[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

No Basketball Anymore (NBA).  The NBA is in danger of Greg Odening (missing) the entire season. 

As of right now, NBA stats would show that Greg Oden has played a total of 82 games in his career making Sam Bowie look like Cal Ripken Jr.  The Clippers fans should be really pissed as Blake Griffin might lose ANOTHER full season (what Bill Simmons has worried about).  Without a drastic improvement Hasheem Thabeet’s career stats look startingly like Yinka Dare’s.  It seems like Ricky Rubio and the NBA may NEVER cross paths — not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.  And, if the league doesn’t pick it back up the only ‘ships in Miami this year will be Carnival cruise lines.  After this season, LeBron will be at the same place where Oscar Robertson’s production precipitously dropped off.  Dirk is still celebrating somewhere in Germany.  As a Grizzlies fan this lockout couldn’t have come at a worse time.  A young contender with lots of promise loses a chance to win a title.  It didn’t work out well for the Montreal Expos during the last baseball strike either… am I the only one who thinks that Michael Jordan took a hard line against the players, due in part that he doesn’t wish to see Kobe get his sixth ring?

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

GREG ODENING..THE ENTIRE SEASON?

 

IT TOOK ME AWHILE..BUT I FINALLY Understand YOUR HEADLINE…AT LEAST, I THINK I DO…lol

[Wavy BagelsParticipant]

I feel bad for:

-The people who are never brought up, but will be hurt due to no season (Cameramen, Towel boys, referees, etc)

-Orlando Magic – This is the last year to impress Dwight Howard in hopes he resigns with them…HA!

-New Orleans – In the same boat as the Magic.

-San Antonio, Boston, LA Lakers – As great these teams are and was, their windows are steadily closing season after season.

-Rookies and 2nd year players – Stunts their growth and development (By the way, Just imagine how HUGE next year’s ROY candidate list will be)

Thank goodness for NCAA and the remainder of the NFL season.

[The Scare Crow ReturnsParticipant]

Losing a whole year is a very realistic outcome…Stern believes it’s "Nuclear Winter for the NBA"…which would leave me to believe a longer lockout than every imagined…these negotiations have left a bad taste in the owners/players and fans mouths…It could very well be the end of the NBA as we know it…Radical changes are being implemented to the entire landscape…I think we could lose more than this year …

why stop at one year if your the NBA owners, whats 1 year’s total loses compared to 2 years loses…why not Keep the players away and without pay for 2 years, that would certainly make the players want to make a Deal no matter how favorable it is for the Owners…

The Owners may want to go for the jugular if they lose an entire season this year, why wouldn’t they stick it to the players and cancel next year too…

The Older more successful players will be 2 years older and likely will have tarnished their legacies and reputations longterm(Think of how some players will be remember if they are Imfamously linked to this Lock Out, will we consider Kobe better than Jordan if he misses his window to compete for another ring or two)

they also show the younger players who really runs the show, we all know the players are the talent but the are not the establishment…Hollywood would survive without Johnny Deep and Angelina Jolie and the NBA may survive without Kobe and Company…

[GlenTaylorSucksParticipant]

Maybe we’ll get to see the owners’ financial doc’s. Won’t it be fun to see how cheap Don Sterling really is? 

[TallmanNYCParticipant]

 The NBA can’t do a two year shut down because the players will form or join another league during that period. Also Fans would turn to other hobbies and interests that they might stick with even when the NBA came back. How about those expansions into China and other places overseas? How much would a two year lock out set those plans back? Trust me, the owners don’t want to lose a year much less two. I think the assumption by them has always been that the players are financially prepared enough to miss a year of paychecks. That is what all the papers said. But it is looking like the players are more prepared than folks thought. Maybe it is just they are ready to stand on principal. Whatever it is, a lot of folks said the players have no leverage so they have to take any decent deal that gets offered them. Except it turns out nobody told the players that. 

A full year lock out, especially one that is certain and can’t easily be lifted, will have lots of operators looking to fill the basketball void. Some of it is going to be the all star charity run and gun games we have seen. But others will look to produce something more substantive. Remember, the "owners" are only "owners" as long as they have a team. They are replaced the second a group of NBA players agree to play for another team. That guy becomes the new owner. And give folks a two year lockout and I guarantee an alternative league can be formed that at least will pay players enough to be comfortable. 

[McDunkin]

 i thought greg odening was when youre young with a old man mug (worse than the lebrons)…or from those XXX pics… you could mean a long season…but i uhh wouldnt know:……

[M-DYMESParticipant]

"The NBA can’t do a two year shut down because the players will form or join another league during that period."

Sorry man, but the first part is not realistic and the 2nd part, those players would typically make far less money than they would in the NBA even with the owner’s new CBA. 

People who think these players can just go and start up their own league are mislead.  They have NO idea of the complexities of running a professional sports league.  Holding events, contracts, HR, staffing, clearly negotiating, PR, marketing, managing complex environments…etc.

Hell there are plenty of MBAs who would be out their minds to attempt something of that magnitude let alone a few business major and a bunch of guys with just a year or to of college, next to barely obtaining a high school diploma. 

[The Scare Crow ReturnsParticipant]

The arenas…Owners paid Billions in $$$ and used tax payer money for the construction of most the Arenas in the Country(and Canada) Players are not going To get anywhere near the support of Franchises that represent entire Regions…who would care about the Lebron owned "Lequitters" and Kobe’s "Douche Bag Incorporarted" when we are so emotional Invested to our home town Teams…Creating "A League of Their Own" sounds nice if you throw in Tom Hanks, Geena Davis and Madonna but in reality it would make for a Complete waste of time and Money for any investor…

[ProudGrandpaParticipant]

taking inappropriate pictures of the season’s genitals and sending them to one’s girlfriend?

[FritzParticipant]

I actually just gave Proud Grandpa a thumbs up and actually got a little humor out of his joke. Nuclear Winter must be near

[Charlie SheenParticipant]

"Basketball Never Stops"

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