roccoschili Chapter 355
Chapter 355
Chapter 355
In the West, the Thunder finally played the tiebreaker with the Grizzlies.
Compared with the previous life, when the Grizzlies relied on Tony Allen to lock up Xiao Du and thus forced the Thunder to the tiebreaker, in this time and space, the Grizzlies relied on their inside line.
Xiaojia suppressed Daluo, and Fatty Lan also defeated Ibaka.
The Thunder finally won, thanks to Xiao Du's cheating.
没有托尼老师的掣肘，小杜7战场均轰下30分8个篮板4个助攻2个抢断1个盖帽。
Not only is Mr. Tony not a hindrance, he is also Xiao Du's assistant. Gay, Mayo and even Sam Young are all lost under Mr. Tony's defense.
In the end, the East and West finals, Bobcats vs Cavaliers, Thunder vs Mavericks.
The playoffs have reached the final stage.
……
Labor negotiations are one of the focuses outside the playoffs. The old labor agreement expires on June 6, but as of the East-West Finals, there is still no sign of a new labor agreement being reached.
At present, the differences between labor and capital are first of all income distribution.
In the past labor agreement, players can share up to 57% of the league's total income.
Bosses had hoped to bring that down to 45 percent in previous negotiations.
The difference is 12%. Based on this season, the player's total income will drop sharply by 4.35 million US dollars, which is obviously unacceptable!
In subsequent negotiations, the boss gradually agreed to raise this ratio to 49% to 51%.
The difference at this time has become a difference between the soft and hard salary caps.
The league hopes to implement a hard salary cap, that is, once the team's total salary cap is reached, it cannot exceed the salary cap in any case.
The advantage of a hard salary cap is that the player's income will be fixed, and the boss will have no risk of exceeding the cap.
Players naturally disagree. They demand a soft salary cap, that is, the team can operate beyond the cap through special transactions, bird rights, etc.
The boss side took advantage of the opportunity to put forward the concept of a "flexible salary cap", that is, both soft and hard will be applied.
The players still disagree. The existence of a hard salary cap has too much impact on the players' income.
In this way, the situation was deadlocked.
Li Ke, who had been wondering about the whereabouts of Old Joe, finally saw Old Joe on ESPN's live broadcast.
That's right, Old Joe went to the labor negotiation scene.
"Michael is the GOAT, he was also a player, he should speak for the players, right?"
Lao Du is still very concerned about the result of this labor negotiation, because it is related to his next contract income.
The reduction is certain. After all, the share ratio will definitely drop from 57%. The only question is how much.
More or less reduction will affect the size of Lao Du's next contract.
Hearing Lao Du's guess with personal expectations, Li Ke shook his head.
Old Joe will speak for the players?Don't think too much, no matter what, he is now the boss, not the player.
Li Ke is not very interested in the process of labor negotiations. He knows that if there is no accident, the suspension of the NBA is inevitable.
He also has no idea about the decline in players' income.
Because he knows that even after this labor negotiation, the proportion of players' share has declined.
In the future, the NBA will enter an era of skyrocketing income because of a sky-high broadcast contract.
By that time, what is divided into proportions?unimportant!
Of course, as a player, Li Ke should stand up and say a few words.
And, knowing that next season's NBA will be suspended until around the New Year, he suddenly thought that he could do something.
He turned on his phone, edited a paragraph on Twitter, and clicked send.
"The players have already made concessions, but the management still wants to squeeze further. They feel that the initiative is in their hands, but they don't know that the NBA is not the only basketball league on this planet."
This was just a superficial threat, but in reality, Li Ke called Lu Ning.
"Old Lu, come alive!"
After a phone call, he quickly assigned the task.
Generally speaking, it is walking on two legs and one leg is in the country.
He decided to use the opportunity of the NBA lockout to make the CBA popular.
The specific action plan is as follows:
He asked Lu Ning to discuss cooperation with the Basketball Association in the name of Lake Sports and get the right to operate the CBA next season.
Then, adjust the schedule and modify the CBA's foreign aid rules in a targeted manner to attract NBA stars who have no ball to play.
With the help of the star effect, attract investment, send money to the CBA club, so that the CBA club can have money to introduce NBA superstars.
Well, Su Shenglong will play a leading role, and Li Ke will go back to play for a while. By the way, he will sign two more foreign players that the CBA would never have thought of in the past.
