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Chapter 178 Just see if I dare to continue to deceive! ( words updated per day, begging for monthly subscription!)
Andrew Bynum did not play in the subsequent games.

After Bynum returned to the locker room for examination, the team doctor initially determined that he had at least three broken ribs.

"He definitely did it on purpose. How can anyone dribble the ball like he did?" Bynum howled in the locker room. "He is definitely jealous of my talent. He wants to destroy me!"

At this moment, even the brain-dead Bynum and the Grizzlies team doctor were a little disgusted.

After all, with Qin Yue's unparalleled physical talent, who does he need to be jealous of?

At the FedEx Center, Bynum being carried off the court did not affect the quality of the following game at all.

This young and energetic team has completely united after losing Bynum.

Conley quietly set the tempo for the Grizzlies.

Even Nash praised Conley by name during a timeout: "His ability to control the court exceeds that of most guards in the league."

Barnes, who was ravaged by Gay's pull-up jumper throughout the game, said, "At a certain moment, Rudy reminded me of 'T-Mac'."

However, compared to other Grizzlies players, the young man who shone the brightest that night was Ibaka.

Although Ibaka still needs time to accumulate defensive experience and his athletic talent has yet to be tapped, Ibaka, who is able to keep up with Qin Yue on the outside, has found long-lost happiness on the court with the help of the "Qin Yue Law".

"Serge is the young version of Kevin Garnett," Qin Yue praised Ibaka after the game. "I really enjoyed playing against him. He will definitely become a star forward in the future."

The Warriors eventually defeated the Grizzlies 119-107 on the road.

Ibaka, who was highly recognized by Qin Yue, did not get complacent after the game, but told the media: "When I played in Spain, I idolized Messiah, and you saw that I couldn't defend him in this game.

His offensive skills and unparalleled physical fitness made me feel like I was competing against an alien."

The talent and mental attributes displayed by Ibaka in this game made the Grizzlies management officially determined to continue to invest resources in him.

As for Bynum, who has caused public outrage among his teammates in the Grizzlies and is useless except for his attractive talent?
Excuse me.
The reason why the Grizzlies have kept this "little shark" is simply that the team's general manager Chris Wallace is still looking for a sucker in the trading market who is willing to gamble on Bynum's talent.

Bynum, who always thinks he is the absolute core of the Grizzlies, obviously doesn't know that the Grizzlies management has already exhausted their patience with him in the past two years.

In other words, given Bynum's historical level of stupidity, he has never seen himself clearly.

After defeating the Grizzlies, the Warriors returned home a day later to face the New Orleans Hornets.

As a team that made the playoffs last season, the Hornets, which has Rajon Rondo, David West and Brook Lopez, are currently ranked 7th in the Western Conference with a record of 11 wins and losses.

Although the media generally believes that the Hornets' poor record in the new season is related to the irreconcilable conflict between the team's head coach Byron Scott and the team's core guard Rondo.

But the influence from outside the court is also the main reason why this Hornets team has difficulty forming cohesion on the court.

Just as Qin Yue remembered, since the Hornets owner George Sean was no longer able to run the team, it was only a matter of time before the Hornets were placed under the trusteeship of the league.

Why are the Hornets placed under league trusteeship?
Since the team owner is unable to run the business, wouldn't it be better for him to sell the team?
Indeed, in most cases, there are people willing to take over NBA teams even in small markets.

But the Hornets are a very special team at this point in time.

What makes them special is that the league does not allow any owner who takes over the Hornets to move the team out of New Orleans.

Because to this day, New Orleans has not yet escaped the impact of the hurricane.

So for the sake of so-called political correctness, the league must ensure that the Hornets can remain in the city of New Orleans after the change of ownership.

This immediately made Clay Bennett, an Oklahoma City businessman who was originally planning to buy the Hornets for nearly $300 million, back out.

The Hornets, who temporarily moved their home court to Oklahoma City during the hurricane in New Orleans, once caused a sensation in Oklahoma City.
Therefore, Bennett wanted to move this ill-fated team to Oklahoma City after taking over the Hornets.

However, the league's relocation ban forced Bennett to give up the idea of acquiring the team.

That's right. For the sake of political correctness and to prove to the world that the NBA will always stand on the side of the New Orleans victims, the league's top management were the culprits that led to the Hornets becoming the first NBA team in history to be taken over by the league.

Affected by off-court factors, the Hornets players, who feel that they have no future with the team, are naturally unwilling to fight for the team anymore.

The Warriors won this game against the Hornets with almost no effort.

On the court, and even more than the game process, the Warriors players were more interested in Rondo, who always competed with Scott for the tactical board when the Hornets requested a timeout.

It is difficult to describe this master and apprentice duo in a few words, as they would quarrel almost every night over the team's tactical choices.

Like this night
Scott's original battle plan was to let Rondo use his personal ability to overpower Nash and Curry, and then lead other teammates.

In the actual game
Since Qin Yue and Brown were always standing under the Warriors' basket, Rondo, who lacked outside shooting ability, could not use his personal ability to complete the scoring task even if he could pass Nash and Curry cleanly.

