After the draft, there was good news in the NBA's labor negotiations.

Although the two sides have not yet agreed on many details, the media generally expects that a new collective bargaining agreement in the NBA will be reached around mid-August.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, the suspension of the NBA in the 11/12 season due to the delay in reaching a new collective bargaining agreement will undoubtedly have a far-reaching impact on the NBA.

If Wang Shuo remembers correctly, the suspension in the original history of the NBA alone combined direct economic losses amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars.

And, during the shutdown, there are still many sports fans in the United States who have blocked the NBA since then.

After all, as a country with an extremely developed sports industry......

For American sports enthusiasts, the NBA has never been their only option.

In addition, due to the fact that the players had no ball to play during the shutdown, and most of them did not have permission from FIBA to play overseas, many players were out of shape and in decline after the NBA restarted.

The main thing, of course, is ......

As the first championship of Ajan's career in Wang Shuo's memory, this suspension also allowed some Zhan Hei to find a reason to forcibly discredit Zhan Huang in the future.

To quote Wang Shuo's statement from Zhan Hei before the crossing, if the overall championship won by Zhan Mi's standard is not as the boss at most, then Ajan's park championship and shrinking season championship should also be reduced to "1.5 crowns" according to the same algorithm.

Undoubtedly, this argument has undoubtedly greatly influenced the gold content of the "Great Emperor Majesty" when he crowns himself in the future.

Fortunately, thanks to the fact that the NBA has been in a booming state in the past two years, and Stern's assistant Mark played a key role in the labor negotiations, successfully convincing the players' union by drawing cakes for the players......

Therefore, as long as James can lead the Celtics to win the championship next season, Wang Shuo believes that this will be a championship with full gold content!

No blowing, no black, even putting aside the position of the head of Zhan Mi, Wang Shuo also believes that if Ajan can win his first career championship next season......

Then this crown will definitely make his historical status directly surpass Jordan and become a god in one fell swoop!

Don't ask, ask if you have to use Jordan's standards to ask all (Zhan) to have (M) people, what is the difference between that and embarrassing people Fat Tiger?

In short, for the NBA in this world, with the team owners and the players' union willing to take a step back, the upcoming new collective bargaining agreement is definitely a happy event worthy of Stern's celebration with a bottle of champagne.

However, I am glad that a collective bargaining agreement is about to be reached......

Stern knows better than anyone......

The reason why the NBA was able to avoid a shutdown this time was because of the role played by his good brother Wang Shuo in it, which can only be described as indispensable.

Because during the coaching period of the Knicks, in New York, the first city in the United States, Wang Shuo completely stimulated Yao Ming's business potential, so although Xiao Yao's cash cow is mainly to give money to the Knicks......

But in the past two years, the NBA's sponsorship expenses from the Chinese market have been astronomical.

Before the NBA signed the sky-high broadcast deal in the future, the poor NBA teams at this time obviously did not want to offend Chinese fans because of the shutdown.

Actually, to put it bluntly, as a business alliance......

The essence of the NBA is still to look at money.

Especially after Adam Xiao Hua took office in Wang Shuo's memory.

As long as he can keep making the NBA cake bigger, then even if the athletic part is done like shit, the players and team owners of the league in the future will only be grateful to him.

In addition, in Wang Shuo's previous life, even if there is no evidence for the following statements......

But there is indeed a view that the reason why the NBA will dare to offend Chinese fans in the future is because compared with the first decade of the 21st century, the NBA, which signed a huge fat contract in the United States, has long been less important than before.

After all, before Wang Shuo crossed, the NBA's next broadcast deal was likely to reach $75 billion over nine years.

In contrast, the copyright fee paid by a penguin to the NBA is only a measly $1.5 billion for five years.

On the contrary, many NBA stars who have been to China are willing to spend energy and time to maintain the relationship with Chinese fans.

Because of the kind of experience that is sought after by thousands of people in the rabbit's house......

It's something that many of them don't feel in the United States.

In addition, in addition to the Chinese market, the NBA's rising attention is also inseparable from Wang Shuo in Stern's eyes.

Although in a sense, Wang Shuo, who has been in charge of the game for nine years and has won a total of eight NBA championships, has gradually made people realize that basketball is a sport where he is responsible for laughing and others are mainly responsible for crying......

But as a sport that can fascinate countless people, in fact, the so-called championship ownership is only one of the highlights of basketball.

For example, Curry, who has been praised by Wang Shuo in the past two years.

As one of the very few players in the NBA who can make the general public feel a sense of substitution, under the marketing of Wang Shuo and Hook, when promoting Curry, Curry's own superhuman attributes have been artificially reduced in his sense of existence.