After some operations, the popularity of CBA has soared, which corresponds to the hot atmosphere of domestic basketball.
Although there is only one season, this season is enough to slightly increase the commercial value of CBA.
The most important thing is the heat, let the sport of basketball become popular in China.
The other leg was in the United States. He remembered that the AI team played a 3v3 basketball league.
Then, taking advantage of the NBA suspension, he can take the lead in bringing out this 3v3 league.
On this matter, Li Ke proposed an idea, and then handed this idea to David Falk, which is equivalent to giving the 3v3 league to David Falk.
He just asked Lu Ning and David Falk to hand over, and paid a little money, which was regarded as a shareholding.
……
On May 5th, at the Time Warner Center, the Eastern Conference Finals kicked off first.
The pre-match coaching staff's predictions were successful, and as expected, the Cavaliers lined up a starting lineup consisting of Wade, Ron Artest, Le Bon, Bosh and Varejao.
"Larry Brown's focus is still on defense, Wade, Artest, LeBron, this outside trio is too tough!"
"But with such a set of starters, the problem of offense is too big. With three breakthrough players on the outside, who will open up the space?"
"Maybe, Larry Brown thinks they have the Big Three and don't need space..."
Jeff Van Gundy and Reggie Miller sat on TNT's commentary booth. Before the game started, they were not optimistic about the Cavaliers.
The space on the basketball court is very important, and the NBA in recent seasons has gradually proved this point.
The knights in this game are going against the current...
Referee Joe Crawford blew his whistle and threw the basketball into the sky above the arena.
Snapped!
Jordan's thoughts seemed to drift away, and he slowed down a beat, giving Varejao the chance to win the jump ball, and the Bobcats rarely started a game on defense.
Several strong men of the Cavaliers quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and Lebron controlled the ball. He is now the Cavaliers' nominal point guard.
Li Ke went up, but he didn't go up completely.
Fighting four times in the regular season, he knew that LeBron still didn't shoot this season.
Or to be more precise, LeBron has shots, but the threat is really not great.
Li Ke took a big step to guard against Lebang's breakthrough.
Le Bang didn't even think about attacking at the beginning. He had fought so many games with Li Ke, and the two of them knew the basics.
He knew that there was little chance of success against Li Ke's defense, so he might as well make two passes to his teammates first.
So, Wade quickly bypassed the giant's screen, went out of the sideline, and quickly received the basketball from LeBron.
He speeded up without stopping, got rid of Captain Jack's marking, and made an emergency stop at mid-range...
Swish-!
2 is better than 0!
Before the Time Warner Center fans could react, the Cavaliers scored.
"Dwyane Wade made a mid-range shot and the Cavaliers scored first!"
"Although they have a starting lineup that lacks three-point firepower, Dwyane Wade's simple and efficient scoring still solves the problem of the Cavaliers' offensive end."
"The next question is whether a defensive-heavy starting lineup can really work on the defensive end."
In the backcourt, Jordan drove the ball out.
Curry controlled the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and then handed it to Captain Jack.
Unlike the slightly tweaked man-to-man defense, the Bobcats' offensive strategy remains the same.
The top of the arc of Captain Jack is used as the axis, and on both sides, Li Ke and Curry cut in...
The only problem is that Jamison did not start, and Tajibson, who replaced him, could not shrink to the bottom corner. The area on both sides under the basket was filled by Tucker and Jordan.
The space is not so wide, but at the same time, Tajibson sideways gave Curry a rung, which can be regarded as good and bad.
After a cross block, Curry went out, caught the ball and shot a long two-pointer.
Lebron made up for it, and raising his hand was a real disturbance.
Bang-dang-!
Varejao sat on Jordan and hugged the rebound, and the Bobcats' opening first attack was declared a failure.
On the sidelines, Rivers frowned.
"The Cavaliers went to the zone defense as soon as they came up, very targeted!"
The Spurs coaches are all over the league, and this is the most hyped point about Old Man Popo.
It can be said that he is full of peaches and plums, but he is a disciple of Larry Brown.
It can be seen that Larry Brown has a high status.
As the old man Bobo's teacher, Larry Brown naturally has something unique to him.
Defense is the foundation of Larry Brown.
As a master of defense, he certainly knows that the Bobcats' offense that has blown up the league this season is actually a set of top-of-the-arc feints and a brand-new offensive system with various pulls on both sides.
It's not difficult to get rid of it. An expanded defense can handle everything.
