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HOW ABOUT THOSE BASKETBALLS
DEREK FISHER AND THOSE DUDES LIKE BARON DAVIS NOT MAKING ANY PROGRESS.
DETLEFF (SP?) ON THAT NBC SHOW.
WADE TELLING STERN THAT'S HE'S NOT HIS SON (WHO'S?).
I DREAM ABOUT DUNKING LIKE MY MAIN MAN B GRIFFIN.
WHABOUT EJ?
I LIKE THESE:
DETLEFF (SP?) ON THAT NBC SHOW.
WADE TELLING STERN THAT'S HE'S NOT HIS SON (WHO'S?).
I DREAM ABOUT DUNKING LIKE MY MAIN MAN B GRIFFIN.
WHABOUT EJ?
I LIKE THESE:
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I have a dream about it once a year it seems like.
Gimme those games with the dunks and the sweat and the cheering.
BBALL
Indie basketball.
LOADS of dunks.
Just waiting for the lockout to end.
They (the players association and owners) are negotiating pretty hardcore right now (almost everyday) as we are a very crucial stretch. If they don't have a deal down by the end of the week they will have to start canceling regular season games.
I follow so many NBA writers on twitter who are at the hotel where they have the meetings and it gets so tense and I get so nervous when the meetings end for the day and it could've gone good or bad.
Many NBA players have signed contracts to play in Europe and Asia but most can get out of those contracts as soon as the labor dispute is over, except for those who have signed in China (3 current Denver Nuggets) they are locked in for the whole season.
I was into the "underground games" in theory, but I watched Chris Paul's charity game from North Carolina on the internet the other night (Lebron, Dwayne Wade, Chris Paul, Rudy Gay, John Wall, bunch of other dudes) but the basketball was TERRIBLE. Not a single ounce of defense was attempted.
Training camps are supposed to be happening TODAY.
I'm so sad about it. I think they are really screwing up if they lose regular season games, it will deeply alienate fans, but they do need to fix the economics.
Why would this happen going into the season where my Clippers have their best chance of making the playoffs in 5 years!
Also, I'm PRETTY SURE that Spirit of 77 will go out of business if there are no Blazer games this year.
Sides may be adjourning for today after 5+ hours. Be back soon.
I get nervous every day that things will be cancelled and then I look at my "fantasy football" and don't know what anything is nor care.
LET THE MILLIONAIRES PLAY.
But also I LOVE THE NBA. Don't deprive me.
NBA, finish your business, you make me so angry!!!!!
Most of the NBA teams don't make money, so they have to re-organize the way the money is distributed.
Right now the players are guaranteed to receive 57 percent of all money that comes in. The owners want that number to be more like 50. The players will go down to 54. There are other issues but this is the main one. Pay cut for players.
Sounds like the meeting was productive today. Tomorrow is SUPER important. If its bad, then games will be cancelled.
I also want stadium workers to get paid!!!!
SO MUCH MONEY gets made by basketball, can't they kick some down?
I don't even know who I mean by "they" but it's not the stadium workers
I WANT BASKETBALL
Steve's Clippers first chance of doing a great job in the playoffs!
And
It's the very first year I have actually been interested in any sport!
WHY NOW?????
NBA2K12 is out today i think
EA didn't make a basketball game this year or last year. Very weird. They are supposed to re-enter the basketball sim market in 2012.
Seems way too short to have made a deal. They made for 4.5 hours.
Reports coming soon.
Apparently the players came down to 53% today and the owners came up to 47% (from their previous stance of 46).
The owners only going up to 47 is SCARY, means they are playing HARDBALL and really are OK with missing games because that will make the players start missing paychecks and cave.
I'm scared.
BAD STUFF
Commissioner Stern now talking. He says they informally offered players 50-50 after formally offering 47%. Players responded by walking out!
Cha-Lu-Pa
(*a rubber 'easy to grip' ball, not an official NBA leather basketball)
i will say that i think it's some brilliant marketing.
i like dreaming that the billionaires and the millionaires look at the stadium workers making minimum wage/on call/<20 hour weeks and are like "ok guys, guess what, we just put you in a new tax bracket!" and then the workers would win and everyone would be happy.
There is another promotion where is the Blazers get 4 3pointers in the 1st half the crowd gets coupons for free Egg McMuffins. I'm all for this promotion! It happens only in the first half(not during the part of the game where we should most invested in the suspense of actual gameplay) and Egg McMuffins are better than chalupas.
Actually, I just go to a lot of basketball games and I like basketball at my basketball games and I find this thing takes away from the basketball.
I realize my concern is trivial and unimportant, and I take it back.
edit:
seems you may have some concerns with deep fried taco craven morans at your basketball game
Note: You are all in big trouble if I ever buy a professional sports team.