"While Amar'e Stoudemire took a tour of ESPN shows to shill his new shoes, something he would normally do by wearing them while playing basketball, he said that players have "seriously" discussed forming their own league.

He did not say if they have "seriously" done, well, anything, but he threw it out there because part of the deal of getting to show his new shoes on ESPN all day is that they get to make small talk with him and he had to say something.

No one stopped to ask if anyone has made arrangements with arenas or how teams would be comprised. No one asked about insurance or salaries or rules about salaries, which is not all bad since everyone is pretty sick of that topic, anyway. He was not even asked what the point of a league might be since all players under NBA contracts would have to return to their teams when the lockout ends, making any "season" of a players-run "league" pretty meaningless."