NBA Lockout: You Get Nothing

by Conrad Kaczmarek on Nov 14, 2011 1:41 PM CST in 2011 Lockout News

On Monday, the NBPA met to discuss the latest offer from the NBA owners. Derek Fisher and Billy Hunter announced that the NBPA has decided to file an anti-trust lawsuit against the NBA. YahooSports' Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted the following. Prepare for sadness:

The lawyers will file suit within next two days. No need to wait on decertification. Union is disbanded immediately.

David Stern said on SportsCenter: "We are about to go to the nuclear winter of the NBA"

Fun stuff, right? Well now that the players have decided to take the "nuclear" option roughly 4 months too late, the 2011-12 NBA season seems HIGHLY unlikely. This means that we will probably lose the entire 82 game season while millionaires continue to fight with billionaires. I expect several Cavaliers players to try playing for teams overseas as Kyrie Irving tweeted earlier this week. Needless to say, this is incredibly frustrating. More updates when we get them.

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Now I’m just praying the NBA doesn’t try handling the draft like the NHL did and average out recent years. That would butcher the Cavs.

by ahowie on Nov 14, 2011 2:47 PM CST reply actions

Yup. It’d make no sense at all.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Nov 14, 2011 3:29 PM CST up reply actions

if they do the cavs are fu*ked.

by tenkaistar on Nov 16, 2011 2:55 AM CST up reply actions

At least we have OSU and Cleveland State, right gang? I don’t get what good the players think will come of this.

Dawgs By Nature: Where we're about one loss away from Jonestowning ourselves.

by Adrock2099 on Nov 14, 2011 4:24 PM CST reply actions

Me neither. Nothing good will come out of it.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Nov 14, 2011 5:52 PM CST up reply actions

The NBA will be in a pre-Magic/Bird state when this lockout ends. I’d say at least 33 percent of fans are so disgusted they won’t be coming back any time soon. Can’t make money without fans owners and players….

Anyone else starting to feel like Randy Quaid?

by Clevsports on Nov 16, 2011 4:17 PM CST up reply actions

I don’t think it’s that fans are disgusted, I think it’s that a large portion didn’t care all that much anyway. The NBA had been gradually losing steam anyway, and the lockout certainly isn’t helping.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Nov 16, 2011 4:28 PM CST up reply actions

I’m a big basketball guy and will watch when they come back, but even I’m disgusted. Millions of Americans are struggling to put food on the table and these guys are fighting over whether they make 4.8 million or 4.5. I supported the NFL players a lot more than I do these guys.

Anyone else starting to feel like Randy Quaid?

by Clevsports on Nov 18, 2011 3:32 PM CST up reply actions

I thought the NBA was rolling and was completely picking up steam. In fact, I think it was at its peak of the last 10 years. To me, the 2010-2011 season will be the most memorable of this era.

With or Without the H

by johnf34 on Nov 18, 2011 10:28 PM CST up reply actions

Twitter might be the worst thing that’s ever happened to the players’ cause. Some of them are against the union’s actions, and other just sound like greedy morons. It makes them look completely disorganized.

Dawgs By Nature: Where we're about one loss away from Jonestowning ourselves.

by Adrock2099 on Nov 14, 2011 6:45 PM CST reply actions

Reality...

No love lost for the players in my reality. Most of us are happy to call ourselves “Thousandaires.” Try to showcase this sport as something outside the NBA and see what kind of revenue you can generate. You make money running with “THE SHOW” not running with Barnum and Bailey. There’s a reason material marked with the Official NBA Logo is priced at a premium. Go from playing with a Jerry West logo to Wal-Mart and see how far that gets you. In the meantime, practice saying “Do you want fries with that?” You might need to pull it off in an interview. The league has history. It’s not “Sprint Allstars” vs. “AT&T Gladiators.”

by ProfessorChaos on Nov 14, 2011 7:26 PM CST reply actions

Well, I guess I’ll be even more obsessed with the EPL this winter.

With or Without the H

by johnf34 on Nov 14, 2011 8:09 PM CST reply actions

I mean come on, how much money is enough money? It’s not like they’re not being paid handsomely. This sucks.

Adam Foote still blows!

by Heavysoviet on Nov 15, 2011 8:58 AM CST reply actions

This sucks big time.

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by Conrad Kaczmarek on Nov 15, 2011 3:34 PM CST up reply actions

The players can never get back the money they are going to lose in this season. It's gone.

The players really got robbed by these lawyers. I know that some players have filed anti-trust suits, but this does not guarantee a victory. I just have to shake my head at the players union. These lawyers are going to make tons of money and the players end up with zero. Everyone loses.

by tenkaistar on Nov 16, 2011 2:59 AM CST reply actions