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kakala99 (Fernando Torres #9)
2025-07-08 13:06:35money23green
July 7th, 2025
Dear Diary,
I’m sitting in my mancave having a conversation with my wife. Baffled at the
fact that NBA free agency is over. Quite frankly it never really started. The
level of anticipation leading up to July 1st were as exciting as the
fireworks on the 4th. It was the excitement of the NBA Finals yet only a week
after watching a team spray champagne and ride on floats.
One can only point to the “New CBA” and the 2nd apron(hard cap) for
absolutely putting an end to Free Agency As we once knew it.
Sadly, I sit here and watch so many players overplay the market and not
understand what they are up against with the new rules. Which leads me to
trying to understand the unstaggering percentage of guys that has no idea of
THE BUSINESS they are apart of. And I as a “VET” in this league watch
players mismanage their careers and before they know it, look back like DAMN,
where to next? I can go so far with this but I really don’t feel like typing
it all right now. Because, there’s so many arms to this topic. An Insane
amount and then add in my personal experience with it. I have what I think is
an extremely unique perspective on this. I am obviously a player, a former
amazing general manager is one of my close friends. I am very close with
previous owners and current ones. I was introduced to the business at 16 by
Joe D, so yeah all that to say, it’s interesting to watch and also be apart
of. Maybe I’ll write some long piece, or maybe I’ll just do a podcast lol.
But regardless of where I decide to let these thoughts out, I should’ve been
the Players association president lol. The league is great, it’s been great to all of us. Amazing partnership
amongst players, staff, front office, ownership, and Fans that make the well
oiled machine soar. And rightfully so, but it’s baffling to me how little
players know about this business and how it affects them and ways most don’t
understand. Funny thing is, I said this before the last CBA. Kinda beating a
dead horse I suppose lol. And also before yall run and make this about JK, it
isn’t. He’s 22 and will be great and make a bunch of money, so this ain’t
got nothing to do with him.
2025年7月7日
亲爱的日记：
此刻我正在和妻子聊著天，对于NBA自由球员市场就这样结束了，我仍然感到难以置信。
老实说，它几乎根本没真正开始过。7月1日前的那种期待感，简直就像国庆日的烟火一样
精彩，那种兴奋程度堪比NBA总决赛，而就在一周前，我们才刚看着一支球队喷香槟，参
加冠军游行。
这一切只能归咎于“新版劳资协议”和“第二层豪华税线”，它们彻底终结了我们过去所
熟悉的自由球员市场。
可悲的是，我坐在这里看着许多球员错估了自己的市场行情，却完全没意识到新规则带来
的挑战。这让我忍不住去思考，为什么有这么多球员对他们所处的“商业环境”一无所
知？作为这个联盟的老将，我亲眼见证球员们如何错误地经营自己的职业生涯，等到醒悟
时只能懊悔地问：“接下来该怎么办？”
我其实可以把这个话题讲得很深入，但现在实在懒得全部打字出来，因为这个议题实在
牵涉太广了，再加上我个人的亲身经历，使我对此有着非常独特的视角。
我是现役球员，而一位前任的杰出GM是我亲近的朋友，与现任和前任球队老板关系密切。
16岁时Joe Dumars就带我认识了这个行业的商业面，所以说看着这一切并亲身参与其中
，真的很有意思。
或许我该写篇长文，或者干脆开个Podcast来讲，但无论用什么方式分享这些想法，我早
该去当球员工会主席的，说真的，我绝对可以帮上大忙。
这个联盟很棒，它善待我们所有人。球员、工作人员、管理层、老板还有让这台精密机器
得以运转的球迷们之间的伙伴关系，是非常棒的。但让我震惊的是，这么多球员们对这个
行业的了解一无所知，甚至不明白它如何影响自己。最有趣的是，我在上一版劳资协议谈
判前就说过这些话，现在看来简直像在对牛弹琴。
对了，在你们把这件事扯到Jonathan Kuminga身上之前，我先说清楚这和他无关。他才
22岁，未来会成为巨星，赚大把的钞票，所以这篇日记和他一点关系都没有。
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