NBA Amnesty Rule Reactions

I know the NBA is a business, but how does that make it right for teams to sever long-standing relational ties with players? It just doesn't seem fair. I mean, isn't this like divorce without all the hassle?

“I pay you money, now get out of my sight forever,” teams are essentially empowered to say. Sounds more like David Stern is running the Mafia than a sporting league. Owners receive significant tax relief while players are out of the job and contract they worked hard to get.

Forget that Allan Houston's at the doctor's office more than Becker. We're talking about the principal of it all!

Although I really could do without seeing my annoying aunt a couple times a year, would I ever pay her off to go find another family?

Never! I don't have that kind of money!

With this love-hate relationship sticking out like a sore thumb in the NBA right now, I decided it would be only right to interview nine of the amnesty provision's 18 victims to let their voices be heard. Check it out:

 

Reggie Miller, Indiana saves $6 millionMe: Reggie, as a Bulls fan, I really don't like you.Reggie: Ryne, as a Bulls fan, I really don't like me either.Me: But Reggie, how can Indiana fans like you when you're taking $6 million to sit on the couch all next season?Reggie: Man, I played 18 years and how many chips have I brought to the fans? They should be paying me more forbetter karma.

 

Michael Finley, Dallas saves $51 millionMe: Fin, dog, my dad went to your high school. You know Proviso East in Maywood, Ill.?Finley: (laughs). Don't tease, you're white.Me: And you're black. Honestly, I'm serious about that Fin. And keeping a serious note, does Mark Cuban use a Flowbee?Finley: Hell yeah! Now that that m*****f***** first tried to trade me and then waived my a**, I'm going to tell the world all about how Cubes cuts his own hair...And I was captain of this team too! B****!