Comments on: If there is a lockout, owners could push for entire season to sweep the leg

By: silverdeer

silverdeer — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:57:27 +0000

The whole billionaire vs. millionaire thing is so absurd it is funny. Personally I would like to see them cancel the season, maybe the next one too. It would be at that point where you would which players actually are smart enough to manage their expenses and which ones just felt that they were entitled to huge sums of money because they can run, jump, shoot or are taller than the average person. Something tells me that there would be a bunch of very large houses, expensive cars and high end electronics showing up for sale.

By: hail2tharedskins

hail2tharedskins — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:57:58 +0000

I think you might be missing the point. He is not suggesting the owners would cancel the season just for the hell of it. He is saying the owners would be willing to drag any work stoppage out as long as it takes to break the union. In other words if the players completely cave after a month, fine the work stoppage lasts one month, but that isn’t likely. He is saying once they get to that point don’t expect the owners to be trying to “negotiate” with the union, but rather to force their terms on the union and if it takes the entire season so be it.

By: zackd2

zackd2 — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:21:18 +0000

There doesn’t need to be a lockout to stop stupid contracts, just fire stupid GMs. Just because a dude is 7ft and breathes doesn’t mean he’s worth 6m/year.

By: bigtrav425

bigtrav425 — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:37:06 +0000

i think thats needs to happen unfortunately. Things need to change a lil bit for the NBA.The contracts are gettin out of hand.In no way shape or form should Anderson Vaerjo should be making what he is making (just using him as a example) Also if the players are worried about teams being competitive…how about ya stop being divas and wanting to go only to new york,LA,etc.How about someone gets hired for the NBA to take a look at trades to make sure they are atleast somewhat fair,unlike the Pau Gasol trade from the grizzlies.