naaapseattle Chapter 369 Operation of the 2011-12 Season
Chapter 369 Operation of the 2011-12 Season
Chapter 369 Operation of the 2011-12 Season
In July, without the hustle and bustle of the free market and the transfer market, only some persistent players and some persistent bosses continued to confront each other.
At this time, the Big3 league started.
The first is the heated friendly match. Li Ke took Hua's second child, Tucker, Lance Stephenson and Sean Livingston to play. The head coach is the old shark who announced his retirement not long ago.
After playing a few official friendly matches in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and other places, the Big3 became completely hot.
Many active and even retired NBA players signed up for the competition, and some participated purely because their hands were itchy, such as Kobe, Vince Carter, Gibba...
Some people participate in the competition, just for an income.
The revenue sharing rules of the Big3 League:
The ticket revenue is deducted from the cost of renting the arena, and the remaining two teams will be split [-]-[-].
After deducting the operating expenses of the league, the broadcast fees brought by TNT and Tencent Sports will also be divided reasonably according to the team's record, ranking and other factors.
Finally, the team can also obtain certain income by selling jerseys and peripherals.
As for the organizers of the Big3 League, advertising revenue alone is enough for them to make a fortune.
In short, this Big3 league can provide these unemployed NBA players with a decent job during the NBA lockout period.
Li Ke led the team to finish the friendly match, and the Big3 league also had dozens of participating teams.
At this time, the lockout trend is irreversible.
Stars who could find better-paying jobs outside the U.S. have left, leaving the stage for players who struggle to find jobs outside the U.S. or are unwilling to leave the country.
Li Ke also left the team led by him in the first place, and handed over the leadership of the team to Hua Erer.
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In mid-July, Li Ke returned to China.
The CBA is in full swing to sign NBA star players. NBA superstars are traveling to China one after another. The domestic basketball boom has reached a peak.
At this time, Li Ke's basketball training camp, which had already started preparations, publicity, and enrollment two months ago, officially opened.
On the first day, Li Ke showed up at the training camp with Du, Guigui, and Jiba, and there were cheers and screams at the scene.
At the opening ceremony, Li Ke also said: "Next, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, James Harden and other NBA stars will visit this training camp."
The training camp kicked off, and star players visited one by one. This time, Li Ke's connections were reflected.
When it was time for him to invite, he realized that there were very few stars of the older generation and the stars of the Mesozoic generation who had a good relationship with him.
But for the new generation, there are not many who have a bad relationship with him.
Ignoring the fact that it is impossible for Lebron, Wade, and Guagua to come, Li Ke's training camp is still quite popular.
Li Ke was still very concerned about this training camp. After only staying for two days, he found a few familiar names.
"That big white guy, come!"
On the court, a big man with a very exotic appearance was sweating profusely. He was stopped by Li Ke, and he leaned over with surprise on his face.
"Your name is Abdul Saramu?"
"Yes, God!"
Li Ke doesn't like the title Keshen, but he doesn't get entangled. If he really wants to tangle, there are hundreds of young players in this training camp, and he has to tangle hundreds of times a day.
Therefore, he could only call these little guys whatever he wanted.
"I watched the match yesterday, and it was pretty good. How old are you this year?"
"Born in 96, I'm 15 years old this year."
"15 years old, I can go to the United States to study a high school, how about it, are you interested in joining Lake Sports' young eagle plan?"
In this training camp, Lake Sports will give all young players participating in the training camp two paths to follow.
One is to join the Suzhou men's basketball team and become a member of the youth team.
When it comes to the construction of the youth team, the Suzhou men's basketball team is now lacking in the quality of players. In terms of the quality of teachers, the Suzhou youth team is definitely the first in the CBA.
They have well-known youth training coaches from Europe, as well as American enlightenment coaches who have trained many famous NBA players, as well as professional NBA trainers...all of which are not available in other CBA teams.
Therefore, this first road, which seems very common, is actually a good choice.
The second is the Young Eagle Project that Li Ke is now mentioning.
The Eagle Plan is divided into the European Plan and the American Plan. The European Plan is to send players to Europe, and the American Plan is to send players to the United States.
Europe is good at improving players' technical and tactical capabilities, while the United States is good at improving players' physical confrontation.
Li Ke felt that Abdul Saramu was very suitable for development in the United States, because he was the kind of dubious forward with no problem with his skills, but the problem was that he didn't have enough physical confrontation.
