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Would you accept the NBA offer?

Do you accept the offer?

  • Yes

    Votes: 46 93.9%

  • No

    Votes: 3 6.1%
  • Total voters
    49
  • Poll closed .
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royzzz

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If you're an NBA player, would you accept the NBA's offer?
Of course, there are other factors here like if you think you're superstar, all-star material, middle-group player, ageing veteran, wide-eyed sophomore, up and coming young player, fringe player, etc.

I'll start.
Me thinks I am one of those middle of the pack player to an ageing vet (now this reveals my age) - think Earl Watson, Ronnie Price or Andre Miller - chances are teams will look me up only after the big names are not available. And I still want to win a championship or at least a conference championship.

So I will say yes and agree to the offer.


I'm not sure if this should go to General Discussion or here .. so kindly mods kindly transfer if necessary. Thanks.
 
The promise of a 72 game season will hopefully prove to be enticing to the players. And the way I would look at it, I'll lose more money if an entire season is lost than if I just agree to a "bad" deal.
 
This will be fascinating. They know the owners are on record saying this is the best offer they will get so it is all down hill from here. In reality, they are either calling the owners bluff and hoping for a better offer or admitting they need to decertify. I don't think the offer gets any better.
 
It's easy for us to say say when comparing our current salaries to the NBA-level salaries. Maybe a better questions is how many of us would accept a 10% pay cut from our current employer?

I have no idea how I would vote as a player.
 
would the owners blink / give a better offer after a year? after 2 years? highly unlikely, it's downhill from here for the players.
 
I cancelled my medical insurance (because it sucked) and recently they made it even worse.

After being scheduled for overtime for a year I was targeted by management for being an inefficient worker. That did wonders for my motivation, let me tell you. I'm making less money and have no insurance vs. a year ago.

So, yea times are tough. I'd still rather work the job I have than a lot of the alternatives. It makes me sick to keep being told to suck it up and tough things out while people admire these millionaires for their "stand".
 
One Brow said:
It's easy for us to say say when comparing our current salaries to the NBA-level salaries. Maybe a better questions is how many of us would accept a 10% pay cut from our current employer?

I have no idea how I would vote as a player.
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You're right, One Brow. It's really not clear how to vote when (1) an improvement (if any) in the owners' offer would be minor, especially after one final round of stonewalling by the players; and (2) refusal of this offer could result in an even more substantial pay cut--as in a further 3% BRI drop (or 1% or 2% if the owners concede a little on their threat) at best and possibly a total 20% cut or more if the players decertify and the NBA owners start from scratch, doing it the owners' way, over the next few years, making the players pay for the short-term losses in rebuilding at a vastly lower maximum and average salary.

Maybe, just maybe, a big problem with the players is that they haven't stopped to compare their current salaries with Joe Fan's salaries--and that they haven't realized that the best way to stop cost-cutting momentum is to freeze it in a ten-year contract. If they don't know that they have been overpaid both on relative terms (vs. other major team sports) and on absolute terms (vs. the other 99.9% or so of humanity), then they deserve any irrationality that they employ.
 
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just because said:
In today's economy, I would say 90% of us would take a 10% paycut in order to keep our jobs.
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This. You might not like it but you would accept it if the alternative was an even bigger paycut or no job at all. Of course, you could always go elsewhere and hope you're able to find a job that pays as much or more. Maybe in Europe...
 
I think everyone is in agreement that this is the best offer they are going to get. By turning it down they are ultimately going to lose out on the money that could have been made and ultimately sign an even worse deal when the owners bend them to their will.
 
NBA players aren't even as talented as they think they are.
If the refs called the game differently, you could get a more interesting league with players whose biggest strength is their talent and quickness, rather than their huge muscles.
 
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