In a pretending phrase, the wheels of time are rolling forward, Christmas Eve is approaching, and December is coming to an end.

In December, nothing major happened in the league, at least it did not affect the rotation of the earth and the development of the United States, but where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the NBA is still a chaotic country, and there are always a few things that can attract people's attention.

The first thing is that next year's labor negotiations may not have a good result, and now the management and labor have begun to argue, and the two sides are putting pressure on each other, and the players' reaction is to say that they are ready to leave the United States next year to play football and eat.

However, this set is not very effective for the employer.

If in the summer of 2008, NBA players were able to use "going to Europe to earn euros" as a bargaining chip to force the team to offer themselves a lucrative contract, and now they are trying to concoct it as a transitional plan for the league's shutdown and force the owners to make concessions in labor negotiations.

Two years ago, the United States was suffering from an economic crisis, while the euro was in a period of strength, and the exchange rate was rising; In addition, the arms race between the European powerhouses intensified at that time, and they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to attract foreign aid.

As a result, those players who were not satisfied with only taking the NBA's middle-class clause went to the European league to pan for gold, which made people panic for a while. There are even rumors that giants like Olympiacos have started the idea of superstars such as Kobe......

Even so, after the European wind blows the NBA, there is a lot of thunder and little rain. Today, the overall economic situation in Europe is no better than that of the United States in the past, the strength of the euro against the dollar is no longer there, and the attractiveness of the Europa League has undoubtedly dropped another notch.

What is certain is that Kobe James will not go to Europe to play, as "Big Bird" Bird once said: "Even if I am given an annual salary of 30 million euros, I will not leave the NBA to play in the Euroleague." ”

What's more, the high after-tax salaries offered by European teams and the free use of luxury cars are certainly tempting, but in a continent where football is the first sport, the star effect of basketball players has always been limited - the Spanish basketball players, who are also world champions, are far less popular than their own football players.

As a result, it is much more difficult to get a lucrative commercial contract – Jascovises and Navarro, some of Europe's most famous superstars, have an order of magnitude difference in endorsement fees compared to NBA superstars. Like the "emperor" who earned as much as 30 million US dollars off the market last year, it may be okay to play tickets in Europe for a short time, but the image damage caused by a long time can be great.

On the other hand, it is not easy for those role players who are not well-known to return from Europe.

Among the players who have earned euros in recent years, the only one who has really gotten his wish is the current Suns forward Chaderis. European clubs seem to have deep pockets, but there are also loopholes in the boss's control of life and death. Once the performance of the team is not good, it is natural to "take a high salary" as a sin, and it is not uncommon to have three suspensions (suspension of training and no pay) or even the outright termination of the contract.

Former Hornets guard Pargo and former Rockets guard Weaver have both been deducted from their wages by the club, and even the FIBA Court of Arbitration has not recovered them...... Otherwise, how could they now eat back and try to stay in the NBA in every possible way?

It's good to be at home, but it's hard to go out. For American players, if it weren't for the fact that Pistons guard Will Bynum didn't have an NBA team and could only go to Europe to "save the country", staying in China to play is always the first choice.

Some players have also said that if they sign a contract, then the contract with Europe will have a special clause that "the NBA can be terminated early after the shutdown ends". But are European teams really willing to be temporary residences, allowing these players to come and go freely? What's more, most European leagues have restrictions on the number of foreign players, so where are so many places reserved for NBA players?

But if the NBA shuts down, Europe will certainly be a major destination for players who want to continue their careers.

Jennings, for example, who had traveled through Italy, was happy to say that he would like to play in Europe again.

Even if the league eventually follows the owner's offer to cut the player's salary to the current 60%, it will be difficult to stop some players from going to Europe to pan for gold.

"A lot of people want to play overseas and that's going to be able to stay in shape." Chamberlain said in an interview, "A lot of players are dragging their families, and during the shutdown, a lot of people will play overseas for $1 million." ”

"So which team in Europe are you going to go to?" The reporter then asked.

Chamberlain laughed and said: "No, I won't go to Europe, I killed too many European teams in the World Championships, they must hate me, so I won't ask for trouble, if I want to leave the NBA, then of course I will go back to China to play in the CBA." ”

"Let's go to the CBA." West.

“+1。” Curry.

"Take me." Carter.

"Are there any empty seats?" Iverson.

Seven or eight years ago, any CBA club that hired a player who had something to do with the NBA, such as being drafted in the Nth round of training camp, would be given star treatment. In the past three seasons, if the migrant worker has not played an official NBA game and is not famous, it is difficult to be favored by the CBA club.

This trend has been amplified by Marbury's parachuting into the CBA this season, after all, he was once an NBA All-Star with a championship ring on his hand - albeit with Chamberlain, but what? On the contrary, the experience with Chamberlain's teammates added points to him.

After Marbury came to the CBA, Francis, Ricky Davis, Quincy Dolby, Critanton and others all joined the CBA - the CBA is not bad for money, many clubs are backed by state-owned enterprises or large private enterprises, and the club's interest in NBA players is growing for the purpose of challenging championships or expanding popularity.

