Billy Hunter: 2011-12 NBA Season Likely Lost

Co-sign Jtaylor. Lets hope that we get a CBB Post Up going on come season time. It’s about time I got back into CBB. When I was young I wouldn’t watch the NBA until play-off time anyway, from December to March CBB is better than the NBA.

Props to the players for sticking to their guns. The owners are nowhere near as entitled as they’d like to believe.

Ya dood^^ We talk about you daily. “Wheres the Nerve?” everyone keeps asking me. I’m just like be patient guys our beloved nerve will be back!

On a similar but NFL related note… to the GIANTS.. JUST PAY OSI ALREADY HE”S WORTH IT!

^^^Naw dogg.. Consider me confuzzled.

Nerve, can you tell us your life story? Sure sounds juicy!

i dunno where 2 start man lol. sh.t man my life like a movie man. i b livin tha fast life yo. tru story. drugs gunz n heffers. i dun seen chumps git murked. i live a life where punks come at each other jus cuz. but i be floatin round ya dig? i keep it movin. i keep alot of skeezas in my camp. i got bout 2 main tricks. 3 if they all in line at the same time. i got other broads who wanna roll w/ yer boi. i aint even a pretty n!9ga either. but we all roll 2gether chasin that money. i keep money. used 2 be broke denamuthafukka. not 2 long ago either. moms and pops was gang bangers n junkies. was born in Haiti. moved 2 the ny when i was 5. moved all over the place man. moms found this old ass nicka wit money so she phukked wit him. when he moved we moved. had 2 jack him up 2 a few times. im spittin mad greasy but idgaf ya dig? im gittin MONEY. HO!!

thats what it do my nigca. thats what it do. on the real. im bout 2 get on the ball court w/ these young punks outside my window. i be back later on so i can herb somebody on these boards. theres about 5 or 6 lil niccas outside. 2 of them think they nice. then there this pretty chump who got a little money. u know what happens when hos start stuntin.
PACE BICHEZ!!!

Elvis… has left the building.
The Nerve is a classic.

The Seed and bull22 (the number of his I.Q) are proud, clueless fools. “How dare you players take the millions you’re offered?” The players should turn down money the billionaire owners give them because they don’t deserve it? GTFOH. The simple solution to that would be to stop giving ridiculous contracts out. Who told the Grizzlies to pay Mike Conley that money? Those idiots can’t even use the excuse that they were competing with other teams because no one else would have given him that amount of money. And why should David Stern be making more than Lebron, DWade, or Blake? These three guys alone bring in more advertising dollars, ticket sales, and merchandise sales per year than David Stern’s salary total for 5 years! He’s worth more to the league than the players? That’s an absurd idea and the owners know it. They haven’t made one significant compromise from their original proposal. As Allenp said, this isn’t a strike. Billy Hunter and the players aren’t the one refusing to work. Place the blame on the greedy billionaires.

Gilbert Arenas gave back some of his contract offer^^ haha

Well look on the bright side people… the nfl season is right around the corner. If you aren’t an nfl type i don’t know what 2 tell you… spend more time with friends/family or focus more on school/work this upcoming year? this lockout can actually be a productive time for us fans. or a boring time if you don’t want to be optimistic… i’ll be looking forward to the nfl season and focusing on school work.

OK Drew League time to strike a TV deal with ESPN.

Billy Hunter should take the friggin 1$ paycheck like the nfl player rep did. then they would get it done like the friggin nfl.

ok just to clarify, i currently work at company w a fixed income that i feel could/should get higher. if the company i work for offer profit sharing based on performance and rating, id be a rich mofo. mike miller makes the league minimum. profit sharing would be a raise for him. think about it, gates, sponsorships, tv deals, etc split. that way there wont be no complaints and somewhere down the road some teams will have to drop out, thus having a moer healthy and competetive nba

Listen up: “In the last six or seven years, there is a new group of owners to come in who paid a premium for their franchises”
Ted Leonsis – Washington – $250 million ;
Greg Miller – Utah – inherited ;
Robert Sarver – Phoenix – $401 million ;
Clay Bennett – Oklahoma City – $350 million ;
Mikhail Prokorov – New Jersey – $200 million ;
Joe Lacob – Golden State – $450 million ;
Tom Gores – Detroit – $325 million ;
Dan Gilbert – Cleveland – $375 million ;
Michael Jordan – Charlotte – $275 million ;
Michael Gearon Jr – Atlanta – $208 million ;
What do these have in common? Apart from Atlanta, NJ and Washington, they’re small market teams and apart from Atlanta the teams were bought when they were losing (and badly) and most of them still are. Do you seriously think Hunter is talking bull#%it when he says these guys are pushing hard for a return on the unjustifiable amount money they spent on something they now realise is a losing investment?

Um Ed, I need you to come back to reality. What major corporation doesn’t have highly paid employees that are rewarded for performance? You do realize that companies like Google and Facebook have billionaire EMPLOYEES right? I’m not talkng about the CEOs either. I’m talking about employees who were rewarded for their performance. I always think it’s strange when people complain about the amount of money athletes make when they don’t even come close to setting precedents for handsomely rewarded employees. I think a lot of people look at them like a group of mostly minority, uneducated guys who somehow don’t deserve to be making money like that. You fools are saying that in a year of record highs they should take pay cuts because some owners overpaid and badly managed franchises? It just sounds stupid. The players should dig in their heels until the owners are ready to deal seriously.

Slam won’t post my comments, so I’ll have to keep this one brief and hope it gets put on..

Allenp, the market drives the price for NBA players, as it does for CEO’s. When you’re the best at something you get rewarded for it. The value that the CEO brings to Home Depot is worth $25/million a year otherwise shareholders and the board of governors would not allow it. Keep in mind that includes salary, perks, stock options etc etc

The value for Kobe is $25/million salary, if you include his perks (shoes, commercials, etc etc) it eclipses $25/million. And he’s worth it..

The truth is that many players are over-valued. THAT ISNT THE PLAYERS FAULT.. nor is it the owners. The labour market in the NBA inflated players value. It spiralled out of control. Now everybody has to take an objective look and fix the system. That’s what this is all about. Finding a compromise so there’s a system where EVERYBODY can profit. The popularity is high right now, and it’s a major opportunity to make sure that everybody gets paid over the next 5-10 years.