ESPN made a special documentary about Wu Huang winning the championship after the finals, and the Holy Sect Master averaged 31.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 10.3 assists and 3.2 steals per game in these 18 championship games, completing an achievement that is almost shocking to the past and the present. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, the league announced a calendar of important events for the 2011-12 season, and if next season is normal, all teams will follow the following schedule for summer signings.

June 24 - 2011 NBA Draft.

July 1 - Free Agent Market Open Negotiation Day begins.

July 6 - Free agent signing kick-off day begins.

July 10-19 - Season League Training Camp Kicks Off.

September 29 - The NBA preseason season officially begins.

Oct. 26 – The NBA roster is officially announced.

October 27 - The 2011-2012 season begins.

In fact, when the finals between the Knicks and the Mavericks were in full swing, the NBA and the players' union were at the same time at the negotiating table on a new collective bargaining agreement, until the eve of the draft, the 15th negotiation between the two sides still did not come to an eyebrow, and the two sides coincidentally told the media that the negotiation differences are "far apart", and a shutdown next season is not impossible, but very likely.

Throughout the five games of the Finals, NBA team owners and players' unions negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement for a total of three rounds, and they will continue to negotiate the agreement. The current collective bargaining agreement will be annulled on July 1. If there is still no critical progress in the negotiations between labor and management, then there will be a real shutdown in the NBA, and the above schedule will not be implemented.

At the moment, the owners are in a stronger position, because the NBA players will not receive salaries after the shutdown, and the NBA teams will not be able to negotiate with the players, let alone 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 players, and players cannot be used as a representative of publicity.

NBA commissioner David Stern said on June 22, "Thank you to the fans who enjoyed the NBA game, the past year has been a great one. However, for the owners of the team, even such a great season is still unprofitable. The teams in the smaller cities simply didn't enjoy that kind of fun. Our goal is to make the league more cost-effective and make all 30 teams in the league competitive. ”

NBA Vice President Adam Shaw said: "The collective bargaining agreement that just expired was not a win-win system, and it caused our team to suffer huge financial losses. We need a sustainable business model that gives all 30 teams the opportunity to compete for championships, pay players fair salaries, and earn significant financial rewards under good management. ”

Lakers guard Fisher, president of the players' union, said: "So far, we still feel that the two sides are far apart. At the moment, we have not yet seen the direction of progress that we need. He then pointed out: "The current situation in the negotiations is very clear, if we do not agree to the proposal of the management, we will probably have to face a shutdown." We have a responsibility to prepare our players for that. However, that won't stop us from continuing to work towards a fair deal. ”

Michael Jordan, a former labor representative, also used the same word as Fisher to describe the outcome of the current negotiations after the meeting, and the boss said: "Both sides are moving, but we have not yet reached the point where we are close to a deal." We don't want a shutdown next season, but 22 of the 30 teams are currently losing money, and the league lost about $300 million last year. So in order to avoid the teams continuing to lose money, the league is proposing to cut player wages by $700 million to $800 million, which we think is a reasonable figure. ”

Jordan's revelation of the controversy is just one of the differences, and neither side has revealed more details of the talks.

However, it has been reported that the biggest obstacle to the negotiations is the players' strong opposition to the implementation of the hard salary cap policy, and at the same time there is a strong dissatisfaction with the shortening of the length of the contract and the reduction of the guaranteed contract.

Wu Huang has just rejected the invitation to the meeting sent by Fisher, and this guy actually plans to give him a spare position in the players' union, and then participate in the next negotiation meeting with Kobe, James, Paul and others.

"It's funny, you think of me at this time." Wu Huang naturally felt funny in his heart, most of these guys were obviously annoying him, but when the management was extremely tough, these people knew that if Wu Huang also joined the players' union and participated in the negotiations, it would be a very big blow to the management, who called him famous after winning the championship.

But Wu Huang didn't intend to be used as a gunman, he was even less interested in participating in the negotiations of this gang, it was better to watch the excitement from the sidelines, and he would rather accompany his sister and train at home when he had this time.

His agent has been in contact with him during this time, in addition to discussing new commercial contracts and how to renew those expiring contracts, if the NBA really stops next season, will Wu Huang be interested in panning for gold overseas? This is also something that needs to be planned in advance, because judging by the current hard-line attitude of both labor and management, the shutdown is a foregone conclusion.

"Forget it, I'll get a small training camp after the shutdown, and I don't plan to play in the open sea league." The reason why Wu Huang can't leave is because of his sister, after the league is suspended, his contract is temporarily invalid, and he has the right to play in overseas leagues at this time.

