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Positive tweets on the lockout Oct 27th

I get to up my viewing quotient this year (slightly) by having NBA TV as well as the usual national channels. I'm very excited.
 
Is it just me, or does anyone else think all this optimism could be the owners way of setting up the players to give in? With optimism comes expectations that a deal could (and should) get done soon, which could ultimately just be the owners way of putting more pressure on the players to give in to their demands. I'm definitely more optimistic today than I was a week ago, but if the owners are as crude as some of them are made out to be, it wouldn't surprise me if they now went for the jugular and if a deal doesn't get done just throw all the blame on the players.

I would hope and pray that reason would dictate today's negotiations, and not emotion/greed/ego.
 
Basketball_Romantic23 said:
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One hint that NBA is planning for 82-game season: League is asking arenas to hold open dates in late April, acc to arena officials.
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I hadn't heard that there was still hope for an 82 game season and I'm not sure that I like that idea. Do we really want to see a bunch of extra games played in April/May and then watch a bunch of tired/sloppy playoff basketball?

Although, the flip side to that is it might help the Jazz make a run at the playoffs as a 7 or 8 seed. Considering how young this team is going to be, if they stay healthy (huge knock on wood) I would have to guess they're going to look much better in April than they will in November. Perhaps more games in the spring would be a good thing for them.

However, if you're an older team like the Spurs, it's probably a horrible idea.
 
margodydek said:
Is it just me, or does anyone else think all this optimism could be the owners way of setting up the players to give in? With optimism comes expectations that a deal could (and should) get done soon, which could ultimately just be the owners way of putting more pressure on the players to give in to their demands. I'm definitely more optimistic today than I was a week ago, but if the owners are as crude as some of them are made out to be, it wouldn't surprise me if they now went for the jugular and if a deal doesn't get done just throw all the blame on the players.

I would hope and pray that reason would dictate today's negotiations, and not emotion/greed/ego.
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Maybe, but then why was Billy Hunter equally optimistic?
 
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