NBA Lockout to Start at Midnight

by joshsm07 on Jun 30, 2011 4:08 PM CDT

For those of you who don't just sit around watching TV all day, like myself, ESPN and Yahoo Sports have reported that the NBA will go into a lockout at midnight tonight. AP Basketball writer Brian Mahoney covers the basics in his article. More after the jump.

After hours of talk, no new CBA was reached and NBA owners elected to go the way of their NFL counterparts, leaving players, fans, and free agents in limbo about the future of professional basketball. Optimists like Commissioner David Stern hope the lockout won't affect the NBA season, while others, like Charles Barkley, believe there will be no 2011-2012 season.The free agency period that was slated to start Friday will be postponed, leaving teams in search of new pieces, such as the Rockets, waiting until after a new CBA has been reached before they can dip into the market.

With the Portland Trail Blazers giving Center Greg Oden a reported $8.8 mil Qualifying Offer, what kind of trend does this set for other free agents, especially centers? How will it affect or be affected by the new CBA, once one is reached? What do Rockets fans think about the upcoming lockout and the money Greg Oden and other free agent centers might receive?

Poll

How long do you think the NBA lockout will last?

No games or training camp will be missed

6 votes

Only training camp will be lost

1 votes

Only training camp and preason games

11 votes

Just a couple of regular season games will be lost

15 votes

I want the Charles Barkley special( that's turrible)

16 votes

There's a lockout?

4 votes

53 votes | Poll has closed

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I think it will affect how committed fans are to the sport.

There was a time when I was far more involved with football than the NBA. Over time several things caused that to change. I still watch, but I really don’t care that much any more. My best friend always wants to go to a game, but this year I told him the wife and I would pass. I think they need to see some empty seats for a while. They most likely won’t, but it won"t be me sitting in them.
I have been getting close to going that route with the NBA. I think the “product” has gotten more important than the game. People make fortunes playing a game, and forget where the money comes from. The league has people complain for years about officials, only to have one do time for fixing games. And owners complain about things that largely they bring upon themselves.
I hope that the process will not sour me to the point that I no longer care, but I am afraid it will. What really puzzles me is that all the parties involved can’t see how bad the timing of this is. With this and the NFL lockout, it might make folks question the entire “pro sports” idea. In a period when the notion of “not enough money to go around” is a common thread, “we will stand in the corner and hold our breath till we get our way”, might not be a good plan.

by makinmajik on Jun 30, 2011 4:51 PM CDT reply actions

I agree

I understand that if you’re a player and you see a guy making X amount of money and you believe you are a better player than him and should be paid more than him, but honestly if you’re already making millions of dollars why are you crying because you aren’t making millions more.

The BANHAMMER delivers the real justice
That's just turrible
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence
Bill, Bull and Clyde will be taking their talents to South Texas

by joshsm07 on Jun 30, 2011 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions

This takes a very naive look at labor negotiations, what's entailed in this lockout, and it insults both sides in assuming it's strictly financial.

There’s a lot wrapped up in here and neither of you two are hitting on the right notes in regards to what’s the sticking points here.

I’ll have a piece up in a day or two, I have a week off from classes.

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-TCWIR paraphrased

by BD34 on Jun 30, 2011 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Regardless, the players and owners are just being pussys.

However you wanna look at it, they are all millionaires. Some things do need to be hashed out, but good God. They bitch way too much. I’ll volunteer for, heck, ill take 1 million and be content as hell.

"You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid? Well, mine are
even worse! " ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

by TheChuckwagonisrolling on Jun 30, 2011 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions

You're assuming it's all about who is going to get paid, there's a LOT of finances in here that you guys pay no mind to because you've never had to actually deal with it.

If not for their ability to manage the financial aspect of this league you get no NBA. It’s not about paychecks entirely, it’s about being able to produce a return on investment. As fans there’s a lot of butthurt that “Waaah, we might not get basketball because the rich are arguing!” If the rich lose out money they’ll close up shop on their investment and you’ll get nothing for your tears, which sounds better? They take some time to hammer out a proper way of managing this league or they entertain you til they fold?

It’s problems people like you and I don’t have because we won’t make in a lifetime what these guys make in a year. Hostility and jealousy based on that just makes us all look like jealous serfs.

My beingadick-butnotbeinganannoyingdick skills, they're impressive.
-TCWIR paraphrased

by BD34 on Jun 30, 2011 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions

I am not assuming anything. I understand that there is way more in play.

The problem is that they won’t compromise. This is not about jealousy, it’s about how many people are affected due to the lockout. How many people will lose some income that they need based upon the fact that they can’t go to work now? That’s what I’m concerned about. And yes, you must make a profit in the NBA. Huge cash flow, and all that needs to be well-organized. Plus, I have absolutely no faith that “a proper way of managing this league” will actually happen.

"You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid? Well, mine are
even worse! " ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

by TheChuckwagonisrolling on Jun 30, 2011 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions

So this effectively means no free agent moves or trades between teams can be conducted?

This blows.

If you're a fan of basketball, watch a movie called Sonicsgate. It's free, just google it.
2011 Vancouver Canucks - The closest feeling to winning I've ever had.

by .Bonzo on Jun 30, 2011 7:58 PM CDT reply actions

Houston working the phones hard to get a last minute deal before lockout

David Aldridge on his twitter – Lots of teams trying to make last-minute deals before #lockout anvil comes down. Houston, as ever, burning up the lines

by twinkilling0303 on Jun 30, 2011 8:06 PM CDT reply actions

Shannon Brown didn't exercise his option for next season

Dude could really help another team. Lakers should’ve given him the starting job a while back.

by twinkilling0303 on Jun 30, 2011 8:19 PM CDT reply actions

Where's the option

For the whole season not happening

by Vivek Johnson on Jun 30, 2011 8:33 PM CDT reply actions

It is unspeakable!!!!

"You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid? Well, mine are
even worse! " ~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

by TheChuckwagonisrolling on Jun 30, 2011 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions

It's what Chalres Barkley said

The BANHAMMER delivers the real justice
That's just turrible
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence
Bill, Bull and Clyde will be taking their talents to South Texas

by joshsm07 on Jun 30, 2011 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Do the recent draftees’ get paid at all?

by PeteyNhtown on Jul 1, 2011 2:59 AM CDT reply actions

I read a lot about the lockout

If I had to choose sides, I am actually more with the owners. I know it is a complex problem but the fact that players get 57% of all basketball income is ridiculous since the owners are the ones taking the vast majority of the risk at the end of the day. Also with basketball, with the way the current system is,if you have an injury or mess up one players contract the team would be in trouble for a few years and that does not help the competitiveness of the league. Last thing I have to say is that sign and trades need to be canceled and that a team should be able to offer a player a significant amount more to be able to keep it’s star player so that he won’t bolt of Miami, New York, or LA. The small market teams need to have more of a fighting chance to compete for players and so that they can be able to keep their star players.

Game Thread Extraordinaire

by Rockets4LIFE on Jul 1, 2011 10:41 AM CDT reply actions