I actually like Deron Williams the player but like most people associated with today's NBA, Williams has now proven himself to be a moron. For the last week it seems he has been parading around how great it would be if a bunch of players headed to Europe to play instead of playing in a league with value like the NBA. Now this guy is saying that he thinks players are going to stay long term overseas. Does he get it at all? We the fans already hate you guys for locking out but the fact that your league is full of people dumber than anyone in the NFL or MLB makes us realize we aren't getting basketball for awhile. The players in the NBA have been living in a fantasy world, NBA commish David Stern has turned it into such a star driven league that he has given them all the leverage. Deron, it's dumb shits like you that are the reason the NBA employs a system that has 22 of the 30 teams losing money. Look, it's pretty simple the NBA is the third most popular sport right now. If you guys lock out the fans will fucking hate you and if it goes on for a substantial amount of time and we lose a season or two you guys are toast. That means people won't come back, no more money, no more glory, no more 30 car garages, no more diamond encrusted basketballs, or 400 dollar tattoos for your three baby mama's. It took people a while to get back into baseball after the 1994 strike and we actually cared about them. You think we give a shit if we never see a New Jersey Nets game ever again? Fuck off.
UPDATE - Just read this gem from this fucking moron Williams fron ESPN the magazine -Deron Williams is a headliner, but, depending on the direction of the lockout, he sees even bigger names playing overseas. Williams said any collective bargaining agreement that would leave stars such as Kobe Bryant making only $11 million a year -- the owners have proposed cutting players' salaries by roughly a third -- could open the door for an unprecedented exodus to Europe. "[Kobe] could go make more money overseas, I guarantee you," said Williams. ... "I see him going to China or somewhere," said Williams, who teamed with Bryant to help the U.S. win the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. "He's big in China. I was over there with him in Beijing. He's 'The Man' over there."
- I bet Kobe's dream all along was to one day be the top player in a second rate Chinese basketball league. Good call Deron.
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