inspire-indiana Chapter 368 Lockdown is a Good Thing
Chapter 368 Lockdown is a Good Thing
Chapter 368 Lockdown is a Good Thing
Looking back, Li Ke at the beginning of the season never imagined that they would win the championship this season.
It can only be said that Curry's progress has exceeded his imagination, and Captain Jack's seamless integration is also beyond his expectations.
And, Jamison, who was originally swallowed just to trick the Cavaliers, has also become the rarest and best quality fourth in this era.
All kinds of unexpected things added together, contributed to this season's Bobcats win.
After winning the O'Brien Cup and the FMVP trophy, Li Ke directly announced that he would create a dynasty here.
It sounds crazy, but he is full of confidence——
At the end of the finals, Li Ke's only gain is that Hua's second brother's friendship is at full value.
Previously, when Hua Lao Er's friendship broke 80, he chose Hua Lao Er's help defense, an A-level help defense that went straight to the top.
Therefore, he can only choose to copy another Hua's second talent.
As far as choosing, there is nothing to choose.
In terms of skills, Li Ke has basically surrounded Hua Er Er completely. The only pass that is not surrounded, Hua Lao Er is only D-level, so there is really no need to copy it.
After hesitating to the end, Li Ke chose Hua's second child's physical talent - B-level explosiveness, and was immediately promoted to A-level.
The improvement is not big, but looking at the address book, next season, he has a lot to do.
"..."
"Jared Dudley: Friendliness 97."
"Carmelo Anthony: Hostile value 95."
"Ron Artest: The hostile value is 95."
"PJ Tucker: Friendly 92."
"Andrew Bynum: Hostile value 90."
"Shaquille O'Neal: Friendly 83."
"Yao Ming: friendliness is 75."
"Kobe Bryant: Friendly/hostile value 70."
"LeBron James: Hostile value 70."
"Dwyane Wade: Hostile value 66."
"Steph Curry: Friendly 60."
"Chris Paul: Friendliness 58."
"Brook Lopez: Friendship 30."
"Raymond Felton: Friendship 30."
"Wesley Matthews: Friendship 25."
"Lagalondo: Hostile value 15."
"James Harden: Friendly 10."
"..."
There are a lot of cards that are about to reach full value, and there are 80 that are about to break 3, and all of them are big names.
This makes Li Ke full of confidence in the next defense.
……
Before the draft, a new round of labor negotiations started.
Li Ke, who didn't want to get involved, was eventually pulled in by Pao Ge, who is already the vice chairman of the players union, and participated in the joint meeting of the league, the owner and the players.
During the meeting, Li Ke remained silent.
It's not that he doesn't want to speak for the players, but that what should be said has already been finished by others.
As the chairman of the players union, Lao Yu spoke first, emphasizing: "The [-]-[-] split is the bottom line, and the soft salary cap is also the bottom line!"
Then there was Lebron, who took the microphone and sat upright: "We don't want to see the league shut down, so we gave our reserve price, and it can't be lowered. Therefore, what we are looking forward to now is, from the mouths of the bosses: Ok, at this price, we signed!"
The bosses are shaking their heads, that's it?There is no threat at all!
However, Xiao Du, who also attended the joint meeting, grabbed the microphone and threatened directly: "First of all, I think you have to figure out the fact that who is attracting those fans to the stadium, who played a wonderful performance to make those fans buy NBA jerseys, sneakers, and various joint products, and who made TNT and ESPN spend huge sums of money to buy NBA broadcast rights?"
"Is it you rich capitalists? Absolutely not!"
"If you capitalists think that without you, our group of players will have no games to play, then you are very wrong!"
"In addition to the NBA, there are other basketball leagues in the world. The United States has the ABA, Europe has the Euroleague, Australia has the NBL, and China has the CBA... We still have many choices!"
Xiao Du's blatant threat made some bosses who were not too tough frowned.
Just like Lakers owner Jerry Buss, as early as half a month ago, he stated in private: "It's almost done, sign a new agreement early, so that next season can start..."
Now, with Xiao Du making such a threat, Jeribas thinks so even more.
But he knows that if he really has to say that, the owners of certain small ball markets, such as Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, will definitely reply: "Of course your teams in big cities don't care. Our teams in small cities are still surviving with this [-]% ratio!"
Therefore, under the insistence of the hardliners among the bosses, this time the negotiation still broke up unhappy.
After the negotiations, Li Ke left New York directly.
Because he was disappointed with Joe's performance in the labor negotiations, Li Ke is not going to participate in the operation of the Bobcats this summer.
After leaving New York, Li Ke went directly to Los Angeles, and then opened the annual Sheldon training camp.
The Sheldon training camp has grown stronger year by year, Li Ke, Xiaodu, Turtle, Harden, Giba, Lopez Brothers, Curry Brothers, Tucker, Wesley Matthews, Jeff Green...
