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now youre trying to associate how they're dressed with what's currently happening? Just shut up .
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Originally Posted by ill steelo
meeting began at 10 AM today. And they're still meeting. Nearly 8 hours
A picture from nearly 10 years ago.
LinkNEW YORK – When several of the NBA’s biggest stars march into the most important negotiating session in the history of the sport on Friday, there promises to be twisting of truths and fuzzy math and conservative owners determined to deliver themselves a dramatic redistribution of wealth. The biggest lie will go untouched, unchallenged.
Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, Dwight Howard and Dwyane Wade are the most underpaid and undercompensated people in these labor negotiations. They make far too little, and truth be told, most of their teammates make far too much.
For everything they do to drive TV ratings and gate receipts, the global advancement and relentless news coverage, it's a farce that elite of the elite have to listen to so many sorry, sloppy owners tell them they deserve rollbacks on present contracts and deserve future ones to be slashed. These stars are the NBA. They're everything.
Nowhere in sports is the superstar more vital than basketball, because the ball's forever in the star's hands and a singular talent has the most transformational impact. Let owners bid on the true value the elite stars bring to a franchise, to the league, and Wade was asked where he believes the bidding would rise per season?
"I'm sure it would get to $50 million," Wade told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday afternoon.
He’s right, and there’s still a compelling case that it wouldn’t properly compensate what a Kobe Bryant, a LeBron James, even means far beyond his own team. Privately, Jerry Buss has told people that Bryant – who will make a league-high $25 million this season under his current contract terms – is worth perhaps $70 million a year to the Los Angeles Lakers. James has been the most prodigious talent – the compelling serial character – the sport’s manufactured. This list is short, but the impact is immense. This is the largely unspoken truism of labor talks: The superstars are wildly underpaid, and the largely interchangeable rank-and-file players make far too much money.
Originally Posted by thats what she said
at just realizing how bad of a poster dude is. I already signed up for my season ticket refund. They're giving me my money back plus interest. I paid $56 per game, think there's 2 preseason games obviously cancelled plus whatever I miss in regular season games. We get 1% interest if we cash out now or 5% to have them roll it over into an account for next season.
And these exhibition games are ridiculous. KD said he's bringing one to OKC too in a few weeks so I'll try to be front row at that.
Originally Posted by PMatic
Originally Posted by thats what she said
at just realizing how bad of a poster dude is. I already signed up for my season ticket refund. They're giving me my money back plus interest. I paid $56 per game, think there's 2 preseason games obviously cancelled plus whatever I miss in regular season games. We get 1% interest if we cash out now or 5% to have them roll it over into an account for next season.
And these exhibition games are ridiculous. KD said he's bringing one to OKC too in a few weeks so I'll try to be front row at that.
Originally Posted by shoeking2101
A.I. in LA with Kobe? There's rumblings about kobe wanting a.i., speaking real highly of A.I. and that the lakers contacted Gary Moore and A.I. right before the lockout. Also saw that the lakers were planning to work Chuck out once the lockout is over.
Trying to find the article right now
Originally Posted by 23MichaelJordan45
OKC is a about 5 hours...it may be worth it