Word in the street is LeBron James, Joe Johnson & Dwyane Wade are gonna get together and chop it up about each others plans for the summer. These young cats are doing it mob style, this is like the heads of families meeting.
IT AIN'T NO FUN WHEN THE RABBIT'S GOT THE GUN.
How many meetings have NBA owners had behind close doors where they decided who was gonna go where and how much money across the board would be offered? One of the coldest lines in a sports movie was from Any Given Sunday when Jamie "Willie Beamen" Foxx was talking to Al Pacino and he said "maybe its not about racism, maybe its about place-ism". The knockout line that made that statement was " the field hands get paid."
This meeting between the top free agents for this summers draft could have crazy ramifications that will change the course of NBA history. Its possible that all could agree to not accept offers from teams only to drive up the price for maybe one, two or all three of them. They could also decide to all team up on one team, at the max price for each. Even though player meetings are not illegal, I guarantee you if this pow wow flips the script and the NBA gets hit in the pocket book; David Stern may take a closer look at these extra curricular activities.
Of course some of the owners are screaming wage fixing and the elements of collusion between this modern day 3 the Hard Way. Collusion is a secret agreement between two or more parties for a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose. Several NBA owners feel If indeed as reported the three players do meet, is it not fair to say that any decision made at that meeting could be considered collusion?
Where I come from we don't call this collusion; we call it cutting out the middle man. Why should these players sit back and let someone else decide their futures? My only question is "Did Chris Boch's invitation get lost in the mail, did he not get the text? These young cats are getting ready to pull spades and name a new trump. Sounds like 2 for 10 to me.
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