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colton said:
I wouldn't really consider that a lot of love. Only two of the five guys listed Kanter in their top five rookies. The one guy who listed Burks doesn't make up for that, in my opinion.
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I said some love, not a lot of love.
 
A group of between 10 and 14 owners, led by Michael Jordan, is promising to oppose any deal that gives players more than 50 percent of revenue.

This group of owners wants the players' share of BRI not to exceed 47 percent and was upset when the NBA proposed a 50-50 split.

A majority of owners are believed to support a 50-50 deal.

“There’s no one who’s interested in going above 50 percent,” said the person who has spoken with the owners.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/05/...-latest-nba-negotiations.html?_r=2&ref=sports
 
Great News!! We can end all this talk about BRI and the poiintless debate over 52, 51, 50. The NBA Lockout is only about R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the players want it.

And I'm sure the way the players act and the things they say & Tweet it will be no time at all before we all respect them again and we can get back to playing basketball.

This is quite possibly the worst Lock-out article yet.

https://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/nba-owners-count-on-players-to-cave-like-lebron-james-110411
 
GlassEater said:
Let's hope the decertification process goes through. Then the guys like DumbWade, LeClueless and Crybaby can try to form their own league and take the power agents with them. The rest can come to their senses, start a new union and the NBA can get back to business.
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You should probably read Larry Coon's article to better understand the particulars of a decertification.
 
This is like hunkering down for a major storm. At first you hope the storm doesn't come, but once it does you kind of want to see a good show. Let them decertify. That'll keep them off the court for a good long time, could possibly destroy the league. Then the players will be in control. Granted, there will be nothing left to be in control of, but we sure won't have the players to kick around anymore.
 
mellow said:
Great News!! We can end all this talk about BRI and the poiintless debate over 52, 51, 50. The NBA Lockout is only about R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the players want it.

And I'm sure the way the players act and the things they say & Tweet it will be no time at all before we all respect them again and we can get back to playing basketball.

This is quite possibly the worst Lock-out article yet.

https://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/nba-owners-count-on-players-to-cave-like-lebron-james-110411
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...it's about respect, alright!....and the owners are going to FORCE these pathetic looking thugs to respect there elders! NBA players, for the most part, are the low sink of debauchery by the way they look, act and play basketball. They are the dregs of professional athletes! And they've been getting away with it and been paid handsomely for it for years! The party's over pal!
 
mellow said:
This is quite possibly the worst Lock-out article yet.

https://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/nba-owners-count-on-players-to-cave-like-lebron-james-110411
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.....it did seem somewhat contradictory....but I loved this assessment: "Look, I’m like most everyone else, I struggle respecting 50 to 60 percent of NBA players. Too many of them carry themselves like rappers. The players don’t understand that the business model for sports is completely different from the business model for music/rap. Foolish, counterculture rebelliousness works in the music industry. It doesn’t fly in the “patriotic” sports world. One reason the NFL trounces the NBA economically ($9 billion to $4 billion) is because NFL marketing wraps itself in patriotism. The NFL has sold the myth that watching football is akin to joining the Marines. You can’t sell that myth when the Denver Nuggets take the court night after night tatted up like the Alcatraz intramural team.

...so, jailhouse tats DO enter into the equation!!!
 
....howz about this one!!!

"The NBA ownership group's labor committee will reopen talks with the players' side Saturday afternoon, sources told ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard, a meeting one general manager, who has spoken with a few owners, described as "headed straight for disaster."

EXCELLENT! And then we have THIS from Michael Jordan himself!

"Sources told ESPN.com's Henry Abbott that in a Thursday evening conference call among owners, Michael Jordan of the Charlotte Bobcats was among a vocal group of owners upset at NBA commissioner David Stern for not driving a harder bargain to this point.

The New York Times reported that Jordan's group wants the players' share to be no higher than 47 percent."

....I guess Jordan has less hopper blood in him than I originally thought! Jordan did have some tats though, didn't he??
 
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