Not only Wu Huang, but also European players such as Gasol and Nowitzki plan to return to their hometowns after the NBA shutdown to play while waiting for news here, and these players with contracts can still submit applications to FIBA, and after obtaining approval, they can sign a contract with the team they intend to join that can be terminated at any time, and then they can play in overseas leagues.

Note that it's important to "terminate your contract at any time", if you can't terminate your contract at any time, their NBA contract will be reactivated when the NBA shutdown ends, and if you don't come back, the NBA team has the right to terminate your big contract early and don't have to pay you any salary.

Wu Huang is now a sweetheart, and domestic CBA teams have been eyeing him for a long time, and some local tyrant teams even offered him a price of 5 million yuan per game.

This offer is very tempting, if Emperor Wu hadn't had too many sisters, he would have gone to China to grab money with red eyes.

When the time comes to June 24th, the 2011 draft will still be held as scheduled, even if it is destined to be shut down in a few days, then the rookie selection must be finished first.

These rookies are one of the most hesitant roles at the moment, and they, like hundreds of lower-level players in the league, are very worried about the shutdown because it means they will be without income for a long time.

Those NBA stars say it well, but compared to these stars who have a lot of money and don't have to worry about it even if they are shut down, most of the players who can only earn four or five hundred thousand basic salaries a year after taxes, they don't want the league to shut down at all, even if the goal of the players' union is finally achieved, can these low-level players follow the stars to get benefits?

Of course not! You must know that even if the salaries of these players are according to the sharing agreement proposed by the labor side at the moment, they will only get an extra 20,000 or 30,000 yuan a year. But if they were to suspend 34 games for this, their losses would reach $200,000 or 300,000, which is a loss that cannot be recovered for three or five years.

And after the shutdown, these players with only one or two years of contracts are very likely to lose their jobs, there are too many uncertain factors, in short, the shutdown will do them more harm than good, so the players' union always looks very disgusting under the pretext of seeking welfare for the bottom players.

On the day of the 2011 draft, Wu Huang accompanied the team's head coach and general manager to the draft site as the host.

The popularity of the Knicks winning the championship has not completely faded at this time, Wu Huang is the focus of the audience as soon as he appears, and during this period of time, it is difficult for the media to shoot him in all directions.

After Wu Huang appeared, he was naturally asked by reporters about the suspension of next season, but no one asked him about the draft, who called the Knicks only had a second-round No. 30 pick this year, so it can be said that they came to see the play at all.

Faced with the question, the Holy Sect Master smiled and said, "I think the shutdown is more like a 'shock therapy' in a sense, which can bring the bubble economy of the entire alliance back to calm, and people can look at the problems of this alliance more clearly and objectively." I believe that after a period of shutdown and the establishment of a new collective contract, we will see a more scientific, balanced and wonderful alliance. Similarly, the NBA shutdown may give us a glimpse of the NBA players, such as Artest at WWE, Maddie at a low-level baseball league, and Arenas at the shooting arena at the London Olympics. And I might as well become a professional streamer, and the live stream will probably show you how I trained in the summer. ”

These reporters think that Arenas must have the urge to pull out a gun and kill Emperor Wu first at this moment, this bastard is too mean to hack people, you have a grudge against Artest, forget it, where did Maddie and Arenas provoke you?

After Wu Huang finally got rid of these reporters, he came to the little green house and chatted with his junior brother Owen for a while.

The top pick in this year's draft led USC to another NCAA championship in a year last season with the NCAA. And the talented guard announced from his first day at USC that he had come to follow in the footsteps of Emperor Wu, and now he has at least followed in his college years.

If Irving becomes the champion in a while, then his starting point in the NBA will be exactly the same as Wu Huang, and his best template has also been filled in by most people. But after the draft, whether he can continue to keep up with Emperor Wu depends on his own potential and creation, and maybe a little luck.

Speaking of "champions", it is inseparable from the Cleveland Cavaliers. At the May lottery call, countless fans and teams believed that the league was deliberately trying to make up for the Cavaliers' losses after James' defection, as they magically won this year's No. 1 pick with a first-round pick traded from the Clippers just 2.8 percent of the time.

Fans said: "This is a bit of a coincidence, right? It's too fake! This is the Cleveland's first pick in seven years since LeBron James was drafted with the No. 1 pick in 2003. In addition, they earned the No. 4 draft pick on their second-to-last finish in the league.

