries wherever they go.

It will be miserable for some low-level players, especially the rookies who have just entered the league this year.

The contract is signed, but the wages are not paid.

Although the players union is a whole, its interior is not fair.

It is still a few people who have the right to speak, not most of the bottom players who need to work.

Most of the bottom players are coerced by a few stars who have the right to speak, and confront the management.

They take the biggest losses and give the biggest gains to a handful of stars.

To put it bluntly, some superstars are no longer in the same class as most players in the same camp in terms of salary, assets and fame.

No wonder the big lockout in 1999, the media would say it was a confrontation between millionaires and multimillionaires.

After the interview, Min Congda went back to his room and logged into his NBA-Batman account and sent a tweet:
"The NBA is officially suspended, the long night is coming, and the sun does not know when it will rise."

(End of this chapter)