After meeting his sister's other half, Tiger still feels very good, a well-mannered person, with no family background, is a very good boy, has excellent grades, quick thinking, and most importantly, he loves his sister very much, and his father and mother are very satisfied with this young man, at least for now.

Now there are only a few children in the entire Jones family, and Clark has no girlfriend yet. However, the whole family is not worried about him, as the most handsome guy in the family, a girlfriend is still easy to find.

After sending off his sister's boyfriend, Tiger received a call from Paul again, this kid had a lot of calls during this time, Paul was very grateful to Tiger for reminding him, Paul had accepted Tiger's suggestion, began to change the team doctor, reorganized the club's management, and began to replan the future of the team around the list provided by Tiger.

However, it can only be private contact now, because now public trading has stopped.

It's already August, and the negotiations between labor and management are still dragging on indefinitely. However, the most comfortable thing during this time is Tiger, accompanied by his beautiful girlfriend throughout the whole process, in addition to eating, drinking, and having fun every day, he is going to the construction site of his newly opened autumn hall to take a stroll.

Then, it is with Dawson and Lao Tang to study the future development of the rocket.

During the negotiation process with the players, the Rockets only attended, Calais? Furman, as an observer, only took notes and did not speak.

And the Rockets players are the same, they should play, they should have fun, and even these boys have time to go to China, and they have half of the bus. However, the bus was also very happy and took them to the prairie of Inner Mongolia to have a good time.

The most famous is Bodi Roga, who has received worldwide media attention as the MVP at the World Championships, and often has to worry about what charity gala to attend at home.

Olajuwon went back to his hometown, he also went to Athens, and saw Tiger, but he didn't bother them when he saw Tiger take his girlfriend to the two-person world.

Olajuwon, who returned to the United States, focused all his attention on domestic labor disputes, but in response to Tiger's warning, Olajuwon basically did not make his own remarks. Because, he knows, as long as you get into the rocket, you are like going to a safe.

On this day, Tiger was sitting leisurely on the lawn at home enjoying the summer sun and cold wine, reading a book for a while, it was really happy.

Just then, what Tiger called a damn thing, his phone rang.

Helplessly, Tiger picked up the phone, and saw that it was a phone he didn't know, and wondered, who knows my phone, picked up the phone and said, "Hey, hello, I'm Tiger?" Jones. ”

A voice like a spring breeze came from the other side of the phone, and I heard the voice say, "Hello, Mr. Tiger, I'm David?" Stern. ”

When Tiger heard this, his lying body hurriedly sat up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Stern, I'm sorry, I didn't hear it, you are calling now, do you have any advice?" ”

Stern said very gently: "Hehe, I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, I want to discuss something with you today." ”

Tiger is also an old fritter, and hurriedly said: "There, there, what do you say directly, what is not discussed." ”

Stern on the other side of the phone was very satisfied with Tiger's attitude, a financial giant like this, to be so polite to himself, it seemed incredible to others.

However, it is this kind of humility that may also be a way to achieve this young man, he has seen too many arrogant young people, but such a humble and mature young man is really rare.

Stern forcibly dismissed the other thoughts, and said so gently: "Mr. Tiger, what I want to say is, see if you can get the players in your team to properly support the league in the media, you must know that they are this year's new champions, and they are still influential in the media, so that it will help solve this crisis, and it will be good for everyone." ”

As soon as Tiger heard it, he understood what was going on, you old boy wants to make the rocket the first bird, help you offend people, how can you do it, you take the reputation, Lao Tzu was blackened, I don't dare to do such a thing.

Thinking of this, Tiger smiled and said: "Mr. Stern, in fact, you should also know that although I am the owner of the Rockets, I can't force my players to do what they don't want to do, once they have an idea about their team, then they will gradually lose their loyalty to the team, in the United States is a country of free speech, I can't force my players to do what they don't want to do." ”

Hearing this, Stern was directly silent, he knew that the young man on the other end of the phone had rejected his request, and as the head of the alliance, he also had his own dignity.

