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Chapter 839 [Infernal Affairs]

Life is ups and downs too quickly, and it is so exciting.

This is what Isaiah Thomas thinks.

He wanted to wait until the senior year to enter, but because his teammates were injured, he might not be able to enter the championship next season, so he was forced to run a year early.

He performed well in rookie training camp, and several teams tried him out. Officials predicted that he would be selected in the first few players in the second round, and the cruel reality poured him a basin of cold water. He didn't expect that the time to wait for his name to be read by Stern was so long.

When he was about to despair, he heard his name but was still chosen by the king.

After being stunned for two seconds, after confirming the truth, he jumped up from the sofa excitedly, which was like winning the lottery!

As long as he has the opportunity to show, he has the confidence to stay with the King. Even if he is a marginal person, he may win the championship next season. Is there anything more wonderful than playing with the two superstars? He believes that he can learn a lot.

Moore's idea is the same, and he must try every means to stay. He is 193 tall, weighs 92 kilograms, has a double-energy guard, physical fitness, and average organizational ability. His advantage is his ability to shoot.

It is very difficult for Moore to stay. With Wang Jun and Lei Allen at the No. 2 position, how can he need other substitutes? Unless he transforms into a point guard, or the star is injured, he will not have a chance.

There are not many real-time transactions on the draft day, and the league is about to stop. Many teams are waiting and watching, and there are three larger transactions.

The Trail Blazers sent veteran Andre Miller to the Nuggets and got Raymond Felton.

The Spurs sent out point guard George Hill and got the Pacers' 14th overall pick and rookie swinger Coy Leonard.

The Mavericks sent Jordan Hamilton, who had just been selected, to the Thunder, in exchange for the Spanish Demon Sword Rudy Fernandez.

Just after the draft ended, Wang Jun received a call from former Lakers player Derek Fisher, hoping that he could participate in labor-management negotiations together.

Fisher has a face that is always calm and a rational negotiating voice. He speaks naturally like a coach and a spokesperson, so he becomes the chairman of the Players' Union.

"Wang, if you participate in the negotiation and express some opinions, may it be possible to make the agreement settled faster and make it easier to meet?"

"No," Wang Jun refused. He was completely uninterested in this matter.

"Why?"

"I want to make a movie, but I don't understand this, so it's better not to participate."

"This is a big deal for all players. If the game is suspended and the game is reduced, you will be affected. Wouldn't you care?"

"I'll do something else when the game starts. When the game starts, I'm busy too." Wang Jun smiled and said, "If I don't play anymore, I'll be in Hollywood in the future."

"" Fisher was speechless.

I'm sorry, what you mean is that it's okay if it's gone?

Some of the things he had thought about before were useless to convince Wang Jun, and his conspiracy and tricks were miscarriages.

Wang Jun’s idea is too simple and he doesn’t understand it, so he won’t participate.

His contract was discussed by his agent Ryan Hughes, who asked him to act as a representative to talk about other players' salaries? It's not reliable to think about it.

People who don’t understand can mess things up when speaking randomly, such as Ewing, the union chairman at that time.

In the summer of 1998, Ewing made a public statement and forced the labor into an unfavorable situation.

At that time, Stern said: "Players' salaries are much higher than ordinary people, and they should not be required."

Ewing could answer in countless ways, but ended up saying the most insane words. "Yes, we earn a lot, but we spend a lot."

This sentence caused American audiences to disagree with the players, believing that this was just "a game of sharing interests between millionaires and billionaires." In the end, the two sides were in a stalemate until February 1999, when Labor bowed its head and signed the agreement, each team played only 50 games.

When Wang Jun is involved, he will be plotted against him if he is accidentally involved and will take the blame. The people who plot against him are the President and Fisher.

The labor-management negotiations began two years ago.

On August 5, 2009, the first negotiations on the new labor-management agreement were held in advance with the Players' Union, and the negotiations lasted for a total of 3 and a half hours.

In January 2010, Stern tried to push both sides to accept the "hard salary cap" clause after the negotiations restarted, and the alliance said the move was to save wages.

A hard salary cap refers to the maximum salary that the team can use. When it reaches this range, no one can sign.

The salary cap means that the team has to pay a certain luxury tax. Players can also be added within this range, but they can only sign the lowest salary, and others rely on transactions.

Implementing a hard salary cap is indeed beneficial to curbing star groups, but not many people support it.

In the same month, news came out that investors wanted to put forward requirements for significantly reducing players' salaries and maximum contract years in the new labor-management clause negotiations, including reducing the current labor-management clauses of players' income not exceeding 57 for basketball-related income to no more than 45, which means that the average salary of players will drop by about 21. The negotiations between the two sides ended unhappily.

In December 2010, the Players' Union asked all players to authorize the disqualification of union representatives and disband the Players' Union, and was ready to threaten the bosses to reach a new labor-management agreement with the Players' Union as soon as possible.

This measure, known as the "Weapon of Doomsday", will be disbanded if the player is authorized. According to US law, disbanding the union will cause players to lose all the union protection, but players can use antitrust monopoly laws to sue team owners, and use this to challenge various salary restrictions and player trading restrictions in the league. If the union does not disband, they can only sue their bosses under the Labor Law.

Of course, this kind of nonsense has not happened. The All-Star players have huge contracts so they will not make trouble with each other and the players cannot unite.

On May 27, the Players' Union formally filed a lawsuit with the US labor arbitration agency, accusing the use of intimidation and threats in the new labor-management negotiations to force the Players' Union to sign a new labor-management agreement that is unfavorable to the players.

On June 7 and 8 this year, both labor and management held two meetings, but no substantial breakthrough was achieved.

Players' Union Chairman Fisher is suspected to be an "undercover" of the capital, and his relationship with Stern is worthy of careful investigation.

In fact, Fisher is indeed an undercover agent. He promised Stern that he would convince the union to accept the proposal of 50% of the share, and had been working hard for this before, reducing the player share by 7.

This caused strong dissatisfaction among some union management, who asked Fisher to reassess the proposal to reassess the 55-5 share share on Friday morning local time, before a new round of negotiations began.

Michael Curry, the chairman of the guild at that time, was the chess piece installed by Stern. He served as the chairman of the Players' Union from July 2001 to June 2005.

On June 21, 2005, the labor and management reached a new agreement. A week later, Curry stepped down from the Players' Union. In September of the same year, Stern announced Curry as vice president. In August 2006, Stern promoted Curry again and appointed him as vice president, in charge of basketball-related affairs.

The water in the league and the Players Guild is too deep and neither is a good person.

Wang Jun’s not participating is the most correct choice. Fisher is very sinister and wants to pull Wang Jun to the front desk to attract firepower.

It is well known that Wang Jun and King's boss Vivik have a good relationship. As long as Fisher fools Wang Jun to say a few good words to the capital, he will become the target of public criticism once he expresses his opinion.

The Lakers were abused very badly by the King, which led to Fisher's inability to make things difficult for the Lakers in the mid-term. He was trying to make things difficult for Wang Jun.

Unfortunately, Fisher was only petty and could not compare with Wang Jun's directness, so he could only continue to make trouble.
Chapter completed!
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