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Hope this proves true!!

Basketball_Romantic23 said:
Derek Harper, who toiled memorably for the Knicks and Mavericks (among others) during his playing career, told Dwain Price of the Star-Telegram that he believes a deal is imminent:


”I think tomorrow we’re going to have a deal. I think guys want to play.”

“You talk about guys missing $300,000-$400,000 checks. That’s a lot of money to miss.”
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"Let them go play in Utah. I don't want to, even for a $300,000-$400,000 check."
 
NUMBERICA said:
This is and always was a play for more money, not for a better product.
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Conventional wisdom is that last year's NBA season was one of the best in recent memory. I suspect that's part of the reason you don't hear much about product improvement being a primary issue among owners.
 
...I hope THIS proves to be true! Stern cuts the deal with the players....takes it back to the owners....and the owners say NO WAY! We want 53/47 now! End of story, end of season!!!
 
Are you guys forgetting Derek Fisher is leading the players. There will be no deal, unless he first tells the media that there will not be a deal.
 
I hate to say this but we all know there isn't going to be a season. The media/journalists/reporters are just trying to provide hope for the hopeful that something is done.
 
NUMBERICA said:
From what I have found, not really. There is hardly any change to the system that focuses on parity*. This is and always was a play for more money, not for a better product. *the biggest change is the BRI, it sounds like the LT damages financially will be the same but that LT teams are more restricted on what their options are (which could make the financial disparity even worse actually). No revenue sharing that I've heard of, no franchise tag, guaranteed contracts will still saddle small-market teams disproportionately. This amnesty thing also favors deeper pockets disproportionately.
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Once again, this is not the case. The players have continually moved off of their BRI position, but will not (or so they currently say) move off of their "system issues". Players still want the ability to play where they want to play and not be dictated around by the owners. The owners on the other hand still have the bad taste in their mouths from the Lebrons, Boshes, Melos and DWills. They don't want to be dictated around any more than the players. Everyone has been talking BRI this whole time, and while that is a big issue, I really think the biggest is how much control players will get over player movement.
 
BENTLEY said:
I hope the players decertify. I"m a fan - I don't care about BRI.
What I want is a hard cap and to do away with guaranteed contracts = Parity.

Until I get those I'll be happy watching NCAA ball this season.
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Agree on wanting a hard cap and no guaranteed contracts. De-certification means that won't happen.
 
Does anyone know what the outcome will be if they decertify? I thought the whole point of decertifying was to cause chaos and take away leverage from the owners? I don't think anyone knows what the exact outcome of it will actually be though.
 
If they decertify I guess technically it would make it an open market, and any player could sign anywhere for anything the team was willing to pay out, with no agreement binding players or owners. That could make things interesting.
 
LogGrad98 said:
If they decertify I guess technically it would make it an open market, and any player could sign anywhere for anything the team was willing to pay out, with no agreement binding players or owners. That could make things interesting.
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So big market teams could do whatever they want to get the best players?
 
Theoretically. When a "normal" union decertifies it opens up the field to the company simply hiring whoever they want, including ex-union employees. Here is a page about it:

If the petitioning employees win that election, then the company becomes nonunion and all employees are free to bargain on their own, and negotiate their own terms and conditions of employment. Moreover, if 50% or more of the employees in a bargaining unit sign a petition that they no longer want to be represented by the union, the employer can withdraw recognition without an election if it wishes to do so.
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https://www.nrtw.org/decertification-election
 
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