Seriously tho... What was the point of the lockout?

[Mr Hate Coffee]

Owners still signing horrible contracts? CHECK
Super teams still being formed? CHECK

Anybody know?

 

[mastermind]

the owners wanted to make more money, and they did.

the competitive balance stuff was to get idiot fans on the owners side. We were talking it about on SOHH that it was not about competitive balance.

 

[Skip b]

More money for owners, less money for the players, they don't give a fukk about super teams, franchises make money regardless of the lies owners spew

 

[Rev]

ALL teams are about to get easy extra millions annually off of this sponsor patches on the uniforms thing in 2013, too.

 

[RicanHavok]

B.R.I

 

[tremonthustler1]

More money for owners, less money for the players, they don't give a fukk about super teams, franchises make money regardless of the lies owners spew

This isn't true. Even the Heat lost money this year.

 

[MustafaSTL]

 

[Skip b]

This isn't true. Even the Heat lost money this year.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Mickey Arison wasn't even a hardliner and he said they lost money this season. U think he's a liar?

 

[Malta]

Well, seems to have affected some players like Nick Young/JR Smith and a few others.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Contest

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Despite winning NBA title, Miami Heat lose money, owner Micky Arison says - NBA - Sporting News

“This is a hobby of passion, it’s not a business,” Arison said. “Every year in the building we’ve lost money aside from last year, under the old Collective Bargaining Agreement, because of LeBron (James).”

 

[Skip b]

Mickey Arison wasn't even a hardliner and he said they lost money this season. U think he's a liar?

Yes, so they could Justify raising their already high ticket prices for the world champs, do you not understand business

 

[Malta]

Yes, so they could Justify raising their already high ticket prices for the world champs, do you not understand business

They don't need to cook up a lie to raise prices, they have the best player in the world and a championship team, any smart person should know the prices would go up.

 

[#StarkSet]

This isn't true. Even the Heat lost money this year.

all the teams have a way of hiding money to make it look like they lost money.

There was a reason the owners wouldn't open up their books during the lockout because it would show what they were doing