Lockout!!!

[shadler]

Bill Guerin to NBA players: It's not worth it



https://www.star-telegram.com/2011/10/19/3457577/bill-guerin-to-nba-players-its.html#ixzz1bT4E5G8S

Pretty good article on that pretty much sums it up. Nba is owned by the owners.

 

[Sneakers]

I for one say let all these ego heads go make their own league. At least back in the day the huge egos of the league had some respect and understanding of the game - Jordan - unlike these clueless narcissist types - D Wade - we have today. Would bring some "classicness" and "essentialness" back to the game.

 

[InGameStrategy]

I think that Utah proved to nba that all players are expandable.

And if Jefferson has really been working out, he's proving that players are contractable #badumching . . .

But at the same time, i would overpay to Deron and Paul because they are the best two point guards in the league, while Nash is old, Rondo isnt still on their level, and im pretty sure Rose will be overpaid soon too.

I agree that it would've been tough to negotiate with DW, especially given that CP3 signed first. If Utah had started trying to nickel-and-dime Deron for a a few million, Deron especially would've gotten into a prima-donna hissy fit about the team not respecting him and probably would've hinted much earlier that he was angling to go to a bigger market.

The bigger problem is that NOH set the price far too high for a top point guard anyway (after more sane owners--even Mark Cuban--weren't willing to bid up the cost of PG, instead preferring to shower their salary cap on big men and shooters), and the max contract let them do so. (Then again, Dallas ended up trading for an overpriced PG before their title.)

The right solution is to have a deal in which the max contracts protect the owners from themselves, because in any industry, some companies are bound to push the limit just to stay competitive. The NBA is no different. New Orleans had to start blowing up their team financially after Chrissy hogged the payroll. Kudos to Utah (and KOC especially) for dealing with an overpaid point guard (and an overpaid 5x5 simultaneously) in much more well-managed fashion.

 

[carolinajazz]

...looks like Paul Allen came to the rescue of the owners and put the kabash on any deal that may have been in the works last week! Here's the report and the latest on the lockout! Allen sure looks like the nerdy type...the quasi-essential anti-hopper voice of reason!

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_...narowski_nba_owners_paul_allen_lockout_102111

 

[carolinajazz]

...another interesting take on the lockout......this guy says the issues are "deeper" and it has become "personal!" I've maintained all along that the lockout goes deeper than just money or even control! These owners are simply fed up with supporting the lifestyle of the hip-hop culture and it's pathetic fruitage....with exorbenate amounts of money beyond the ridiculous!

https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/brandt-111021/failure-communicate

 

[billyshelby]

...another interesting take on the lockout......this guy says the issues are "deeper" and it has become "personal!" I've maintained all along that the lockout goes deeper than just money or even control! These owners are simply fed up with supporting the lifestyle of the hip-hop culture and it's pathetic fruitage....with exorbenate amounts of money beyond the ridiculous!

https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/brandt-111021/failure-communicate

That's Paul Allen's yacht. It's the fifth largest yacht not owned by a head of state. It sports 2 helicopters and 2 submarines for the times in life you need 2 helicopters and 2 submarines. (thanks wikipedia.)

Billionaires chuckle at the extravagances of NBA players. For that matter, they've been making people rich their whole lives. They could care less how the people they make rich spend their money...so long as those people keep making them richer.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

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That's Paul Allen's yacht. It's the fifth largest yacht not owned by a head of state. It sports 2 helicopters and 2 submarines for the times in life you need 2 helicopters and 2 submarines. (thanks wikipedia.)

Billionaires chuckle at the extravagances of NBA players. For that matter, they've been making people rich their whole lives. They could care less how the people they make rich spend their money...so long as those people keep making them richer.

But he is white and has no tattoos.

 

[billyshelby]

But he is white and has no tattoos.

Have you seen him naked?

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

But he is white and has no tattoos.

But he does have a "Tatoosh":

Tatoosh is a 303-foot (92 m) private yacht owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who also owns the 416-foot (127 m) Octopus. She is now the world's 33rd largest superyacht.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatoosh_(yacht)

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

That's Paul Allen's yacht.

I like this pic (the other boats there give a "little" perspective):

 

[carolinajazz]

Paul Allen would die a thousand deaths.....before he would get a tattoo!

 

[sirkickyass]

Jason Whitlock! I like this guy! Great sports writer! Here's some of his take on the NBA lockout! Good stuff!

"Gumbel is pandering to a choir that loves hearing that black people are always the victim of racism, a power imbalance and America’s refusal to recognize Jay-Z’s birthday as a national holiday."

"It’s easiest to see the break from traditional sports values in the NBA. The embrace of rebellious, hip-hop music culture, which is in direct opposition to the patriotism associated with sports, and the devastation of college basketball because of early entrants into the NBA put pro basketball players at odds with their fan base.

American sports fans love basketball. It is our most beautiful and graceful game. They don’t like or respect the participants. The fans don’t believe the players share their values. Fans care about the teams. The players don’t."

Oh, by the way....Whitlock is black.

https://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/selfish-players-are-wrecking-NBA-with-shortsighted-moves-022411

Of course you took parts of two different articles and linked to an article that's 8 months old.

Whitlock's conclusion on his most recent column was this: "This column sounds harsh, like I’m anti-union and anti-players. I’m not. I’m on their side in this labor dispute. Someone needs to tell them the rules of the jungle they inhabit.

Stern is a boardroom lion. He’s the king of the jungle. The only way to get his respect or slay him is with another lion. As I said last week, that’s Billy Hunter, the executive director of the players union."

Funny how you do things like this so consistently.