This made Rondo extremely dissatisfied with Scott's tactical arrangement, and he thought that the opponent did not understand his characteristics at all and would not prescribe the right medicine according to the specific game process.

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Scott, whose tactical boards were frequently snatched away by Rondo, firmly believed that it was Rondo's failure to execute his pre-game plan that led to the team's disastrous defeat at Oracle Arena.

"I've been coaching in the league for many years, but I've never seen a player as arrogant as Rajon Rondo."

Scott pointed the finger at Rondo at the press conference: "If he thinks he is qualified for the position of NBA head coach, then let's see how far this Hornets team can go under his leadership!"

Scott has already brought his conflict with Rondo to the fore.

After the game, Qin Yue wanted to continue eating melons.

However, Derek Fisher, the chairman of the players' union who was signed by the Hornets in the free agent market this summer, forcibly took Qin Yue away from the scene on the grounds that he had important matters to discuss.

Just as Qin Yue remembered, the new round of labor-management negotiations in the NBA can only be described as not optimistic.

"They want us to reduce the relevant revenue ratio from 57% to 45%," Fisher said. "And they also want to introduce a hard salary cap to reduce expenses."

Qin Yue knew very well that the players' union would not accept any of the above two points.

Because the former will reduce the current average salary of players by about 21%, while the latter will further lead to a decrease in players' income.

After all, once the NBA implements a hard salary cap like the NFL,
The league's teams must give priority to retaining their star players, which will inevitably lower the contract offers they make to other players.

In short, from the current perspective, there is no possibility of reconciliation between the differences between labor and capital.

However, this time, the extremely tough capital owners directly used a big move.

"If you don't want to play, then stop the game! NBA players' income is already high enough, why can't they understand the feelings of us investors?"

The reason why Fisher found Qin Yue at the current time point is mainly related to Qin Yue being the flag of the alliance.

The players' union plans to negotiate again with the management during the Dallas All-Star Weekend in February next year.

"You are the top star in the NBA, and the Warriors have been able to make money from you every year over the years," Fisher said. "As a role model for all superstars, only you can unite everyone now."

Qin Yue didn’t expect that Fisher would give him such a high hat.

But Qin Yue knew that during next year's All-Star Weekend, whether he was willing or not, he would have to attend the negotiations on behalf of the players' union.

Because Qin Yue is a player first.

There was no way he could choose to side with the capitalists.

Currently, the management refuses to make concessions in the labor-management negotiations, mainly because the vast majority of teams in the league are suffering losses.

But in the players' view, the league is not without teams that can make money.

For example, the Warriors with Qin Yue, the Supersonics with Yao Ming, the Lakers with Kobe, and even the Knicks. "Those owners can't blame us for their business failures!" Fisher added, "We have made huge concessions in previous negotiations, and they can't ask us to keep giving in."

Hearing this, Qin Yue immediately fell into deep thought.

As a person who has been through this, Qin Yue knows better than anyone that if nothing unexpected happens, this labor-management negotiation will end with the players' union compromising.

Including Fisher, who has a tough attitude at the moment, everyone will be labeled a "traitor" in the end.

Because once the NBA is really suspended, it will obviously be unbearable for those players who need to support their families.

In every labor-management negotiation, the more united management is the main reason why they can always defeat these players with inconsistent interests.

but
Historically, this shutdown, which was caused by the inability of labor and management to reach an agreement, is a complete lose-lose situation no matter how you look at it.

Not only will the league's teams lose hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars due to this lockout, but the NBA's good upward momentum in the first decade of the 21st century will also be interrupted.

Until the NBA signs that sky-high broadcasting agreement in the future
The market value of teams across the league skyrocketed, players' salaries increased, and the labor-capital turmoil that had caused turmoil in the entire NBA for several years finally came to an end.

"I will attend the negotiation in February next year." Looking at Fisher, Qin Yue said, "But you can't expect me to unite everyone."

Qin Yue knew that he was already in the middle of this storm.

He will not escape, and it is impossible for him to escape.

But, with so many superstars earning maximum salaries in the league, why should Fisher put all the pressure on himself alone?

So what this means is that you got the benefits, but in the end you let your buddies take the blame for you?
In addition, since Fisher is the chairman of the players' union, Qin Yue will naturally let him shoulder the responsibility that belongs to him.

"Derrick, as the chairman of the players' union, you are the only one who can unite the players." Qin Yue said to Fisher, "You have always been in charge of labor negotiations. We all believe that you can lead us to win this crucial battle."

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Fisher didn't expect that the cunning Qin Yue would backhand him and put a higher high hat on him.

Moreover, when Fisher was trying to get LeBron James to attend the labor-management negotiations in February next year, James also performed the same drama in front of Fisher.

"Derrick, you know, I'm still a young player." James said to Fisher, "You've experienced the lockout in 1998. I think no one is better than you to lead us to win this war."

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With Qin Yue and James, the talented pair, around, Fisher is doomed to be wishful thinking if he wants to pass the blame to others and then reap the benefits.

