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PKM said:
I'm a novice at all this, but isn't parity very difficult to accomplish because of endorsement deals being based on market size .. not to mention where players want to live?
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Yep. I don't think most of us really expect things to be level across the board. I'd just be happy with an honest effort to at least close the gap a little.

Right now, I'm extremely concerned with the possibilty of the losing the entire season. Making up some ground in competetive balance could end up a wash, or worse, if it screws us out of a good pick in the next draft.
 
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freakazoid said:
Nobody knows for sure, but it's a possibilty. It's pretty much a given that they wouldn't just keep the same draft order as last year.
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They should average each team's record from last season with a projected record for the 2012 season. I don't see how anyone would get screwed if they did that...but I can think of a few teams that would get screwed if the NBA just did what the NHL did.

On a side note, if we DO get totally screwed by the lockout and method used to determine draft order, then I say we trade Jefferson and Harris and just do everything we can to have the worst record in the league for a shot at Shabazz Muhammad in the 2013 draft :P
 
**** it. Season over. It really sucks, but it's time to let the players suffer a little bit for this.
In the end they won't get a better deal than what is on the table now. Their image will suffer, and the NBA is going to take a giant
hit for awhile.

When is spring training?
 
Sources close to the talks revealed later Sunday that the union is actually holding out hope that the league will call to re-open negotiations before Wednesday, with an eye toward tweaking some of the system issues to lead to a more palatable deal that the NBPA would be comfortable with putting to a vote. The union's belief, sources say, is that a few changes -- none of them monumental -- could produce a deal now that the gap on the revenue was closed further in Saturday's negotiations.
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https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/...ng-player-representatives-tuesday-sources-say
 
Revolution 9 said:
**** it. Season over. It really sucks, but it's time to let the players suffer a little bit for this.
In the end they won't get a better deal than what is on the table now. Their image will suffer, and the NBA is going to take a giant
hit for awhile.

When is spring training?
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5 months or so. Until then, it is time to watch a lot more college basketball. I agree, looks like there is little chance of a deal happening.
 
trigg3r said:
5 months or so. Until then, it is time to watch a lot more college basketball. I agree, looks like there is little chance of a deal happening.
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Agreed, I'm on to college basketball. I just got an American group of channels added to my german cable. ESPN was one, so that should mean
lots of college BB. Hurts to lose the NBA, but I'm done this year.

It's like hanging around waiting for a girl who is no good for you. She looks great, but she doesn't really love you. It's time to ignore her for a while, and make her jealous.
 
trigg3r said:
Does anyone think the owners are calling? To me, this offer was of the take it or leave it variety. The owners are ready and willing to lose a season and in the process get an even better deal.
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Well, if the players theoretically agreed to the owners current proposal before the deadline they gave them, then the owners pulled that deal back when the players agreed to it. Wouldn't that be considered negotiating in bad faith, or something along those lines? Wouldn't that help the players if it when down the legal procedure road?
 
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