Sheridan speaking my mind about importance of Twitter

http://sheridanhoops.com/2011/11/26/the-role-of-twitter-in-nba-lockout/

NBA's Nuclear Winter

Thinking about switching some of my avatars around with these:

Fuck you lockout.  Owners AND Players.You are ruining so many people's lives right now.  Grow up. 

Players Reject Offer

So the players disband the union and are seeking to file an anti-trust lawsuit on the NBA.  Awesome.  Well it looks like the hopes of having a season are completely diminished.  Thanks for putting the players in this situation Stern with your shitty ultimatum.  From Mike Monroe, NBA beat reporter, "Stern can blame union but he is the one who said: 'There comes a time when you have to be through negotiating, and we are.'” You said you were done negotiating last week?!?! Now the players say they are done.  Why can't they decide to stop negotiating with your greedy ass?  Go to hell everybody.  This is bullshit and stressing me out WAYYY too much!

Sheridan breakdown:

http://sheridanhoops.com/2011/11/14/doomsday-nbpa-no-longer-exists-al-gores-lawyer-now-in-charge/

Well here's the NBA's PR campaign via Twitter

Stern & Silver did a Q&A with Twitter land and responded to a handful of tweets.  Mostly NBA players and analysts' questions were addressed, not really answered that well!?!?!  Here it is:
***Start at the bottom and scroll up, ALSO, check out the video NBA posted right after......

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Thank you for participating. There is a fair deal on the table that will allow the season to start on December 15.

50 minutes ago

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.@sam_amick No mandate to operate unprofitably

58 minutes ago

sam_amick Sam Amick

@nba Don't teams that received public funding for arenas to be built have a responsibility to their communities to continue operations?

2 hours ago

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.@Lakeshow31 Every team will have least 500 tickets for $10 or less for every game this season

1 hour ago

Lakeshow31 lakeshow31

@NBA what about lowering ticket costs and making attending games more affordable for fans during a tough economy?

1 hour ago

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.@Mrljd05 All league executives are taking pay cuts in addition to over 300 job cuts across the league

1 hour ago

Mrljd05 Leland Dodd

@NBA How about Mr. Stern and Mr. Silver both take equal pay cuts that the players are taking? Would show some shared sacrifice right?

1 hour ago

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.@theRealHrdlicka Raising payroll floor improves competition among all teams

1 hour ago

theRealHrdlicka Matt Hrdlicka

@NBA How is raising each team's payroll floor a concession when the OVR BRI drops? Seems to me, that helps owners w/higher payrolls.

1 hour ago

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.@MrMichaelLee Restricting taxpayers makes more talent available to other teams

1 hour ago

MrMichaelLee Michael Lee

@NBA How does a system set up to restrict tax paying teams actually help bad teams get better?

1 hour ago

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.@bagsack If decertification occurs, players' contracts would become void

1 hour ago

bagsack bagsack

@NBA If decertification of the Union occurs, will players' current contracts become void?

2 hours ago

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.@darrenrovell NBA would suffer enormous losses with no season; losses much greater without a fair agreement

1 hour ago

darrenrovell darren rovell

@NBA You said you lost a total of $300M last season. How much would teams collectively lose with no season?

2 hours ago

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.@mcten Teams suffering enormous losses; no choice but to recover if season does not start soon.

1 hour ago

mcten Dave McMenamin

@NBA Explain why you will revert to an alternative, lesser deal if the current offer isn't accepted. How is that bargaining in good faith?

2 hours ago

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.@kevincote Spending & competitive balance are closely related. A fair agreement deals with both.

1 hour ago

kevincote Kevin Coté

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@NBA Why kill the season for tax/cap rules when spending & competitive balance are not related? Add #financialfairplay clause & be done.

2 hours ago

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.@MattCarbonaro Our goal is a season with our current players

1 hour ago

MattCarbonaro Matt Carbonaro

@NBA Will you guys consider replacement players?

2 hours ago

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.@Captain_Qwark Teams' proposal is for a fair deal

1 hour ago

Captain_Qwark josh

@NBA Why is it the player's responsibility to help finance owner's debt from purchasing a team?

2 hours ago

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.@AzazNYK We need a system that allows all 30 teams to compete for a championship

1 hour ago

AzazNYK Azaz

@nba are you willing to lose the season over system issues?

2 hours ago

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.@JohnLigon Teams suffering enormous losses; no choice but to recover if season does not start soon.

1 hour ago

JohnLigon John Ligon

@NBA What would be accomplished by offering a worse deal if the players reject this one? Isn't that just giving up on the season?

