The Official S2 NBA Lockout Thread!

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    Pretty sure if David Stern uses the word "concepts" tonight an entire press core will pelt him with recorders.
     
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    Not only hasn't the labor meeting ended, it has entered its fifth hour here in New York.
     
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    Live tweeting tonight from lockout talks in NYC. Sides have been talking for almost 5 hours. New player in the room today: Jim Dolan, Knicks
     
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    NBA has remained determined in talks today to reconfigure a system that allows for players to accept a 50-50 BRI split. league sources say.
     
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    Fuckin hell. I took a nap for two hours expecting to wake up to good news, and they're still at it.
     
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    You know why you pay to play? Because you're not very good. You know why people pay to watch the NBA? Hint: it's because the players are good. You know how much money the owners would make off the teams with no players?

    Why do owners buy NBA teams? Do you honestly think it's to make money? And if they do, do you honestly want them as your owner? Because Donald Sterling worked out long ago that the simplest way to make money with his NBA team was to pay the absolute minimum.

    Owners whining about paying the players a lot of money are like Rolls Royce owners complaining about the mileage.

    (Of course, there's an easy way for the Owners to make money AND the players get paid well over 50%: revenue sharing. Jerry "sleazeball" Buss just got a TV deal worth BILLIONS that he gets even if there are no games. But he only got that because of the NBA. If it was just the Lakers playing rec teams, he wouldn't have got that deal. So fair's fair: fork over some of it to the other teams.)
     
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    Maybe the #occypywallstreet people are moving uptown to #standunited.
     
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    More than five hours now today; 10+ in last 24 hours, 15 in the last week..
     
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    Over first 5 hours, sides have split up to caucus privately two times.
     
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    NBPA source is hopeful that David Stern won't cancel the first two weeks of the season today. They're hoping the deadline gets pushed back.
     
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    Two fire engines stopping in front of lockout hotel as season's first two weeks ready to go up in flames.
     
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    Labor meeting has passed six hours here in New York.
     
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    Person briefed on talks: Main items still in background. Trying to build deal from ground up. "Not close," he said. "But getting closer."
     
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    Mahoney on Courtside at 6:05 and Sheridan @ 6:30
     
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    Interview starting right now.
     
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    Meeting is over.
     
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    Glen Taylor just emerged. Asked him if there was good news. Said, "Probably not."
     
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    Stern: I'm sorry to report ... that the first 2 wks of the season have been canceled.
     
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