In a van, sat Nets general manager Bobby Marx and head coach Butch Baird.

They're really busy, and then they have to go back to the stadium to prepare for the shutdown, so there's a lot to do.

Butch Baird, a former NBA All-Star who retired for many years, is the head coach and also serves as a team advisor to the Nets...... In fact, the Nets have no head coach and are going to be rotten, so the team consultant is temporarily brought in as the head coach.

They have just sent away their former core and No. 1 pick, Derek Coleman, and the goal for the new season is to beat Bo Duncan.

After Duncan's freshman year, there were plenty of teams waiting for him to finish his sophomore year in the NBA, and Jerry West risked being fined to publicly express his love for Duncan, saying that he would draft him with the top pick in any year.

Duncan didn't participate in the draft this year, and naturally, the Nets' goal for next season is likely to be rotten, and it has to be rotten more thoroughly, and Butch Baird will have to carry the pot for another year.

But Butch Baird is in the middle of it, and the head coach's salary is much higher than the team's consultant!

And his best ability as a team consultant is to observe a player's talents, characteristics, and the ability to observe, so he naturally wants to develop players by hand, and he doesn't have the right to be a consultant, and he can try to be a head coach, even if he is a manager in a bad period.

However, although Bobby Marx was very happy and decisive when he gave the contract, after the signing, he asked the question again: "Is it really okay to choose him?" ”

Butch Baird laughed: "If we don't choose him, we can only choose Ed O'Barnon, Kurt Thomas, Brent Barry, these people are good, but how much better than Aix?" What if we got the bet right this time? And if you choose the wrong one, you can just say that I chose it. ”

Butch Baird is very responsible, and he knows that a good part of his salary is to pay for his backs.

"Okay, I see, but why do you have a crush on Aix? I looked at his physical tests and tryouts with the Suns, and while his athleticism and mid-range shooting were excellent, I still found it unreliable...... God, how could I promise you to pick a high school student? ”

"I just noticed this high school student when I went to observe Kevin Garnett before," Butch Baird thought of Zhang Hao's mid-range shooting performance in actual combat, even if the opponents were all high school students, he was amazed, and continued: "You haven't seen his performance in the game, it's so good, compared to Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Lamar Odom, the three high school geniuses he is the most special." ”

Anyway, someone took the blame, and Bobby Marx was also relieved and said with a smile: "If Garnett doesn't have a team to choose in front, who will you choose?" ”

"Then I'll blame you for not trading a lottery pick when you sent Coleman away, that's a star who averages 20+10 per game! We could have taken them both together. ”

"Oh, that's when he offended the boss, and it has nothing to do with me......"

"Bobby, do you think the boss's next negotiations with the players' union will go well?"

"It's unlikely, we pushed down the salary of the rookie contract before, the players' union is already very dissatisfied, and now we want to bring down the players' salaries, it's too difficult, unless there is a long shutdown, the players can't hold on, but the man is back, we are in a passive situation...... We're probably going to have to stick with it in the offseason, and we can't afford to have that man retire again......"

……

Zhang Hao's side, under the explanation of the head of the players' union, finally understood what was happening.

The main reason is that he didn't pay attention to those things at all, of course, as a rookie, it was really strange not to pay attention to those things, but he just didn't pay attention because he didn't pay attention to those things until a month before the draft.

Last summer, the NBA almost shut down, because of the things that the three picks made by the rookies before 94, mainly the champion and the list, the two opened their mouths to ask for 100 million, and finally the champion was 68 million in 10 years and 60 million in 9 years, which made the NBA unilaterally stipulate the maximum salary of rookie players, which caused a conflict between the league and the players' union, but this problem was solved at that time.

However, the players' union also put forward a clause, that is, to limit the length of the rookie contract, and the boss is not happy, in case a talented rookie has no confidence like Pippen, and wants to sign a 10-year 30 million but can't sign, isn't it that these bosses are losing?

Since then, the conflict between the two sides has escalated, with the league wanting to stipulate the length of the veteran's contract and implement a hard salary cap, and the players wanting to abolish the salary cap...... In any case, both sides want to come up with some terms that are unacceptable to the other side, and then push for terms that are easier to promote.

So far, nothing has been negotiated, and it is almost certain that the season is completely over, that is, after June 30, the players' union will go on strike and the NBA will be suspended.

However, the players' union is confident because they know that the owners will not dare to let next season turn into a shrinking season, and that happened last summer was because the revenue growth in the 93-94 season was much lower than the growth rate in previous years, and there was only one reason for this - Michael Jordan retired in the summer of 1993.

