NBA Lockout: Why Amar'e Stoudemire's Idea of a New League Will Never Happen

Amar'e Stoudemire was touring the ESPN campus yesterday, and since he currently has no job he was asked a ton of questions regarding the NBA lockout, which prompted him to give some interesting answers. 

Other than telling ESPN that he owns 700 pairs of shoes and plans to design a clothing line, Stoudemire mentioned that if the players and owners can't work out a deal, then perhaps it's time to start a new league.

Per the New York Post: 

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If we don't go to Europe, we're going to start our own league, that's how I see it. It's very serious. It's a matter of us strategically coming up with a plan, a blueprint and putting it together. So we'll see how this lockout goes. If it goes one or two years, we've got to start our own league.

We want to play NBA basketball but if it doesn't happen, what are we going to do?Stoudemire said. We can't just sit around and not do anything. We've got to figure out ways now to play basketball at a high level against top competition and have fun doing it, so that's the next step.

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The key in that statement is "one or two years," which is exactly why there will never be a new league. The NBA lockout will not last that long because neither side will let it go that far.

Yes, the players and the owners may be stubborn, but nobody is that dumb. 

Canceling that much of the NBA would ultimately kill it, which is why a deal will be done sometime before the end of the year.

I get where Stoudemire is coming from because the man just wants to play basketball. It's not a terrible idea, but thankfully, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it, the idea will never occur.

The New York Knicks forward later said he hasn't thought too much about basketball in Europe, but "as this lockout continues, I may entertain it more and more," Stoudemire said.

A new league would require a number new parties to get involved because somebody has to pay the players, as well as figure out insurance, where games will be played and how they will be broadcast. 

Fans are going to tune in wherever the star players play, but there is no way the NBA ever lets it come to this. 

Sure, the lockout may last longer than anyone ever hoped it would, and a new league would be welcomed by fans because they just want to watch their favorite players play. 

However, too much planning has to go into it, and the lockout won't last long enough for any plans to be hatched. 

Credit Stoudemire for thinking outside the box, but this is just wishful thinking here from an impatient player wanting to get back out on the court. 

We want you there too Amar'e, and before you know it, you will be.