Chapter 1272 Going Bankrupt

Savor did not discuss the new contract with Li Ba. He had the same attitude as Li Ba, wait, there is still a year to consider this matter.

On November 26, the league's collective bargaining agreement was finally reached, ending the 149-day lockout. The trading window opened, and the date of the regular season was set one month later, on December 26, starting directly from the Christmas Day game. .

At the same time, the alliance formulated the so-called "hammer clause."

As soon as this clause specially formulated for Li Ba was announced, the world was shocked.

The terms stipulate a series of requirements, which are tailor-made for Li Ba.

The terms stipulate that players who trigger the hammer clause are eligible to receive 100% of the salary cap from the team, and this part of the salary is only paid to the luxury tax at a one-to-one ratio.

Dayao called: "Hammer, which team can afford to hire you in the future? Small teams don't even have to think about it. Big teams like the Lakers have to think about it too."

Li Ba sneered and said: "Believe it or not, if I announce my comeback now, the Lakers will come immediately? At most, they will spend an extra 100 million US dollars. Don't the Lakers have the financial resources? You don't have to look at how European football is played. How much is 100 million US dollars? ?”

Dayao felt his tooth hurt, but he couldn't deny it, so he asked: "Are you really injured or are you pretending to be injured?"

"This..." Li Ba hesitated whether to tell Dayao the truth.

"You kid, I knew your injury was fake. As expected, I told Yuanyuan that you are really miserable. Is this also fake?"

When Dayao saw Li Ba's hesitation over there, he immediately understood and immediately laughed and cursed.

Li Ba laughed and said, "Don't talk about it outside. I'm just playing with the media."

"Are you planning to be slapped in the face in the future? By the way, there is a rumor in the circle that you have built a training base in your hometown and invested a lot of money?" Dayao asked again.

"Yeah, but I didn't do much publicity. This isn't a business. I'm not here to make money." Li Ba said.

"You can do it, I'll obey you." Dayao said with a smile.

"Comrade Dayao, work hard in the new season and try to get another ring. Opportunities don't come often. You only have this opportunity when I give birth to a baby. Don't let it go!"

Li Ba said with a smile.

"It's difficult. Our lineup is too old, and Arab League went to the Lakers again. You think your Suns management team is out of their minds. You actually traded him to the Lakers. That's called capitalizing on the enemy. He should come to our Eastern Conference."

Dayao complained.

"I don't care. It's certainly better for Arab League to go to Los Angeles than to go to your place." Li Ba said with a smile.

"Okay, I agree with you, damn it!" Dayao smiled helplessly and cursed.

In New York, Buss and Kupchak walked into Nike headquarters.

They came to discuss the lineup reinforcements with Nike President Philip Knight. Before that, they learned the news that Nike rejected the Heat's reinforcement plan.

Although Li Ba is reimbursed for the season, the Lakers still hope to get Chris Paul, but there is another problem here. The new luxury tax is too high and the Lakers cannot bear it, so they hope Nike can actually pay part of it.

But the Lakers still have another opponent, and that is the Heat.

The Heat are also pursuing Paul, with the same idea as the Lakers, hoping to get some financial subsidies from Nike.

Now that the Heat have been rejected, the Lakers feel like their opportunity has arrived.

Nike is not taking advantage of them. It is sending money everywhere to strengthen these teams. It is really forced by Adidas, so it can only use the money to throw out a few superstar lineups, hoping to kill Li Ba and the Suns.

I just didn't expect that Li Ba was suddenly reimbursed for the season, which made Nike feel like it had missed the mark, but it also surprised Nike inexplicably.

So Nike has rejected the reinforcement plans of the Lakers and Heat. Li Ba is no longer in the league, so why do they still need such a strong lineup? Beat yourself?

Buss and Kupchak left Nike headquarters disappointed and returned to Los Angeles.

On December 10, the Hornets reached a deal with the Clippers and Paul joined the Clippers.

On December 20, after sending Guoguo to kindergarten, Li Ba took the girl to the city. The girl was just over four months pregnant and needed another check-up.

"Husband, congratulations, you are going bankrupt!"

After the results came out, everything was normal, the two leaders said with a smile.

"I still want to rest for two more seasons, but it seems that's not possible." Li Ba said with a helpless smile.

After the two returned home, Li Dacheng, his wife and Liu Xiaoli were all very happy.

Two days later, the kindergarten in the village had been renovated and some children's facilities had been installed. Li Ba and the girl took a look and were quite satisfied.

But we can’t open the kindergarten yet. We’ll have to wait until after the Chinese New Year. We haven’t recruited a principal or teacher yet.

On the 26th, the 2011-12 season begins.

The Suns faced their championship rivals, the Heat, and lost their center and absolute core. There was also a group of rookies on the team, and they were tortured to death by the Heat throughout the game.

Li Ba took a look and found that several old people seemed to have lost their fighting spirit. That means Ginobili was still fighting hard enough, but the others were slacking off.

Of course, this may have something to do with him not being on the team.

He feels that if he comes back next year, this lineup will need to be traded and some people who want to get rings will be added.

Time has entered 2012, and the New Year is gradually coming.

Li Ba's family began to prepare New Year's goods. They bought two pigs weighing more than 200 kilograms and more than 20 native chickens in the village and slaughtered them. They also slaughtered a cow and several sheep in partnership with a relative's family, and went to the reservoir above to buy some. I bought more than a dozen big fish, plus hooves, pig ears, pork chops, etc. bought in the market, marinated several large tanks, filled more than 100 kilograms of sausages, and made several boards of tofu to make waxed tofu.

After the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, people working outside the village came back one after another, including Liba’s brothers and sisters.

These brothers and sisters are rare to see in several years. When Li Ba goes home every offseason, they all work outside. This year is a rare opportunity. Some of them were seen when he got married. So on this day of the New Year, Li Ba brought these relatives We all were invited to the house, there were five tables for adults and one table for children, and we had a good gathering.

"Brother, I heard that you set up a training base?" While eating and drinking, my cousin Li Fei asked.

"Yes, when you got off the highway intersection, did you see the construction site next to it? That's it. What, what do you think?" Li Ba asked.

"Brother, I haven't learned any skills outside. I've worked on the assembly line for so many years, but I don't have much of a future. You can find me a job at home, something longer."

Li Fei said it very directly.

"Brother, Li Fei and I are not young anymore, and our children are getting older. We don't want to go out anymore." Li Fei's wife at the other table stood up and said.

Li Ba glanced at the other brothers and sisters. Some of them were doing well outside, some had an annual salary of two to three hundred thousand, some were bosses, and some drove hundreds of thousands of luxury cars back to celebrate the New Year. But there were also some like Li Fei who were doing well. The brother who didn't get what he wanted.

"What about you?" he asked the others.