Again, if the players can move on BRI, and the owners are willing to move on system issues, this should get done
NBA players think that Stern is bluffing in saying that the offer will only get worse. I think that's a bad bet.
Fisher says there has to be significant change in league's proposal on those issues for a deal to be made.
Prepare for several more "rogue NBA players" to break from the ranks tomorrow. It's going to get really ugly.
Hunter: 5 major issues: repeater tax, escrow, sign and trade restrictions, "cliff" for teams that go into tax, mid-level for tax payers.
Fisher: We've made the compromises on BRI and economics. Now it's on the NBA to make compromises on the system points.
Billy Hunter is not taking David Stern's threat seriously, saying he expects that 50/50 offer will linger
Fisher: we have every demographic/market represented here..the consenus is the same: there isn't one player who wants to take a bad deal.
tribjazz: Fisher: "We proposed a six-year term on the [CBA] with the possibility of even a three- or four-year opt out for both sides."
Fisher on risks of NBA deal getting worse and decertification movement: "We're focused on what we can control."
Hunter says league has 450 players, not everyone is going to agree. But says union is convince "the vast majority" support their position.
That one stood out to me while listening. They want flexibity to move to what ever market they want. And that obviously helps the bigger and warmer markets.
