Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl It’s part of what is behind the NBA lockout dragging out to threaten actual games — there are owners that want to exert their ultimate leverage, the loss of paychecks. There are some owners that want to hurt the union, to break it. The theory goes that when the players start missing paychecks, they’ll cry uncle. If it comes to that, the Bank of Kobe will be open.