NBA 2011-12 Season Thread

[Mex86]

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[RickD]

The season may be a blank as well!

[Mex86]

They've cancelled the first two weeks of games. Which makes this one of the Clippers' best starts to a season ever.

[astrosfanatic]

and the Rocket's sales guys keep calling me asking me if i want to buy tickets this year. I keep asking them if there will even be games this year. Until they tell me yes, i will say no.

[Mr. Baseball]

The whole labor dispute bit really bothers me. There are so many American's out of work that would give anything for a steady income. These guys are making millions of dollars each season, but yet they decide to complain and whine until they get more.

In my opinion, basketball players (as a whole) are some of the least classy athletes. The NBA has a higher percentage of drug addicts, felons, and criminals than any other professional sports league.

[Mex86]

The whole labor dispute bit really bothers me. There are so many American's out of work that would give anything for a steady income. These guys are making millions of dollars each season, but yet they decide to complain and whine until they get more.

That's a very simple way of looking at it. Yes, there's little sympathy in a tough economy for multi-millionaire athletes, but there's two sides to every labor dispute, and the owners are making even more millions off them. The average NBA career is only about four years, so that money is fleeting at most.

In my opinion, basketball players (as a whole) are some of the least classy athletes. The NBA has a higher percentage of drug addicts, felons, and criminals than any other professional sports league.

I don't share this at all. I've interviewed a number of NBA players - at least 25-30 future Hall of Famers, by my informal count - and found them to be some of the more articulate and, for all the money they make, remarkably unassuming of athletes. If you want to find drug addicts, felons, and criminals, the NFL is as bad, if not worse.

[Mr. Baseball]

If I'm not mistaken, in 2005 the NBA made a huge deal out of being told they couldn't wear chains and shades at public appearances. Yeah....real classy. A solid majority of NBA players seem to care more about themselves than the team. Professional basketball is all about being flashy and making money (which is why I don't watch the sport anymore).

[yankeebiscuitfan]

2011-2012 season.... It looks like there won't be a 2011-2012 season.

[Mex86]

A solid majority of NBA players seem to care more about themselves than the team.

And you know this how? Or is this just an opinion? No question, there's a number of bad apples in the league. But after reading about how the Red Sox front-line pitchers carried themselves during this September's pennant race, it's safe to say that the NBA is no different than MLB, the NFL, or NHL. There are guys who care, and guys who only care about themselves. And there are veterans hanging on for one last payday. The NBA has always made a number of fans uncomfortable because its players are more urban/inner city, and a certain minority embrace the gangsta lifestyle. (Or, reading between the lines:many of these fans, a majority of them white, do not feel comfortable rooting for very tall black men with corn rows, tattoos, and multi-million dollar bank accounts. And that's just the way it is.)

[Mex86]

The NBA cancelled two more weeks of games after Friday's negotiations stalled, wiping out the entire slate of November. The biggest hurdle right now is the dividing of league revenue - last year, the players earned 57.5% of revenue; this season, the owners have stuck fast to a 50-50 split, while the players have come down from an initial offering of 53.5 to 52%. Supposedly, the 50-50 vs. 52-48 split this represents about $80 million.

The NBA has also changed its name, to the No Basketball Association.