"The owners submitted a new proposal recently to the NBA players union and the players are reportedly unhappy with it, according to ESPN.com. The new proposal is a 10-year year deal that evidently isn't much different than the original one made a more than a year ago.
"Unfortunately, the proposal is very similar to the proposal the league submitted over a year ago," union president Derek Fisher told ESPN.com. "This last proposal doesn't look close to what we were expecting."
A lot of hope had been building as of late with the NFL's lockout being overruled by a judge and because of the incredible push the NBA has made over the season that a lockout would be avoided. And while it still very well can be, evidently the players are looking for something better than what they got (CBS Sports)."
Ugh, I hate this shit, but once again I find myself somewhat agree with the players. Although I don't agree with the players getting 57% of the league revenue, I don't believe Stern at all when he says the NBA is projecting a $300 million dollar loss this year. To me there are more good teams then ever, the first round of the playoffs had the highest rating of any playoffs, and the world in general seems to have a lot of interest. Maybe I am wrong, and I obviously know very little about their financials, but that number seems way off to me.
I just hope there isn't another lockout, because this has been probably the best year of basketball that I have seen. Not from a Boston standpoint, but just with how many good teams there are, how much young talent if coming through, and how many rivalries seem to be created by the day. It would be a shame to ruin the progress they have made, because I used to hate the NBA.
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