Official NBA OFF-SEASON Thread - 2011: Free Agency Dec. 9th

[aepps20]

IMO the worst thing to happen from a fan's perspective is the guaranteed tv contract for next season. The owners actually save money not having a season and they'll get the tv revenue anyway.

 

[duba169]

i don't understand why those tv stations pay them even when no games are on

 

[duba169]

i don't understand why those tv stations pay them even when no games are on

 

[vc3fan]

FinallyFamous - No actually whether my sarcasm meter is off or on. I as of right now do not know what they will do with money. I have heard either give it back month to month there is no season or hold until brooklyn if this goes season long.




The whole situation is just bad. tomorrow will not be a good day. I rather be discussing the start of Free Agents talking to teams at midnight than a Lockout occurring at midnight tonight.

 

[vc3fan]

FinallyFamous - No actually whether my sarcasm meter is off or on. I as of right now do not know what they will do with money. I have heard either give it back month to month there is no season or hold until brooklyn if this goes season long.




The whole situation is just bad. tomorrow will not be a good day. I rather be discussing the start of Free Agents talking to teams at midnight than a Lockout occurring at midnight tonight.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Its gonna be a long year... 

 

 

[airjordan jb23]

Its gonna be a long year... 

 

 

[still1rise]

Sucks man.

 

[still1rise]

Sucks man.

 

[furrell]

Originally Posted by PMatic

Exclusive: How (And Why) An NBA Team Makes A $7 Million Profit Look Like A $28 Million Loss

Makes you wonder how long this has been happening and how many teams are lying about their current situation. Cooking the books isn't a new practice and it happens everywhere.

Read from top to bottom via Gilbert Arenas:

Lakers Dallas Miami Knicks Magic Bulls Boston and a few others always hav the best chance at the top free agents do to city and money

so the smaller cities team cant compete so they can never get better and there always losing money..so since they cant control each other

spending money on players they want us too do it for them by signing a new deal...its that simple

all the older owners hav made there money and selling to new buyers and the new buyers are gettn killed in these small cities...

stay bad...the owners with the most money will try to buy the best players..

so like the lakers just signed a 175 million dollar tv deal...but they dont want to share that with the rest.. they want US to do it

i know ppl are like u make 20 and r not worth it..TRUE..but the man who paid me thought i was too him..ur worth what sum one gives u..

i havent been to one meeting but i know when unrealistic ppl are tryin to make a statement there gonna do it..

its like me sayin i wanna play 52 mins a game every night.."well theres only 48"WELL find me 4 more mins then..if not LOCKOUT lmaoooooooooo

so when you heard u team say were REBUILDING all there sayin is buy our tickets watch us lose..clippers hav been rebuilding for 20+ years

and made one playoff series..u can be like okc and hav young talent but eventually ur gonna have to pay all those players and u cant

and then what happens..umm the famous REBUILDING ..lol its a rat race there tryin to get out of..and they need us to do it for them..SMH

i see ppl sayin teams like Spurs and Detroit did it..well spurs had a great team that got hit buy the injury bug in and got the number 1 pic

and got Duncan so from there they just built around him.and the piston got lucky all the free agent they got was very cheap but good players

and thats why they broke up..they were worth more then they were befor...

so i dont see it ending sooner but hey who knows...theres 100 items to get though were at i think 1 lmaoooo

trust me there gonna sit back and let us kill ourselves like last time...so imma tell yall the truth but no disrespecting anybody...theres

even if they hav pay cuts then what....r they gonna give out free food with all the extra money there gettn ummmm no..there gonna do

get a new 20 million dollars score boards SMH and still scream were losing money..lol this basketball thing is pocket changes to this owners


Stern cannot come back following a second lockout during his tenure.

 

[furrell]

Originally Posted by PMatic

Exclusive: How (And Why) An NBA Team Makes A $7 Million Profit Look Like A $28 Million Loss

Makes you wonder how long this has been happening and how many teams are lying about their current situation. Cooking the books isn't a new practice and it happens everywhere.

Read from top to bottom via Gilbert Arenas:

Lakers Dallas Miami Knicks Magic Bulls Boston and a few others always hav the best chance at the top free agents do to city and money

so the smaller cities team cant compete so they can never get better and there always losing money..so since they cant control each other

spending money on players they want us too do it for them by signing a new deal...its that simple

all the older owners hav made there money and selling to new buyers and the new buyers are gettn killed in these small cities...

stay bad...the owners with the most money will try to buy the best players..

so like the lakers just signed a 175 million dollar tv deal...but they dont want to share that with the rest.. they want US to do it

i know ppl are like u make 20 and r not worth it..TRUE..but the man who paid me thought i was too him..ur worth what sum one gives u..

i havent been to one meeting but i know when unrealistic ppl are tryin to make a statement there gonna do it..

its like me sayin i wanna play 52 mins a game every night.."well theres only 48"WELL find me 4 more mins then..if not LOCKOUT lmaoooooooooo

so when you heard u team say were REBUILDING all there sayin is buy our tickets watch us lose..clippers hav been rebuilding for 20+ years

and made one playoff series..u can be like okc and hav young talent but eventually ur gonna have to pay all those players and u cant

and then what happens..umm the famous REBUILDING ..lol its a rat race there tryin to get out of..and they need us to do it for them..SMH

i see ppl sayin teams like Spurs and Detroit did it..well spurs had a great team that got hit buy the injury bug in and got the number 1 pic

and got Duncan so from there they just built around him.and the piston got lucky all the free agent they got was very cheap but good players

and thats why they broke up..they were worth more then they were befor...

so i dont see it ending sooner but hey who knows...theres 100 items to get though were at i think 1 lmaoooo

trust me there gonna sit back and let us kill ourselves like last time...so imma tell yall the truth but no disrespecting anybody...theres

even if they hav pay cuts then what....r they gonna give out free food with all the extra money there gettn ummmm no..there gonna do

get a new 20 million dollars score boards SMH and still scream were losing money..lol this basketball thing is pocket changes to this owners


Stern cannot come back following a second lockout during his tenure.

