Stackhouse appeared on the Jim Rome show Wednesday and let fisher in on his thoughts about the NBA lockout.
“Not to say anything against Derek Fisher, it’s not that I don’t think he’s a great guy,” Stackhouse said, “But I don’t want him negotiating my contract. I want an agent who knows the lingo negotiating my contract. Derek Fisher, he doesn’t negotiate his own contract. He has an agent. So why would I want him negotiating something even bigger than his contract? This [Collective Bargaining Agreement] is something more important to everybody…
“David Stern, he’s made this league what it is,” Stackhouse said. “He’s one of the greatest commissioners in sports. He’s got that title, he’s got the NBA at the place where it is because he’s a shrewd businessman and knows how to work his way, play the media, play things up to get what he wants. We don’t do that. Players are emotional. Players get emotional. So no, I don’t necessarily, particularly want Derek Fisher or any of the executive committee negotiating a contract for me.”
It seems as the lockout continues to linger that the players are starting to split apart. Many twitter rants over the past week or two have showed us that a lot of the players are fine with the split that the owners are offering, while I'm sure most of them want the most money they can get. But as we know if they are not playing they won't get a dime.
I can't say that I would want an NBA player who doesn't know anything about negotiating contracts to be leading the pack against the owners. The union needs to get itself on the same page so that Fisher and union director Billy Hunter can fight for what they want. It seems the players are splitting more every week with the pressure of not making any money at all.
The way things are going over the past week it's not looking good for the NBA fans. The players need to man up and bust out a deal that the owners will accept before it's to late.
