If most of the NBA owners are losing money, it's in their best interest to cancel games until a more advantageous (to them) deal takes place, correct? No players are currently being paid, right? I wasn't sure.
The owners gave in to things I was hoping they would give in to. Even the 50/50 number is what some media members thought it would end up as. The players got a lot. No hard cap plus guaranteed contracts. This should have worked. I guess they can come back with an extra 1 % to make the players look like winners. Right now the owners are looking better. Players need to be carefull. Stern played it pretty well.
Nothing was "played well," the owners were never negotiating in good faith, the players unrealistically think they can keep things the way they were and the season could very easily end up lost. This is nothing but a lose-lose-lose (fans, owners, players) because I believe the league's popularity is going to be damaged enough by this stupid charade that the sacred BRI they keep arguing over is probably going to shrink by 25 to 50% when they finally do get back to playing games. Screw all of these inflexible, fuckwits.
according to berger thet were very close money wise, if turue can't believe they can't get er done http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/32511287
In every article, the writer should define the new BRI vs. the old one. He should say that today's offer of X% in the old BRI is equivalent to Y% in the new BRI. It's just like translating between 2 languages. For every possible concession, the writer should tell the cost or benefit to each side in hard dollars instead of words. The articles suck because the writers are nincompoops.
I am just talking about today. And I think they gained some momentum in the public opinion battle. Which in the long run is good for motivating the players to make a deal. It goes without saying that they have all had their heads up their asses the rest of the summer.
AK signs 3 year deal with CSKA Moscow. http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7...rmerly-utah-jazz-signs-cska-moscow-euroleague
Amareisreal....... Met with the NBA owners today, made no progress. We as players are a lot smarter then they think. We are prepared to boycott.
ChrisMannixSI............ Talked to several union sources, who confirm most of @KBergCBS report. Sources livid that Stern would put that informal offer out like that.
Sources say that it was an owner who said that it could be as long as a month before the two sides meet again.
Mannix........ On union side, sources say, lawyer Jeff Kessler, Fisher, Garnett and Kobe heard Stern/Silver pitch.
Mannix...... One NBA starter not at meeting told SI that Stern, agents won't break the union. "95 percent of guys will follow union no matter what."
WojYahooNBA.......... Why's Stern waiting 'til Monday to cancel regular season games? He's pushing union to meet in next few days to hammer out deal, source says.
WojYahooNBA........... Front office and assistant coaches desperate for deal too: Many have pay slashed 50 percent-plus - some even 75 percent -- during lockout.
New BRI vs old BRI, it isn't going to matter a lot to fans and the public perception. 50/50 while giving up a hard cap and the other items they did looks good to the fans. This makes the players look even more greedy than they already do.
They got close, I think we could get a deal done in next several "daze", owners did some givin and pressure is on players IMO. Kobe and Garnett apparently being so adamant is IMO dumb and I think the average players may not think the same as they do. Would be really stupid to get that close and lose perhaps at least a few months of the season.
