NBA Lockout...Who Cares?

May I have your attention please?

In case you were not aware, the National Basketball Association has locked out it's players for the past four months and all training camps and pre-season games are postponed. The regular season will be altered, if not cancelled altogether, very soon. Thank you for your attention, you may now go back to your regularly scheduled lives.


I guess David Stern, the NBA owners, Derek Fisher and the players association haven't gotten them memo that no one cares about their labor dispute. Let's be real. Is anyone besides David Aldridge, Stephen A. Smith and Chris Broussard paying attention to the NBA lockout?

Hey NBA! It's football season! You're irrelevant right now!

The average sports fan, is not concerned with the NBA until after the Super Bowl and the NBA knows this. Why else does ABC wait until February to broadcast games every weekend? No one truly gets engulfed in the NBA season until mid-April because of the NCAA tournament. Come to think of it, the NBA isn't even king of it's own sport! If the entire season was cancelled, I personally would be OK with it. With several stars choosing to play overseas, may they will learn how to play fundamental basketball. The refs may need to go overseas too for that matter.

The Players Association fails to realize the owners ain't trippin' off not having a season. They're saving money! They don't have to pay outrageous salaries but they still get the guaranteed TV money and revenue from their arena's non-NBA events. Within the next few weeks, we'll start seeing some players ready to jump ship when that first check is not deposited in the bank.

Now I know there are some folks, besides the players, who are truly worried about the possible cancellation of the season:

• Tattoo parlors in every NBA city - I feel for you. I really do. Monta Ellis has boosted the city of Oakland's economy with his body art alone.
• Club Owners - You'll get by. The rappers got you covered.
• Baby Mama's and their lawyers - No income, no child support.
• Metta World Peace - Tell Ron we said "wassup!"
• Basketball Wives - Never mind, you're just as irrelevant as the lockout.
• Wannabe models in LA, Miami and Atlanta - Where will you go now to fake the funk?
• Jay-Z - Your fellow owners want you sitting courtside, not in the board room with them. 

So we'll see you in November 2012 NBA, we'll be back. Well...at least some of us will. You may want to talk to your friends in Major League Baseball to see what cancelling a season can do.