HALIFAX -- A day into Toronto Raptors training camp and Kyle Lowry is already barking at his teammates. And as his friend, mentor and former Raptors point guard Alvin Williams tells it, they havent heard anything yet. Its the part of his personality that attracted the Raptors when they acquired Lowry in the off-season, a measure of toughness coupled with sky-high confidence not recently seen around the Air Canada Centre. The point guard, who could supplant Jose Calderon in the starting spot, isnt yet in full voice as he adjusts to a new team. But Williams said its only a matter of time. "Jose, when hes been running the show, is a very good point guard, so Kyle has to find his way in," Williams said on Day 1 of Raptors training camp at the Canada Games Centre. "Hell pick and choose when to push people and when not to push people. "In enough time, hell be in everyones faces." Williams has seen Lowry get in a few faces. The two -- both Philadelphia natives and Villanova products -- met when Lowry was a senior in high school, and grew to be friends over the years. "I like being there for him, I like when he asks me questions and stuff like that," said Williams, now a Raptors scout. "Hes developed into a nice young man. Its kind of like a big brother type of relationship, but I would look at it more like hes a friend." Lowry was a 76ers fan in 2001 when Williams played a key role in the Raptors second-round playoff series against a Philly team led by Allen Iverson. "I remember all of it, I still bust his chops about Iverson," Lowry said. "He was a little baby then, he doesnt know anything," scoffed Williams. The two had their share of scraps over the years. They butted heads as teammates in summer leagues. Lowry would sometimes stomp away from the bench in anger. "He has a strong will, and that could be one of his weaknesses, but thats also one of his biggest strengths, is his determination," Williams said. The Raptors acquired Lowry, whom general manager Bryan Colangelo described as a "bulldog," from Houston in the off-season for a protected first-round draft pick and swingman Gary Forbes. How the Raptors will divvy up the point guard position between the newcomer and Calderon remains to be seen, and will be one of the most intriguing storylines as the pre-season plays out. Lowry averaged 14.3 and 6.6 assists in 47 games with the Rockets last season, but was sidelined for 15 games with a bacterial infection. He was also at odds with coach Kevin McHale toward the end of his tenure there. Tuesday morning, Lowry was among the first players at the gym, arriving at 8:15 a.m. for a 10 a.m. practice. "Thats my routine to get up early in the morning, I try to get there over an hour, hour-and-a-half before everyone else," said Lowry, who credits his work ethic to his mom Marie Holloway, saying she was the biggest influence on his basketball career. Williams said the six-foot, 205-pound guard carries a chip on his shoulder, calling him a "throwback player" who relies on hard work, and "very determined young man" who plays like it. "Hes an undersized guy but he plays big, he tries to rebound, he tries to block shots, he tries to do everything, like a Napoleon complex," Williams said, with a laugh. "He brings a determination and a desire to play hard all the time. "If you asked around the NBA, the top-notch guards, they know who he is because every night hes going to bring that intensity." Practices have already been intense, whether it was the informal sessions held over the past two weeks or Mondays opening day of camp. The Raptors plan to play a faster pace than last season. There will be little walking the ball up the floor. Newcomer John Lucas III is also fighting for minutes at the point guard position, and the competition, said the four-year NBA veteran, has made for some spirited scrimmages. "Its great, were pushing each other, were all so competitive, its like youre not going to let the other one out-do you, youre not going to let the other one out-shine you," Lucas said. "Its practice and thats my teammate, but youre not going to go by me and score. "It shows the team that, its something different now, were competing this year. At the end of the day, were teammates, weve got to be a unit, weve got to be one, so its nothing negative, its just about us getting better." Lowry said he has no qualms about asserting his authority on a new team. "You just play your game, I am who I am, Im going to be me, no matter what," he said. "Im going to talk, Im going to push guys, Im going to say things, Im going to get after it." Coach Dwane Casey compared Lowry to Gary Payton, the all-star point guard Casey coached as an assistant with the Seattle SuperSonics. (Lowry isnt as big a trash-talker, though). "If you didnt do your job, (head coach) George Karl never had to get on a guy because Gary was right there doing it," Casey said. "Kyle does it in a respectful way because youve got to treat your teammates with respect, but he does hold guys accountable. "And that way I dont lose my voice like I have now, getting on guys," he added laughing. As for Calderon, the seven-year Raptors veteran has said hell accept whatever decision Casey makes on who the starter is. The Spaniard, who led his country to a silver medal at the London Olympics, has been in the position before, battling for minutes with T.J. Ford, Jarrett Jack, and Jerryd Bayless. "It can be divisive, but I dont think Jose is the kind of man whos going to allow it," Casey said. "Any lesser guy who is not thinking about the team would let that creep in. 