Hearing Li Ke's mention, Abdul Saramu nodded excitedly: "Of course, Keshen!"
Isn't the purpose of this group of young players participating in this training camp is for Lake Sports' Young Eagles Project?
Li Ke smiled and patted the boy in front of him: "Then let your parents come over and sign the contract."
It is very necessary to sign a contract. The Young Eagles Program is not just about sending players abroad, it is an all-round training program.
Sending players abroad is only the first step. In the second step, the Young Eagle Project will invest in improving the daily diet of the players.
To put it simply, players who used to eat rice and pancakes at home can eat nutritious meals, steak, milk, etc. with the help of Lake Sports when they go abroad...
In the third step, the Young Eagles plan brings together these players who have gone abroad every year to participate in the star-studded Sheldon training camp every year.
Each of these three steps costs a lot of money.
Li Ke is not doing charity. If there is investment, there must be income.
Patting Abdul Saramu on the shoulder, watching him leave, Li Ke swayed for a while, then shouted again.
"Who is that, just the number 19? What's your name?"
A slender little Hei stopped in his tracks, and then spoke the familiar capital dialect: "Ke Shen, my name is Qiu Tian'er!"
"Qiu Tian'er or Qiu Tian?"
"Qiu Tian!"
"Okay, how old are you?"
"13 is old."
"How tall?"
"1 meters."
"What about the arm span?"
"200cm."
Li Ke's wingspan was 14cm longer than his height, and Li Ke was sore.
As far as Qiu Tian's body is concerned, there is no problem at all.
Mirai also seems to be a seven-footer, and his arm span is still more than ten centimeters or even twenty centimeters longer than his height.
With this body, Qiu Tian of the national youth team played pretty well.
But after entering the adult team, his technical disadvantages were completely highlighted.
To put it plainly, he couldn't be more rough.
Li Ke also decided to save such a future star whose body is enough but lacks skills.
"Interested in joining our Young Eagle Program?"
"Have!"
Qiu Tian was so excited that he almost jumped up, Li Ke smiled: "Then let your mother sign the contract."
Abdul Saramu will be sent to the United States, but Qiu Tian is different. He plans to send Qiu Tian to Europe to sharpen his skills.
After a few more laps, Li Ke appointed another person named Hu Jinqiu and the youngest named Zhang Zhenlin, a total of four people, to join the first phase of the Young Eagle Project.
The rest will be handed over to the coaches from China, the United States and Europe in the training camp.
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In September, when the CBA started its training camp, Li Ke showed up at the Jinling Gymnasium with Xiaodu and Guigui, and held a grand press conference.
At the same time, the big shark in Shanghai, Dayao also showed up with Chauncey and Guagua.
The Shanxi men's basketball team officially announced the signing of Kobe and Harder. After Xijiang won Curry, he won Kevin Love at a sky-high price.
In addition to the Guangdong Provincial Men's Basketball Team, the return of the UAE, James Harden and David Lee joined.
After several official announcements, the CBA in the new season is already star-studded.
At the end of the month, the CBA went to war.
The opening match was Suzhou Dragon vs. Demon City Shark, Xiao Du faced Biao Guagua, Gui Gui also faced Chang Xi, Li Ke didn't play much, because the opposite Yao didn't fight much.
However, during the period when the two played, the outcome of the game was basically determined.
Dayao has returned from injury, and the weight loss plan is going well, but there are still big problems in his competitive state.
At this time, playing in the less intense CBA league is a good way to recover.
Li Ke played briefly for more than 7 minutes, scored 14 points with sudden shots, and led Su Shenglong to win the first victory of the CBA season.
In the next CBA league, compared with those teams with double-star foreign aid, Su Shenglong, who has one more Li Ke, is almost a god-stopper.
They ranked first in the CBA league with a winning streak all the way, followed by the Guangdong men's basketball team with Harden David Lee of the United Arab League and the Shanghai Sharks led by Dayao.
However, as the season progressed, Li Ke's playing time became less and less, mainly because it was unnecessary.
He is not like Xiao Du and the others, in order to earn this salary.
The confrontation intensity of CBA is not high, and no matter how much you play, it will not be effective for training.
Therefore, at the end of the regular season, he simply stopped playing.
At this time, the time has come to the end of November.
Starting from July 7, the NBA has been suspended for almost half a year.
Each has a job that is not satisfactory, but enough to live on, and the players are not in a hurry.
