Sunday, November 13, 2011

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......


NBA

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
NBA

. No mandate to operate unprofitably
58 minutes ago
Sam Amick

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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NBA

. Every team will have least 500 tickets for $10 or less for every game this season
1 hour ago
lakeshow31

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

. All league executives are taking pay cuts in addition to over 300 job cuts across the league
1 hour ago
Leland Dodd

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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NBA

. Raising payroll floor improves competition among all teams
1 hour ago
Matt Hrdlicka

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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NBA

. Restricting taxpayers makes more talent available to other teams
1 hour ago
Michael Lee

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

. If decertification occurs, players' contracts would become void
1 hour ago
bagsack

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

. NBA would suffer enormous losses with no season; losses much greater without a fair agreement
1 hour ago
darren rovell

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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NBA

. Teams suffering enormous losses; no choice but to recover if season does not start soon.
1 hour ago
Dave McMenamin

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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NBA

. Spending & competitive balance are closely related. A fair agreement deals with both.
1 hour ago
Kevin Coté

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

. Our goal is a season with our current players
1 hour ago
Matt Carbonaro

Will you guys consider replacement players?
2 hours ago
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NBA

. Teams' proposal is for a fair deal
1 hour ago
josh

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

. We need a system that allows all 30 teams to compete for a championship
1 hour ago
Azaz

are you willing to lose the season over system issues?
2 hours ago
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NBA

. Teams suffering enormous losses; no choice but to recover if season does not start soon.
1 hour ago
John Ligon

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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NBA

. Minimum age is subject to further discussion with union; amnesty excludes a waived players’ salary from his team’s cap
1 hour ago
KC

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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NBA

. Smaller MLE for taxpayers is not about the money, it's about competitive balance
1 hour ago
Pheana Winfield

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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NBA

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

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

. We want a system where all 30 teams regardless of market size can compete for a championship
1 hour ago
Bader

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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NBA

That's why we're doing this Twitterview.
1 hour ago
David Nussbaum

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Seems that there is much misinformation being propagated by agents, union, why doesn't NBA give specifics on ?
5 hours ago
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NBA

. The economics & system favored the players in prior CBA -- Teams lost over 300m last year
1 hour ago
Dwyane Wade

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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NBA

. Max salary will be $20 mill in year 3: higher maxes would take money from other players especially middle class
1 hour ago
Stuart Goldberg

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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NBA

. 50% of BRI would fund players' salaries
1 hour ago
Loren Lewis

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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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NBA

. Teams are group being criticized for trying to raise avg salaries from $5 mill to $8 mill & provide for better competition
1 hour ago
Spencer Hawes

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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NBA

No matter the system, teams will have to make smart decisions to succeed
1 hour ago
Nick

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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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NBA

. No such clause was even proposed
1 hour ago
Michael Sadoff

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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NBA

. Players not unreasonable or greedy; system is broken
1 hour ago
Paul Moses

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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NBA

. The last five NBA champions were taxpayers
1 hour ago
Kenny

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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NBA

. Don’t agree; season starts if union agrees to NBA’s proposal.
1 hour ago
Spencer Hawes

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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NBA

. Stretch exception only applies to contracts signed under new CBA
2 hours ago
Andres B

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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NBA

. Contraction has been discussed but is not a complete solution
2 hours ago
Bill Simmons

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

We're live w/ David Stern & Adam Silver...send ur questions about the NBA's CBA proposal to & 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. 

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