In July, there was no hustle and bustle of the free market and transfer market, only a few persistent players and some persistent bosses continued to swear.

At this time, the big3 league started.

First of all, there was a hot friendly match. Li Ke brought Hua's second, Tucker, Lance Stephenson and Sean Livingston to play. The head coach was the old Shark who announced his retirement not long ago.

After playing several official friendly matches in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and other places, big3 became completely popular.

Many NBA active and even retired players have signed up for the competition. Some of them are participating purely because they are itchy, such as Kobe, Vince Carter, and Giba...

Some people participated in the competition for a share of income.

The income sharing rules of big3 league:

Excluding the cost of renting the stadium, the remaining two teams participating in the game will be 55 points.

After deducting the broadcasting fees brought by tnt and Tencent Sports, the league's operating expenses will be divided reasonably based on the team's record, ranking and other factors.

Finally, the team can also obtain certain profits by selling jerseys.

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 considerable job during the NBA suspension period.

Li Ke led the team to play the friendly match, and dozens of participating teams in the big3 league also emerged.

At this time, the trend of shutdown has become irreversible.

Stars who can find better-paid jobs outside the United States have left one after another, giving the stage to players who are difficult to find jobs outside the United States or are unwilling to leave the United States.

Li Ke also left the team led by him first and handed over the leadership of the team to Hua Laoer.

...

In mid-July, Li Ke returned to the country.

CBA is signing NBA star players in full swing, NBA superstars are traveling round after round, and the domestic basketball craze has reached a peak.

At this time, the Li Ke basketball training camp, which had already started preparations and publicity, had officially opened two months ago.

On the first day, Li Ke brought Xiao Du, Guigui and Jiba to the training camp, and cheers and screams rang out at the scene.

At the opening ceremony, Li Ke also said: "NBA stars such as Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Derek Ross, and James Harden will visit this training camp."

The training camp was opened and the celebrity players visited one by one. At this time, Li Ke’s connections were reflected.

When he really invited him, he realized that there were very few older generation stars and Mesozoic stars with him.

However, there are not many people with him who have a bad relationship with him.

Ignoring the fact that Lebang, Wade, and Guagua cannot come, Li Ke’s training camp is still quite popular.

Li Ke was still very concerned about this training camp. After staying for two days, he found a few very familiar names.

"That big white guy, come!"

On the court, a big man with a very exotic look was sweating profusely. He was stopped by Li Ke and leaned over with surprise.

"You are called Abdusalamus?"

"Yes, God Ke!"

Li Ke doesn't like the title of Ke Shen, but he won't worry. If he really wants to worry about it, there are hundreds of young players in the training camp, and he will have to worry about it hundreds of times a day.

Therefore, he could only call these little guys.

"I watched yesterday's confrontation match. I played well. How old are you this year?"

"Born in 1996, he is 15 years old this year."

"At the age of 15, I can go to the United States to study in high school. How about it? Are you interested in joining Lake Sports' Eagle Program?"

In this training camp, Lake Sports will give all young players participating in the training camp two ways to go.

First, 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 short of the player quality. In terms of teaching quality, the Suzhou Youth Team is definitely the first in the CBA.

They have famous youth training coaches from Europe, American enlightenment coaches who have trained many NBA famous players, and professional NBA trainers... These are all things that other CBA teams do not have.

So, this first path looks very ordinary, but it is actually a good choice.

The second is the eagle plan that Li Ke mentioned now.

The Eagles Plan is divided into European Plan and 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 abilities, while the United States is good at improving players' physical confrontation.

Li Ke felt that Abdu Salamu was very suitable for development in the United States because he was the kind of striker who was not incompatible with his skills. The problem was that his physical confrontation was not enough.

Hearing Li Ke’s mention, Abdusalam immediately nodded excitedly: “Of course, God Ke!”

Isn’t the purpose of these young players participating in this training camp just for Lake Sports’ Eagle Plan?

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 Eagle Plan does not just send players abroad. It is a comprehensive training program.

