I'm done in here for a while til JA is before I get banned. I rather listen to him talk about the Mavs championship. No sympathy for players, but sympathy for billionaires who make money elsewhere then buy into the NBA and start !@%%%!% stuff up. Unbelievable.
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I guess Wade yelled at Stern...
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Their education levels have nothing to do with this. The players have a talent for which there is a ton of demand. This is how capitalism works.
But yet they are the ones who are playing with the dollars and cents of the CBA.
It's not like the owners will completely gut them of their livelihoods, and that's what makes me sick.
I have no sympathy for anyone making millions of dollars a year to play a sport. None whatsoever.
But you have sympathy who are in a billion dollar industry profiting off the talents of these players? Makes a whole lot of sense.
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Originally Posted by rck2sactown
I guess Wade yelled at Stern...
Yes, supposedly according to Chris Broushard Dwyane Wade started yelling at Stern after Stern pointed his finger at him to "settle down". I have mad love and mad respect for D-Wade, he's always been a leader and respectable dude, I guess that what LeBron wanted
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a few pics from today's meeting..
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clowns couldnt put on a suit for such a big event?
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Uh oh:
@Chris_Broussard Dwyane Wade yelled at David Stern while making pointed remarks to the commissioner at today's NBA meeting, sources said.
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Stern pointed at DWade, which DWade took as sign of disrespect. That triggered his outburst on the commish, sources said.
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Star players - LeBron, CP3, PPierce, Baron Davis, Melo, - were ready to leave meeting but Stern asked for private talk w/Billy Hunter....
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Hunter then calmed stars down and got them to return to meeting. Players' resolve stunned owners, sources said.
@Chris_Broussard Dwyane Wade yelled at David Stern while making pointed remarks to the commissioner at today's NBA meeting, sources said.
Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard
Stern pointed at DWade, which DWade took as sign of disrespect. That triggered his outburst on the commish, sources said.
Chris_Broussard Chris Broussard
Star players - LeBron, CP3, PPierce, Baron Davis, Melo, - were ready to leave meeting but Stern asked for private talk w/Billy Hunter....
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Hunter then calmed stars down and got them to return to meeting. Players' resolve stunned owners, sources said.
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That what I'm saying though. I'm siding with the players, but not dressing respectable is ridiculous.
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Dwade did say he would get pissed off if he heard the same speech from 2 years ago
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RIP DWade.
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@basquiatball: If you walk into a mediation and your opponent is wearing a full "Where's Waldo" outfit, you've already won
@basquiatball: Stern: "There were no formal proposals but Wade offered Baron Davis $5 million to wear that outfit to a party he's throwing tonight"
This guy.
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Man, forget all the damn theatrics and get a deal done!
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I never got the hate on athletes making money if you had an ability or talent that brought in billions would you not want to be properly compensated, yes there's love of the game but you are the product. Professional sports are not a charity the league is making money off fans, ESPN, and sponsors why do the players not deserve a share. All the people bringing intelligence into this feels like hate, yes they're not all the sharpest tool in the shed but that's not why you watch. You are worth what someone else is willing to pay, if you worked at McDonald's and your burger flipping brought your location millions in additional revenue because the world loves your flipping then you would want a share.
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It's all entertainment. Remember that.
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Originally Posted by CoupeIt88
Originally Posted by rck2sactown
I guess Wade yelled at Stern...
Yes, supposedly according to Chris Broushard Dwyane Wade started yelling at Stern after Stern pointed his finger at him to "settle down". I have mad love and mad respect for D-Wade, he's always been a leader and respectable dude, I guess that what LeBron wanted
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My man Matt Bonner helping out to save the NBA season!
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You honestly think the majority of NBA players are any smarter than your average Joe Schmoe who gets his AA at a community college?
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Being a millionaire playing a sport you love, or going to college for 10+ years and working unbelievably hard and committing your life to a practice that ball players earn in a year? It's so unbalanced it's ridiculous. Yes I'm one of those cynics that hate that players make so much damn money.
Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound right now?
Because millions of people want to spend their hard earned money to witness someone perform a physical or surgery for their entertainment?
Like [color= rgb(255, 0, 0)]SHWAP[/color] layed out, it comes down to simple economics.
Questioning their intelligence and lack of education like that has ANYTHING to do w/ the topic at hand?
You sound like one of those nerds who has hated on athletes since the middle school recess days.
There's a thread in General at the moment that suits you well:
http://niketalk.yuku.com/...etes?page=8#.ToaBmU-btQc
Go make yourself at home.
EDIT: B Diddy w/ the beanie.
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Mario Chalmers looks like he packed on some muscle.
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Baron Davis
bet dude cant even fit into a suit anymore
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I love you KD, but c'mon son, don't show up to a meeting of this magnitude in a hoodie. Shows you don't care.
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On second look, KD's t-shirt/hoody combo is far worse than what Baron is working w/ .
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AHHHHH...damnnnn. So true though.Originally Posted by throwback1718
baron davis lookin like he was sleeping at the side of madison square garden, woke up and just walked to the offices.
Hate on him for denying a season or whatever but Wade seems like a smart guy. LBJ is a good judge of character. I'll give him that much.
Billy Hunter has his work cut out for him, and Stern is adopting the wrong attitude. But he's also got a really tough job to do and I am kind of amazed by how ridiculous a lot of people here look criticizing him considering he is largely responsible for how popular the NBA has been since his reign. The ticky tacky stuff like suits-only at press conferences and the length of the shorts is what you all focus on, for whatever reason, but he's a smart guy who has put plenty of money in players pockets over the years. How you don't realize that is beyond me. He has to walk a really fine line, unlike any other pro sports league in the U.S. The NFL will never have that problem.
The only conclusion you can draw from the meeting is that we're even less likely now to see a season.
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KD & Baron Davis' fits
at Wade yelling at Stern.
