Official CBA Negotiations / Possible Lockout Thread

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RT @daldridgetnt: Derek Fisher: in this jigsaw puzzle of a million pieces, "1 piece (hard cap) controls several hundred thousand pieces."

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Stern: league needs to see something substantial from players @ Tuesday meeting.to have realistic chance of getting deal before deadline

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http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...s-in-cba-talks

[Sisk]

If the owners are smart they'll just hold out on the players as long as possible. The majority of the owners have other ways to make money while most of the players would go broke without basketball. , most go broke with it.

[DMC]

If the owners are smart they'll just hold out on the players as long as possible. The majority of the owners have other ways to make money while most of the players would go broke without basketball. , most go broke with it.

Most non-Spurs go broke. The Spurs are classy. Matt Bonner could live a decade on one can of potted meat and a bottle of water.

[Dex]

Sounds like it will be a holding pattern for a while.

For one, while the lockout starts July 1 there is no real pressure to solve this now. Summer League being lost sucks for us hoop junkies, and free agency gets pushed back, but nobody is losing revenue or paychecks. The pressure will build through late August into September. That’s when the threat of games being lost starts to get real (they will need at least a month for free agency then training camps, that’s what it took last lockout). Know that at least some owners think it will take missed paychecks — the first one for players would be Nov. 15 — to make the union buckle.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...s-next-season/

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tribjazz Brian T. Smith
by TheNBPA

NBA's Stern on whether there'll be a lockout: "Talk to me after Friday" and after league meeting next Tuesday

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RT @WojYahooNBA: Players have meeting scheduled for Thursday, & will respond to league's proposal on Friday in another league-union meeting

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RT @KBerg_CBS Stern: Proposal also included "flex cap," with a max that could be exceeded and a minimum

KBerg_CBS Ken Berger
by HPbasketball
Stern says cap "target" is $62 million per team, with a max above that to allow for exceptions such as the Bird exception."

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no go

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RT @SBradio NBA Draft quickly snuffed out by today's meeting between owners and players. The lockout is coming and its going to be ugly.

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KBerg_CBS Ken Berger
by TheNBPA
Stern said he has an agreement with players not to discuss the substances of Friday's negotiations

[Jacob1983]

If there is a lockout, it will just prove what everyone thinks about Stern. He's a piece of .

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

5 star lockout, will recommend to friends

[baseline bum]

So if the players take a big paycut on their percentages should the owners be forced to return all the money the public spends building their arenas?