Sending players abroad is only the first step, and the second step is that the Eagle Plan will invest in improving the players' daily diet.

Simply put, players who used to eat rice and pancakes in China can eat nutritious meals, steak and milk that can make their bodies stronger and stronger with the help of Lake Sports...

The third step is that the Eagles plan will bring 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 huge amount of money.

Li Ke is not a charity person, so if you have investment, you must have income.

He patted Abdusalam on the shoulder and watched him leave, Li Ke wandered for a while and shouted again.

"Who, that number 19? What's your name?"

A slender little Hei stopped and then spoke in a skillful capital dialect: "Shen Ke, my name is Qiu Tianer!"

"Qiu Tianer or Qiu Tian?"

"Qiu Tian!"

"Okay, how old are you?"

“13 years old.”

“How high?”

“1 m 86.”

“Where is the arm span?”

“200cm.”

Li Ke was so sad that his arm span was 14cm longer than his height.

If you talk about Qiu Tian’s body, there is no problem at all.

In the future, he seems to be a seven-foot-long man, and his arm span is more than ten or even twenty centimeters more than his height.

With this body, Qiu Tian of the National Youth Team played pretty well.

But after joining the adult team, his technical disadvantages were completely highlighted.

To put it bluntly, he can't be even more rough.

Li Ke also decided to save such a future star who has enough body but lacks skills.

“Are you interested in joining our Eagle Project?”

"have!"

Qiu Tian was so excited that he almost jumped up. Li Ke smiled and said, "Then let your mother sign the contract."

Abdusala Mu will be sent to the United States, but Qiu Tian is different. He is planning to send Qiu Tian to Europe and sharpen his skills well.

After a few more rounds, Li Ke designated another person named Hu Jinqiu and the youngest person named Zhang Zhenlin. There were four people in total, and they joined the first phase of the Eagle Plan.

The rest will be handed over to coaches from China, the United States and Europe in the training camp.

...

In September, the CBA started training camp, and Li Ke brought Xiao Du and Guigui to the Jinling Stadium and held a grand press conference.

At the same time, the Great Shark of the Demon City and Yao also appeared with Changxi and Guagua.

Shanxi Men's Basketball Team officially announced that it had signed a contract with Kobe and Hard Special. After Xijiang won Curry, she won Kevin Love at a sky-high price.

In addition, Guangdong Province Men's Basketball Team, UAE returns, James Harden and David Lee join.

After several official announcements, the CBA in the new season is already star-studded.

At the end of the month, the CBA started war.

The opening game was Su Shenglong vs. The Great Shark of the Demon City, Xiao Du fought against Guagua, and Guigui also met Changxi. Li Ke did not play much because Yao Yao didn't play much either.

However, during the period when the two of them played, the outcome of the game was basically determined.

Yao Yao has returned from injury and his weight loss plan is also going well, but there are still big problems with his competitive state.

At this time, playing the CBA league with less intensity is also a good way to recover.

Li Ke played briefly for more than 7 minutes, scored 14 points with breakthroughs and shots, leading Su Shenglong to win the first win of the CBA season.

In the next CBA league, compared with those teams with two star foreign players, Su Shenglong, who has one more Li Ke, is almost a god-blocking killing god.

He ranked first in the CBA league with a winning streak, followed by the Guangdong Provincial Men's Basketball Team with Al-Harden David Lee and the Magic City Sharks led by Yao Yao.

However, as the season progresses, Li Ke's playing time is getting less and less, mainly because it is unnecessary.

He is not like Xiao Du and the others, in order to earn this salary.

The intensity of the cba is not high, and no matter how much you fight, it will not work as a training effect.

Therefore, until the end of the regular season, he simply stopped playing.

At this time, time has reached the end of November.

Since July 1, NBA has been shut down for almost half a year.

Although they are not satisfied with each other, they are enough to live and live, so the players are not in a hurry.

However, the bosses have been vacant in the training hall and the court. After the league is suspended, the players don’t have to pay their salaries, but all the team staff are still receiving their salaries.

