ESPN's Chris Sheridan is reporting that a referee lockout is imminent and unavoidable. This would pretty much mean that the league would have to shut down for who knows how long. The biggest problem between the two sides is the referee's retirement plans.
"It looks like a lockout is both imminent and unavoidable," McMorris said. "We have suspended dialogue again today. We've been in constant communication, but it's not going to happen."
This is a disaster for fans everywhere, how can we survive without the NBA? Better yet, what are the players going to do? My hypothesis is that they're going to sign one year contracts with European teams, and play there until the lockout ends. The referees and the NBA league offices should think about the millions of people they're disappointing by being selfish. These are the same fans that fill up their arena's on a nightly basis. What ever happened to the slogan, "NBA cares,"?
Apparently they were lying.
