NBA 2010/11 Season Discussion

[DoGu]

Have you guys heard about this idea for the Mavs' championship rings to be those candy rings that you stick on your fingers? Diamond encrusted pop rings... I don't think it's what they're going to get, but that's ridiculous.

 

[Punk]

Really? I know Cuban is weird but that's just silly.

Rose, Durant, Blake, Love & Iguodala to the Philippines?

MANILA—Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant may bring their fabled cage acts to Philippine shores if negotiations to bring an NBA All-Star Selection to play against Smart Gilas Pilipinas succeeds.
Sources said officials of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas has already forwarded an offer for the NBA Stars to meet the Gilas five in exhibition matches set on July 25 and 26 at the Araneta Coliseum.
Rose, the reigning NBA MVP from the Chicago Bulls, and Durant, the NBA’s back-to-back scoring king from the Oklahoma Thunder, may be joined by slam dunk king and Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin of the LA Clippers, the source added.

The tuneup matches, the source said, is a treat for fans courtesy of SBP president Manny V. Pangilinan, who is celebrating his birthday on July 14.

Expected to join Rose, Durant and Griffin are Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Andrei Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers and Mario Chalmers of the Miami Heat.

According to the source, the invitation was sent after the start of the NBA lockout last week following the failure of team owners and players to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.

Reports said that Talk ‘N Text coach Chot Reyes has been spearheading the negotiations with former NBA star Chris Webber. The two met when MVP’s group went to the US recently to explore plans of buying into the Sacramento Kings franchise.

Smart Gilas coach Rajko Toroman welcomed the prospect of playing the NBA stars, saying the Nationals need many international games prior to their stint in the Fiba Asia Championship on Sept. 15-25 in Wuhan, China, which offers the lone continental ticket to the 2012 London Olympics.

http://sports.inquirer.net/7156/nba-all-stars-against-smart-gilas-five

 

[chronoxiong]

I'm bumping this thread in hopes of the season not getting canceled games. There is one more meeting to happen and then it will go from there.

 

[Kivat]

*Crossing my fingers*

 

[DoGu]

I heard the first 2 weeks of the regular season was postponed.

 

[chronoxiong]

It is official. The first two weeks of the NBA season is now canceled. This is just lame. The NFL was able to come to an agreement but not the NBA. I think the players need to sacrifice as I don't like how the contracts are. The guaranteed contracts and mid-level exceptions is just too much. You sign a player and he plays good for you one year and the next few years, he blows and he's stuck on the roster. C'mon now...

 

[DoGu]

Well that sucks....

I'm going to have a bit longer for my Lakers to play...

(And chronoxiong, there's a new NBA thread. It's for the 2011-2012 season. This is the 2010-2011 season. )

 

[chronoxiong]

Who are the ones that are asking for a higher percentage of the BRI?
The Players Association

Who are the ones that will lose out on a lot of money if the whole NBA season gets canceled?
The Players Association

Who are the ones that have looked greedy in this whole Lockout?
The Players Association

Who are the ones that can still make money on the side if there's no Season?
Only the big name players like Kobe, Lebron, Dwayne, Carmelo, and others. But all the backups and scrubs won't make **** if there is no NBA season.

The Players Association are looking STUPID and GREEDY from this Lockout. What a bunch of idiots. Might as well cancel this whole season.

 

[Bigdog]

Who are the ones that are asking for a higher percentage of the BRI?
The Players Association

Who are the ones that will lose out on a lot of money if the whole NBA season gets canceled?
The Players Association

Who are the ones that have looked greedy in this whole Lockout?
The Players Association

Who are the ones that can still make money on the side if there's no Season?
Only the big name players like Kobe, Lebron, Dwayne, Carmelo, and others. But all the backups and scrubs won't make **** if there is no NBA season.

The Players Association are looking STUPID and GREEDY from this Lockout. What a bunch of idiots. Might as well cancel this whole season.

Unions used to be for the players, but to just pull this ****? People need these jobs in the NBA ,especially the lower profile ones like any career.

 

[Punk]

It's honestly not the players fault. The last talks broke down, the players were told they had to accept a 50-50 split or no deal. They didn't even want to let them talk about the other issues like system and luxury tax.

Now, the players had agreed on most of the system issues and claimed to have a deal done but soon as the owners said we are moving to 50. The players were willing to go to 51, the owners then got wide eyed and started demanding more out of the players which totally ruined the meeting.

Fact is, no matter what. The owners want to win and if the players compromise, they still will want more.

You can blame small market owners like Peter Holt (Spurs), Robert Starver (Suns), Dan Gilbert for this. They were all hell bent on making larger markets bleed their revenue sharing for them and basically trying to ruin the players.

So now Stern claims whenever they come to meet again. They will have to recalculate the damages of "loss" that has stemmed from losing 1 month of games. Which basically means the 50-50 is probably off the table and everything goes back to 47 or less which then will make it difficult for players to accept that since they want to stay at 52.

Not even sure what to say but the players will most likely cave eventually once they start missing checks. I hope and I do think they will meet in the next week or so.

The thing that pissed me off the most was the fact the lockout literally inches away from ending and it all went in a matter of minutes.