Harris and the possible lockout

…schollies will work themselves out. And remember, schollies last just one year not the whole playing career.

The owners bring a lot of power into this negotiation. There is no doubt that the way the NBA has done things over the last 10 years has been failing, the revenues are up but the profits are down. For the NBA to stay financially viable they will demand a restructuring of the way contracts are written up. They have too many examples of bad contracts being given out(see: Curry, Eddy). Also they will make sure the new contracts will be much more easily voided(see: Arenas, Gilbert and McGrady, Tracy). The owners have much of the power in the upcoming negotiations.

The point of this is that NBA contracts will be restructured to become more owner friendly, and more owner friendly means less money for the players. So if a player has a chance to be drafted before the restructuring this means they will be given a much more player friendly contract, rather than waiting a year which gives them less money and fewer years.