For those players who can't play in the NBA temporarily, the CBA is a good place to go, and the frequency of not too many games, the high salary level, and the courtesy of superstars are all reasons for them to choose the CBA. At the same time, due to the experience and lessons accumulated in the past few years, CBA clubs have become more and more cautious about the introduction of NBA big-name players, and their management methods have become more and more mature, and the activity and formality of the CBA's foreign aid market have grown day by day.

Of course, if Chamberlain really decides to come to the CBA, then all the teams will definitely come to grab it crazy, this is a real supergiant, how much money has to be won, it is a trivial matter for him to revitalize a team by himself, and more importantly, he can even save a brand, for details, please refer to Champion Sports.

There's another big thing for the Warriors in December.

NBA champions have such a tradition, when the team challenges the Washington Wizards away in the new season, they will be received by the President of the United States at the White House, but when the Warriors went east in November, Obama was on a friendly visit to Sweden at that time, so the two sides could not meet, so the matter dragged on for a while, Obama invited the Warriors players to bring their families to the White House in Washington to spend Christmas Eve together.

Although the United States has been advocating nonsense such as human rights, democracy, and all men are created equal, in fact, the class difference is most obvious in this country, and going to the White House for Christmas Eve is a big event.

What clothes to wear, what hairstyle to wear, what kind of car to drive, how many people to bring, these need to be determined in advance, and even what color hair band to bring on the day.

Chamberlain also had to bring his jersey because Obama was also a basketball enthusiast, and the media had reported that Obama had prepared a basketball hoop for this reunion, and he would ask Chamberlain for advice on Christmas Eve.

Another big thing, much more important, is that the Hornets are about to become the first officially controlled team in NBA history.

In December, the league formalized plans to temporarily acquire ownership of the Hornets, a move modeled after Major League Baseball's (MLB) attempt to temporarily take over the Montreal Fairs, which were soon sold and relocated to Washington, D.C., now the Washington Nationals.

The Hornets have had a sluggish home attendance this season, ranking 27th in the league, and under the agreement, the team will have the right to terminate its agreement with Louisiana and move out of New Orleans if the team does not average 14,213 attendance for 13 home games between December 1 and January 17, 2011.

Hornets boss Sheehan had considered selling an equity stake in the team to junior owner Jost, but negotiations have stalled for a variety of reasons, Stern said: "It's because of the environmental factors in New Orleans that they didn't go any further. At the moment, there is no buyer to buy the Hornets, so we are preparing to buy the Hornets as an alliance. ”

According to Chamberlain, after the successful acquisition of the Hornets, the league will hire Sbulllin, who was the vice president of the NHL's Minnesota Savages, who will be in charge of the Hornets' operations and sales, and the team's current president, Hugh Webb, will remain in the team.

Although Stern did not disclose the specific amount of the acquisition of the Hornets in the interview, according to industry analysts, the market value of the Hornets will be around $300 million.

Current big boss Sheehan founded the Hornets in 1988 with Charlotte and relocated to New Orleans in 2002 and briefly relocated the team's home stadium to Oklahoma after Hurricane Katrina.

In the first nine home games of the season, the Hornets averaged only 13,826 fans per game. Sheehan was interested in selling the Hornets since this spring, but couldn't find a suitable buyer, and eventually the league stepped in to take over.

Another thing that Chamberlain and the Warriors group of Birdmen like to hear is the clash between James and the Cavaliers, the Heat and the Cavaliers are in the East, and the two teams will naturally meet often.

The league knows that it will definitely not be a good thing for James to return to the Cavaliers' home court, so when the schedule was arranged, the game between the Heat and the Cavaliers was not scheduled for a long time, but the ugly daughter-in-law always had to see her in-laws, and in mid-December, James and his Heat returned to Cleveland.

When James came out in practice in a Heat jersey, there was no boo but boos in the stadium, and there had never been such a spectacular boo, not even when Celtics fans entertained their decades-old rivals, the Lakers.

On the home turf of the Knights, slogans insulting the emperor were everywhere. A fan held up a sign that read, "What are you doing here?" Begformercy! There are also fans wearing "lyin" and "king" T-shirts, which directly satirize James' decision this summer.

At the beginning of the game, James's every catch must be greeted with boos from the audience, and every time he hits the iron, there must be crazy cheers in his ears.

The first time he stepped to the free-throw line, he was greeted by standing scolding from the fans and white "quitness" slogans. The fan invective continued throughout the game, and many media outlets claimed that yesterday's Cavaliers home stadium produced the strongest boos in history, enough to discourage Chamberlain's Oracle Center.

From the hero and emperor of the city to the "public enemy of the city", returning to the Cleveland Quick-Loan Arena, facing the strongest boos in history, and even cursing, it doesn't matter, James still dares to sprinkle magnesium powder arrogantly here, and finally used the perfect table of 38 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds and 0 turnovers on 15-of-25 shooting Xiàn directed a "massacre" against his old club, and 38 points is also James' new single-game scoring high this season.

In an interview after the game, James proudly said that no matter how many people accuse him of betrayal, his attitude is still clear, and he will not apologize for leaving Cleveland and choosing to leave the Cavaliers.