NBA Lockout discussion. *Update 11/14* Union to Decertify

[FedEx227]

I'm enjoying the time w/o boring NBA games on TV.

Who the fuck was forcing you to watch those games?

 

[FedEx227]

I hate all those stupid first time home buyer shows on HGTV!!11!!

 

[NAHSTE]

I hate all those stupid first time home buyer shows on HGTV!!11!!

Wait, Flip This House was canceled? Good now I don't have to go out of my way to avoid that shit ever again!

 

[FirstTimer]

I hate all those stupid first time home buyer shows on HGTV!!11!!

Property Virgins the other night was really odd. These people bought a fixer upper and they did an update a scant 2 months later and they hadn't had a chance to update anything yet so the update had them talking about hwat updates they were going to do(which we already knew) and showing the house with boxes everywhere inside of it.

Lame.

 

[Senser81]

I hate all those stupid first time home buyer shows on HGTV!!11!!

I actually enjoy those, because it makes me feel better about myself.

I just watched a show where a guy moves his family to Morgantown, WV so he can be a professor at WVU, and his family is appalled by how shitty the town is. Almost as an aside, the guy mentions that neither he nor his wife have ever been to Morgantown. Great plan! Then the guy says his budget is like $300,000 and he wants a nice house with a big yard etc. etc. etc., and the realtor is showing them neighborhoods that look like they are in Romania. And the wife gets all pissed off and they end up buying this mediocre house for $450,000 and no one is happy.

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

I actually enjoy those, because it makes me feel better about myself.

I just watched a show where a guy moves his family to Morgantown, WV so he can be a professor at WVU, and his family is appalled by how shitty the town is. Almost as an aside, the guy mentions that neither he nor his wife have ever been to Morgantown. Great plan! Then the guy says his budget is like $300,000 and he wants a nice house with a big yard etc. etc. etc., and the realtor is showing them neighborhoods that look like they are in Romania. And the wife gets all pissed off and they end up buying this mediocre house for $450,000 and no one is happy.

LOL. Great story. I feel like the problem for the most part are women. I could live in a log cabin, but going through the house buying process with my wife, it's like she wanted a house in the clouds. I found it rather frustrating at times, but not that bad. Sounds to me like this family you're talking about had unreal expectations, like a campaign taste on a beer budget. Nothing better than people being brought back to reality on national TV.

 

[Shayn•Da•Pain]

I like all the home shows. I don't watch them often, only when I catch my wife watching them I'll sit down with her.

One show that's caught my attention, isn't a home buying show, more of a home building show, is Holmes On Homes. I just find it interesting, especially since now I own my own house.

 

[Houston]

I want to watch more of that sport where those Asian guys climb the other Asians team Human wall and try to topple each other. Someone posted the video. I want to find that league. That shit is awesome.

Sigh. But I'll miss my November and December Laker games.. When family comes together, we all can put on the Lake show.. and..etc, etc.. Life. Love.

I miss her.

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[Kuzzy Powers]

Nick Young, who wears Nike shoes on the court, says he is done with the Jordan brand after Michael Jordan was identified as the leader of a group of owners going in for the kill in CBA negotiations.
"im not wearin jordans no more cant believe what i just seen and heard from MJ," Young wrote on Twitter. Jordan once famously told Abe Pollin that he should sell his team if he can't make a profit, which has come back to haunt him now that Jordan's on the other side of the fence. Pacers guard Paul George called Jordan a "straight hypocrite" on Twitter, but Young is the only one to say he's done with Jordan's shoes.

Good for Nick Young.. Jordan on some real hypocritical shit right now.

 

[EmpireWF]

Jordan was reportedly gunning for a sub-50% share of the BRI for the players.

How funny it is with him on the other side of the tabel.

 

[Diivox]

I actually enjoy those, because it makes me feel better about myself.

I just watched a show where a guy moves his family to Morgantown, WV so he can be a professor at WVU, and his family is appalled by how shitty the town is. Almost as an aside, the guy mentions that neither he nor his wife have ever been to Morgantown. Great plan! Then the guy says his budget is like $300,000 and he wants a nice house with a big yard etc. etc. etc., and the realtor is showing them neighborhoods that look like they are in Romania. And the wife gets all pissed off and they end up buying this mediocre house for $450,000 and no one is happy.

I used to work for an internet provider that serviced primarily West Virginia. I say primarily because although the company was in multiple states all we ever got was calls from West Virginia. The fucking (304). After about 6 weeks of getting screamed at unintelligibly by rednecks who couldnt understand the difference between a phone cord and an ethernet cord, I office spaced. (So you quit? no. so you were fired? no. I'm just not gonna go anymore.)

Anyways, im playing NBA2k12 and getting depressed everytime it flashes what would have been a great matchup either today or in the near future. especially depressed when it says "real NBA!" and it should be showing real NBA scores...

 

[EmpireWF]

Either they can get the framework of a deal done today/tonight or another bump in the road comes of this.



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20.../11/09/nba.labor/index.html?eref=twitter_feed

 

[ralaw]

I'm not sure it's ironic to be ironic Jordan would've had to been a former player that was extremely outspoken about players BRI being much higher and maybe even ironic if he led the charge towards a strike himself during his playing days...

Oh....

To Jordan's defense he's always been a greedy dude and with that news nothing has really changed. In both situations the end result is Jordan wants more money.

 

[EmpireWF]

Varying descriptions about the meetings (that are apparently ongoing, despite a 5pm deadline)..

Adrian Wojnarowski: The NBA and NBPA have made significant progress Wednesday night toward reaching a deal, two sources briefed on talks told Y! Sports!

Chris Broussard: One pessimistic GM told me he hears that good progress is being made...still, he's only cautiously optimistic

Ken Berger: There've been "no blowups," the source said. Progress is slow, but the effort to reach an agreement is there.

Marc Berman: Source debriefed on seven-hour meetings say whether deal gets done is "still unclear'' but "they are working hard.''

http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm

 

[EmpireWF]

Shit.

Well, that didn't take long. Reports are already starting to trickle in about things not going well at the meeting which started at noon EST. Alan Hahn of Newsday reports that inside of an hour in, he's not hearing positive feedback. Apparently the small-market owners have shown back up to bully and prod again, including reportedly Peter Holt, owner of the Spurs. SI.com reports that things sound "stalled." It's like we all keep waiting for the owners to blink in this game of chicken they're playing with themselves, and they just push the pedal harder.

http://eye-on-basketball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/33216824

:smh:

 

[NAHSTE]

I have a feeling it will get done soon. In the meantime, I don't care to read about any more meetings.

 

[FirstTimer]

Players seem to be folding.

Tough shit for them.,

What they don't seem to realize is that outside of maybe one or two of them the fans loyalty is to the franchise/city....not to the players.

 

[Houston]

Shit needs to hurry up.

It's true when they say you never know what you have until it's gone.

 

[EmpireWF]

The revised offer the NBA sent to the players is said to be not much different at all, so expect the players to reject it.

 

[thilanwij]

They get paid millions while reg people make a lot less, why don't they just accept it and be happy they make that much and get on with the season?!?! Damn tired of waiting for this to come back!

P.S. people like Rashard Lewis and Michael Redd with HUGE contracts need to give up some of their money in their contract cuz they're not even playing how much they're gettin paid for smh