NBA Work Stoppage / Collective Bargaining Thread

[hands11]

I don't see the issue. Bird rights have always moved along with the player if he gets traded. If the Hornets don't want him to get Bird rights when he leaves, they should not trade him.

But then they get nothing.

The owner wanted a system that didnt give players that force trades the same benefits as players who stayed. This would have helped that.

So did anyone else read about how they are looking to do rookie contracts ? I read they are looking at making the pay scale higher for players that stay in college longer. I like that idea. You can come out if you want but if you want to stay and compete two years in college, you can still gain a financial advantage for doing it. That would allow the NBA to leverage the college game more as a development league and they would get more mature players.

[Nivek]

I have no sympathy for teams that have trouble keeping their stars. The owners were able to impose whatever system they wanted. This is what they chose.

I do like the idea of making the rookie scale higher for guys who go to college for a few years. I wouldn't mind seeing the NBA go to a baseball-like system. Let guys enter the NBA straight from high school if they want. But, once they go to college, it's 3 years.

[hands11]

I have no sympathy for teams that have trouble keeping their stars. The owners were able to impose whatever system they wanted. This is what they chose.

I do like the idea of making the rookie scale higher for guys who go to college for a few years. I wouldn't mind seeing the NBA go to a baseball-like system. Let guys enter the NBA straight from high school if they want. But, once they go to college, it's 3 years.

Yeah, paying people a little more to stay in school is move in the right direction.

We should know soon enough what we are dealing with.

Labor deal details getting done, vote set for Thursday

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/ ... -thursday/

Lawyers for the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have pared the list of outstanding items to about 50, down from about 250 when the process began Friday, the person said. Among the more important B-list issues, it remains likely that the age limit for draft eligibility will be unchanged and is expected to be revisited at a later date when there is time for more thorough discussion. The two sides also are still negotiating the language on a new drug-testing policy and a provision by which teams will be able to shuttle players back and forth to the NBA Development League.

I hope the drug testing is minimal except for performance enhancing stuff. Personally, I don't give two .... if someone smokes some bug any more then I care if they smoke a few cigarettes.

[fishercob]

It is with great delight that I call on the mods to un-sticky this motherf*cker!

[dobrojim]

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