Chris Sheridan of ESPN thinks lockout settlement might be coming soon

[illmatic99]

http://sheridanhoops.com/2011/09/05/nba-lockout-update-sides-are-closer-than-theyre-saying/

So a settlement is coming, and I am here to tell you that it’ll likely come a lot sooner than most everyone else has been predicting. It’ll take a lot of back-and-forth over the remainder of September, but it can certainly get done when both sides can identify the middle ground and move there simultaneously.

A little pretentious in the article, but it is his blog, and a lot of what he writes makes sense.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Pretentious? Chris Sheridan? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I kind of almost hope not. I want to see a bunch of NBA-ers playing in Europe for a bit.

 

[THE HCP]

This shit is driving me crazy!!!!! I almost didn't click on the link so as to not get my hopes up.

 

[e_blazer]

Deal coming soon?

 

[illmatic99]

Pretentious? Chris Sheridan? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The best line:

They are a lot closer to a settlement than most people realize.

I know this because I talk regularly with a bunch of important people who tell me important things....

 

[THE HCP]

"I know this because I talk regularly with a bunch of important people who tell me important things"....


This is actually claimed by a few on here to!

 

[Denny Crane]

Tell me something important, HCP!

 

[THE HCP]

I don't claim this, but some others do. I don't know anybody!

 

[Pinwheel1]

I have heard this discussed over the last couple of weeks in LA. The one thing I find especially interesting is this:

" But if there were to be a transition to a hard cap (or a harder team cap through a more punitive luxury tax system) in Year 5 or Year 6, it would allow teams a half-decade of long-term financial planning to get ready for the new harder-cap system. This is one of the areas where it seems the owners have no choice but to soften their current stance"

This makes more sense that a hard cap would be brought in gradually as opposed to cutting high priced players, while still having to pay them. That made no sense to me from either a owner, or a player's perspective.
I hope he is right.

 

[The Sebastian Express]

fingers crossed, fingers crossed, also eyes.

 

[santeesioux]

fingers crossed, fingers crossed, also eyes.

Don't forget your toes!

 

[anonymous gambler]

It'd be nice to see some B-ball soon, but I don't buy that this guy has any particularly special insight.

 

[Denny Crane]

It'd be nice to see some B-ball soon, but I don't buy that this guy has any particularly special insight.

I take it you wouldn't bet on it.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm not saying unequivocally that Sheridan is full shit, but I'll believe it when I see it. The owners have almost no incentive to settle and stand to gain a lot by taking a hard line.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I'm so turned off by pro basketball I'm looking forward to gettting my refund for season tickets(hoping the season is canceled, sorry HCP)

I doubt that basketball will go through what baseball went through (fans staying from games at the begining and for a while) but I would like to see that happen. Not once has there been mention of the fans and it sucks for the fans, it's all about the players and the owners and how much money they all get. I wish they felt the pressure of fans walking away from the sport . . . basketball fans are taken for granted.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

If there isn't a hard cap or non guaranteed salaries, then there was no reason for the lockout. I mean, if all this was because they were a few billion apart then the whole thing was a bunch of crap and we've been lied to.

 

[Storyteller2]

Sheridan's logic regarding the two sides being 'close' seems to be along the lines of this fictional account:

The Redskins offer Randy Moss $2 million for one year. Moss' agent counters with a 3 year offer that would pay him $2 million then $10 million then $11 million. Are the two sides 'close to an agreement' simply because both sides have proposals that would pay him $2 million in 2011?

Anyway, I don't buy it. And if anyone is interested, here's my more detailed response to Sheridan's piece.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Sheridan's logic regarding the two sides being 'close' seems to be along the lines of this fictional account:

The Redskins offer Randy Moss $2 million for one year. Moss' agent counters with a 3 year offer that would pay him $2 million then $10 million then $11 million. Are the two sides 'close to an agreement' simply because both sides have proposals that would pay him $2 million in 2011?

Anyway, I don't buy it. And if anyone is interested, here's my more detailed response to Sheridan's piece.

Very nice blog and article. I bookmarked it for regular reading.

 

[Denny Crane]

Sheridan's logic regarding the two sides being 'close' seems to be along the lines of this fictional account:

The Redskins offer Randy Moss $2 million for one year. Moss' agent counters with a 3 year offer that would pay him $2 million then $10 million then $11 million. Are the two sides 'close to an agreement' simply because both sides have proposals that would pay him $2 million in 2011?

Anyway, I don't buy it. And if anyone is interested, here's my more detailed response to Sheridan's piece.

An excellent read. Thanks for the link!

 

[jlprk]

Thanks for showing me this great little article, Storyteller. A 10-year contract is very long.

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/31668/nba-negotiations-in-a-handy-chart

Whenever we read, (owners or players) are offering an X% change, we should ask, for which year(s)? Does this new offer merely offset that newly offered change by making a new change in the opposite direction to make up for it, in the other years?

An X% change in an offer really only matters if it's the cumulative change for the entire 10 years, not just for the first year or 3.
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I'm also wondering why owners want 10 years so badly, when if not for the last one being 6 years, they'd be stuck in it for another 4 years. In a declining economy, reviewing the contract every 6 years would seem to be to the owners' advantage.

 

[ebott]

Is this Chris Sheridan guy known liar? Tons of guys that write about the NBA seem to just make stuff up. Is this Sheridan guy one of those? This article makes me think he is.

Storyteller's article sums up my feelings on this quite nicely. If'n you're like me and like to see the full url: http://storytellerscontracts.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/good-news-regarding-the-nba-lockout/

Somebody wake me up when the two sides are willing to meet more often than once a week.

 

[ABM]

I don't claim this, but some others do. I don't know anybody!

You know me. I've been to your house. I suppose that makes us mutually important.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I don't claim this, but some others do. I don't know anybody!

We all know your wife, Biblically anyway, so that counts for something.

 

[ABM]

We all know your wife, Biblically anyway, so that counts for something.

No me. HCP met me at the door and wouldn't allow me into his home. Should I be upset?

 

[Mediocre Man]

No. Mrs. HCP calls everyone the minute HCP leaves the house. In fact, I get a little chafed during 7 game road trips.

 

[BrianFromWA]

1. Merlin Olsen comes over on occasion.
2. I have many leather-bound books.
3. My apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Checkmate, FAMS!

 

[illmatic99]

Somebody wake me up when the two sides are willing to meet more often than once a week.

NEW YORK -- NBA owners and players met for about 5½ hours Wednesday, plan to resume negotiations Thursday, and could even sit down again Friday.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/6941420/nba-owners-union-talk-meet-again-thursday

 

[Denny Crane]

No me. HCP met me at the door and wouldn't allow me into his home. Should I be upset?

You're supposed to show up at his house when he's on the road.

The password is "swordfish."

 

[ABM]

You're supposed to show up at his house when he's on the road.

The password is "swordfish."

Yet another reason why you're big-time......and I'm not.