Fast forward to Sept. 20, and James had left Los Angeles the day before to join up with key members of the players' union in New York for one final negotiation day before training camp with representatives of the league's owners.

This negotiation, James, Fisher, Paul, Wade, Kidd, Nick Collisson, Kobe Bryant and other players will participate, and they attach great importance to this negotiation.

If this negotiation is still unsuccessful, then the training camp and preseason will be cancelled.

However, all the players involved in this negotiation are local American players, such as Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Nash, Sun Ce, and other overseas players have not been called to participate, and all the players who serve in the NBA players' union are Americans, and those who are usually in charge of operations are also Americans.

In the morning, Sun Ce and Wang Keying said goodbye at the airport and returned to Memphis with their ancestors.

Stockton also has to go back to Spokane first, take a week off, go home for a few days and then go to Memphis, and have to go through the transfer procedures for his youngest daughter and youngest son, who is not worried about letting them go to boarding school, and his wife is a key official in Washington State, usually very busy, and has no time to take care of the children.

As for the most talented third son in basketball, David, continues to play at the University of Spokane, and the eldest daughter has gone to the University of Phoenix to report.

After returning to Memphis, Sun Ce immediately took Zu Gee to the school to register, it had been half a month since the start of school, and when he returned home after he was done, Sun Ce received a text message from Battier.

Battier has gathered his team-mates and will get together tomorrow to talk about what to do in the event of a shutdown, as well as renting a local stadium to train together, and a few senior or high-status players in the team to take care of the expenses.

There are four people doing this, Battier, Nash, Randolph, and Tony Allen, and Sun Ce only needs to pay.

By 7 p.m., Sun Ce received an email from Fisher to all the players in the league.

Negotiations broke down because the NBA had to reduce the player split to 47 percent, which was an increase from the beginning, but still far below the players' expectations.

The NBA official also announced the cancellation of training camp and preseason after the labor negotiations, and the next negotiation time is yet to be determined, but the official will continue to communicate with the representatives of the players' union and the owners of each team.

"Sure enough, it has come to this point......

Sun Ce looked at the news that the players' union and the bosses insisted on their own words, and the boss resolutely said that he was at a loss, but Sun Ce felt that these bosses expected that the TV broadcast agreement in 2016 would expire and the broadcast fee for the early renewal of the contract in 2013 would reach a sky-high level, after all, the ratings in the past 10 years were too good, so they would divide the players into death.

And the players are much simpler, they just don't want to take less money.

In particular, high-paid players want to veto the clause that bosses want to include in collective bargaining that "the salary of the old contract will be reduced in proportion to the new version of the sharing agreement".

This clause is not acceptable to all players, and the most unlikely to be accepted by the top salary players.

Sun Ce saw follow-up emails from James, Paul, Kobe Bryant and others, and would help free agents who are not yet under contract to provide interest-free loans or help find jobs overseas to survive the shutdown.

Sun Ce feels that this is also a means for the players' union to test the pressure of the league.

It's just that...... Kobe's large email, Sun Ce is sure, it must be written by Kobe's team, just this guy, to type these hundreds of words, it is impossible for an hour, at least three days and three nights to write until midnight.

……

The NBA continues to be suspended, and Sun Ce can only continue to wait.

Now it depends on the players' own control ability, self-control ability is very important, the last shutdown, there were many people who gained dozens of pounds in a few months, became big fat people, or became alcoholic, damaged their bodies, and ruined their future.

Sun Ce didn't particularly understand what the shutdown meant for other people, and there was no way to empathize with this kind of thing, but for him, there were two sides.

The shutdown gave him no chance to enter training and preseason games to show his skills immediately, and there was no way to start early to understand his current strength in the game through actual combat, and there was no way to start thinking and adjusting early.

But it also gives him more time to think and plan before the start of the season, which may make him adjust faster at the beginning of the new season, but the shutdown is the shutdown.

In comparison, it is definitely better to keep swinging than to stop, and he currently needs to test his ability through cooperation with teammates and through competitions, although he can't say that he has changed this summer, but because of the changes in teammates, the adjustment of technical focus, and some changes in the body, the style of play may change a lot.

But Sun Ce couldn't control this kind of thing, he could only try his best to reduce the impact of the shutdown on himself and start from the good side.

Sun Ce took a look at his latest ability evaluation.

"Competency assessment A-,

Physical Fitness A: Speed S-, Strength B, Endurance A, Bounce C+, Leg Explosiveness A, Static Confrontation B+, Explosive Confrontation A+......

Shooting evaluation B+: three-point C-, mid-shot A- (A+ mid-distance on the right side of the baseline, mid-distance A on the front of the basket, mid-distance A on the right side of the three-second zone, B- on the left mid-distance in the three-second zone, C+ on the left baseline in the three-second zone), A+ for layups......

Technical evaluation A-: A+ in possession, A+ in passing, jump shot B after blocking and pick-and-roll, A- after dribbling, C-in pull-up jump shot, A-in low post back body skill, high back body skill A, three-threat stance F+ ......"

If you have to count, Sun Ce can treat his rookie season as a year of college, and only from the beginning of his sophomore year can he officially have the experience and mental preparation to play real professional-level basketball.