On the contrary, the bosses, the training hall and the arena have been vacant. After the suspension of the league, the players do not need to be paid, but the team's staff still receive a lot of wages.
And look at the income... income with a hammer!
The NBA has been suspended for half a year, which means that all teams have lost half a year.
Although the loss is not much, it is still money!
If the new labor-management agreement is signed according to the [-]-[-] split and soft salary cap insisted by the players, there may be some profit.
After all, the income of the alliance has been rising in the past two years, and with the change in the sharing ratio, it is not impossible to turn losses into profits.
As long as the lockout can be ended, no matter what, it will be much better than being here now.
As a result, under the appeal of the bosses in big cities, some of the originally tough bosses softened their attitudes.
The league mediates in the middle. As for the players union, Derek Fisher and Brother Pao came forward, and labor negotiations restarted.
Once the negotiations are restarted, there will be no obstacles to the restart of the alliance.
Even the most stubborn Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert can't stop the general trend of reaching a labor agreement at this time.
And so, early December—
The players union preferred to announce the good news: "Through protracted negotiations, we have reached an agreement with the NBA and the owner alliance to sign a brand new labor agreement!"
The [-]-[-] split and the soft salary cap, the players' persistence has yielded results.
The league then issued an announcement announcing the end of the lockout!
While announcing the end of the lockout, the league announced the schedule for the new season, from now until the end of December, the time for NBA teams to process trades and transfers.
Then, in early January, the regular season started and ended at the end of April.
Because of the lack of two months, the regular season can only shrink to 66 games.
The subsequent playoffs were no different from previous years.
As soon as the lockout ended, the NBA players who were away immediately returned home.
At this time, the CBA changed the schedule, which played a role.
From the beginning of December, the CBA will enter the playoff stage, and at most until the beginning of January, the playoffs will all be over.
Therefore, no matter how anxious the NBA star players who play for the CBA are, they will be able to catch up with the new NBA season, and at most they will have no time for joint training.
But since they chose to earn the money, they had to fight until the last moment.
The only players who have the privilege of leaving early are Li Ke, Dayao and Ah Lian.
As soon as the alliance announcement came out, Dayao and Ah Lian terminated their contract and left. Li Ke was not in a hurry because his situation was different from Dayao and Ah Lian.
Dayao's contract with the Rockets has expired, and he has to go back as soon as possible to determine his next contract.
The same is true for Ah Lian. His rookie contract has expired. It is still unknown whether he will renew his contract to stay with the Warriors or find another way out.
Li Ke, who didn't have these problems, stayed in the country and didn't play again. He just watched Su Shenglong's playoffs as a spectator.
Xiaodu and Guigui brought Su Shenglong to the semi-finals, and finally lost to the Xijiang team led by Curry and Love.
After watching this scene, Li Ke arrived in Los Angeles with Xiao Du and Gui Gui.
In Los Angeles, the three separated, one went to Oklahoma City, the other went to Detroit, and finally, Li Ke returned to Charlotte.
By the time he arrived in Charlotte, the Bobcats' operations for the new season had already been completed.
In the first transaction, the Bobcats directly sent Xiaomo away and got a second round from the Clippers, which directly saved 850 million US dollars.
In the second deal, Lao Du, who didn't want to stay, was sent away, and he changed after he had no troubles. A four-year contract of $4 million, with an annual average of $1700 million, was exchanged from the Suns for Channing Frye, who had three years left on his contract and $425 million, plus a second round.
A signing was interspersed in the middle, and Jordan finally stayed. A 4-year contract of 4600 million US dollars, the Bobcats can be regarded as a big blood.
But in this era when centers are scarce, the money really has to be paid.
Afterwards, in order not to pay taxes, the Bobcats sent Jamison to the Heat, and also got a second round from the Heat to get Ben Youzo, who had no guaranteed basic salary, and terminated the contract as soon as he got it.
In the end, Baron Davis, who was laid off by the Clippers, was signed with a basic salary, ending the operation of this season.
A roster of 15 people was formed in this way——
Centers: DeAndre Jordan, Kwame Brown, Bismack Biyombo
Power forwards: Channing Frye, Ta Gibson, Lance Thomas
Small forwards: Stephen Jackson, PJ Tucker, Gerald Wallace
Shooting guards: Li Ke, Wesley Matthews, Lance Stephenson
Point guards: Stephen Curry, Baron Davis, Shawn Livingston
(End of this chapter)