Comments on: Report: NBA and players to meet for Hail Mary attempt at a season Sunday

By: therealhtj

therealhtj — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:47:34 +0000

That’s my point Kurt – I don’t care who makes the Lion’s share of the money so long as that money is going towards a better overall product.

Now while being able to cut unproductive, unmotivated, or simply past-their-prime players doesn’t automatically guarantee a better product, it certainly will be better than having them on the roster. They’ve got to spend that 57% or whatever it’ll be on someone, and whomever it is, they’ve got to be better than the albatrosses I’ve already mentioned.

By: Kurt Helin

Kurt Helin — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:30:56 +0000

For the record, the players would get 57 percent of the BRI whether or not there are bad contracts out there. The owners would pay the same amount in salary, they may get better value for their money, but they would pay the same amount.

By: davidly

davidly — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:59:22 +0000

Funny, that’s how I feel about the banking and war industries.

By: behaviorquest

behaviorquest — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:29:14 +0000

AS long as thugs predominate the NBA the whole sport should be cancelled. These players routinely behave in ways that bring no credit to themselves, their community or the sport of basketball.

By: therealhtj

therealhtj — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:00:42 +0000

I’d rather the owners stand firm then just give the players virtually the same deal with just a little giveback in BRI. The problem isn’t the BRI Split, it’s the long-term, guaranteed contracts given to players who simply don’t live up to them. The NBA has a systemic problem, not just a problem of a few percentage points one way or another.

Sure the owners didn’t HAVE to give these ridiculous deals, but does anyone think it fair for owners, teams, and their fans have to essentially have their teams held hostage by one or two bad contracts? Should franchise cornerstone players and their massive contracts be essentially set in stone with no room to renegotiate even if the player wanted to? Of course not and any new CBA not addressing this critical issue is a big loss for us, the fans.

Personally I’d rather see a CBA that guarantees up to 60% to the players and a hard cap around 80 million with every existing contract becoming retroactively non-guaranteed past 3 years. Agreeing to the same nonsensical soft-cap system with simply a BRI reduction will only lead to a new generation of Curry, Arenas, Lewis, Walton, and Name-The-Worst-Contract-On-The-Team-You-Follow-Most-Closely type contracts severely hampering said squad’s ability to compete for a championship.