The situation in the NBA at the moment does not look good. Nobody can agree on a new collective bargaining agreement, which is basically if you don't all about how much the players and teams get paid. David Stern, who's the head of the NBA wants to cut player salaries considerably, but of course this isn't going down well with Derek Fisher, who's the head of the player's association: so we have a lockout.
Now I'm really not happy with the situation, like many other fans: as you should know if you read this regularly, I support the Nets and our star Deron Williams will only have 1 year left on his contract with option of 1 extra year when this lockout finishes (if it does by the end of this coming season, which it should do). So he'll potentially be a free agent (hopefully he won't be, he has hinted at wanting to stay) and there's even talk of him now going off to play at Besiktas during the lockout. If Allen Iverson stays, Besiktas will be one hell of a team. And I was using Deron Williams as an example, but there are many other players with the same situation that worries their team. Dwight Howard, for example.
I wish that professional athletes could be less greedy. I every sport it's the same, and they have to accept that sometimes you have to take cuts. Besides, they have practically the best job in the world as NBA players, with all the fame and actually getting to play basketball in front of loads of people for money. It really is unbelievable how fame and money affects people.
I really hope this lockout ends soon, as I'm sure a lot of people do, I'm desperate to see next season get underway, but at the moment, it really isn't looking likely. The two sides are really disagreeing strongly with each other and we'll have to see whether they can come to either a new agreement or simply an extension of the current deal as soon as possible.
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