Michael Jordan has made a comeback, although he knelt in the second round, but that state, that performance, that popularity, and that drive the ratings...... All of them have given the players' union a lot of confidence.

They decided that most teams were not willing to shut down after Jordan's return, and no, the Nets wanted to get the team done before the shutdown and start the new season directly after the shutdown ended.

The Nets have written a check for Zhang Hao to withdraw his salary in advance, that is, they dare to be sure that the shutdown will not affect the smooth start of next season, in order to avoid players running out of money to do things in the offseason...... The main reason is that the black players are afraid that something will happen to them in the summer, so they pay their salaries in advance so that they have money to spend.

As a result, there was a matter of Zhang Hao quickly completing the signing in half an hour.

Zhang Hao also learned that there were a lot of first-round picks who signed directly last night, and he signed this morning because he was stunned after being selected with the 9th pick last night, and it was not suitable to talk about signing, so he signed this morning.

After learning about these things, Zhang Hao was in a trance, did he stop...... It's no wonder that the general manager of the Nets asked him to visit the arena on July 1......

Zhang Hao has an impression of the shutdown in 1998, 2011 and 2020, and he now knows that the suspension in 1998 is the fourth suspension in the NBA.

In order to fight for greater benefits for the players, they don't know how much effort it took to make the players go from being completely exploited to now being "willful" to fight for the rights and income that the players deserve.

It's just that I think of the current Jordan rushing to the front line and the league's hard steel, compared to the Jordan who rushed to the front line and the hard steel of the players' union 16 years later...... Zhang Hao has determined a truth - people, one day they will become the person they hate the most.

Seeing off the two players from the union, Zhang Hao walked to the elevator, and on the way back to his room, he was thinking about what to do next.

Going to New Jersey? Zhang Hao wanted to take a look, but it was going to be suspended, and the Nets were ready to start the training camp directly after the shutdown, and deliberately went around for a spin...... He felt that it was a waste of his precious life.

As an excellent five-good young man, Zhang Hao originally had a hobby of eating and waiting for death.

But when he really mixed eating was waiting for death, he quit this hobby.

As an outstanding student selected by the NBA, Zhang Hao feels that he will train in the school arena until the end of the NBA shutdown, and the school should not refuse, right?

Also, the NCAA is not played, but you still have to study in college, and it is best to study sports-related majors, or psychology-related majors, which may be helpful for becoming a head coach in the future...... It may be possible to study video editing.

From hobbies of eating and waiting for death, to the goal of living to old age, Zhang Hao feels that his soul has been sublimated......

The shutdown began on July 1, and to the point of suspension, Zhang Hao estimated that even if next season was not affected as in memory, it was estimated that it would not be a thing that could be done in a month, otherwise it would not be suspended.

Both sides are expected to use next season's non-play as a bargaining chip, and both sides can use this chip, the players' union feels that the boss is unwilling to miss the rapid growth of Jordan's income after his comeback, and the boss feels that the players' union does not dare to use the player's income as a price.

In the end, it is estimated that both sides will give in, and then wait for the time when the current collective bargaining agreement, which is not perfect at all, expires, that is, in 1998......

Now that the shutdown is over, the summer league in July will definitely not be played.

So let's train!

Close your eyes and remember the running tactics you learned last night...... The running tactics I remembered last night, when teammates appeared in what position, where the off-ball pitcher should go, and what route to move with the pitcher all came to mind.

However, when it comes to the game, you have to cooperate with your teammates according to the tactics, otherwise you won't be able to use it if you learn to run the line.

This means learning more ways to move and then reacting on the spot based on the actual situation on the field.

Also, the player with the ball needs to have the awareness and ability to pass the ball......

It's much more complicated than Zhang Hao imagined!

At this time, he thought of Garnett, the big man in the blocking world...... Originally, Zhang Hao wanted to go to the Spurs, just to partner with Duncan in the future, and Duncan's blocking and Garnett should be in the same gear.

It's a pity that people don't care about a high school student at all, he went to a tryout, but there was no feedback.

There is a long way to go to become a top off-ball pitcher, but Zhang Hao has never been a person who is ambitious, step by step, first lay a good foundation for his running, and when he arrives in the NBA, he can quickly enter the next stage, rather than laying the foundation in the NBA.

Also, the training methods on how to speed up the shooting speed learned in the Adidas training camp, the accuracy and speed of practicing passing, and at least practicing your own ball control to the NBA level to avoid having no ball control ability at all, and finishing ability under the basket......

Zhang Hao counted it carefully and found that he had a lot of things to practice!

Also, if the static strength growth card will not affect the normal development of the body, you have to practice, and at the same time, you must ensure that the shooting feel is maintained smoothly.

This summer, it's not easy!