5 Reasons Why the NBA Lockout Will Be a Good Thing

In 36 hours the NBPA and the owners union will collaborate in a sterile office to undergo negotiations, negotiations that could decide the fate of the 2011-2012 season.

I am not going to lie: Losing the season is a sad thought, one that leaves me rumbling about the house with hatred for a league spoiled over with billions of billions of dollars.

Billions of dollars that have come out of my pocket and yours. Yet where do we stand in all of this?

Nowhere.

Adios amigos, and gracias for your unending fandom that makes the game truly what it is and always has been. Despite your ticket and apparel purchases, purchases that run second in revenue to endorsement level deals (though not r...

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