The players have to accept that there is no other market for their services that can compete with the NBA, and if the owners want to screw them a bit, it's still a great deal relative to a lockout lasting even a few months or decertification. The percentages of BRI that they are arguing about are relatively trivial - Kevin Garnett could match the difference with his own bank balance, most likely. If the lockout runs to 3 or 4 months, they will have lost more income than they'd get by keeping BRI at 57%. Very frustrating situation. The owners are being complete dicks about the whole thing, and the players are right to be pissed at them. But that's a simple fact of any employment contract, and the players are now acting like they'd rather kill the golden goose than take a few percent less, and that's just dumb.