Does anyone even care about the NBA lockout?

I checked our November sales tonight. I ran November 1st-13th for 2010 and compared them to November 1st-12th of this year so that I'd have two Friday and Saturday nights in both samples.

This year we're a hair over 22% better than last year, including the extra day for 2010. Going by the reservations book to compare the time periods, we had one more banquet room reservation of 25-30 people at $40 a head in 2010.

Long live the lockout.
 
they probably will now since the players rejected this deal

they said an antitrust lawsuit will take months ...

oh well
 
Hopefully this extra long offseason will help Duncan get back to 2007 form.

Prolly not.
 
The players gave them all the money they wanted, they just want to not get taken to the woodshed on free agency rules. The owners need to let them get something to feel good about to sign off on a deal.

They aren't far apart.
 
im still basking in the glow of the Mavs win against the Heatles. Its pretty awesome. :)
 
Rumor is this offer would've been passed if every player voted.

Not every player makes $15 million a year

This is money they'll never see again. really stupid move. Now they have to hope to win in court.
 
If there is no season this year, the "Dream Team" in Miami will have to wait another year. :D

And if there is a strike-shortened season, the Washington Wizards just might have a chance like their Commander counterparts who seem to have good luck with strike years.
 
ninja;4246705 said:
If there is no season this year, the "Dream Team" in Miami will have to wait another year. :D

And if there is a strike-shortened season, the Washington Wizards just might have a chance like their Commander counterparts who seem to have good luck with strike years.
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They weren't gonna win anyway. They got lucky Rondo was injured or they wouldn't have even made the Finals. Chicago will need to improve to compete with them. The lockout will really help Boston. Assuming the lockout doesn't cut into next season I still think a West team will win it. The Lakers will probably get Dwight Howard. They're probably gonna have to break up their big frontline of Gasol, Bynum, and Odom but for Dwight it's worth it. The Mavs are the champs. As long as Dirk is Dirk they'll be in the mix. Much like Boston being an older team the lockout will help them and obviously you have the young and upcoming Thunder.
 
crazytown41;4246318 said:
Rumor is this offer would've been passed if every player voted.

Not every player makes $15 million a year

This is money they'll never see again. really stupid move. Now they have to hope to win in court.
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And they won't win.

The owners caved on just about every issue over and over. The players are just not very smart in this instance. They were offered 51% of BRI, with 0% liability to assist in overhead costs (advertising, ticketing, merchandising, etc) that owners take out of their 49%.

Their best bet is to get a deal in place exactly like that of the NFL. The league needs to value to product of the team over the individual moving forward, or they'll never get back to the same level they were in the 1990s.

They also need, like, a 60 game season or shorter. I would love to have a 50-60 game season with more meaningful games and more time inbetween games, along with more Thurs-Fri-Sat games so people can actually go.
 
big dog cowboy;4247004 said:
Somehow all of this just has to be Romo's fault.

:rolleyes:
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Jerry smashed his fists together and it caused Billy Hunter to motion the players for the lawsuit.

I got a kick out of Kessler's assertion that since both lead attorney's are on the the NBAPA's side of the case, then the lockout HAS to be illegal.

What, you think we're that stupid to believe you wouldn't represent the side of the case that hired you???:lmao2: Come on, man!

Great article by Wilbon on it.

http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/...se-reached-particularly-objectionable-economy
 
That is pretty funny since the Lockout was allowed to remain in the NFL after it was dragged along in the courts for what4-6 months. In the end the players caved on the financial part which the owners wanted. That was the main sticking point with NFL owners and they got it.

What is worse for the NBA they are not the NFL no one cares a lot of people I know call it thug ball. I think it is unfair because there are some really good players that are not like that but the NBA has embraced it in the past and that is what sticks in the older crowds mind.

The NBA is going to end up like the NHL and yes the NHL could go over seas and play but their is only so much money and spots and a lot of issues with Euro teams not always paying and stuff.
 
Kangaroo;4247189 said:
That is pretty funny since the Lockout was allowed to remain in the NFL after it was dragged along in the courts for what4-6 months. In the end the players caved on the financial part which the owners wanted. That was the main sticking point with NFL owners and they got it.

What is worse for the NBA they are not the NFL no one cares a lot of people I know call it thug ball. I think it is unfair because there are some really good players that are not like that but the NBA has embraced it in the past and that is what sticks in the older crowds mind.

The NBA is going to end up like the NHL and yes the NHL could go over seas and play but their is only so much money and spots and a lot of issues with Euro teams not always paying and stuff.
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The thing about the NBA is that they started they just started the decertification process, they haven't even been given the go-ahead to vote on decertification by the NLRB if I remember an article from a few days ago. The NFLPA had already got its membership to vote for a possible decertification back in October of 2010.

They need 45 days or something before they can vote to decertify, and then they get to go through the entire process that the NFL did over 136 days of torture and reading one article today the NFL's process was very quick by normal standards.

The NBA already had a lawsuit in place months and months ago to fight decertification by saying that once the NBPA decertifies, any guaranteed contract is null and void upon the dissolution of the Player's Association that got the CBA under which the contracts were formed. If that goes forward and is rule on in favor of the NBA, it won't matter if the lockout is enjoined by a higher court, a whole lot of NBA players won't have a team to call home.

The article, or another I read, mentioned that NHL players have been pretty vocal to friends of theirs in the NBA. They said losing that one season was not worth it at all. Nobody in the NBPA is listening. The players will never get their lost wages back, and a few players will never play in the NBA again.

No sweat off my back. It's like watching a really slow car wreck between two people you don't like, and one of them is driving the car they borrowed from your ex-gf.
 
Dallas Cowboys Fan;4246708 said:
They weren't gonna win anyway. They got lucky Rondo was injured or they wouldn't have even made the Finals. Chicago will need to improve to compete with them. The lockout will really help Boston. Assuming the lockout doesn't cut into next season I still think a West team will win it. The Lakers will probably get Dwight Howard. They're probably gonna have to break up their big frontline of Gasol, Bynum, and Odom but for Dwight it's worth it. The Mavs are the champs. As long as Dirk is Dirk they'll be in the mix. Much like Boston being an older team the lockout will help them and obviously you have the young and upcoming Thunder.
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If we lose Chandler we're out of it.
 
CATCH17;4247293 said:
If we lose Chandler we're out of it.
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Trust me Marc Cuban is gonna do everything he can to bring him back. Everything. If they do lose him they're just gonna have to try find someone else in free agency or via trade.
 
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