In mid-September, the NBA's collective bargaining collapsed again, with many owners trying to impose a hard wage cap.

The hard salary cap, as the name suggests, is a salary cap that cannot be exceeded, even if there is money, it cannot be spent, and everyone competes fairly.

From the point of view of the fans, the owners, the implementation of the hard salary cap is good for the NBA. With the same salary for each team, there will be no Lakers F4, Cavaliers, and Celtics Big Three, which can greatly strengthen the competition, make the game more exciting, and the small city team also has the hope of winning the championship.

Many people think that the NBA in the 8 and 90s was better-looking, just because at that time, a team had at most two stars, and one more star owner couldn't make money, the only exception was probably the Bulls, because Pippen was a good comrade who didn't want money.

Now, the alliance is too strong and weak, how can a weak team with a total salary of 50 million beat a giant with a total salary of more than 100 million? There are at least two fewer stars in the team, or there is a huge gap in the strength of substitutes and role players.

The NFL league has implemented a hard salary cap system to close the gap between teams, and the NFL is also the most popular league in the United States, and the Super Bowl is as grand as a holiday every year.

The NBA's current luxury tax collection system does have a certain clamp on the rich teams, but if the owner is rich and not afraid to spend money at all, this system is a dead letter. Like the Russian boss of the net team, spending 200 million is not taken seriously at all, and he doesn't spend it to pay taxes?

You can't buy a Super Bowl in the NFL, but in the NBA, it's possible to buy a championship with money.

No matter what the owners and fans think, no NBA player is willing to take a pay cut, and Derrick Fisher, the chairman of the players' union, has made a tough statement that he would rather die than sign a hard salary cap.

With a calm face and a rational, negotiating voice, Mr. Fisher spoke like an official spokesman.

"We're not going to agree and we're not going to have internal divisions like the owners of the team, which is evident in the way the players dress in their unions. We are in this together, we are united, there are no differences, it has been reported many times and we want to continue to reiterate that. ”

The union members printed special T-shirts with the silhouettes of several basketball players on their chests, and in front of the silhouettes, the giant "STAND" was written in yellow and bold letters! (It can be understood as "bearable"!) )

When asked by reporters whether the bosses would unite and sacrifice a season in exchange for the implementation of the hard salary cap policy, Fisher gave a very domineering answer. "No, it's completely impossible, 30 teams, there are 30 owners, and in my opinion, there are less than half of the owners who have similar ideas."

Not to mention less than half, no boss is willing to sacrifice a season, and no matter how much money the players lose, they will not lose much more than them. And if it really wants to be suspended for a season, David Stern will not agree, and then the fans will run out of fear, and everyone will have no fun.

In early October, a new round of negotiations broke down again, and the two sides made some progress, but there is still a long way to go. The players have agreed to reduce the percentage of basketball-related revenue to 53 percent, but the players' union has been told that such concessions still won't make up for the differences between the two sides.

To put it bluntly, the difference between the two sides is money, and it is no different from the 1998 shutdown.

The NBA officially announced the cancellation of training camp and preseason games in October, as well as the cancellation of games in the first two weeks of November.

On the Internet, fans were scolded, and some of them swore that they would not pay attention to the NBA in the future.

Yang Rui did not show up from beginning to end, did not participate in negotiations, and rested on vacation in Los Angeles. The upside of this is that almost no one knows that he is the "owner" of the 30% Clippers stake, and the players will not be disgusted with him.

Yang Rui doesn't care how much money is less money from the Clippers, and now let Donald Sterling in front. Raheem Sterling lives up to expectations and is one of the toughest and most active bosses.

As in previous lives, many NBA players without contracts went to play in the Chinese CBA, including several big names, such as JR Smith, Kenyon Martin, Wilson Chandler, and many more.

Yi Jianlian joined the Guangdong team and attracted many fans. Unfortunately, Yao Ming did not play for the Shanghai team, and last season's serious injury reimbursement made him more aware of the importance of rest and reluctant to play in low-level competitions. He has already won the regular season MVP, and no matter what stats he plays in the CBA, he will not feel a sense of accomplishment.

History and Yang Rui's previous life have changed a lot, and if there is no butterfly effect at this time, Yao Ming should become the boss of the Shanghai team. Now he is not interested in buying the Shanghai team, the new contract will not expire until 16 years, and even if he wants to buy it in the future, he will buy an NBA team.

Yao Ming's max contract plus advertising fees is a staggering figure, and he is now one of the top five stars in the NBA by commercial value.

The management of each team is not idle, and sends the most unknown people to contact free agents to discuss signing intentions, such as assistant managers, establish a Minion account, and communicate with players on the Internet, how can the NBA check?

Relying on the loopholes in the recruitment, many teams have already negotiated a deal, but it has not been announced.

The league's proposal of "seven prohibitions" is a verbal warning, and the management staff and players can pass it perfunctorily without meeting. The coalition can't really check everyone's online conversations or phone calls, which would be too costly for Facebook to do.

It wasn't until November 26 that the two sides finally reached an agreement, ending the 149-day shutdown.

Stern announced that the new season will kick off on Christmas Day on December 25, and free agency and training camp will kick off at the same time on December 9.

In the end, the players accepted the 49%-51% floating share plan, and the management guaranteed that the labor would get a 51% revenue share under the premise of good NBA revenue growth, which was much lower than the previously negotiated 53%.

The players were willing to make concessions because of the heavy losses, and the owners were no exception, with the losses on both sides adding up to more than $2 billion. There are 82 regular season games in a full NBA season, and now only 66 are left, and the direct financial loss to players is $530 million.

Bryant was the highest-paid player in the new season, with a total salary of $25.24 million, and his salary loss reached $4.92 million due to the shrinking season. He has less money to play 12 games, which is enough for an ordinary family to eat for a lifetime.

In order to make money, the league has arranged the most intensive schedule in history, with each team having to play three consecutive back-to-backs, which will seriously reduce the physical strength of the players, which will not only directly affect the quality of the game, but also increase the likelihood of injury to the players.

In December, free agency opened and teams began to make reinforcements.

The Clippers went first with three players. Novak joined the Knicks, Dunleavy joined the Bucks for 2 years and 7.5 million, and Sheldon Williams joined the Nuggets.

It doesn't matter if the two are marginal people, management wants Dunleavy to stay, but he refuses.

Dunleavy wants to join a team that can play, and he thinks he can still fight for a big contract and make a big difference on the court, rather than being reduced to a marginal player. If Dunleavy takes a pay cut to join the Clippers, he will be 33 years old in two years, and it will be very difficult to get a high salary.

This is the external statement, the reason why Dunleavy really doesn't want to stay in the Clippers is that he doesn't want to play the No. 4 position, he is afraid of confrontation, and he doesn't want to do the transformation requirements put forward by Yang Rui, and he played very hard last season.

The Knicks also renewed the contract of Greg Oden, and the "Great" has had a high season of attendance since he entered the league, and he is still blue-collar data. The Knicks didn't want to give up on him and gave him a year in the hope that he would get his senses back.

The Knicks also signed veteran point guard Mike Bibby, and the current Knicks roster is not bad, except for Stoudamire, there are no high-paid players, and they have to make a big difference in the summer.

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