Chapter 655 NBA lockout(2/2)
Although it was a bit unpleasant to leave the Lakers because of Phil Jackson and Jenny Buss, time has diluted everything. So many years have passed. Phil Jackson has left the Lakers, and Sun Hao doesn't care about that anymore.
Now that he sees the Lakers getting better and on the right track, he is naturally happy.
The Bulls didn't win Butler, so they had to settle for the second best choice for "Bryant Jr." Marshan Brooks.
From the perspective of choice, they are ready to leave Hamilton.
The first round draft ends soon.
In the second round, Sun Hao was concerned about the two draft picks.
The Warriors took Joan Loyle at 39th pick and then picked Isaiah Thomas at 60th pick!
These two waves of selection reflect West's vision of selecting people.
White Chocolate retired after winning the championship, and now there is a vacant position on the Warriors' back line.
Originally, if Jeremy Lin was a free agent now, the Warriors might have opened a window to cooperate with him again.
But now Jeremy Lin plays so well in Houston, so it is naturally impossible.
The Warriors first replenish the inside and then the outside. This wave of operation is very smooth and there is no problem.
Of course, like Jeremy Lin last year, Thomas may not be able to stay with the Warriors, because the Warriors do not lack people to hold on, and the subsequent free market is the highlight.
After the draft, the Warriors won Klay Thompson, Loyle and Thomas, and the operation was very impressive.
However, Sun Hao was not very happy because Curry would be traded.
After he finished his vacation in Los Angeles, he went to talk to Curry.
It was the end of June in a blink of an eye. According to the NBA's previous practices in previous years, as the free market gate approached, all kinds of rumors were flying around.
But this year, it was not rumors that were flying all over the sky, but about labor-management negotiations.
Both sides can't talk about each other now.
According to the current trend, shutdown is inevitable.
Based on this matter, once the free market is shut down, it will automatically close, so there will naturally be no rumors.
This also made a lot of time stop unconsciously.
For example, Sun Hao’s contract renewal with the Warriors, and Curry’s deal.
On July 1, 2011, the labor and management sides still failed to reach an agreement after 18 hours of negotiations, and the NBA officially entered a shutdown.
The impact of the shutdown is direct and huge.
After the suspension, players will not receive salaries, and the NBA team cannot negotiate with players, nor sign and trade players.
At the same time, players cannot use the team's training facilities for any reason, and the team cannot hold any summer training camps, exhibitions, team meetings and coaching gatherings. The NBA team website can no longer use the image of the players and cannot use the players as representatives of publicity.
Or to put it more directly, the shutdown will lead to a large number of NBA-related staff being temporarily unemployed, and some NBA players may even face serious financial crisis.
Because for many players, playing is their only income.
The shutdown has left them with no income, but their expenditures will not decrease.
In order to survive, many players have already planned to play overseas.
This includes Deron Williams, who once again encountered the "58th Massacre" last season.
It is said that he will go to Turkey to play because the teams there are willing to provide good salary and come with "NBA jump out clause", that is, if the NBA shutdown is over, they will be able to return to their parent team as soon as possible.
Many players also plan to go to China to play basketball.
The basketball influence brought by Sun Hao, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and others is huge. The domestic basketball market is now much larger than that of the same period in history.
Sun Hao knew that this year would stop in history, but the distribution of interests could not be controlled by personal power.
He was even less interested in the business negotiations.
On the contrary, the shutdown was not entirely a bad thing for him.
He can think about Curry carefully.
Just the day before he was about to finish his vacation and return to Auckland, Sun Hao suddenly received an unexpected call.
The phone call was from Kupchek.
After leaving the Lakers, Sun Hao had fewer contacts with the Lakers management, and his few fewer contacts were Kupchek.
So it was not surprising to receive a call from Kupchek.
But what was unexpected was what Kupchek said on the phone.
Old Bass's body deteriorated very quickly, and he now wanted to see Sun Hao.
This incident was completely beyond Sun Hao's expectations.
If he remembers correctly, Old Bass will have at least two years of good life.
Now it seems that the children's struggle that arrived early has exhausted Old Bass.
Don't underestimate mood, especially for cancer patients.
The good or bad mood will largely determine the length and shortness of life.
Sun Hao had no reason to refuse such a request. After explaining to Scarlett, he took a bus to Old Bath's manor.
The Old Bass family was in the backyard of the manor, including children such as Bass and Jenny, as well as Kuochek who called him before.
He walked over and greeted all the acquaintances he knew, and then he saw Old Bass.
On the small golf hill not far away, Old Bass was sitting in a wheelchair, with only one doctor beside him.
It was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had already set, and the sun was already setting in the sky.
The afterglow shot out through the clouds and sprinkled on Old Bass, giving him an indescribable sense of old age.
"Sun, my father said he only wants to see you."
After saying hello to Sun Hao, Little Bus continued to speak.
Sun Hao nodded, and then a bodyguard guided him to the hillside.
When he got closer, Sun Hao noticed that Old Bass was wearing an oxygen ventilator and his eyes were closed.
If it weren't for the fact that my chest was falling, you wouldn't have known that this was a living person.
It seems that he is really not far away.
But just as Sun Hao walked closer, Old Bass opened his eyes.
He signaled the doctor to take off the oxygen hood for himself, and then signaled the bodyguard and the doctor to leave.
"Sorry, please bother you at this time."
Old Bass took a deep breath and then spoke.
“I have a lot of time now.”
Sun Hao said as he half-squatted beside Old Bass' wheelchair.
When he was in the Lakers, Bass was not bad for Sun Hao.
Chapter completed!