On the contrary, Curry's notoriously short board is often mentioned repeatedly.

Such reverse propaganda has two benefits.

First of all, it can bring Curry closer to ordinary fans and help him continue to reap the favor of the vast majority of neutral fans.

Second, it can effectively lower people's expectations of Curry, and make Curry get a higher evaluation from people when he plays explosive performances.

Of course......

No matter how much positive impact Wang Shuo's appearance has brought to the NBA.

In this life, the reason why Stern gradually changed from the eldest brother to the younger brother in his "brotherhood" with Wang Shuo......

Mainly because of Wang Shuo, the investment company owned by the business giant, the NBA has never decreased in recent years......

Only the input of constant raising!

In the past two years, compared with the embarrassment of buying Manchester United at the beginning, Wang Shuo, who has become richer and richer, knows better than anyone that if he wants to keep his historical position in the NBA and the influence of the NBA in China in the future, he must do "charity".

Yes.

Since the essence of the NBA is to look at money, isn't it okay for Wang Shuo to keep throwing money?

Anyway, money is this thing......

For Wang Shuo, who still has more than ten years of knowledge reserves, it is just something outside his body.

Therefore, in the past two years, in addition to "feeding" the NBA through legal and compliant channels......

Wang Shuo also bought the NBA's broadcast rights in China at an unimaginable price last year, and "gifted" the TV broadcast rights to the "Fifth Young Master" at another unimaginable price.

Needless to say, Wang Shuo's crazy moves off the court without asking for anything in return have quietly made him the de facto 31st owner of the NBA.

Although many NBA team owners who know the inside story here do not understand why Wang Shuo is so generous.

But after all, it is not illegal to spend money to buy fame in a beautiful country legally and compliantly.

Therefore......

Even everyone didn't say it to the outside world.

But the main reason why this year's collective bargaining has been able to proceed smoothly ......

It was indeed Wang Shuo, a rich buddy, who handed a sentence to everyone through the microphone of Danzi.

"Isn't it just that everyone will suffer again?

In terms of the NBA ratings in the past two years, as long as the NBA does not stop, what more bikes do you need in the future? ”

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In July, because a new collective bargaining agreement had not yet been negotiated, the league's teams were not allowed to begin negotiations with free agents and discuss various trades on July 1, as in previous years.

At the same time, the training halls and stadiums of the league's teams will also be suspended from serving the players.

However, compared to the extremely pessimistic shutdown atmosphere in Wang Shuo's memory......

In this life, most of us are looking at this summer's labor negotiations with a relaxed mind.

In addition, the league has also promised players that this year's Summer League will not be cancelled as long as a new collective bargaining agreement is reached, but will be postponed until after collective bargaining has passed.

This is also good news for most free agents who want to continue looking for work through Summer League.

And during this period of time when he was temporarily forced to suspend due to relevant regulations, after some careful consideration, Ben, who won the championship with the Lakers last season, officially made the decision to retire.

In Wang Shuo's memory, it was originally that Daben would retire after next season.

But after following the Lakers last season to realize his dream, Big Ben, who suddenly felt that he had no concern for the NBA, wanted to leave his time for his family.

Compared with Wang Shuo's previous life, the historical status of Daben, who did not win the championship until he retired in this life, will definitely not be too high in the future.

And, of course, with his career winning several DOPY and NBA rebounding titles, as well as this belated championship ring......

Anyway, if Maddie, who is currently negotiating a contract with the CBA Qingdao team, can still enter the Hall of Fame in the future, then what is it...... Maddie will also have to take the initiative to move a stool for Ben at that time, and call him a big brother.

Also, since it comes to the Hall of Fame......

Then I have to mention that under Riley's recommendation, Wang Shuo is expected to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame next year.

In NBA history, it's not uncommon for an active head coach to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

For example, Larry Brown and Phil Jackson in Wang Shuo's memory......

Historically, when the two brothers were inducted into the Hall of Fame, Riley had yin and yang with the two brothers in interviews.

Therefore, compared to the Hall of Fame that will be entered sooner or later, this time, Wang Shuo, who can be introduced by Riley, can also be said to have been unanimously recognized by professionals in the industry.

And on July 25, earlier than the media expected......

A new NBA collective bargaining agreement was reached after players agreed to concede future revenue sharing to a range of 50 to 51 percent based on NBA revenue, and owners agreed not to introduce a hard wage cap.

The concessions made by the players' union in this negotiation are basically the same as Wang Shuo's memory.

Although many people believe that Fisher betrayed the players' union in this negotiation, in fact, even if it is the NBA after signing that sky-high broadcast deal in the future......

