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

Chapter 388 I'm going to make a move (third update)
After the NBA officially announced the official suspension, the negotiations between the two sides did not end.

Instead, continue talking round after round until both parties are satisfied.

On July 7, the proposal proposed by the labor side during the negotiations was rejected, and the rookie training course originally scheduled for August was postponed.

On August 8 and September 2, both labor negotiations collapsed, and the start of the new season is nowhere in sight.

On October 10, Stern officially announced the cancellation of all preseason games, and the suspension of the regular season will be inevitable.

On October 10, Stern announced that the first two weeks of the regular season will be cancelled, and the two sides will start a long negotiation again in mid-October.

From October 10th to 19st, the labor and management sides started a round of 21 days and 3 hours of ultra-marathon negotiations, but they still failed to reach a consensus and continued to shut down.

On October 10, Stern announced the cancellation of all games in November.

On November 11, the NBA shrunk and deleted the schedule for the third time for two weeks.

On November 11th, the players union rejected the management's new agreement, and the negotiation broke down for the nth time...

Beginning on June 6, for five consecutive months, round after round of negotiations, repeated back and forth, the two sides were still unable to reach a consensus.

As a member of the management, Min Congda participated in and watched the extremely long and exhausting labor negotiations from the beginning to the end.

Although as the biggest traitor in the NBA, he hopes that the more muddy the water, the better.

But after staying in the league and leading the league for two years, there is more or less affection.

A large number of details in the negotiation made Min Congda feel incomprehensible, and it was not worth it for many players.

The core point of contention between the two parties is the distribution of the salary cap to income.

It was 57% before, and the management hopes to reduce this ratio to 50%.

The reduction of 7 percentage points has become a battlefield for both sides to fight back and forth.

But in fact, the suspension of the NBA season so far has caused a loss of more than 7 percentage points to players and wages.

The income of players is closely related to the income of the entire league. There is no income in the league without games. Even if you increase to 90%, you will not get a penny.

And a key problem is that it is often those stars who are not short of money who stick to their positions on the proportion of salary cap income.

Salary is only part of their income, they also have endorsements, sneaker contracts, off-court income and so on.

These stars are not so much concerned about their income as they are concerned about their reputation: To put it bluntly, they don't want to be stigmatized for compromising with the management.

In the general vote of the players union held on November 11, 15 representatives of 30 teams passed unanimously and rejected the new plan of the management.

This has brought the labor negotiations into an almost irreparable situation.

And as the negotiation time dragged on, five months later, the mentality of both sides began to change.

Whether it is the rich and powerful employers or the star players who don't care about income, the original intentions of both sides have become deviated from the track.

The purpose of management is to cut expenses and reduce risks; the purpose of labor is to get the salary they think belongs to them.

But after talking about it, the purpose of the management became "I don't believe that I am a capitalist, and my family has a big business, and I will be held hostage by your migrant workers."

The purpose of labor has become, "As representatives of migrant workers, we must not compromise with the capitalists at the expense of everyone's interests, and discredit ourselves."

As the executive director of the employer, Billy Hunter was even more slow in the negotiation, pulling back and forth, and did not really do a good job of coordination between the two parties.

And it's not just owners and players who are involved in the wrestling, but also agents, management, NBA team workers, media, and shit-stirring lawyers.

Of course, there is also a big traitor hiding.

All of these lead to a lot of wasted time and money, but still can't get a satisfactory result for both parties.

It's like the First World War, where the warring parties didn't know why they were fighting.

It's just that the fighting has started, so continue to fight and send ignorant soldiers to the front line to die.

After all, the players have to eat and get a salary to support their families. Even if they are stars, their income is high and their daily expenses are also high.

By November 11th, the original NBA payday, the lockout naturally means that there is no salary to be paid, and the previous contract is also invalid.

Many players in the NBA have no income and have gone overseas to play for a living.

A group of players jointly filed a lawsuit in the local court, suing the NBA suspension to affect their income and salary distribution.

The leader is none other than Kobe Bryant, followed by Chauncey Billups, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, and just entering the league this year. Kawhien Leonard who didn't play.

Min Congda was also shocked when he received the news that Leonard was going to sue the NBA.

This kid has a bit of guts. He just entered the NBA and didn't play a game, and didn't receive a single salary, so he dared to follow his big brother to the court to make trouble.

Although Leonard was selected in the draft, Min Congda was not very impressed with him.

Because after the lockout, the players and the management can no longer have any contact, otherwise they will be considered to be linked with each other.

Therefore, after the draft and Leonard signed the contract, the two would have no chance to meet again.

Now a lawsuit against the NBA and the Clippers has made Min Congda look at this guy with admiration.

"At a young age, I don't know what his ability is, but he has a good ability as a moth. It seems that I have read him correctly. Let him come to the Clippers, and maybe something bad will happen."

In Min Congda's view, players like Curry and Harden are too well behaved.

Playing well with one mind, not making wind or rain, made the Clippers locker room very harmonious.

If you look at the locker rooms of other teams, you can't stand the use of knives and guns, and fights are even more common.

Think about it, a group of black guys who are full of hormones and have not read many books are fighting and playing games together all day long. Can there be no conflict?

Once they have a conflict, they will never simply swear a few words of rubbish, do something, or even shoot.

It's just that in order to maintain the image of the team and players, most of this kind of news is blocked and the fans are not allowed to know.

But the Clippers really don't have one, and the interior is quite harmonious, let alone fights, there are very few quarrels.

If there is one who can make things right, it will be a good thing for the Clippers if the lockout ends in the future.

It's just that no one knows when the suspension will end.

At this time, the media published some news reports, announcing the details of the negotiations between the labor and management.

A considerable amount of it attacks Billy Hunter, the executive director of the players union, overtly and covertly.

It is believed that Billy Hunter had selfish intentions during the negotiation process and deliberately delayed the negotiations in order to prevent the agent from disbanding the players union with the players.

Because once the players union is dissolved, Billy Hunter will lose his salary.

At the same time, in an interview, Stern specifically emphasized that Billy Hunter's toughness and his absence during the negotiations made it impossible for the negotiations to continue.

Stern is undoubtedly implying that the existence of Billy Hunter has hindered the smooth progress of labor negotiations.

As soon as this report came out, Min Congda had a keen sense that the negotiations were likely to make progress.

He immediately called Cuban to inquire about the status of the negotiations, and then flew to New York in person to participate in the management meeting as a representative of the Clippers.

There are growing signs that the shutdown could end around December.

This is the result that Min Congda does not want to see.

On November 11, a week before the two sides started another negotiation, NBA-Batman posted an important message on Twitter:

"Ex-tainted umpire Tim Donaghy revealed David Stern's manipulation of league games, details of autobiography to follow."

(End of this chapter)