Posted by Nalod:

Posted by TMS:

i'm not saying you're implying any racist points of view here Nalod, i know you better... i just don't see the relevance in the 2 points you were discussing... this is a business move on the part of both parties involved... it's not driven by politics, international trade economics, or anything of that nature in my eyes.

Actually it does matter. Not in the big picture but a swelling movment of chinese discontent in the US is likley brewing do to bad business practice.

This could also be bad practice.

Yi's "handlers" did posture for Bucks not to draft him and are using him going to CBA as posture. Just like Kobe threatened to play in ItalyBury. I don't know what Francis was gonna do, but its about leverage. Yi can play in China, but his handlers won't get anything either.


Question, while not enforceable, when a player applies to the NBA draft don't they sign anything to the effect they can't pick a team?

TMS, I see your point. Maybe Nalod just being a bit over the top on this. Not the first time.

I guess "Im mad as hell and I am not gonna take it any more!"


Hell of a movie btw!

I worked a lot with people from Mainland China and I can tell you that they have no moral in the way we understand it.
They are all business and they consider that any rule can be broken if both sides are OK with it.
They don't care about precedents and about other cases of whatever. Get what you want and forget about it.
They have a national game of getting each other in trouble and respect each other after getting used.
I learned not to trust anything they sad and always approach them from the position of strength.
After this I get respect and had a way with them.
The culture with more than 3 thousand years under the belt required respect and should be taken as it is. It is no way they will change.

Posted by Nalod:

Posted by TMS:

i'm not saying you're implying any racist points of view here Nalod, i know you better... i just don't see the relevance in the 2 points you were discussing... this is a business move on the part of both parties involved... it's not driven by politics, international trade economics, or anything of that nature in my eyes.

Actually it does matter. Not in the big picture but a swelling movment of chinese discontent in the US is likley brewing do to bad business practice.

This could also be bad practice.

Yi's "handlers" did posture for Bucks not to draft him and are using him going to CBA as posture. Just like Kobe threatened to play in ItalyBury. I don't know what Francis was gonna do, but its about leverage. Yi can play in China, but his handlers won't get anything either.


Question, while not enforceable, when a player applies to the NBA draft don't they sign anything to the effect they can't pick a team?

TMS, I see your point. Maybe Nalod just being a bit over the top on this. Not the first time.

I guess "Im mad as hell and I am not gonna take it any more!"


Hell of a movie btw!

Actually, a player does not have to sign with a team that drafts him. Enforcing such actions would violate civil liberties. In order for the CBA to be sanction under US law certain options must be put into place that gives a player an option.

If a Team has made a Required Tender to such a player and the player has not signed a Player Contract within the period between the Initial Draft and the Subsequent Draft, the Team that drafted the player shall lose its exclusive right to negotiate with the player and the player will then be eligible for selection in the Subsequent Draft.