NBA Lockout appears to be over

[Joe Biden 2020]

The owners and players have reached a tentative agreement that would end the NBA lockout and preserve a 66-game schedule beginning on Christmas Day.  Training camps and free agency would begin on December 9.  The owners and players still have to ratify the deal and the players still have to reform as a union, similar to what the NFL had to do in late July/early August to save their season.  The agreement is 10 years with a 6-year opt out clause for both sides.

Two words come to mind - THUNDER UP!!!!

[dead0man]

DAMN!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Glory, glory hallelujah!  Glory, glory hallelujah!  Glory, glory hallelujah!  Let's go ball it up!

[dead0man]

..and this means NHL coverage will go from 1% of the general sports reporting it's been getting down to it's more natural .05%.

[Thomas D]

So is there a hard salary cap?

[Paul Kemp]

..and this means NHL coverage will go from 1% of the general sports reporting it's been getting down to it's more natural .05%.

Support.

[Napoleon]

..and this means NHL coverage will go from 1% of the general sports reporting it's been getting down to it's more natural .05%.

Support.

You monster.

[Lambsbread]

..and this means NHL coverage will go from 1% of the general sports reporting it's been getting down to it's more natural .05%.

Support.

You monster.

[Lambsbread]

2011-2012 champs.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

..and this means NHL coverage will go from 1% of the general sports reporting it's been getting down to it's more natural .05%.

Support.

[© tweed]

I wonder how much total David Boies will be paid for his NBPA work.

[Yelnoc]

Damn, I was hoping for a new Players League.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Shame.  I was hoping they'd lose the season, but it appears the Grinch stole Christmas again.

[bullmoose88]

Shame.  I was hoping they'd lose the season, but it appears the Grinch stole Christmas again.

Essentially the same except I hope the nba would never recover.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Shame.  I was hoping they'd lose the season, but it appears the Grinch stole Christmas again.

Essentially the same except I hope the nba would never recover.

Oklahoma City needs the NBA.  Thunder home games bring in roughly $1 million dollars each game so in a full season that's a little over $40 million.  This season that will be $33 million or so.  Of course, with our success in the 2011 Playoffs, the Thunder brought in an extra $10 million to our City.  We are expected to contend for the Western Division crown again this year (that kind of prediction scares me to death), so hopefully we can get closer to a full season's worth of revenue.

I like this new CBA as it gives the small market teams like the Thunder a better chance to compete in getting the really good players that always seem to go to the Lakers, Mavs, Heat, or Celtics, your large market franchises, and gives us a very good chance at keeping arguably two of the leagues best young players in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

[bullmoose88]

Shame.  I was hoping they'd lose the season, but it appears the Grinch stole Christmas again.

Essentially the same except I hope the nba would never recover.

Oklahoma City needs the NBA.  Thunder home games bring in roughly $1 million dollars each game so in a full season that's a little over $40 million.  This season that will be $33 million or so.  Of course, with our success in the 2011 Playoffs, the Thunder brought in an extra $10 million to our City.  We are expected to contend for the Western Division crown again this year (that kind of prediction scares me to death), so hopefully we can get closer to a full season's worth of revenue.

I like this new CBA as it gives the small market teams like the Thunder a better chance to compete in getting the really good players that always seem to go to the Lakers, Mavs, Heat, or Celtics, your large market franchises, and gives us a very good chance at keeping arguably two of the leagues best young players in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Yeah sure...but no one needs Oklahoma City.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Shame.  I was hoping they'd lose the season, but it appears the Grinch stole Christmas again.

Essentially the same except I hope the nba would never recover.

Oklahoma City needs the NBA.  Thunder home games bring in roughly $1 million dollars each game so in a full season that's a little over $40 million.  This season that will be $33 million or so.  Of course, with our success in the 2011 Playoffs, the Thunder brought in an extra $10 million to our City.  We are expected to contend for the Western Division crown again this year (that kind of prediction scares me to death), so hopefully we can get closer to a full season's worth of revenue.

I like this new CBA as it gives the small market teams like the Thunder a better chance to compete in getting the really good players that always seem to go to the Lakers, Mavs, Heat, or Celtics, your large market franchises, and gives us a very good chance at keeping arguably two of the leagues best young players in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Yeah sure...but no one needs Oklahoma City.

Biting my tongue...

[Joe Biden 2020]

I just heard from a friend on facebook that the agreement didn't go through, am I missing something here?  I haven't seen it yet on ESPN.com or NBA.com, though.

[Thomas D]

I just heard from a friend on facebook that the agreement didn't go through, am I missing something here?  I haven't seen it yet on ESPN.com or NBA.com, though.

Just did a google news headline search. Didn't see anything. No one's voting on it yet.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I just heard from a friend on facebook that the agreement didn't go through, am I missing something here?  I haven't seen it yet on ESPN.com or NBA.com, though.

Just did a google news headline search. Didn't see anything. No one's voting on it yet.

Okay, I hadn't seen anything on any websites and I checked all of them, ESPN.com, NBA.com, CBSSports.com, NBCsports.com, FOXsports.com, I've even got ESPN News on my TV right now and all they're talking about is the firing of the Syracuse assistant coach.

[Хahar 🤔]

The owners were the bad guys here, so of course they won. Shame it happened; I was enjoying the NBA's absence.

[fezzyfestoon]

Yawn...go Big East

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Shame.  I was hoping they'd lose the season, but it appears the Grinch stole Christmas again.

Essentially the same except I hope the nba would never recover.

Nah, the most we could hope for was them to lose a full season, and possibly a contraction to fewer teams.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I'll care in June. The regular season doesn't interest me, but I'm hoping someone will stop Lebron come playoff time!

[CultureKing]

Shame.  I was hoping they'd lose the season, but it appears the Grinch stole Christmas again.

Essentially the same except I hope the nba would never recover.

Oklahoma City needs the NBA.  Thunder home games bring in roughly $1 million dollars each game so in a full season that's a little over $40 million.  This season that will be $33 million or so.  Of course, with our success in the 2011 Playoffs, the Thunder brought in an extra $10 million to our City.  We are expected to contend for the Western Division crown again this year (that kind of prediction scares me to death), so hopefully we can get closer to a full season's worth of revenue.

I like this new CBA as it gives the small market teams like the Thunder a better chance to compete in getting the really good players that always seem to go to the Lakers, Mavs, Heat, or Celtics, your large market franchises, and gives us a very good chance at keeping arguably two of the leagues best young players in Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Oklahoma didn't seem to need the Thunder before 2008 did they? Perhaps they should return to their rightful (and much larger market) city.