Chris Paul on Risking a Lost NBA Season
The NBA All-Star and union executive committee member on risking a lost season over a new collective bargaining agreement
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I’ve been in the NBA six years now, and I joined the union’s executive committee four years ago. Look, if you work at Apple and the company has a meeting, you’d want to be there, right? I wanted to know what was going on at these conference tables because the decisions made there affect not only me but the other guys in the league.
I was 13 years old during the last lockout, and I had no idea what it was about. All I knew was that there was no basketball, which is why, this time around, it was so hard to walk away from the negotiating table without a deal. I know—we know—how much it affects the fans. And we know that if it weren’t for the fans, there would be no us.