Sunday, November 27, 2011

ORR for Nov. 13, 2011. The Lockout Is over!

57 % of Basketball Related Incomes. That is how much the players received in the past decade and 2 years. Now the deal is 51% BRI for the players. Now as that may seem as a huge sacrifice by the players, they had no choice, as the owners made a lot of sacrifices too. In this type of deal in the NBA, it is not only talks about the BRI, but essentially about everything, and everyone who will be paid. This is not only a great deal from the financial side, but also there will be a 66 game starting on Christmas day (each team misses 16 games of the season)! In the '98-'99 NBA lockout, the season began in early February and had a 50 game season (missed 32 games). Fundamentally, this is a great success, both for the NBA, and for the Euro league and Chinese teams who have signed NBA players and have shown their leagues another level of basketball.


Rajon Rondo. Chris Paul. Russel Westbrook. Derrick Rose. Brandon Jenings. All of these are elite NBA point guards, and are said to be the most affected by the NBA lockout. Not specifically these players necessarily, but this position. A point guard is the "Playmaker" or the "Center of the offence". I personally play as a combo-guard (which means I play as both a point guard and as a shooting guard) and as I play mostly as a point guard, I can agree with the statement that the point guards COULD be the most affected. Why? Because as there have been many charity games and countless pickup games, and in those games the players were mostly from the NBA, meaning the point guards who played in those games were also mostly from the NBA. Where I am getting at is that the players who participated in these games have of course not played to their fullest efforts, and made more exciting plays than they would in a professional NBA game. If the point guards have not played in these types of games then maybe they are out of shape. Now the point guard position is the "Center of the offence" and if they are out of shape or have gotten used to making crazy passes as attempts for more exciting plays, then their game could be ruined, therefore the whole team is hurt. Although I am not worried about the Point guards in the NBA and for them to be ruined, because if they were really the star of the team then they would have either played in these games, and probably made really exciting plays, but were capable of keeping their game when they get back to the NBA. Whereas if they aren't the star or the center of the team then the team's Shooting Guard or Small forward would probably be the play makers, and Shooting Guards or Small Forwards have a lesser chance of losing their game because it is usually more simple.


All-in-all I believe that the lockout's is a great thing that has happened with all the sacrifices both the owners and the players have made, and although there are potential players who could have lost their game, I strongly believe that this is a great turnout to something which could have been solved 150 days ago when the lockout began, or could have arrived to a dreadful ending of the National Basketball Association as a whole.


























http://bleacherreport.com/articles/956851-the-nba-lockout-is-over-welcome-back-hoop-heads

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