NBA Cancels first 2 weeks of season, Stern says sides aren't close

[General283]

The longer this goes on the worse it gets for the players

[det2orl]

What's the problem?

I think the players should be THRILLED with the proposed amnesty clause:


http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/ore...ing_short.html

So the Players get all their $$, and would be free agents, free to collect even MORE $$ (new salary on top of what they were supposed to already make) and/or they can get out of a ****ty situation / play for another team (ex: Rip can go to wherever he wants since he's so unhappy here)...

Why would the players be against that?

I doubt that the players are against it. I've not heard them say anything to that effect.

[det2orl]

I'm against both sides at this point. The compromise spot is ****ing obvious and they're both being greedy douche bags. They both deserve whatever negative **** they get from this.

Yeah, I can see that for sure. Still lean toward the players but **** em both honestly. Get this **** over with.

[det2orl]

Chris Sheridan's take.

http://sheridanhoops.com/2011/10/10/...-short-column/

NEW YORK — I am disgusted and speechless.

I trusted wise men to act wisely. I believed in common sense prevailing. I think the NBA owners are nuts to go down this road. They just lost a significant percentage of their fair-weather fans.
Idiocy rules the day. How very, very sad.
Not just sad. Stupid.

[MSUJSCHOOL04]

http://espn.go.com/nba/schedule/_/date/20111101

[JBallard]

I like it....The Pistons are still contenders 2 weeks into the season...

[one4thethumb]

Most basketball crazy sports fan (for me, college hell yes, professional, hell no) start to care about the lack of the NBA only after March Madness and the NCAA Finals have come to an end. Until then . . .

[ACfromtheD]

You watch regular season college basketball? I might watch a game a week if there's a good match up but that's fairly rare.

[tommyz]

You watch regular season college basketball? I might watch a game a week if there's a good match up but that's fairly rare.

I do..dont watch much pro basketball..Maybe a big game or a few piston games..I do watch playoffs though and do enjoy that..

[MoOff24]

http://www.freep.com/article/2011101...ws|text|Sports

"I think there will be more games missed," Gordon said when reached by phone as he was driving to Chicago. "I expect it might be a year or two. I realized that when I was listening to both sides during the negotiations. I think there will be a lot of games missed and more money is going to go down the drain.