 

[|A-Man|]

Originally Posted by Trelvis Tha Thrilla

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

Having a half-season in like 2 months won't be good for Jason Kidd, if we even have a season.

Depending on the scheduling a 40-50 game schedule would do nothing but benefit Jason Kidd and the Mavs. Its not like they are going to cram games together and play every night or something.

Gives Butler longer to recover. Dirk more rest, and Kidd wont have to play a full 82 games. 

Do you NOT remember the '99-'00 season? There were back to back to back games regularly. Games were scheduled like an MLB season

Kidd would die in that schedule. All those old guys would have to approach Oct like there isn't a lockout and stay in game shape.

I get the feeling a lot of ppl here haven't been fans for that long or at least 11 years.

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

Guess Chris Paul's last season with the Hornets came a year sooner.

wait, so the contracts go on as if there was no lockout?

No

I wish though. Why would the contract continue if the player isn't getting paid? (assuming the lockout lasts a whole season). I mean if that were the case small market owners who gave out bad contracts would love the idea that a lockout could get those players off their books.

Stern has to definitely be out after his contract/tenure is up. 2 black eyes on his resume.

Originally Posted by Furrell

Read from top to bottom via Gilbert Arenas:

Lakers Dallas Miami Knicks Magic Bulls Boston and a few others always hav the best chance at the top free agents do to city and money

so the smaller cities team cant compete so they can never get better and there always losing money..so since they cant control each other

spending money on players they want us too do it for them by signing a new deal...its that simple

I still like that idea some NTer came up with for the draft where the losing teams automatically get all of the picks in the 1st round in rotation after the 15th pick. That way 1st round picks are more valuable and good playoff teams trading for those picks have more of a reason to get in on that.

 

[|A-Man|]

Originally Posted by Trelvis Tha Thrilla

Originally Posted by JapanAir21

Having a half-season in like 2 months won't be good for Jason Kidd, if we even have a season.

Depending on the scheduling a 40-50 game schedule would do nothing but benefit Jason Kidd and the Mavs. Its not like they are going to cram games together and play every night or something.

Gives Butler longer to recover. Dirk more rest, and Kidd wont have to play a full 82 games. 

Do you NOT remember the '99-'00 season? There were back to back to back games regularly. Games were scheduled like an MLB season

Kidd would die in that schedule. All those old guys would have to approach Oct like there isn't a lockout and stay in game shape.

I get the feeling a lot of ppl here haven't been fans for that long or at least 11 years.

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland

Guess Chris Paul's last season with the Hornets came a year sooner.

wait, so the contracts go on as if there was no lockout?

No

I wish though. Why would the contract continue if the player isn't getting paid? (assuming the lockout lasts a whole season). I mean if that were the case small market owners who gave out bad contracts would love the idea that a lockout could get those players off their books.

Stern has to definitely be out after his contract/tenure is up. 2 black eyes on his resume.

Originally Posted by Furrell

Read from top to bottom via Gilbert Arenas:

Lakers Dallas Miami Knicks Magic Bulls Boston and a few others always hav the best chance at the top free agents do to city and money

so the smaller cities team cant compete so they can never get better and there always losing money..so since they cant control each other

spending money on players they want us too do it for them by signing a new deal...its that simple

I still like that idea some NTer came up with for the draft where the losing teams automatically get all of the picks in the 1st round in rotation after the 15th pick. That way 1st round picks are more valuable and good playoff teams trading for those picks have more of a reason to get in on that.

 

[al3xis]

It's just hard to get over the fact that this is the best product since before the '99 lockout and now they go down that road again.

I consider myself a die-hard NBA fan at this point (since the product HAS improved) but anything more than, say...Christmas or New Years...I'm not coming back to it very quickly. And the casual fans will be completely turned off.

Miss an actual year? Can't imagine that happening, but if it does..it'd take years to recover..regardless of how many young stars there are.

 

[al3xis]

It's just hard to get over the fact that this is the best product since before the '99 lockout and now they go down that road again.

I consider myself a die-hard NBA fan at this point (since the product HAS improved) but anything more than, say...Christmas or New Years...I'm not coming back to it very quickly. And the casual fans will be completely turned off.

Miss an actual year? Can't imagine that happening, but if it does..it'd take years to recover..regardless of how many young stars there are.

 

[vc3fan]

DA said on twitter that teams are trying to make last second deals (especially Houston).


Also NBA.com has no players on homepage.

 

[vc3fan]

DA said on twitter that teams are trying to make last second deals (especially Houston).


Also NBA.com has no players on homepage.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

My team too +@$*!+! old to be missing a whole year.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

My team too +@$*!+! old to be missing a whole year.

 

[whalifa420]

mine too

 

[whalifa420]

mine too

 

[duba169]

Originally Posted by Al3xis

It's just hard to get over the fact that this is the best product since before the '99 lockout and now they go down that road again.

definitely one of the more disappointing and frustrating aspects of this

 

[duba169]

Originally Posted by Al3xis

It's just hard to get over the fact that this is the best product since before the '99 lockout and now they go down that road again.

definitely one of the more disappointing and frustrating aspects of this

 

[hood17]

youngest team in the league right here.......








oh yeah Kahn is running it

 

[hood17]

youngest team in the league right here.......








oh yeah Kahn is running it