Bobcats Up For Contraction?

[JakeFlake]

CHARLOTTE, NC - Several reports have mentioned the Charlotte Bobcats as being a possible target for contraction by the NBA.

Late last week, NBA commissioner David Stern mentioned the possibility of contracting teams.

http://www.foxcharlotte.com/sports/Report-Bobcats-Could-Face-Contraction-By-NBA-105801863.html

[Proudiddy]

I think the' several reports' have stemmed from the original blurb about us in Boston Globe. I think the Globe story was b.s. as well... It's retarded.

Unless the NBA is gonna offer a price for the team as well as the fees and penalties for getting out of the arena lease, then it would sound more credible. But, even then, if you just read MJ's comments about making the franchise successful, I doubt he would accept the NBA's offer or plan.

[Implied Volatility]

Not gonna happen...Move along.

[mj4life]

this is a negotiating ploy by the league, either way several teams are better candidates than the cats & i doubt the league would do that to mj

[Vagrant]

The same thing happened in the NHL in terms of the owners coming out and saying that they were going to contract teams if they didn't get the salary roll back that they wanted. In this case, they're wanting the players to take an even bigger salary roll back up to 35%.

The NBAPA, or whatever acronym the players use, have a worst nightmare of losing franchises. Less franchises means less jobs and less jobs means higher competition for spots and even worse representation.

When you start negotiations, you come out with the strongest and most horrible outcome first and work your way back to respectability making concessions along the way. The same way that the NFL is already talking about a lockout like it's a foregone conclusion, that is where the negotiations start and the balance of power is known.

Nobody is going to get contracted. The league can't afford it and the players won't stomach it.