Ben Golliver: Paul Allen emerges as latest lockout villain

[Ed O]

He's lost tens of millions so he decides to fuck it up for everyone? That's like being pissed off that your Bentley has bad mileage, so you buy the company and have it run by Lada.

I don't get that allusion, but I don't think he's trying to "fuck it up for everyone". He's trying to continue to own a team on a set of terms that he finds more acceptable. That is his right as the owner.

If Paul Allen got into the NBA to make money then he's as big a financial idiot as... well, as he's actually appeared to be all along.

There is a big difference between making money and not losing tens (hundreds) of millions of dollars.

And really - asking if Kevin Garnett lost money? That's your argument Ed? Time to step up your game.

No players have lost money. They say they're "giving money back" ... but it's bullshit. They have all come out financially ahead based on their employment with the NBA. The owners cannot say that. The players have no responsibility to ensure the owners do well (or even that they don't do poorly) and that's why we're at an impasse.

Ed O.

 

[BrianFromWA]

The Players got what turned out to be a relatively sweetheart deal in 2005. The owners (as it turned out) did not.

I semi-see Paul's logic. The players have been screaming "it's not our fault you owners can't get your shit together" and P.A. just said: "Fine. I now have my shit together. 40%. Fuck you."

 

[BrianFromWA]

For the rest of the article, I typed blah blah blah because I read only the first 10 words and it was all hatred of Allen. I already know Golliver is a dick and I don't need to read his bullshit. I wish he'd fucking jump off a cliff.

This is pretty close to my opinion, without the death part.

 

[barfo]

This is pretty close to my opinion, without the death part.

Perhaps jlprk meant jumping off cliffs with water below. That can be a lot of fun, and non-fatal. And it might just loosen Golliver up a bit.

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

For the rest of the article, I typed blah blah blah because I read only the first 10 words and it was all hatred of Allen. I already know Golliver is a dick and I don't need to read his bullshit. I wish he'd fucking jump off a cliff.

Except the first 10 words were, "The NBA lockout gained its first true villain when Boston..."

 

[barfo]

Except the first 10 words were, "The NBA lockout gained its first true villain when Boston..."

Nah, he said the first 10 words of the rest of the article.

Curiously, rest in this sense (remainder) comes from a different root word than rest of the nap sort.

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Nah, he said the first 10 words of the rest of the article.

Curiously, rest in this sense (remainder) comes from a different root word than rest of the nap sort.

barfo

Oops, my bad.

After Jlprk's original quote of the article the next 10 words were, "Garnett, the story went, interjected into the discussions to stamp..."

Enjoy your nap!

 

[jlprk]

Perhaps jlprk meant jumping off cliffs with water below. That can be a lot of fun, and non-fatal. And it might just loosen Golliver up a bit.

barfo

At the start of the hang gliding craze in 1973 my boss was paralyzed for life below the waist on his first attempt. Thus upon agonizing reflection I conclude I was't thinking that Golliver should die.