From the “this doesn’t make any sense” files, you have management leaking out information that the NBA lockout could be over if not for Kevin Garnett.
Not trying to be mean or anything, but if you really believe this you are a sheep.
This fight has grown nastier, more personal, in the past weeks. Privately, management insists that everything changed when the Boston Celtics’ Kevin Garnett(notes) walked into the negotiating room on Oct. 4. The owners knew it wouldn’t go well when Garnett started glowering across the table, sources said, like the league lawyers, owners and officials were opponents at the center jump. He was defiant, determined and downright ornery. He was K.G. Everyone knew Hunter had to cede to the wishes of the stars, and the stars demanded that the players stop making concessions to the owners.
As one league official said, “We were making progress, until Garnett [expletive] everything up.”
I am sure KG was being KG, but he has no barring on a deal. The NBA is trying to sway public opinion, but I think most people are still siding with the players because they aren’t idiots.
They also reference the NFL lockout where it was clear it was the owners who were causing most of the issues.
I am just surprised they didn’t use Lebron as their scapegoat.