Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/7/2011 7:26 PM EST
- Fiercest34
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Kobe wants NBA owners to meet with players
“We need for the two sides to get together again before Wednesday, because we’re too close to getting a deal done,” Bryant told Yahoo! Sports on Monday. “We need to iron out the last system items and save this from spiraling into a nuclear winter.”
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You have to understand, Kobe can't sacrifice a season when he's within 4500 pts of passing MJ's career total. Also needs 2 more rings for 7
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/7/2011 8:26 PM EST
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4500 is probably a given....7 is never going to happen.....
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/7/2011 8:33 PM EST
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4500 is probably a given....7 is never going to happen.....
Posted by Duke4
4,500 is not a given if there's no 2011-12 season. Who knows what will happen if Kobe can't play ball for one season. Maybe he'll rape or s n a t c h a cell phone again. Ha Ha
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/7/2011 8:54 PM EST
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Two rather bizarre terms there. "Systems issues" which most people would associate with computer networks and perhaps software. And "Nuclear Winter" which is just a plain dumb expression to use to describe labour talks.
It's basketball not World War 3.
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/7/2011 8:59 PM EST
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Two rather bizarre terms there. "Systems issues" which most people would associate with computer networks and perhaps software. And "Nuclear Winter" which is just a plain dumb expression to use to describe labour talks. It's basketball not World War 3.
Posted by RUWorthy
You shouldn't be surprised. After all, Kobe was promoting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare last year.
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/7/2011 9:45 PM EST
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Two rather bizarre terms there. "Systems issues" which most people would associate with computer networks and perhaps software. And "Nuclear Winter" which is just a plain dumb expression to use to describe labour talks. It's basketball not World War 3.
Posted by RUWorthy
lol exactly, the balance of the free world isn't resting on this.
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/8/2011 12:01 AM EST
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Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/8/2011 9:30 AM EST
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Pro basketball players are overpaid or very highly paid in a poor economic environment. The players are young and not of an age or mind to be rational. This thing can't get solved unless they capitulate. I feel bad for the fans who find this such a distraction from ordinary life. I am one of them but the players are an inordinately powerful group like movie or television stars. They are not that bright generally and full of ego which is a deadly combination in a situation like this.
Guys at the end of their careers will pay a real price and for that matter they all will.
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/8/2011 10:44 AM EST
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Re: Nuclear Winter?:
Two rather bizarre terms there. "Systems issues" which most people would associate with computer networks and perhaps software. And "Nuclear Winter" which is just a plain dumb expression to use to describe labour talks. It's basketball not World War 3.
Posted by RUWorthy
Amen, sister.......but the process is a "system" of sorts.........but I get what you mean. I still think the whole BRI thing is a scam by the owners to see how low the players will go.....they will then HAMMER them on the "system" issues, like MLE, LLE, rollbacks, amnesty clauses, hard cap.........oh, yeah, the players have ZERO leverage here.
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/8/2011 11:31 AM EST
And to think, in a normal year, by now we would all be enjoying NBA play rather than watching players/owners duking it out in public about petty $$$ issues. Tawdry!
NBA fans shouldn't have to witness real life salary disputes (for the very fortunate 1%ers) unfold before us.
What is this.... reality TV? I'm changing the channel.
BTW, how are Kim/Kris doing? The wedding pics are unreal!
Pud
Re: Nuclear Winter?
posted at 11/8/2011 3:10 PM EST
I think this is perfect actually. its good for the players to get just a small taste of what the rest of the 'working world" is going through. And before you rip the owners...keep in mind, they all put up their own finances to fund a team, the players rely on a God given talent that half of them take for granted. Name another company on the planet where the employees make more than the owner? These kids (yes, many of them are kids in very large men's body's) need a fat slice of humble pie. Some of them are sweating bullets because the 3 Bentley's and gold jewely arent getting the market value they once were, so they might have to sell one of their 3 houses to "pay the bills". Can you sense my cynicism here?
