Aaron is freaking out.
It seems as if every day more news surfaces that affirms my belief that there will be no NBA this year. Yesterday, talks of decertification by the players was rumored. Today, ESPN.com has an article that contains the phrases "headed straight for disaster" and "optimism is not running high."
Up until today I have been warning my friends that there is a serious risk that the entire season will be cancelled. I did this in a boy-who-cried-wolf manner, trying to psyche them out to invoke fear. Deep down however, I always knew that there would be a season this year and all this arguing between players and owners would eventually settle.
Today, I have lost all faith in that notion. If the over/under of NBA games played this year is 0.5, I would take the under. The "negotiations" taking place are seemingly at a stalemate. This is reality, there will most likely not be a season.
That is OK though. I mean, who even wants to watch the Heat play? Nobody wants to watch 23 year-olds Derrick Rose and Kevin Durant battle for the title of "Best Player That Still Gets ID'd At Clubs." Who wants to see the dunk contest? Who wants to see Dirk defend his title? The Heat-Knicks games would boast five of the fifteen best players in the league and contain a talent level seen only in all-star games. A matchup like that would surely draw attention from hardcore and casual fans alike.
But rather than being able to watch games, we, the fans, are forced to listen to the players and owners bitching about money. The owners are and will be billionaires and the players are and will be millionaires. Unless there is no season in which case everybody would lose, especially us, the fans that pump our money into this league to see some of the best entertainment the world has to offer. Next time you think about going to an NBA game or buying an NBA jersey, think of the stubborn, money-hungry jerk that is making a profit off of you. Reconsider being a fan of the NBA.
The way this lockout has been handled, I would urge the casual fan to refrain from watching NBA games in the future. But they might not have a choice.
There are happy articles, and there are sad articles. This has been a sad article. And this is a sad song:
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