Stern responds to Bima! <!-- http://twitter.com/NBA/statuses/135879942742360064 --><div id='embedly_twitter_6556941' class='embedly_twitter'><style type='text/css'> #embedly_twitter_6556941{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/276718280/11twitter_offseason.jpg) #000000; padding:20px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px; padding-bottom: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle} #embedly_twitter_6556941 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 p a {color: #0084B4; text-decoration:none;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top: 5px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top: 1px;line-height:12px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 a {color: #0084B4; text-decoration:none;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 a:hover{text-decoration:underline} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-screen-name {font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-full-name {padding-left: 4px; color: #999; font-size: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-actions{margin-left: 10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .controls{line-height:12px!important} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-image {float: left; width: 40px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-user-block-image {float: left; width: 48px; height: 48px} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-row {margin-left: 40px; margin-top: 3px;line-height: 17px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-user-block {margin-left: -40px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .stream-item {padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top: 4px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .simple-tweet-content {margin: 0 0 13px 0px; font-size: 14px; min-height:48px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .in-reply-to-border {border-color: #EBEBEB; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0 0;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left: 4px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 10px; color: #999; font-size: 12px;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-actions i {background: transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px -3px 3px;outline: none; text-indent:-99999px;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;position:relative;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;} #embedly_twitter_6556941 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;} </style><div class="embedly_tweet_content"><div class="components-middle"><p><span class='metadata'><span class='author'><a href='http://twitter.com/NBA'><img src='http://a2.twimg.com/profile_images/1599482396/NBATwitter_75x75_normal.jpg' /></a><strong><a href='http://twitter.com/NBA'>@NBA</a></strong><br/>NBA</span></span> .<a href="http://twitter.com/BimaThug">@BimaThug</a> Tax calculation in year 3: 53.5% of BRI, subtract player benefits, divide by 30: projected at $74 mill<br/><span class='embedly_timestamp'><a title='Mon Nov 14 00:41:17 +0000 2011' href='http://twitter.com/NBA/status/135879942742360064'>Nov 14</a> via web</span><span class="tweet-actions"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=135879942742360064" class="favorite-action" title="Favorite"><span><i></i><b>Favorite</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=135879942742360064" class="retweet-action" title="Retweet"><span><i></i><b>Retweet</b></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=135879942742360064" class="reply-action" title="Reply"><span><i></i><b>Reply</b></span></a></span></p></div></div></div>
Yeah, that was pretty cool. I wish they answered more questions like mine (with definitive answers) than the more subjective questions that gave the league yet another opportunity to grandstand and perpetuate their agenda. For instance, if the luxury tax is based on 53.5% of BRI, what percentage is the salary cap based on? (Asked that one, too.)
I agree. Other than the supposive 500 tickets under $10 Tweet, the NBA didnt really help itself out by answering questions so incredibly vague.