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In some respects, I cant believe were on the verge of another lockout, eight years after we went through a stoppage that cost us all an entire NHL season. And yet Im not the least bit surprised at the vast gulf that exists, thus far anyway, between the positions of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Don Fehr. It has been entirely too predictable. Based on what weve seen of the negotiations to this point, the overriding sense I get from the public opinion reaction of fans and media -- for what that is ultimately worth -- is that the NHL is looking for an awful lot, too much too fast. I would generally agree with that characterization. I mean, the typical reaction goes something like this: The NHL locked out its players for an entire season in 2004-05, was able to implement a relatively rigid salary cap, got a 24 per cent wage rollback on all existing NHL player contracts, created much sought-after "cost certainty" with the escrow feature of a cap that linked revenue and salaries, introduced entry-level restrictions and the league took this whole new economic system for a seven-year test drive only to come back now and say they dont like how its driving. Oh, yeah, did we forget to mention that in the seven years the CBA has been in place, NHL revenues have grown from $2.2 billion to $3.3 billion? Seriously? So thats the backdrop as the NHL, in its initial proposal to the NHLPA, suggested the players share of revenue be decreased from 57 per cent to 43 per cent -- an actual one-year reduction of the player salary pool of 24 per cent -- which would undoubtedly lead to wage rollbacks on existing contracts and/or significant escrow payments. Since then, the NHL has upped the proposed players share number to 46 per cent, presumably meaning the NHL is prepared in a negotiation to go even higher still and we can reasonably guess the final target is likely to be around the 50 per cent mark. It hasnt helped matters that the NHL has been proposing a new definition of Hockey Related Revenue, effectively offering the players a smaller piece of a smaller pie and at the very least confusing us who are math challenged and forcing us to repeatedly ask: Was that (fill in the blank) per cent of old HRR or new HRR?. In any case, whichever percentage figures you use, I think its fair to say the NHL is looking for an immediate and significant auto-correct in this new CBA. So I do get that the players are not in an overly giving mood. I know if I were a player: -- I would be adamant about not giving a rollback on an existing contract. It is true that escrow has always been part of this deal and the absolute 100 per cent value of an existing contract has never, not ever, been fully guaranteed in this system, but actual wage rollbacks should be for industries or businesses that are in crisis and whatever internal economic issues the league may have -- and in fairness, it does have some -- the growth pattern indicates its not a crisis. -- I would be vigilant about not agreeing to any instantaneous and drastic reduction in the players share of revenue -- less than 50 per cent -- that would create a guaranteed and/or double digit escrow that would act in the same manner as a rollback. That isnt to say there cant be escrow because of year-to-year fluctuations in revenue and/or team overspending, just that it shouldnt be a designed rollback dressed up as escrow. -- I would want the existing definitions of Hockey Related Revenue to remain constant, if for no other reason than allowing for an easy apples-to-apples (57 per cent to ?? per cent) comparison in any future proposals. It was such a challenge (Levitt Report, anyone?), because of mistrust in the last lockout, to come up with the definition of HRR, it would be confusing and counterproductive to alter it now. -- I would want to ensure salary arbitration rights continue in some form in the new system and that there are no substantive changes to the age/experience qualifications for unrestricted free agency, which was the major perk I received for agreeing to a cap and a 24 per cent rollback in 2005. Beyond that, if I were player, anything and everything else would be wide open to negotiation. So I think its fair to say a lot of people can identify with the players mindset entering into these negotiations. For that reason, it seems a given the NHL will not win the public relations battle in this dispute, not like in 2004-05, when many fans couldnt grasp the NHLPAs stubborn anti-cap ideology, which ultimately led to the lost season. That said, though, just because the NHL has proposed such a dramatic reduction in the players share of revenue doesnt necessarily mean the players should have an inalienable right or entitlement to 57 per cent. I mean, it went from 54 per cent in the first year to 55.6 to 56.7, to 56.73 to 57 over the life of this CBA. Is it insane to conceive that it could or should slide the other way? Quite aside from the severity of the NHL proposal, can