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Chapter 1072 Accidents Happen Every Year, Especially This Year

Chapter 83 There are accidents every year, especially this year

April 7

The NBA announced a four-year, $4 million cable television deal with TNT and TBS.

Almost on the same day, the NBA and NBC announced at the same time that the two sides reached a 4-year, $10 billion TV contract.

Many bosses were overjoyed by the news, which means more dividends next year.

According to the old labor agreement, 50% of the two sums of money will go into the owner's pocket, and the other 50% will belong to the players.

In other words, dividing $7.5 million by 27 is almost the salary cap for the new NBA season.

That's $2550 million.

How much has this number improved from last season?A whole $750 million.

This means that many teams suddenly have the salary space to parachute an Ewing.

Of course, the players union still has not reached a new consensus with the owners.

They are aggressive, show the ruthlessness of striking if they don't achieve their goals, demand changes in income distribution, want to get a bigger cake, and abolish the salary cap, so that the salary will increase without a limit.

The most excessive one, they demanded the abolition of the draft.

Because this is not in line with the Constitution, and NBA teams have no contribution to the NCAA, why can they ask these talents trained by American colleges and universities to join which team according to their own rules?
The players' demands sound reasonable, but except for the first one, all of them are self-defeating behaviors.

Today's trade union rights movement has completely changed.

The Bill Russells of the 60s wanted to have enough protection after retirement, so that they would not be dragged down by injuries that fell while playing.

But now, NBA players who are millionaires per capita certainly don't think they earn more. They just want to earn more, and the bosses will not agree.

As the Sports Illustrated reporter put it: "It's really millionaires and multimillionaires versus billionaires."

Although the two sides failed to negotiate, and the union clamored for a strike every day, the offseason operations continued as usual.

In the offseason, those players who want to find their next homes are in stark contrast to the teams that concentrate on operating and the two groups of people on the negotiating field.

They give the impression that the two paths were never connected.

On July 7, a thunderbolt was thrown into the "fish pond".

The president of the Miami Heat proudly held a press conference and announced to reporters: "We have reached a verbal agreement with Ralph Sampson!"

As soon as the news came out, it really exploded.

Reporters from all over the United States flew to Miami like scalded grasshoppers, trying to learn more about the inside story before the details of the signing were revealed.

On July 7, the two sides made an official announcement.

Sampson signed with the Miami Heat at a price of $3 million in three years, becoming the first player in league history to receive an annual salary of tens of millions.

In order to ensure the flexibility of Sampson's future, Falk asked to add a player option in the second year of the contract.

How dare Shafier refuse?This is Sampson. He rejected the Trail Blazers and Warriors and joined the Heat. This is completely condescending and "thankful."

Shafier believes Louie played an invaluable role in Sampson's signing with the Heat.

Because when Sampson signed the contract, he said to Shafier: "I heard that you are a good friend of Coach Lu?"

"I'm probably Coach Lu's best friend in the league," Shafir laughed.

"Say hello to Coach Road for me, I think I'm going to like Miami."

"You'll love it, especially the beach and low taxes."

Shafier is grateful to Louis, but at the same time has a bigger plan in his heart.

Sampson is not the only big fish this offseason.

And Wilson, Olajuwon, Drexler and Jordan.

It is a bit unsafe to rely on Sampson alone, but it will be stable if there are two.

Due to the soaring salary cap in the new season, the Heat's signing of Sampson is a completely naked sign.

This is a bonus brought by special times.

When Shafier pursued Wilson, he was rejected.

Wilson's team selection criteria are the same as Sampson's, it must be a team that allows him to be the boss.

Now that Sampson is already in place first, it is naturally not easy for him to go to the Heat.

Wilson was somewhat overshadowed by his time with Ewing.

He thinks these big guys are pretentious lunatics, not easy to get along with.

How many eight years are there in life?He has already spent eight years proving that he and Ewing can't get along, and he must not spend another eight years running in with another person who may have a personality problem.

The Heat may be out of play.

The Pacers wanted to stabilize Manning by signing Wilson.

However, Wilson didn't want to be teammates with Manning's utilitarian overflowing egomaniac.

Because he just got rid of an easily inflated egomaniac.

Only at this time, Wilson could see the shortcomings of Ewing.When he was with the Knicks, he always had a "we'll get by" mentality because of Louie.

Now, the light that covered Ewing's shortcomings has gradually become clear as he left New York.

Although Ewing did act like a mature leader in the last year, it was his maturity that made Wilson understand that he was not a second-in-command willing to be inferior after all.

He wanted to be the boss, so conflict with Ewing was inevitable.

The conflict between the two of them almost destroyed the team the year before last. It was a team that Louis had painstakingly built, and he could not let the other party's efforts go to waste.

So leaving was Wilson's only option.

Wilson also thought about playing for Louie forever, but the idea was too naive.

Until he finds out Louie doesn't plan to renew his contract with New York either...

Since then, Wilson has been calling Louie, wanting to know which team Louie is going to join.

Louie also knew that if he said which team he was going to, Wilson would immediately sign with his new team.

In doing so, it will inevitably give people a feeling of running with Wilson.

Louie didn't want to feel that way, especially on the New York side.

So Louis has not given a clear answer.

Moreover, he couldn't answer either, because there really was no answer now.

He doesn't like teams in small cities.

There are only a handful of teams in big cities.

In addition to the Knicks, it seems that there is only Los Angeles?
Although Los Angeles has two teams, a boss like Donald Sterling is a nightmare for any management that wants to do things.

In other words, among the teams in big cities, the only option is the Lakers.

If Louis can't reach a consensus with the Lakers, he really has to go to a small city.

The Lakers have clearly expressed their interest in Louie.

Team owner Jerry Buss intends to play in the finale.

If Louis is not interested in the Lakers, he will sign before Bass makes a move.

On the contrary, if he is still unable to find the target when the Lakers make a shot, then Buss will have a great deal of confidence to offer a condition that other teams cannot match.

In Louie's eyes, if he chooses the Lakers, it is more for family considerations than his career.

The first is that Lorraine's career as an actor will not be affected in Los Angeles, which is, after all, where Hollywood is located.

Next is his son Lu Wuxia.

If this kid wants to go further on the basketball road, he has to go out more and see the vast world outside.

The campus basketball in New York City is undoubtedly stronger than that in Los Angeles, but the college basketball in the California area can single out the entire Midwest.

It's not that they often produce stars, but the overall quality is very high, which is very suitable for young players to level up.

For Louis, rebuilding the Lakers is not a difficult task.

They've got David Robinson and Scottie Pippen, and it's a bit tough to get around that, but what about adding Benj?
Thinking of this, Louis lost his train of thought.

No, it's okay for Robinson to say that Pippen is better than Ewing in terms of personality alone.

Ruthless Ewing never refused to play because Louie didn't let him play a key ball-he wouldn't dare to do it if Ewing was given 1 guts-but Pippen did.

He chose to do that for the same reason Ewing was fighting Benj all those years.

He is the boss of the team, and he should have this qualification and right.

When you feel that you should be allowed to take the key ball, as a star player, what should you do?
James, who has been criticized for his penchant for passing the ball at key picks, did just that.

He smashed David Blatt's board, got them to hand the damn ball to him, and made the game-winning shot.

And Pippen never had the heart to take that kind of pressure, he just complained, caused trouble, and completely messed up the team's chemistry.

No, you can't send Benj to the Lakers.

Louis thought so.

The next day
The Los Angeles Lakers announced: "We have reached a four-year maximum salary contract with superstar Benjamin Wilson, and the Lakers nation ushered in a new king!"

(End of this chapter)