Execs, Agents Fear NBA Headed For Another Lockout

[HiphopRelated]

shyt's all about money

All that competitive balance/parity blah blah....just buzzwords to get people on their side.

As long as you play 7 games, the team with the best players will win. You want parity, make the playoffs a one game knockout tournament, that will be some parity for your ass. Play 82 games then have everything decided in a 2 week playoff.. But that will cost them money.

@Newzz your squad got 'chips in the high teens, but because y'all are in dip shyt got to change? fukk that, it's another team's time to eat.

As far as the old nikkas, Jordan made the playoffs with a sub .500 record in the 80s, so I'm not trying to hear that shyt.

 

[mrken12]

this season is the worst in about 20 years or so

it is just boring overall and not well received by anyone

Isn't the NBA more global now than ever before? So it is pretty well received.

 

[Captain Crunch]

Brian McCann, a 30 yr old catcher hitting .250, signed a deal this offseason for more guaranteed money than LeBron's last contract.

To be fair, MLB makes nets 2x the profit the NBA nets.
http://www.askmen.com/sports/business_200/218_sports_business.html

 

[Hammer]

Isn't the NBA more global now than ever before? So it is pretty well received.

who cares about global? what other countries really watch it and follow it? Canada? that's it?

 

[mrken12]

who cares about global? what other countries really watch it and follow it? Canada? that's it?

China for one. They're one of the biggest markets that they could get.

 

[Kang Deezy]

MLBPA stay winning...

It's crazy somebody like AJ Burnett could be getting paid more than Lebron

 

[FAH1223]

A hard cap can't be $60 million

It'd be like $75 million

 

[Regular_P]

To be fair, MLB makes nets 2x the profit the NBA nets.
http://www.askmen.com/sports/business_200/218_sports_business.html

Those are numbers from nearly a decade ago. The Lakers just signed a $2 billion deal for local TV rights and the NBA is about to renew its national contracts in 2016. The league's profits are about to skyrocket.

The fukking Sacramento Kings just sold for an NBA record $535 million. Again, that was the Kings. Now imagine what the rest of the teams in the league are now worth.

 

[TheNig]

So the MLB is the only league to get this cban shyt right.

 

[pete clemenza]

who cares about global? what other countries really watch it and follow it? Canada? that's it?

NBA broadcast games in a about 30+ countries

 

[GetInTheTruck]

This season has been ass though. I'm not even saying that because I'm a knick fan....I don't have the urge to watch non-knick games that I had in past seasons. I still watch, but still...

They really need to shorten the season to 66 games and make them more meaningful.

 

[cornercommission2k12]

If melo goes to Miami, 2 year lockout is what I expect

 

[Rocket Scientist]

You cats complain everyday about NBA turn the channel

 

[BlakeSuperior]

I don't think the product is as bad as people are saying it is. It is bad because a lot of teams are tanking this year but I think ESPN, ABC & TNT are simply showing the worst games (many featuring the Bulls, Lakers & Knicks) meanwhile teams that are actually young, playing well & on the come up such as the Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards are being ignored.

I actually think a lot of people don't actually like basketball and it's the NBA's fault. People have been marketed Bird vs Magic, Jordan vs Everyone else, Kobe vs Bron, etc for so long that people don't care to just enjoy the game of basketball. Look at Lebron's 61 point game.....Instead of enjoying it everyone immediately brought up Kobe's

I think this is the main thing. Only casual fans say the NBA is horrible now or some shyt like that. That includes Charles Barkley, who admits every other week he doesn't watch but a small amount of teams and games. People like him can analyze the sport effectively, because they played it at a high level. But the league, they're as informed as the average fan.

 

[Danny Up]

I think this is the main thing. Only casual fans say the NBA is horrible now or some shyt like that. That includes Charles Barkley, who admits every other week he doesn't watch but a small amount of teams and games. People like him can analyze the sport effectively, because they played it at a high level. But the league, they're as informed as the average fan.

You can't blame the fans though. The Networks choose what games to broadcast and all the marquee teams are bad right now. People can't judge what they can not see. League Pass is not in HD in my area I'm not gonna pay an extra $100 to watch grainy video.