The players' share of the total income is definitely not low.

You must know that before Wang Shuo crossed over, the theoretical top salary of the NBA had even risen to about 300 million US dollars in five years after deducting a fraction......

doesn't brag or black, with such a salary, Wang Shuo really can't understand how these NBA players are embarrassed to make fans sympathetic to them in the future.

Don't......

Do you think they usually spend more, so I hope they can earn more?

Wang Shuo doesn't know what the outcome of the next NBA labor negotiations will be after his crossing.

But he believes that it will be the bosses who will win big.

Because before his crossing, more and more NBA stars will rotate through various "smart injuries" during the regular season.

True.

Proper rotation can really be effective in extending the career life of these stars.

But for those fans who have paid to watch the live stream or buy tickets to enter the game, the excessive rotation of stars will undoubtedly greatly affect the NBA's ratings.

Especially as these NBA stars are worth more and more......

If Wang Shuo remembers correctly, before he crossed, the bosses were even preparing to formally introduce the "attendance clause" in the next collective bargaining.

The clause states that even if you sign a theoretical salary with a team, you will only receive your fair share of salary if you meet the standard for attendance other than injury.

As soon as this news came out, many players in the NBA immediately stated that they would mobilize all forces to resist this clause.

And many people also took the initiative to shout to the fans, hoping that the fans could understand their hard work and dedication in ordinary times.

Only this time......

The vast majority of fans will no longer be on the side of the players.

Because......

If they could, in fact, the fans also want to work as hard and hard as this group of stars.

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On July 26, after a 20-day delay, the NBA free agent market officially opened.

On the same day, the Lakers successfully completed the contract extension with Xiao Jia.

And the next day, he successfully renewed his contract with Jordan Jr. with a five-year contract of about 50 million.

In order to ensure that Wang Shuo can lead the team to build a dynasty next season, the Lakers uniform team has fulfilled their promise of giving Wang Shuo all their support this summer.

Even if Jordan Jr.'s contract is a bit premium in terms of his current strength, the Lakers still decisively made an offer to him so as not to cause trouble.

However, in Wang Shuo's opinion......

What the Lakers uniform team doesn't know at the moment is ......

In fact, they are the ones who make a small profit in this renewal.

Because now we look at the alliance......

Where do you go to find a second player with abilities that is close to Jordan Jr. and doesn't ask for more than him?

You know, in the future, even if the Lakers have to trade Jordan Jr. in order to keep others, the Lakers can use it to trade their favorite players or draft picks.

In addition to renewing the contracts of two young centers, on the 26th, the Lakers also signed two rookies, Parsons and Thomas Jr.

When signing with Thomas Jr., Wang Shuo strongly recommended Kupchak to sign a contract with a "2+1" contract structure and a team option for the final year.

"Isaiah is only 175 centimeters tall, can he really play in the NBA?"

"Trust me, if you don't sign him now without a contract that would allow the Lakers to get bird rights, you're going to regret it in the future."

Historically, although Thomas Jr. gradually faded out of the league after a major injury.

But at the peak of his career, he was definitely a point grabber.

At this moment, for Wang Shuo, who is the head coach of the Lakers, he knows very well that Thomas Jr. will definitely get the opportunity to shine after Curry leaves, so he doesn't want to pit the Lakers.

As a result, after this year's summer league, which was postponed for nearly half a month, Kupchak immediately felt that he had lost sight of his previous eyes.

Because in the five summer league games he played for the Lakers, Thomas Jr. averaged 29.4 points per game and was the leading scorer on the Lakers.

In addition, Parsons also showed great tactical acumen in the four Summer League games he played for the Lakers.

On the contrary, in order to catch Wang Shuo, he successively chose Klay, Leonard, and Butler's Jordan according to Wang Shuo's requirements, and there was a feeling of being deceived after the summer league.

As Wang Shuo remembers, both Butler and Leonard need a lot of time to level up......

Therefore, in the summer league on behalf of the Bobcats, the pair of "Sleeping Dragons and Phoenix Chicks" do not have the slightest shadow of Jordan, and even in Jordan's opinion, whether these two brothers can become role players who can gallop on the NBA stage in the future must be marked with a big question mark.

'Can't you just give young players a little more patience?

Oh yes, and if you don't have anything to do, remember to go to the training court a few times and pass on your basketball skills to Kawhi and Jimmy.

As for the Bobcats' playing time next season, I would suggest you give Gordon [Hayward] more opportunities to level up.

Because I want the Lakers to see the potential in Gordon next season. On this day, on the phone, Wang Shuo said to Jordan.

