The NBA is coming back, and so am I.
by Xiane on Nov 26, 2011 7:47 PM CST
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PrintHi Rockets fans, thanks for sticking with The Dreamshake during the 150 day lockout. It is apparently all over but the voting and signing, with a 66 game schedule on tap starting in a few weeks. So now we can get back to talking about basketball and not labor negotiation, game theory, and the casting of blame.
I am happy that the lockout is over, but I can't say I'm overjoyed, because this strikes me as a deal that was probable, even obvious, at the start of the lockout. Given the economic climate, it was clear it would be the players giving up ground in this deal, not the owners.
For all the talk about the players caving in the last labor dispute, it's fairly obvious they improved their lot in that arrangement. It was also clear that they'd be handing some back in this one. That said, they held firm, were willing to push the generally tough bunch of NBA owners farther than they expected to be pushed. I believe the players gave up less than I expected they would. You can read more about the details of the agreement at any of the usual major media sources.
Now I have to get over my sense of disgust to find the interest that's propelled me through two seasons and a lockout writing on The Dreamshake. As actual basketball begins to unfold, as players are signed, as we learn about the shape of what promises to be a crazy compressed season, I'll be saying more.
For now I'll say, NBA, I'm glad you're back, but I need a moment before I can speak civilly about actual basketball. It'll come, and in the meantime thanks for sticking with The Dreamshake, and the Rockets.
No cursing in title. No pirated material, such as links to online game streams. Do not cut/paste entire sections of content from other websites. Thanks.
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LOUD NOISES!
by Nobody is Better Than Jordan on Nov 26, 2011 7:55 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I'm in a mood
where I’m happy to pop the cork on a bottle of Champagne, and then give the owners and player reps a sound beating with the empty bottle.
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Have to admit
I didn’t come around here often during the lockout, not really a lot to comment on. Thankful it’s back though. Anybody know if there will be preseason games? I’d kill for some exhibition games
by twinkilling0303 on Nov 26, 2011 8:58 PM CST reply actions
YAY!
"Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!"
Sherrod Harris
awesome was my first thought
My second? F**k, I forgot mchale is our new coach. But hey, could be worse. We could have mike brown.
by HTown80 on Nov 28, 2011 12:41 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Finally...let's play ball.
Last season seems like a thousand years ago. Lots of changes have been made and will be on the horizon, but I’m just glad the Rockets are back.
The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.
by Stupendous Man on Nov 28, 2011 8:47 AM CST via mobile reply actions
slow clap
Some dude on espn described the CBA agreement as like;
the owners had just come into the players house taken everything and after the players complained they said ok here you can have a pillow, a candle and grandma that’s it.
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I'm not sure it's as bad as that.
I’m not sure what a player win looks like when reported. The last deal was called a big triumph for the owners, but I don’t think it worked out that way – if it was such an owner win why was there a lockout?
This one is clearly more of an owner win, as they players gave up around 5% of BRI. But in other terms I’m not sure that the amnesty hurts the players – the same money will go elsewhere. Bad for a few, better for the many.
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Personally I think amnesty helps the players
If they aren’t claimed at all, they get to not play and get their whole salary paid. It’s basically like being released.
And if you get claimed and bidded on, it’s like getting traded, only to a team that really wants you. There’s nothing there that is out of line with anything that could ordinarily happen to the players.
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by Patrick Harrel on Nov 29, 2011 5:43 PM CST up reply actions
I agree, overall it's a good thing.
My point is that money spent on a player on amnesty doesn’t disappear from the pool of available player pay. Well, it might in over lux tax situations, but overall, probably not.
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