NBA lockout

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Recently an essay by Etan Thomas posted on ESPN.com chose to compare the plights of the players union with the stand taken by the so-called 99 percent who have formed the "Occupy" movement on Wall Street and other locations around the world. I have enormous respect for Thomas, a sensitive poet who is serving his union's executive board for no pay because he believes in the principle. This is why I could not believe how out of touch he was to view the mission of his union as having anything at all in common with the movement to Occupy Wall Street. How in the imagination of any reasonable person could a player in the highest-paid league in the history of mankind begin to compare the terms of this $4 billion negotiation against the people who are unable to feed their families, who have lost their homes to foreclosure and who believe they have been neglected by employers and government?

Etan Thomas is an idiot amongst idiots. I read his piece on ESPN, cry me a river. Etan Thomas epitomizes the critical need for a systemic overhaul. The owners wanted non-guranteed contracts (although they deviated from their stance) and the exact reason is for players like Etan Thomas. He is the exact type of cancer that kills teams' shot at being competitive for years on end. I don't blame Etan for signing his 6 year $37 million contract. It was my stupid Bucks management who offered a horseshit player like Etan Thomas that kind of money and it was the even dumber Wizards who decided to match the offer sheet. The Bucks and Wizards deserved to suck for a year or two for making shitty decisions but 6 years is a long time to be punished. Etan beat the system, good for him but now he needs to sit back shut up and count his money. Oh he's on the executive board for no pay? How generous.