i read the nfl also bracing for a lockout.. a pox on both their mansions.

SteveSmith wrote:

cheers wrote:wow. i tell you what after reading this if there is a nba lockout.. one thing i want settled is who pays for the nba arenas? if the owners had to flip the real cost of the nba arenas (and not the local taxpayers) maybe lebron would not be so cheeky.

i read the nfl also bracing for a lockout.. a pox on both their mansions.

Something I just dont get on behalf of the lockout: Who will lock out who? The owners lock out the players? The players go to strike? Or will the league lock out players and owners alltogether?

I just dont get it, but there are many interesting lockout possibilities I guess

owners will lockout. the nba owners want contracts to look like the nfl. and the nfl want their contracts to look like mcdonalds applications. to make things exciting both "ex player unions" are looking to take steps to sue the owners under anti-trust laws. some where in all of this are the fans. lol.

CrushAlot wrote:He earns millions of dollars every year, but basketball star LeBron James wants investors to splash out up to $500,000 each to sponsor his lavish 26th birthday celebrations.

The Miami Heat player has hired a marketing firm to find backers willing to help fund his December 30 party, dubbed the "Full Court Birthday Celebration."

I read stuff like this and I just think poor Erik Spolestra.

props to coach spo. when you think about how coaches can be easily fired for not getting the coach chemistry right. try being coach spo and dealing with an ego the size of (to quote papabear) LeCon.. you need to be the sigmund freud of coaching to handle that ego to keep your job.

i seriously believe coach pro won a lot of points with GMs around the league and will have a long career as a head coach in the league.