Let’s take a look at the income...the income of a hammer!

NBA has been suspended for half a year, which means that all teams have suffered losses for half a year.

Although I don’t lose much, that’s money!

If one player insists on a 50% share of the money and signs a new labor-cap agreement with the soft salary cap, maybe there will be some profit.

After all, the league's revenue has been rising in the past two years, and with the change in the share ratio, it is not impossible to turn losses into profits.

As long as the shutdown can be over, no matter what, it will be much better than what is now dry and rotten.

So, with the appeal of bosses in big cities, some of the originally tough bosses softened their attitude.

The league mediated in the center, and in terms of the players' union, Derek Fisher and the Pao Brother came forward and the labor-management negotiations were restarted.

Once the negotiations restart, there will be no obstacles to the restart of the alliance.

Even the most stubborn Cavalier boss Dan Gilbert could not stop the general trend of the labor-management agreement at this time.

That's it, early December—

The players' union's first choice announced the good news: "Through protracted negotiations, we have reached an agreement with the NBA and the boss league to sign a brand new labor-management agreement!"

The players insisted on the 50% share, the soft salary cap, and the results were achieved.

The alliance also issued an announcement later, announcing the end of the suspension!

While the suspension was announced, the league announced the schedule for the new season, from now until the end of December, the time for the NBA teams to handle the transaction transfers.

Then, in early January, the regular season started and ended in the end of April.

Because it was two months away, the regular season had to shrink to 66 games.

The playoffs that followed were no different from previous years.

As soon as the shutdown ended, the NBA players outside immediately returned home.

At this time, CBA changed the schedule and played a role.

Starting from early December, CBA will enter the playoffs stage, and at most it will be played in early January, and the playoffs will all end.

Therefore, no matter how anxious the NBA star players who play for CBA are, they can catch up with the NBA in the new season, at most they will have no time to practice together.

But since they choose to make this money, they have to pay to the last moment.

The only players who have the privilege of leaving early are Li Ke, Yao Dayao and Ah Lian.

As soon as the alliance announcement was released, Yao Yao and Ah Lian terminated the contract and left. Li Ke was not in a hurry because the situation between him and Yao Yao and Ah Lian was different.

Yao Dayao and the Rockets have expired, so he has to go back quickly and determine his next contract.

UAE is similar. His rookie contract has expired. Whether to renew his contract and stay with the Warriors or find another way out is still unknown.

Without these problems, Li Ke stayed at home and did not play again. He just watched Su Shenglong's playoffs as a spectator.

Xiao Du 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 brought Xiao Du and Guigui to Luocheng.

In Luocheng, the three of them separated, one went to Oscar and the other went to Detroit. Finally, Li Ke returned to Charlotte.

By the time he arrived in Charlotte, the operation of the Bobcats in the new season had been completed.

In the first transaction, the Bobcats sent Xiao Mo away and got a second round from the Clippers, saving $8.5 million directly.

The second transaction sent away Lao Du, who didn't want to stay, and then exchanged it for free. A four-year, $17 million contract with an average annual average of $4.25 million. The contract was exchanged from the Suns for 18 million in 18 million in three years and a second round.

A signing was interspersed in the middle, and Jordan Jr. finally stayed, a four-year, $46 million contract, and the Bobcats were considered to have suffered a lot of blood.

But in this era when centers are scarce, the money really has to be paid.

Later, in order not to pay taxes, Bobcats sent Jamison to the Heat, and also took a second round. Ben Yuzo, who got the basic salary from the Heat, terminated the contract as soon as he got it.

Finally, signing Byron Davis, who was laid off by the Clippers at a minimum salary, ending the operation of the season.

A big list of 15 people took shape like this—

Center: DeAndre Jordan, Kwame Brown, Bismarck Biyonbo

Power forward: Channing Fry, Ta Gibson, Lansthomas

Small forward: Stephen Jackson, P.J. Tucker, Gerald Wallace

Scoring guards: Li Ke, Wesley Matthews, Lance Stephenson
Chapter completed!