Tiger's live marriage proposal ceremony has become the biggest news point in the NBA league this year, and even news such as the Rockets defeating the Bulls to become the new leader of the league can only take a back seat.

In a villa somewhere in Houston, a beautiful girl watched the news on TV and pouted: "Even if you propose a marriage proposal, you can find a way to be a sister, my brother is really stupid." However, after putting him in a condom, he has no time to care about me, so he can go crazy for a while. ”

The beautiful eyes of a beautiful girl flashed with a sly gaze.

After a grand proposal, Rocket began his own grand celebration.

In the locker room, all the Rockets players were drenched in champagne, but by this time it didn't matter, and the joy of victory had become the main theme.

That night, Rocket celebrates his victory at the largest local nightclub, and Tiger pays $200,000 for drinks.

But looking at everyone's excitement, Tiger felt that it was acceptable to take out 2 million.

After the reception, Tiger and Amy returned to their home in Houston, and no matter what happened to the others, Tiger was very happy now.

Amy was like a little white sheep, entrenched in Tiger's chest, her fingers irregularly running across her lover's chest.

Tiger looked at the beauty beside him and just smiled stupidly.

Amy looked at Tiger like this, her face was shy, and she said coquettishly: "Say, today's attention, who gave it to you." ”

Tiger was shocked in his heart, and said in his heart: How does this girl know that it was someone else who gave me attention, and I can't admit it even if I am killed, or I don't seem to be too substandard.

Tiger rolled his eyes, pretending to be angry: "What was given to me by others, aren't you insulting my IQ." ”

The beauty pursed her lips and said: "You just pull it down, I don't know you yet, can you come up with such a romantic trick, do you know what it's like to be proposed to in front of more than 10,000 people, you definitely can't look like it, you better hurry up and explain honestly." ”

Tiger was stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart: This girl's mind is really delicate, it seems that if you want to play something greasy in the future, it will not be easy to deal with it.

Thinking of this, Tiger continued to pretend to be stupid: "It's really me who came up with it, why don't you really believe it." ”

After hearing this, Amy looked straight at Tiger, and immediately smiled: "I know who it is, see how I clean her up when I meet." ”

Tiger was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said, "How do you know that Trill gave me attention, you are too godly." ”

Amy laughed out loud when she heard this, holding her belly in her hand and laughing, and said, "Aren't you going to tell me now?" ”

Tiger was deflated when he heard it, his experience was still shallow, he was cheated out, looking at the two protruding beauties on his chest and shaking beautifully, Tiger was evil at that time, and the color started from the heart, and said viciously: "Okay, I didn't wait for marriage, I knew that I cheated on your husband, and I will have it in the future, if I don't punish you well today, I'm too faceless as a man." ”

After that, like a tiger pounced on a sheep, he hugged the beauty beside him.

The beauty around her, a scream, but it can't stop people from turning into wolves, for a while it was infinite spring, wonderful and not for outsiders.

(The following is omitted 10,000 words, and everyone wants to go by themselves.) The next day, the Houston Rockets organized a grand parade of floats, and all the Rockets players braved the heat and the 250,000 Houston fans to start interacting.

The whole of Houston was enveloped in joy, and Houston's city heroes, surrounded by countless fans, saluted all the fans on the open-top bus.

The whole day of celebration made the Rockets players and fans have a lot of fun.

However, in the evening, the young people of Rocket were extremely happy, and a large number of beautiful women handed over calls and notes, so that these boys had fun.

The next morning, the Rockets' last gathering of the season, the boys were almost all soft-footed shrimp.

Seeing this situation, Lao Tang also shook his head helplessly, and said: "It's about to be a holiday, you boys give me a little rest, if the weight of your boys changes too much after the start of next season, I think the researchers in the research center will want to give you a very enjoyable training plan." ”

The rocket crowd burst into laughter.

Lao Tang waved his hand and said, "Let's disperse, let's go and prepare for our own vacation." ”

After a burst of ghost crying and howling from the Rockets, they were about to leave the training hall and go to enjoy their holiday life.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Tiger suddenly appeared at the door of the training hall and said loudly: "Everyone, wait a minute, I have something to say to you." ”

The players, who were already about to leave, slowly gathered together and looked at their boss a little strangely.

Tiger walked over with a relaxed expression, greeted Lao Tang first, and then said a few words to the Rockets players, and then listened to him say: "Guys, everyone knows that this year is a year of negotiations between labor and management, and I expect that this year's negotiations will be very difficult, and there may even be a suspension." ”

As soon as the words fell, the players whispered.

Tiger hurriedly motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then hurriedly said: "No matter what, everyone's preparation plan for this year can't be changed, and everyone must prepare according to the league's normal opening time." But I hope that everyone can put a lock on their mouths when they are outside, I don't want to hear any bad remarks, from everyone's mouths, I think I have done a good job, I don't want to hear anything that hinders everyone's feelings, I think everyone has no opinion. ”

The rocket everyone nodded hurriedly, this boss of his own is very rare, if he changes to another boss, he may not know how much he will pick the door.

