After the NBA officially announced the suspension, the negotiations between the two parties did not end.
Instead, the talks continue round after round until both parties are satisfied.
On July 27, the plan proposed by the labor side during the negotiations was rejected, and the rookie training course originally scheduled for August was postponed.
On August 2 and September 14, two labor negotiations collapsed, and the start of the new season is far away.
On October 5, Stern officially announced the cancellation of all preseason games, and the suspension of the regular season will be inevitable.
On October 11, Stern announced that the first two weeks of the regular season would be canceled and the two sides would start a long negotiation again in mid-October.
From October 19th to 21st, labor and management launched a three-day, 30-hour ultra-marathon negotiation, but still no consensus was reached and the shutdown continued.
On October 29, Stern announced the cancellation of all games in November.
On November 13, the NBA reduced and deleted another two weeks of schedule for the third time.
On November 15, the players union rejected the new employer agreement, and negotiations broke down for the Nth time...
Starting from June 30, for five consecutive months, there were rounds of negotiations and back-and-forth, but the two sides were still unable to reach a consensus.
As a member of the employer, Min Congda participated in and observed this extremely long and grueling labor negotiation from beginning to end.
Although as the biggest traitor in the NBA, he hopes that the water will be as muddy as possible.
But after being in the league and leading the league for two years, I have more or less feelings about it.
The large number of details in the negotiations made Min Congda feel incomprehensible, and it was not worth it for many players.
The core point of dispute between the two parties is the proportion of salary cap to revenue.
It was previously 57%, and the employer hopes to reduce this ratio to 50%.
The 7 percentage point reduction has become a battlefield for both sides to fight back and forth.
But in fact, the suspension of the NBA season so far has caused more than 7 percentage points in losses to players’ wages.
Players' income is closely related to the income of the entire league. If the league has no games and no income, even if you increase it to 90%, you won't get a penny.
And a key problem is that those who insist on the salary cap income ratio are often those stars who are not short of money.
Salary is only a part of their income. They also have endorsements, sneaker contracts, off-court income and so on.
These stars are less concerned about their income than their reputation: to put it bluntly, they don't want to be stigmatized for compromising with management.
In a general vote of the Players Union on November 15, 30 representatives of 30 teams unanimously voted to reject the employer's new plan.
This has plunged labor negotiations into an almost irreversible situation.
And as the negotiations dragged on for five months, the mentality of both parties began to change.
Whether it's the wealthy owners or the star players who don't care about income, the original intentions of both parties have gone off track.
The purpose of the employer is to cut expenses and reduce risks; the purpose of the labor is to get what they think is the salary they paid.
But as we talked, the employer's purpose became, "I don't believe that I am a capitalist, and my family and business are hijacked by you as a wage earner."
The purpose of the labor side became, "As representatives of workers, we must not compromise with the capitalists at the expense of everyone's interests and smear ourselves."
As the executive director of the employer, Billy Hunter was even more slow in the negotiations, pulling back and forth and failing to truly coordinate the two sides.
And it’s not just the owners and players who are involved in the struggle, but also agents, management, NBA team workers, media, and shit-making lawyers.
Of course, there's a big mole hiding inside.
All of this results in a lot of time and money being wasted, but still no result that satisfies both parties.
Just like World War I, the participating parties no longer know why they are fighting.
But since the fighting has begun, let's continue the fighting and send ignorant soldiers to the front lines to die.
After all, players have to eat and get a salary to support their families. Even if they are stars, their income is high and their daily expenses are also high.
As of November 17th, the original NBA payday, naturally there will be no salary to be paid due to the lockout, and the previous contract will be invalid.
Many players in the NBA have lost their income and have gone to play overseas to make ends meet.
A group of players united to file a lawsuit in the local court, claiming that the NBA suspension has affected their income and salary payment.
The person taking the lead is none other than Kobe Bryant, followed closely by Chauncey Billups, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, and those who just entered the league this year. Kawhi Leonard didn't play.
Min Congda was also shocked when he received the news that Leonard was going to sue the NBA.
This kid is a bit brave. He didn't play a single game when he entered the NBA, and he didn't get a cent of his salary. Yet he dared to follow Big Brother and go to court to cause trouble.
Although Leonard was selected in the draft, Min Congda was not very impressed with him.
Because after the lockout, players and management can no longer have any contact, otherwise they will be considered to be colluding with each other.
Therefore, after the draft and Leonard signed the contract, the two had no chance to meet again.
Now a lawsuit is filed against the NBA and the Clippers, which makes Min Congda look at this guy with admiration.
"You're young, and I don't know what his abilities are, but his abilities are pretty good. It seems I was right about him. If I let him come to the Clippers, he might cause some trouble." m.
In Min Chongda's view, players such as Curry and Harden are too well-behaved.
Focus on playing well and not getting into trouble, making the Clippers locker room very harmonious.
If you look at the locker rooms of other teams, you won’t be able to handle people wielding knives and guns, and fights are common.
Think about it, if a group of black guys who are full of hormones and haven’t read many books are playing against each other all day long, can there be no conflict?
Once they have a conflict, it will never be a simple matter of swearing a few rubbish words. They may also use violence or even use a gun.
It's just that in order to protect the image of the team and players, most of this information is blocked from fans.
But the Clippers really don't have that. They are quite harmonious internally. There are very few quarrels, let alone fights.
If there is someone who can sort things out, it will be a good thing for the Clippers if the lockout ends in the future.
But no one knows how long this shutdown will last.
At this time, the media published some news reports announcing the details of negotiations between labor and management.
A considerable amount of it openly and covertly attacks Billy Hunter, the executive director of the National Basketball Players Association.
It is believed that Billy Hunter had selfish motives in the negotiation process and deliberately delayed the negotiations to prevent agents from joining together with players to dissolve the players union.
Because once the players union is dissolved, Billy Hunter will lose his salary income.
At the same time, in an interview, Stern specifically emphasized that Billy Hunter's toughness and absence from the negotiations made it impossible for the negotiations to continue.
Stern is undoubtedly implying that Billy Hunter's presence hinders the smooth progress of labor negotiations.
As soon as this report came out, Min Congda's keen sense of smell noticed that the negotiations were likely to make progress.
He immediately called Cuban to inquire about the status of the negotiations, and then flew to New York in person to attend the employer meeting as a representative of the Clippers.
There are growing signs that the shutdown may end around December.
This is a result Min Congda doesn't want to see.
On November 20, a week before the two sides started another negotiation, NBA-Batman released an important message on Twitter:
"Former tainted referee Tim Donaghy exposed David Stern's manipulation of league games, and the specific details of his autobiography will be revealed later."
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