Hence my comparison. Working in Europe is the NBA player's equivalent of burger-flipping (China is migrant farm work).
Lockout!!!
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Hence my comparison. Working in Europe is the NBA player's equivalent of burger-flipping (China is migrant farm work).
NotDeadYet
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Very interesting angle!
billyshelby
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Good god I just read through all the legal crap. Fight over the venue (wasted time); Summary judgment (wasted time); an injunction decision (more wasted time.) Even a 4 year old knows the surest way to get nothing done is to hire a lawyer. Just the thought of reading about lawyers lawyering and law talking themselves in circles over the next couple of months makes me want to put a bullet in my head (but only after I kill all the lawyers.)
So who's going to Moses up in this situation and part the sea? Negotiation is still possible even it means the players actually understanding the lawyers filing lawsuits on their behalf actually work for them to serve their interest. They have the power, not the lawyers. A leader from their ranks of the rank and file needs to emerge just like an owner -- I pick Cuban -- needs to work behind the scenes to hammer out a revenue share so they can give the players a few shiny objects and end this.
So who's going to Moses up in this situation and part the sea? Negotiation is still possible even it means the players actually understanding the lawyers filing lawsuits on their behalf actually work for them to serve their interest. They have the power, not the lawyers. A leader from their ranks of the rank and file needs to emerge just like an owner -- I pick Cuban -- needs to work behind the scenes to hammer out a revenue share so they can give the players a few shiny objects and end this.
carolinajazz
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....the whole NBA would have been better off and prospered more....if the refs would have enforced palming and traveling....rather than turn the blasted thing into the AND1 "hopper" league!
TheItinerantSon
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carolinajazz - you are the darkness in men. you are the thing that lurks, always, in the shadows threatening to overrun the walls of civilization and bring again the dark ages.
your heart hungers for an age of wars fueled by race and creed.
Please DIE.
quickly.
your heart hungers for an age of wars fueled by race and creed.
Please DIE.
quickly.
I live on the other side of the world and I'm a little out of the loop. By the time I wake up, there's an entire day's worth of articles, tweets and posts to sift through, and of course I can't catch verbal comments on the radio or TV. So can someone else help me out with this?
I read that Raja Bell was NOT present at the discussion/vote Tuesday (perhaps Portland and Sacramento's reps as well). Has there been any radio chatter or articles/tweets that explained WHY? I'm not hating on Bell (although it seems like he had 5 days to arrange to be there or send an alternate), just curious. Was he in NY and became sick? Did he book the red-eye and it was cancelled? Were the attorneys scared he'd vote for the deal so they sent goons to lock him in his hotel room? Just curious if this has been discussed.
On a similar note, has anyone talked about the Chris Duhon story? He tweeted before the meeting that he (on behalf of the Magic) was going to vote FOR the proposal, then we hear that the voting was unanimous AGAINST the proposal. Did Duhon change his mind, or did the former union cover up his dissenting vote?
I read that Raja Bell was NOT present at the discussion/vote Tuesday (perhaps Portland and Sacramento's reps as well). Has there been any radio chatter or articles/tweets that explained WHY? I'm not hating on Bell (although it seems like he had 5 days to arrange to be there or send an alternate), just curious. Was he in NY and became sick? Did he book the red-eye and it was cancelled? Were the attorneys scared he'd vote for the deal so they sent goons to lock him in his hotel room? Just curious if this has been discussed.
On a similar note, has anyone talked about the Chris Duhon story? He tweeted before the meeting that he (on behalf of the Magic) was going to vote FOR the proposal, then we hear that the voting was unanimous AGAINST the proposal. Did Duhon change his mind, or did the former union cover up his dissenting vote?
freakazoid
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Trust me, you're better off. I've wasted countless hours, just to come to the conclusion that it's all just one big cluster ****. It seems to me that about half of the information out there is bull ****, and the other half is suspect at best. I know that's of absolutely no help at all, but it's the best I can do.
carolinajazz
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....how does enforcing palming and traveling have anything to do with race and the walls of civilization???
Check out yahoo's NBA page.
"Gone to the dogs
Jazz rookie Jimmer Fredette had an unusual costume for Halloween. '101 Dalmations'"
wonder when they will fix this?
"Gone to the dogs
Jazz rookie Jimmer Fredette had an unusual costume for Halloween. '101 Dalmations'"
wonder when they will fix this?
InGameStrategy
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Writer's credibility further questioned due to the spelling of "dalmatians"
This is the only info I've seen/heard about that:
https://www.deseretnews.com/article...gency-leaves-Jazz-without-representation.html
Apparently there was a complication with his wife's pregnancy. But it seems lame that he couldn't have sent another Jazz player in his stead.
Good point. I haven't heard anything about that at all, since the original word that the Magic were going to vote in favor.