Breaking: NBA and Players reach deal, games to start Dec. 25

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#1 JML897
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****ing finally.

http://twitter.com/#!/WojYahooNBA/statuses/140343624683618304

From Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski:

"The NBA and players have reached an agreement on a deal, source says. The season will start on Dec. 25."

Can't wait.

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#2 SilentSoprano
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At least now I won't have to hear my friends whine about there being no basketball. Only thing I like is the playoffs.

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#3 SilentSoprano
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So JML, do you think Da Bulls will be able to pull it off this year?

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#4 JML897
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I'm hoping the Bulls can pick up another guy who can create his own shot somehow. I don't think they'll get the 1 seed..but I think the Eastern Finals will come down to the Bulls & Heat again. Once you get that far anything can happen.

Then again we still haven't even gone through free agency so who knows what the teams will even look like.

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#5 andyboiii
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best news ever! and this is good for the older players who don't have to go through a whole 82 game season
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#6 SilentSoprano
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I'm hoping the Bulls can pick up another guy who can create his own shot somehow. I don't think they'll get the 1 seed..but I think the Eastern Finals will come down to the Bulls & Heat again. Once you get that far anything can happen.

Then again we still haven't even gone through free agency so who knows what the teams will even look like.

JML897

I really, really hope they beat out the Heat. I can't think of anyone I'd want to see win in the East other than the Bulls. Definitely OKC for the West.

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#7 SilentSoprano
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I don't know if the Lakers will be the same without Phil Jackson, initially at least. He seemed like he was the spiritual leader of that team.

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#8 DarkOfKnight
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Not approved yet according to ESPN last I read. Also, I never watch NBA until after the NFL season is over...Even then I am not sure I can support the league anymore. What about those NBA guys playing overseas?
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#9 Boston_Boyy
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Not approved yet according to ESPN last I read. Also, I never watch NBA until after the NFL season is over...Even then I am not sure I can support the league anymore. What about those NBA guys playing overseas? DarkOfKnight
I think they pretty much all have out clauses, that allow them to come back to the NBA when an agreement is reached. With the exception of a few players like Wilson Chandler, and Kenyon Martin who signed deals in China that last until March, with no out clauses.

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#10 Master_Live
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NBAPA, you see what happens when you play hardball with the owners? Good, lets get LeBron that ring.
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#11 KBFloYd
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thanks for the news....

lets see if pau gasol got that stick out of his butt and is actually going to Play this season...or else GTHO of los angeles...oh and lets see how crazy legs bynum does.

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#12 No_Hablo_Ingles
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Go Rockets!
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#13 Major_Snake
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best news ever! and this is good for the older players who don't have to go through a whole 82 game seasonandyboiii

Meaning mah Spurs :cool:

I am so happy there is going to be basketball at least. BRING THOSE PLAYERS BACK FROM OVERSEAS

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#14 Boston_Boyy
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[QUOTE="andyboiii"]best news ever! and this is good for the older players who don't have to go through a whole 82 game seasonMajor_Snake

Meaning mah Spurs :cool:

I am so happy there is going to be basketball at least. BRING THOSE PLAYERS BACK FROM OVERSEAS

Has that season even started? The only thing i've heard about NBA players playing overseas basketball is that JR Smith got hurt in China.

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#15 Major_Snake
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I don't know. and if it hasn't started... take away their plane tickets

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[QUOTE="andyboiii"]best news ever! and this is good for the older players who don't have to go through a whole 82 game seasonMajor_Snake

Meaning mah Spurs :cool:

I am so happy there is going to be basketball at least. BRING THOSE PLAYERS BACK FROM OVERSEAS

And my Celtics.

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#17 LTomlinson21
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Finally. If NBA 2K12 can fix the rosters well enough, I might buy it.
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#18 GodofBigMacs
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Finally. If NBA 2K12 can fix the rosters well enough, I might buy it.LTomlinson21
Yeah that was actually the only thing keeping me from really buying it: The lockout and no rookies. Maybe they should have gotten this deal done last week so that I could have bought NBA 2k12 on Black Friday! :evil:lol...

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#19 Ngamer05
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Go Rockets!No_Hablo_Ingles
Says the Eagles fan.
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#20 No_Hablo_Ingles
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[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]Go Rockets!Ngamer05
Says the Eagles fan.

I wish I understood your point... assuming you had one.
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#21 JML897
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[QUOTE="Ngamer05"][QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"]Go Rockets!No_Hablo_Ingles
Says the Eagles fan.

I wish I understood your point... assuming you had one.

You are obviously bandwagoning the Rockets.

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[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"][QUOTE="Ngamer05"] Says the Eagles fan.JML897

I wish I understood your point... assuming you had one.

You are obviously bandwagoning the Rockets.

Because the Rockets were soooo good last year, right?
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#23 No_Hablo_Ingles
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[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"][QUOTE="Ngamer05"] Says the Eagles fan.JML897

I wish I understood your point... assuming you had one.

You are obviously bandwagoning the Rockets.