In the past two years, none of them have been missing. This year, Ibaka, Monroe, Roy Hibbert, Paul George and Raymond Felton have been added.
Li Ke took a look at the past, and there are as many as 9 people including the future All-Stars.
Although the shutdown crisis has always existed, it is only a crisis after all, and the NBA has not really shut down.
On June 6, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the NBA Draft was held as scheduled.
With the first pick in the first round, the Heat finally chose Kelly Irving.
Li Ke, who was watching the show in Los Angeles, could only sigh: "Pat Riley's IQ is still online, so there is nothing wrong with this choice."
With the second pick in the first round, the Timberwolves' IQ is not very high.
They still fell for the trick of Derrick Williams, and when they already had a Beasley, they chose another Beasley's dubious forward.
With the third pick in the first round, the Jazz hesitated for a while and chose Enes Kanter.
After all, not many of the remaining rookies look good.
The fourth pick in the first round has deviated from history. The Clippers did not let go of their first-round pick in order to send Baron Davis away, so they retained this year's fourth pick in the first round.
In this position, after some hesitation, they chose Kemba Walker.
Kemba Walker already had a lottery top five market. The Cavaliers chose Tristan Thompson in this position, which was an upset choice.
The Clippers' choice is obviously a steady hand.
There is no problem with this steady hand, at least it is much better than the Timberwolves.
With the fifth overall pick in the first round, the Raptors picked Jonas Valanciunas away. Since Bosh was released, the Raptors have started to take the international route, and this selection has implemented this route.
Next, in the sixth round of the first round, the second pick was smart and took away the European Arab League Jane Veseli.
In the seventh round of the first round, the Kings selected Brandon Knight.
In the eighth round of the first round, Guigui paid more attention to a selection. The Pistons finally selected Klay Thompson in this pick.
Seeing this selection, Li Ke was also shocked.
But when you think about it, it makes sense.
In the previous life, the Pistons originally chose Knight in this position, but now, the King picked Knight ahead of schedule.
The rest, they can only choose the short center Biyombo, the older rookie lonely god Jimmer Fredette, and the blue-collar power forward TT.
They have Monroe inside. Although they are not in line with the trend of the NBA, they played well in their rookie season.
At the point guard position, they also have a tortoise who is gradually becoming famous, but the shooting guard, leaving Richard Hamilton, Ben Gordon can only play the sixth man, and adding a hand to Clay, who has obvious 3D attributes, can be regarded as a clear-cut operation.
Moreover, the Pistons have always had the tradition of building a team with two guards. This selection, Turtle + Clay, will set the tone for the future.
In the ninth round of the first round, the Jazz's own draft pick, they chose Alec Burks.
In the tenth round of the first round, the Bucks chose the Lonely God, and then in a swap deal, used the Lonely God to replace Brandon Knight from the Kings.
The No.11 pick in the first round, the Warriors, who were focused on defense, chose TT.
Li Ke looked at it with a question mark on his face: Damn, TT is going to team up with Harden?
With the No.12 pick in the first round, the Suns selected Markieff Morris.
In the subsequent No.13 pick in the first round, the Pacers chose Kawhi Leonard, and then in a deal, they got George Hill and a future second-round pick from the Spurs.
"Bird was still cheated by Popo... No, no, it should be Bird who was hurt by this damn (draft young) public opinion."
The public opinion in the young draft year made Bird feel that this year's draft picks are tasteless and it is a pity to discard them, but he can be exchanged for a George Hill who has the ability to control and add a second round. If he does not change, he will be Esby.
With the No.14 pick in the first round, the Rockets selected Marcus Morris.
No.15 in the first round, the 76ers chose the future All-Star Nikola Vucevic.
No.19 in the first round, still the 76ers, chose Tobias Harris, and then a deal was sent to the Bucks.
No.20 in the first round, the Rockets selected Nikola Mirotic.
No.20 in the first round, the Thunder selected Reggie Jackson.
No.20 in the first round, at the strong request of Lebron, the Cavaliers traded from the Bulls to a first round, and chose Cleveland's local star Norris Cole.
Then, on to the Bobcats.
Li Ke feels that Old Joe should win Bojan Bogdanovic or David Bertans.
As a result, David Stern read a name that made Li Ke look confused.
"Bismarck!"
"Biyombo!"
Li Ke was very confused, this product is from Europe?
Old Du, who was very concerned about the draft, nodded: "Really, this guy played for the Banya Fuenlabrada team before. He scored a triple-double with 12 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks at the Nike Basketball Summit. When he participated in the draft, he was predicted to be at the end of the lottery. He is still a member of the Little Green House."
Therefore, a member of the Little Green House whose draft price was at the end of the lottery fell all the way to the end of the first round.
God Qiao took a look, hey, this is still a European player, Sheldon said that it is absolutely right to choose Europe this year, win it!