we not allow that the league is entitled to make a judgment on whether, upon the expiry of this deal, the existing ratios still make sense? The NHL view is the players receive 57 per cent of revenue and are not responsible for any of the expenses associated with running the business and the league receives only 43 per cent of revenue and is fully responsible for the increased expenses of running the business. And the NHL maintains those expenses -- the cost of transporting players, accommodating players and equipping players, amongst other things -- have increased dramatically over the last seven years, as has the players share of each incoming dollar (from 54 to 57 per cent). Obviously, the dramatic 50 per cent increase in overall NHL revenues cannot be overlooked in this equation. The industry as a whole is thriving, but the NHL maintains the cost of doing business has rapidly escalated and the amount spent on players salaries is out of whack. Its quite obvious that within the NHL, theres been a growing disparity between the wealthy clubs that are largely driving the upward spiral of revenues and the more financially-challenged clubs who for a variety of reasons are not faring well economically. The players dont even dispute that. Consider some numbers: -- In 2005, the NHL and NHLPA negotiated a salary cap of $39 million. After one year of the new CBA, based on the linkage to revenue, the cap went up to $44 million. This season, if the CBA were not expiring, the salary cap would have been $70.2 million (which includes the NHLPAs right to inflate it by 5 per cent for anticipated growth). So in seven years, the cap has gone up $31.2 million dollars. -- In 2005, the NHL and NHLPA negotiated a salary floor of $21.5 million. After one year, it went to $28 million and it would have been $54.2 million this season. So, in seven years, the minimum amount an NHL team must spend on player salaries has gone up $32.7 million. -- The players share of HRR started at 54 per cent and has risen to 57 per cent. The annual reconciled escrow rates -- the actual premium or discount on the players annual contracted individual salaries -- have fluctuated as follows: +4.64 per cent; -2.49 per cent; +0.66 per cent; -12.88 per cent, -3.86 per cent; and, while last seasons final number hasnt been fully verified yet, it appears the discount on players contract value is less than one per cent. -- The average annual player salary at the end of the first year of this CBA was $1.45 million. It now stands at $2.45 million. It was $1.7 million prior to the lockout of 2004. To the surprise of many who thought a salary cap was the end of the players world as they knew it, the players have done quite well in the current system. From an average salary of $1.45 million at the end of the first year of the deal to $2.45 million -- a bump of almost 70 per cent in seven years. Even if you use the pre-lockout, free-market figure of $1.7 million, the average players salary has still gone up $750,000 or about 44 per cent in the new system. No one doubts for a moment that the wealthy NHL clubs have prospered like theyve never prospered. The rich have most certainly gotten richer. But there are a lot of NHL teams -- certainly more than half -- not thriving financially. Now, I get that the NHL has never been a sympathetic subject when it comes to finances. Theres always been distrust or skepticism from the players regarding financial numbers, especially when citing losses. Many dont like that the NHL propped up Phoenix when it perhaps could have gone to a more lucrative market. Many have difficulty reconciling that one day Minnesota owner Craig Leipold is giving the sun, the moon and the stars to Zach Parise and Ryan Suter and virtually the next day hes sitting on the NHL bargaining team hellbent on curtailing precisely everything that he just did. It goes on and on... I get all of that, but I also allow for the possibility the financial health of each individual franchise in the NHL may not be nearly as rosy as the league-wide revenues make suggest. I also get that "cost certainty" shouldnt necessarily equate to "guaranteed profit" for every team. I know some of those franchises are victims of their own follies or maybe theyre in markets that just dont work. And, yes, in a new CBA there should be more revenue sharing from the wealthy NHL clubs. And Im not for a minute suggesting the players should shoulder the entire burden of subsidizing the NHLs weak sisters, especially with the revenue explosion. But is it really so absurd to think the players share of revenue could, at some point, in a new CBA be as low as 50 or some number between there and 57, especially in a universe where the overall revenues continue to grow? The NBA and its players, after going through their own lockout, recently agreed to a deal that is approximately 50-50. The NFL and its players did a deal that gave the owners a favorable 53-47 split. The NHLPA has noted, correctly to a point, that the size of the revenue pools in those sports differs greatly from the NHL, and other variables mean theyre not necessarily precisely valid comparables to the NHL. And that if one is to play the comparison game, why not compare the non-capped world of Major League Basebaall.dddddddddddd Fair enough. The NHL would