CBA/Lockout Discussion Thread

[TheMatrix31]

News and discussion of the impending discussions and lockout go here.

This league needs fixing. Whether that fix comes from this upcoming bloodbath or not remains to be seen.

[jeebs9]

I don't know... We are in a very very long off-season. They say owner have not made any changes to their changes. And players haven't made any either. We might be in a for haul.

[z4ckdabeast]

This wouldn't be a problem if teams weren't so idiotic with their money.

[23]

We know the players are going to bend first

This is the owners only chance, so they definitely wont be giving up easy

[elprez98]

Question:

Can't most of these players go overseas and make similar amounts of money?

[SteelersFreak]

Quote: Originally Posted by elprez98

Question: Can't most of these players go overseas and make similar amounts of money?

Yep, and if there's a lockout we might be seeing some Euro ball on ESPN for a little while.

[23]

Who's going to pay an NBA player, especially ones who dont deserve it like Joe Johnson that much money?

On top of that, those guys pay players whenever they want to.. I remember even Brandon Jennings having some payment issues when he went overseas

In short, nah it wouldnt be the same although their cap is different, they dont pay like the NBA does

[Drewski]

Quote: Originally Posted by SteelersFreak

Yep, and if there's a lockout we might be seeing some Euro ball on ESPN for a little while.

Contractually, I imagine it would create a nightmare, but maybe I'm wrong. These guys are all under contract with the NBA once the lockout ends, and they'll have to sign contracts with Euro-teams to play out there. That would probably get ugly, very quickly.