Biyombo was "picked up" by the Bobcats in this way...
As far as this selection is concerned, there is no big problem. He is short inside, very flexible, and his defense is also good, which is in line with the Bobcats' small ball style of play.
But the problem is, this guy's offense is a pile of shit. From the perspective of Li Ke, a traveler, this guy only has one peak in the playoffs.
The rest, not to mention comparing with Bojan Bogdanovic, even compared with David Bertans, is far inferior.
"God Qiao is God Qiao, this vision, as always..."
……
After the draft, the Shelton training camp ushered in several newcomers. Although he didn't like Biyombo, Li Ke decided to call him to practice together.
At the same time, Felton called Kelly Irving, Turtle called Klay Thompson, Harden also called TT, Xiao Du also played a leading role, and he called Reggie Jackson who had just joined the Thunder.
At least half of the young talents who ruled the future NBA gathered in the Sheldon training camp.
A few days later, the last round of labor negotiations in the NBA broke down, and league president David Stern had to announce: "The NBA will be suspended starting from July 7!"
At the same time, seeing the league shut down, David Falk stepped forward.
He summoned a large number of reporters on the grounds that there was a big event to be announced officially.
When the group of reporters gathered together, they realized that there were already a group of NBA stars standing behind David Falk.
Li Ke, James Harden, Jeff Green, and Evan Turner are quite a few players under his command, as well as Xiaodu, Guigui, the older generation of Kobe, Hardt, Mesozoic Pao Ge, Deron and Sparks, all appeared in this press conference.
Then, David Falk got to the point: "In order to prevent NBA players from being completely unemployed during the suspension of the league, Falk's agency teamed up with TNT Sports TV, Tencent Sports, and Lake Sports to invest funds to build a new Big3 basketball league, mainly three-person basketball. All NBA players can form their own teams to sign up for the competition. The requirements for participation are as follows..."
"The teams that have formed teams to participate in the friendly matches in the first stage are as follows..."
"And, on the basis of the Big League, we will seek to form a 5-a-side basketball league to replace the possibility of the NBA!"
Like a bomb dropped, David Falk made the owner of the big market anxious that he should not push the players too hard.
In New York, James Dolan couldn't stand it anymore, he stood up directly: "Stop wasting time, sign when it's time, if David Falk really makes a new alliance, everything will be over!"
As a result, Dan Gilbert stood up and fought back: "Shut up your stinking mouth, we will never compromise. If you want to compromise, think about the fate of George Shinn (former Hornets boss)!"
After a warning, James Dolan's appeal became useless, and the state of suspension can only continue.
On the other hand, the CBA, which changes the rules every season, also officially announced the rule changes for the new season at this time.
Among them, the NBA All-Star subsidy funds for foreign aid have sparked heated discussions.
Almost the next day, Li Ke pulled Xiaodu and Guigui to sign the CBA foreign aid contract.
Then, a Sino-US joint press conference was held, announcing that next season's CBA Suzhou Dragons, the double foreign players will be Xiaodu and Guigui, and Li Ke himself will join the Suzhou Dragons to play in the next season's CBA League.
Dayao's magic capital, Big Shark, also quickly followed up. Dayao's return, Changxi and Guagua, one big and one small, also surprised Li Ke.
If you think about it carefully, it is also very reasonable.
Chauncey and Dayao were teammates for one season, and Guagua and Dayao are both players under Bill Duffy, and Chauncey and Guagua are still teammates. There is nothing wrong with joining forces.
Thinking about it again, Dayao's contract with the Rockets has also expired, so...
"Yao won't be going to New York next season, right?"
Leaving aside what will happen next year, let's just talk about the actions of the CBA, coupled with the lightning-fast Suzhou Dragon and the Shark of the Devil's Capital, the popularity of the CBA was immediately fired to the highest level.
Rich teams are aiming at big names, like the Shanxi Raptors. Rumors soon spread that they are already in contact with Kobe. On the outside, they are also preparing to win the hard special who almost became teammates with Kobe.
There is also the Xijiang Flying Tigers, who immediately took down Li Ke's teammate Curry, and are still on the way to find a star outsider. It is said that their first choice is Lebron.
A team with no money, with subsidies anyway, may not be able to afford to sign two stars, but if they sign one, they will lose a little bit and sell tickets, maybe they can earn back.
Therefore, the Chinese Sturgeon from Fujian Province is already in contact with Zach Randolph, and the Siberian Tigers from Kyrgyzstan Province are close to taking down another teammate of Li Ke, the second Hua who also has All-Star experience...
Of the 17 CBA teams, the rich and the two stars won at least one of the poor.
The CBA next season can be said to be a battle of NBA stars...
NBA lockout?I don't know what other people think, but Li Ke thinks it's a good thing anyway.
(End of this chapter)