It's even deeper than that though. As an athlete, even beyond the money, you only have a finite number of years to perform, especially at your peak. Guys like LeBron and Paul probably don't want labor stoppages just from the fact they want to build upon their basketball legacies. Not to mention that the guys who don't make $10M+ a year are usually gonna need to actually get those checks to cover their expenses and can't afford any lengthy lockouts.
"Significant number of teams losing money" - Adam Silver
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Their greed and mentality of scrapping for every dollar is what made them billionaires. It's hard to rewire your brain after that. Once your content with what you have, you don't gain anything more.
Meanwhile a city like Seattle is damn near begging for a team to go there so they can become the Sonics...
Good point. The savvy would have to cover the notion that this issue is greater than them. That they're setting a precedent for future players coming...
O.iatlhawksfan
Devoted Joel Embiid hater
By significant he means New York and LA
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Silver about to piss away all the good will he's built up because of his clown bosses.
If they fold this time, they are fukking idiots.
NBA players are the highest paid athletes on average AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS!!! Median, not even average NBA salary, is 2 million plus.
This isn't the NFL where the median is still 6 figures.
It's a fukking 50/50 deal right now right? No way in hell can they expect the players to go below that.
beenz
Rap Guerilla
cats like blake and cp3 can live off state farm and kia money while shyt is locked out. whereas, cats like swaggy p better hope they old lady got some funds stashed
The owners will always beat the players in a lockout. The public and most importantly the media will always back the owners.
The owners have an infinite amount of money in their war chest. They still get money from the networks if there is a lockout. The owners have stadiums which they rarely spent a cent on and get all the revenue from. These stadiums still make money from concerts, conventions, boat and car shows, cheer leading competitions, rodeos and etc. The league as a whole which is worth billions and can get a loan which it has in the past and then spread that loan out to the owners who can't pay their bills. Finally the owners can take out loans on their own teams which are worth billions to pay their bills until the lockout is resolved.
The players are employees and cannot beat them money wise. No more different than any other employee.
I don't know why folks don't understand this after 2008 economy died. We had folks making over 100k crying broke. Why because most people live beyond their means and if you do not produce anything you are under the rule of people who employ you.
The owners have an infinite amount of money in their war chest. They still get money from the networks if there is a lockout. The owners have stadiums which they rarely spent a cent on and get all the revenue from. These stadiums still make money from concerts, conventions, boat and car shows, cheer leading competitions, rodeos and etc. The league as a whole which is worth billions and can get a loan which it has in the past and then spread that loan out to the owners who can't pay their bills. Finally the owners can take out loans on their own teams which are worth billions to pay their bills until the lockout is resolved.
The players are employees and cannot beat them money wise. No more different than any other employee.
I don't know why folks don't understand this after 2008 economy died. We had folks making over 100k crying broke. Why because most people live beyond their means and if you do not produce anything you are under the rule of people who employ you.
BILLION DOLLA DUCKTALES
Lebron might get his wish of shortened nba seasons
