DingleJerry wrote:Wow. They have to do the expansion now don't' they? As if players salaries aren't bonkers as it is, just think what they're going to look like in 5-10 years. This money keeps being added and the amount of players to be paid remains the same and its a relatively small number of players due to each team really only 'paying' paying 3-4 players big money.
Have to add more teams to spread the money out and/or continue to tweak rules to spread the money to the middle class players even more (which the NBA already does a good job at vs other sports).
Players are having their cake and eating it, too. IMO I don't think the players fully understand their role in generating the money for the league. There doesn't seem to be "protect the shield" type mentality within the players association. Whether it was a huge reluctance on the bubble, load management, pushing players to honor their contracts, pushing back on suspensions for DV/assault/guns, handling of press and fans, etc. It is like they want to be treated as a full equity partner but not willing to pull their weight nor do they have the risk and responsibilities of owners.