The Official S2 NBA Lockout Thread!

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  1. THE HCP

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    Silver and Holt still here, talking about how the NHL is a model for them.
     
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    ^I don't know anything about how the NHL does stuff. Is this good or bad?
     
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    Is that Etan Thomas behind Hunter?

    WTF is he doing there? I thought he didn't even have a team.
     
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    Players news conference is about to start.
     
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    Fisher joined by Hunter and committee members Chris Paul, Etan Thomas, Mo Evans, Roger Mason and James Jones.
     
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    tribjazz: NBPA's Derek Fisher: "You guys were lied to earlier. It's that simple."
     
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    Fisher: "I want to make it clear that you guys were lied to earlier. Plain and simple."
     
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    AHHHHH SHIT! It's ON!
     
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    Fisher: "You guys were lied to earlier. it's that simple. we spent the last few days making our best effort to try to find resolution here."
     
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    Fisher: "They're interested in telling you one-sided stories that are not true."
     
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    Fisher: "We have to continue to stay focused on the facts and the realities."
     
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    NBPA's Fisher: "We in no way implied that we're not here to continue negotiate. ... We did not precondition."
     
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    NBPA's Fisher said union did not break off talks just because NBA was sticking to 50-50 BRI split.
     
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    Fisher: "Obviously, they have no intention of moving from 50 (on the BRI)."
     
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    Fisher insists that the players did not walk out on talks today.
     
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    HCP, check out the video. It's much better than following just a select few tweets.

    BTW, Fisher said it was the players that brought up the 50-53 "band" in revenue.
     
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    Hey owners: you know why there's "parity" in other sports? BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT SPORTS! A superstar in Baseball or Football is one guy in many. A superstar in the NBA is one among 5.

    You want parity? Have the playoffs be one-and-done. Scrap the playoff model and just have a fucking massive NCAA type tournament. Oh, you don't want that? Because profits would go down? I guess it wasn't about parity after all, was it?
     
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    Fisher called NBA claims they are not willing to make a deal "upsetting and frustrating."
     
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    KBergCBS: The gloves are off. Now Hunter speaking.
     

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