Hearing this, Jordan was anxious at the time and said, "What do you mean that I usually have nothing to do?" Don't you know how busy I usually are? ”

Wang Shuo picked his nostrils and said, "Are you busy referring to which casino you have lost millions more, or have you found a few more sisters to communicate with you?" ”

Jordan: "......"

After being scolded by Wang Shuo, after a while, Jordan said, "Are Kehuai and Jimmy really as powerful as you say?"

Why don't I see in them the slightest bit of potential to be me? ”

Wang Shuo was happy and said, "Just your vision...... If you can see potential in them, then how can there be potential in them? ”

Jordan: "......"

After a pause, Wang Shuo continued, "You should have met Ke Huai, right?" This kid has a palm bigger than you and has an arm span of 221 centimeters.

As long as you are willing to teach, his future dry pulling and leaning back will definitely have the heat of your peak seventy or eighty percent. ”

Jordan snorted coldly and said, "As long as he can learn half of my skills, it will be enough for him to become a superstar in the NBA." ”

Wang Shuo said noncommittally: "In addition, Jimmy is a hard-fought player, if he makes a mistake in training, you can scold as much as you want."

Trust me, he's never going to be as autistic as the young players you've sprayed before.

It's about training and competing tomorrow with a stronger fighting spirit. ”

Jordan nodded and said, "I can see this, his spirit is obviously different from other young people. ”

Finally, Wang Shuo smiled: "As for Klay's three-point shooting rate in the summer league is less than 30%, I don't think you need to worry too much."

Because after the start of the new season......

You'll only see a more iron-clad him. ”

Jordan: "......"

No, a three-point shooter who shoots less than 30 percent from the field......

Can that also be called a three-point shooter?

If that were to be said, could he Jordan also be able to call himself the GOAT of the three-point world?

However, regarding the fact that Klay is a player who needs to constantly "pad the knife" to continue to draw the god card, Wang Shuo can't explain it to Jordan in detail.

Because the pitcher's feel ......

This thing is a kind of metaphysics in itself.

In addition, Wang Shuo, who thought that he would be relatively relaxed this summer, never expected it......

In the case of being the head coach of the Lakers and the "general manager" of the Bobcats at the same time......

He's going to be very busy this summer.

After all......

In the history of the NBA, there is such a thing as controlling two teams at the same time......

Even if Auerbach was alive, his jaw dropped.

In August, a week after training Leonard and Butler individually, Jordan called Wang Shuo again.

It's just compared to the last complaint......

After a private exchange with Leonard and Butler, Jordan, who had never understood basketball in Wang Shuo's eyes, gradually felt the potential of Wang Shuo from these two young players.

The first is Leonard.

No matter how capable the future Leonard is under his uncle's plan.

From a blank slate when he entered the NBA to a future card-frame version of Jordan, you can't deny the effort Leonard put into the process.

At the beginning of his career, Leonard, who has always been expressionless and not good at words, has only silently turned around and returned to the training ground after being scolded these days under the guidance of Danzi, and then picked up the basketball and continued to train.

This is followed by Butler.

In fact, after only half a day of training with him, Jordan was already seriously doubting whether he was his illegitimate child or not.

Because after Jordan deliberately found "Elvis" Wallace and educated Butler a few times in heads-up, Butler's face not only did not have a little unhappiness, but even he said to Wallace more and more excitedly: "I can't beat you now, but ......

I could fight with you all day! ”

In Jordan's opinion, Butler's static talent is not very good.

But through onlookers, after seeing in its body its steel heart that far surpasses its peers......

Jordan believes that Butler's achievements in the future will not be low!

"You're going to have them both wear 'aj' for the new season?

Michael, I have to admit, you do get more and more savvy. ”

In Los Angeles, Wang Shuo, who was also busy "bringing the baby", said to Jordan with some surprise after learning that Jordan planned to recruit Butler and Leonard into his command that day.

Hearing this, although Jordan always felt that Wang Shuo was angry with him, but for the sake of his friendship with him, Jordan still chose to endure this grievance.

No way.

Everyone has their own nemesis in this world.

Just like Wang Shuo's nemesis is the "little Michael" who will make him sleep every midnight and three watches.

Jordan's nemesis in this life is undoubtedly Wang Shuo, whom he personally chose back then.

In August of this year, time flies.

And in September, as the NBA teams began to sound the rallying call one after another, the 11/12 season in this life will not become a shrinking season, Wang Shuo has only one requirement for the Lakers.

That's ......

Take that damn championship trophy!

In Wang Shuo's view, it's time to shout out that enduring slogan:

- My Lake Champion!

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