Lockout News Thread

[Mexi]

Lol at the thought of Steve Blake and Derek Fisher battling for a STARTING job in the NBA.

i know

 

[jonathanlambert33]

The NBA is in serious discussions with the NBPA about scheduling a meeting on Tuesday, a day before the deadline set by the league for their latest offer to be accepted.

After Wednesday, the league states that it will reduce its offer to the players to 47% of BRI, with salary rollbacks and numerous new restraints on player contracts and team spending.

No meeting has yet been finalized by the two sides.

Meanwhile, Steve Blake is actively working the phones to encourage union members to push their team representatives to ask the NBPA's executive committee for a full player vote on the league's take-it-or-leave-it proposal. Even though Blake is not advocating a yes vote, there is a swell of support from players who at least want the chance to vote.

Adrian Wojnarowski tweets that in conversations with players and agents on Monday, "there's still much stronger support for rejecting league offer."

Sam Amick reports that Kevin Martin says the players should accept the league's offer.

This just leaves me dumbfounded how the owners were giving the players until tomorrow to vote on the deal and they still have no meeting scheduled. Where is the sense of urgency???

 

[.infamous]

I think if they did a league wide vote this lockout would be over lol

 

[DJT]

It would be, but I'm dang sure that the player reps and everyone is coercing the players to not take the deal I bet.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

If Fisher was representing all the players and not just looking out for the stars this lockout would be over.

 

[DJT]

I think he is thinking more of the future then the stars.

I mean if they come down 7 percentage points after the CBA expires, who knows how much they will have to come down next time...

The thing with the stars is they are the only ones that CAN hold out.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

They are also the only ones who don't want to take the deal.

 

[ZigZag]

I'm hearing some owners may not even accept this deal )aka MJ, the Bucks, the Blazers...etc)

If by some lucky reason the players accept this deal only to have MJ and his gang reject it, i'ma be soooo pissed.

But I don't think that will happen.

Anyone else find it weird that there are only 30 player reps??? I mean yes 1 per team, but I mean even on teams guys want something different...

I see what you mean. During the NFL lockout the reps seemed much more representative, for lack of a better term. I guess that's what happens when you have Olineman instead of a bunch of huge egos

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Now apparently the players AND owners don't like the offer that is on the table. Fuck it, there won't be a season.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

No deal.

"The current offer on the table from the NBA is one that we cannot accept," Fisher said Tuesday after a meeting of 29 of the 30 team player reps to discuss how to end the lockout.

Bye bye season, players rejected owners offer.

 

[elcheato]

Not necessarily. The players are willing to give the owners a better BRI split if they loosen up some of the system issues, and I think the owners would be willing, as long as they're getting what they want on BRI. The owners are just looking to have a more profitable league, for themselves. Stern said all along, system issues won't stop a deal, and I think that will be the case.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Not necessarily. The players are willing to give the owners a better BRI split if they loosen up some of the system issues, and I think the owners would be willing, as long as they're getting what they want on BRI. The owners are just looking to have a more profitable league, for themselves. Stern said all along, system issues won't stop a deal, and I think that will be the case.

SportsCenter SportsCenter
#NBA - NBPA says David Stern's latest proposal (roughly 50-50 split of BRI) is not acceptable

Would a "boom goes the dynamite" exclamation be appropriate here?

Looks like if the players don't sign off on this plan by tomorrow we lose Christmas games.

I dare say this was the last attempt to save any semblence of a season. See ya in 2012-13?

I'll always hold out hope though.

 

[elcheato]

They're fine with the BRI now, they want the system changed.

ESPNSteinLine Marc Stein
Sources say player reps didn't take hands-raised vote or ballot vote TUES meeting, but they reached an "everyone agrees" consensus to authorize Hunter and Fisher to accept 50/50 BRI split for first time in talks if league makes some system concessions

 

[Mexi]

what really gets me is how they only started doing these big meetings and offer stuff like back in october

why couldnt they do this immediately after the draft?

 

[DJT]

Nick Young is pulling away from Nike or Jordan, because of their affiliation with Jordan....

 

[elcheato]

Apparently Dan Gilbert is with Stern now, and not the owners voting no

 

[.infamous]

That's a first...lol

 

[Giantmetfan07]

owners need to stop fucking around and get a deal done.


I mean enough is enough. Players have dropped from 57 to 50% in the deal. Lets get this shit finalized already and quit asking for more from them.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

The players received 57 percent of BRI under the old system, but are not ready to accept a deal where they take just 50 percent.

Over the proposed 10-year deal, that becomes an estimated $3 billion concession.

How much do they lose from not playing this season again?

I heard if they talk through the night there is the real possibility a deal could be made tomorrow.

 

[elcheato]