This is the case with the ball. No matter how Curry runs, he can't get out of the area defended by LeBon. Although he finally got rid of Wade who was following up, he was targeted by LeBon's switch defense at the moment of the shot.
On the field, Li Ke hadn't realized this yet, he had been playing against Artest all the time.
Not the normal counterpoint, the mouthful counterpoint.
"Hello, lost dog Ron Artest."
Seeing Artest waving his solid arms and pushing himself in front of him, Li Ke was still the one who opened his mouth first.
A bereaved dog directly made Artest clenched his fist: "What did you say?"
"I said, hello, you lost dog that no one wants!"
"Fk, shut your stinky mouth..."
Artest was furious, and his defensive actions became more and more serious, but this was exactly what Li Ke wanted to see.
Artest, who was almost 32 years old, he didn't pay attention to at all. What he wanted to see was an angry Artest.
In this way, he can further squeeze Artest's wool.
"Let me shut up first? Okay, you lie on the floor now and roll away from the court, and I will shut up."
"Fk!"
Artai cursed angrily, and secretly gave Li Ke an elbow.
Li Ke didn't get used to him, and soon when he turned around and ran, he pointed his elbow at Artest's stomach.
Just like that, in a corner of the court, two guys who didn't even touch the ball took the lead in shooting gunpowder.
The referee's attention was all on the front, and no one paid attention to Li Ke and Artest on the side.
After hearing the sound of iron striking, Li Ke quickly retreated to defend.
On the defensive end, Li Ke didn't need to face Artest, he once again withstood Lebron.
LeBron continued to do the pivot, he sideways set a screen for Wade, and handed the ball to Wade.
After a hand-to-hand cooperation, Wade received the ball and made an extremely fast breakthrough, reaching the Bobcats' three-point line.
One step and two steps, slapped the basketball, and then took a step, a European step, dodged the interference from Tajibson, raised his hand and threw the ball into the basket.
Swish-!
"4 to 0!"
"Dwyane Wade scored consecutively, and the small cooperation of the Cavaliers played a role!"
Jordan stepped back to the baseline again and drove the ball out.
It was still Curry, who took possession of the ball halfway and handed it to Captain Jack.
Captain Jack responded at the top of the arc, and Li Ke continued to entangle with Artest. On the other side, Curry once again got rid of Wade's marking, stepped on the three-point line to catch the ball and made an emergency stop, raised his hand and shook it, took a step back, and shot again...
Bang bang, still not in!
Only at this time did Li Ke react.
In the opening, Curry made two main attacks, but both failed to score.
The Cavaliers took off the rebound again, and the already 4-0 score was in danger of being further stretched.
Turning his head to glance at Curry who was biting his braces, Li Ke knew that he could no longer entangle with Artest like this.
He must immediately enter the final link to break Artest's defense.
Cavaliers' offense, Wade, who scored two consecutive offenses, took advantage of the momentum to pursue.
But this time, Captain Jack entangled him and successfully defended the ball.
After a bang, Li Ke, who jumped to the basket, jumped up and took off the backboard.
Immediately afterwards, he shouted: "Counterattack!"
Accelerating and running wildly, Li Ke slapped the basketball and rushed to the frontcourt quickly.
Bobcats played a wave of counterattack, but the starting lineup composed of two big men, the frontcourt is only a 3v3.
Without a numerical advantage, Li Ke did not choose to pass the ball, nor did he stop the ball.
He just switched hands behind his back to control the ball, made a fake change of direction, and then accelerated forward.
With his left arm propped up, he gave Artest a slap in the face with his forward momentum.
Then, the feet kept rushing to the near-frame area, and the Cavaliers, who mainly played zone defense, quickly filled the gap with supplementary defense.
It was Le Bon that filled it, which meant that someone was empty on the other side.
Li Ke didn't have the idea of passing the ball, so he took another step forward, leaned against Le Bang, stopped the ball, and flicked his hands to make a fake shot.
Just like that, Le Bang was taken off by Li Ke's fake action.
Li Ke, who turned around again, only had to face an unguarded empty basket.
A light low-handed layup that throws the ball...
Swish-!
"Finally, the Bobcats scored!"
"It has to be Sheldon, his singles are so good, even Ron Artest and LeBron James couldn't stop him!"
With a score of 2 to 4, the Bobcats are still behind.
However, Li Ke began to take over the game.
(End of this chapter)