Just when he wanted to say a few words of greeting and then hung up the phone, Tiger's words still moved him very much.

Just listen to Tiger say: "I can't get my players to support you, but I can stand up to you, and I can still do that. ”

Stern was silent for a while, and then whispered, "Thank you, Mr. Tiger, thank you so much, you are the first boss to show my support recently." ”

Tiger listened to Stern's somewhat muffled voice, he knew how hard the head of the league is now, his support for Stern is actually a kind of support for himself, limiting the salary of players is an inevitable thing, why not make a gesture now to win the favor of others.

And although the players have a good relationship with him, they are two classes after all, he believes that the players are understandable, he didn't let the players open their mouths to protect them, and this time he came forward to protect the rockets, he is the boss, he can only stand with the bosses.

However, now in order to fight for the greater good, the owners of the league are still hoping on both ends of the snake and the mouse, hoping that the players' union can accept their conditions, and Tiger is still the first person who clearly supports Stern's settlement plan.

This can't help but warm the heart of Stern, who is running around in many ways, and the power of such a support is huge.

Tiger and Stern continued to chat for a while, and after determining the time when Tiger would come out, the two sides hung up the phone, and Tiger began to prepare his own speech.

Three days later, while everyone was still anxious about the labor dispute, the boss of the Rockets, Tiger? Jones issued a statement.

The statement made it clear that the Rockets club's support for the league's settlement plan refuted the players' demands, while also reminding all league owners that the players are eating youth, their athletic life is only 10 years, and what should they do when they are old and injured. Therefore, it is very important to reach a mutually acceptable solution.

Although Tiger's words carry a lot of weight, such a statement still does not play a big role when both labor and management are on fire.

However, this statement still played a big role in Stern's comfort, and Stern continued to run between labor and management, looking for a final solution.

After the statement was over, the rocket began to dive again, that is, you talk slowly, and call me when you have finished talking.

Such an attitude makes the other bosses hate the root of their teeth, but there is nothing you can do, people have already issued a statement expressing their support for the alliance, and the reconciliation plan given to them by the alliance just can't satisfy both parties, so these bosses can't sprinkle their grievances on the rocket at all, even if they want to spread their strength, they don't have that strength.

Tiger? A super financial predator like Jones is not something they can provoke, or the strength of all the bosses combined, may not be an opponent of others.

The names of the three major funds are not given in vain, and it is better for these individuals not to provoke others if they don't want to become begging for food within a few days.

Time is still like this, day by day.

On September 24, the NBA announced the cancellation of 24 preseason warm-up games and rookie training camps.

On October 5, the NBA announced the cancellation of the remaining 90 warm-up games.

On October 13, the NBA announced the cancellation of the first two weeks of the regular season, the first time in 52 seasons that the NBA has canceled the regular season.

On October 19, Judge Ferick announced that NBA owners would not have to pay wages to players with contracts during the lockdown. This tilts the balance of negotiations in favour of the employer.

On October 22, 1998, the player leaders met in Las Vegas to say they would not compromise with the NBA owners.

On October 28, the two sides made concessions and reached a framework agreement.

On December 8, 1998, the NBA announced the cancellation of the All-Star Game.

At this strange time, the interior of the Rockets was still peaceful, and the Rockets players who had returned to Houston in September began spontaneous training, and Lao Tang's tailor-made training plan for them was still very effective.

When Jordan retired and the Bulls collapsed, the Rockets were training systematically.

While Kemp was starting to gain weight and never regained his previous size, the Rockets' interior players were doing strength training, and even Olajuwon's physical function was maintained at a fairly high level.

Wen Baker started drinking heavily, and when O'Neill couldn't even wear XXXL shorts when he attended a charity event. Garnett and Big Ben are doing physical flexibility exercises at the training ground, and they can still fly in the sky.

It is precisely in this way that the Rockets are waiting for the start of the new season with a different attitude from the rest of the league.

The Rockets' players will use their fullest emotions to welcome their first season after winning the championship, which is also the beginning of the Rockets dynasty.

(To be continued)