How far will Stern go?

[hipcoolster]

During the lockout players will not have insurance. If negotiations get bad enough could David Stern and his "mafia" cause a certain high profile player to become injuried and thus sway players to agree to terms?

[BlackSwordsMan]

Kobe is frozen in germany somewhere hes fine

[ElNono]

He'll round up their children if necessary...

[ChuckD]

If he goes too far, he won't have a USA*Basketball team to tout next summer....

[hipcoolster]

But is too outrageous to think that maybe Stern could have Amar'e suffer a simultaneous knee and eye injury after being chased and pecked by a pack of highly trained NY pigeons?

[TDMVPDPOY]

fck these prima donas

no nba team usa? no problem, get the college players to represent, im certain they would love to play for their country while repping up their stock for the draft

[DMC]

Stars are made and stars are laid to rest. New stars can emerge. Restart the league with tryouts and no ex-NBA players allowed.

[dbestpro]

Stars are made and stars are laid to rest. New stars can emerge. Restart the league with tryouts and no ex-NBA players allowed.

This is an interesting point. If there is no season next year do you think that the NBA owners would be willing to use replacement players to cover lockout costs and perhaps even make a profit for 2012 and beyond until the players capitulate?