NBA Lockout and Collective Bargaining Agreement Discussion

[Iman416]

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Already finish? wow

[OSUFan_88]

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Meeting over... probably not good news.

Where did you hear this?

[FlyRice]

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WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Union meeting could be over, officlals trickling out.

That was 22 minutes ago, haven't heard anything since.

[OSUFan_88]

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Unless they all went out the back door and avoided the media, I think they are still in there.

[Taur3asi3]

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Maybe they sent people for lunch? I can't imagine following this without Twitter. What the hell did people do in '98?

WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Meeting was on break and they've gone back in again, source says.

[FlyRice]

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WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
Meeting was on break and they've gone back in again, source says.

Looks like it's still going.

[OSUFan_88]

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According to Woj, the meeting was on a break.

[Playmakers]

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This is why some of these players really irk me the way wrong

Found this another site

DONUT 3: From Nazr Mohammed, a 34-year-old center most recently with the Oklahoma City Thunder: “If this deal is accepted,’’ Nazr tweets, “I advise guys to stay in school and get your degree, Master's if possible. You might be able to make more money that way than playing in the NBA …’’

Nazr Mohammed is at the end of a contract that paid him $30 million over five years. Last season he made $6,883,800.

Good for him. That’s the going rate for a backup center who works hard and who contributed to OKC’s playoff run with 2.3 points and 2.3 rebounds per playoff game.

DONUT 4: Now, had he passed on his $6.883 million contract last year to instead pursue his Master’s degree – that is, had he opted to join the rest of us “civilians’’ – he would:

*Spend approximately $30,000 annually, for three years, to gain his Master’s at the University of Texas. (Want an MBA? Make that $50,000 a year for the tuition alone, not counting room and board.)

*Enter a real world where holders of Master’s degrees don’t suffer from the 9-percent unemployment rate that bogs down the rest of the country but nevertheless deal with a surprising 2.3-percent unemployment rate for people of their educational level.

*Earn, on average, only $8,000 more annually than a co-worker who only has his Bachelor’s degree.

*Possibly be lucky to get a job in Texas, where the economic and employment issues are less crushing than elsewhere. Indeed, I would be happy to place him just south of his present OKC haunt.


Nazr, with your newly-gained Master’s degree and your 13 years of basketball experience, I can land you a job in my local school district, Lewisville ISD. I know personally that my ISD is loaded with educators who have their Master’s. You can be the head boys’ basketball coach. You will make between $41,400 and $56,926. Plus you will receive a $6,000 coaching stipend. You will also teach a couple of history classes.

And if you want to help out with the girls’ volleyball team as an assistant coach, we can get you another stipend of $3,000.

When, Nazr, can the my friends at the LISD expect to hear from you?

[aholbert32]

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False alarm. They are back at it.

[OSUFan_88]

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When I find the series of tweets I'll post them, but Samardo Samuels is calling out Paul Pierce in an interview.

Cavs F Samardo Samuels believes players would accept deal: "I think they’ll do it b/c a lot of people in the league are panicking."

Cavs F Samardo Samuels on Paul Pierce, who wants to decertify: "You’ve been in the league how long? Got decent amount of money saved up..."

Samuels con't: "...But what about the guys just coming into the league that don't have **** saved up?"

[aholbert32]

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I didnt realize how much money Nazr made over the last 5 yrs. Makes me hate him more for his tweets.

[Altimus]

More money with a Master's degree? These guys have no sense of the real world.

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[RedSceptile]

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I think in last year alone Nazr made twice as much money as everyone in my family combined. #livinginafantasy

[Taur3asi3]

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NOW it's over

KBergCBS Ken Berger
Union and players will address media shortly.

[aholbert32]

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Meeting is really over this time.