Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:00 am
Washington Wizards majority owner Ted Leonsis told local business leaders Wednesday that he expects the NBA soon will have a hard salary cap similar to the NHL’s model.
NBA commissioner David Stern said that’s not necessarily true—and warned Leonsis could be punished for discussing private league business. The NBA later announced it had fined Leonsis $100,000 for “unauthorized public comments regarding the league’s collective bargaining negotiations.”
“We’re negotiating and that was one of our negotiating points,” Stern told The Associated Press before the fine was announced, “but collective bargaining is a negotiating process, and that was not something that Ted was authorized to say and he will be dealt with for that lapse in judgment.”
Leonsis, who also owns the Washington Capitals, spoke to a group of Northern Virginia business leaders before the Wizards’ daily training camp session. He told them that the more fans a team has, the more they spend on the team, the more the team has a chance to acquire and keep good players.
“In a salary-cap era—and soon a hard salary cap in the NBA like it’s in the NHL—if everyone can pay the same amount to the same amount of players, its the small nuanced differences that matter,” he said.
Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:17 am
Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:35 am
Qballer wrote:a hard cap would be terrible. it's hard enough trading players as it is.
Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:37 am
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Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:50 am
Laxation wrote:lol @ the wizards gm. what a fucking dumshit... if he is so stupid he blows $100,000 by speaking out about this, the team has NO chance at being any good while he is in charge!
Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:44 pm
2. Reconnect with Gilbert Arenas - Met with Gilbert and connected in person and via e-mail
19. More organ music - More organ music!
20. Eliminate the "Dee-Fence" chant - Done! Eliminated
22. Maintain connection to Pollin family and charities - Continued support for Abe’s Table
26. Draft and develop international players - Kevin Seraphin and Yi Jianlian
28. Change Wizards’ colors back to red, white and blue - In-development
29. Increased emphasis on the Wizards D-League team - In-development
30. Draft more local college players for Wizards - Under consideration
31. Change Wizards’ team name to Bullets - Under consideration
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