The Godfather of Basketball

As the lockout continued, Tang Tian entered the leisure mode like a high-intensity work machine.

September is the end of summer, the weather is still warm, but not so hot.

Back in Cleveland, Tang Tian held a pool party at his home.

Playing music, arranging fruits, and basking in the sun at the end of summer.

Of course, besides him, the only people at this pool party were Hathaway and Swift.

Hathaway's figure is still incomparably charming, half hidden in the swimming pool, more and more stimulating people's primitive impulse.

She was talking to Swift about Paul's wedding right now.

Wearing swimming goggles, Tang Tian turned over and dived into the bottom of the water.

The underwater scenery is infinitely good.

Tang Tian dived directly to the two of them.

"Ah! Ah!"

When they rushed out of the water, both of them screamed.

Tang Tian put his two arms around his two women, his hands were moving, and then kissed each other.

Hathaway let out a cry, and Swift ran directly from the pool to the shore.

"I'm going to get some fruit."

With that, Swift turned and ran to the kitchen.

"Taylor is still shy." Hathaway looked at Swift and said.

Even though they have accepted each other and slept together, it is basically difficult to change their personalities.

In her previous life, Swift had many boyfriends, but perhaps many people didn't notice that she was actually a Catholic. Now that she is with Tang Tian, ​​she has become completely different from her previous life.

"I'm feeling a little bit of a twitch."

At this time, Hathaway stretched out her hand under the water and placed it somewhere, and said through her mouth.

"I'm about to move too."

...

The NBA lockout has continued.

After waiting for nearly two months, many players have started to play overseas one after another.

FIBA also issued an official statement that as long as the NBA agrees, players can choose to play overseas even if they are under contract during the lockout period.

FIBA will naturally not refuse such a thing that stimulates global basketball.

The NBA, of course, will not make a statement. Who will care about this matter of shutting down and engaging in labor negotiations with all its strength.

Ever since, in basketball leagues around the world, many NBA players have appeared.

Wells Chandler, JR Smith, Brooks and other star players also appeared in the CBA arena, and the Chinese football market was stimulated unprecedentedly.

According to statistics, there are 74 players with NBA contracts who went overseas to play in September alone, and the contracts signed by some of these players do not include the option to opt out of the NBA.

Such a phenomenon worried both employers and employees, and the two sides held a 12-hour negotiation at the end of September.

According to news reports, both sides of the negotiations have made considerable concessions, but there is still a long way to go before reaching a final agreement.

When Tang Tian saw the news, he felt a little helpless, and at the same time, he probably guessed that the direction of history should be similar to that of his previous life.

In October, labor negotiations continued. As the footsteps of the start of the season got closer, the negotiation time between the two sides became longer and longer.

This time it reached 15 hours, and the representatives were negotiating in batches, but a final agreement was still not reached.

Ever since, after the end of this negotiation, both employers and employees announced the cancellation of the preseason game.

The situation is getting tense.

However, just when Tang Tian thought that this situation would continue until the end of November like in his previous life, the league officials suddenly announced on October 25th that after 24 hours of negotiations, the labor and management finally reached a preliminary agreement.

It is reported that both parties to this agreement have made great concessions. The new agreement will be valid for ten years, and the new agreement has also greatly increased the proportion of players' salaries in the next ten years.

This agreement is the same as the previous life, but it was reached a month earlier than in the previous life.

History, played a small joke with Tang Tian.

According to regulations, the new season will officially start on November 25, and the free market training camp will start on November 9 at the same time.

In addition, the preseason games were reduced from 7 games to 2 games, and the regular season games were reduced from 82 games to 72 games. In order to reduce losses, each team also increased the number of back-to-back games accordingly.

The new season will be tight and challenging.

This is an evaluation of the new season by the media.

But at least, it's finally started.

On November 9, the training camps of the teams began, and the door to the free market officially opened.

Although experienced a lockout, when the door of the free market opened, news of the signings of the teams continued to break out.

In fact, the most attention-grabbing player is Durant, the star of the Thunder.

After executing the four-year rookie contract, Durant and the Thunder reached a maximum salary contract with a starting salary of 14.5 million and a five-year maximum salary of 78 million.

Because there is no Ross clause, this renewal contract is about 12 million less than the contract in the previous life.

This treatment also allows them to have enough salary to keep James Harden next summer.

Chris Bosh and the Heat reached a three-year 51 million maximum salary contract, with player options for the third year.

After the Heat experienced a failure last season, they also began to form a giant team. The combination of Wade and Bosh does not seem to be their final plan.

The Mavs traded Chandler to the New York Knicks for Andy Laudins, a protected 2012 second-round pick, and a $12 million trade exception.

After failing to hit the championship last season, with Chandler's departure, this veteran team officially announced its disintegration.

David West and the Pacers reached a 2-year, 20 million signing contract.

After the team traded away Paul, it has been confirmed to build a team around Matthews and Cousins, and West's departure is also expected.

Prince renewed his contract with the Pistons for 27.81 million in 4 years. In the past, only the "Little Prince" remained among the five Pistons.

Nene and the Nuggets reached a five-year 67 million contract. He is the second largest fish in the free market after Durant.

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While the signing news of the teams kept breaking out, the Cavaliers seemed relatively calm at this time.

The team was obviously short of people inside, but Tang Tian had been waiting for news from the Wizards.

Finally, on the fifth day of the free market, the Wizards announced the amnesty of Antawn Jamison using a special clause.

The new collective bargaining agreement has new provisions on the amnesty clause, and new contracts signed after 2011 will no longer be able to use this clause, but Jamison is clearly not in this ranks.

After being amnesty, teams below the salary cap can directly choose to claim, and after the claim period of 48 hours, Jamison can choose to sign a contract with any player.

The result is no surprise, a veteran who still has a certain amount of immediate combat power is not attractive to rebuilding teams, and for championship teams, most of them have salaries exceeding the salary cap, and they cannot directly challenge Jamison. claim.

After 48 hours, Jamison officially became a completely free agent.

"Help me book a plane ticket to Washington." Tang Tian immediately called Dante after the 48h clarification period ended.