The Official S2 NBA Lockout Thread!

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  1. THE HCP

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    League hasn't rejected Cohen's involvement, but hasn't said yes as of yet, Hunter said. Only agreed to meet.
     
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    Hunter says talk of 50/50 split is misleading bc owners are deducting $600 million in expenses off top
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    The longer this drags on the worse the offers are going be from the side of the owners and the more desperate the players will get.

    The players are about to get the financial equivalent of an atomic wedgie.
     
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    billions of dollars? :lol:
     
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    As many as 50 NBA players were part of conference call with anti-trust attorney Thursday discussing union decertification, sources tell Y!
     
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    Calls included several All-Stars. One source on calls told Y!: "We're beyond frustrated with concessions that have already been made."
     
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    #NBA has pending case requesting all existing contracts are voided if #TheNBPA decertifies.
     
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    monkey wrench, meet plans.

    #shamelesspostpadding
     
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    I have been hoping this happens, and will laugh my ass off if it does.
     
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    Is there anyone who thinks they would actually get the votes for decertification. I dont think they come close
     
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    TMac/Melo/Deron/LeBron etc. could talk down on the small/mid markets but these markets have these spoiled brats by the balls right now.
     
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    Somebody needs to get the players on some sort of unified message, because they are coming across as the villains at this point, and they are hurting their own cause. I've never seen anything like it in a labor dispute. The actions of MacGrady and others is the best evidence that the players have had their way for too long.

    I'd also love to see the current contracts invalidated if the union decertifies, as MM posted earlier.
     
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    Damn! Everybody would become unrestricted free agents?
     
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    If that becomes the case, then I would end my interest in the NBA, because it would create super teams even worse then it is now.
     
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    Agreed. I would most likely never go to a game again. There are too many other things to enjoy in life to spend time and money and passion rooting for a team that has zero chance of ever being competitive.
     
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    I don't understand why that would be the case. If the players decertify, the union ends. But the league still exists. The owners can make up the rules. The players may be all free agents but if they want to play in the NBA and the owners agreed to have a 50 million hard cap, I am not sure there would be any super teams. All the big contracts would be gone and they would be starting over.

    I am guessing here. I have no idea how it would work. But it sounds like to me that the stars could get screwed.
     
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    Bec ause that would be illegal. Price fixing. If there is not a union, then the teams can not have caps, it's a free market.


    However, I think this is just the players trying to drive a wedge between the small market teams and big market teams and get the owners to move on the BRI. Just posturing
     
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    As many as 50 NBA players were part of conference call with anti-trust attorney Thursday discussing union decertification, sources tell Y!
     
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