Chapter 484 The lockout is over and the new season is coming
The training camp organized this time is different from the past when they trained together to play against each other, because this time it is not a training camp for NBA players, but a training camp for some children.
Lian Dao had some ideas before, but this time he became more determined in China.
Mainly, he wants some children to be exposed to professional training as early as possible, and some basketball habits must be cultivated from an early age; to be exposed to some talented peers as early as possible can let them know that there is a bright future.
Lian Dao also hopes that some children will gain something from his training camp and enter a higher level league.
After Yao Ming learned about Lian Dao's training camp, he flew directly to New York. He chose to join in this matter. With Yao Yao Ming's recommendation, there were indeed many good prospects.
There are Tang Zihao, Ou Junxuan, Zhang Zhenlin... and Ding Yanyuhang, who is the gold player of Lu Province, and his eldest nephew Guo Ailun, who was a teammate of Lian Dao in the national team.
Later, Stephen Curry, who came to Lian Dao to practice long-range three-pointers, also joined in, and later also brought some small players.
On the instructor's side: guards, forwards, and centers are all here.
Their training camp officially started a week later. Lian Dao did not organize this training to make money, so it was free.
Lian Dao, Curry, and Yao Ming all teach separately, plus Chris Brickley's training team works part-time on a daily basis.
The biggest benefit from this is actually the young players in China. Instilling scientific training methods and basic skills into them from an early age will make their future journey smoother.
…
While Lian Dao, Yao Ming and Curry were in training camp, the negotiations between labor and management broke down again.
The outcome of the negotiations failed to reach an agreement again. Although both parties were trying to find the most suitable point, interests themselves cannot be completely agreed upon.
Due to the long shutdown, the summer league has long been canceled and the free market has been postponed. If this pace continues, the preseason is likely to be cancelled.
The NBA can no longer afford a longer hiatus.
Now there are conflicts not only within the labor side, but also within the management side.
On the labor side, some stars have different demands from ordinary players.
The stars, mainly Fisher, want to strive for more benefits for themselves; while the ordinary players hope to end the lockout immediately and resume salary payment. They need this salary to support their families in Hukou.
On the management side, some bosses in big ball markets have different demands than those in small ball markets.
Big city bosses hope to attract some stars and increase their strength so that they can compete for championships every year, thereby making more money.
The owners of small ball markets hope to use the hard salary cap to even out the strength gap between the teams and balance each other's strengths. Otherwise, the small ball market will have no hope of winning the championship, and the ball market will only become smaller and smaller. They will also
You will lose more and more.
But the current situation is that they must end the shutdown as soon as possible.
Because there are four major sports leagues in the United States, in addition to basketball, there are also ice hockey, football and baseball, so there is no shortage of sports for fans to watch.
And if there is no game for a long time, it will cause a large loss of fans. If you want to recover, you don't know how long it will take.
So now Stern must not watch the prosperous National Basketball League decline due to the shutdown.
Stern walked between labor and management, and the pressure from both sides made the old man exhausted both physically and mentally.
…
In the blink of an eye, it has arrived in late October. After entering autumn, the heat has subsided and the weather has gradually turned cooler.
In the past, the preseason would have been over, but now the labor and management sides are still fighting at the negotiation table, and the preseason has also been announced to be cancelled.
For Lian Dao, his left foot has almost recovered. It has to be said that the injury repair fluid produced by the system is very magical. It can not only repair the injury perfectly without leaving any hidden damage, but also greatly shorten the repair time.
Even the doctors on the rehabilitation medical team were amazed at Lian Dao's recovery speed.
If Lian Dao hadn't been their boss, they would have wanted to put Lian Dao's slices under a microscope for observation.
However, although this group of people cannot cut Lian Dao into slices, they follow Lian Dao every day and record a large amount of data. It feels like observing lab rats.
This behavior made Lian Dao angry and almost dismissed the rehabilitation medical team.
Seeing that their jobs were about to be lost, this group of medical perverts also restrained themselves a lot.
However, through previous research data, they also came to the conclusion that Lian Dao's cells are more active and powerful than those of active NBA stars.
They believe that this may be the main reason why Liandao has such strong recovery ability.
…
After entering November, Lian Dao has gradually returned to the training intensity before the injury. He has rested for such a long time and now needs a lot of training to get his body back into competition condition.
Because Lian Dao completed the last task of the system "leading the Knicks to win the championship in the 2010-2011 season."
The mysterious gift package of system rewards was also distributed to the system space.
There are three rewards in the mystery gift package.
They are: LeBron James’ exclusive physical skills: injury insulator; star skill copy card x1; 5% of Google’s shares.
As expected, the prizes in the mysterious gift package are the most generous, and just being the first one makes Lian Dao feel worth it.
James can definitely be called an injury insulator. Even Lian Dao has to admire his physical endurance.
In James' career, he has experienced various abuses and various 90-degree sprains. He recovered and was resurrected with full health.
Before the age of 35, he had almost no injuries, and at most he would take one or two rounds of rest.
Based on his style of play and the intensity of his defense, it is truly astonishing to have such an attendance rate. Without this physique, James would not have been able to create the great record of "311".
Star skill copy card, as the name suggests: use a star skill copy card to copy one of the opponent's skills during a match.
And the last one is purely a reward for business territory.
…
On the same day, Lian Dao had resumed training intensively for nearly a month. On this day, after training, Lian Dao was receiving a massage from a physical therapist while chatting with his junior sister on his mobile phone.
After the junior sister returned to New York, she threw herself into work again. She needed to form a team to conduct in-depth inspections and evaluations of some of the investment directions that Lian Dao had given her.
While chatting, suddenly his phone vibrated and a pop-up window appeared at the top of the screen.
Take a closer look.
"A new labor agreement has been reached and the lockout is over."
Lian Dao had already expected this. Although he forgot the specific date when the lockout would end, he generally knew that it would be in late November, close to the end of November.
Lian Dao click to check it out.
On the same day, labor and management finally announced an agreement after 15 hours of negotiations, ending the long shutdown that lasted 149 days.
If all goes well, the new season will officially kick off on December 8, US time, with free agency and training camp opening at the same time.
And the news quickly spread around the world.
Previously, because there was no sign that the lockout was about to end, a large number of players who went to play overseas quickly received the news.
According to ESPN statistics, a total of 70 people have played overseas before.
Of these 70 players, 47 players have opt-out options in their contracts.
Among them, most players had an opt-out option when they originally signed contracts with overseas teams. Now that the lockout is over, they have terminated their contracts with overseas teams and returned to the United States to prepare for the new season.
For example: Jeff Adrian (Warriors), Lavoyen Allen (76ers), Barbosa (Mongol), Batum (Trail Blazers)...
However, there are also a group of NBA players who came to China to seek gold. When signing the contract, they did not pay attention to check whether there was an opt-out clause, and they were stranded in the CBA.
Because according to the regulations of the Chinese Basketball Association, when they signed with a CBA team, they were not allowed to have an exit option in the contract. Therefore, even if the NBA is suspended and the new NBA season will kick off at Christmas, they cannot exit the contract and return to the United States.
Many of them actually know about this clause, but there are always some fools who, relying on their status as NBA stars, have no scruples and still choose to sign for gold.
They feel that Chinese teams dare not force them to stay, but it is obvious that they overestimate themselves.
This involves many players, such as Wilson Chandler, Brooks, JR Smith, Patrick Mills, etc.