Especially mentally prepared, compared to the beginning of the rookie season when you didn't know what to do, you were already mentally prepared at the beginning of the sophomore year.

Compared with those players who have been playing since childhood, have become star players in junior high school and high school, have reached the highlight moment of college, and then entered the NBA with a high order, Sun Ce only began to really get in touch with the American basketball system at the age of 19, and then directly entered the NBA, and improved to this point in two years, even with the help of the learning machine, it is still incredible.

Much of this depends on Sun Ce's extraordinary perseverance!

Perseverance is a good thing, Sun Ce gritted his teeth and completed all the training goals every day, in 6 days, there was no day when all 6 groups of training were completed at one time, but he was stunned and wanted to give up the group after failure, and persevered.

This is what makes Sun Ce the most different.

It is precisely by virtue of this perseverance that Sun Ce did not miss the opportunity to improve his physical fitness brought to him by two phased burst cards and a random attribute training card, as well as from the extremely bad basic skills to the present good shooting technique, especially the mid-range shooting on the right side of the three-second zone, which has reached the quasi-top level, which is the shooting area where he is most likely to break through to the top.

The random attribute training card used a while ago, in addition to the outbreak confrontation has been upgraded to the quasi-top level of the A+ level, the static confrontation has also been upgraded from B- to the quasi-first-class level of the B+ level, although the endurance evaluation is still A-level, but Sun Ce estimates that it should be very good in the A-level, compared with the obvious improvement of just being promoted to the A-level.

If he could only have about 28 minutes of consistent performance time in a game last season, he would not have much problem playing 35 minutes per game this season.

Because he is not like other players who played games the day before and back-to-back on the second day may have physical effects, he has the Nash training method, as long as he persists and eats well, there will be no physical effects, except for the impact of hand feeling, emotions and other aspects, his performance will be very stable.

Emotions are very important and uncontrollable, for example, sometimes the food eaten at noon or not has coriander, which will affect the mood of work in the afternoon.

However, Sun Ce feels that he is still a system player, and if he is out of the system, he is at the level of first-class margins, so it is also important for him whether his teammates play well or not.

Therefore, Sun Ce is ready, and in the next training camp with his teammates, he needs to understand the current state of his teammates, the strength of his teammates may improve or decline, he needs to judge the strength of his teammates without an official game, and make adjustments to his playing style according to his existing ability......

It will be very hard, but Sun Ce feels very happy.

Turning a hobby into a career is a joyful thing.

It's the same as game masters who can use games to make money, become more and more powerful, and love games more and more, but the aspects of hard work and hard work are different.

……

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After it was decided that the suspension would continue, the Grizzlies players assembled on the 21st.

Except for Yi Jianlian, who will play in the Wuhan Asian Championships on September 25, the players with contracts have returned to Memphis to assemble.

Haddadi's side is also going to play in the Asian Championships, but Haddadi's contract has expired, and there are CBA teams that give higher salaries than the NBA, so it is not certain whether he can come back.

The European Championship is over, and Gasol Jr. has returned to Memphis after helping Spain win the title.

Therefore, at present, including Sun Ce, a total of 12 players have gathered.

Sun Ce met Klay Thompson for the first time, and his big Chinese face was simply amazing, and his head was bigger than what he saw and remembered on the TV screen!

got to know the new Thompson and Neal pitchers, Jimmy Butler has been familiar with it in the past time, Nash is a teacher with whom he has long been on good terms, and the remaining 7 teammates are old teammates.

After having lunch together at noon, Sun Ce discussed the next thing with Battier, Nash, Randolph, and Tony Allen in the afternoon.

The four veterans had already discussed it before Sun Ce's return, and now they are mainly exchanging views on the cancellation of training camp and preseason yesterday, and God knows how long the shutdown will last.

One more thing, Randolph's size...... This time, we had to take advantage of the shutdown to let Randolph lose the weight he had grown in the summer.

"I'm this busty! Not fat...... Okay, big brother Sean, I'll reduce my line! ”

Randolph was glared at by Battier and decisively confessed......

If the focus is on weight loss and personal recovery training, Randolph will find himself back in shape before the end of the shutdown and the start of the new season, which the other four feel less of a problem.

But team training, they don't know what kind of adjustments the coaching staff will make according to the current team lineup, there must be adjustments, some of last season's rotation players have left the team, and the new Nash is definitely an important player in the guard line, Guy is gone, Paul George's role will definitely become more important, and Morrow has left to become two new pitchers who are definitely weaker in shooting ability at the moment......

What is certain is that the running and bombardment style in the rotation stage will not change, and team training in this area can be started, but Yi Jianlian is not there.

There are a lot of problems, after some discussion, the five decided that the next period of time, or focus on individual training, plus a small range of training between teammates, running and bombing can also be practiced, let Nash as the main control, Sun Ce temporarily took the place of Yi Jianlian, together with Paul George, Jordan Jr., plus Thompson or Neil, try to practice.

The next time is to calm down and not be affected by the real shutdown.

For those of them who are under contract, the offseason lockout is really nothing, and the cancellation of training camp and preseason is the beginning of the real shutdown for them.

