NBA Lockout Tentatively Over: What needs to happen next
As of late November 25, 2011 the long grueling marathon that has been the NBA lockout has finally ended. It seems as though the NBAPA and NBA finally realized that this arguing wasn't worth losing a full season.
Here's how plans are supposed to go: On Monday, the players repeal/retract their anti-trust lawsuit against the NBA, and the NBA does the same to their lawsuit which was to prove that the lockout was legal. Next, the players union has to be reformed, and that union has to agree on the deal. After that, the owners have to agree to this deal as well.
If all that goes right, then a 66 game season will start on December 25 with the Heat playing the Mavs, the Bulls playing the Lakers, and the Celtics playing the Knicks. Training camps will start on December 9, and as a result free agency will start on December 9 as well.
The biggest change in the league is gonna be a harsher luxury tax. That means that teams that go above the salary cap will be hit hard, not being able to have the same freedoms to get additional free agents, title pieces, etc. This is supposed to make the league more fair and balanced. Thus "making the success of a team to rely more on management than the depths of the owner's pockets" to paraphrase a quote by NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver.
One sort of funny observation in all this is the fact that there are guys who have committed to playing in China, and so they won't be able to finish their season until the end of March! Even more funny is the fact that it is a couple of Denver Nuggets players (JR Smith, Kenyon Martin, and Wilson Chandler). Can't help but wonder what they are thinking right now!!! As a Utah fan, I had to bring this up. Players that didn't commit to teams that requested they play the whole season now look smart. Guys like Deron Williams, etc.
But now back to the end of this lockout. What changes can we expect? Will this bring about change in competitive balance? Don't know for sure, but it can't hurt. That's for sure. I think everybody is just excited that we will see an NBA season. Will LeBron win a title? Will the Lakers, Celtics, and Spurs benefit from all the rest? Where will Dwight Howard go? How will the Mavs defend their crown? All these questions will now finally get resolved!!! It's nice to see that the NBA finally realized that missing a whole season was going to be way more costly than any sort of instant financial gain. Play Ball!!!!
Posted by Ben Parker at 12:24 PM
Here's how plans are supposed to go: On Monday, the players repeal/retract their anti-trust lawsuit against the NBA, and the NBA does the same to their lawsuit which was to prove that the lockout was legal. Next, the players union has to be reformed, and that union has to agree on the deal. After that, the owners have to agree to this deal as well.
If all that goes right, then a 66 game season will start on December 25 with the Heat playing the Mavs, the Bulls playing the Lakers, and the Celtics playing the Knicks. Training camps will start on December 9, and as a result free agency will start on December 9 as well.
The biggest change in the league is gonna be a harsher luxury tax. That means that teams that go above the salary cap will be hit hard, not being able to have the same freedoms to get additional free agents, title pieces, etc. This is supposed to make the league more fair and balanced. Thus "making the success of a team to rely more on management than the depths of the owner's pockets" to paraphrase a quote by NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver.
One sort of funny observation in all this is the fact that there are guys who have committed to playing in China, and so they won't be able to finish their season until the end of March! Even more funny is the fact that it is a couple of Denver Nuggets players (JR Smith, Kenyon Martin, and Wilson Chandler). Can't help but wonder what they are thinking right now!!! As a Utah fan, I had to bring this up. Players that didn't commit to teams that requested they play the whole season now look smart. Guys like Deron Williams, etc.
But now back to the end of this lockout. What changes can we expect? Will this bring about change in competitive balance? Don't know for sure, but it can't hurt. That's for sure. I think everybody is just excited that we will see an NBA season. Will LeBron win a title? Will the Lakers, Celtics, and Spurs benefit from all the rest? Where will Dwight Howard go? How will the Mavs defend their crown? All these questions will now finally get resolved!!! It's nice to see that the NBA finally realized that missing a whole season was going to be way more costly than any sort of instant financial gain. Play Ball!!!!
Posted by Ben Parker at 12:24 PM
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