Should Basketball Have Non-Guaranteed Contracts?
153912
absolutly, the any league with a salary cap shouldn't have to offer a guaranteed contracts. Besides these players should be paid what they earn. If they aren't earning their money they shouldn't get it.
1103513
It's now 19 years old or at least 1 year out of high school. We're probably going to see a lot of players now leaving the collegiate level after freshman year just to keep their stock high. NBA feels that throwing 18 year olds fresh out of high school with huge contract and money decisions isn't professional for the NBA. So now players are kind of forced to go to college and get a feel of basketball life on the road and playing at high levels with other future NBA players.
402476
lebron is making the maximum a rookie is allowed a year for the player first 3 years theres a set amount in the rulebook theyre allowed to be paid in the nba but that shoe contract of his was worth a fat and i mean FAT $90 mill
1130894
I do not think the NBA is fixed.  Look at how bad the New York Knicks have been in last 30 plus yrs since their last championship back in 1972!! If the NBA was fixed, the league office is in New York,then the Knicks would have won it all with their best chance in 1994 against the Houston Rockets!! The NBA is similar to the NFL, them want to showcase two most largest teams for ratings,LA and NY,but both teams have not been good at the same time since the late 70's. The NFL comparsion is different  because no one in LA cares about football,that is why Houston has a team after the Oilers left.
311301
Well - previous offshoots of the NBA have not done so well. I'll take it one further, "minor leagues" in pro basketball have not done so well, and are not widely publicized in the media.\nWho in the world knows the teams in the NBDL? Supposedly the offshoot and re-organization of the CBA. \nHow about the ABL? The "other" women's pro league? Disbanded after one season. \nit's possible those offshoots didn't go so well because the NBA really didn't get fully behind it. The WNBA has the NBA signature attatched to it. \nI don't know, it's hard to say. Personally, I could give a care less about pro basketball. I'm more into the college game now. No contracts, no prima donnas, no revenue sharing, no collective bargaining, no luxury suites (well, demand for them), no $500 courtside seats - just pure, good, talented, exciting basketball.
1135153
If they can't work out a deal, they either become a free agent or their draft rights are traded.
484048
The NBA has always given the benefit of the doubt to the star players regardless of what team they play for Watch Tim Duncan sometimes if he misses its a foul hell if he shoves someone out of his way and drives to the basket while leaning into another player its a three point opportunity.
105247
Jerry is mostly right, except that the player can sign with another team, and his current team gets a chance to either match it or let the player go. If they let him go, the other team that signs him has to give up two 1st round picks in compensation. Nobody's going to give up that much to sign a player, so basically the player is locked into his current team.
352483
to play for free would show so much passion for the game that most of todays players are lacking. I would play for free to show all these greedy men what the world is really like. I mean, players sitting out on million doller contracts with these incentives and complaining that they wont be able to feed their family. that is a joke and needs to stop.
1151555
No, but they should be obligated to themselves to stay safe, or else they can't play or get paid.  \nStaying safe for the fans' sake would be very heartening, but honestly, that's not what they are thinking about when they hop on the motorcycle.\nDifferent activities should be specified in contracts, rather than prohibiting "potentially dangerous activities" and other vague terms.
1089210
Because no one except a few people really care about basketball anymore.  The reason salaries are so high is tv contracts, which will probably be lower next time since they are based on ratings.  Until basketball cleans up its act, and game, ratings will continue to fall.
1026021
Not even close.  Supply and demand.  No one watches the WNBA.  Thats what they put on ESPN when there aren't any paintball championships.  People like flash and dunks and high flying, which isnt available in the WNBA.  If people paid the same attention to the WNBA as the NBA and paid as much money in tickets and merchandise, then yes they would be paid the same, however the WNBA players make around $30,000 a year on average vs. the NBA, where the minimum salary for a full year contract is $120,000.  Some NBA players make as much as a full year WNBA contract in a 10-day contract.
1096311
Wow!!! What a very informing question. Informing in the way that you made so much sense in your theory. I agree that the NBA cannot fix games in the sense of having a team just quit, but sabotaging a certain team with the crappy officiating now I can believe that. Coming from Utah and being a Jazz fan I can see this in every game since the refs totally hate Jerry Sloan. Not that you care or anything but Karl Malone said something interesting during an interview during all the hype of his statue and number retirement her In SLC i will quote the best I can he said,: I was out doing something other than basketball related things and ran into a NBA referee that refer ed many of the Jazz's games he told straight up that he was sorry that he coast the Jazz and Me a championship due to his bad  call in the finals" this was concerning the push off Jordan did on Bryon Russell. So this comment gives your theory a good leg to stand on.
779361
They won't get rid of this moronic system due to arrogance and pride.  What has to happen is fans quit watching.  Quit going to games.  Quit watching televised games.  Boycott the system and it will change; once the money dries up and they can't pay the players it has to.  Yes, I know we're talking about college ball.  If you think the players aren't being paid, you are quite naive.
1137093
Unfortunately it all comes down to economics, players have agents and they want their clients to be compensated for using their likeness in a video game.  Since I haven't played NBA Live 2006 I don't know which legends were included in the game.  Here are some players that many basketball fans consider all time-great players  Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Rusell, Oscar Robertson, Pete Maravich, John Havlicek, Rick Barry, Bernard King, Julius Erving, Earl Monroe....I named these players because I am sure you are already familar with Jordan, Magic, Bird and Kareem.  These other players were also great in their days.
1006602
The NBA is biased for Shaq since he puts butts in seats. The league is not necessarily a wuss for suspending Stackhouse but it does promote corruption in fair play for a great sport.
1020411
Traveling?!? Is that still a violation in the NBA?