Derek Fisher:
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This is what bothers me about all the ultimatum talk from the owners. In my opinion the players have been doing the same with comments like the above and the whole 'blood issue' business. You cannot say the owners have not been negotiating in good faith when from the onset of negotiations you are telling the other party (in this case owners) we are not willing to discuss this (hard/flex cap, guaranteed contracts) and then get upset when they are unwilling to move on that (BRI, exemptions and S&T for tax payers).
“We’re open to discussions, open to negotiation. We’re open-minded about potential compromises on our number, but there are things in the system that are not up for discussion that we have to have in order to able to get this season going.”
This is what bothers me about all the ultimatum talk from the owners. In my opinion the players have been doing the same with comments like the above and the whole 'blood issue' business. You cannot say the owners have not been negotiating in good faith when from the onset of negotiations you are telling the other party (in this case owners) we are not willing to discuss this (hard/flex cap, guaranteed contracts) and then get upset when they are unwilling to move on that (BRI, exemptions and S&T for tax payers).
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