And the one who brought them good fortune was Nick Gilbert, a 14-year-old congenital neurofibroma patient and son of the knight boss Gilbert. The little boy with thick glasses had just undergone a brain operation and was now nearly blind in one eye. Gilbert said that the reason why he chose to let his son participate in the lottery draft lottery is also because he hopes that his son can bring more good luck to the team, and he also hopes that the Cavaliers can stick with it like his son.

Judging by the results, the Cavaliers owner's wish may have been half fulfilled, and a No. 1 pick plus a No. 4 pick has given the team that only 17 wins in the regular season the most solid step on the road to rebuilding. The Cavaliers will reportedly use the pick to acquire one of USC guard Kyrie Irving or University of Arizona forward Derrick Williams.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the Knicks, and they are really here to join in the fun today. After the draft began, Downey said as if jokingly, "Hugo, you can pick in a while, I hope you can bring us some good luck too." ”

D'Antoni, who was sitting on the sidelines, naturally had no opinion, the Knicks even only had a symbolic tryout before the draft, anyway, those rookies with a little talent are unlikely to fall to the 60th pick, so they can just choose a player who looks pleasing to the eye at that time, and whoever performs this task is the same.

Wu Huang smiled and nodded, the Knicks as the defending champions, they have to strengthen by attracting veterans who come to hug their thighs in order to win the championship, such as Wu Huang and Yao Ming are about to get Battier's phone when they chat privately, this veteran whose contract expires is one of the targets of the Knicks next season, and he can have the advantage of being close to the water with Yao Ming's relationship.

In fact, Wu Huang has already spoken to Battier on the phone, and the veteran, known as "Batman" and "President", did not resist coming to the Knicks to play, especially when he knew that Yao Ming was also in contact with the Knicks, Mr. President put the Knicks in the front row of his choice.

If Battier joins the Knicks next season, their already strong outside line will be even more terrifying, although this will make Green completely lose his position, and Gallinari's playing time will also be affected, but the NBA has always been so cruel, you have to play at the level that the team requires if you want position and playing time, otherwise just go and sit on the bench.

In the end, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who held the top pick, did not hesitate to choose Kyrie Irving, a point guard from the University of Southern California.

Wu Huang also stood up and applauded his junior brother, Irving was selected by the Cavaliers can be said to be the best result, Cleveland fans who just lost James will definitely regard this talented point guard as their new emperor, and even fantasize that Irving and Wu Huang will play at the level of a superstar in a short period of time, and the Cavaliers will do their best to cultivate their new hope.

After Irving became the top pick in the 2011 draft, Wu Huang didn't bother to look at the next rankings, and it was estimated that it would be two hours before the Knicks went up to pick people. In reality, drafts aren't as fast as in 2k games, and every rookie who is selected has to be on the ink for a while before being put down.

Wu Huang took advantage of this time to quickly take out his company's headphones and players and sit there, nakedly promoting his own products.

"Well, it's our turn?" When Emperor Wu had listened to almost thirty songs, Donnie gave him a gentle nudge on the side.

Wu Huang took off his headphones and saw that the conference had reached the 55th pick, and it was soon the Knicks' turn to select players.

"Hugo, here's the list of players who weren't selected, you can pick a name that is pleasing to the eye." Downey handed over a list of 55 names that had been redlined, and he knew they were all players who had already been drafted by other teams.

"Sure enough, none of the rookies in the top 30 in terms of potential and combat power were missed, and all the good seedlings were selected." Wu Huang looked at the scouting list, the 100 players on it were the draft information collected by the Knicks scouting team in half a year, and Irving's name was ranked first, which means that the rookie's potential and immediate combat power are the best among the rookies in this class. Of course, the rookies in reality will not all be selected in the order of this list, but after 55 rounds of drafting, the top 30 rookies on this list have been selected by other teams, and there are not even a few rookies left in the top 50.

Wu Huang knows that this shows that the scouts of other teams are not dry meals, and it is only a super low probability to pick second-round show stars like Arenas and Ginobili, and luck accounts for more than half.

The draft picked up speed in the second round, so it was soon the Knicks' turn for the final draft.

Wu Huang quickly searched for the kind of guy whose name looked like a star before he went on the court, and finally he saw the name of a superstar in the 92nd place - Isaiah Thomas.

"Awesome, it's you!" Wu Huang didn't find domineering names like Jordan, Kobe, and James after watching it for a long time, but it's not bad to get a smiling assassin as his backup.

He didn't know that it was actually his own scout who misspelled the name, and that Isaiah Thomas and Isiah Thomas were very easy to see as the same name, especially for a small person who was so low on the scout list that the scout might immediately know that he had misspelled it and would not bother to change it for a few more seconds.

