With the NHL on the precipice of labor Armageddon, it looks like the NBA is considering the same course of action:
Union director Billy Hunter addressed several dozen players at the union's annual meeting during a session devoted mainly to labor issues. His message was that history could very well repeat itself, with a distinct possibility there could be a lockout next summer."We don't come to this process as neophytes. We don't have the same kind of naivety that we had before," Hunter told The Associated Press. "The guys understand that the negotiations could ultimately result in another lockout, and they have to prepare themselves for that.
"If the owners are not inclined to retreat from their current proposal, there's a high probability there can be another lockout," Hunter said.
Look on the bright side: more NHL highlights on ESPN. That's if the NHL even exists.
Stop the insanity.
We all know how this is going to go…Goodenow and Bettman are going to continue posturing, and eventually they’ll agree to a soft-cap, luxury tax model a la MLB. It’s inevitable. But they’re still going to do their little dance, at the risk of alienating the handful of fans they have left.
Just silly, really.