Chapter 62: The Alliance Stops

Although Tyrek entered the offseason, except for a vacation, he has been polishing himself in the training gym since then, and although Tyrek has not said anything about the possible shutdown of the league, the negotiations between labor and management still tugged at his nerves.

Terek's memory of the 11-12 season was due to the last negotiations between the two parties during the current collective bargaining agreement, and no agreement could be reached, and the league officially went into hiatus.

Today, the shutdown still seems inevitable, with the two sides unable to reach any consensus after several rounds of negotiations, and the current collective bargaining agreement is about to expire and the shutdown is imminent.

Finally, on July 1, 2011, the current collective bargaining agreement expired, and the two sides still had huge differences on major issues such as the hard wage cap system and the distribution of benefits, and the alliance was officially suspended.

During the shutdown, NBA players will not receive their salaries, and NBA teams will not be able to negotiate with players, sign and trade players.

At the same time, players cannot use the team's training facilities for any reason, and the team cannot hold any summer camps, exhibitions, team meetings, and coaches' assemblies.

In addition, NBA team websites can no longer use the image of the player, and the player cannot be used as a representative of publicity.

Tyrek knew in his heart that the shutdown would continue as he remembered it, and that the shutdown turmoil would be inevitable, but it would eventually pass, and the 11-12 season would be a shortened season.

Tyrek doesn't see the end of the downtime like some players, he knows what will happen eventually, so he is not worried about the downtime, which gives him more training time and allows him to continue to train in a targeted manner.

So although the league has officially shut down, Tyrek has not begun to plan the way back like other players, some plan to play abroad to make money, and some have begun to take commercials and take photos, Tyrek still continues to devote himself to the training gym.

When the league officially shut down two days later, Terek's agent, Ain. Tem and his second brother Reggie arrive at the Tyrek Basketball Training Center to find Tyreck.

At this time, Terec and Lamont. Peterson was on the field for a three-step shooting training, Tyrek was already sweating profusely at the moment, seeing the two come in, Tyrek did not stop his training, the two also stood on the sidelines to watch Tyreco's training, Tyrek continued to throw more than 300 balls before stopping.

"Alright, Lamont, let's rest for a while......" Tyrek walked over to the two on the sidelines.

"Yes, Terek, you're okay with this hit, although the posture is still the same as before...... It's a bit weird, but such a high-intensity training is still a bit effective, and the actual combat performance should be much better than before......" The second brother Reggie nodded and praised.

"Haha, it's okay, I'm in good shape......" Tyrek walked to the sidelines and sat down on the bench, wiped his sweat with a towel, and gulped down a sports drink.

The two sat down next to Terec, and Ain. Tem spoke, "Tyrek, now that the alliance is suspended, do you have any plans?" ”

Tyrek smiled nonchalantly, "Keep training......"

Seeing that Tyrek's attitude was so casual, Tem couldn't help but say seriously: "Tyrek, now the end of the shutdown is far away, although your current financial situation is good, even if you can't receive the team's salary, it won't have much impact, but no one knows when the labor and management will be able to negotiate, you just keep practicing until the end of the shutdown?" If you don't get any results, you're going to stay training? ”

Tyrek put down the sports drink in his hand and responded, "I guess the shutdown will last for a few months, let's practice first, I feel that I am in very good shape at the moment......"

The second brother Reggie couldn't help but say anxiously: "How do you know how long the shutdown will last?" We have to plan, you can't train like this! ”

Lamont alongside analyzing Terrick's current training results today. Peterson heard the conversation between the three of them, and also walked up to them and said: "Tyrek, I think what your second brother said has some truth, training is a long-term process, and the shutdown means that the league has no ball to play, except for individual training, what should be done to deal with the shutdown......"

Peterson continued: "I've heard that a lot of free agents have started to get in touch with teams in overseas leagues, and I guess a number of players are going to go to overseas leagues to make money or stay competitive. ”

Tem waved his hand and said: "The players who plan to play abroad are basically free agents, and the suspension does not know when it will end, and the players who are in the contract need to return to the parent team once the suspension is over, which makes it basically impossible for players who still have contracts to play abroad......"

The second brother Reggie, who was sitting next to Tyrek, stretched out his hand and hugged Tyreck and said: "Tyrek, I discussed it with Ain, since I don't know when the shutdown will end, and your training alone is not as good as actual combat after all, we think you can go to the street ball game, although the pay is not much, but this can make you adapt to the rhythm of the game earlier, and it is more practical than going to play overseas......"

The second brother Reggie threw out this proposal, and Tem continued: "Tyrek, this suspension, there should be a lot of famous stars who will play streetball to maintain their condition, if you also have such thoughts, I will contact you to arrange which streetball games you will participate in, and then you can also play against other stars in actual combat in advance, although the intensity is not as strong as NBA games, but you can also see the results of your training this offseason." ”

After the two finished speaking, they looked at Terek left and right, Tyrek thought for a moment and stood up, "Okay, you two don't stare at me like that, the proposal to play a street ball game is not bad, close to amateur and semi-professional basketball lovers, and it can be regarded as propaganda for itself." Okay, I agree, Ain, it's up to you to take care of the details, it's a good idea to play against other stars on the street court, and I want to see the results of my hard work......"

Hearing Tyrek say this, the two also stood up, and Tem replied: "Okay, no problem, Converse will organize a street ball game in Sacramento recently, let's use this game to practice first......"

"Okay, call us then."

"Well, let's go first, Terek, you can continue training."

With that, the two left the training hall.

"Come on, Lamont, let's continue." Seeing the two leave, Terek beckoned Peterson to continue training.

Street Ball Game ...... Looking for the state of the game, Teric already has the thrill of looking forward to galloping around the street court......