11-02-2020, 07:29 PM
(11-02-2020, 07:08 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote:(11-02-2020, 07:02 PM)Mavsfan12 Wrote: I want a season ASAP. I also want the League to keep the salary cap artificially high and escrow a larger portion of salaries. Prevents a huge downturn now, and a huge jump later.YES! I want another year of talking about the big name we're going to attract! Let's move on to the 22 offseason and that crop of FA!
I don't have a lot of sympathy for the players in this ordeal. I have generally sided with owners in the previous NBA labor issues though. Having guaranteed contracts and the players being promised 50% of all league revenue is a sweetheart deal. Outside of MLB (which is dying a horrific yet slow death), they have the best deal. So if the season is delayed, I would want a lockout to send a msg. It is a perfect time to do it - less risk of lost revenue since Covid is already killing that.
I just want a consistent cap so that the Mavs perfect window doesn't get screwed by all of this!
Honestly, I see it happening if the NBPA pushes it so far that they can't start on Christmas.
Also, this is the danger of giving in to demands in general. As soon as you do, the goal line shifts and the next thing is "the worst thing imaginable and has to go".
On the issue of demands, I agree. Danny Green came out and said that players would miss the first month of the season if they didn't postpone. Comments like that would be grounds for a lockout in general. The league has been fighting LeBron's pussification of the league for a few years now. Players are missing tons of games and still collecting checks. It is outrageous and unprecedented in sports. I would hope that if they do lockout, management holds out for harsh financial penalties FOR THE PLAYERS who miss games. It is hard for any individual team to stand up to their superstar at the risk of making them disgruntled... but as a league, they need to address this concept. You can't just say you aren't going to show up. Ludicrous.