525: The future of veterans, the big devil enters the game, this game can't be played (8K(1/4)
In normal times, pre-season training camps should have begun.
But now, labor-management negotiations still have no results.
Both sides are still unwilling to give in, players do not want to cut wages, and team owners do not want to lose money for years.
It's almost a dead end, and it looks like there will never be a solution to the problem.
Of course, everyone also knows that the NBA will not keep going like this.
After all, all these interests are discussed based on the competition.
Without games and without fans, there is no benefit.
Without interests, there is no point in talking about distribution.
If you continue like this, it will be of no benefit to both sides.
At that time, it will not be a matter of how much you make, but that everyone has no money to make.
The suspension of professional sports leagues is a perfect thing to do in a beautiful country where the air is sweet.
Just before the NBA, the NFL, the most Liu Bi in the beautiful country, was also suspended.
But in the end, the problem will always be solved, it is just a matter of time.
Mr. Lu Xun said it well: "The Chinese people always like to reconcile and compromise. For example, if you say that the room is too dark, it is definitely not allowed to open a skylight here.
But if you advocate removing the roof, they will come to reconcile and are willing to open the skylight."
Not only the Chinese, but the American people are actually the same. Who is better than who is superior?
If you say that everyone should not make money by fighting, they are willing to open the skylight and be willing to give in.
No matter how long the game starts, it is impossible to cancel this kind of thing directly in the season.
Not to mention mere labor-management negotiations, even if one day there will be a virus that will cause death, it will still have to be played in this game.
So, after dragging on for so long, many players have also begun to consider their future.
Most young players choose to go overseas to win a series of games first, and come back to play when the NBA starts. Isn’t it great to have double the salary?
Some veterans think further.
What they are considering is not the question of where to play basketball in the present, but their own future.
Steve Nash, it seems that it has not been long since he won the MVP for two consecutive years.
But in the past two years, he has almost disappeared.
Since Stoudemire left, the Suns have embarked on the road to reconstruction.
What remains beside Nash is a group of young people waiting for him to feed and grow up.
Champion? Who would believe it?
The team that had a whirlwind in the league, and the team that brought the ultimate visual experience to fans has now become a passerby in the West.
People are discussing when the Golden State Warriors can win the championship, whether Wayne can win the championship in a row, whether the Dallas can make a comeback, and where Kobe will go if he leaves Yao Ming.
The Phoenix Suns have missed the playoffs for two consecutive years. The former son of Feng unknowingly came to the 37-year-old "age" at the age of 37.
37 years old, two regular season MVPs, top five in the historical assists rankings, and one of the best point guards in the new century.
Such a character never has a ring of his own.
I have to say that this is indeed a regret.
So, last season in Phoenix, you would see Suns fans holding up a card: "It's okay Nash, you can go."
Well, Steve Nash, it shouldn't have been like this, he has given everything to Phoenix.
Even fans think he doesn't owe anything to Fengcheng, and he should go closer to the championship and pursue his championship dream.
Looking at the entire NBA league, there are few such situations where fans are willing to let the star leave.
Because everyone knows that Phoenix City has no hope, and Nash can no longer lead this team to achieve anything.
Rather than doing this, it would be better for Nash to end up with a better ending.
Where is Nash himself?
He is also considering this issue.
While his fuel tank has not completely dried up and while he is still useful, he hopes to join a championship-level team.
In 2009, Nash and the Suns just signed a three-year contract, but the final year of the contract was the player option.
In other words, Nash now has the right to choose to jump out of the contract in advance.
but......
Normally, a veteran who is almost 40 years old will not take the initiative to break out of the contract.
Next season, Nash's last year contract is worth 11.69 million. This is a pretty good salary for a veteran who is almost 40 years old.
It is foreseeable that if Nash breaks out of the contract, his annual salary for his new contract will definitely not exceed 10 million.
So, this is a dilemma.
Should we pursue real money or honors that we may not necessarily get?
For Nash now, this is more important than labor-management negotiations.
Meanwhile, in Boston, Ray Allen, a member of the 96 Golden Generation, also encountered the same dilemma.
The Celtics last season were a mess.
I thought that introducing Bynum to fight Yao Ming would make Lu Kaihui tough and reach the peak of his life.
The result was that the Celtics couldn't even survive the first round of the playoffs.
The young Pacers killed them in a piece of armor.
Bynum has no determination or ability to stand alone. He is very talented, but his mind is not on the game.
He is out of place with the tough Celtics, and he can't really become a part of the team at all.
Well, why don’t Ray Allen himself behave?
Garnett's departure led to the increasingly fierce conflict with Pierce, Rondo and others. He was not trusted by Rivers, and was placed on the shelves many times by Danny Angie...
Ray Allen's past season was also quite a bit of a bad time.
The closest time, Ray Allen had been notified to pack his luggage and go to Minneapolis, and Danny Angie used him to trade Minnesota's empty-kill group leader O.J. Mayo.
But the next day, the transaction was cancelled for some reason.
Although he was not sent away in the end, Ray Allen knew that it was only a matter of time before he could not bear it, especially after the failure of last season.
Danny Angie is one of the best general managers in the league, but for this reason he is famous for being cold-blooded.
He would not care about Ray Allen's contribution to the Celtics, nor did he care about the cakes he drew when he recruited Ray Allen.
He only knows how to maximize profits.
The failure of last season made Anji determined to break the Big Three mode and rebuild the lineup.
From now on, Anji will definitely not touch Rondo, and Pierce will not trade. The one who is most likely to be sent away is Gentleman Thunder.
After all, his condition had begun to slip into the naked eye, and he had a very unpleasant relationship with most people in the locker room.
But at the same time, he also has transaction value, which allows Anji to maximize his interests.
Ray Allen doesn't want to be so merciless at Angie. He hasn't won the championship yet, and he hasn't realized his dream yet.
The Celtics’ Big Three’s dream of winning has broken down, but his dream of winning has not yet broken down.
He knew that if he jumped out of the contract, he might get a cheap contract worth millions.
But he didn't care anymore, he didn't care at all, he just wanted to leave Boston and go to a place where he could compete for the championship, a place where he respected himself.
He doesn't want to just withdraw from the stage of history like this.
Carter of the Nets is facing difficulties like Kevin Garnett. The composition of the Heat Big Three and the rise of the Indiana Pacers have hit the Nets hard.
The Nets are very strong, very powerful.
But in front of the Heat and the Pacers... it seems not that powerful again.
In the past, the competition in the East was not that fierce. But the entry of the Heat and the Pacers disrupted everything.
After all, Deron Williams is not the kind of star who covers the sky with one hand, and Brooke Lopez is not the kind of center with a strong dominant force.
Garnett and Carter, they didn't know when their fuel tanks would end.
What will the Nets play next season? Garnett himself doesn't know.
Garnett really wants to win the championship once, and it will do whatever you want!
The No. 21 in San Antonio is still two championships in hand.
Not to mention Wayne, he won the championship four times and arranged the hard special tightly.
And Hard Tse himself didn't know what it would be like to kiss the O'Brien Cup until now.
To be continued...