Tuesday, August 16, 2011

No teamwork in NBA lockout talks

NBA commissioner David Stern





The expiration of the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement comes in the wake of an absurd postseason that scored some of the NBA’s highest TV ratings since Michael Jordan took on John Stockton and Karl “the Mailman” Malone in 1997-98.

I mean, remember with me: Brandon Roy dropped 18 in the fourth on the Mavs when he should‘ve been in a wheelchair, the street-fight that was the Grizzlies-Thunder series, the Lakers were swept, LeBron reminded everyone how much their lives suck compared to his and — oh yeah — the Lakers were swept.

Well, prepare for the polar opposite, a greed-a-palooza called the 2011 lockout.

“It worries me that we’re not closer. We have a huge philosophical divide,” NBA commissioner David Stern said.