Although Qin Yue could not predict how the next labor-capital negotiations would go.
But first of all, if even the chairman of the players' union is only interested in passing on the blame, what else can the players use to protect their interests?
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In December, the Warriors, who had been on a winning streak, faced the challenge of the Supersonics in the Christmas game.

This summer, Yao Ming had surgery to completely resolve his foot injury, and the extent of his change in the new season is astonishing.

So far, in the 28 games that the Supersonics have played, Yao Ming has completed a total of 70 three-point shots and made 28 of them, with a three-point shooting percentage of 40%.

Although Yao Ming's arc-top three-pointer is not his regular attacking method in the game, when this 226-cm-tall little giant gives you a shot on the court from time to time, you can't help but sigh.
"How can he have such a smooth touch?" Qin Yue, who lost to Yao Ming in the arc top three-point contest during the pre-match warm-up, said indignantly, "He only started practicing three-pointers on a large scale this year, but I have been practicing for six years!"

Hearing this, Brown took the initiative to comfort Qin Yue and said, "A competition doesn't mean anything. 'Big-Yao''s three-point output can't be compared with yours."

Brown is right.

No matter how high Yao Ming's spot three-point shooting percentage is, he cannot make a large number of outside three-point shots like Qin Yue by forcing the opponent to adopt a retreat defense.

This season, Qin Yue averaged nearly 7 three-point shots per game and made 2.5 three-pointers per game.

The optimization of the shot structure not only enables Qin Yue to maintain a very high offensive efficiency under the "Qin Yue Law", but also gives Qin Yue more physical strength so that he can fully devote himself to both offense and defense.

截至圣诞大战开始前，秦岳本赛季场均能够为勇士砍下33.8分14.6篮板10.4助攻4.4封盖1.6抢断。

If nothing unexpected happens, Qin Yue will become the Warriors' all-time block leader this season and officially achieve his career regular season milestone achievement in the second half of the regular season.

Brown, of course, didn't know that.
The reason why Qin Yue was unwilling to lose to Yao Ming in the three-point contest was that he knew better than anyone else that he had a favorable shooting environment from the outside.
Apart from those nights when he had an excellent touch, his performance on three-pointers can only be described as that of James in his later years.

This made Qin Yue very unwilling.

Because in his mind, he has always been a legendary shooter.

Putting aside other things, even if Qin Yue is currently ranked at the top of the league's three-point shooting rankings, would he dare to sign up for the three-point contest?

At Oracle Arena, the warm-up ended and the starting players of both teams walked onto the court one after another.

The Supersonics still have Yao Ming, Garnett, Posey, Ray Allen and Bibby.

The Warriors also sent out their strongest lineup, including Brown, Qin Yue, Wallace, Bell and Nash.

In the center of the field, during the jump ball, Brown, who has become more and more courageous this season, used his sexy little hands to jump for the ball for the Warriors.

On the first attack, looking at Garnett who was intentionally giving him a break, Qin Yue always felt that the "Qin Yue Rule" had spoiled these players who were responsible for facing him on the court.

Although considering Garnett's age, the old wolf king's retreat defense is more conducive to saving his energy.

But as soon as he thought about the fact that it was because his three-point shooting in the NBA was not as accurate as that in FIBA that after the "Qin Yue Rule" was released, the group of players who were responsible for matching up with him let him shoot three-pointers all day long, Qin Yue, who was extremely angry, made up his mind immediately.

Okay, since you all like to let me shoot, don’t blame me for breaking the damn NBA single-game three-point record when I’m in good form one day.

Anyway, future fans won’t care that the defensive intensity they encounter on the outside is not comparable to that of other sharpshooters of the same era. They will only care that they have left a great name in this record!

On the right side of the court, Qin Yue took the initiative to ask Nash for the ball, and immediately pulled up for a shot after getting the ball.

At this moment, Garnett noticed that Qin Yue was using too much force and wanted to turn around and shout "protect the rebound".

But to Garnett's surprise, Qin Yue's 45-degree slash hit the backboard head-on and luckily bounced into the net.

"Can he be fooled by this?"

Garnett said so in his heart.

On the other hand, during the Sonics' offensive round, Qin Yue, knowing that Yao Ming had mastered the skill of tiptoeing from the top of the arc, intentionally expanded his defense zone.

Seeing this, Bibby noticed that Brown was the only one in the Warriors' restricted area and accelerated decisively. After chasing away Nash, he finished with a jump shot.

The role that a modern center who can shoot three-pointers can play on the offensive end was perfectly demonstrated by Yao Ming at this moment.

Back to the Warriors' offensive round.

Qin Yue found that Garnett was still adopting a retreating defense and did not hesitate. He switched to the left side of the court and shot another 45-degree shot.

Then, Garnett was confused.

Because Qin Yue still exerted too much strength, he hit another three-pointer off the backboard.

On the court, Garnett, who could no longer hold back, blurted out: "How could he make two three-pointers in a row?"

Hearing this, Qin Yue, who was listening attentively, shouted to Garnett: "If you have the guts, just keep retreating! Just see if I dare to keep on lying!"

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