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Being in a team with a good atmosphere and rising is the best thing Sun Ce has felt since he entered the NBA, and in such a team, he has reduced a lot of problems that other rookies will encounter in the early stages of his career.

For example, the shutdown, the prospective sophomore and third-year players on the bad team don't know what to do, and those bad teams don't even have a clear leader, Sun Ce saw that Lawson, his fellow player on the Nuggets' side, has been arrested twice in Colorado for drunk driving, and was also prosecuted by the prosecutor, and paid $500,000 bail to get away with the crime, but he still has to do 40 hours of community labor.

Under the leadership of four veterans, Nash, Battier, Tony Allen, and Randolph, Sun Ce and other young players started the player training camp in an orderly and disciplined manner.

As the days passed, the negotiations initiated by the players' union broke down on September 30, the negotiations initiated by the NBA owners on October 7 also broke down, the 17th, 24th, and 30th all broke down, and after the negotiations broke down on October 30, the NBA announced an indefinite suspension of the regular season......

The next string of negotiations broke down, and the Grizzlies may be one of the least affected teams in the league.

After the Chinese men's basketball team defeated Jordan to win the Asian championship, Yi Jianlian returned to the team for training; Haddadi is also back, whether he can get a new contract or not, he will come back to train first, and even if he ends up playing in the CBA, it is a good thing to train with NBA players.

As time went on, the anxiety caused by the shutdown became less and less affecting the Grizzlies players and focused on preparing for the new season.

On November 13, Haddadi left Memphis and joined the CBA Qingdao Double-Star Men's Basketball Team.

On November 15, Lakers player Ron Artest changed his name to Meta Wardpais.

During the shutdown, apart from following up on the NBA's labor negotiations, other things that the major media did not have much impact, such as the player power rankings.

On October 31, the three authoritative media announced the top ten players in the power rankings, and it was another bloody storm among fans.

This time, the three authoritative media outlets all ranked James first.

ESPN is out doing things again this time.

Sports Illustrated still ranked Kobe Bryant second, Howard third, and Nowitzki, Sun Ce, Rose, and Evans ranked seventh to tenth, respectively.

. T is Durant second, Kobe Bryant third, Howard fourth, Nowitzki, Sun Ce, Rose, Evans are also seventh to tenth.

ESPN's rankings of Nowitzki, Sunce, Ross, and Evans are no different from those of the other two outlets.

However, ESPN placed Wade outside the top 10 and Anthony, who was ranked 11-15, to fifth! Kobe Bryant was also ranked outside the top five!

ESPN's rankings are James No. 1, Howard No. 2, Durant No. 3, Paul No. 4, Anthony No. 5, Kobe Bryant No. 6, Nowitzki No. 7, Sun Ce eighth, Rose ninth, and Evans tenth.

This ranking is simply simple, the Finals MVP and the regular season MVP are ranked seventh and eighth respectively, so that not many people question it, although Nowitzki performed well in the playoffs last season, but in the European Championships, it seems to be back to normal, without the godlike state of last season's playoffs, and was ranked seventh.

Sun Ce's entry into the top 10 this time is no longer in doubt, and Rose and Evans should have been on the edge of the top 10, and Rose defeated Evans in the playoffs, so he is in the top spot.

But Bryant was sixth......

In fact, when No. 30 Wade appeared in the 11th place given by ESPN, it was already noisy.

However, at this point in time, the stars don't have the heart to care about the rankings, and the fans are arguing, and the stars don't have the heart to pay attention.

Stay focused on training, avoid competitiveness, wait for a shutdown that may end at any time, and survive a long-term shutdown that may follow......

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Time passed day by day, and it has been almost three months since Sun Ce returned to Memphis.

During this period, Sun Ce experienced a lot of psychological tests, although he knew that the final shutdown would end, but as a player, he felt it in person than the mentality of being a fan in his memories.

But I still endured it, trained day by day, and took advantage of this time to try to integrate what I learned from the summer with Kobe and Stockton into my own style of play.

Stockton also came to Memphis at the end of September with his youngest daughter and youngest son, and stayed at Sun Ce's house to guide Sun Ce's training, mainly to help Sun Ce integrate the skills he learned this summer into his playing style, as well as to guide Sun Ce and Nash's cooperation.

His youngest daughter became Zu Ge's classmate, a senior one; The youngest son went to the private St. Mary's Guild School, where baseball was good.

In this way, day after day passed, and finally, on December 6, Sun Ce received an email from Fisher, chairman of the players' union, that the NBA shutdown was over!

NBA officials held a press conference for the first time, announcing that the NBA will fully resume operations at 6 p.m. today, open the free market, December 10th, open the training camp of each team, and announce two preseason games for each team, December 17th, the regular season will resume operation, and the specific schedule will be announced together with the preseason schedule.

Looking at Fisher's apology email and watching the TV picture of David Stern announcing the resumption of NBA operations, Sun Ce's mood finally became excited, and the game was finally back!

Even if he has been mentally prepared for a long time, as a basketball player, it is too difficult to play without a game!

Now, finally, you can play again!