Yea I think that is a distinct possibility. Too many NBA teams are losing money for this not to happen. Seriously, NBA players are paid too much anyhow. If they are worth a damn, they have a fat ass shoe contract anyhow.
Drop salaries that low, adn then all of a sudden the owners will be making TONS of money. I don't really have sympathy for owners losing money. Don't put out a shitty product, and maybe you'll make money. Every year owners get worried abou tmoney, but then you get a couple to throw out stupid contracts, and it all goes to hell.
Pretty much everybody who signs a contract from that year forward takes a hit. Also, it tends to turn contracts like Lamarcus, if he doesn't start producing, into something similar in situatin to Hot Rod Williams contract. Good player, but not worth the money. It can become an albatross.
On the brightside, it will be nearly impossible for Greg to hurt himself for a whole year, and will have lots of time to work on his post game
Let's see....... On one hand I could watch the greatest athletes in the world play a game and make more money in a year than most make in their lifetime. Or, I could watch athletes that are all still greater than me play a game and make a yearly salary that makes my ticket prices go down by 1/2? Not really a tough call.
assuming he proves he is in playing shape i'm guessing oden/blazers will both want to settle for a mid-range extension this summer, something like 4/25-30 with a team option on the 4th similar to martell's deal but a little more $.
Olympiakos and Panathinaikos will offer somebody a huge contract in the lockout year, and somebody will accept. It'll be interesting. Maybe I'll get some real work done, and remember that this game is pretty stupid, too.
In a perfect world the NBA would have no more guaranteed contracts! Darius wouldn't be getting $9m this season from the Blazers. Players wont coast after they sign a big extension (Bynum, I'm looking at you) Tracy McGrady wouldn't be making nearly $10m more this season than LeBron James. Etc.
That is why they want to go to an NFL style system. You can cut anybody you want, for any reason. You have several protected players which you can name franchise players and make it extremely difficult for them to move teams, because teams will have to give up #1's in return for them. I am all for it.
With the NFL system, though, we could easily have guys holding out for more guaranteed money, not signing after the draft because they want more, holding out of current contracts, etc. I don't see either system as perfect. Hopefully they can work out a blend of the two somehow.
Um no, not really. The NFL has a rookie salary scale just like the NBA currently does. The guys that have held out the last few years, have failed, and I have been puzzled as to why they even tried with a rookie salary scale in place. NBA players can hold out now if they want. They just don't do it very often. Hell Clyde held out for a while one year I remember. Tmac has held out several times in the past.
