As for the second player Yang Fan contacted in the free market, it is veteran Grant Hill.

Hill is already 39 years old this year, and he is a perfect veteran.

However, last season, Hill still averaged 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists per game. With an attendance rate of up to 81 games, he even shot 40% of his three-point shooting percentage.

It can be said that the Sun's Doctor is not a false reputation. Before joining the Sun, Grant Hill was already on the verge of retirement.

As a result, after coming to the sun, Hill was rejuvenated in the second spring, which was quite a sense of becoming more and more demonic as he got older.

The reason why Yang Fan chose to contact Hill in the free market is that he fell in love with his experience.

The Wizards will have many potential newcomers on the forward and back line in the new season, including Klay Thompson, Paul George, Jimmy Butler, and Chandler Parsons.

So Grant Hill's experience can completely help them grow rapidly. Combined with Yang Fan's unique training method, it can definitely develop potential to the greatest extent.

In addition, although Hill is 39 years old, he is not a true spiritual leader because he can still contribute on the field.

Another important point is that Hill has won the Sports Ethics and Fashion Award three times in his career.

This award does not have much value for players. The players who can win this award are definitely the kind of locker room big brothers.

Simply put, it means being gentle and peaceful, and you like to be happy with your master on weekdays and don’t have to worry about locker room cancer at all.

On the normal historical trajectory, Grant Hill chose to stay in the Sun for another year with a veteran's basic salary after the contract expired.

Although Grant Hill's personal data is quite good, the key is that he is 39 years old, so he has no choice except for the basic salary of the veteran.

When Yang Fan contacted Hill by phone, Hill was also surprised. Obviously, she didn't expect Yang Fan would actually contact him on his own initiative.

When Yang Fan expressed his recruitment ideas, Hill was obviously interested.

Because Hill chose to renew her contract with the Suns for one year because other teams except the Suns did not have much interest in Hill.

It is no exaggeration to say that at the age of 39, this is not signing a player, this is simply signing a father...

Retirement is coming...

But Yang Fan didn't care about this. Anyway, what Yang Fan needed was experience. Even if Hill didn't play in a game, Yang Fan would be very happy to support him for a year.

Finally, Yang Fan also assured Hill that if he was willing to join the Wizards, the team would rent a mansion of no less than 200 square meters for him, perfectly solving the problem of long-distance migration with his family.

As we all know, Grant Hill is a good husband and a good father. This man with a bookish aroma is usually very family-oriented.

Especially at his age, it is no problem to have more or less salary. What he cares most about is the bond of his family.

So Yang Fan, who knew this, directly sent out his killer move, which implied that as long as you join the Wizards, you will be arranged in one dragon for you, ensuring that you have no worries.

Yang Fan's arrangement was naturally very effective. Hill even made a decision on the phone, saying that once the league shutdown was over, he would be willing to join the Wizards.

After hanging up the phone, Yang Fan breathed a long sigh because everything was going well so far.

After all, Yang Fan is not recruiting top stars in the free market, but if we talk about cost-effectiveness and compatibility, then Bathir is probably more suitable for the Wizards than those top stars.

As good news spreads one after another, Yang Fan only needs to wait, waiting for the suspension to end, and then a storm storm will blew in Washington in the new season!!

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As time goes by, August is approaching, and negotiations between the league and the players are in a collapse stage.

Even in the end, the league had refused to negotiate with the players' union and made harsh words. The league's bottom line was on the contract. If it agreed, it would sign it. If it did not agree, it would stop.

You know, NBA players are all making a living, especially for those players who are already at the bottom of the league. The league has been shut down and players cannot get their salaries, which is simply a desperate situation.

So after the league's attitude became tough, some voices of wanting to reconcile appeared within the players.

But since most players still have some savings, especially those who stand at the top of the league, are more determined, this matter can be said to be delayed again and again.

In the end, it was dragged to the point where many players had to go to overseas leagues to barely make ends meet.

In fact, the main thing in salary negotiations is money, and both parties basically argue around a account.

NBA President David Stern produced such a set of data a while ago. Stern said that the NBA league lost $340 million and $370 million in the first two seasons respectively.

