Hard cap in near future?

[exstatic]

the reality of it all is these guys overspend tremendously

entourage's, cars, family members, etc.

they'll all be too broke to participate in a lock out

Yeah, I was reading a column on cnnsi this morning with Devean George quoted as saying "players are saving, we'll be ready", and I was thinking yeah, right. I doubt if half these guys know where or how fast their money goes each month. They'll last a few months, like last time, and Stern will make them cry "uncle" in the end. The owners will be fine. The networks will continue to pay them while the lockout runs, to be paid back later, sort of a loan. That's their huge edge.

[dbestpro]

The NBA sent its proposal in and part of it is the hard cap. One of the things that happens is all teams would have to play with the same revenue and star contracts would have to be considerably less or they would be basically on one man teams. This actually could be a great thing for the NBA as it could drive compe ion into the game and the playoffs would be more than a foregone conclusion. It could even effect the way the game is called. It would be nice to see everyone get the same whistle just for the integrity of the game. Of course many players will role to Europe to get paid in monopoly money. I do think there will be a t least a half season hold out similar to the Spurs (short season) championship. If the economy does not show some vigor I would not be surprised to see a whole season lost.