- 2014 NBA offseason thread, v3: Draft Part B- Why me, man? -

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Find me lockouts/strikes where the players end up "winning" in any sport though.

When it comes down to it, billionaires can afford to sit through a labor stoppage more than millionaires can.

This man has a good point. The owners always win. Same can't be said for a pseudosport though, those fighters get PAID!
 
The last 3 MLB stoppages/threatened stoppages have been about salary caps and contraction. How did the owners win?
 
This man has a good point. The owners always win. Same can't be said for a pseudosport though, those fighters get PAID!

Anderson Silva money?
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The 85 and 90 MLB strikes were washes. The owners increased pensions and min. salary a little, but still were making money hand over first.

94 MLB strike the owners fucked themselves by fighting the players in court and losing. Work stopped in the middle of the season and cancelled the world series. Absent some fuckery like that, the owners win nearly every time.
 
NFL players have the worst fucking union looool.

By far the most popular sport in NA, and the players on average make the lowest salary.
There's also like 60+ players on each team's roster, not 13-15. Also, I think the NFL's market valuation (or at least its gross annual revenue) is only about ~45% larger than the NBA last I checked. This goes a long way towards explaining the discrepancy. Otherwise, the NBA Player's Union is a piece of shit that fucks over the fans every decade.
 
NFL players have the worst fucking union looool.

By far the most popular sport in NA, and the players on average make the lowest salary.

Agreed. They chose to have unguaranteed contracts so they could get free agency.
 
I don't even know where you're going with this discussion at this point but here's something for you to chew on:

Average salaries for the 4 major sports:

NBA - $5.2 mil
MLB - $3.2 mil
NHL - $2.4 mil
NFL - $1.9 mil

http://www.forbes.com/sites/montebu...es-in-the-four-major-american-sports-leagues/




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the point overall is that hockey teams still paying out more than nba teams

to be honest though, it's pretty stupid and ignorant of them, the oscillate between crying poor and spending dumb so quickly

nba owners are making out like bandits, players are getting screwed
 
meeks, 6 mil a year. damn. he must of shown the pistons his TN footage. we are all witnesses.
 
Meeks for $6 mil per isn't a bad deal imo, especially considering how desperate Detroit was for a shooting guard who can actually shoot.
 
Meeks for $6 mil per isn't a bad deal imo, especially considering how desperate Detroit was for a shooting guard who can actually shoot.

Detroit will still suck though. They should invest on a high end player instead of wasting their money on a meh player.
 
If Detroit were to say let Gerg walk and use his cap space to sign a guy like Ariza (big if), they could be a top 4 team in the Beast with SVG

F - Smith
F - Ariza
C - Drummond
G - Jennings
G - Meeks

Pretty much the same inside-out philosophy that SVG rode to the Fernals with Orlando
 
Question is who wants to play in Detroit?

Monroe asked Josh Smith to be shopped and rightfully so. Another question is who's willing to take his bloated contract.
 
I don't think they're going to be able to deal Smith. Probably gonna have to do a sign/trade with Gerg if they want to do something about that clogged frontcourt.
 
If Detroit were to say let Gerg walk and use his cap space to sign a guy like Ariza (big if), they could be a top 4 team in the Beast with SVG

F - Smith
F - Ariza
C - Drummond
G - Jennings
G - Meeks

Pretty much the same inside-out philosophy that SVG rode to the Fernals with Orlando

top 4 team in the Least needs to win about 43 games. lol, so it's possible.
 
Josh Smith swears he's Melo incarnate. Dude is embarassing.
 
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Sources: Wade, Bosh unsure of LeBron's plans (via @Chris_Broussard).

It's Broussard so take it for what it's worth.
 
If they were unsure, Wad wouldn't have opted out.

Unless Lelbron pulled some snake shit.

Mills re-signs, 3 year contract.
 
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