In addition, among the 30 teams today, 22 teams are not making enough money.

According to Stern, the NBA has reached the point where it is time to tighten its belt, otherwise in a few years, the boss withdraws the investment and the player goes bankrupt.

Therefore, the investors composed of the team boss first proposed a plan to significantly reduce the salary of players.

They plan to cut the spending of players’ salaries by about $750 million to $800 million a year.

According to the current labor-management agreement, 57% of the league's total revenue is the salary of the player, and the investor intends to reduce this proportion to 40%.

The players will naturally not agree to the salary cut suddenly, just like they are working alone, but the company insists on re-signing a labor contract with you, and then it is the same as if you have to reduce your salary on this contract.

In fact, the players' union led by "Old Fish" Fisher is not a mess, and it does not ignore the league's losses.

It's just that they are questioning that the league is losing so much is really just because the players' salaries are too high???

Both sides have different opinions, so of course it is difficult to reach an agreed solution.

The team bosses are very calm about the suspension.

Cutting players’ salaries is the easiest way for them to make a profit. Compared to spending energy cultivating the market and attracting fans, they are more willing to spend a few more months at the negotiating table.

Even the "big mouth" Barkley boldly predicted not long ago: "In the end, the bosses will win."

Yang Fan also agreed with Barkley's remarks because the players really can't afford it.

If the new labor contract is not signed for a long time, the impact on the player's income will be huge.

After all, Kobe, who can earn $30 million in the league in one year, also has "middle-class players" who earn $5 million, and a large number of "lower-income players" with annual salary of only a few hundred thousand dollars.

If you play for one month less, Kobe will lose about $5 million in his pre-tax salary.

Compared with those big-name stars who have long appointments, many middle- and low-income players will definitely be anxious.

During the shutdown, players have no salary and commercial endorsements will be reduced. Under this pressure, more and more players will be unable to hold back and may consider compromise.

Although they expect investors to make more concessions, they are likely to have to accept salary cuts in the end.

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Time flies in a blink of an eye, and October comes in a blink of an eye.

In this period of previous years, the NBA preseason was about to start, but this year, the NBA is still in a suspended state.

It seems deserted and has a sense of being facing bankruptcy.

At the same time, as three months have passed since the last negotiation, more and more players are starting to sit still, and even begging union president Fisher to agree to the league's contract.

But the players have lost so long of their economy in vain, so Fisher and others are naturally unwilling to accept the league's exploitation.

So with the intention of taking one step back, both sides decided to restart the last negotiation.

This negotiation not only attracted the attention of all players, but also attracted the attention of all bookmakers and fans, because this is too important.

After all, the NBA suspension is not just a loss between the league and the players, but for bookmakers and fans, this is also a loss.

Just when the atmosphere in the NBA was becoming more and more depressing, Yang Fan was still on the road to leisurely vacation...

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On November 26, NBA President David Stern announced that the players and the boss have reached a preliminary agreement on the new labor-management agreement.

The new season is expected to start on December 25, that is, on Christmas Day, and each team will be able to trade and sign free agents after December 9, making the only reinforcement before the start of the season.

In addition, the schedule for the new season will also be reduced to 66 games, and the league has greatly increased the number of back-to-back games.

Although this is likely to cause large-scale fatigue and even injuries to the players, this is completely impossible.

Because only in this way can the league make up for its own losses to the greatest extent, or in other words, the joint losses between the league and the players.

The losses caused by this NBA suspension to both labor and capital are much greater than the 1998-99 season.

Since NBA President David Stern has canceled a total of 321 games in the first six weeks, this has caused players direct economic losses of $530 million, while the league's losses are even more than $1.2 billion.

In addition to the loss of $200 million in preseason, the total economic losses caused to both labor and capital were as high as $1.9 billion after only one and a half months of games were cancelled.

The soft loss of audience enthusiasm such as attendance is even more difficult to predict.

I'm afraid that the losses caused by this shutdown will only be compensated slowly with time.

After talking, Yang Fan felt very happy because Yang Fan was still on the road to leisurely vacation at this time...
Chapter completed!