Supposedly he showed up because he thought the owners were giving up too much, and he was there to deliver the 50-50 ultimatum to the players. hahahaha fuck
Thought id somebody only hops on here like at night before bed they can find everything that happened today right here.
I wonder how many years it will take to get the fan base back to what it was prelock out if we start before January. Im betting it takes 3 to 4 years. If we scrap a whole year then Im betting i'll be dead by the time the NBA gets all the fans it lost back.
Fisher: The NBA wants us to agree to take it in the ass before they will tell us if we get lube or not.
Or a messenger boy. Ironic, considering he's the second richest owner in the NBA who routinely has implied that the Blazers are his hobby.
" I hope they don't pass out holding their breath." ugh. This is Billy Hunter's MO, and it's statement like this one and his "blood issue" thing that put him and the players in a bad light.
For the curious: The NHL system includes a hard spending cap and its lockout severely rolled back player salaries and power. One way or another the owners are going to get their way and something tells me the players are stupid enough to postpone crying uncle until sometime next August. For whatever reason they can't seem to grasp the fact that they have absolutely no leverage.
These idiots are so caught up on percentages that they're losing sight of real likelihood of killing, or at least severely wounding, the goose that lays the golden eggs. IIRC, last season's BRI was around $4 billion. 50% of $4 bil = $2 bil. If BRI drops to $3 billion due to a loss of fan base over this stupid lockout, 53% of that for the players would be $1.59. You go, players, win the percentage battle.
On the plus-side a full season lockout and a draconian CBA (from the NBAPA's perspective) makes the Blazers staying in Portland a much more likely thing once PA is gone/done. Assuming of course that owners craft a better revenue sharing system.
Fisher: "We made several moves on the tax...Brought it down...They're dead set on running the table."
In the end they will ... or they'll end up playing in charity games or in Europe for the rest of their careers and miss out on hundreds of millions of dollars.
SpearsNBAYahoo: Hunter: "They knew when they presented what they presented to us that it wasn't going to fly. You better bring Adam (Silver) back..."
NBPA's Hunter: "Unless the system is right, there is no way we're willing to come off 53 [percent of BRI]."
Hunter: "Adam is not being truthful if he says he came in hopeful. There's no way they came in thinking that would fly..."
