Resuming CBA talks

[SA210]

How much money do they need?

[ElNono]

DPG - PG
El Nono - SG
BR Hornet - SF
Lefty - PF
Koolaid Man - C

No thanks... I love my non-guaranteed, non-multi-millionaire job

[Mel_13]

LOL, who couldn't see the bait and switch from the owners coming from a mile away?

Billy Hunter (aka Charlie Brown).

[baseline bum]

Stern's response:

Stern still going on and on with "our deal will take the average player salary from $5 million to between $7 and $8 million".

No that there's going to be inflation in the US dollar over the 10 years of the deal.

What a con-man. Stern is going to go down as the worst commissioner in the history of the league.

[ElNono]

, half the owners probably wanted the lockout. If they were losing money over the past years, no season actually SAVES them money. The players just better hope this litigation doesn't backfire on them, because everyone knows the owners are going to win at the Waiting Game.

It's no longer a waiting game. It will take time, but it will move forward. At this stage, players went "all-in" on this. It might not end up giving them what they want, but owners now are also risking a whole lot more.

[lefty]

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size
of the fight in the dog!

In this case, I'm Barkleyesque

[Mel_13]

Adrian Wojnarowski: There are over 25 player agents on a conference call now discussing the next steps for the players against the NBA,

http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA

If there was one thing that Hunter and Stern could agree upon, it was that neither one of them had much use for the agents. Ironic how the worm has turned.

[boutons_deux]

The owners can write off their business losses, the players can't write off their absent paychecks.

[Libri]

WTF

Im not be big enough to play PG

Don't worry. Pop is coaching. :P

[Mel_13]

Some HOFers may have retired today:

Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnett
Jason Kidd
Steve Nash
Ray Allen

[ElNono]

Adrian Wojnarowski: There are over 25 player agents on a conference call now discussing the next steps for the players against the NBA,

http://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA

If there was one thing that Hunter and Stern could agree upon, it was that neither one of them had much use for the agents. Ironic how the worm has turned.

I would bet money some of them will be footing the legal fees. They had much more to lose than the players in all this.

[Giuseppe]

If there was one thing that Hunter and Stern could agree upon, it was that neither one of them had much use for the agents. Ironic how the worm has turned.

Mel

The agents pointed the way for Hunter.

God bless 'em. At least for the moment the agents saved my hash.

[Giuseppe]

Some HOFers may have retired today:

Tim Duncan

At 13 & 7 he'd a been stealin' otherwise.

[Mel_13]

Mel

The agents pointed the way for Hunter.

God bless 'em. At least for the moment the agents saved my hash.

The agents rendered Hunter irrelevant. He only disclaimed interest because the agents had the votes to decertify.

[DPG21920]

With two lockouts, that's already signed and sealed.

[baseline bum]

the players...All a bunch of babies...Thanks Players for complaining about millions of dollars when there are millions of people struggling to live in america. Is 4 Million average salary not enough? I mean come on and get real. The economy sucks just live with it for now. You can revisit the deal when it expires next and america isn't in the crapper. Don't forget without the fans there is NO NBA PLAYERS. NO SALARY. NO NOTHING. So thanks for screwing the fans(your paychecks) over. Like I said BUNCH OF SPOILED BRATS and you just lost a devoted FAN as well as I'm sure you losing them by the minute.

But now you can become a Kobe fan since he was all for taking this deal. One door closes but a new one opened for you and your fandom.

[Giuseppe]

The agents rendered Hunter irrelevant. He only disclaimed interest because the agents had the votes to decertify.

3.5 to 1 is DOA.

That's it. And that's all.

[DPG21920]

The owners can write off their business losses, the players can't write off their absent paychecks.

Which shows you how bad this deal was that the players put principle first before money.

[Mel_13]

3.5 to 1 is DOA.

That's it. And that's all.

Ok.

Non-sequitur, but ok.

[ElNono]

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Octagon's already engaged w/ several European teams about sending clients Rudy Gay, Stephen Curry and Wesley Matthews overseas, source says.

[timtonymanu]

Lol Stern: The NBA has negotiated in good faith.

in unreal.

[ElNono]

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Stern will keep threatening to void contracts, and many players will say that we welcome the free agency.

[Giuseppe]

Ok.

Non-sequitur, but ok.

Of course. You wouldn't be affected by 3.5 to 1. You'd a been in the high cotton.

[ElNono]

As NBA enters its ‘nuclear winter,’ David Stern cannot blame away his failure

[Brazil]

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Stern will keep threatening to void contracts, and many players will say that we welcome the free agency.

it's becoming better and better