BRADENTON, Fla. – Dwyane Wade thinks it’s “unrealistic” for the NBA to expect every team to be competitive every season, is bothered by the notion that player greed is fueling the lockout, and sounds less than optimistic that mediation will end the impasse.
And he suspects some owners are in no hurry to see a new labor deal because of lingering bitterness over what the Miami Heat did last summer.
In an interview Friday with The Associated Press, the All-Star Heat guard said he’s growing increasingly concerned that more games — maybe many more games — might be canceled before this lockout ends.
“The longer it goes on, the more fans we’re going to lose,” Wade said.
That may be the one statement on which both sides can agree.
On everything else, as Commissioner David Stern said this week when he canceled the first two weeks of regular-season games, there’s a gulf between owners and players. The sides will try to get closer to a deal next week by meeting with a mediator. Stern has said that if progress isn’t made by Tuesday, more trouble may loom.
Wade said the NBA has done an “amazing” job in getting its message out to basketball fans during the
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