See Antoine Walker for details. I'd say the agents are the ones who are driving the market out of sight. They're the ones who I don't hear getting blamed. That's something for all of the professional sports teams to figure out. The NBA is still trying to recover from its recent lockout.
Athletes have to be sincere when dealing with the fans.
Not days or weeks. Money has become such an enormous issue around sports. It's the cost of keeping those franchises and the impact on fans, as the price of going to games has risen dramatically. They have overshadowed the main issues, the playing issues. That's what this game is all about.