The lockout didn't solve a DAMN thing!!!
by latrell spreewel on Dec 8, 2011 8:06 PM EST
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Printafter seeing all the recent reports of outrageous signings, and outrageous trades, I can't believe I was so naive to think the Owners had actually won the Lockout. The owners can talk about having the need to limit their spending and cutting down on their loses, but at the end of the day, all the BRI percentage drop won't a make a single difference if they keep up their reckless overspending on over priced 'talent'. Yes, certain middling players will recieve less through the new CBA, but more often than not you will get players like Tyson Chandler and Marc Gasol cashing in on the jackpot of Fiscal irresponsibility on the part of the NBA owners and management.
Adding insult to injury, the Lakers are on the verge of destroying any fairness that's left in the league with the Chris Paul mega deal. If Dwight Howard goes to LA, the fans should lockout the NBA for this ridiculous pattern of superstars completely hijacking their entire team's well being for their own selfish pursuits. The recent mega deal would be a clear sign that there is zero balance in the NBA, the Lakers were supposedly on the decline given their age and the salary limitations they had, but in one stroke, the NBA allows the Lakers to remain on top of the league for years to come.
Will someone please explain to me why we lost two month of basketball? As of right now, it seems like it was for a pointless cause, undeserving players will continued to be ludicrously overpaid, star players will become ever more egotistical prima donas continually holding themselves above the rest of their team, and small markets will still continually be penalized because they lack the glamor and glitz of L.A., Miami, Chicago or New York.
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we had a lockout
so the owners could make even more money doing the same stupid shit
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There’s no way for the league to MAKE “competitive balance” or parity or any of that happen. This generation of players prefers teaming up in the spotlight like it’s AAU ball. There’s nothing the league can do about the players’ mindsets. And let’s stop taking this to the extreme I see so often. It’s incredibly frustrating and downright just not fun, for me anyway, but it’s not immoral or something. Players SHOULD be able to go play wherever they want, they’re just a bunch of punks for the most part.
They had the lockout so owners in small markets could be much more likely to not lose a shitload of money since they know they can’t force players to change their mindsets.
Sup Jello Shot?
Agree
I hate this new, everyone goes to the same big market mindset. However, there’s nothing wrong with it. Thats the rules. The new CBA doesn’t screw with free agency (and it shouldn’t have), but as long as you have free agents, you’ll have them going to wherever they want. And with this new age sissy “I’d rather team up with people than beat them” mindset, we won’t see the end of major stars dictating where they go. Unfortunate, but that’s the league now.
The Heat don't have a championship yet
and we can only hope the worst for LA. At least Buss will hafta pay higher luxury taxes when he tries to get all these guys under contract. I agree with you though, todays NBA players loyalty levels seem at an all time low and selfishness at an all time high. It’s a league of absolute brats.
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I can't believe I'll say this but I really hate CP3 right now
he’s just as bad as Melo, at least for the Nuggets, they were able to retain young assets, the hornets got robbed. But you can’t hold the Hornets respobsible, because Chris Paul basically let everyone know that he wasn’t coming back, talk about betraying your team, he left them with zero leverage for any kind of favorable deal. I know you shouldn’t wish bad things but I do hope a curse befalls the shameless Lakers and CP3.
by latrell spreewel on Dec 8, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
It's not the way I'd have gone about it
But in a vacuum Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Lamar Odom, Goran Dragic, and pick/s is a pretty damn good return for Paul.
Sup Jello Shot?
Not even in a vacuum
That’s the best they could get; they did a good job and the NBA screwed them over. I foresee Paul pouting/not showing up for the season and leaving. They then get nothing. That’s WAY better for them in the long run (cue sarcastic font).
he's just being honest
As far as I know, he’s still honoring his current contract. He’s not refusing to play out this year if the Hornets don’t trade him, or if he’s traded to a place he doesn’t plan on staying next year. He’s going to be a free agent next year and all he’s saying is that there are certain places he doesn’t want to commit to working in for the next 4-5 years. One of them happens to be his current team. It’s too bad that certain places apparently aren’t good enough for him, but it’s totally within his rights.
At least he’s letting the Hornets know rather early, so they can try to get some value out of him. I think it’s way worse what LeBron and Bosh did, stringing their teams along and then leaving them with virtually nothing in return.
Competitive Balance, be patient
It’s not fair to say the new CBA did nothing to solve competitive balance. The NBA’s biggest attempt to promote competitive balance was to enact a harsher luxury-tax penalty, which we all know doesn’t go into effect for another two years. We need to wait to see the luxury tax’s effect before we say the new CBA had no impact.
Lockout missed the point
the point of the lockout should have been to bring competitive balance to the league. You can argue that this is simply not possible because you can tell players that they have to stay in small market cities. Rather than players against owners, the lockout really should have been small market versus large market owners. If the NBA allows the CP3 trade to go through, after minor modifications, because of negative reaction in the public, the same problems still exist. The best thing the NBA could do for the future of the Hornets franchise is something similar to what the MLB did for the new ownership team of the Astros, sell them the team at a discount as soon as possible and then let that owner decide the direction of the franchise. Unfortunately, it is probably too late to do so. Chris Paul will leave the franchise and the value of the team will decrease exponentially. So where do we go from here? The NBA already has one franchise that they can’t find an owner for. As the star players continue to migrate to the larger markets, the value of the small market teams will continue to decline. At some point, do the owners of these smaller franchises decide that in investing in the NBA is not worth their time or money. Will more franchises come up for sale? Where will the new owners come from? I see this as a possibility and at some point, contraction should be expected. I would have preferred a little more short term pain in terms of extending the length of the lockout over rather than continue travelling down this dead end road. There is very little chance of competitive balance occurring until the next lockout and by then it may be to late to save the league.
by thomasezekiel77 on Dec 10, 2011 11:36 AM EST reply actions
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