Isaiah Thomas, who is not qualified to participate in the draft at the moment, may never have dreamed that he would be selected by the defending champion at the end of the draft! And what he didn't expect was that the reason why he was chosen was because his name was the same as that of a former superstar.

David Stern, who was already very tired, immediately said in a quick voice after receiving the note from Wu Huang: "The Knicks have selected Isaiah Thomas from the University of Washington, a 175cm tall point guard, and let's congratulate the rookie who was unable to come to the scene to join the defending champion." ”

Isaiah Thomas, who was already looking dejected and disheartened in front of the TV, suddenly looked confused, he did not expect that he would be selected by the defending champion in the last place, this belated surprise made him crash on the spot, and all the second-round shows were full of envy and jealousy at the moment.

The Knicks' first signing of the season was born, and after Alston announced his retirement, the short guard they chose was the best they could expect from him, if he could be as good as his senior Nate Robinson.

After the 2011 draft, fans began to wait for a turnaround in the collective bargaining process. The players' union will also hold another three-hour meeting with management on 1 July, and if there is a breakthrough in this meeting, the door to summer transfers can be opened normally, otherwise the shutdown will start on 1 July.

Once the NBA is shut down, the free agent market is forced to close, during which players cannot contact the team, and of course, they cannot sign contracts, so players whose contracts expire are officially laid off. As for the next family, I'm afraid it will take a while to know the answer.

According to league rules, free agents like Yao Ming can't contact NBA teams, make phone calls, send emails, or even eat at the same restaurant from the standout — the one who goes later must leave. Violations can result in fines of up to $1 million per violation.

Therefore, as long as there is no agreement between labor and management, these players whose contracts expire will not be able to start the plan to find a next home, which is equivalent to losing their jobs.

Emperor Wu dared to secretly contact Yao Ming and Battier before this, but after July 1, he didn't dare to call, otherwise he would face a very severe punishment once he was exposed, and he didn't want to be fined so much money because of this.

On July 1, 2011, the last day that the old collective bargaining agreement was still in force, the two sides held their last negotiations in New York before the shutdown, but this time the two sides still had huge differences and finally failed to reach any agreement. As a result, the NBA officially entered the shutdown on July 1, 2011. So far, two of the four major sports leagues in the United States have come to a halt this year.

Most of the media knew for a long time that the shutdown of the new season was inevitable, because there was no idea of compromise between labor and management, and there was no progress at all on several important points of disagreement in the negotiations.

Fisher again blasted the league after the negotiations failed, saying that the real purpose of the NBA's inaction was to force the league to shut down after the expiration of the current collective labor contract on July 1. The shutdown will allow NBA teams to avoid paying player wages and other contract-related expenses. At the same time, the lockout can also cause conflicts among the players, thus achieving the goal of breaking up the opponent's line. Finally, the players' union also pointed out that the NBA simply did not provide enough financial data to support its stated financial situation, and that the NBA also tried to negotiate directly with the players, bypassing the union.

After the shutdown, both labor and management are desperately slamming pots on each other's heads, just like the debate scene of the US presidential election, eager to dig out the graves of each other's ancestors.

Wu Huang didn't bother to pay attention to these two people, he was already about to start his summer training.

In his eyes, no matter how much the shutdown is, it won't really stop for a whole season anyway, those low-level players can't hold on, and even the middle-level players can't bear such losses, and at that time, both the management and the labor side will give in. However, judging from the tough attitude of the management this year, there is a high probability that the concession will be on the player's side.

The Knicks were willing to let Emperor Wu continue to use the training gym, but this violated the rules of the league and would make Dolan ridiculed by the boss. So of course, Wu Huang, who is sleek, will not make his boss feel embarrassed, and at this moment, with his reputation in New York, it is easy to find a basketball gym to train.

Wu Huang is ready to invite his teammates, as well as young players such as Owen and Monroe to train together, these first- and second-year rookies who are lower than him are basically the kind that admires him, and after Owen, Monroe, George, Hayward, Leonard, Faried and other rookies have accepted his invitation, who dares to say that he has poor popularity?

Once these players grow up in the future, Wu Huang's popularity will get better and better, in fact, he just doesn't give face to those old guys, he hates those fools who rely on the old and sell the old!

Of course, due to the league's restrictions on contact with free agents, Wu Huang did not dare to invite Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, and these two guys had to find their own place to train before the shutdown ended. (To be continued.) )