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Chapter 395: Fire and Breeze

On the evening of January 14, 1964, Boston was stormy and snow, which invisibly added a cold atmosphere to the major events that are happening.

All the players know that if they fail, they will succeed.

Tom Heinthorne got everyone to sign their own names on the boycott documents.

The last person to sign the autograph was Jerry West.

Heinthorne handed over the documents to him: "Jerry, you haven't signed it yet."

West in front of him had a dazed look, as if he was still confirming the situation around him - Wei Xia would never have dreamed that he would participate in the 1964 All-Star Weekend Strike in this way.

This time, the target he traveled was no longer a star in the last game of the NBA regular season in 1978, but today, when it was still 14 years ahead of that period.

The object of his time travel is Jerry West, the "logo man" he has fought with the Lakers many times as John Haflicecke, and as a real Lakers player, he needs to look up to him.

Although there are no mirrors in the locker room, there are several distinctive characteristics that can prove his current identity.

Wei Xia is now wearing a thick appearance uniform marked with the Lakers logo and the No. 44 jersey in the appearance uniform.

44 is an ominous number in European and American countries, but there are also many stars in history who use this number to travel around the world. However, they were all cursed by the numbers in the end.

Don't believe it? Jerry West, he will never beat the Celtics in his life;

Pete Malawic, before entering the professional league, had expectations comparable to the top ten super giants in history. Unfortunately, he was displaced for many reasons. He joined the Celtics and Larry Bird in his last season but could not get into the ring. In the end, he only worked hard in the league for ten years before choosing to retire. During his retirement, he also said that he did not continue playing basketball because he did not want to die on the court one day due to a heart attack. What is chilling is that in 1988, he really died of a heart attack on the jungle ball;

Paul Westfal, after winning the championship for the Celtics, was the master of the Suns and the coach of retired, and never got involved in the championship.

George Gervin, no crown.

Although there are many reasons for whether to win the championship or not, it is better to believe that the fortune is true than that of not. After all, there are so many numbers.

Wei Xia took Heinthorne's boycott document and rustled "jerry   west" behind those shining great names.

Everyone signed the names and the players united.

Heinthorne got the boycott document and walked out of the locker room with Larry Fleischer. They were going to hand over the document to the senior league officials who were waiting to witness history at the competition site, and the bosses who thought they would be brilliant from now on.

Although the league signed a contract with ABC, as mentioned earlier, the TV station did not know whether the audience would like NBA, so it is necessary to pilot the All-Star Game.

If the NBA All-Star Game is boycotted by the All-Star Game for the first time? No other TV stations will be willing to sign broadcast contracts with the league in the future. Therefore, for this pioneering event, all the well-known figures in the league? Management? The celebrities came to the scene. Even before the game started, those retired players were invited to play the veterans game.

They were looking forward to the start of the game? And Tom Heinthorne and his lawyers put the boycott documents in front of capitalists and rulemakers who thought they could control everything.

These names were left on that boycott document.

Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Tom Heinthorne, Hall Greer sg/sf, Jerry Lucas, Sam Jones, Wien Ebrie, Ryan Chappell c/pf, Chet Walker sf/sg, Soup

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20 names, 17 future Hall of Fame members, and when in 1964 is the fifth of the six greatest people in basketball history: the support of five people: Big O, Russell, Chamberlain, Baylor, and West? The weight of the roster alone is no less than that of the future Dream Team. Once they fail, basketball will perish and the NBA will no longer exist.

The players put forward the right requirements at the right time and at the right time: resist the anti-human system of "more money, less life, less rest"? The players demand a rationalization of the schedule and improve medical insurance measures and pensions.

What do these requirements mean? It means that in the future, all players over 50 and over who have worked for the league for at least three years will receive pensions ranging from 60,000 to 200,000 US dollars a year, and the league is responsible for most of the health checks and even guarantee contracts - so? Now if you see a player who has done well declared bankruptcy, don't worry about him? Because his annual pension alone may be worth your salary one year or two years.

When Heinthorne handed over the boycott documents to league president Walter Kennedy? His expression changed drastically, and there were bosses of each team, coaches, and senior officials of ABC TV station.

"You have two hours to decide where we go." After that, Heinthorne ignored Auerbach's sharp gaze and turned toward the locker room.

"Absurd! Absurd! They are stooling on our faces!" Cincinnati Royals boss Rice Harrison yelled, "We cannot accept this document! This kind of precedent cannot be opened!"

Boston Celtics boss Walter Brown showed a dilemma, "What if they really boycott the game?"

"Then we have to see if those idiots raised by bitch are really hard or are bluffing!" Auerbach said coldly.

The bosses were talking about it. Alliance President Kennedy was neither more skilled than his predecessors nor more persistent than later generations. He was like a moderate leader and was willing to listen to suggestions.

Seeing that they were arguing, the bosses collectively opposed the players' boycotts, and some people were worried about forcing the players to break up, but the senior officials of ABC lost their patience: "Half an hour has passed, you have no expression! I warn you, if you or those greedy niggers dare to let us doves in prime time, we will go see the fucking ghosts in the contract!"

"No matter what, we can't let them succeed. Sir, you should take this document in front of them and tear them apart, so that they know that we will never accept it!"

Marty Blake, the general executive of the St. Louis Hawks, said heavily.

Seeing that it was less than 90 minutes before the game began, Kennedy nodded heavily, took an administrator with him, and was about to go to the locker room to negotiate with the players.

"Sir, I'll go with you!" Auerbach said angrily, "Those bitches who have raised them in front of me dare not act rashly!"

Ten minutes later, the locker room in the old garden was pushed away by Auerbach: "What are you doing!? What are you doing?! Do you guys want to rebel, right? Get on the court and play basketball! You signed a contract, you are from the league, have your professional qualities and morality been fucked by dogs?"

Everyone remained motionless.

Wei Xia sat in the corner. Yesterday, Auerbach and the players were intimate because they beat their rivals.

And now, for their own interests, they stand on the opposite side.

He has never seen such a conflict that is so contradictory and out of reality but really happening.

“Unless the league and the bosses accept our initiative, no one will walk out of the locker room today.”

Heinthorne, who usually acts as a human sandbag for the team's bishop, has never disobeyed Auerbach like this.

"Then you treat my words like the wind?" Auerbach raised his tone again. He had scolded countless people in this place. "It is your responsibility and obligation to play on the court, not your tool for the league. You all have a contract. If you are obsessed with it, I promise you will sleep on the streets tomorrow! You idiots, get onto the court immediately!!"

Heinthorne responded calmly to the bishop's anger, and he raised his hand softly and said, "Red head, I can't do this alone."

Yes, Auerbach noticed.

Not only Heinthorne, but Jones, Russell, and other teams have stars. They don't have the awe of Celtic players. If even Celtic players decide to fight against him, what about others?

"Okay! OK! You idiot!" Auerbach didn't expect things to get out of control, "I'll let you go tomorrow, you bastard!"

Then his fierce eyes turned to Russell and Jones, "This guy is crazy, do you want to be crazy with him, or do you fucking go to the field to fulfill your responsibilities and obligations?"

Jones was trembling and dared not speak.

Russell sat in front of him and he confronted Auerbach: "If things are not resolved, we will not go anywhere."

"Okay, okay!" Auerbach was angry, "I swear I will fire you three bitches!"

When Auerbach is left with only thunder to vent his anger, it means that the player is taking the upper hand, while Kennedy moves forward and lets Auerbach retreat a little and lets him negotiate with the player.
Chapter completed!
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