So hello to no NBA....

Today, Monday November 14, 2011, NBA players rejected the league's latest offer and began disbanding the union, likely jeopardizing the season. "We're prepared to file this antitrust action against the NBA," union executive director Billy Hunter said of the union's potential legal strategy. "That's the best situation where players can get their due process."

"We understand the consequences of potentially missing the season; we understand the consequences that players could potentially face if things don't go our way, but it's a risk worth taking," union vice president Maurice Evans said. "It's the right move to do." But it's risky. The league already has filed a pre-emptive lawsuit seeking to prove the lockout is legal. And it contends that without the union that collectively bargained them, the players' guaranteed contracts could legally be voided.

"This is the best decision for the players," union president Derek Fisher said. "I want to reiterate that point, that a lot of individual players have a lot of things personally at stake in terms of their careers and where they stand. And right now they feel it's important -- we all feel it's important to all our players, not just the ones in this room, but our entire group -- that we not only try to get a deal done for today but for the body of NBA players that will come into this league over the next decade and beyond."

Get a deal in...

On Monday, November 14 2011, the players union is going to meet in New York, a session that could lead to the end of the lockout or send it into a bigger tailspin. Players and representatives from all 30 teams are going to examine and discuss a seven-page summary of the NBA’s latest collective bargaining proposal to the union.

Some who will be in the NBPA meeting said Sunday they had not yet seen it, the seven-page summary, creating some confusion over what exactly is on the table. "

We haven't asked for anything more than what we had," Miami player representative James Jones said Sunday. "We understand the times. We understand the economy. We just want a fair deal where both sides are bearing the weight of the present times and with an eye on the future of the game of basketball."

Some project that team payrolls will exceed $100 million in about five years, even to the chagrin of many owners. On Saturday, Stern said again if the current offer is rejected, a harsher one -- where owners would keep about another $120 million of basketball related income annually, along with other system issues players didn't want -- will take its place.

Can we just have some basketball please? I am so tired of all this talk.

NBA lockout-one sad story.

During this past week, (11-11-11) The National Basketball Association presented a 72 game season and they are waiting for the NBPA to accept the deal. I just don’t think this deal is going to go through. The players will probably reject this deal. "They don't want to do a deal," one agent said of the owners' proposals. "And what they've underestimated is the resolve of the players." The owners have also decided to do drug test during the off-season, which I think is a good idea, with how many dumb players there are. They also want to increase the age of players who enter the league to 20 which I also think is a good idea since it makes the players attend college for atlas 2 years. If the deal of 72 game season does go through, it means the season could start on December 15. It also means there will be a game on Christmas day which I believe is a tradition now, like the Cowboys playing on thanksgiving.

Dallas Mavericks player representative Jason Terry said that if the new proposal is not a substantial improvement from the league's prior offers, players will be prepared to walk away, even if it threatens the season.

"For us to take a bad deal at this point, as players, would be not good for the game of basketball and it won't be good for the players going on into the future," Terry said Friday morning during an appearance on the "Ben and Skin Show" on 103.3 FM ESPN in Dallas.

I just wish they could resolve this as fast as possible. I am a basketball lover and I am tired of all this and just need the season to get started.