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In Qin Yue’s view, this is a very reasonable patch.
As for the modification of the Bird rights, the player representatives led by Qin Yue had no objections.
Although under the new agreement, the salary increase percentage of the Bird rights will drop to 8%, given the current average league income, this is a reduction that all players anticipated.
In fact, in Qin Yue’s eyes, what could truly change the future landscape of the NBA is the amendment to the sign-and-trade method.
Under the new agreement, players traded through sign-and-trade will be limited to a three-year contract when re-signing with their original team, with an annual salary increase of only 4.5%.
What does this mean?
Let’s use James as an example here.
If, after his contract expires this summer, James wants to leave the Cavaliers through a sign-and-trade, the most straightforward illustration in terms of contract amount would be:
Under the old agreement, James could get a five-year, $130 million super max contract with a new team through a sign-and-trade, but under the new agreement, he can get a new contract for a maximum of three years with a total value of only $63 million.
"The previous sign-and-trade, to put it nicely, was meant to leave a spark for the original team, but wasn’t it really because you superstars didn’t want to take a pay cut?"
Sterling, in a rare moment during the labor negotiations, said something Qin Yue agreed with: "In my view, if a player truly wants to leave a spark for the original team through a sign-and-trade, he shouldn’t expect to get the salary he would have otherwise."
In short, during this labor negotiation which sought to resolve issues through dialogue...
According to the official statement from the league afterward—after both sides exchanged opinions openly and thoroughly, the meeting not only increased mutual understanding but also led to a consensus on many core issues.
Online, the fans who learned that the threat of a league shutdown was thoroughly resolved in this negotiation were undoubtedly the happiest group.
Especially in the end of this article titled "Where Did the Players Actually Win," Max did not forget to say: "To continue playing the basketball they’ve always played, the players’ performance has been positive.
Under the leadership of the Messiah, they successfully won the right to speak and a higher BRI share (compared to previous concessions).
Moreover, with the Messiah’s vigorous mediation, they successfully prevented the shutdown which was very likely to happen."
At any time, fans are the group least wanting the NBA to fall into a shutdown due to failed labor negotiations.
Therefore, compared to the BRI share or the benefits Qin Yue actively fought for on behalf of the majority of lower and middle-tier players, when fans learned of the struggles the players went through in Dallas for the sake of playing basketball, the image of Qin Yue and a group of superstars instantly soared.
So, what was the price?
The answer is...
Compared to 1964, the league and team owners might even have to thank Qin Yue in return.
The New York Times calculated the cost for each league team the next day.
If choosing to resolve the issues through dialogue with players only cost the team’s owners a bit of face and pride,
once the NBA was forced to pause this season, or in the future fell into a shutdown, the losses for the teams would exceed a billion US dollars in astronomical numbers.
Qin Yue understood very well that historically, that extreme pressure exerted by many small market team owners was an impulsive act without considering consequences.
And in that extreme pressure, those small market team owners, led by a few others and believing a shutdown should be used to sanction the players, except for Jordan, would invariably be kicked out in the future.
Now, in contrast to that historical period when the NBA’s future seemed brighter, Qin Yue in turn used a boycott as leverage, allowing those still sober-minded team owners to clearly see the losses a season interruption would cause them...
Considering the league still relies on Qin Yue to make money for the foreseeable future, even if the team owners hate him, they are bound to greet him with smiles.
After all, who says Qin Yue can only print money for the Warriors?
Could it be that when Qin Yue leads the Warriors in away games, those home teams don’t profit as a result?
It’s known that many small market teams anticipate most the games they play at home against the Warriors each year.
And converting this into the most straightforward numbers, if a team’s original ticket price was $100, under Qin Yue’s star effect, during a game against the Warriors, the ticket price often rises to $300.
February.
Returning to Oakland from Dallas, Qin Yue and the Warriors faced a year-end journey together.
The Warriors, aiming to break the Bulls’ myth this season, unexpectedly lost two games in late February.
At Oracle Arena, having beaten the Lakers in their previous three encounters, they unfortunately faced Kobe, who activated the Celestial God Descending mode.
Kobe, totaling 49 points for the Lakers throughout the game, could only be described as making every shot count.
It’s impossible for the Warriors to maintain excellent form in every one of the 82 regular-season games.
So, regarding this defeat, Qin Yue had nothing to say.
As for the Warriors’ surprising loss to the Raptors in late February?
In the icy snowy Toronto, the sealed shooting touch of the entire Warriors team was the main reason for their upset loss.