tell you it should be a valid comparison at 50 per cent because precisely because NHL revenues are less than NBA revenues but NHL operating costs are higher. In either case, Im not sure one can simply ignore that the other two North American pro sports leagues with caps have ratios where the players get 50 per cent or less. It is at the very least indicative of some sort of a trend, is it not? Which brings us to the NHLPAs proposal to the NHL. Its fascinating, actually, to look at the difference of how the dueling offers were received. The NHLs proposal of significantly less than 50 per cent was, quite accurately, portrayed as Draconian. The players proposal was widely hailed as creative, imaginative and conciliatory and the players themselves seem to think its a generous offer that addresses what needs to be addressed in the NHL. And yet if the NHLPA perceived the NHL offer as a kick in the teeth, the NHL looks at the NHLPA proposal as a slap in the face, a total affront. Heres why: Effectively, the NHLPA proposed to limit the players share of future "growth" over the next three years -- creating what the NHLPA maintains is a "projected" minimum $465 million windfall to the NHL -- before "snapping back" to a full 57 per cent share in the fourth and final year of a new CBA. Or to put it another way, the NHL spent $1.873 billion on player salaries last season and the NHLPA proposed that number be INCREASED by 2 per cent in the coming season, 4 per cent in year two and 6 per cent in year three. So, basically, the NHLPA is proposing the actual dollars spent on player salaries to go UP at a time when the NHL fully expects they should go DOWN. The NHLPA position is predicated on the basis that revenues are growing and will continue to grow. The PA used a factor of 7.1 per cent compounded, which was the average growth over the life of the expiring CBA. The PA notes the percentage increase over the last two seasons would be substantially higher because the two best revenue years the NHL has ever had are the last two. The NHLPA maintains that if the NHL continues to generate revenues of this nature, the players are sacrificing a significant chunk of their share of that future growth and those monies are going directly to the clubs bottom line. And that if the NHL really does a bang up job of increasing revenue in the next three years, the owners could generate untold wealth that is virtually all theirs. But in order for the NHL to get this more favorable share of future growth for three years, the league must be willing to: a) assume the NHLPAs growth projections are accurate; b) ensure that the players go back to 57 per cent in the fourth year, a full return to the status quo; c) the wealthy NHL teams must generate an additional $100 million in annual revenue sharing monies for what the PA calls an Industry Growth Fund, which would allow the NHL commissioner to administer as the league sees fit to franchises in economic need; and, d) teams would have to be able to sell or trade cap space, that if a team, say, Florida knew it was going to be $4 million under the cap it could trade or sell that $4M in cap space to a team, say, Philadelphia, that was spending to the cap and the Flyers could now spend $4 million over the cap. The NHLPA believes this proposal addresses every NHL need: it slows the growth of monies spent on player salaries and puts additional monies in the owners pockets, it helps to reconcile the disparity between rich and poor teams and gives franchises more flexibility within the cap system to do their business. The PA is not prepared to buy the leagues argument on escalating expenses because it says there are no limits or caps on players or managers or the commissioners salary increases and as costly as it may have become to do business, the huge revenue gains made the league should cover those expenses. It has become the players mantra. The NHL, though, doesnt see it that way. Not even close. Because the NHLPA is offering to reduce its share of future "growth," the league feels theres an intangible quality to it. It could be "this" much ($465 million), it could be "that" much (more or less). Its a temporary, short-term (three-year) fix on a propsed four-year CBA, which isnt long enough. The NHL is not looking to increase the $1.873 billion it spent on salaries last season, its looking to decrease it. And yet the NHLPA proposal calls for a real-dollar increases in each of the next three years and full return to status quo percentage of 57 in Year Four, a move which the NHL interprets as the players thinking they have an absolute "entitlement" to that magic number of 57. Make no mistake, as offensive as the players find the NHL proposed player share cut to under 50 per cent, the NHL owners find the NHLPA proposal equally offensive, especially in light of what has happened in the NBA and NFL. NHL owners cannot fathom that just days before the CBA is set to expire, the only offer on the table from the players sees actual salary expenditure increases in each of the next three years. Theyre not happy that negotiations didnt begin until June 29, that the NHLPA exercised its right to employ the 5 per cent inflator to the summertime cap and that the PA rejected a league proposal to freeze the cap at the end of last season, so