2 hours ago

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.@kc1nyk Minimum age is subject to further discussion with union; amnesty excludes a waived players’ salary from his team’s cap

1 hour ago

kc1nyk KC

@NBA Is it true that u guys are thinking about making the age minimum for the draft 20 years old rather than 19. And can u explain amnesty?

2 hours ago

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.@pwinfield24 Smaller MLE for taxpayers is not about the money, it's about competitive balance

1 hour ago

pwinfield24 Pheana Winfield

@NBA Why can't tax paying teams use full MLE since they are paying luxury tax at a higher rate? Doesn't tax money go to non paying tax teams

2 hours ago

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.@BimaThug Tax calculation in year 3: 53.5% of BRI, subtract player benefits, divide by 30: projected at $74 mill

1 hour ago

BimaThug BimaThug

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@NBA How EXACTLY will the luxury tax be calculated starting in Year 3? Throwing out random #s doesn't indicate its relation to salary cap.

3 hours ago

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.@mavndgooner We want a system where all 30 teams regardless of market size can compete for a championship

1 hour ago

mavndgooner Bader

@NBA How can you expect the players to go from 57 to 50 BRI & be satisfied with a deal unless the owners also make significant concessions?

2 hours ago

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That's why we're doing this Twitterview.

1 hour ago

Dnussbaum David Nussbaum

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@NBA Seems that there is much misinformation being propagated by agents, union, why doesn't NBA give specifics on espn.com?

5 hours ago

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.@DwyaneWade The economics & system favored the players in prior CBA -- Teams lost over 300m last year

1 hour ago

DwyaneWade Dwyane Wade

@NBA why are all your "system solutions" only impacting the PLAYERS?? What have the owners giving up of significance??

1 hour ago

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.@gostu22 Max salary will be $20 mill in year 3: higher maxes would take money from other players especially middle class

1 hour ago

gostu22 Stuart Goldberg

@NBA why don't you raise max salaries so teams can't fit multiple stars under the cap? Seems like it would enhance comp. balance...

4 hours ago

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.@LLCOOLREN 50% of BRI would fund players' salaries

1 hour ago

LLCOOLREN Loren Lewis

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@NBA is the BRI funds the players share with the owners along with their salary that they already make?

4 hours ago

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.@spencerhawes00 Teams are group being criticized for trying to raise avg salaries from $5 mill to $8 mill & provide for better competition

1 hour ago

spencerhawes00 Spencer Hawes

@nba if the commish calls the agents greedy for trying to protect their clients from a trbl deal what does that make the owners?

3 hours ago

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No matter the system, teams will have to make smart decisions to succeed

1 hour ago

The__Cooler Nick

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@NBA Why does the NBA feel the need to protect bad owners/GMs from themselves? Knicks proved $ doesn't give u an advantage.

4 hours ago

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.@One_Sage No such clause was even proposed

1 hour ago

One_Sage Michael Sadoff

@NBA using the D-league 5 year $75k demotion clause, are you trying to get out from guarantee contracts? Isn't this clause a bit too unfair?

4 hours ago

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.@momomoses7 Players not unreasonable or greedy; system is broken

1 hour ago

momomoses7 Paul Moses

@NBA And why are players being "unreasonable" and "greedy" when they are the only side making sacrifices from previous CBA?

4 hours ago

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.@kennyclark05 The last five NBA champions were taxpayers

1 hour ago

kennyclark05 Kenny

@NBA How can the league cite competitive balance as a reason for this terrible offer when 3 of final 4 teams last year were not tax teams?

4 hours ago

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.@spencerhawes00 Don’t agree; season starts if union agrees to NBA’s proposal.

1 hour ago

spencerhawes00 Spencer Hawes

@nba since we have covered all of your alleged losses(and more)why am I not getting ready for a game tonight. Reason the lockout continues?

3 hours ago

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.@_andresb Stretch exception only applies to contracts signed under new CBA

2 hours ago

_andresb Andres B

@NBA Is it true that teams will not be allowed to use the stretch exception on players already signed under the previous CBA?

4 hours ago

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.@sportsguy33 Contraction has been discussed but is not a complete solution

2 hours ago

sportsguy33 Bill Simmons

Mine: Why not contract over missing a season? RT @NBA: Send ?'s about NBA's CBA proposal to @NBA. Stern & Silver answering starting at 7et.

3 hours ago

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We're live w/ David Stern & Adam Silver...send ur questions about the NBA's CBA proposal to @NBA & we'll answer starting right now.

2 hours ago              

Then the NBA posted this video??? Its like they're trying to sell it now.  Sketchy as shit if you ask me.