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Lockout!!!

I am to the point that I just don't care about the money split. If they don't start playing games soon I might just become a college basketball fanatic permanently.
 
NUMBERICA said:
The NBPA is a ****ing **** show. What in "god"'s name is a union even for if the players can't even put a vote to an offer?
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I agree. This was absolutely an offer that the players needed to review and vote on. They seem to be more invested in appeasing the elite players than the other 400 mid-level and minimum salary guys. I think this probably would have been passed if there had been a vote. It's too bad. Guys like Ronnie Price probably won't see an NBA floor again. Guys like Kobe and Garnett are throwing away the twilight of their primes. Tim Duncan's knees won't last. Al Jefferson will put on weight. Steve Nash is DONE! All because All-Stars want to play exactly where they want to play, and want multiple teams having bidding wars on their services.
 
mellow said:
Players tweets post decertification threats:

Austin Daye: ppl do ur research understand both sides then express ur opinion!! Are jobs are only as secure as are youth remember that!


JaVale McGee: Groupies know we don't have a job ... Now we can't use "I play in the nBA" as a pick up line


DeMar DeRozan: It's crazy how ppl say we're greedy. Y'all have no idea or understand its not us that's the problem


Brandon Rush: Why didn't I play baseball.
Greg Monroe: Dammit!!!
Marshon Brooks: Sad sad day
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I love Demar Derozan's quote. Yea, damn you all Demar would barely be able to feed his family with the new CBA. :)
 
AlaskanAssassin said:
I agree. This was absolutely an offer that the players needed to review and vote on. They seem to be more invested in appeasing the elite players than the other 400 mid-level and minimum salary guys. I think this probably would have been passed if there had been a vote. It's too bad. Guys like Ronnie Price probably won't see an NBA floor again. Guys like Kobe and Garnett are throwing away the twilight of their primes. Tim Duncan's knees won't last. Al Jefferson will put on weight. Steve Nash is DONE! All because All-Stars want to play exactly where they want to play, and want multiple teams having bidding wars on their services.
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Ronnie shouldn't have seen the floor last season. :)
 
"I don't want to make any assumptions," union VP Keyon Dooling said. "I believe we'll continue to try to get a deal done or let this process play out. I don't know what to expect from this process."
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You don't know what to expect from this process??? Well, I guess that makes sense, cause if you DID know what this process would lead to, you wouldn't be doing it.

Do any of these players have any idea what they're doing? It's like a bunch of toddlers were just introduced to Ayn Rand...
 
margodydek said:
Your posts are so idiotic. There are hundreds of other professions that require individuals to move or to live in cities that they don't necessarily want to live in. Why should the NBA be any different? And here's the real kicker, just like in other professions, if a player doesn't like his "current working conditions" he can quit and either go work for somebody else (see Williams, Deron) or look for a new profession (see - in a few months - plenty of current NBA players).
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Didn't you hear. Delonte West already found another job!

https://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/31400945
 
All of this was inevitable. These guys are total imbeciles. And they're being led by a moron (Hunter) and a preening dickhead (Fisher).
 
gregbroncs said:
D-League players, College free agents, anybody who wants to try out and play. I don't care. I am done with these players. I hope their contracts are voided and they all can go play in timbuktu for all I care.
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I don't know how this works, maybe I'm wrong, but isn't the D-league part of the NBA which is in lockout. Which means no basketball regardless.
 
ianfaith said:
All of this was inevitable. These guys are total imbeciles. And they're being led by a moron (Hunter) and a preening dickhead (Fisher).
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As Jazz Fans, we all know too well that Derek Fisher feels he should be able to play where he wants, and when he wants. Too bad he's pushing this agenda onto the rest of the players union.
 
billyshelby said:
The question I have is can the rank and file players still force this to a vote? Why should they have to abide by the union's decision not to let them vote? Somebody has to start a movement on this.
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Officially, the union said it is no longer interested in representing the players. No doubt the players can choose to find another union, if they so desire.
 
margodydek said:
Your posts are so idiotic. There are hundreds of other professions that require individuals to move or to live in cities that they don't necessarily want to live in. Why should the NBA be any different?
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Limited talent pool. If your skills are in demand enough, you get a much greater abilitiy to decide where you want to live.
 
I thought the last deal was fair enough for the players. Now everyone loses: the owners, the players, the fans. The only positive is Lebron James is that much less likely to ever win anything.
 
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