The Official S2 NBA Lockout Thread!

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by THE HCP, Apr 4, 2011.

  1. Pinwheel1

    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    This part is true. The owners saying they gave in on the hard cap but want the teams to pay $4-1 on anything over, is a "HARD CAP". Because it won't happen. Which is fine, but lets call it what it is.
     
  2. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    They are calling it what it is. It's not a hard cap. The owners also suggested a sliding tax scale, which to me makes the most sense
     
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    OK then they should not say they "gave in" on that issue, because a $40 million dollar penalty on adding a 10 million dollar contract over the salary cap is not reallly giving in on the isse. It is just rewording it.
     
  4. Rastapopoulos

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    Malcolm Gladwell:

     
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  5. Mediocre Man

    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Teams are welcome to spend what they want. That doesn;t sound like a hard cap to me
     
  6. huevonkiller

    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    Eh pretty stupid to attack Hong Kong and Singapore, he loses credibility there. It is foolish to criticize foreign investment.

    Also China has some nice income distribution if you're ever interested.
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    Stevey is Canadian, he doesn't get our current fiscal crisis.

    But yeah I am confused as to why the Players think they deserve 53% of BRI. The only people that are underpaid in the NBA are Superstars, everyone else is greedy.
     
  8. Rastapopoulos

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    Huh?

    Do you have a point?
     
  9. Rastapopoulos

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    Nobody "deserves" it. Least of all the owners.
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    Wow buddy read your own article. If you don't know what Singapore has gone through you're clueless.

    Bitching about income distribution is stupid, sorry.
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    Care to answer the question?
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    The players are fucked.

    About time too.
     
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    Gladwell gives this quote from Cleveland Owner Dan Gilbert, pre-lockout:

    Remember, Gilbert is one of the hardest of the hardliners. Maybe because he doesn't really care much for Basketball.
     
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    If you mean Gladwell's, I have. It's you that doesn't have a point, not him.

    Ah, THAT'S your point. I guess we have to differ on that one.
     
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    You didn't ask one. You asserted that you didn't understand why the players thought they deserved it. I can see why you wouldn't understand that, given your following comments.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    What makes you say that?
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    I said your guy has no credibility and he is a socialist bitch, to put it in layman's terms. You apparently don't understand what foreign investment means.

    "Eh pretty stupid to attack Hong Kong and Singapore, he loses credibility there. It is foolish to criticize foreign investment. "
     
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    huevonkiller Change (Deftones)

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    No I specifically mentioned 53% of BRI, you simply chose to ignore that.

    Keep making fun of Singapore you are going to feel like an idiot if you don't drop the subject.
     
  19. illmatic99

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    LA seems to want to get on a team, and is asking Nic to get him on a team in France.

    I would absolutely love it if Nic and LA both played on the same team. Develop some more chemistry and dominate.
     
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    Are you acting insane because you think it's funny?

    (Funny like SINGAPORE!!!! Bwahahahah!!!)
     

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