The team that hasn't been in the playoffs in years and when they do get kicked out in the first round... over the Celtics, the team that plays in the state in which I was born and partially raised?
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#24 JML897
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Come on, did I really need a "/sarcasm" for that post?
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#25 No_Hablo_Ingles
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Come on, did I really need a "/sarcasm" for that post?JML897
Sorry :( I am terrible at picking up sarcasm...
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#26 JML897
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:P

I'm sure there have been times where I didn't pick up on your sarcasm too.

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#27 GodofBigMacs
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Come on, did I really need a "/sarcasm" for that post?JML897
LOL around half of me thought it was sarcasm... I guess I should have went with that. haha
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#28 monkeytoes61
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Damn, the Sonics fan in me was hoping they would cancel the entire season.
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#29 Seabas989
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Good news but the Wizards are not gonna be any good this season either. Still those new jerseys will look nice to see this season.

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#30 Conscrumptured
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Damn, the Sonics fan in me was hoping they would cancel the entire season.monkeytoes61
The Sonics fan in me was hoping the Sonics could still be a team. But yes, I'm glad this is going through. Huzzah, huzzah.
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#31 X360PS3AMD05
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So they turned down 51 to get 49%? Why is it breaking news if the deal isn't official? There's no way the players could sit out the whole year of course, Escalades need to get paid for son! Can you imagine Paula Pierce, Garnott and Kobe getting a year older while not making the league any money? That would just be disaster
[QUOTE="No_Hablo_Ingles"][QUOTE="Ngamer05"] Says the Eagles fan.JML897
I wish I understood your point... assuming you had one.

You are obviously bandwagoning the Rockets.

No he bandwagons the Celtics, get your facts straight MR.!
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#32 rawsavon
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I have been out of the loop this weekend. Have they said any of the details? ...like hard cap, soft cap/luxury tax, etc I want to know if the Mavs will be able to keep Tyson. Also, interested to see if Heat can even keep all 3
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Best Christmas gift ever
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#34 DarkOfKnight
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Damn, the Sonics fan in me was hoping they would cancel the entire season.monkeytoes61
As someone who was with the owners on this, I wanted that too. The owners should have just cancelled the entire season and went to court for a while instead of caving in like this. In the NFL the players caved into a bad deal, in the NBA the owners caved into a bad deal.
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#35 Random-Axe
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Best Christmas gift ever-Halftime-
Agreed
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#36 EPaul
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It's just not Christmas without NBA games

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#37 X360PS3AMD05
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So it looks like business as usual, pretty much nothing changes and the Heatles are looking for a center. There are a ton of people out there who say they will be boycotting as it will be more of the large markets dominating.
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#38 No_Hablo_Ingles
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[QUOTE="monkeytoes61"]Damn, the Sonics fan in me was hoping they would cancel the entire season.DarkOfKnight
As someone who was with the owners on this, I wanted that too. The owners should have just cancelled the entire season and went to court for a while instead of caving in like this. In the NFL the players caved into a bad deal, in the NBA the owners caved into a bad deal.

If you aren't an owner, why the hell do you care if they caved?
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#39 Master_Live
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^^^^They will. NBA going hill. They don't do the salary cap like the NFL but don't do revenue sharing either like MLB. I see contraction in the near future.
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#40 DarkOfKnight
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^^^^They will. NBA going hill. They don't do the salary cap like the NFL but don't do revenue sharing either like MLB. I see contraction in the near future. Master_Live
I think you might be getting too close to the reality of the situation.
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Its the Heat's year, 60 - 6 :cool:

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#42 PSP107
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1st the NFL players lose now the NBA players are losers in thier new CBA. Who actually won the CBA for baseball?
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#43 PSP107
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[QUOTE="monkeytoes61"]Damn, the Sonics fan in me was hoping they would cancel the entire season.Conscrumptured
The Sonics fan in me was hoping the Sonics could still be a team. But yes, I'm glad this is going through. Huzzah, huzzah.

You guys aswell as other seattle citzens dont root or feel like the Thunder is your team?
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#44 SilentSoprano
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Its the Heat's year, 60 - 6 :cool:

Jagged3dge

If they can get LeBron to actually play during the 4th quarter.

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#45 No_Hablo_Ingles
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[QUOTE="Jagged3dge"]

Its the Heat's year, 60 - 6 :cool:

SilentSoprano

If they can get LeBron to actually play during the 4th quarter.

He's fine in the regular season... it's the 'post season' he has problems with.
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#46 SilentSoprano
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[QUOTE="SilentSoprano"]

[QUOTE="Jagged3dge"]

Its the Heat's year, 60 - 6 :cool:

No_Hablo_Ingles

If they can get LeBron to actually play during the 4th quarter.

He's fine in the regular season... it's the 'post season' he has problems with.

Oh yeah, forgot about that.

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#47 SilentSoprano
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What does your avatar say? I can't read it. Sorry to ask, but I am curious. Obviously it's something to do with Mike Vick and dogs.

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#48 JML897
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^It's the Philadelphia Eagles trophy case. There's nothing but a can of Alpo in it.
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#49 No_Hablo_Ingles
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^It's the Philadelphia Eagles trophy case. There's nothing but a can of Alpo in it. JML897
... Thanks for explaining :(
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#50 SilentSoprano
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It should have 3 NFL Championship trophies in it. Wasn't that basically the Superbowl before it was invented?