Comments on: After 15 hours of meetings, “some progress” in NBA labor talks http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/27/after-15-hours-of-meetings-%e2%80%9csome-progress%e2%80%9d-in-nba-labor-talks/ Basketball - NBC Sports Sat, 18 May 2013 09:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: skids003 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/27/after-15-hours-of-meetings-%e2%80%9csome-progress%e2%80%9d-in-nba-labor-talks/comment-page-1/#comment-55477 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:54:35 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33628#comment-55477 These guys dont realize just how unimportant they are. They think the world not only revolves around them, but it owes them.

]]> By: aduklips http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/27/after-15-hours-of-meetings-%e2%80%9csome-progress%e2%80%9d-in-nba-labor-talks/comment-page-1/#comment-55472 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:01:07 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33628#comment-55472 Minimum NBA salary for a first year player: $473,604; for the second year $854,389. Billionaire owners. Why should anyone give a hoot?

]]> By: latrobe21 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/27/after-15-hours-of-meetings-%e2%80%9csome-progress%e2%80%9d-in-nba-labor-talks/comment-page-1/#comment-55470 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:41:59 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33628#comment-55470 @ philip,

Nobody cares about the NBA, anymore. It was great when Magic and Bird went at each other in the 1980s. That’s the last time I watched games with any interest. When they left, the Association was going to die so they propped up Jordan as its savior. Let him “travel”, carry the ball, and gave him all kinds of calls to manufacture a star and create interest. Since the interest was manufactured and centered on one guy, interest was also short-lived. The Association would have been better off manufacturing two stars to go head-to-head to maintain interest. Through Jordan, the NBA transformed from a team game to a me game. Now it’s a league of spoiled, greedy babies.

]]> By: philiplewis1 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/27/after-15-hours-of-meetings-%e2%80%9csome-progress%e2%80%9d-in-nba-labor-talks/comment-page-1/#comment-55460 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:38:33 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=33628#comment-55460 Amazing the lack of interest by fans in all this compared to the NFL negotiations a few months ago. Wonder if the league and the players recognize they’re not as popular as they think. I would love to see a revamped NBA, i.e. no David Stern, a revamped officiating crew, some rule changes to make the game more like the rest of the world, etc. With a little work, it could almost be as good as college basketball and March Madness.

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