NBA lockout...does anyone care?

Bad timing for the NBA having a lockout the same year as the NFL.  I have been following the NFL lockout very closely and I have been trying to hear both sides on their issues, but I still have to side with the owners.

As far as the NBA goes, there is no way these players will get any respect or sympanthy from the public, especially after we have heard months of cries from the NFL players. 

The NFL was at an all time high in popularity and I see/understand the reasons they are fighting for.  I can't wait, like others for football to start. The NBA i could care less about. 

The NBA had a good playoff run and some good matchups (MIA-BOS/MIA - CHI/MIA-DAL, DAL-LA, etc) and I watched more playoffs than I have in years, but that still doesnt make me care and I really don't think the players have a leg to stand on.  They are the most overpaid and least presentable group in all of pro-sports.  Avg salary is at $5mil - come on!

I am the first to post about the lockout which prooves my point that no one cares - I would like to hear others points of view on this issue.

mooose

One day and two posts - tells me know one does care!

I read an interesting article on ESPN saying there is a good chance of the entire year being a lockout as the players and owners are so far apart.  It also reported that up to 20 teams are losing money - that's not a good bargaining chip for the players!

mooose

The players are going to have to live with a hard salary cap or there probably won't be a season. The owners are to blame for letting salaries get completely out of hand and they are trying to reign them back in. The players will have to accept what the owners tell them to. They may have to scale back the cars, jewelry, clothes, tattoos, girlfriends and illegitimate children but the players will give in in the end because they don't really have much of a choice.  

They could play a 20 game season and then start the playoffs because that's the only thing people follow anyway.

Personally...I don't care about either lockout. Until I see that there are no games being played when the first game of the season is scheduled to be played...I'll just let it go.

It's still all the offseason to me. Nothing has really hit reality just yet.

The Vegas sportsbook cares a lot. If football and basketball seasons are cancelled it's going to be a huge financial loss for the books.

sportsbooks would lose money without sports

NBA

No

Balling

Allowed