teams wouldnt spend their way into potential difficulties this summer since theres a practical expectation or sense that the cap number, in a new CBA, is more likely to be less than more. Earlier, I characterized the NHLs position as extreme. And it is. I dont like that the league is going for a home run (grand slam?) on its first at bat. But dont kid yourself into thinking that the NHLPA position isnt hard line, too. To be honest, Im shocked were less than a week from a lockout and the players proposal doesnt include a tangible reduction in their share, not even to 56 per cent, if only to acknowledge practical considerations that the number is realistically going to end up somewhere south of 57 and the number of real dollars spent on salaries will likely be less this coming season than last season. These two sides are not speaking the same language. Not even close. One might as well be talking Mandarin while the other is speaking Swahili. The only time theyre on the same page now is when theyre talking about how out of touch with reality the other side is. They both talk about how they believe theres "no choice" to proceed any way but how theyre proceeding, that the other sides intransigence has backed them into a corner. They both talk about how they fear their respective proposals have been interpreted as "a sign of weakness" and maybe thats contributed to the absence of any real negotiating. The last lockout was fought on ideology -- the free market system vs. the cap system. It was foolish to lose a whole season on that basis, but its not the first or last time a war was fought defending a principle or ideal. Dumb, but understandable. This time around, though, the "system" isnt on trial so much as theyre just trying to figure out how to share a dollar. Or a few billion of them. It would seem logical to anyone whos not totally invested in one side or other that theres a deal to be made here. The NHL has to get off its notion that the "correction" to the ratio needs to be swift and dramatic. If the players share gradually increased over seven years, why cant it gradually decrease to ensure minimal suffering (no rollbacks)? And the NHLPA needs to recognize, in spite of rosy NHL revenues but given the NBA/NFL outcomes, the practical reality is that 50-50 is the NHL goal and hanging on a "snap back" to 57 per cent appears delusional.. Surely, some creative genius must be able to meld the conflicting concepts and numbers and come up with something that works for both sides while the revenue pot still has a shot to be in growth mode. Far greater minds than mine -- I nearly flunked Grade 12 math -- will have to come up with what the precise magic number is over the life of the next agreement and how best to implement it. In the meantime, well be treated to displays of owner and/or player solidarity, much chest and tub thumping, to say nothing of acrimonious treatises as to why one sides proposal makes no sense and the other sides concept is genius. All of which isnt worth a pinch of you know what when you consider, in the wake of the last lockout, it was declared virtually unanimous by anyone with an opinion at the time that the last CBA was a slam-dunk victory for the owners. A crush job, it was...and of course its been anything but. Its doubtful were going to find that middle ground. Certainly not this week anyway. So it appears inevitable a lockout will commence Saturday night. Here we go again, it would seem. How long it goes, what twists and turns it takes, who knows. Ill presume, like last time, both the owners and players are "tough" enough and fully committed enough to miss an entire season. You dont need to convince me. This will be the NHL-NHLPA lockout rubber match, In 1994-95, I could probably be characterized as mostly pro-player, because I felt the pendulum had swung way too far in the owners favor. In 2004-05, I was seen as mostly pro-owner because I felt that pendulum had swung back too far in the players direction and I simply wasnt convinced a salary cap was evil incarnate. This time, I dont sense the pendulum is wildly out of line and probably only requires adjustments that, in theory, shouldnt be enough to threaten the 2012-13 season. But that doesnt mean it wont happen. As for being pro-player or pro-owner, I suppose on an emotional level I can empathize with the players more this time than last time for reasons outlined throughout, but on a practical level, in the face of the reality thats about to strike, Im also finding it hard to believe the players cant do better with their offer than they have. But at the end of the day, does it really matter what I think or who wins in the court of public opinion, who sides with whom? Were all pretty much just spectators here. I just hope both sides know exactly what theyre getting into -- they should, because they have lots of experience to draw on -- because I figure that pie they always talk about sharing will only get smaller the longer theyre out. But since its an occasion when self-interest is paramount, I have but one request: Make the next CBA eight years long. Ill be in retirement by the time it expires and wont have to endure another...and you wont have to read another one of these. No mas, indeed. 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