NBA Lockout is on.............

Topdawg13 · Jun 30, 2011

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NBA players are locked out, possibly jeopardizing next season.

Union chief Billy Hunter said Thursday afternoon that owners had locked out the players after failing to reach a new collective bargaining agreement.

The sides remained far apart on just about every major issue, from salaries to the salary cap, revenues to revenue sharing.

Players, who previously offered to reduce their salaries by $500 million over five years, considered the owners' proposal for a "flex" cap, where each team would be targeted to spend $62 million, a hard cap. Although the league said total player compensation would never dip below $2 billion over the life of its proposed 10-year deal, that would amount to a pay cut for the players, who were paid more than $2.1 billion this season in salaries and benefits.

Owners also wanted a reduction in the players' guarantee of 57 percent of basketball revenues.
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BlameItOnTheHenne · Jun 30, 2011

Just great.

finyank13 · Jul 1, 2011

yeah it is......

NBA.com and every team page have taken down all images of current players, replacing them with pictures of retired players, cheerleaders, mascots, and fans.

The Bucks' homepage features their mascot, Bango. The Knicks' homepage features John Starks. The Warriors' homepage features the opportunity to "sign with the Warriors" by purchasing "risk-free" season tickets for 2011-12. All this and the lockout is less than 24 hours old.
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