At this time, Olajuwon stood up and said loudly: "Guys, the boss has made it very clear, if anyone doesn't bring a lock for himself and something goes wrong, don't blame me when he comes back." ”

Olajuwon's hard words are even more weighty.

At this moment, Tiger waved his hand and said: "Hakim's words, everyone remember, there is one more thing in the end, that is, the farewell game of Clyde and the retirement ceremony of the jersey, I hope everyone can show up at that time, but I want to Deyang, Sboga and the bus who have the task of playing the national team can not come." However, you'd better talk to Clyde in advance. ”

Everyone nodded in unison, seeing that Tiger didn't have anything to say, and a group of people disappeared with a strange scream.

And Lao Tang, who was still beside Tiger, looked at the disappeared Rocket player, walked up to Tiger and said, "Boss, are what you said true?" ”

Tiger nodded and said, "My message is very reliable, with an accuracy rate of more than 90%. ”

Hearing this, Lao Tang said with some heaviness: "If this is the case, we will be very passive, and all our work in the new season will be suspended." ”

Tiger said indifferently: "What are we afraid of, we can stand up, relying on the current lineup, we can completely do not make any adjustments, directly compete in the new season, what are we afraid of." I don't care about money, money is a number to me now, it doesn't mean much, and I believe that the Rockets players are not the kind of people who take money very seriously, and now their salaries are already among the top in the league, what else do they have to fight for, a club with a future and money, do you think they are all fools. So, they're going to keep their mouths shut, let's go, Rudy, Dawson is still waiting for us, let's do some research, this year's draft. ”

As Tiger said, the league shutdown has been real, and it has been the worst ever. And the root of all this is that the 1995 agreement gave the bosses the right to unilaterally terminate the agreement.

Beginning in 1995, the two sides began to implement a new six-year collective bargaining agreement, which included an early termination clause that gave the employer the right to terminate the agreement three years after the agreement came into effect if the total player income exceeded 51.8% of the basketball-related income. By the 1997-98 season, 57 percent of basketball-related revenue was used to pay for player expenses, up from a previous agreement that stipulated that player salaries accounted for only 48 percent of basketball-related revenue. The league claims that 15 of the 29 teams are in the red, but the players' union disagrees, arguing that only four teams are in the red. In the end, the boss of the alliance decided to decide whether to break out of the collective bargaining agreement by a vote of 27 in favor and 2 against, and the management terminated the collective bargaining agreement prematurely.

The main focus of the negotiations is player salaries, and the owners of the team want to reduce the players' salaries. The "pay cap" system was introduced in the collective bargaining agreement as early as 1983, but the original system left some loopholes that allowed teams to pay more than the salary cap limit. One of them is the so-called "Larry-Bird Exception," which allows teams to renew the team's own players at a salary in excess of the salary cap limit, resulting in a much higher amount of those incremental contracts. The owners want to remove this exception and impose a limit on the maximum salary a player can receive. The owner also demanded that the standardized contracts of rookie players be improved to avoid rookies becoming fully free agents after three years. The players, for their part, want to defend the benefits they have gained in previous years of negotiations and oppose changes to the current salary cap system, especially the Larry Bird exception. Other positions of the players' union include opposition to the creation of a separate salary cap for each player, and support for raising the base salary, which was received by 22 per cent of players in 1997-98.

The shutdown began nine days after negotiations broke down on June 22. During the shutdown, teams were barred from trading players, as well as tryouts and talking to players. The suspension first affected the 1998 World Championships, when NBA players were unable to represent the U.S. team due to the suspension, and the U.S. Basketball Association had to select some lower-league players and amateur players to replace them.

On August 6, 1998, the two sides resumed negotiations, but the differences were still huge, and on September 25, 24 preseason games were cancelled and all 29 teams were postponed indefinitely. On October 13, the first two weeks of the season were officially canceled, announcing the first time in NBA history that a game was canceled due to labor disputes; On October 20, arbitrator John Ferick ruled that the owner did not need to pay the wages of players with guaranteed contracts during the lockout, leaving the balance of negotiations in favor of the employer.

As negotiations deepened into November and December, more games were canceled, including the 1999 All-Star Game. Just before Christmas 1998, on December 23, David Stern announced that the entire season would be canceled if an agreement could not be reached by January 7, 1999. As the deadline approached, signs of a split began to emerge within the players' union, with Billy Hunt, the vice-president of the players' union, striking a deal with David Stern on January 6.

The labor dispute lasted 129 days, and the 1998-99 NBA season avoided a complete shelf.

That's all for later, and now the most important thing the Rockets need to solve is the question about the '98 draft, because this problem has been plaguing Tiger for a long time.

(To be continued)