Nalod wrote:Alex Wolf is a blogger, who is just someone like us but more commited. Wolf not a beast writer, not at practice or access to players/management first hand.
Lets not confuse a nice blog site as being legit sources.
It be like Knicks1248 or myself presented as a legit source. Reposting it sort of does.
I Like the subject and intent to respost.
What's interesting is no matter what is said in public, this was pushed by the owners side.
Several times, over the last few CBAs, there were discussions about creating a format closer to MLB ( players there get much more friendly pension terms and health benefits)
Because much of this relates to "service time" and NBAPA votes, this had to be discussed by both sides. From what I hear, at every turn the players representing the NBAPA ( Paul, LBJ, Melo and others) basically said **** it.
Not that uncommon. Veteran employees/those already vested, will forego the benefits of those not grandfathered in or those in the future so they can get stuff now. Paul, LBJ and Melo, most of all, apparently wanted a shift from the Over 36 Rule to the Over 38 Rule ( which is how Paul got that last monster contract) You don't get something for nothing in negotiations, you must trade for it. They traded away, from what I hear, a much more MLB style benefits system, that would help fringe guys the most, to get what they wanted.
I understand the narrative of "greedy owners" And that's completely true. But let's not pretend many of these players give a **** about anyone else. The owners want a constant hedge against any other developmental non NBA affiliated league. So it's not altruism on their side either.
So I see these articles saying this NBA player is so great, he's such a community guy. But everyone in pro sports knows he's a wife beater. Or a drug abuser. Or a drug dealer even. Bangs underage girls. Affliates with gang bangers and organized crime. Money laundering.
But Nike says you can't touch Player X, we signed him to a mega deal, and we buy a **** ton of ad time and ad space, so your talking heads better toe the line. And that's that. So guys like Mike Brown or a Pringles get **** on. Ty Lue is "exhausted and needs to be with his family"
Paul Shirley was a fringe NBA player and he wrote several articles in the past on what it meant to be a fringe guy who bounced around and had to consider international play to make a living.
It's not like the Knicks are somehow enlightened. I don't understand this narrative.
THEY HIRED A GM WHO WAS TRAINED FOR THE JOB. It's that sad and that simple. Don't hire a mechanic to bake you a cake and don't ask a baker to change your oil. How hard is that? For the Knicks , it's FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE AS ALL HELL.
This is not to discount Perry, but any first year NBA intern could make many of these basic decisions. The NBA marketplace is very small. What is critical to someone like Perry is the ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS AND RAPPORT. An idiot who you know is still someone you might trust more than just some total stranger with a nice resume.
Perry looks like a genius because hes a rational choice over a geriatric egomaniac who has never run a front office before and had no real understanding of how the marketplace operates.
"Everything tastes great when you are starving"
10/6/2018 10:42 PM
