NBA Season 2010-11

[Brando70]

He's got to be the oldest looking 26 year old on the planet.

greg oden says "just wait"..

LOL, no kidding. My NCAA bracket team name a few years ago was "Greg Oden Looks 45".

[JackB1]

Heat players join Dallas for victory party:

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... tle-party/

[pk500]

Heat players join Dallas for victory party:

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... tle-party/

Dampier is out of contract after this season and long gone from Miami next season (if it occurs), so he probably didn't give a f*ck about showing team solidarity.

[JackB1]

Heat players join Dallas for victory party:

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... tle-party/

Dampier is out of contract after this season and long gone from Miami next season (if it occurs), so he probably didn't give a f*ck about showing team solidarity.

I agree it's not that much of a big deal....just thought it was interesting.

[pk500]

Heat players join Dallas for victory party:

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... tle-party/

Dampier is out of contract after this season and long gone from Miami next season (if it occurs), so he probably didn't give a f*ck about showing team solidarity.

I agree it's not that much of a big deal....just thought it was interesting.

'Tis. Thanks for the link.

[wco81]

NBA says 22 of 30 teams lost money and the league as a whole lost $300 million.

So the league will push for a hard cap, eliminate guaranteed contracts.

Claims of financial hardship are more credible from the NBA than from the NFL but players will probably be wary without a look at the actual books.

Lockout and canceled season seems more likely than the NFL, which is supposedly coming to its senses.

[Rodster]

NBA says 22 of 30 teams lost money and the league as a whole lost $300 million.

So the league will push for a hard cap, eliminate guaranteed contracts.

Claims of financial hardship are more credible from the NBA than from the NFL but players will probably be wary without a look at the actual books.

Lockout and canceled season seems more likely than the NFL, which is supposedly coming to its senses.

Here's what I have never understood about professional sports franchises. You have an owner(s) competing for the services of a particular player like it's an Ebay auction and the price goes exponentially higher as other owners begin to bid on the same player. It happens all too often. It's like the owners are the athletes and do their competing with their dollars.

It happens all too often in Baseball, the NFL, NHL and NBA. It's the owners that need the restraint not the players. The players will ALWAYS look to get the most for their skill set. Eventually the well runs dry and you have to resort to pay-cuts or rollbacks.

I also never figured out who started the asinine rookie pay signings in the NFL. Players who never played a down in their life in the NFL cashed in big time and got paid more than proven, productive veterans in the League.

For me it's the owners who share lots of the blame for their insatiable appetite in wanting to put a winning product in front of the fans at all cost and in this microwave-instant on society they want to win it all NOW.

How can the players except a non guaranteed contract? I can understand injuries but this has the potential for an interpretation on performance. I also understand if a player sucks and is living off the gravy train but again it falls back to ownership. You as an owner accepted the players wage demands now live with your decision. Unfortunately i'm with the players on this one.

[wco81]

When Garnett signed a contract for over $100 million, the first time a $100 million contract may have been given out in the NBA, I think some sports economist said that if the Wolves lost Garnett to free agency instead, the team might not be able to survive in Minneapolis at that time. They might have had to move in other words.

With so many teams losing money, there just might not be enough fan interest to support a 30-team league, especially in this economy.

[Rodster]

When Garnett signed a contract for over $100 million, the first time a $100 million contract may have been given out in the NBA, I think some sports economist said that if the Wolves lost Garnett to free agency instead, the team might not be able to survive in Minneapolis at that time. They might have had to move in other words.

With so many teams losing money, there just might not be enough fan interest to support a 30-team league, especially in this economy.

See there you go. It's not Garnett's fault and I know you don't see it as his problem but it's the owner who checks off on his contract. I think a lot of these teams but not all use the excuse that they will have to leave i.e. threaten the City by moving. My answer: Then leave, good bye.

But instead you have City officials from around the country willing to subsidize new stadiums and such with taxpayer dollars. As far as fan interest goes I don't think it's how many teams are in the league as opposed to WHERE?

For instance take the MLS. It was a dud in Miami and I was all for a new team coming to Miami but instead the league awarded two teams to the west coast and fan interest, attendance and support is OFF the charts.

[Brando70]

I think an NBA shortened season is highly unlikely. The two sides are not that far apart, plus the leadership for the league and players union is much better than the NFL. There isn't the same level of antagonism. In addition, this is mostly about money instead of adding other issues like health care and extending the season.

I think Garnett is a bad example because he was easily worth that $100 million. He made that franchise viable and a playoff contender, even if they performed poorly in the playoffs. The bigger problem is giving mid-level talent deals like $40-60 million contracts. Some guy who does well, gets paid, and then loafs, has injury problems, etc. Those are the contracts that kill teams. They usually don't miss that badly on the top-level contracts unless someone suffers a bad injury.