Quick thoughts from reading a lot of noise on the lockout negotiations recently....what teams are going to hurt the most from the lockout being in effect this season? Is it the younger squads like OKC, Memphis, and Miami, who miss training camps and time to gel together? Is it older teams like LA, Boston, and Dallas who squander another year of what is likely to be a short and fast closing window on taking home a championship? Is it small market teams who need the publicity of an NBA season to help generate revenue to help keep their team where it is (and not get relocated potentially?) Or is it big market teams who need the merchandise sales and TV deals to help offset the huge contracts they are paying to their players once the season actually begins?
I'm going to ponder this, and give you all my thoughts real soon. In the meantime...if you have feedback, sound off with your comments below!
I believe the ones that are going to be affected the most are the older players & teams. They don't have much time left in the gas tank and they need those training camps to keep up with the youngsters. The younger players & teams have that time to gel so I don't think it'll be a problem. I hope this all ends soon! I Love This Game!
ReplyDeleteThe NBA lockout is going to hurt everyone but obviously some more then others. The teams that I think are going to be hurt most are the younger and smaller market teams. I also would have to disagreed with JD's comment about the lockout not helping the older players and teams. You have to remember and said it yourself, "OLD". Older players need more rest and can't play like the young guys but they do have more experience so they will benefit from the lockout. The bigger market teams will lose money like everyone else but they would be more prepared for a lockout then smaller market teams. As far as the players go the ones that invested their money well and monitor their spending can be more prepared for a lockout then the ones that didn't. At the end of everything I believe the players have more to lose then the owners. The players are going to have to give in because not all players are making Kobe, Lebron, Wade, ect...MONEY. The owners and players need to each give up something and get the NBA season going.
ReplyDeleteYou know who the NBA lockout hurts the most? The fans. The owners are rich to begin with...that's how they bought the teams to begin with. The players make good salaries...if they didn't plan for a rainy day (and believe me, its raining now) that's on them. The league (NBA itself) and the NBAPA, all the way up to DStern himself...all them are gonna be fine too.
ReplyDeleteThe real losers in all this are the people like you and me who love this game, want (and sometimes pay) to see it played - we have to go without. We get to watch as players like J.R. Smith and Wilson Chandler sign contracts overseas to basically ensure that teams like Denver get wrecked if there actually IS a season. And it will only get worse the more time passes without the regular season games.